Towboat engineers strike across coastwise ports
The National Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association called a strike by towboat engineers at every coastwise port beginning at noon yesterday. Harbor tug engineers remain at work. The walkout follows owners and operators' refusal to add an extra assistant in each engine room crew and grant a substantial wage increase. A compromise offer was rejected as unsatisfactory.
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National Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association
Double Toasted Oats Promise Energy and Digestion
A vintage ad copy extols H O brand oats. It touts every oat kernel being toasted twice and steam cooked to deliver rich aroma, delicious flavor, easy digestion, and high energy with rosy cheer and strong muscles.
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H O Claims High Pressure Steam Bursts Oat Preparation
A fragment suggests a method using high pressure live steam to process oats. The text implies oats burst when subjected to intense steam, signaling a nonstandard preparation technique. The readability is limited, with unclear context and missing concrete details.
Strike Over Second Assistant Sparks Tugboat Labor Dispute
Owners refuse to concede on adding a second assistant and call the walkout a strike. Four tugs Piedmont Covington Atkins Hughes and John T Donohue are idle while engineers seek home-port rest. Industry expects a short strike but warns of coal movement disruption if prolonged. Wage talks show gains from 130 to 287.50 monthly for chiefs, assistants paid 166 with denied 18.50 raise.
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Piedmont
Covington
Atkins Hughes
John T. Donohue
American Association of Masters, Mates and Pilots
Firemen’s Union
Seamen’s Union
Boston
Haveeen
New York Waterfront Strikes Hit Ports Without Waiting
A simultaneous strike by longshoremen and tugboat men paralyzed New York Harbor as shipyard workers walked out after wage and hour demands. The National Adjustment Commission halted deep water line work pending retroactive action to Oct 1 while shipyards in Hoboken and Elizabeth saw over 1500 workers quit and several plants idled.
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New York
Shipping Board
Atlantic Marine Workers’ Association
Washington
United States Shipping Board
International Association of Presidents of Marine Workers
National Adjustment Commission
Steamship Companies
William Y. Ripley
Adjustment Commission
Ripley
Hoboken
Elizabeth
N. J
Tietjen and Lang
W. & A. Fletcher Co
Consolidated Iron Works
Bethlehem Shippbuilding Corporation
New Jersey Dry Docks Company
Conference on Teachers Pay Looms as Budget Talks Begin
The week of October 13 will host talks between teachers and the school committee on salary. The first regular committee meeting for the month is set for Monday, likely next week in Mason Street headquarters big hall. The public session aims to shape pay schedules with input from teachers and taxpayers.
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Sullivan
Mason Street
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