Labor Unions Rise and Labor Strife Across Local Unions
Notes from the labor scene describe organized labor advancing gains through legislation for living wages and safer conditions, while unions police non union work and urge compliance. Reports from Painters Local 544 Amarillo Central Labor Union and Railway Conductors Auxiliary detail meetings, elections, membership growth, labor labels, and actions against non union labor, with updates on local projects and members.
Fragmented reflections mix quotes with a deadly North Carolina incident
The text notes five textile workers killed by Sheriff Oscar Adkins and deputies in Marion, North Carolina, with a coroner's inquest saying they were shot in the back while fleeing tear gas. It also mentions oil stock dividends, Dallas News Linotype history, and remarks by United States Senator Norris on wealth influence and federal injunctions, plus census counts of women workers in Washington.
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Underground chapel broadcasts from Mynydd Newydd mine
Broadcasts relay from the underground chapel at Mynydd Newydd Colliery in Fforestfach, Swansea, at a depth of 600 feet as part of the local radio program.
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United Press
Swansea
South Wales
Mynydd Newydd
Fforestfach
Rail Magnates Build Model Community in Cleveland
Van Sweringen brothers, famed railroad magnates, are welding a vast transport network and meanwhile crafting a model residential town in their spare time. They call it Shaker Square in Shaker Heights, a project admired by architects and planners as a testament to their design genius.
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Cleveland
van Sweringen
America
van Sweringens
Union Station
Sweringen
Shaker Square
Shaker Heights
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