Unemployment Crisis Prompts Broad Wage Increases Across States
United States unemployment figures show labor shortages in 23 states with wage gains across many sectors. Increases include 7 percent for 200,000 packing house workers, 15 percent for carpenters, and notable raises in New England mills and Michigan. Bethlehem Steel workers receive an 11 percent rise, while Louisiana reports a wage cut for common labor.
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Associated Press
Gome
Industel Commissions
Chicago
New England
Michigan
Northwest
Kentucky
Iowa
Minnesota
Montana
Buffalo
Bethlehem Steel Company
Ohio
Virginia
Arizona
St. Louis
New York
Boston
Massachusetts
Turks massing troops prompt French protest at Lausanne
On May 1 France informed Turkey it dislikes the concentration of Turkish troops on the Syrian frontier and warned it may augment its own forces in Syria. General Pelle, the French High Commander, invited Ismet Pasha to lunch as a gesture of friendship, and conveyed France’s grievance over the Chester concession to Turkey for the syndicate already granted to France.
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France
Turkey
Syria
Pelle
Ismet Pasha
Ismet
Intervention Suggested To Stop War in China
Peking May 1. B Lennox adviser to President Li Yuan Hung urged foreign diplomatic representatives to intervene to prevent the civil war between factions led by Chang Tsolin and Tsao Kun. Lennox demanded pledges and adherence to treaty stipulations by foreign diplomats.
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Peking
B. Lennox
Li Yuan Hung
Chang Tsolin
Tsao Kun
Lennox
Bishop says America a paradise for women
Chicago May 1 The poorest woman in the United States is finitely better off than peon women of South America, said Bishop W F Oldham of Buenos Aires at a Methodist meeting. He cited land ownership by landlords and peon conditions, urging there be no discontented American women due to secure homes.
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United States
South America
W. F. Oldham
Buenos Aires
Committee On Conservaton and Advance
Methodist Episcopal Church
Oldham
Mexico
America
Yukon Plans Spring Wheat and Sheep Growth
Yukon reports spring wheat planting at the Dominion Experimental Farm seven miles from Dawson. The region has long raised hardy vegetables and grains with success, and this spring eight sheep lambs were born from the first wintered flock owned by Joseph Jollier on the Klondike River ranch.
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Dawson
Yukon
Dominion
Fire reveals big robbery at county courthouse
Omaha May 1 Fire wrecked the Lincoln County Court House at North Platte and looting of the county treasurer’s safe was found. About $60,000 was taken, including $1,200 in cash and the rest in bonds and securities. Firemen call the blaze incendiary. later reports say the securities were not negotiable.
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Omaha
Lincoln County
North Platte
Man Implicated in Big Embezzlement Arrested
Secret Service bomb squad members nabbed Phillip Wetlsential of New York on May 1 in connection with a $300,000 embezzlement from the American Express Company. The scheme involved forged manifests across international shipments on the liner American Leg.
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New York
Secret Service
Phillip Wetlsential
American Express Company
May Day Quiet in Seattle and Renton Junction Uprising
May Day passed without major action in Seattle section as SWW members did not demonstrate. Several thousand Wobblies gathered at Renton Junction for the annual plente meeting. the event remained orderly and officials anticipated no trouble. Some organizing camps statewide closed, but mills reported no impact on operations.
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Seattle
SW. W
Renton Junction
Socialists Celebrate Berlin May Day Parade
Berlin marked May Day with semi holiday conditions as parades and gatherings occurred nationwide led by Socialists and Communists, reflecting the workers’ celebration across Germany.
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Berlin
Germany
All Factories Working Rome May Day
All factories in Rome were operating and shops open for the first time in nearly fifty years. The city resumed normal business activity with everyone at work.
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Rome
Parades in London Mark May Day Celebrations
May Day in London featured parades and various marches as part of the day’s celebrations.
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London
Strike Start In International Falls Lumber Mills
May Day marked a strike of 1,230 workers in two companies at International Falls Minnesota to pressure higher wages in the lumber and paper mill industries.
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International Falls
Minn
Floods Ravage New England Across Rivers and Dams
Rivers swollen by heavy rains sweep through New England damaging dams and washing out bridges and rail lines. In Frederick Town Nova Scotia flood damage tops 1 million dollars as conditions worsen, the worst since 1887.
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Boston
Mass
New England States
Frederick Town
N. 3
May Day Means Nothing To Workers Says Gompers
Washington May 1 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor said May Day means nothing more to workers than to any other Americans.
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Gompers
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Minor Changes Wanted by British in Debt Agreement
Washington May 1 The Treasury Department has received suggestions from Great Britain for changes in the debt funding agreement. Secretary Mellon declares the changes are of minor importance.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Great Britain
Mellon
Holders of Seattle Car Line Bonds May Extend Refund Period
Indications that bond holders may seek a longer refund period have come via telegram from A. W. Leonard president of Puget Sound Light and Power Company. Leonard traveled to Boston to confer with the trustees over extending the refund period up to 32 years rather than 16.
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Seattle Car Line
Seattle
Municipal Car
A. W. Leonard
Puget Sound Light & Power Company
Boston
Facing Gallows Woman Garbles Statement in Canada
Mrs. Florence Lassandra, sentenced to hang with Finil Picarello for the murder of Constable A. O. Lawson, declares she had no weapon when the shooting occurred. She says Picarello handed her a weapon afterward and told her to keep it, and she has sent the statement to Ottawa seeking clemency.
Navy to survey Alaska Coast for defense plan
A thorough Alaska Coast survey will be conducted by the navy this summer to collect topographical and hydrographical data for a national defense scheme. Rear Admiral Chase will lead a flotilla to Alaskan waters in June aboard the aircraft carrier Langley, accompanied by mine sweepers and a coast guard cutter.
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Washington
Alaska
Navy
Chase
Alaskan
Langley
Coast Guard
New Relief Act Extends Benefits for Disabled Veterans
Washington May 1 The new veteran relief act passed at the end of the 67th Congress expands benefits for disabled ex service members. The Veterans Bureau reports major provisions cover officers and enlisted men who left service before August 9 1921 and those active in the War and Navy Departments at discharge or resignation prior to the Bureau’s establishment.
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Washington
Associated Press
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Veterans’ Organizations
Veterans’ Bureau
War and Navy Departments
Florida Flogging Case Moves Judge Amid Death Inquiry
In Tallahassee on May 1 Governor Hardee recommended removal from office of County Judge B F Willis over an alleged flogging linked to the death of convict Martin Taber at the Putman Lumber Company camp near Clara. Taber died from the flogging after a minor rule violation.
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Tallahasser, Plu
Hardee
Senate
B. F. Willis
Martin Taber
Putman Lumber Company
Clara
Tabert
No Agreement on Armaments At Pan-American Conference
SANTIAGO May 1. The Pan American conference on armaments has broken down as delegations cannot reconcile their views. The meeting failed to reach consensus on disarmament or armaments control.
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Santiago
Washington Telephone Case More Complexed
Judges in a Federal Court session refused to grant a permanent injunction blocking the state of Washington from raising telephone rates in Seattle Tacoma and Spokane. The ruling shifts the dispute back to state courts, prolonging the controversy.
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Tacoma
En Blanc
State of Washington
Seattle
Spokane
Supreme Court Overturns Daugherty Ruling on Liquor Ships
In Washington on May 1 the Supreme Court reversed Attorney General Daugherty on serving liquor aboard American ships while upholding a ban on American and foreign ships bringing liquor stocks into U.S. ports under bond. Justices McReynolds and Sutherland dissented with Sutherland suggesting foreign ships could bring liquor under bond. The court will require redrafting prohibition rules to reflect the overturned portion. Secretary Mellon said regulations prohibiting foreign ships from carrying liquor in bond would not be applied immediately but a date for effectiveness will be set.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Daugherty
McReynolds and
Sutherland
The
Treasury
Mellon
Shipping Board regulations to continue salty ban on ships
Washington May 1. Shipping Board rules allowing alcohol on its ships will be continued until President Harding recalls instructions or the Court rules. Chairman Lasker said after a talk with Harding that government owned ships will stay dry for some time despite the Supreme Court decision.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Geo
Lasker
Unil
Harding
Supreme Court
Supreme Court ruling equalizes ships in law firm says
New York May 1 Iran S Campbell counsel for the American Steamship Owners Association states the Supreme Court decision places American and foreign ships on an equal legal basis.
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New York
Irans. Campbell
American Steamship Owners’ Association
Supreme Court
Daugherty Rules on Foreign Ships and Prohibition Clash
In Washington on May 1 Attorney General Daugherty ruled that foreign ships entering American waters must be dry and that American ships may not carry intoxicating liquor for beverage use at any time. The decision sparked a high intensity controversy in enforcing national prohibition, drawing protests from foreign steamship lines and objections from American lines over treaty rights and international law concerns.
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Washington
Daugherty
Supreme Court
United States
United States Wins In Rhineland Issue
Paris May 1 Allied delegates reach agreement to grant the United States preferential reimbursement for Rhineland occupation costs. America's legal position toward Germany remains unsettled though American representative Wadsworth held a firm stance.
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Paris
United States
America
Germany
Wadsworth
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