Y M C A War Work Drive Seeks 375000 In Boston Area
The Red Triangle campaign to raise 1 800 000 for war relief in the Boston metro area reports only 375 000 still needed. The effort notes heavy small contributions and ongoing canvassing into midnight with clergy urging support and a graphic appeal by Bruce Barton describing the Y M C A aiding wounded soldiers.
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Washington Hopeful as Japan Talks on Ship Exchange
Officials in Washington expressed confidence that negotiations to swap American steel for Japanese tonnage would conclude successfully, with price the main remaining issue. Japan sought 300 000 tons of steel and merchant ships, while the United States proposed 100 000 tons and offered to buy ships at about 175 dollars per ton.
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Japan US steel embargo talks break off in Tokyo
In a lengthy statement the Department of Communications says negotiations with the United States to ease the steel embargo for Japan have been broken off. Japan expresses regret over the failure to reach an agreement due to differing circumstances in the two nations.
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Japanese shipping demands anger German trade impact
The statement argues that America’s demand for Japanese ship ping in return for concessions would wreck Japan’s European trade, while the offered equivalent is inadequate. It says Japan’s aid to allies cannot infringe on essential national needs.
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Japan
Funeral Service for Captain Alfred Galiano
Funeral services were held yesterday at the Methodist Church in Hull for Captain Alfred Galiano longtime Hull official and life saver. Rev Frank Kingdom officiated with Elks burial rites led by Exalted Ruler Dr James H Mahoney. Pallbearers included Captains Walter Rathburn O F James Albert Brown and Elmer McFarland, all former Nantasket Steamship Line colleagues. Burial followed in the village cemetery.
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A Letter From the Monastery of the Dominican Sisters in Detroit
An advertisement in a Detroit newspaper promotes a letter from the Dominican Sisters Monastery. The notice highlights a communication issued by the Detroit religious community inviting readers to read the letter and engage with its content.
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Father John's Medicine Endorsed by Detroit Monastery Letter
A monastery letter from Detroit praises Father John's Medicine as effective for colds and strength building. The note claims widespread use in homes, hospitals, and institutions across the country and emphasizes its alcohol free, doctor prescribed, safe for children. It highlights sixty years of success and maternal use to keep children well and relieve coughs.
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Dominican Sisters
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Michigan
Urges Fair Treatment for Labor in Army Orders
Washington orders urge fair wages and reasonable hours for arsenal commanders and manufacturers under the Bureau of Ordnance and Quartermaster Department. Standards should reflect local industry costs and avoid wage cuts with a ten hour maximum for adults and eight hours per shift in 24 hour work. Overtime should be limited and employees given weekly rest, half Saturday holidays, and national holidays.
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War materiel drive warns against breaking labor safeguards
A wartime statement urges careful balance between speed and labor protections. It emphasizes reasonable hours fair wages and proper conditions as essential to high production and warns against excessive hours unfair wage scales or intolerable conditions during the war effort.
Massachusetts Receives Vocational Education Grant Aid
Washington reports nearly 500000 allocated to 14 states under the vocational education act. Each state receives an amount equal to the government share, with Massachusetts at 60316 dollars and an overall fiscal year total of 1860000. Distribution rests with the Federal Board for Vocational Education. Other allocations include Georgia 41581, New Jersey 42773, Kentucky 36634, and Wisconsin 38078.
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Delaware
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Rioters Shot in Zurich Amid Pacifist Riot
From Paris Nov 18 A Havas despatch reports riots in Zurich following a pacifist demonstration. About two thousand gathered in Place Helvetia, marched to a prison where Friday rioters were confined, smashed prison windows, and police charged the mob with drawn sabres.
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Riots in Swiss Cities Leave Several Dead and Wreckage
Rioters erected barricades and hurled stones as police fired volleys wounding and killing four people including a policeman, a 20 year old, an old woman and a 14 year old boy. A machine gun ended the violence at 1 a.m. Disorders spread to Zurich and Geneva with pacifist meetings urging resistance and protests at factories.
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Geneva
Dastwyler
Rotter
Germany
la Presse
la Liberte
Neue Zuricher Zeitung
White House social clerk dies at 73 after 36 years
Warren S. Young, 73, longtime White House social clerk, died at his home in Washington. Appointed by President Garfield in 1881, he arranged state dinners and invitations for decades and was known to presidents, cabinet officers, and foreign diplomats alike. He came to Washington from Warren, Ohio.
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Warren S. Young
White House
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Young
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Ohio
Earthquake Felt in Melbourne and Sydney
An earthquake of unusual intensity was recorded in Melbourne and Sydney. The disturbance originated near the Kermadec Islands, a British archipelago off Australia’s east coast.
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Australia
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Kermadec Islands
England Invites Gompers to Buffalo Mass Meeting
There was no session of the American Federation of Labor convention today. Prominent members spoke from pulpits and forums, and Socialist delegates were invited by the local Socialist organization to attend a mass meeting in Buffalo, New York.
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N. Y
American Federation of Labor
Gompers Invited to England as Trade Union Congress Weighs War Labor
President Samuel Gompers was formally invited to visit England at the close of the current convention. Delegates from the British Trades Union Congress brought the invitation, and Gompers has not stated whether he will accept. Parliament and union leaders discuss extending the eight hour day to all government material suppliers, signaling a major convention fight.
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Science and Health Translated into French
The Christian Science Publishing Society announces the French translation of Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures by Mrs. Eddy. The translation joins German and English editions as Christian Science literature expands to 10 languages. A new magazine Le Heraut de Christian Science will accompany the translation with English text opposite French to aid bilingual understanding.
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Christian Science Publishing Society
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Science and Health
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