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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
2
The War Department announced the sale of machine tools valued at about 2000 to a Belgian cooperative of 500 industrial heads. Belgium has secured through American banks a 50 million dollar credit in the U S to pay for the tools, which will be shipped promptly.
Italian opera singers Riccardo Alferio Isira Anedeo Arduini Roberti Adorni and Armando Frangoni were released by local immigration officials after arriving Sunday aboard the Canopie. They were initially barred under the contract labor law but Washington approved landing once bonds filed by the Chicago Opera Company satisfied the requirements.
The Senate spent seven hours debating the foreign relations committee amendment to transfer Shantung rights to China, with no roll call. Several senators signaled opposition to the amendment but favored reservations, as leaders hoped to act on the measure tomorrow.
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Princess Nicotine will head the auction at the army retail store in South Boston with tobacco expected to be priced under retail. Duxbury clams go for six cents a can and toilet soap sells at one cent per cake on the shop counters yesterday. Ex-service men avoided army soap blocks yet many buyers bought army issue soap for laundry use.
A conference of the boards of officers of the six New England state federations opened in Portland as part of the Maine Federation of Women's Clubs sessions. The Ellsworth Woman's Club was admitted to Maine federation membership.
Washington Oct 15 The national industrial conference deferred action on the labor plan as employers resisted intervention in the steel strike and pressed to discard the labor arbitration proposal while the central committee of fifteen seeks a collective bargaining agreement.
Bernard Baruch failed motion to defer. vote shifts to individual delegates. Gary and Burgess opposed postponement, Barrett and Atkeson for it. Labor supports delay while public and employers split. Committee to reconvene at 2:30. no headway on collective bargaining. risk of further delay in arbitration talks.
A statement from five conferees at the industrial conference urges full recognition of farmers’ services. It argues farm net returns are lower than other industries and calls for fair compensation for capital, skill, and labor plus equal social, educational, and political opportunities. It notes farm wage increases would raise prices for farm products.
The Margaret Brent Suffrage Guild hosts a whist party at 2 p m at Hotel Westminster with Mrs Richard A Lynch and helpers Mrs Teresa Ward Leonard Mrs Thomas Cavanaugh and Mrs Walter Erickson. Proceeds fund citizenship courses for Catholic suffragists preparing as voters.
Mrs. David Lloyd George the British premier’s wife spoke to a Glasgow audience of about 2000 women stressing that campaign success rests with women. She urged women to aid alcoholism victims at home as they helped Belgians five years earlier against Prussianism.
Mrs A Jennings of 1784 Armitage avenue Chicago touts Mentho Laxene as a cure for her husband coughs after four years and claims it helps her child’s cold instantly. The ad promotes a 214 ounce bottle and directions to make a full pint at home from the concentrated essence.
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