No A F of L Meeting in Cleveland If Waiters Strike Persists
Cleveland risks losing major labor conventions as a waiter waiter and cook lockout cripples hotel service. The move endangers 28 hotels and could drive upcoming AFL and railroad brotherhood conventions to other cities, hurting local business and revenue.
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Cleveland
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ILNS
Cleveland Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Brotherhood of Railroad
A. F. Whitney
Whitney
Brotherhood
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
LBL
Jankout
Robertson
Alexander J. de Maioribus
Merge Kansas farms and machines run nights
The Wall Street Journal notes farm consolidation as a Kansas corporation merges hundreds of small farms over 180 miles. Bank managers complain as 65 cent wheat battles 45 cent production costs. Tractors plow and combines harvest while motor trucks rush grain to market.
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New York
Wall Street Journal
Kansas Corporation
No Work Prospects in Latin America Warned
Washington reports that flight by night employment agencies lure men to Latin America with tales of unlimited opportunities. The department of commerce warns job seekers that agencies promising Latin American work collect fees upfront and provide little or no work.
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Washington
Latin America
Department of Commerce
Clergymen of the South Urge Labor Preference
Birmingham clergymen including Rev. R. H. Crossfield urge favoring workers over machines in a Labor Day address. The speech signals a Southern clergy awareness of the labor problem as Paul J. Smith of the AF of L Southern organizing committee notes the shift.
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Birmingham
Ala
R. H. Crossfield
First Christian Church
Paul J. Smith
A. F
L. Southern Organizing Committee
Soviets Raid Cotton Market and Wheat Pit In Chicago
The ILNS reports Soviet traders have sold short in Chicago wheat and cotton, aiming to depress American markets and push a substitute cotton crop. Claims include large wheat short sales, pulp wood exports to the U S, undersold bone glue, and Soviet coal entering Canada despite a Bennett government plan to bar it.
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Chicago
Washington
ILNS
Secretary of Agriculture
Hyde
International Labor News Service
Weau
Chicago Board of Trade
North America
Liverpool
Great Britain
Reds
Moscow
United States
Russia
Boston
Canada
Bennett
Treasury Department
Bookbinders in New York City Agree on Unionization Plan
An agreement between the Bookbinders Trade Association and the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders moves shops to unionize and adopt a 44 hour week within a year. Wages stay at the basic level while hours reduction yields about an 8 percent implied raise. Up to 1000 new union members expected as employers agreed voluntarily amid poor trade conditions.
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Bookbinders Trade Association Inc
Alexander Schwartz
International Brotherhood of Bookbinders
New York City
ILNS
Bookbinders Trade Association, Inc
Siation
John B. Haggerty
Bookbinders” Union
Bookbinders Trade Association
Aberle hosiery mill near union agreement after pro union vote
H C Aberle Company in Philadelphia Illinois shows three to one employee support for a union agreement after a strike. A secret ballot of 1400 workers favored recognizing the union without presence of management or union reps. Next week a meeting with bankers agents and key customers will seek final settlement.
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Philadelphia
ILNS
H. C. Aberle Company
George W. Taylor
Theis
Agricultural logistics for Washington apple crop
The text outlines needs to move 45,000 cars of apples this fall with wrapping paper for 435 cars and nails for 92 cars. It notes lumber for crate construction could build a city for 25,000 people, then mentions focus shifting to box making and marketing facilities.
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Washington
Printing Trades Wage Increases Across 40 Cities
A U S Bureau of Labor Statistics study shows 20 time work trades in 40 cities reached higher hourly wages or held rates. Typesetting operators gained in 16 cities, newspaper workers up in 15, electrotypers up in 15, sheet metal workers led with raises in 16.
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Washington
The
United
Ac- States Bureau of Labor
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