Railroad unions accept 10 percent wage cut for 1.5 million workers
After seventeen days of talks in Chicago, 1.5 million railroad workers consented to a ten percent wage reduction beginning Feb 1 1932 for one year. Union leaders including David Robertson emphasized sacrifice for the industry and public welfare while basic rates remain unchanged.
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United States
Flave
David B. Robertson
Daniel Willard
Chicago
Mr. Robertson
Railway Labor Executives Association
Ladies' Dress Designs in Multiple Bust Sizes Fall 1931
Advertises ladies dress patterns in bust sizes 34 36 28 40 and 42 inches with 38 inch option needing 4 percent more material. Priced at 5 cents for a "Book of Fashions" sendable in silver or stamps. Fall 1931 notice from News-Globe Brooklyn NY.
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News-Globe
Sterling Place
Brooklyn
N. Y
Gordon Rites Held Here This Morning
Last rites for Charles C. Gordon age 47, manager of the J. C. Penney Store, were held at 10:30 a m at Sacred Heart Cathedral. The body rested in Llano Mausoleum under N S Griggs & Sons. Father A F Robinson preached the sermon and mass as Kiwanis Club officers attended. Active pallbearers were Walter A Barlow J C Spaeth W E Sturdvant F A Ryan J J Lane and C P Walsh.
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Charles C. Gordon
J. C. Penney
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Llano Mausoleum
N. S. Griggs & Sons
A. EF. Robinson
Kiwanis Club
Mr. Gordon
Walter A. Barlow
J. C. Spaeth
W. E. Sturdevant
F. A. Ryan
J. J. Lane
C. P. Walsh
Mrs. Clara Swink Rites Held in Canyon at 2:30
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Lee Swink 23 wife of J T Swink were held at 2:30 PM today at the First Baptist Church Canyon with burial in Dreamland Cemetery under N S Griggs & Sons. Surviving are her husband infant son Orville Andy mother Ruth Costly brother G A Costly and three sisters including Mrs H.
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Clara Lee Swink
J. T. Swink
Hayden Street
First Baptist Church
Canyon
Dreamland Cemetery
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Canyon trio named in civic note
W Burrus, Mrs J F Haines and Miss Annie Costly, all of Canyon, are identified in the public record or social notice context.
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W. Burrus
J. F. Haines
Annie Costly
Canyon
Indian Finds Plane Wreck Near Fort Tejon
An Indian rider, Paul Apodaca, located a burned wreckage three miles west of Fort Tejon on Tejon ranch. The missing flight from Bakersfield to Los Angeles carried pilot J. W. Sandblom and seven passengers including Frank Dewar, chief deputy sheriff, and J. H. Polhemus, a San Francisco coffee importer.
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Los Angeles
Bakersfield
Century Pacific Air
Tejon Ranch
Paul Apodaca
Fort Tejon
J. W. Sandblom
Frank Dewar
Los Angeles County
J. H. Polhemus
San Francisco
W. H
Cereal Relief Promises Constipation Help From All Bran
A testimonial from P M Fisher of Ridgewood New Jersey praises Kellogg's All Bran for relief from years of constipation. The letter explains constipation stems from lack of bulk and Vitamin B and notes All Bran supplies both plus iron. Fisher endorses daily use and compares bulk to lettuce while urging medical advice if not relieved.
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P. M. Fisher
Phillips
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High Sierras
California
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
A. Johnson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
D. B. Robertson
Order of Railway Conductors
W. Berry
Switchmen’s Union of North America
T. C. Cashen
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
A. F. Whitney
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
E. J
Men of America
D. W. Helt
C. A. Wickersham
Atlanta
West Point
A. C. Needles
Norfolk and Western— Co
E. Denney
Erie
Queen City of the Plains Division No. 249
Ladies Auxiliary Order of Railway Conductors
Odd Fellows Hall
W. D. McClure
Harry Sager
Ethel Smith
R. E. Posey
Santa Fe A. & M. College Farm and Livestock
Navasota
Snyder
Santa Fe
Amarillo
Gulf, Colorado
Panhandle
J. F. Jarrell
Santa Fe General Agricultural
Amarillo Musicians’ Guild
Old Tack's
Athletic Club
Polk Street
Shoe Hospital
East Seventh Street
Martha Washington Candy Shop
Hunsleys
Chicago Delicatessen
King Brothers Drug Store
Publix Theaters Corporation
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
M.J.B
America
M.J. B
M . Ai
Tood
Battle Creek
Cor
Harrison
Kellogg’s
Kellogg
Phill
Fleming
Jacksonville
Florida
Phillips 66
Mie
Phillins
Weg
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