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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1923
Page
3
Governor Pinchot proposes an eight hour day with overtime at eight hour rate a 10 percent wage increase to all workers union recognition with check off but representative present at pay and full collective bargaining with plan to last at least one year.
Elgiumns reply to the British note last week pleases neither France nor Britain. It defends France on Ruhr occupation but argues Germany should pay reparations in proportion to each ally’s material damages. Adoption would shift Belgium’s RR zone repair costs to Germany and cut pensions damaging France and Belgium.
American delegates to the International Red Cross conference in Geneva halted progress after reaching Paris citing a Swiss committee report that implied financial power should not govern the Red Cross. The comment was viewed as an insult to the United States linked to the League of Red Cross Societies and American funding. Gustave Ader cautioned John Barton Payne that no offense was intended and urged attendance.
GA LDWELL SMITH and Lieut. John Richter, army aviators, broke six aviation records at San Diego, enduring over thirty seven hours. They set four new speed marks and new duration and distance records, completing the flight with 15 interplane contacts for gas, food, water, and oil.
United States and Mexico City staged simultaneous ceremonies Friday to recognize formal restoration of diplomatic relations. The events marked a resumption of official engagement between the two governments.
An official Navy department critique from Washington outlines weaknesses in Panama Canal defenses revealed during last spring's maneuvers in Panama Bay. It recommends faster fleet speeds 12 knots for submarines and auxiliaries, better air and radio communications, and base proximity limits to deter enemy attack. It also calls for more fleet training maneuvers and studies on basing within striking distance of the canal.
The Navy endorses a board’s plan to develop American shore stations in the Pacific, allocating about 111 million of 155.5 million for western coast bases including Honolulu and San Francisco and prioritizing Pearl Harbor with 2 million set aside, plus an air station expansion funded over 20 years.
The Washington desk of the Cleveland Plain Dealer notes next December will bring the strongest senate ever with fresh orators like Magnavox Johnson Wildman Brookhart and Fighting Bob LaFollette. They aim to raise dust, crack old routines, and push a new deal as vapors of the past fade.
Secretary Weeks publishes a photostatic copy of a Washington letter found among old House records. Addressed to Robert H. Harris, the note from Mount Vernon dated November 18, 1781, discusses the Yorktown campaign, peace prospects, and urging readiness for war to support Continental forces. It also notes Custis's death and family distress.
Gap Johnson from Rum pus Ridge recalls a queer tale about a man turning his head and breaking his neck after a woman rounds a corner. Mrs. Johnson chides him for lying in front of the children and for generalizing about men.
In a brief, poignant note, a speaker asks whether any pop concerts will be held for a mother after a family tragedy, reflecting on memorials and future events.
Not a news article but a reflective quote noting that both hardship and success expose a person’s true nature rather than alter it. It emphasizes inherent traits remaining consistent under pressure or fortune.
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