Labor Paper Proves False Denial of Mail Order Firm It Buys No Prison Overalls
Detroit labor paper exposes Sears Roebuck denial as false by citing a Marquette prison warden report. It shows Sears Roebuck purchases about 73 percent of prison overalls and ships to multiple cities, contradicting R. E. Wood's July letter. The revelation fuels labor opposition to the mail order house and links to a non union printing contract with RR Donnelley.
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Detroit
Mich
Ilns
R. E. Wood
Sears-Roebuck & Co
National Mail Order House
Chicago
Wood
Labor News
Long Beach
Cal
Detroit Labor News
James P. Corgan
State House of Correction
Marquette
Daniel O. Collins
State Prison Commission
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Chicago, Ill
Kansas City
Dallas
Tex
Los
Sears, Roebucy & Co
Detroit Federation of Labor
Grand River Avenue
Sears- Roebuck & Co
R R. Donnelley & Sons Co
Hoover Nips Ship Builders Lobby War Propaganda
Washington reports President rebukes William B. Shearer for efforts to wreck the Geneva disarmament conference and orders action through the attorney general. He faces Senate naval affairs scrutiny over his work for the National Security League and alleged contracts with Bethlehem Shipbuilding Newport News and Brown-Boveri.
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Washington
William B. Shearer
Hoover
Shearer
New York
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corporation
American Brown-Boveri Electric Company
National Security League
Japan
War sentiment and money drive flagged appeals
A wartime appeal uses patriotism to secure a $250,000 donation. The incident reveals how the public is stirred by the flag to fundraise, showing the manipulation behind national sentiment and monetary pressure on citizens.
New British Toxin Seen as War Preventive
London reports a new toxin claimed to kill a million men per teaspoonful. Professor Lennard Erskine Hill of University College, formerly on the army medical advisory board, says inhalation or eye exposure can be lethal and questions the value of armaments if such a toxin were dispersed by aircraft.
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London
England
Lennard Erskine Hill
University College
Army Medical Advisory Board
Engineers Raise Wages for Detroit Theatre Workers
The Operative Engineers Union No. 5 ended a brief strike by raising weekly wages by 5 and 10 dollars for members employed in local theatres, boosting earnings for theatre technical staff.
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Detroit
Operative Engineers’ Union No. 5
Steel Workers Gain Pay as Machines Cut Jobs
A U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows earnings rose for blast furnace and Bessemer converter workers from 1926 to 1929 while employment fell due to new machinery. Hourly and full-time weekly earnings increased in both departments, despite fewer workers across several districts, with main job losses in southern plants and in laborer and helper roles.
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Washington, D.C
ILNS
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bessemer
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
Iron and Steel Industry
Bessemer Converter
Bessemer Department
Bureau
Pittsburgh
Great Lakes
Middle West
You Can't Join unions Staten Island Chauffeurs Vote
"You can't join unions" said M. T. Gordon general manager of Tompkins Bus Corporation which runs 11 lines on Staten Island. More than 200 chauffeurs have and
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New York
Teamsters’ Union
M. T. Gordon
Tompkins Bus Corporation
Staten Island
New Orleans Car Strike After New York Truce Rejected
In New Orleans the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employers division voted 1009 to 87 against accepting the New York truce. The strike resumes full force amid accusations of bad faith by Public Service. A dynamite attack on a Naples Avenue car caused a violent scene with tear gas, arrests, and clashes involving acting Mayor Walmsley and marshals. War on jitneys renews as Public Service buildings are guarded and police operate on twelve hour shifts.
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New Orleans
ILNS
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
New York
Public Service
Kompany
Napoleon Avenue
Walmsley
Henery Melson
Marsals
United States
Commission Council
Ray
Schwab's coal mines worked on Labor Day in Fairmount
Charles Schwab, Bethlehem Steel chairman, praised Labor Day while Bethlehem mines ran on the holiday. United Mine Workers chief Van Bittner telegrammed that every miner was threatened with discharge for idleness if they attended any union gathering.
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Fairmount
W.va
Charles Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Corporation
van B. Bittner
United Mine Workers
Schwab
New York Teamsters Win Eight-Hour Day
More than 7,500 union seamsters and chauffeurs struck for an eight hour day and their demand was granted before the walkout ended. The agreement retroactive to September 1 runs for two years with time and one half after eight hours rather than nine.
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New York
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Hoover Nips Ship Builders’ Lobby
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
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True Bar
True Blue
Dan Niehoff
Herman Petzold
Louis Henes
Richard F. Graf
Monarch Grocery
C. G. Steinecker
Baecker Bros
Jacob Lipphardt
GEO. Custer
Chas. D. Kirn
Stitsinger Bros
GEO. Schroder
Carl Schnapp
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Kahn Ave
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Journal Square
2Nd
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Grand Blvd
Hanover
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Central Ave
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Main St
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