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Show SOAP AND SUDS WAR f IN JERSEY VILLAGE 1 MERCHANTVILLE, N. J., May 10. Merchantvillc has a soap and suds war on its hands. Washerwomen want more money and housewives have declared de-clared a lockout. When ihe negro women formed a union and posted a scale of ?3 a day for doing the family wash and $3.50 for a day's housework, the employers became indignant The women's club of Merchantvlle ' voted for a lockout and refuse to pay , more than $2.50 a day. So in face of the paper shortage, ' Merchantvillo has issued an emergency emer-gency call for paper collars and cuffs and reversible paper shirt fronts. |