Gifts Flood In After Marion Mill Murders Rally
United Textile Workers locals and labor groups across the U S respond to the Marion Manufacturing Company massacre. Donations of food clothing and money pour in from Maine to Texas and New York to California while legal aid and relief efforts intensify as evictions target Mrs Dora Roberts and her five children.
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Marion
N.C
Maine
Texas
New York
California
Marion Manufacturing Company
United Textile Workers of America
North Carolina
Nevarbatate
Bain
Chrcinshillas
Asheville
Spencer
Alfred Hoffman
Clinchfield
East Mar
Ion Mills
Urse
Dora Roberts
Oscar Atkins
W. B. Plemmons
Fordson Production Planned for American Market
Investment News reports Henry Ford will soon start producing an American made Fordson. Irish Fordsons go mainly to Europe Africa and Australia while those shipped to the United States go first to Detroit for inspection. The paper notes 100 tractors daily largely go abroad and suggests an early American start on manufacture with upcoming changes in the machine.
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New York City
ILNS
Henry Ford
Investment News
MacFadden
Wall Street
Europeesia
Africa
Australia
United States
Detroit
New York Peace Advocate Sees War Lost Its Allure
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University told the Institute of International Law that a global peace movement will crush obstructing governments. He warned that war’s glamour is gone and those who seek trouble will be broken on the wheel, contrasting secret war talks with open peace discussions between President Hoover and Prime Minister MacDonald.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Institute of International Law
Dr. Bukter
Maktue
Persident
Hoover
MacDonald
Conference Called In Washington On November 14 For Southern Union Campaign
Washington articles describe a call by AFL President Green for a national and international union conference in Washington on November 14 1929 to devise a policy for organizing Southern workers. The meeting follows Toronto convention directives to fund aid to United Textile Workers and to assign organizers in the South.
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Green
Washington, D.C
ILNS
American Federation of Labor
Amont Southern
Toronto
A. F. of B
South
A.fp
Toront Canada
United Textile Workers Organization
Heration of Labor
AFL reelects leaders at convention. Boston chosen as next site
President William Green and officials including Frank Morrison, Martin FP Ryan, and treasurers were re elected by the American Federation of Labor convention. Boston was chosen unopposed as the next convention city. John Manning of the union label trades department and Tommy Malloy of Motion Picture Operators and Theatrical Stage Employees in Chicago were elected frater.
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Toronto
ILNL
William Green
Frank Morrison
Martin FP
Ryan
Ail
American Federation of Labor
Boston
John Manning
Union Label Trades Department
Tommy” Malloy
Chicago
Railroads Poised for Earnings Rise as Traffic Up
New York City report from Financial World analyzes rail line earnings. It notes improved traffic in late 1920s, a law of increasing returns and efficiency boosting net earnings. It claims rail stocks are cheap on a price earnings basis and forecast a strong seasonal peak ahead.
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New York City
Financial World
Court to rule on gas waste curbplan on coast
Los Angeles reports a state case on whether natural gas owners may waste gas or be limited by law. The Lyons act, passed by the last assembly, seeks to stop daily losses of vast gas volumes. Officials say the waste could feed 120 million people if captured.
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Los Angeles
Steamfitters Win Wage Increase in Chicago Strike Stand
Chicago employers granted steamfitters a seven cent raise to $1.70 per hour, effective until May 31, 1931, after unions prepared a strike and enforcement of the demand. About 4000 workers were involved as employers yielded upon recognizing the likelihood of a strike.
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Chicago
Street Car Men Win Union Pact in Des Moines
A union shop agreement between the Street Car Men's Union and City Railway Company extends to November 1, 1940. Wages rise and the company allocates 18,700 dollars yearly for retirement pensions and disability compensation for union members.
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Des Moines
Iowa
City Railway Company
Big Crash Reveals Rosenwald as Sears Master Boss
Chicago report notes a October stock crash that pressured Sears Roebuck as Julius Rosenwald emerges as the firm’s de facto leader. Gen. Robert E. Wood denies five year control, while employee stock ownership and a Rosenwald pledge to back shares are highlighted amid market turmoil.
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Julius Rosenwald
Sears, Roebuck
Chicago
ILNS
New York Stock Exchange
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Robert E. Wood
Rosenwald
R. R. Donnelley & Sony Company
Sears Rowhurk & Co
Want Troops in Marion Urges Governor Action
Raleigh dispatch reports R W Baldwin of Marion Manufacturing Company and local citizens pressing Governor Gardner to keep troops in the Marion strike zone. Severs strikers have been killed by deputized forces after the company repudiated a proposed understanding to end the dispute. Baldwin insists troops not be removed until the last undesired element is driven out.
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Raleigh, N
R. W. Baldwin
Marion Manufacturing Company
Gardner
Baldwin
Fragmented quotation on labor and nationalism in Canada
A garbled report cites Tom Moore and Labor Chemerons of Canada arguing about membership figures and a nationalist anti dual movement. The text alleges shifts in workers and sympathy groups, with references to a 24,000 row in membership and a renamed movement similar to Pewwlay Tigreriational, amid unclear context.
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Minedignonetees
Labur
Fria
Tom Moore
Dabur Cmerens
Canada
Dual Union Movement Opposed by Canada Ed Board
Vancouver reports four-site construction of a new Air house school amid demands by San Diego Carpenters for enforcement of the eight hour law. The union action targets state labor rules as workers press for compliance during the project.
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San Diego
Chile
Board of Education
Vancouver
B. C
Air House
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True Blue
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Stitlinger Bros
Geo. Schroder
Carl Schnapp
Herman Petzold
Louis Henes
Richard F. Graf
Monarch Grocery
C. G. Steinecker
Baecker Bros
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Main St
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Kahn Ave
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Journal Square
2Nd
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Grand Blvd
2Nd and
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Great National “War Council
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Organized Labor
British Trades Union Congress
Adolph Kumer
Cincinnati
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