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Air-Cooled Street'and Third Floors. plete Both for MONTH BUYS IT Bmall Carrying Charge Included avl “The Avenue'=Tih, 3th ond O Sts. $109.50 LABOR GONFEREES MEET IN GENEVA Universal 40-Hour Week for Textile Industry One of Chief Topics. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, June 3.—The twenty- third session of the International Labor Conference opened here today, with 400 delegates and advisers from 62 member countries in attendance. Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGrady headed the United States delegation. Others from America included: Miss Grace Abbot, former chief of | the United States Children’s Bureau, representing the Government. Henry I. Harriman, chairman of the Board of the New England Power Association, representing the em- ployers. Robert J. Watt, secretary-treasurer of the Massachusetts State Federa- tion of Labor, representing labor. A principal matter on the agenda of the three-week conference is the | proposed universal 40-hour week for | was | the textile thrashed out industry, which in Washington two months ago &t & two-week meeting which attracted textile specialists from all parts of the world. Replies to a questionnaire sent by the International Labor Office to the 62 member governments on their stand on the 40-hour question show | that the United States and these éight other countries are definitely in favor of a convention establishing the short week: France, Denmark, Norway, Po- land, Belgium, Chile, Czechoslovakia and the Union of South Africa | 1In addition the Australian states of Queensland, Tasmania and Western | Australia and the Canadian provinces | of British Columbia, Ontario and | Quebec also favor a convention. The reply of the Irish Free State is gen- | erally favorable. | However, unfavorable replies have come from these 11 governments: Bulgaria, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, | Greece, Hungary, the Nether- lands, Sweden, S and Yugo- slavia. India a nt d their antipathy rt week on the grounds the policy involved | nsound Another up of governments, al- though they have a pract in the matter, their repli Austria, Chin group Japan and the Aus- | | tralian states New South Wales | and Victoria. The general tenor of the Japanese governm somewhat negative, t presses approval in pi British government has made no re- ply to the I. L. O. questionnaire Six items besides textiles on the agenda include: 1. Safety p building cons t reference to scaffold: machinery 2. Planning public works in relation to employment. 3. Reduction of hours of printing and allied trades 4. Reduction of hours of the chemical industry. 5. Revision from 14 to 1 the minimum age for emr industry. 6. Partial revision of the minimum age for employment in non-industrial occupations. An attempt to reach a settlement |on the 40-hour textile week at last | Summer’s conference was protested by the British, contending the confer ence had insufficient information re- garding conditions in the industry on which to base a convention. The | Vashington conference of April 2-17 | was called to present the information. | includes of as t in | “The Aveaue’ \ undisturbed sleep. Plug It Intoe a Light Socket, Switch It On or Off, as Desired—No Altera- tions, Piping or Wiring Required! Frigidaire Dept.—Street Floor. \ SRR —Now you can forget the heat—and the humid- ity—once and for all! The new Carrier Portable Summer Air Conditioner can be wheeled into any room and installed in a few minutes, without alter- ations of any kind. In your living room a Carrier Portable will give your family a healthful refuge from heat and humidity all Summer long. In your bed room you will enjoy long hours of refreshing, CONTRACT IS AWARDED FOR 85 COMBAT PLANES Spare Parts Also Included in Or- der Placed by the War Department. Awarding of a contract to North American Aviation, Inglewood, Calif., | for 85 basic combat airplanes, a type new to the military service, and the | equivalent of 10 additional airplanes as spare parts, at a total cost of § 372,255, has been announced by Sec retary of War Woodring. The basic combat airplane is a new training type, which also may be used | in casé of emergency as an observa- | tion airplane. Its use is made nec sary with the advent of the large all- metal airplane and is intended to pro- vide an advanced type of training, leaving regular combat airplanes free | for the performance of purely tactical | missions. | The basic combat airplane also will | be used by Army Air Corps pilots on duty away from tactical units, who | must maintain their flying proficiency. Election Is Postponed. Elections of the District Public School Association were postponed until October, when a motion to re- elect the present slate was defeated and a nominating committee appoint- ed at a meeting last night ir the Dis- trict Building. “Sweeten it with Domino’ | RefinedinUSA. MURDER AND SI'CIDE BARE MARITAL TANGLE Scion of Pioneer Californians Said to Have Slain Woman in Fit of Jealousy. By the Assocfated Press. LOS ANGELES, June 3—Two deaths, which Detective E. J. Romero called murder and suicide, motivated by jealousy, revealed a strange mari- tal tangle here yesterday. Victims of the shooting were Jos- eph C. Duarte, 36, scion of a pioneer California family, ‘Westbrook. ‘The detective said Virgil Westbrook, 18, the woman's daughter, told him Duarte shot her mother because she received a telephone call from a man Then he turned the gun on himself, she said. and Mrs. The girl said she understood her ' mother and Duarte were married. They quarreled frequently, Miss West- brook said, and Duarte often lived with a “sister.” Police, seeking the “sitser” got in touch with Mrs. Grace Duarte, who identified the dead man as her husband. She never knew about Mrs. Westbrook, she said. Edith * B—I15 ALLIGATORS IN SEWER Atlanta Man Catches One With Fish as Bait. ATLANTA, June 3 (#).—H. J. Lin. der laughed when children reporte¢ they had seen alligators in a storm sewer at the rear of his home, but de. cided to bait the drain with fish and see. His efforts were rewarded today. captured an alligator which measu 312 feet “The big one (5 feet) got away,” J Linder said. 'UNITED FOOD STORES Crosse & Blackwell = Date & Nut BREAD 1 4c 8 0z.can SUNKIST Vacuum-Packed CORN 2 25¢ HOW IS IT THAT YOU ALWAYS GET MORE WORK DONE THAN ANYONE ELSE? EVERYBODY NEEDS PEP s 4 Kellogg's PEP 30% Bran Flakes are erisp and crunchy. Packed with exciting flavor and the wholesome nourish- ment of whole wheat. Just enough exira bran tobemildly laxative. 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