Soviet War Posters Urge Urals Defense and Petrograd Shield
A series of Soviet Russia posters from 1919 urges enlistment to defend the Urals and Petrograd against Kolchak and Yudenich. The texts proclaim victory over hunger, keep coal flowing, and defend Petrograd while promoting peasant education through Reading Huts.
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Petera
Soviet Russia
Urals
Kolchak
Russia
Donetz
Denikir
Tts
Denikin
Red
Petrograd
New
Yudenich
Cheerful Greetings From Chicago Jail In Kidnapping Case
Attorneys for Marguerite Prevey seek habeas corpus release after she was kidnapped from Columbus jail and brought to Chicago by Illinois authorities on March 3. Courts are expected to rule before The Toiler issue. Comrade Prevey sends a cheerful message and appeals for funds to cover her defense.
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Marguerite Prevey
Columbus
Chicago
Ohio
Prevey
Kansas Industrial Court Sparks Labor Row in 1930s Era
A critical view of Kansas Governor Henry J. Allen and his Court of Industrial Relations portrays the panel as a tool to curb labor. The piece likens the court to medieval devices, warns of fines up to 1000 dollars and five years in prison for striking, and argues the system betrays Kansas’s abolitionist history while mobilizing business interests against workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Union
Jim Lane
U. S. Senate
Gov
Henry J. Allen
Court of Industrial Relations
Hennery Jay
Hennery
Johnny
Billy Potternent
Solomon
Memory Jay
Sunflower Volons
Decnlle
America
Henry Allen
Morta Ant Belleras
Prion
Rockefeller
Kaneas
Caukanoo
St. Paul
Jay
U. A
Wennery Jay
Topeka
Brotherhood of Main
Alex. Howett
Lavor
Washington News Letter Warns of Rising Living Costs
A Washington News Letter summarizes the February review by the Federal Reserve Board noting that the cost of living rose overall despite some price declines. It cites stable yet restrained labor and production across districts and urges workers to boost output and consumption of loans, with regional directors calling for higher production. The piece implies wage earners face pressure to work longer and accept concessions to sustain the economy.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Mary
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Trotsky
Red Army
Kolchak, Denikin
Ovie
Crraaa
The
Kansas Court of Idustrial Slavery
Great Britain
Tives
Colden Calf
Jou
Fiddlers
Washington News
Paul Hanna
Jariff
Federated Press
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