Word: cut
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fail to comprehend. Why would Sir William's position be that of his hypothetical nurse? Why would he say what you attribute to him in the cut caption, if Queen Mary gave birth to twins in the circumstances mentioned...
Last week the spokesmen of 27,000 textile workers of New Bedford, Mass., said NO to the State, citizens, manufacturers. Ever since early April, when a 10% cut in cotton mill wages was announced, the seven unions of the New Bedford Textile Council have conducted a strike (TIME, Aug. 13). The former average wage of $19 a week was. they said, scant enough; $17 was unthinkable. Recently the State Board of Conciliation & Arbitration, the Citizens Mediation Committee, decided to compromise. They proposed only a 5% wage cut. The New Bedford Manufacturers Association agreed. Then the textile unions rejected the proposal...
...week strike was over. Although accepting the 5% wage cut, the mill workers obtained an agreement that any further reduction would be preceded by 30-day notice. Estimates of strike cost to workers & mills were as high...
Among the Harvard applications are 3355 from special season ticket holders. These applications were accepted conditionally to be filled only after all graduates and undergraduate applications had been taken care of. Mr. Getchell announced that the cut in applications would be made in this particular classification, and that about one-half of the season ticket applications would be thrown out after a draw had been made. Of the 53908 tickets available for sale, 21020 were allotted to the Dartmouth Athletic Association...
...will be impossible, acording to Mr. Getchell, to notify those whose applications have been cut until the last part of the week...