Short Day Beneficial: Eliminating Long Shift Improves Workers
Gary Indiana observes a shift from 12-hour days to shorter hours in the steel industry. Workers show improved morale, families shop together, and local business gains accompany higher bank clearings. Judge E H Gary notes a 10 percent drop in steel output but confirms strong earnings and record pig iron production at Gary works.
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Gary
Ind
Broadway
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary Works
Magee Released on Bond in Contempt Case Rift in New Mexico
In Santa Fe the New Mexico Supreme Court released Editor Carl C. Magee on a $2,500 bond pending a ruling on the legality of Judge Leahy's contempt sentence. Magee, who denounced Leahy's court as a slaughterhouse, published a biting editorial and has long fought state special interests. The case ties into Magee's role in the Doheny Sinclair Fall oil disclosures reported in Washington.
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Santa Fe
N. Mex
State Supreme Court
Carl C. Magee
Leahy
Magee
Hinkle
Supreme Court
Albert M. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Washington
New Mexico
Senate On Investigating
Secretary of the
Interior
Doheny
Sinclair
Senate
Pall
State Land Office
Fall
The
Morning Journal
New Mexico State Tribune
Commonwealth finance corporation placed in hands of receiver
The $10 million Commonwealth finance corporation, which bought third and fourth mortgages on Washington property, was found to operate via dummy corporations with executives acting as presidents and directors. A $200,000 property was mortgaged, sold to a dummy firm, rents raised, and more mortgages issued. The firm reportedly lost $1.5 million through these methods.
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New York
Commonwealth Finance Corporation
Washington
Labor Endorses LaFollette and Wheeler by AFL Executives
Atlantic City report states the American Federation of Labor executive council endorses Robert M. LaFollette and Burton Wheeler as independent candidates. It criticizes both major parties platforms and declares labor unity under independent leadership, urging affiliated groups to support the non partisan campaign.
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American Federation of Labor Executive Council
LaFollette
Wheeler
International Labor News
Servic
Atlantic City
Robert Marion LaPollette
American Labor
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Council
Spcialists
Independent
Labor Movement
Labor
American Federation of Labor National
Railroad Labor Board
Daugherty
American Federation
Tabor
Republic
Robert M. LaFollette
Burton K. Wheeler
American Labor Movement
Hiv Preah
Volunts Troupe Aml
Trade Niga
Ont
Awe Oc
Iat
Lamletty
Vampatenta
Congress
Miust
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
James O'Connell
Toilers Tricked by Morris Pension Plan Abandoned
Former Morris Packing Plant workers claim the Morris Company used a life pension to force low wages and now that Morris is absorbed by a rival they face pension loss. The suit cites 15 years of 8 percent member contributions and promises of family security that vanished as the fund dissolves. The case draws on union opposition to company benefactions and notes the Union Leader critique of the plan.
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Chicago
Morris
Morris Packing
Armour
R. H. King
Ryner
Kunz
Morrris Company
Pension Fund
Morris Company
Amalgamated Association of Street Car Men
Darkey
Matthew Woll Leads AFL National Non-Partisan Campaign
Matthew Woll as head of the Executive Committee of the American Federation of Labor National Non-Partisan Political Campaign Committee appears in the record. The item notes his leadership role and the committee's involvement in political campaigning.
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Matthew Woll
Merican Federation of Labor
Gompers Cables Cheer To Calles Election Victory
In a cable from Washington Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor and Pan American Federation of Labor extends warm congratulations to Plutarco Elias Calles on his official election as Mexico's president to take office December 1, wishing the administration great success.
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International Labor News Service
Ashington
D. C
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Plutarco Elias Calles
Mexico
Pan American Federation of Labor
Mexican Republic
States' Rights Plea Ridiculed by Jones
Jerome Jones editor of the Journal of Labor ridicules Georgia's attempt to pass the federal child labor amendment, arguing the states rights principle is like a wooden ball with a rubber string. He says the measure would conflict with local sovereignty and cites past Volstead amendment tactics.
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Atlanta
Jerome Jones
Journal of Labor
Georgia Fereral Assembly
Jones
General Assembly
Uphold Wage Law Salgary Canada Justice Action
Justice Simmons has swept aside technicalities in a wage law case from Salgary Canada. The ruling affirms the measure as a valid means to ensure fair compensation and clarifies enforcement steps for employers.
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Salgary
Canada
Justice Simmons
Court Upholds HBC Wage Law Interpretation
A court ruled that Hudson Bay Company must apply commissions and bonuses to the week they are earned, aligning with the minimum wage law and the Department of Labor interpretation. The decision clarifies how bonuses affect weekly pay for compliance.
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Hudson Bay Company
Department of Labor
Plasterers Win Denver Strike With New Two Year Pact
Denver plasterers end a week long strike with a two year contract. The agreement sets pay at 12 dollars per day, union recognition, and overtime pay.
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Denver
Farmers Oppose Japanese Colony in Ozarks Missouri
In Springfield 2500 farmers in the county vote unanimously against a Japanese colony in the Ozark mountains. They will urge the Missouri legislature to bar Japanese land ownership in the state.
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Springfield
Ozark Mountain Country
Missouri
Ward Baking Co Reports Six Month Profit Strong
Ward Baking Company of New York reports a net profit of 1,906,341 for the first half of the year, at a near 3 million annual rate, up from 1,438,409 in the same period last year. The firm is described as anti union in its stance against the Bakery Workers Union.
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New York
Ward Baking Company
Ward Concern
Bakery Workers’ Union
Brick Men Enjoined In Peoria Yard Lockout Case
Carter brick yard management locked out its employees to enforce an anti union shop policy and obtained an injunction. Last fall a company union was formed but workers joined the trade union movement.
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Peoria
Carter Brick Yard
Simms Petroleum Reports Half‑Year Profits Soar
The Simms Petroleum Company reports profits of 1,654,866 for the first six months of the year, two and a half times higher than the same period last year, in New York.
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New York
Simms Petroleum Company
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Wreck Financial Firm
Dan Cohen Co
High Street
Calles
Plasterers
Krebs
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