Reading Hosiery Strike Widens Spreading to More Mills
Reading Pennsylvania witnesses a broadened strike as three more hosiery mills halt operations. About 3,500 workers are out, led by Edward F. Gallaghan, with mass picketing at thirteen plants and attempts to unionize under the American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers.
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Reading
ILNS
Reading Hosiery Workers
American Federation of
Womelsdorf
Holde & Horst Company
E. Richard Meinig
Edward F. Gallaghan
Nolde and Horst
American Federation of Pull Fashioned
Hugh Glover
United Hatters of North America
Carl Holderman
Labor backs New Deal at Atlantic City convention
Matthew Woll of the American Federation of Labor told the National Association of Retail Grocers that organized labor now believes the recovery act ends destructive unrestricted competition. He praised Roosevelt's authority to modify or end the act if it harms the nation and expressed faith in the New Deal's recovery potential.
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Atlantic City
N. J
SLNS
National Association of Retail Grocers
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Woll
Roosevelt
Allen
Hessey
McMahon
Union
United States
Johnson
Hotel and Restaurant Employees seek hearing on recovery act
Cincinnati based officers of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Beverage Dispensers International Alliance filed notice with Gen Johnson to be heard on questions before him affecting the hotel restaurant and beverage trades They will present a code of fair competition and ask local unions to submit wage and working hour statistics for union and nonunion establishments
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Cincinnati, Ohio
ILNS
International Alliance
Gen. Johnson
National Recovery Act
Unions Urge Bishop Manning to Finish Cathedral Work
Representatives of seven unions pressed Bishop William T. Manning in New York City to complete the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and provide jobs for 2,600 unemployed skilled workers. Manning said he would welcome accelerated work if funding is found and pledged new fundraising efforts. The unions include stone cutters carvers machine stone workers setters derrickmen and granite and marble workers.
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New York City
ILNS
William T. Manning
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Texas minister backs organized labor amid long hours in Fort Worth
Fort Worth pastor Rev J Leslie Finnell advocates for worker rights and union organizing to combat unorganized store labor abuses. He urges protection for workers against excessive hours including ten to fourteen hours and Sundays, aligning with religious duty to support livelihoods.
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Fort Worth
Texas
J. Leslie Finnell
Magnelix Avenue Christian Church
Strike wave as new law tightens rules on hours and wages
The text notes strikes driven by the new act as workers press for concessions. About five thousand pocketbook makers walk out demanding a 40 hour week to replace the 44 hour rule and a weekly minimum of 36.75 dollars. Leather workers, numbering about 1200, also strike for 40 hours and a 30 dollar weekly minimum.
Ottawa Retreat To Peasant Economy Reported Across Canada
Domestic shift visible in small towns with more individuals planting crops and keeping dairy fowl and livestock for family use. Spinning wheels, home spun underwear, tallow candles and beet syrup extraction grow. The movement reduces efficiency and may lower enterprise demand as farmers limit home market sales and rail transport.
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Ottawa
Canada
Child Labor to Vanish From American Textile Mills
Washington reporting on New Deal era hearings as the Cotton Textile Institute proposes a code with 40 hour work weeks and $10-$11 minimum wages, while labor pushes for 5 0 hour weeks and $14 minimum. Johnson and Allen lead a public, fact focused hearing to expose industry practices and set a pace for broader reforms.
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Washington, D. C
SLNS
Recovery Administration
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Kuhn
Loeb
Cotton Textile Institute
Comet as Gaseous Matter Weighs Very Little
The description notes the comet is a gaseous mass in extreme tenuity, with its entire mass estimated at only a few pounds, highlighting its fragile and sparse nature.
Professor Lovett Arrested for Upholding Pickets
Prof. Robert Morss Lovett of the University of Chicago was arrested at the B Soppin Sons apron factory strike while defending workers right to picket. He was released on $25 bond after a brief detainment for disorderly conduct as workers demanded higher wages and a shorter week. The strike involved mainly women and many Negro workers, with the plant offering a nine hour day, a five hour Saturday, and wage increases following Lovett’s protest.
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Lovett
B. Soppin & Sons
Dutch Move to Boycott German Goods Aims for Broad Action
The Dutch National Trade Union Center and the Dutch socialist party plan a thorough boycott of German goods. They argue the German regime fears economic pressure and will count on public information offices to identify German imports, especially semi manufactured items. The move may provoke counter measures by Germany, but supporters seek moral impact and expect broad civilian followership. The British Trades Union Congress backs urging members not to purchase German commodities in response to Nazi actions against unions and socialist groups.
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Amsterdam
Dutch National Trade Union Center
Dutch Socialist Party
Germany
British
Trades Union Congress General Council
National Joint Council
T, U, CG
Labor Party
Parliamentary
Hitler
Conde
Serviers
Campaigns push to curb injunctions in labor disputes
Pressure to curb injunctions in labor disputes will be pushed in four state legislatures next year, according to the national committee on labor in junctions. The four states listed include New Illinois and others.
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Colorado
Idaho
Indiana
Minnesota
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Utah
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Arizona
California
Ohio
New Jerey
Maine
Philadelphia
ILNS
National Committee On Labor
Penns Treaty Quieted War Bloodlines Claim
After Penns famous treaty with the Indians of Pennsylvania, no Quaker blood was shed by an Indian and forty years passed before any red man was slain by a white in the region.
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Penn
Pennsylvania
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