Labor's WCFL Authorized to Erect 50,000 Watt Station
The federal radio commission approved WCFL Chicago Federation of Labor to build a 50,000 watt super power station and move to 970 kilocycles from 620. The Voice of Labor will broadcast from Downers Grove and gain a continental reach, though Seattle shares the same wavelength, limiting westward nighttime reception in certain months.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Radio Commission
WCFL
Chicago Federation of Labor
Voice of Labor
Chicago
Farmers’ Union of Town
United States
Fd Nockels
North American
Downers Grove
Seattle
Rocky Mountains
Labor groups oppose Indiana utilities merger over capitalization
The Indiana State Federation of Labor filed Objections with the Public Service Commission against a proposed $70,000,000 merger of four Indiana utilities. They argue the plan would over capitalizes the merged company by stock exchange and subsidiary stock values, with Frank P. Baker representing labor. The Evansville federation resolution denounced the merger as harming ratepayers.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Public Service Commission
Indiana State Federation of Labor
Federation of Labor Group
Frank P. Baker
United States District Attorney
State Federation
Evansville
Toto
Joseph J. McGowan
McGowan
Mine contract reached after long negotiation in Indiana
Terre Haute Indiana coal owners and mine workers reached a wage agreement after extended talks. Many mines had been idle since March 31 1927 when the Jacksonville agreement expired.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Jacksonville
Campaign to Stop False Labor Racketeering Charges
International Labor News Service launches a drive to remove the phrase labor racketeers from daily papers. The campaign urges labor editors to collect and mail clippings showing slanderous reports, with details of the newspaper and date, to ILNS offices in Washington or Chicago.
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Washington, D. C
International Labor News Service
Chicago
New York Evening Post
A. P
Associated Press
Illinois Battery Service
Consolidated Press
Chicago Employers’ Association
Labor News Service
Carpenters’ Building
Chicago Bureau of International Labor News Service
RACKETEERING IS BUSINESS Chicago unions denounce rackets and uphold honesty
Victor A. Olander of the Illinois State Federation of Labor rebukes the Chicago Employers' Association for opposing protections for women and children. He cites decades of labor involvement and asserts unions reject illegitimate business practices and call for moral obligations in public and private matters.
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Victor A. Olander
Illinois State Federation of Labor
Chicago
Employer Association of Chicago
Illinois
Chicago Employers’ Association
Hostetter
Trad
American Federation of Labor
Chicago Federation of Labor
Racketeering Debate in Labor Reporting
International Labor News Service launches a campaign to curb reckless labor racketeering reporting. It vows to check every instance, protest the reporting, and contact the agencies and newspapers publishing such accounts.
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Chicago
International Labor News Service
Traction Workers Fight In Two Cities To Hold Union Lines
In St Louis and Indianapolis divisions of the Amalgamated Association battle to gain wage and condition improvements. St Louis sees contract cancellation reversed, with wage disputes sent to the state utilities commission. Indianapolis workers demand higher wages while company officials faced accusations of discrimination. federal injunction previously issued against union leaders complicated the case.
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Traction
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America
St. Louis
Indianapolis
State Utilities Commission
State Utility Commission
Commission
Indianapolis, Ind
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
McGowan
Public Service Commission
Union
Atternee
Commission For Final Settlement
State Labor Probe Targets Loan Sharks in Arkansas
The State Federation of Labor plans to push the next legislature to regulate loan sharks in Little Rock. Officials say interest charges reach up to 600 percent. A prior anti loan shark bill was vetoed by Governor Martineau who argued it legalized higher rates than the state constitution allows.
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Little Rock
Ark
State Federation of Labor
Martineau
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