Saloons and Labor Report Opposed For Now In Nevada
Joint committees from the farmers and stockgrowers section and the union labor section of a Reno war conference decide not to set a state wide wage schedule for farm labor nor push a liquor closing plan now. They back the county labor organization plan and endorse sections banning idle labor and enforcing defense actions, with limited liquor considerations in affected farming areas.
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Farmers and Stockgrowers
Reno
Union Labor
Nevada
Jay H. Clemons
C. H. Duborg
John W. Brooks
State Council of Defense
Farmers and Livestock Men
Comstock miners win higher wages to five dollars a day
Nevada reports wage increase for Comstock miners to five dollars per day. The article also notes a major fire in Cali ente, Esmeralda County rail siding plans denied, a shooting in Las Vegas and political maneuvers by A. Grant Miller and Clarence Van Duzer.
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Comstock
Caliente
Nevada
Silver Peak Railroad Company
State Railroad Commission
Esmeralda
Commiss
Karns Named Carson Postmaster Nominee by Wilson
Albert B. Karns, chief deputy in the United States Marshal office, has been appointed postmaster at Carson with Senate confirmation pending. Karns led his civil service exam class of nine, ranking highest. McAdoo orders curtailment of transcontinental schedules from Chicago west, effective June 2, saving about 11.7 million train miles and roughly 18 million dollars yearly. Principal routes including Santa Fe to Los Angeles, C N W, UP and SP to San Francisco, Burlington and Northern to Portland, and C M St P to Seattle will be affected. Fast trains to four Pacific terminals aim for 72 hours, secondary in 78 hours, extra fares eliminated.
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Albert B. Karns
Carson
Wilson
Senate
Karns
Civil Service
McAdoo
Chicago West
Santa Fe
Chicago
Los Angeles
Chicago and Northwestern
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Burlington
Northern Pacific
Portland, Or
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Seattle
Pacific Coast
Unconditional Surrender Needed to Doom German Supremacy
Nevada Press Comment argues that only unconditional surrender will prove the German nation incapable of domination and must be forced to kneel for mercy to prevent further aggression. It stresses removing ideas of racial superiority and crushing the notion of German superiority.
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Germany
J. Franklin Bell
New York
Tonopah
Save and Serve Wheat to Live
A wartime civic notice urges reducing wheat flour use and adopting substitutes to stretch food supplies. It calls for daily small savings to feed a vast population, framing it as a duty to democracy and life. The message is sponsored by The Eureka Cash Store and Eureka Garage Supply Co.
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Eureka Cash Store
Eureka Garage Supply Co
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State News
Stephen Racko
Don Cole
Las Vegas
Racko
Cole
Yerington
A. Grant Miller
Socialist Party
United States
Clarence D. van Duzer
Congress
Humboldt County
Reno and
Sparks
County Liquor Board
Washoe County
F. N. Fletcher
State Tax Commission
Esmeralda County
Ela
RL Tyehey
the Sentinel
Chance
F. Kopp
Elko National Bank
Wws.s
Washoe County Bank
United States Food Administration
Henderson Banking Company
Scheele Banking & Trust Go
General Banking A Trust Company
Business Exchange
Estates Acta
Corporations Acta
OLD Pioneer Banking House
F. EF Humphrey
F. M. Rowland
J.r.van Nage&ll
G. H.taylor
F. Stadtmuller
O. W. Mapes
Cash
Rudolph Herz
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