Chain stores pay weekly wages under $15 study says
Washington reports a United States Women's Bureau study of 6 000 workers in 18 states showing 70 percent earned less than 15 a week and over 40 percent under 12 with California highest and six southern states lowest. Median earnings varied by state with Chicago Boston and New York higher in some cities.
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Mooney Pardon Review Moves to State Board
San Francisco reports the Mooney pardon plea is now before the state prison board for further study after Governor Young shifted it during his vacation. The board includes the lieutenant governor, two wardens, James Johnston, and Attorney General Webb, with the governor urging release for Billings before Mooney.
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State Department of Penology
Webb
Gilbert Roe Dies Noted Attorney and Free Speech Fighter
Gilbert E. Roe prominent attorney and former law partner of the late Senator Robert M. La Follette died at his home after a two month illness. For forty years he fought for freedom of speech and thought, standing as a hard fighter beside Fighting Bob La Follette.
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Jubilee trampling of press by public relations exposed
Editor & Publisher charges the Detroit light Jubilee staged with Hoover Ford and Edison was a contrived publicity stunt driven by space grafting. Ford tried to restrict press access but was overridden. Mazda and Bernays figures featured as part of the orchestrated show drawing criticism of media manipulation.
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Ford Museum
Musicians Push Campaign To Protect Public From Mechanical Music
New York City reports a $60,000 advertising boost by the American Federation of Musicians led by Harry R. Calkins. The union aims to keep living musicians in theatres and prevent substitution of canned music, arguing cultural taste would suffer without human performance. Joseph N. Webb, federation president, says mechanical music can serve some roles but cannot replace live orchestras.
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Harry R. Calkins
Musicians’ Union
Joseph N. Webb
Indiana mine unions push for troops amid non union dispute
Indiana officials report attempts to organize non union mines in Southern Indiana sparked calls for troops to prevent riot s and bloodshed though investigators found no disturbances. Dr Hewitt says using home mined coal would boost state employment and tax revenue, easing school funding and state aid. District No 11 officials say organizing work continues with progress toward better wages and economic stability in mining regions.
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Indiana Coal Bureau
Ohio River
Non Union Mine Horror at McAlester Claims 60 Workers
Ellis Searles of Mine Workers' Journal labels the McAles ter Oklahoma mine as non union and notes predominantly Mexican and Black workers faced perilous conditions. He cites a Bureau of Mines history showing 1,496 miner deaths from 1917 to 1928, with 320 in organized mines and 1,176 in unorganized ones.
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Old Town Company
McAlester
Okla
Ellis Searles
Mine Workers’ Journal
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United States Bureau of Mines
Printers Rally for Five Day Week Following Chicago Settlement
Chicago printers win a five day 40 hour week for job printers and inspire unions nationwide. Charlee P. Howard notes New York Big Six aims for five days on city papers and credits Chicago for broad impact on the industry.
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Is Radio Trust the Boss in Anti Trust Case
Washington reports the Radio Corporation of America known as the radio trust was found guilty by Federal Judge Hugh M Morris at Wilmington on November 19 of monopoly practices and ordered to desist The radio act allows the federal radio commission to refuse licenses for unfair competition yet the trust has faced defeats in appeals but no action has been taken by federal authorities or the navy department holds a patent central to the trust s power
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Dealers Seek Federal Help to Stop Cigarette Price War
New York tobacco retailers urge President Hoover to convene major cigarette manufacturers in a bid to curb price cutting. The Joint National Committee of Tobacco Retailers and Jobbers for Living Margin of Profit calls for stabilization policy beyond labor, arguing wages follow market forces.
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