Miners and Operators Plan Continuous Wage Talks
A sub committee of miners and operators in the anthracite fields agreed to hold continuous conferences until a new wage contract is reached, aiming for a settlement by April 15. The miners press for a 60 percent wage increase citing earnings data, while employers argue the figures overstate actual pay.
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New York
Philip Murray International
TRG
Ercess
Pennsylvania
Com- Pilahons
Wayward Chicks Coaxed Back Home After Raid
Four teenage chickens belonging to Richard Dixon on Glenwood and Hawthorn avenues grew restless at home and wandered on a search for better quarters. After police were called and the birds roosted in a tree, they were lured back with corn and returned to their coop. Dixon later reported the theft, but the charge was dropped as a family matter.
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Richard
Dixon
Glenwood
Hawthorna
Jiffy Jell Rivalry In Dessert Spoon Offer
A promotion touts Jiffy Jell as superior to old type jelly desserts and teases a revelation. It advertises a new dessert spoon pattern by Wm. Rogers & Son AA silverplate, with a 20 year guarantee, and includes an offer to send the first spoon for two trade marks plus 10 cents postage.
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Rogers & Son
Aviation Medical Service Aims to Cut Aviator Deaths
Washington reports the army medical corps will create a special aviation medical service to reduce fatalities among air forces. British statistics cited show 90 percent of WWI aviator deaths in the first year were due to physical effects, five to defects in planes, and two to enemy action. After the air medical service study, deaths from pilot faults dropped to twelve percent.
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Washington
Army Medical Corps
Mitarvy
Air Medical Service Watch
Bitter divisions in Ireland split by fear and pride
April report notes bitterness among Ireland's two main factions spreading to feared societies. The Royal Irish Academy refused re admission to Professor John MacNeil, once a member, whose early Irish history work the academy previously published. He was expelled after the 1918 rebellion and sentenced to 20 years penal servitude, later released and restored as a professor at the National University of Ireland.
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Dubly
Ireland
Royal Irish Academy
John MacNeil
National University of Ireland
Buying Bonds a Crime in Ireland Court Ruling
In Dublin April, two magistrates in County Wesford ruled that subscribing to Sinn Fein bonds is an offense against the law. A wealthy farmer who purchased Irish bonds worth 23 pounds refused bail and was jailed for three months for good behavior. Some Catholic bishops have subscribed as well but showed poor conduct.
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Dublin
Ireland
County
Wesford
Farraci
Jump in Clothing Costs in France Since 1914
Labor Review from the department of labor notes an 1800 percent rise in men’s clothing costs in France since 1914. The article cites prewar prices and general price shifts, illustrating wartime economic strain and inflation affecting everyday apparel.
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Washington
France
Department of Labor Asu
Pay for blind officers in Washington report April 6
A brief note from Washington outlines compensation for blind officers and mentions Lieutenants Fran Cole, Trem Mond, and others associated with the 146th infantry. The text reflects military pay matters tied to incapacities and assignments during a mobilization period.
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Washington
Fran C Ole Tr
Pamond
Free Jiffy Jell Coupon Offer To Housewives
Consumers are urged to buy Jiffy Jell from grocers in preferred flavors and mail in front pack circle trade marks with a coupon. They may select gifts by sending 2 to 5 trade marks each, with pint molds valued at 50 cents and a set of six at 60 cents, free for fifty Jell users this week only.
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Weel
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