International labor conference to set world workers standards
Delegates from more than thirty countries arrive to discuss the Versailles treaty agenda at the SMM lab or conference. Secretary Wilson says only ratified states may partake though an organizing plan seeks to admit non ratified states. The conference will tackle the eight hour day and forty eight hour week as work begins Friday while the International Federation of Trade Unions meeting is postponed awaiting arrivals and developments.
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Alea
Shempers
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Department of Labor
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League of Nations
Wilson
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Ealing
Leber
United States
Wison
Germany
Austria
International Federation of Trade Unions
W. A A. Appleton
England
Int J. Ondegeest
Holland
Sald
Inbor
Jen
National Congress of Farm Women seeks tobacco ban
A gloomy scene as farm women from several million farms form the National Congress of Farm Women. They petition Congress to prohibit growing tobacco in the United States, arguing food supply and European reliance push needs beyond nicotine. The secretary notes food comes first, and production must adjust.
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Congress
Mil
United States
Bent
Kalb
Houston
The Cobra Poison Is Its Own Permanent Shield
A fragment notes that the cobra, like other venomous reptiles, uses its poison as a permanent defense. The text hints at the snake’s dangerous bite and its evolutionary adaptation for survival.
White House Conference Debates Impending Coal Strike
Fuel administrators in the White House convened to argue miners are no longer bound by wartime wage accords and to sway public opinion toward a thirty hour week and a sixty percent pay raise. President seeks revocation of the November 1 coal miners strike order as district leaders are invited to attend and discuss.
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White House
Lewta
No Age Limit Cited in Oregon Divorce Suit
An eighty year old woman sues for divorce from her seventy one year old husband. She claims his affection was strained by his ninety four year old mother who lived with them and controlled finances. The wife says he used her money to buy an auto for his mother and refused her a ride, prompting court action.
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Oregon
Iil
A Foreign Ship Controversy Emerges Over War Ship Image
Homer L Ferguson of the U S Chamber stirs patriots by citing a foreign built ship on a twenty dollar bill. He argues the ship depicted was seized from the war effort and carries the American flag, but four funnels reveal it is not an American original.
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Homer L. Ferguson
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Sand
Plot of Reds For Reign of Terror in Cleveland Unearthed
Police uncover a radical plot to terrorize the nation in Cleveland. Five men and one woman are suspected of planning to destroy the city police station this spring. The Associated Proge reports the discovery in Cleveland on October 2.
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Cleveland
Associated
Proge
Berm
British Officer Denies Red Troubles After Petrograd Visit
Col. Maton Mell of the British House of Commons returns from Petrograd and says Bolshevik political and military situations are untrue. He asserts Lenin and Trotsky are acting in full accord, based on his investigations.
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Petrograd
Associated Press
Helaingfors
Col
Maton Mell
House of Commons
Lenine
Trotsky
21 Known Dead In Lake Tragedy
The Associated Press reports in Muskegon that October 29 twenty one persons are officially unaccounted for and fourteen are known to have died in the sinking yesterday of the steamer Muskegon.
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Muskegon
Supreme Court to Hear 2.75 Percent Beer Case
The Supreme Court will hear American Treasury against the government over 2.75 percent beer legality and the Prattco treatment case involving Soundtard Brewing of Lalthnore, set for Monday, December.
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Supreme Court
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Soundtard Brewing Company
Lalthnore
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