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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 08, 1929

Page

3

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.

Marion North Carolina Oscar Adkins Adkins

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.

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.

United Press Cleveland van Sweringen America van Sweringens Union Station Sweringen Shaker Square Shaker Heights

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Painters Hall KE. Rollins Jack French Amarillo State Federation of Labor Relief Committee Jack Thomas W. W. Finch Sam Norton Queen City of the Plains the Order of Ilway Oddellows Hall the Carpenters Union Carl M. Neilson Minnesota Jim Parr Parr Pampa Montgomery Ward Walter Clements Hirschel Byers Amarillo Carpenters Union Higgins Karl Manney FE. G. Peterson Dimmitt Jean Beauty Shop Dial Standard Oil Dallas News H. G. Stephenson Dallas Stephenson United States Norris Lincoln Freeport Washington Census Bureau New York Hanson Post American Legion Clearing House Association Mann Mann Tailoring CO POLK
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