Engineers to Reduce Industrial Accidents Initiative
As a branch of the Working Conditions Service of the Department of Labor, the Division of Safety Engineering will help adjust postwar conditions with safety codes. The aim is to standardize safety practices through collaboration with government and private bodies, balancing human, production, and organizational factors to reduce accidents and improve workers well being and advancement opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Labor
Division of Safety Engineering
National Safety Council
Cation
Bureau of Standards
Division of
Safety Engineering
Girnut Hamilton
Grain for Dutch ships requisitioned for grain transport
Special correspondence notes that two Dutch warships have been requisitioned by the Dutch government to carry grain from Argentina. A curious aside offers a dry cleaning tip for household brushes using corn meal to absorb dirt particles.
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San Antonio
Chicago Daily News
Holland
Dee
Italy and Jugo-Slav Clash Over Adriatic Coast Control
Paris reports intensified clashes between Italy and Jugo-Slavs over Adriatic territories. Italy occupied Taibach and Fiume amid armistice limits, while Serbs protest and refuse to recognize the 1915 London treaty. Discussion centers on self-determination, Da lmati a and Wienerste border questions and the future of key ports.
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Paul Scott Mowrer
San Antonio
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Daily News Co
Paris
Austria
Viribus Unitus
Fiume
Taibach
Italy
Laibach
Oberlaibach
Inter-Allied Council
Versailles
Clemencenti
Orlando Wat
Vestnich
Smd Baron Sonnina
Entmeil
Angreb
Alexander
Serbia
London
Prince Alexander
Britain
France
Wrent
Vrieste
Dalmatian
Zara
Rau
Austrian
Dalmatia
Ara
Istria
Stav
Belgrade
Adria
Tanibach
Mentho-Laxene Endorsed By Jersey Woman As Valuable Remedy
Mrs Ty Lading of 136 Beacon Avenue Jersey NWI writes praising Mentho-Laxene noting its three year presence in her home and recommending the Free Health Book. Hundreds of thousands of bottles are sold yearly by druggists with growing sales and guidance included with each bottle. A 24-ounce bottle mixed with syrup yields a pint and provides a long lasting family supply at lower cost than ready made medicines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty. Lading
Beacon Avenue
Jersey
Guy
N. WI
Admiral Koltchak and Slavs Face Italy in Adriatic Clash
The report claims Admiral Koltchak plans an army with General Semenoff to oppose Bolsheviks in Siberia while Greece and Serbia may unite against Italy. A plebiscite and strict American principles are urged by Slavs, who want power in the Adriatic, opposing Italian dominance and fear a Slavic fleet nearby.
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Koltchak
Black Sea
Semenoff
Siberia
Venizelos
London
Greece
Serbia
Italy
Trieste
Istrian
Zara
Orlando
Souatho
Otranto
Valona
Albana
Adriatic
All Switzerland Threatened With Shortage of Food
A Methodist Episcopal Church committee reports Swiss food shortages after wage hikes for officials, rationed basics, and rising living costs. Bishops plan relief missions, with $2.5 million of the church’s 1910 reconstruction budget slated for European relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
New York
Methodist Episcopal Church
John
Hishop Nielsen
Methodist Episcopal War Council
Europe
Queen Ends Strike At The Hague Palace
Special correspondence reports a wage strike by Het Los staff at Apeldoorn's queen palace. The queen raised wages by five percent after learning of discontent, calming the situation and restoring smooth operation. A stray note mentions using soap suds and carpet tacks to cleanse bottles and jars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. J. Kira
San Antonio Light
Chicato Daily News
Hague
Holland
Het Los
Queens Palace
Apeldoorn
Invention Donated to Government for War Shipbuilding
Loranger, a riveter at South Boston Army Supply Base, holds an improved dolly bar on a high plank. The device can boost rivet production by ten per day, intended for use in war work and postwar shipbuilding. The government would own the invention to aid labor and materiel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L Dowt
Doc Loranger
South Boston
Cure for rupture without operation advertised by carpenter
A former ruptured worker claims complete cure without surgery after lifting a trunk years ago. He offers to share information by mail from Marcellus Avenue, Mancasquan New Jersey, urging readers with rupture to contact him for guidance.
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Carpenter
Eugene XM Pullen
Ay Marcellus Avene
Mancasquan
N. J. Metter
Rivet Bar Innovation Aids Riveters At War Plant
Loranger introduces a hollow spring loaded rivet bar cutting the strain from 70 to 80 hammer blows per minute. The lighter 28 pound bar steadies easily, reduces jarring, and speeds heading over rivets. Workers praise the device and the government takes possession.
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Ho Ose
Loranger
Issid
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Martin Wright Electric Co
East
Houston Street
Gas and Electric
Detroit
Jewel
E. Houston
K. L. Mayers
Gunter Hotel
Argentina
Adriatic Coast
Methodist War Council
Morris
Ayer
Axminster
Alamo Furniture Company
Flores St
Alamo Way
Main Ave
Houston and
Commerce Sts
America
Ong
Charles Rees
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