Wartime Lumber Organization Expands Peace Effort
Portland report details the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Limbermen 4 L as a nonunion body shaping industrial harmony. Originating in Oregon and adjacent states, it plans to extend into California and Montana, with more than 10 000 members from both workers and employers. The group uses councils and ballot selected boards to secure fair wages and conditions while avoiding trade union labels.
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Portland
Ore
Loyal Legion of
Oregon
Washington
Waho
California
4-L
Pemce
Basily and
Thas
Loxeing Soul Lumber Manufacturing Plan
The
Legion
United States
Arbitration board shapes industry rules across region
The text cites a district board of directors and a potential non-partisan arbitration board to resolve disputes. It notes the industry’s role in job classification, stable working hours, eight hour day, and minimum wage. General Disque is mentioned as wartime head of the Loyal Legion, with Ruegnitz currently in that role. Portland serves as head office, with district offices in Tacoma Aberdeen Seattle and Spokane.
Government Victory Over Counsel in Oil Trial Contempt Case
Justice Frederick Ls Siddons ruled for the government in a contempt dispute tied to the Fall Sinclair oil trial. Witness Js O’Reilly described conversations with the juror’s parents and Kidwell Sr. barber shop but was cautioned not to detail them on direct examination. The Burns defense sought to elicit the conversations, while the government objected as irrelevant on direct.
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Washington
Wee
Harry M. Laclair
Prederick
Sinclair
William J. Burns
Oif
Kidwell
James J. O’leary
Charles A. Douglas
Burnd
O'Reilly
Lamottte
Pay Clerk and Guard Robbed in Philadelphia Hold-Up
Six assailants robbed a pay clerk and guard of 11000 dollars as they transported funds to the Mitchell and Pierson leather manufacturing office. The men fled in an automobile, leaving investigators seeking suspects.
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Clark
Philadelphia
Mitchell and Pierson, Inc
Governor Al Smith Unknown to One Man
Albany dispatch reports a Florida resident sent a letter to Mayor John Boyd Thacher asking who is the present governor of New York when he was elected and where he lives, illustrating that even the famed Al Smith is unknown to some. The query sparked amusement on December 6.
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Albany
United States
al Smith
John Boyd Thacher
West Palm Beach
Florida
New York
Debate Opens On Alien Property Bill
Washington December 16 The house opened debate on the long standing measure to return alien property held during the war. The bill mirrors the version that passed the house last session but failed in the senate filibuster. It provides for immediate 50 percent payment of German claims with the rest in installments up to 100 million dollars and for rapid return of 80 percent of German property to the alien property custodian with eventual return of the remainder.
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Washington
House
Senate
Germany
Dying veteran editor Fitzhugh reported in hospital
Lawrence S. Fitzhugh, 68, editor of the Wilmore Enterprise and former Kentucky Press Association president, is at St. Joseph's hospital in Lexington with a paralytic stroke suffered yesterday in Wilmore. He remains unconscious but with slight improvement noted as his brother Norman Fitzhugh of Charleston, W. Va., is expected to arrive.
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Lexington
Lawrence S. Fitzhugh
Wilmore Enterprise
Kentucky Press Association
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Wilmore
Norman Fitzhugh
Charleston
W. Va
Pask Explorers aided by science findings at Pavlof expedition
Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar heads a National Geographic Society expedition to Pavlof Volcano off Alaska with a team of volcanologists physiographers wildlife and botany specialists. They may test an amphibious vehicle to move efficiently across land and water, reducing luggage concerns on frontier trips. The Pavlof study follows Jaggar's earlier work on Mount Katmai and the 1902 Martinique eruption.
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Washington
Thomas A. Jaggary
United States Geological Survey
Mount Kilauea Volcanic Laboratory
Hawaii
National Geographic Society
Pavlof
Alaskan
Jaggar
Peninula
America
Mount Katmai
Alaska
Siberia
Mount Katmaf
Mount Pelee
West ‘Indies
San Pierre
Martinique
Dr. Jaggar
Sure Relief For Sore Throat Thoxine Ad
A physician's prescription Thoxine promises relief in 15 minutes by a new theory. One swallow reaches the cause directly. Contains no chlorine ferrous drugs and is safe for the whole family. Sold at Red Cross Pharmacy and other drug stores.
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Red Cross
Hospital Notes Report Varied Surgeries and Recoveries
Miss Fay Bradley underwent a junior operation yesterday and is in good condition today. Mrs Ada Holmes Jackson and Mrs B F Matthews, both of this city, underwent operations this morning. Mrs Jackson's case was a major one. James Greathouse of Newburg was dismissed yesterday after partial recovery from a recent operation.
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Fay Bradley
Ada Holmes Jackson
B. F. Matthews
Magruder Testifies on Navy Committee Probe
Rear Admiral Magruder tells the House Naval Committee officers afloat lack discretion due to numerous orders from Washington. He cites detailed flight arrangements by Clarence Chamberlin for mail delivery to the Leviathan at sea bound for Europe and condemns centralized authority in the capital.
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Washington
Thomas P. Magruder
House Naval Committee
Clarence Chamberlin
Leviathan
Europe
Magruder
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Nine Months Needed to Cool Glass Disk in Washington
A glass disk seventy inches in diameter and twelve and a half inches thick has cooled seven months in a Bureau of Standards furnace. It will not be removed until February. Cast last May by a new process, the disk is intended for a reflecting telescope mirror. Nine months are required for cooling to avoid distortion of its precisely calculated contours.
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Washington
Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Pants Bandit Holdups Baffle Chicago Police
A group of Chicago bandits robbed victims of valuables and their trousers for weeks. Two detectives chasing a pants bandit were captured by officers, arriving at headquarters as their trouserless victims reached safety.
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Chicago
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