Railroad shopmen win 68 cent hour pay rise across 500000 workers
Director General McAdoo raises wages to 60 cents per hour for shopmen with flat raises for assistants and mechanical staff. Eight hour day from August raises overtime to time and a half with back pay forthcoming. Retroactive to January 1 1938, the change affects about 500000 workers nationwide and adds nearly 100 million dollars to annual payroll.
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Associated Press
Washington
McAdoo
Commission On Railroad
Naval commission proposal links Chile to U.S. seas
The Mercuria suggests establishing a permanent Naval Commission to the United States modeled on the English example. In an editorial headlined Our seas constitute the best union with the United States Admiral Gomez Careno is proposed as the commission's head.
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Santiago
Chile
United States
England
Mercuria
Gomez Careno
Weather notes across states with temperatures and showers
Ohio and surrounding states expect showers and cooler conditions from Thursday into Friday. Temperatures across stations vary with highs mainly in the 70s to 90s and scattered precipitation reported. Cincinnati records July 24 shows a high of 91, lows around 70, with lightrain amounts and varying wind.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
West Virginia
Boston
O'Kansas City
Jacksonville
Omaha
New Orleans
Denver
Nashville
Spokane
Ste. Marie
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Germans in perilous pocket face final rail line threat
German forces cling to a shrinking pocket in the Aisne Marne region as Allied advances trap them. General March says only one rail line remains from Nanteuil to Bazoches, with Soissons Chateau Thierry line under Allied fire, forcing a desperate German retreat while Foch massed artillery paces toward the pocket.
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Associated Press
Washington
Foch
Aisne-Marne
Chateau Thierry
Marne
War Department
General March
March
Soissons
Nanteuil
Ourcq
Bazoches
Vesle
Rior
Ermy
Chatelet Forest
Epieds
Japanese Debate on Siberian Intervention Sparks Clash
Tokyo on Friday July 19 reports a sharp rift over America's Siberian policy. Military factions and political parties clash while business interests back intervention. Army influence within the Cabinet pushes intervention, but Sei Yukai and Kenseikai counterbalance, with leaders Hara Makino Takahashi and Kato vocally opposing.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
America
Siberian
Seiyukai
Kenseikai
Inter Ventionists
Hara
Makino
Takahashi
Kato
Democrats Seek Harmony in New York State Ticket
In Saratoga Springs on July 24 the New York Democratic convention backed a full State ticket led by Alfred E. Smith, aiming to reduce a three way primary split with potential withdrawals by William Church Osborn and William Randolph Hearst. The slate includes Smith for Governor and mirrored appointments across key offices. Former Judge Samuel Seabury spearheaded the harmony effort after Smith’s remarks and the convention’s discordant notes.
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Associated Press
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
New York
William Church Osborn
William Randolph Hearst
Harry Co. Walker
Broome
Franklin L. Bard
Eric
Bird S. Coler
Kings
Charles L. Morschauser
Dutchess
Jacob G. Cohen
Westchester
Dwight B. Lady
Washington
Samuel Seabury
Mr. Smith
Sugar ration set for dining cars in 1940s decline
New York July 24 patrons of railroad dining cars will receive two half lumps of sugar or one teaspoonful per meal as the Federal Food Board announces a ration. Dining car services were ordered to discard sugar bowls until the shortage is relieved.
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Associated Press
New York
Federal
Action Delayed on Baker Plan to Extend Draft Age
Congress postpones decisions on Secretary Baker’s proposal to widen the army draft age and expand military structure until after the August recess. Leaders are absent or not expecting action, while debate centers on lowering the minimum age to 19 or 20 but resisting lowering the ceiling below 31.
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BAKER
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
English Munition Walk-Out Threatens War Production
Serious impairment of production of war material may be threatened by labor troubles in Great Britain. The headline warns of potential stoppages by workers that could hamper munitions output guiding war effort analysis and policy response.
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Great Britain
London engineering unions oppose embargo amid munitions strike
The London district executive committee of seven unions including the Amalgamated Engineers says governments explanations do not justify the embargo and will hold meetings to discuss the situation. The Lewisham Branch pledges to work in munitions factories if a strike occurs. A Birmingham munitions workers strike began at 6 p m with about 65 000 affiliated members including 5 000 women. Officials expect workers to remain loyal and stop work.
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London
the Engineering Trades
Amalgamated Engineers
Lewisham
Federation of
Associated Press
Birmingham
Central News
Joint Committee of the Engineering Trades Unions
Joint Committee
Government Moves to End Coventry Labor Turmoil
London reports state the Trades Union Advisory Committee was summoned by the Ministry of Munitions to discuss Coventry labor trouble and the broader labor situation. Strikers, numbering 9 000 to 12 000, challenge government and union leaders, with many believed to be young men of military age evading service. Issues include wage disparities between semi skilled youngsters on piece rates and older skilled workers on time rates amid broader bureaucratic discontent.
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Associated Press
London
Trades Union Advisory Committee
Ministry of Munitions
Coventry
Jurisdiction Question Over War Labor Board Appeals
Representatives from St. Louis metal works shirt makers laundries grocers and bakers questioned the War Labor Board's authority in a dispute where string employees were replaced. Labor officials argued board intervention is warranted since the case was before the board prior to current conditions. Employers argued the board lacks jurisdiction as strikers were replaced and production returned to normal.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Labor Board
St. Louis
The
St. Lou's
Hunt for submarine thus far a failure
Portland Maine July 24 all those on the Gloucester fishing schooner Robert and Richard sunk by a German submarine off the Maine coast Monday had been accounted for. Twenty three persons aboard were rescued or landed at Kennebunkport Boston and here with naval patrols and hydroplanes continuing the search.
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Maine
Kennebunkport
Boston
Robert Wharton
Toronto Letter Carriers End Strike After Ottawa Talks
The Toronto strike ends after Ottawa conference with Dominion Cabinet. Mail service resumes as letter carriers return to work in the morning following government’s rejection to appoint a Board of Conciliation for higher pay.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Ontario
Winnipeg
Ottawa
Dominion Cabinet
Bordeaux Mayor Proposes Memorial to American Aid
Paris report notes Bordeaux mayor proposes a permanent memorial to America’s war aid with a replica of Bartholdi’s Statue of Liberty to be built in the Gironde estuary.
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Associated Press
Paris
Havas
Bordeaux
America
Bartholdi
Gironde River
Germany’s Peace Plan Declared Unacceptable by Vorwaerts
Amsterdam dispatch reports the Vorwaerts of Berlin saying Germany’s peace conference proposals are unacceptable. They urge no western annexations or indemnities, preserve Russia and Romania treaties, and discuss self determination, Belgium’s fate, the Balkans, seas freedom, Gibraltar, Suez, coaling rights, and colonial status quo.
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Belgium
Gibraltar
Suez Canal
Germany
Vorwaerts
German Peace Gestures Signal Hidden Drive at Capital
Washington July 24. In peace suggestions the Berlin Vorwaerts says the German government plans to push entente and American settlement through the Spanish government. Officials detect a German design hidden in almost every peace proposal.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Socialist
Vorwaerts
Berlin
Washington
Narcotic law held invalid in U S Court ruling
Dr. Arthur L. Blunt, recently convicted of dispensing narcotics, must serve five years in Leavenworth and pay $12,000. The U S Court of Appeals invalidated a portion of the anti narcotic law dealing with misuse of government order blanks, potentially affecting others serving sentences for violations.
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Associated’ Press
Chicago
Arthur L. Blunt
Leavenworth
United States Court of Appeals
Former Consul Kunhardt Arrested as Enemy Alien in Boston
Oswald Kunhardt formerly German and Austrian Consul in Boston is arrested as an enemy alien at his Manchester home and brought to Boston. Federal officials decline comment on submarine ties though information suggests extraordinary importance. His Manchester apartment was searched. internment for war duration anticipated pending evidence. Kunhardt had been a member of the Tennis and Racquet Club and represented Berlin Aniline Works in the United States.
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Associated Press
Boston
Oswald Kunhardt
Manchester
Kunhardat
Department of Justice
Judd Dewey
United States
Kunhardt
Karl Muck
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Back Bay Society
Berlin
Americans Recapture Epieds and Trugny Epieds Break Through
Paris reports a major redress on the Aisne Marne front with the center advancing nearly two miles. American troops recaptured Epieds and Trugny Epieds from German forces, with the line north of Epieds extending beyond Courpoil. British forces also gained ground in Wrigny Wood near Rheims.
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Epieds
Trugny-Epieds
Associated Press
Paris
Aisne-Marne
War Office
Courpoil
London
Wrigny Wood
Rheims
Soissons
Soissons-Chateau Thierry
Ourcq
Fereen ‘Fradenois
Germany
Colney
Marne
Chateau Thierry
Epied
Chatelet Forest
Epiedis
Trugny Epied
Courpeil
Allied Forces Push Through German Lines Near Soissons Rheims
Allied troops including American French and British forces press the German front along the Soissons Rheims sector. They advance near Epied Trugny Courpel and Jaulgonne while recapturing towns from the enemy and seizing cannons and war material. Wrigny offensive threatens Rheims Fismes railway and tightens the pocket restricting German movements.
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Associated Press
London
Soissons- Rheims Salient
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