Ford Adopts Five Day Week Plan For Ford Plants
Detroit March 24 Ford Motor Company announced a forty hour five day work week to reduce congestion and aid home life for workers. About 50 000 employees affected with wages at eight dollars per day. President Henry Ford said the policy balances market demand with family time and self improvement. Production adjustments required. more machinery and personnel anticipated.
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Canada Included In Great Lay Off
Cleveland March 2 Efforts by the United Mine Workers to halt coal mining in the United States by April 1 also extended to Canada with plans to enlist 200000 non union miners. The policy committee outlined appeals to join the strike and targeted non union regions. If successful about 800 to 900 miners would be drawn in. Illinois miners voiced readiness to negotiate later if the national strike faltered. The union barred district agreements, while Farrington warned against being trapped in district settlements. Warren Stone of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers offered unspecified aid. A joint protection board resolution endorsed by Norfolk and Western Railway employees signaled railroad support for combined mine and rail action.
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Mother Witness Father Lawyer in Divorce Case
In a divorce action Mrs Wickes sought alimony of 109 dollars monthly as separation agreement terms stood. Frederick B McNish, her attorney, faced questions about a dot a register entry read Bradley on and wife Tarrytown N Y. Witnesses including friends from 85 Washington Square testified about a December raid on a hotel room involving Wickes and a female companion. Justice Finck reserved decision as Mr Wickes did not appear to defend.
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Treaty ratified as Senate backs power accord in 67 to 27 vote
Senate approves the Washington tour power treaty by a 67 to 27 margin and moves to consider other treaties. Bonus bill heads to the Finance Committee. Harding urges lawful respect in Bible class. Coal strike hopes fade as administration abandons averting efforts. Substantial criminal and societal items fill the page from carneg ie Hall to rent disputes and labor actions.
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Jersey Estates Fight Dam That Wipes Them Out
Bergen Countys fury over a Ramapo Valley dam near Oakland that would flood the McMillan Chapman Garels on three estates and a new road, with Standard Oils suspected behind the plan. Prosecutor J Willard Deyo says review by Supreme Court possible but uncertain, as Bayonne would gain water from the Ramapo basin and Newark from the Wanaque, leaving many property interests submerged.
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Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company
Stowaway Near Death Aboard Orbita After 11 Days Without Food
A 19 year old stowaway was found at the bottom of hold No 4 on the Royal Mas liner Orbita after arrival from Mambur. He had been without food or water for eleven days and lay near death before being treated by ship surgeon Dr F R Ducas. He recovered enough to identify himself as Fritz Ahrens of Hamburg and said he hoped to locate an uncle in the United States.
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Ex Senator Hollis denies divorce amid Italian marriage news
Concord report quotes Mrs. Grace B. Hollis through counsel denying any divorce in effect and asserting she remains wife of former Senator Henry F. Hollis. She cites a 1921 French decree dismissing a Paris divorce action and notes no English or American judgments grant remarriage rights. The Hollises had two children, including Henry T. Hollis Jr. the aviator killed in World War I.
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Senate Vote on Pacific Treaty Noted by Washington Bureau
The Tribune Washington Bureau reports the fall roll call on the four point Pacific treaty with a list of participating senators across parties. Democrats tally twenty three present, with numerous Republicans and several absences noted, highlighting key names and sectional splits in the vote.
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Five Passengers Charged Briand Of Flying Boat Sought
A seaplane named Miss Miami sank in the Gulf Stream after leaving Miami with four passengers bound for Bimini. Pilot Robert Moore survived, clinging to wreckage until rescue by the oil tanker William Greene. The accident occurred amid a night storm, suggesting the plane’s bottom was up. Names of passengers include August Bulte and his wife, Lawrence E. Smith and his wife, and J. S. Nickson’s wife, all KC-area executives.
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Pallbearers Cross Nine Mile Ice Toll to Mainland
HARBOR SPRINGS Mich March 24 Members of a funeral party bearing the body of Charles Ward sixty five from Beaver Island crossed iced nine miles to the mainland. Ice broke wide and crevices opened requiring planked bridges with pallbearers jumping openings and rescuing each other when a pallbearer broke through.
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Eight Dead and Ten Missing in Sopris Mine Explosion
Eight miners are reported dead and ten missing after an explosion at Sopris Mine 2 of Colorado Fuel and Iron near TRINILaLy Gal. on March 24. Officials fear total deaths may reach eighteen as rescue crews work to brace the main workings 3,000 feet underground. two bodies identified, others burned and mutilated.
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No-Alliance Reservation Wins in Senate Ratification
The Senate ratified the four power treaty by 87 to 27 with the modified Brandegee reservation. Twelve Democrats backed ratification and four Republicans opposed. The vote, after four hours of roll calls, followed debates on amendments and reservations. Senator Lodge and Admin leaders greeted the result, while a large gallery crowd watched the proceedings.
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