Plan to create national board for labor dispute awards
A plan to permanently eliminate labor troubles in construction was presented to the American Federation of Labor building trades department. It backs a national board with three International officials and one representative from each of six allied groups to investigate disputes and issue awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bull Trades Department
American Ration of Labor
Samu Tr
Cidict
Building Trades Department
American Institute of Architects
Engineering Council
Associated General Contractors of America
National Association of Builders' Exchanges
National
Building
Appeal for Boy Scouts of America War Work Tribute
James E. West proclaims the War is over but work continues as the Boy Scouts expand to 400000 boys and 100000 leaders. A national drive seeks 1,000,000 associate members to back a June to June Boy Scout week promoting gratitude, citizenship training, and wider scouting access through schools clubs churches and agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. West
Boy Scouts of America
War Department
American Red Cross
Knights of Columbus
Jewish Welfare Board
Salvation Army
American Library Association
Scouts of America
W. G. McAdoo
Dried Apple Art Emerges From Knoxville Artist
A young Knoxville woman creates lifelike dolls from dried apples after shaping faces resembling mountaineers. She found a method to preserve and varnish the fruit, turning a half dried apple into a surprisingly realistic head for sculpture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
Knoxville
Tenn
France’s Debt and War Loans Reframe National Wealth
Article notes France shifted from creditor to debtor due to loans to Russia Bulgaria and Turkey yielding no returns. It cites $8 billion outward investments prewar, $4.2 million in credits since 1914, and an annual expense burden of at least $3.5 billion. Total debt around $40 billion, about $1,000 per person, with public wealth near $1,500 per person.
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France
St. Paul
Oshkosh
Firescarred Rocks Mark Local War Time Protest
In Brookline Massachusetts a strange pile of charred rocks rests on green grass outside an apartment building. A neat notice board behind them bears the 1918 FUEL ADMINISTRATION CNDAL legend. The piece references a failed resolution appealing for clemency for Eugene V. Debs, jailed for opposing the draft, noted as part of Atlantic City metal trades convention coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
Brookine
Massachusetts
CNDAL
Eugene V. Debs
Convention of the Metal Trades
Seasion
Atlantic City
Even 200 Years Ago from The Outlook
A quotation argues against the view that women are only housekeepers and slaves noting they possess souls and capabilities equal to men. It cites a 200-year-old passage attributed to Daniel Defoe and comments on its modern resonance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imniel Defoe
Scheidemann Soliloquy On Signing Or Defying Yoke
A historical style soliloquy debates submitting to conquerors or resisting with bold bluff. It weighs honor, self respect, and possible reparations while hinting at Belgium, France, and public perception. The speaker contemplates prudence, deception, and nerve in a fraught national stance.
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Scheidemann
Alg
Sirrah
Belgium
Clemenceau’s Pen Gift for Peace Signing
A Paris penholder to be used by Clemenceau for the peace treaty is described with a base of olive branches and gold shields bearing the flags of Belgium, Great Britain, the United States, and Italy. The top displays the Gallic rooster and a dedication to Clemenceau from the jeunes filles du Lucce Jules Ferry.
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Clemenceau
Paris
Belgium
Great Britain
United States
Italy
Mblem
France
A Clemenceau
Lea Jeunes Filles
Lucce Jules-Ferry
The Chief Object
Edwin H. Chapin argues the aim of any work is to endure beyond power and art, achieving a lasting beauty that survives when thrones and monuments crumble to ashes and remains in immortal triumph.
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Edwin H. Chapin
Danish Mary and the vanished ships in a sea verse
Percy Mackaye in the New York Times cites Danish Mary as she drifts along the shore. The tumult of cries north and south frames a hunt for the lost sailors while a noisy press race to publish news and claim fame.
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Mary
Percy Mackaye
New York Times
When to Girt a Mise
Washington Star reports Low Hahn of the National Retail Dry Goods Association questions whether corsets and related garments for girls and petite women are taxed under the new law. He asks if garments worn by mature women change their tax status or if there is a clear cut line between girls wear and adult wear. The puzzle challenges the bureau of Internal Revenue to define the apparel category.
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Washington Star
Low Hahn
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Hahn
Consolations of a Home and the Return from War
A London Times writer argues the return to private homes marks the war's end and restores continuity after four years in camps and furnished houses. He laments destroyed homes, notes new homes must rise, and warns against rejecting private property as homelessness fuels unrest and radicalism.
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London Times
Ritz
Hyde Park
Bolshevism and the United States opening analysis
Charles Edward Russell, a socialist and labor ally, argues in a forthcoming book on Bolshevism and its US implications that the creed spreads rapidly from a single man to millions, warning of its dangers and suggesting paths to deliverance amid global upheaval.
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Bobbs-Merrill Co
Nicola Lenine
Russia
Elihu Root
United States
Mr. Russell
Russell
Promised Operators Jump in Sioux City Telegraph Walkout
Five more Western Union operators joined the commercial telegraphers strike, bringing the total to about ten in Sioux City. Strike leaders warned private wire operators could join within 24 hours as five railroad telegraphers also walked out. An order directing railroad telegraphers to stop handling Western Union and Postal business after June 14 affects about 80,000 railway workers and 30,000 offices.
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Western Union
Sioux City
Order of
St. Louis
Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies
E. J. Manion
Railroad Telegraphers
Atlanta
United of
Telegraphers national strike widens across the country
Chicago reports show allied telegraphers divisions leaning toward a sympathetic walkout as the nationwide strike expands. Western Union and Postal Telegraph workers face movement. Arizona gubernatorial talks and a Monday electrical workers join hint at a 100000 strong force. Indianapolis angered local leaders order return to work.
Striking telegraph operators seek congressional aid
United Press reports strikers push for congressional investigation into wire administration as Postmaster General Burleson and officials await developments. Delegation plans to see Senator Watson of Indiana while Western Union and Postal officials claim no change.
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Washington
Congress
Burleson
Jon Senator Watson
Indiana
Western Union
Postal
Advocates Firing Squads For Alien Radicals In Des Moines
Warren Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, told a convention in Des Moines on June 13 that foreigners who come to the United States should be shot if they intend to overthrow the government. He claimed newcomers buy firearms with their first wages and urged vigilance against weapon storage.
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United Press
Des Moines
Warren 8
Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Enginer
Electrical strike hinges on New York talks says union official
Chas. P. Ford, international secretary of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, predicted the nationwide electrical strike may be averted by the outcome of a conference in New York between AT and T and union heads. Ford noted 24 companies have signed satisfactory agreements with local unions and are exempt from the strike set for next Monday.
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Janesville
Wla
Federation of Labor
Chicago
Key West
Havana
Cuba
Norwalk
Ohio
London
Treasury
Scotland Yard
New York City
Ruth Law
Harry Hawker
Newfoundland
Ireland
Stampton Court
Onte
Garfielden
Atlantic City
N. J
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
American Federation of Labor
Springfield
Ill
New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Chas. P. Ford
The
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Ford
Allies Halt Another War
Prague June 13 under armistice terms the Austrians evacuated the neutral zone and the Jugo Slavs moved beyond the demarcation line set by the allies. Hostilities have been suspended.
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Prague
Austria
Veterans Make Best European Salesmen
Paris reports a wave of new political figures forming with soldiers to push campaigns. Candidate chatter includes Colonel Raynal, famed for Vaux, challenging socialist and bolshevist Jean Longuet, grandson of Karl Marx. M Calil laux seeks re election in Sarthe with possible soldier opposition. General Mangin's name is mentioned but likely unconfirmed.
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Paris
Raynal
Fort of Vaux
Jean Longuet
Karl Marz
M. Calillaux
Sarthe
Mangin
Ex-Congressman Tawney Dies in Minnesota
James A. Tawney former congressman for the Pirot Minnesota district and once chairman of the House Appropriations Committee died at 6 o clock this morning in Excelsior Springs Missouri.
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Associated Press
Winona
Minn
James A. Tawney
Pirot
Minnesota
House Appropriations Committee
Excelsior Springs
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Nicholas
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Washington, D. C
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Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Konenkamp
Telegraph Company
Arizona
Association of Western Union
Edward Wach
Postal Telegraph Company
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Edward Reynolds
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