Boosters Club Plans Big Hamilton Improvements
Citizens' Boosters club met at the YMCA to map 31 committees covering Hamilton improvements. Committees focus on 22 streets, electric light, park grounds, barge canal, land for parks, school playgrounds and more with labor representation on all panels. Next meeting set for Monday at 7 pm.
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Citizens’ Poosters Club
Hamilton
Homer Gard
Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Federated Women’s Clubs
County Commissioners
Nolan Bomb Case Charges Dismissed in San Francisco
Edward D. Nolan, a defendant in the preparedness day bomb cases, had all charges dropped and his bail bonds returned. He faced accusations of making the device that killed 10 people and injured 40 on July 22.
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San Francisco
Edward D. Nolan
Mooney Case Clears Nolan of Bomb Explosion Ties
In 1916 Nolan, attending the Baltimore convention of the International Association of Machinists, was arrested on eight murder charges after a deadly explosion. He was held nine months and released on bail with no evidence for trial. Other defendants faced life terms or acquittals as cases progressed.
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Baltimore
International Association of Machinists
Nolan
Warres K. Billings
Thomas J. Mooney
Mrs. Mooney
Israel Weinberg
Uplifters Rejected Over Girls Hotel in Des Moines
In Des Moines Iowa a dispute over a proposed girls hotel divides the Retail Clerks association No 30. They oppose the hotel arguing wages must rise and rooming should be in homes, not charity. They urge fair pay and better housing to uplift workers and support union labels as wholesome for society.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Retail Clerks’ Association No. 30
Retail Clerks’ Association
Cpp
Americans Mistakenly Attack France Over Living Costs
A columnist argues Americans overstate French price gouging while ignoring wartime destruction. He notes inflation from paper money, coal shortages after German control, and ruined industry in northern France. He warns misdirected denunciations threaten Franco American understanding and aid.
America Still Exists Burleson Topples Telephone Power Claim
In Madison Wisconsin deputy state attorney general M B Urbich told the state supreme court that the Postmaster General cannot wield sole power to set telephone rates. He argued that war power and peace power lie outside military law and must be reviewed by courts. In Tampa Florida stationary engineers formed a local union affiliated with the International Union of Steam and Operating Engineers.
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Madison
Wis
America
M. B. Ubrich
State Supreme Court
Burleson
Tampa
Judge orders 10 percent wage raise for Chicago meat packers
Federal Judge Abschuler rules a 10 percent wage increase for all workers at five Chicago meat packing plants cites increased living costs since last March. Overtime becomes time and a half after eight hours starting March 2 1919 with weekly relief for seven day operations. Most workers are in unions including the Amalgamated Meat Catter and Butcher Workmen.
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Chicago
Abschuler
Alschuler
Amalgamated Meat Cattern and Butcher
Michigan Socialists Reject Bolshevist Dictatorship Idea
At the Michigan Socialist state convention in Grand Rapids delegates rejected a bid to countenance forcible control by workers. The disputed resolution urged employing all methods to create a dictatorship of the proletariat but was toned down and adopted as advocating socializing and democratically managing production and distribution.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Socialist Party of Michigan
Bolshevists
John Hall
Detroit
War Labor Board Finds Long Hours Harmful
Washington reports the National War Labor Board told Williamsport Wire Rope Company in Williamsport Pennsylvania that extended work hours are harmful to workers. The board urged management to review schedules and improve conditions to protect labor health during wartime.
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Washington
National War Labor Board
Williamsport
Plant Labor Hours Cut for Worker Health and Efficiency
The board finds monotonous work and excessive hours harm workers health and efficiency. It urges the company and union to arrange a shorter schedule that improves well being and raises proficiency and production. The recommendation targets immediate action by the committee and management to reduce daily hours.
Detroit Mayors Wage Ration Plan Sparks Labor Clash
Detroit's mayor proposed a wage rationing plan to spread pay across workers, while labor prepares a contrasting work rationing tactic aimed at securing a forty hour five day week starting May 1. The looming clash pits Detroit labor against city employers as both sides push for broader employment gains.
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Detroit, Mich
Couzens
Detroit
Labor
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Chambray
Amoskeag
White Sox
Michigan
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