Four Billion Dollar Company Tops Market Value
Wall Street notes the first ever four billion dollar corporation as the market value of the concern reaches 4 000 000 000. Texas labor report exposes distressing textile mill conditions with 55 hour weeks and pay gaps between $19 for skilled men and $13 50 for women. Agriculture to aid flood areas Alabama Georgia Florida with four million dollars from federal funds.
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Ree
Wall Street
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin Wet Issue Spurs Legislative Clash
Wisconsin moves toward repealing the Severson act and 2.75 percent beer penalties after a strong referendum showing wets and drys prepare for a legislative battle in Madison. Final precinct tallies indicate overwhelming support for repeal and for beer legislation. results do not auto-change law. In Austin Texas the Lutheran Missouri synod district conference opens with pastors and professors arriving.
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United Dress
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
W Wets
Madison
Austin
Texas
Missouri Synod
The
Lutheran Church
Labor and civic notes cross Texas and neighboring states
Absent officials including IT'D BE A.SHIN from Denver and John Bauer from Chicago travel South Plains to survey employment and construction, with a report to Washington. Amarillo labor unions plan to mobilize delegates for next year's state convention. Beaufort hosts a current session with many locals represented. The Dallas Mailers' strike and other local notices are noted among broader labor activity and civic updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
John Bauer
Chicago
W. H. Wiggins
el Paso
Foster Neal
South Plains
Washington City
Amarillo
Beaumont
Home Town Trade and Labor Union Notes Discuss Local Prosperity
The article urges buying at home to sustain town prosperity, argues local patrons support neighbors and merchants, and highlights union events. It covers Amarillo lodge activities, including a Sunday program with Miss Ida Mae McClure and Mr. H. G. Hamrick Jr, a caboose lunch, and speeches. It also lists meetings of Plumbers Carpenters Cooks and Waiters Electrical Workers with attendance, speakers, and social plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Mae McClure
Louise Sager
H. G
Frosty) Hamrick, Jr
D. S. Harrington
L. R. Dee
D. C. West
T. H. Ewing
C. d. Schell
E. E. Middaugh
Controversy Ends as Humble Oil Declares Profit Drop
The Humble Oil Company of Houston, part of Standard of New York, reports only 18 million dollars in profit for the last fiscal year due to overproduction low prices and higher operating costs. The Amarillo Monitor debuts as a weekly labor paper led by George T Haubeich promising union focused news. Federated Shop Crafts on Southern Railway vote on a strike and set up an office in Washington while pay demands align with other carriers. General Motors reaches a four billion dollar market valuation as its stock climbs.
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Humble Oil Company of
Houston
Standard of New York
Amarillo Monitor
George T. Haubeich
Federated Shop Crafts
Southern Railway
Washington, D. C
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Texas State Department of Labor
A.shin
Frank Hackley
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Cullum Motor Company of
Jack Thomas
Roswell
Fd Tull
State Council of Carpenters
Tyler
San Antonio
Do. C
Haney
Morris Mope
Aleck Sander
Rock Island Annanias Club
Raymond Foster
Poke Street
Lubbock
Ruth Rathanet
Sandblow
Watta
Fly
Pabst
Oconomowoc
Schulenberg
Edgar Kanouse
Oklahoma University
S. L. Kanouse
Taylor Street
Lewis Marston
Dallas Mailers’ Union
Dallas News and Journal
Flo Ziegfeld
Little Broadway Calf Club
Betty Dumbris
Meredith Howard
Collete Ayres
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors
Odd Fellows Hall
Capitol Hotel
W. H. Webb
American Institute of Practical Mechanics
Columbus
Ohio
Webb
Tom Harris
C. O. Christensen
Carpenters’ Union
C. A. Chessir
Herbert Lytle
Carl N. Nelson
H. L. Byers
Frank Thomas
Carl Deggenbart
B. T. Allen
R. E. James
Relief Committee
BE. C. Flynn
Central Labor Union
Phillips Dance Hall
River Road
State Federation of Labor
Electrical Workers Local No. 602
J. P. Schiffbauer
T. J. Carr
H. C. Bressler
Abui
Calu Baking
Paris
Tintex
Cintex
Tintex Group
Vintex
Dept
Park & Tilford
Pat
Greer’s Dept. Store
4Th and
Polk Sts
Amarillo, Texas
VIA
Oklahoma City
Rock Island
H. W. Clutter
Santa Fe
Fort Worth
Dallas
Sweetwater
FE. R. Brame City Ticket Agent
T. B. Gallaher
General Motors
Amarillo Hardware CO
Talk &T
National Lead Company
New York
Broadway
Boston
Albany
Buffalo
Oak Street
Cincinnati
Freeman Ave
Cleveland
Superior Ave
St. Louis
Chestnut St
San Francisco
Montgomery St
Pittsburgh
National Lead & Oil Co
Fourth Avenue
Philadelphia
John T. Lewis & Bros. Co
Widener
Pontusac
General Motors Trucks
Miller Truck Sales Co
F.C.B
Pontiac
Michigan
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