Employes Seek Wage Accord With L A T Rail Line
Workers of the Louisiana Arkansas and Texas Railway urged management to back a wage and working agreement proposed by Federal Railroad Co-Transportation Chief Joseph B. Eastman. The line refused, as hearings before an Emergency Railroad Board examiner continued, with exhibits comparing salaries before and after the June 3 reduction.
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Joseph B. Eastman
Federal Courter of Transportation
Emergency Railway Board
Roosevelt
Eastman
Washington
Standard Railroad
A. L. Burford
Guiding Your Child and Teaching Manners by Alice Clarissa Richmond
A columnist argues kindness as the core rule of manners for children. She notes that children resist meaningless etiquette and benefit from explanations promised after the moment, suggesting parents balance instruction with genuine reasoning and timely follow through.
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Alice Clarissa Richmond
Grand Coulee Dam Project Harnesses Great Columbia
In arid Washington engineers study the $60 million Grand Coulee dam on the Columbia River. Roosevelt and the Public Works Board approve the first unit, offering jobs to about 150 engineers until construction starts, with broader work expected by 1934. Financing includes $377,500 state funds and $60 million federal aid. The plan foresees a 142 foot high dam with future raise capability, a 25 mile backstop, a 1,950 foot spillway and eight 65,000 kilowatt generators for 3.6 billion kilowatt hours annually.
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Grand Coulee
Wash
Washington
Reclamation Service
Columbia River
Roosevelt
National Public Works Board
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
State of Washington
United States
Columbia
Etiquette Training Explores Past and Present Etiquette
A teacher trains a child in manners by studying historical conventions and current practices to uncover reasons behind social norms. The approach blends ancient etiquette with modern context to guide behavior and respect.
Pony Born In Axtell Noted As Smallest In Southwest
Gene Dorrance owns a Shetland pony born recently that stands two feet high, two and a half feet long, weighs 30 pounds, and is believed to be the smallest pony in the Southwest.
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Axtell
Kan
U.P
Gene Dorrance
Electric flight, capital punishment talk and race pageantry at Chicago fair
Across the Atlantic the flyable future is seen as five to ten dollars per passenger with Diesel power and wireless current pickup imagined. Chicago’s Century of Progress theme on Saturday features a large Black day with sports and a Soldier Field pageant “The Epic of a Race” and a sphinx with an Ethiopian face.
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Atlantic Ocean
Chicago
Soldier Field
Egypt
Kidnapping Strategy Hinted by Lawyer’s Note
The text discusses a failed kidnapping plan involving a daughter and asserts that $50,000 in silver would weigh about 800 pounds, making delivery hard. It notes the US attorney general’s office has arranged measures to make kidnapping extremely dangerous with conviction chances rising sharply.
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United States
New Jersey
Main Gate
United States Attorney General's Office
Theaters Pay Big Bucks for First-Run Pictures
First run theaters offer up to 10000 dollars weekly for initial use of major features while smaller houses obtain rights later at daily rentals from seven fifty to ten dollars.
Phillips 66 fuels claim higher anti-knock boosts performance
An ad touts controlled volatility gasoline that adjusts to weather and outlines monthly gravity ranges from 62.1 to 67.9 for Phillips 66 high test. It promises added power and miles with premium anti-knock additive and urges filling at Orange and Black 66 shield stations plus reduced price on Phillips 66 Motor Oil by 164 percent.
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Phillips
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