Labor Progress Emphasized at Atlantic City AFL Session
Atlantic City N J June 9 The American Federation of Labor reports a year of labor gains and outlines plans for advancing workers rights and conditions The council endorses peace prospects, calls for limited judicial power, supports labor department funding and railroads nationalization and criticizes meat packing monopolies The shorter work day and war to peace transition are highlighted as essential issues for the 35th annual convention.
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Atlantic City
N. JL
American Federation of Labor
Hig
Council
League of Nations
St. Paul
Jackson H. Ralston
Supreme Court
Congress
Ralston
Executive Council
Friends For Labor Department
Conetesethe
Organized Labor Movement
America
Department of Labor
Council Rec
Councl
Federal Trade Commission
Wilmon
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Armour & Co
Varius Tradestena
Lavor
Laredo
Tex
Gonpers
Jaber
European famine warned by packing firm head in Chicago
James Thomas E. Wilson, president of Wilson & Co., returned from six weeks in Europe on a dire prediction of famine surpassing that of war. He cited enormous needs in occupied territories for horses, cattle, hogs, and dairy to feed starving populations and urged rapid credit and shipping arrangements to avert disaster. He noted Holland fared best and tied Hoover's ideas to future trade with Germany.
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Chiengs
James Thomas_E. Wilson
Wilson & Co
Chicago
Holland
Belgium
Upland
France
Europe
United States
Wilson
Woodlawn Avenue
Central
Mr. Wilson
Cere
New York
Germany
Balkans
Mason 92 to attend Grand Lodge in Cedar Rapids
Nathan Scofield of Pocahontas, Iowa, 92, travels to Cedar Rapids to attend the Grand Lodge school of instruction. He says he is never too old to learn and hopes to continue his 65 years as a Mason, having attended all grand lodge meetings, visiting Walter Jensen of the Colonial apartments yesterday.
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Altho
Nathan Seokeld
Pocahontas
Cedar Rapids
Masonic Grand Lodge
Mr. Scofield
Walter P. Jensen
Colonial Apartments
Iowa
Grand Lodge
Fire Hose Aids Man Burned in Foundry Accident
Gurley Dollan night foreman at Headford Broad and Hitchins foundry suffered severe burns when burning oil sprayed his clothing during cleanup after a blast furnace spill. Fire hose was used to extinguish flames. he was taken to St Francis Hospital with painful but non fatal injuries.
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Gurley Dollan
Bates Street
Headford Broad & Hitchins Foundry
Treaty Copies Sparks Senate Testimony in 1922 Probe
Senators clash over copies of the treaty as Lodge testifies he saw copies from friends in New York. Hitchcock pushes for names, Lodge refuses to reveal sources, citing honor. Polk recounts receiving the text by cable and courier, noting partial completeness.
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Lansing
Brandegoe
Algerican
Polk
Knox
McCumber
Lodge
Barah
Johnson
California
State Department
Paris
New York
Committee On Public
Nformation
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Hitchcock
Senate Foreign ‘Relations Committee
Senate
White House
Foreign Relations Committee
Mat Ler
Boroly
Moses
New Hampshire
Borah
Brandegee
Connecticut
Hichcocks
Nebraska
Senator Lodge
Vanderlip
Witchcack
Mr. Lodge
Krox
Pennsylvania
Health crusade yields high school health gains in east district
Miss Manetta Bell reports improvements in public school health through the health crusade in the east district. Of 1,696 enrolled, 654 pupils completed the term while keeping regulations. dental health rose with 14 percent having unclean or decayed teeth versus 34 percent two years earlier. Toothbrushing increased from 37 to 66 percent daily. toothbrush ownership rose from 63 to 92 percent. Sleep in rooms with open windows rose to 70 percent from 38. throat defects fell from 57 to 15 percent. defective hearing from 3 to 2 percent. eye trouble from 10 to 3 percent. tea and coffee daily use dropped to 14 percent from 34.
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John Fiske School
Manetta Bell
Miss Bell
Father Tries to Sell Baby in Chicago Case
Mr and Mrs G J Wood of 1743 Warren avenue told Warren avenue police that a woman with a daughter Lorraine 22 months old visited last December asking them to keep the child while the mother found her husband in Hammond He later sent 25 for care then borrowed 3 23 of it and offered to sell Lorraine for 25 with a receipt They refused and the price rose to 50 He later brought a month old baby and left before Nash had returned They took Lorraine to a foundling home and May adopt Lorraine Wood an automobile mechanic and the Woods want to adopt Lorraine and will file adoption papers if possible.
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Chicago
W. J. Nash
Warren Avenue
G. J. Wood
Lorraine
Nashes
Mr. Nash
Detroit
Nash
Wood
Kaiser Wilhelm and Responsibility for the War
Berlin May 17. Correspondents report Gen Friedrich A J von Bernhardt a military writer argues the Kaiser’s guilt lay in delaying war until opponents were ready rather than starting earlier. He says the Kaiser overestimated Russia’s surrender and England’s noninvolvement and resisted lifting the ban until forced. Minor influences cited include various personalities and Gen von Bernhardt notes the Belgian estates and Victory Liberty bonds subscriptions.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Friederich A. J. von Bernharen
Kaiser Wilhelm
Russia
England
von Bernhardt
A T Hukill Addresses Rotary on Waterloo Schools Progress
A T Hukill, retiring Waterloo West schools superintendent, outlined 20 years of growth at a Rotary Club meeting in Hotel Russell-Lamson. He noted expansion from 3 buildings and 22 rooms to broader programs, a rise in teachers, and diplomas for 760 graduates, with a levy increasing from 316,009 to about 200,000.
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Waterloo
Rotary Club
Hotel Russell-Lamson
A. T. Hukill
Waterloo West
Hakill
Young America
Hukill
Hungary Told to End Attacks on Czechs
The AP reports Premier Clemenceau telegrammed Hungary demanding a full halt to hostilities. He warns that if Hungary does not comply, allied governments will take extreme measures to constrain further aggressions by Hungarian forces in Slovakia and surrounding areas.
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Associated Press
Paris
Clemenceau
Counferance
Sovak
Vienna
Hungary
Nhremier
City in Brief: Waterloo visits and local notices
A. P. Houston, deputy marshal, is in Waterloo on business. Numerous notes cover travelers returning from Quasqueton and Winslow, church activity by Y. M. C. A. speakers, graduations, overseas service updates, and local civic notices. Including swim week at the Y, ambulance corps member's home return, and faculty or student movements tied to nearby colleges.
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A. P. Houston
Dubuque
Waterloo
C. E. Burroway
Quasqueton
Thomas Slater
Third Avenue West
Winslow, Sr
Slater
John Evely
352D Infantry
Newport
Ira Evely
Otto G. Hoffer
Omaha
Neb
Albert J. Hoffer
Henry
William F. Stewart
W. C. Stewart
Camp Dodge
Robert Cass
D. Cass
Morgan Park Military Academy
Morgan Park
Ill
Jack Skien
Homer Morris
France
78Th New York Casual Company
Walter A. Sitts
Baune
Hoover warns of continuing economic worry after peace
The article cites President Hoover predicting persistent economic concern despite peace, noting the need for decisive steps to prevent European starvation and avoid overwhelming productivity with postwar idleness. A separate brief reports a man named Gus Karbar injured after falling from a streetcar at Fourth and Almond streets, found to have only bruises and a black eye.
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Fourth
Almond
Gus Karbar
Woman Reunites With Father After 42 Years
New York June 9 Mrs Joh B Duchesne of Peoria Ill met her aged father John H Adams in Greenwich Conn for the first time in 42 years. Adopted as a child to the late Supreme Court Justice Thomas Shaw and his Connecticut wife she learned of her parentage only weeks ago. Adams said his wife died soon after her birth and he later married into the Lockwood estate circle. Duchesne, 43, plans to relocate to Illinois to care for her father and live in the east.
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New York
Joh B. Duchesne
Peoria
Ill
John H. Adams
Greenwich
Conn
Supreme Court
Thomas Shaw
Connecticut
Adams
Hanford Lockwood
Millonaire
Nea
Judge Shaw
Lockwood
Illinois
Shaw
Father
Costumes for Army and the Man Impresses Waterloo
Exquisite costumes for the Drama League presentation of Army and the Man dominate the Waterloo stage. Miss Maybeth Mack and Mrs. W S McFarlane will perform violin and piano numbers as the cast, featuring well known Waterloo amateurs. Rehearsals suggest the production will exceed average merit at Jesup tonight and Waterloo theatre tomorrow.
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Waterloo Community Drama League
Jesup
Waterloo Theatre
Maybeth Mack
W. S. McFarlane
Waterloo
U S Marines in Nicaragua Ready to Clamp on Rebels
Washington reports a substantial Marine guard in Nicaragua and a warship on each coast as the United States readies to protect the country from Costa Rican invasion. No action is expected until the State Department completes its investigation.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Nicaragua
United States
State Department
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