League Labor Group to Meet at International Office Conference
An official briefing notes the International Labour Office conference opening June 4 with fifty nations sending delegations. The United States will be represented by observers from labor, capital, and government. The agenda centers on global unemployment, hours reduced to forty weekly, and a possible six hour week treaty urged by British and American labor experts. The conference may discuss Japan’s wage criticism and the risk of withdrawal if its trade offensive is attacked.
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International Labor Office
United States
Japan
LL. O
Che
Bh. O
Great Britain
Make Your Own Caped Sleeved Dress Fashion Pattern
An advertisement describes a printed sheer silk caped sleeved dress in red and white with lace trim and jabot detail. It gives sizes 14 through 40 inch bust, fabric yardage, and a pattern price, urging readers to order via the Fashion Department and New York Fashion Bureau.
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Adrian
Hollywood
New York Fashion Bureau
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Expert Traces Mayan Tribes Across Nebraska Plains
Archaeologists in McCook Nebraska report evidence of ancient Mayan movement across the Republican River basin toward Yucatan. Capt Ray E Colton notes skeletal remains show violent conflict with rival mound builders, suggesting a long migration through western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming.
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McCook
Neb
W.P
Great Plains
Nebraska
Yucatan Peninsula
Ray E. Colton
Republican River
Wyoming
Colton
Chichen- Itza
Mexico
Asia
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Yucatan
Middle West
Wellington Reunion and Local News Items
Invitations go out for the Class of 1912 annual reunion June 10 at Wagner's Grove in Wellington. Lorain County Council of the American Legion Auxiliary meets in Oberlin with State President Agnes Merritt to speak. Local notices include ill health, visits, and school events with residents such as Harry Lea Jr., Cheryl Ann Fressler, Flora Horn, and students in Civil Conservation Camp.
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Wellington
Wagner's Grove
Ray Coates
John Curtice
le Grange
Lorain County Council
Lorain County Council of the
American Legion Auxiliary
Oberlin
Legion Club
Agness Merritt
Columbus
Focal Auxiliary
Cheryl Ann Fressler
Weir
Mansfield
Homer Barbs
Flora Horn
Cleveland
Charles W. Horn
BE. E. Watters
H. Bachtell
Medina
Andrew Watters
Shelby
Charles Rosign
Anna Damon
Car
Ensign
Franklin Sullivan
Detroit
Charles D. Murray
Herrick Ave
East
Lena Dibble
Patsy Baum
Dale F. Walthour
L. G. Stemple
Roy Clushby
Leach
Ming Pearl Leach
James Leach
New York City
D. Murray
Mich
Belle Pease
George Pease
Alfred Ledyard
A. H. Stricker
George Warner
Buell Wilson
Johns St
Herbert Hawley
Hamilton St
Woodrow Wilson
Cecil Worcester
Anna Worcester
Elm St
Civil Conservation Camp
Peninsula
Ohio
Margaret
Jeanette Warner
Orville
Kent Warner
Britain seeks to rescue her ship industry
Britain faces intense anxiety over saving its shipping sector the nation’s top foreign income source. With about 1.5 billion dollars invested and most tonnage with losses, critics blame state subsidized fleets from the United States, France, Italy and others. World tonnage has fallen from 41.6 to 27.9 percent, while competitors’ capacities surge.
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London
U.2
Great Britain
Chamber of Shipping
United States
France
Italy
Germany
Greece
Australia
New Zealand
Alexander Shaw
Peninsular and Oriental Company
Britain Fears Jap Rivalry In Wool Industry
London investors grow uneasy as British wool stocks slide amid fears Japan will rival wool production. shares of Patona and Baldwins drop from 74 to 68 shillings and Woolcombers from 119 to 114 shillings after Japanese Lancashire cotton talks collapse.
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Britain
London
London Stock Exchange
Patona and
Baldwins
J. M. Keynes
Mulberries
Statesman
Nation
Turkestan
Plans to Explore Skull Cave on Mackinac Island
Michigan officials will organize a scientific expedition under the Island State Park Commission to Skull Cave on Mackinac Island. They seek to verify legends of human bones inside, tracing back to Alexander Henry’s 1763 writings. Historians consider remains may be Chippewa victims of a Huron raid.
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Michigan
Skull Cave
Mackinac Island
Mich
Island State Park Commission
Alexander Henry
Italian Gold Standard Backed by Rome Aides Reaffirmation
Rome faced a currency debate as Minister Guido Jung reaffirmed that the lira remains on its gold standard at the December 1927 parity. Bank of Italy reports show gold reserves up slightly while foreign balances fall, offset by a reduction in note circulation, lifting note cover to around 57 percent.
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Rome
Guido Jung
Minster
France
Jung
Europe
United States
Bank of Italy
112 Year Old Omaha Carpenter Seeks Wife
William Everitt, who just marked his 112th birthday in Omaha Nebraska, is still searching for a wife. The long quest began four years ago after he was jilted at 106. Once a carpenter, he retired recently but keeps hoping for a companion.
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Omaha
Neb
William Everitt
Everitt
Easter Pilgrimages Stretch Paris Rail Network
More than 292 trains handled the Easter exodus from Paris to provinces and resorts, with routes to Deauville Dieppe St Malo Dinard Etretat and Argenteuil. Many pilgrims traveled to Argenteuil to venerate the holy tunic of Christ in the Basilica there for 1201 years while special trains also served Lisieux for Sainte Therese. Heavy inbound traffic brought visitors from the provinces and Britain to Paris for the holidays.
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Paris
Deauville
Dieppe
St. Malo
Dinard
Etretat
Argenteuil
Christ
Lisieux
Sainte Therese
Flower
Jesus
London
After the War Europe Chooses Order Over Justice
Postwar Europe faced a stark choice between restoring order and pursuing justice, with many nations opting for authoritarian rule to stabilize regions shattered by conflict and upheaval.
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Europe
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