Strike ends as Bristol Frocks workers accept concessions
Bristol Frocks workers return to work after signing an agreement with management mediated by ILGWU district manager William Ross. Termed wage and piece rate improvements include a 35 cent minimum hourly rate for most workers, with time and a half over 49 hours and fair piece rates tied to the minimum wage scale. The walkout began yesterday morning. authorities and labor officials sought a settlement though no picketing was planned if operations resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Frocks Company
William Ross
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Ross
Franklin Street
International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union of
Fall River
Bristol
Labor Board
State Department of Labor
Samuel Talan
Harry Tauber
Irs Cahir
Labor
Ralph MacMillan
Division of Labor Relations
Tallman
Mater
Cahir
Cahir and Mr. MacMillan
Joseph Teixeira
Franklin and Coggeshall Avenue
London Bridge
Lincoln Hall
Usher Avenue
MacMillan
Attleboro Man Peret Sentenced on Bad Check Charges
Zigmund Peret a 30 year old Attleboro worker was sentenced to two concurrent one year terms in Superior Court for two bad check counts. A third count was continued. Earlier a Fifth District ruling was overturned on a technicality and Peret faced additional charges, with eight other bad checks and one embezzlement count dropped. He is also wanted by Chicopee Springfield and Maine police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zigmund Peret
Attleboro
Mass
Bristol
G. Frederick Frost
Peret
William T. O’donnell
Fifth District
Attorney General's Department
Ferrara
Chicopee
Springfield
Maine
Bristol Trio Cleared of Fugitive Charges in District Court
Judge William T. O Donnell dismissed fugitive from justice charges against Joseph Brown James Barboza and Joaquim Rodrigues all Bristol men arrested over a theft of 18 pigs near the Westport Dartmouth line The DA recommended dismissal Brightman fined ten dollars and costs for speeding in this town
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol County
Mass
William T. O'Donnell
Fifth District
Bristol
Joseph Brown
Metcom Avenue
James Barboza
Joaquim Rodrigues
Mount Hope Avenue
Westport-Dartmouth, Mass
Thomas P. Brightman
Henry W Peterson Honored by Mill Officials and Employees
Henry W Peterson received a retirement tribute after 62 years with Collins and Aikman and its predecessors in Bristol. The dinner at Hotel Warren featured remarks by Charles B Rockwell and a toast by Norton M Zinderstein. Gifts included a tobacco humidor and a silver loving cup. A telegram from former colleagues accompanied the event, followed by dancing and a grand march led by Rockwell and Mrs Stephen W Hopkins. The arrangements were led by Caesar Brito and a committee of leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B Rockwell
Collins and Aikman Corporation
Henry W. Peterson
Warren
Bristol
Rockwell
Peterson
Phares D Frazer
Joseph Hall
Edmund Cunningham
William Pearce
George F. Marshall
Zinderstein
Harry Peterson
Johnson
Cavallaro
Martinez
Canning
Dixon
Joseph
Stephen W. Hopkins
Harry Bullock
Caesar Brito
Fred Atkinson
John P Marshall
John E St Angelo
August Marshall
Edgar Yergeau
George Ethier
Providence Surgeon to Speak at Rotary Meeting
Dr Adolph W Eckstein a prominent Providence surgeon and former Brown football star will address the Rotary Club at noon tomorrow in the YMCA His talk titled Cancer of the Tongue and Throat will be followed by remarks from Mrs John W Haley head of the Bristol County division of the Women s Field Army for Cancer Control and Mrs Carl W Haffenreffer captain of the Bristol team of workers Rotarian Dr Samuel W Clark will introduce him The club will then resume country square dances Friday at 8 30 in St Michaels Parish House
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph W. Eckstein
Providence
Brown University
Rotary Club
John W. Haley
Bristol County
Women’s Field Army For Cancer Control
Carl W. Haffenreffer
Bristol
Samuel W. Clark
St Michael’s Parish House
Navajo graduate Howard McKinley overcomes disability to rank in top ten
Howard McKinley, a Navajo orphan with one tenth of one percent normal vision, graduated among the first ten of five hundred at a state university. He later joined the Good Shepherd Mission in Arizona as an interpreter, dedicating his life to uplift his people and aid Rev. James R. Helms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard McKinley
James R. Helms
Bristol
Good Shepherd Mission
Arizona
Helms
Howard
Green Grass Country
McKinley County
McKinley
Rev. Helms
Jytio
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Dress CO
Bristol Frocks
P.R
Bristol Cleansers
Hope Street
George Raft
Jane Bryan
Humphrey Bogart
John King
Joan Barclay
J. Farrell MacDonald
Ald
Craig Reynolds
Ruth Reece
Ronald Colman
Rudyard Kipling
Gene Autry
Champion
Rovin
Metrotone
WEAN
Bing
Bob
Dorothy Lamour
South Seas
Feauring the Oomph Boy
Jerry Colonna
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Singapore
Charles Coburn
Judith Barrett
Anthony Quinn
The
Charles B. Rockwell
Namquit
Rotary
Andrew
Roosevelts
du Pont
Bristol Housing Guild
Wardwell Lumber CO
Thames Street
Tel
Thali
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