Election Day Brings Yarns Across The Nation
Multiple brief items report on candidates and campaigns. Hamilton Fish runs for re election on both Republican and Socialist tickets in New York. Ruth Roland criticizes two ballot measures in Los Angeles. Tom Berry campaigns for reelection in South Dakota with rival W C Allen challenging him. Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt declines to debate Miss Dorothy Frooks while supporting Caroline O Day in New York.
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New York
U.P
Hamilton Fish
Fish
Socialist Party
Herbert Merrill
Los Angeles
Ruth Roland
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dorothy Frooks
Thad
Miss Frooks
Tack Letters and Lost Pets Appear in Reader Help Column
A reader requests clothing and footwear items while another asks for a lost rabbit, yellow kitten, and a white dog with one brown ear. Notices include a local helper offering work, a dog call sign, and a Canaries inquiry. Texas A&M reports record fall enrollment.
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Tack
Mike
Tel
Transient labor survey notes large worker population and rail aid
A government survey estimates about 250000 men and boys in transient camps or centers. The November program has $4 million from FERA, with possible increase, supporting transport back to residences at reduced rail rates. More than 40000 cases were moved April to August 1934, mostly native born. A Central Labor Union meeting at Carpenters Hall featured Benny Childs of the AFL and several union leaders discussing conditions and a forthcoming gathering at the Municipal Auditorium.
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Myers
FERA
Transients seek work not drift aimlessly, study finds
Howard Myers of the Federal Relief Commission reports that 75 percent of migrating job seekers are truly seeking employment. A survey of 13 cities shows 74 percent began migrating for work, with many lacking definite destinations and hoping for better conditions elsewhere.
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Myers
Boston
Philadelphia
Memphis
Jacksonville
New Orleans
Kansas City
Chicago
Minneapolis
Denver
Phoenix
Dallas
Los Angeles
Seattle
Amarillo labor meeting aims to reorganize workers
In Amarillo, cooks waiters waitresses and bartenders gather for a Friday night meeting at Carpenters Hall. Mr Childs reports strong enrollment for a new union start and local labor leaders will present talks for eligible members and others in the city. Also noted is a November 5 dance by Richard Cole’s 16 piece orchestra at Nat Dance Palace with 75 cents to 1.25 admission, promising a packed house.
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Central Labor Union
Carpenters Hall
Jack Sears
J. B. Mulhern
Maxwell Cooper
Reading
Harve Gray
Moore
Truckers Association
Federal Labor Board
Benny Childs
Fort Worth
American Federation of Labor
Mr. Childs
United States
J. 8. Charlson
A. Parker
Had Carriers Union
Jack Thomas
Painters Union
R. C. Snodgrass
First Christian Church
Municipal Auditorium
Nolan Gatewood
Andy Anderson
W. H. Rogers
W. W. Finch
Amarillo
Childs
Richard Cole
Wilbur C. Hawk
Nat Dance Palace
Cole
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W. EF. Case
White Dog
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Texas A. & M. College
Huey Long
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Vanderbilt
Nashville
Kingfish
Fang
Tennessee
LABOR
By John Moore
Howard Myers
Federal Relief Commission
Federal Bureau of Transient Relef
George
Kirk
Castile
Annals of Music
Vicks
J. F. Caldwell
Precinct NO. 1
Etna VN
Zale
Zales
Zale's
SALE
Baguette
Wally
Ray
Anality
Heth
By Ae
POLK
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Fujpler St
Canton
Amearillo
van Rale
Kayser
Darlin
Ducky
Big Ducky
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