Railroads raise wages for U.S. workers in War period
Director General McAdoo announced a retroactive wage increase totaling about 300 million dollars per year for nearly 2 million railway workers. The plan, retroactive to January 1, 1918, funds from higher freight and passenger rates, sustains an 8-hour basic day with overtime pay, equal pay for women and Negro workers, and a 65 cent minimum for shop trades. A three rail executives and three labor reps board will correct injustices. The 164 federally managed roads are covered. short lines are excluded unless retained after July 1.
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Washington, D. C
United States
McAdoo
Railroad Wage Commission
Community notices from Waterloo clubs and gatherings
Secret club events and meetings fill the week with thimble bees and suppers. Story Tellers league meets at the YWCA for a picnic supper, while Memorial Hall hosts patriotic orders from 1 to 8 p.m. Open house welcomes all, with a reception committee listed. Fortnightly Club picnic is set at Byrnes Park clubhouse for a weatherproof event. Gideons host a Waterloo farewell picnic for Harry Fisher heading to France. Rebekah tri county convention convenes in Clarksville with speakers and delegates. Hazel Moore and Clarence Wesherin marry at Camp Cory. Baraca Philathea banquet and union of Daughters of US at Walnut Street Baptist church.
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Willard Hall
Carrie’ Park
Arvilla Pendleton
Dora King
F. F. Yapp
Women's Relief Corps
E. G. Miller
Carrie Riley
Lincoln Circle
Anna Kistner
John Wright
Sons of Veterans’ Auxiliary
A. J. Fairburn
Daughters of the American Revolution
Anna White
Helen Gould Auxiliary
Gideon
Waterloo
Gideons
F. Willis Jenks
Harry T. Fisher
France
Rev
A. C. Preston
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Alabama
Cantonment
Among the Churches Walnut Street Baptist Meeting and Events
Walnut Street Baptist Senior B Y P A holds monthly business meeting at Thomas King’s home with 7 pm interurban conveyances. No choir rehearsal Wednesday. choir and orchestra share a Friday evening supper at Mr and Mrs Glockner. Memorial services at noon per president’s request. Liberal Christian Ladies Social Union hosted by Mrs Emily Marcham at 2:30 pm Wednesday, with Mrs H Bernbrock hosting Mrs M Weatherwax and Mrs H Magness.
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Walnut Street Baptist
Thomas King
Ladies’ Social Union
Emily Marcham
M. H. Weatherwax
Hattie Magness
H. G. Bernbrock
Shocking Waterloo Free and Easy Times Reminder
In Waterloo a late Sunday scene near the interurban station showed two men in a rakish auto with two young women. One woman was heavily intoxicated, nearly tipping overboard, while observers noted the pair’s ages and reckless behavior, as police were alerted but the men escaped before arrival.
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Waterloo
Enyirons
May Submit a TAK Plan for New Jail
Discussion grows on a tax measure to rebuild enlarge and modernize the county jail and provide quarters for those ill with social diseases and for juvenile prisoners. Board members anticipate formal discussion soon as grand juries urged enlargement and improved sanitation to prevent escapes and improve confinement. A special taxation proposal may go before voters at the next general election. A second note warns manufacturers to obtain proper sugar certificates for rationing under the food administration plan with a blink form.
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County Board
Fifty Pounds Sugar for Canning Authorized by County
The county food administrator allows a single purchase of fifty pounds of sugar for canning and preserving after receiving a letter from W T McElroy, Ottumwa chief of the sugar division. The instruction notes replacing the 25 pound certificate with 60 pounds and suggests signing the proper certificate. The wire from Washington authorized consumers to buy up to the stated amount for canning.
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W.T. McElroy
Ottumwa
Washington
National food administration appeals to cut wheat and meat use
An appeal read in every pulpit urges Americans to cut wheat flour, reduce meat to two pounds weekly for those over four, and curtail sugar. The drive, to be repeated in clubs and organizations, promotes voluntary conservation to aid soldiers and allies abroad. Hoover calls for shared abundance as ships and wheat supplies are strained.
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Naonal
United States
Hoover
Iowa
Europe
Plan Contemplates Price Boards To Publish Real News
County administrator W F Parrott calls a 2 pm meeting of grocers to discuss a price interpreting board. Grocers from cash and carry cash and live credit and delivery stores would select members to report weekly prices with prescribed profit margins. The plan aims to publish fair prices in the same newspaper location, covering wholesale and retail ranges.
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National Food Administration
W.ff
Parrott
Commercial Club
Thia Board
Widesnie
Two Miles a Nickel New Trolley Fare in City of Puddlers
Pittsburgh announces June 20 a new trolley fare) effective June 20. A 5-cent zone covers rides up to two miles from city center. The system splits into six groups with most fares at 7 cents. No tickets sold in smaller lots than eight rides. eight-ride tickets cost five cents each. The 6-cent fare is abolished within Pittsburgh. surrounding municipalities retain it. Transfers beyond the 5-cent limit cost 2 cents. Under
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Pittsburgh
Recburgh Railways Company
Public Service Commission Rules 29 Days Notice for Fare Changes
The Public Service Commission requires 29 days notice before fare changes. The advance was predicted by Charles A. Fagen, a receiver, after conductors and motormen received a wage increase.
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Public Service Commission
Charlies A. Fagen
Condhetore
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Chester Cadwallader
W. OH
A. M
Labor Temple
Story Tellers’ League
Helen Gould
Memorial Hall
W. M. Flyon
Byrnes Park
Fred 5. Pettit
Mmes
BE. BE. Peek
C. W. Bruner
H. W. Grout
W. B. Small
J. E. Ridenour
Rebekahs
Clarksville
Rebekah Tri-County
Temple No. 44
Minnie Danton
Wosherin-Moore
Hazel Ruby Moore
J. M Moore
Minneapolis
Corporal Clarence Wesherin
Camp Cory
Baraca-Philathea
U. S
Walnut Street
Baraca
Philathea
Ia Ming
Momay
Plan
Cin
City of
Puddlers
Galloway Bros. Co
N. H. Loomis
Mana
Russell-Lamson Hotel
Scane’s
Clothes Shop
B. Kuppenheimer
Safe Bank
Lincoln Savings Bank
Lincoln Savings
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