Opponents Attack Regulation Bills for Packing Industry
Senate agriculture committee hears criticism from leaders of major packers and stockmen including W. D. Reynolds and J. H. Nail. Chicago Board of Trade official L. F. Gates argues against licensing and urges FTC reforms. J. C. Dold proposes a conference commission as alternative.
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Washington
United States
Chicago Board of Trade
Kenyon
Kendrick
Senate Agriculture Committee
Recognition as a Human Being in Industry
Robert B. Wolf argues workers seek recognition to express the creative impulse. He cites a Berlin New Hampshire paper mill where production rose from 42 million to 110 million tons during wartime without extra equipment. He urges informing workers of costs and tying output to standards to restore individuality and boost cooperation. Benjamin M. Squires discusses conciliation to resolve industrial disputes.
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Robert B. Wolf
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Berlin
N. H
Wellesley Hills
Mr. Wolf
Benjamin M. Squires
National Adjustment Commission
the Emergency Fleet Corporation
Babson labor conference opens with wage and hour debate
Mr. Wolf argued at the first session of the sixth annual Babson labor conference that higher wages and shorter hours will not fully resolve industrial discontent, signaling a provocative start to the meeting.
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Mr. Wolf
Babson
Ex servicemen in Newton exempt from poll tax
Newton city officials announced yesterday that ex service men residing in the city will not be required to pay the poll tax this year.
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Newton
Playground Children Show Summer Results
The final demonstration of the summer work at Morton street playground was presented to parents in North End Union Hall. Highlights included fancy dancing directed by Miss Gertrude Gilman and a playlet The Milk Fairies led by Edith O Peterson. The Happy Jacks performed by the boys and a concluding tableau closed the event. Teachers and children contributed to war relief efforts with girls sewing garments for refugees and boys organizing the War Relief Tag Day.
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Morton Street
North End Union Hall
Gertrude ©. Gilman
Edith O. Peterson
Court fights over union interference in Springfield plant
The National Equipment Company of Springfield seeks to enjoin Local 214 of the National Association of Machinists from interfering with its workers. A demurrer was overruled by Judge Loring of the Massachusetts Supreme Court and the equity suit proceeds with evidence from both sides. The petition cites contracts barring union men and references Hickman Coal & Coke Co. v. John Mitchell as precedents.
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National Association of Machinists At
Springfield
Loring
Massachusetts Supreme Court
National Equipment Company of
National Equipment Plant
National Equipment
Hickman Coal & Coke Co
John Mitchell
Miners’ Labor Organization
United States Supreme Court
Collision in Boston Harbor Leaves Sprite Sunk and Uninsured
The motorboat Sprite owned by William T. Goss of 442 East Fifth Street South Boston was driven to Constitution wharf in a sinking condition after a collision with the beam trawler Ripple off National Dock Fast Boston. The Sprite valued at 1000 dollars was uninsured and likely a total loss. the Ripple remained undamaged. The incident occurred at 2 o'clock after Sprite broke away from the motorboat Honey Boy assisting her toward Charlestown bridge. Guardian the police boat towed Sprite.
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Ripple
Constitution Wharf
Guardian
William T. Goss
East Fifth Street
South Boston
National Dock
Fast Boston
Honey Boy
Charlestown Bridge
Governor’s Island
Goss
East Boston
Italian Battleship Conte di Cavour Expected at Newport
Providence reports the Italian battleship Conte di Cavour is due in Newport tomorrow from Boston. Admiral Conz cannot enter the harbor because depth is insufficient for the warship.
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Providence
Conte di Cavour
Newport
Boston
Conz
Arthur M. Dallin Returns Home From France
After more than two years with American and French forces, Arthur M. Dallin son of sculptor Cyrus E. Dallin and Mrs. Dallin 69 Oakland Avenue Arlington Heights has returned home. He was the first man to go to France from Arlington.
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Arthur M. Dallin
Cyrus E. Dallin
Oakland Avenue
Arlington Heights
France
Arlington
German Firm Sues Palmer for Libel in Federal Court
Four libel suits filed in New York Federal Court name Attorney General Palmer Alien Property Custodian Garvan and the publications involved. Julius Forstmann and Forstmann Huffman Company of Passaic New Jersey seek damages for articles Palmer Garvan wrote for Saturday Evening Post and Munsey's Magazine and Garvan for the New York Tribune.
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New York
Palmer
Garvan
Julius Forstmann
Forstmann & Huffman Company
Passaic
N. J
Saturday Evening Post
Munsey’s
New York Tribune
Educative Drive On Wood Alcohol
Washington reports continued fatalities from denatured alcohol used as beverages or externally. The Internal Revenue Bureau orders steps to warn the public and directs collectors to publicize the danger. Commissioner Roper requires labels to state the exact effects of alcohol on the human system.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Roper
Grateful Boston Family Praises Dr True’s Elixir
A mother of three from 23 Lamson Street Boston writes that Dr True’s Elixir restored her health after exhaustion headaches and digestive trouble. She notes her children benefit, including relief from worms, with the product touted as safe for family use since 1851 and available at all dealers.
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Boston
Mass
Lamson Street
Nellie Woodford
J. F. True & Co
Dr. True
Penn Realty Trust Company
Louise
Refuses to Reconcile in Dedham Divorce Court
In Dedham, Judge Thayer eyed dismissal of both libels between Louis M. Gay and Tirzah S. Gay over assaults with kitchen utensils and desertion but the husband refused the court’s advice. He insisted his lawyer proceed, while Tirzah agreed to return briefly, yet Louis said ongoing quarrels would occur and he could not resume married life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Gates
Chicago Board of Trade
Kenyon
Thayer
Dedham
Louis M. Gay
Tirzah S. Gay
Court hears libel case amid pleas for reconciliation
Gay testified his wife assaulted him with kitchen utensils and a knife while sparing vulgar language and chasing him with a poker. She denied the accusations, claiming he struck her and their son. Judge Thayer urged reconciliation, but the matter was taken under advisement. Separately, Mrs. Rena Blossom was granted a divorce for cruelty after a brief incident with her husband. Other divorce petitions followed for desertion and attempted choking with related allegations.
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Gay
Charles A. Blossom
Boston
Thayer
Rena G. Blossom
Beacon Street
Brookline
Blossom
Trotzky Issues Finland Warning to Petrograd
Leon Trotzky, Bolshevik military and naval commissary, told the Petrograd Soviet on Sept 1 that Bolsheviks will defend Petrograd and prepare for a major advance into Finland unless Helsinki guarantees restraint. The Soviet also approved peace talks with Estonia. An Berlin dispatch claiming General Gough warned of an attack on Petrograd is denied.
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London
Leon Trotzky
Petrograd
Moscow
Trotzky
Finland
Esthenia
Berlin
Riga
Gough
Helsingfors
England
Admiral Cowan
Baltic Sea
Screen Funmaker Dead in Los Angeles
Dee Lampton a screen funmaker is dead in Los Angeles Lampton was the last surviving member of the team Lampton and Fitzgerald He was under five feet tall and weighed 285 pounds Fitzgerald known as Slim stood six feet eight inches and weighed 135 pounds Fitzgerald died about six months ago.
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Los Angeles
Dee Lampton
Lampton
Fitzgerald
Marquette
Foss Attacks Food Laws in Massachusetts Campaign Speech
Former Governor Eugene N. Foss urged Governor Coolidge to call a special legislative session to pass laws easing high food prices. He cited Hoover on overflowing European ports and targeted profiteers and speculators, proposing daily warehouse reports and possible eminent domain for foodstuffs with court-set prices.
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Eugene N. Foss
Walworth Manufacturing Company
Boston
Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
United States
Waterfront Calendar Note for Sept 4 and Moon Phases
The entry lists a calendar snippet for September 4 with a series of floaty time markers and celestial references. It notes full moons on October 9 and November 7 and new moons on October 23 and November 22, with Mars Jupiter Saturn and Venus visible in morning skies for the rest of the year.
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Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Fishing pier trades surge as vessels land and prices plunge
The Rita A. Viator arrived with 63 swordfish and four other trawlers brought in hauls of pollock and hake. Ex vessel prices dropped to their lowest since a strike, with haddock and cod rates listed and ships like the Mary P. Goulart and Lake Allen tying up at port.
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Rita A. Viator
Mary P. Goulart
Haddock
Shipping News Arrived and Sailed From Various Ports
The listing shows ships arriving from Salem, Torrevieja Spain, Antilla Cuba, Yarmouth N S Harvey YW Brown Holbrook Norfolk and others with tugs and barges. It also notes the sailing of Italian battleship Conte di Cavour and destroyers Bancroft Ingram Twiggs Mansfield from New port and other destinations including Baltimore Norfolk Philadelphia and Perth Amboy.
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North Dakota
Salem
Ets
Alvarado
Ablin
Torrevieja
Spain
Esparta
O'Neill
Port Simon
Lake Allen
Antilla
Cuba
Gov. Cobb
Call
Yarmouth
N. S
Harvey YW. Brown
Holbrook
Norfolk
Calvin Austin
Allen
New York
Kershaw
James
Massasoit
Brown
Portland
Camden
Rawley
Bangor
City of Gloucester
Larsen
Gloucester
Montauk OU
Nottingham
Quinn
Port Johnson
Lehigh
McGoldrick
Perth Amboy
Juno
Simpson
Lynn
Bessie
Newport
Bancroft
Ingram
Twiggs
Mansfield
Ikala
Liverpool
Gustavsholm
Baltimore
Chippewa
Jacksonville
Charleston
Ontario
Grecian
Philadelphia
Pawnee
Bay View
Newport News
Harvey H. Brown
North Wind
Banger
Tines Montauk
Portsmouth
Edwin N. Pilsbury
Charlies F. Pritchard
June
Swift seeks federal court for meat seizure case
Swift & Co. Chicago packers move to remove the case from County Court to the United States District Court. They argue Swift is not an Ohio corporation and the meat was destined for government use. They claim the 531000 pounds of cold storage meats are unfit for use and should be held until thoroughly cured.
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Federal Trade Commission
J. C. Dold
Buffalo
Gronna
Cudahy Company
Big Five
Wichita
Kas
Cold
Cudahy
Grenna
Toledo,o
Swift & Co
Chicago Packers
United States District Court
Ohio
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Iowa
W. D. Reynolds
J. H. Nail
Fort Worth
Texas
Wolf
Gilchrist
Mackinaws
Ipswich
Iace
Amoskeag
Shetland
Navy
Smart Serge
Store OF Progress
Dresden
Gertrude C. Mellen
Marion C. Gilman
Springfield Company
Court
Adeline F. Newton
James S. Newton
Newtons
Fannie Dootson
Abington
Richard Dootson
Brockton
Finnl
Screen Funmaker
Foss
Se. Smith
Mary FP. Goulart
Hella Silva
Louise B. Marshall
Rath
Myrlane
American Sugar Refining Company
High Seas
Calcutta
Colombo
Shanghai
Cunard
Kam
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Landsman
Shipping News
SWIFT
U. S
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