Packer Row Appeal To Roosevelt On Strike Threat
CIO PWOC officials announce they will appeal to President Roosevelt over Armour and company dispute triggering a nationwide strike. Van A. Bittner says move follows Chicago labor council failure to convene talks with Armour officials. Delegates vow to seek presidential intervention to force bargaining under Wagner Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
CIO Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee
Roosevelt
Armour and Company
van A. Bittner
PWOC
Chicago City Council On Labor
Company
Bittner
Armour
National Labor Relations Board
Cudahy
Swift
Wilson
City Labor Council
Ntional Labor Relations Board
Butter Subsidy to Continue for Canal Zone Exports
The Agriculture Department will extend the export subsidy for butter into the Panama Canal Zone during the current fiscal year. The program covers up to 1,000,000 pounds of surplus butter sold to support competitive pricing in the war zone. Last year 889,338 pounds were sold with an average bounty of 2.81 cents per pound.
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Washington
Agrculture Department
Hursday
Panama Canal
Doestic
Misconduct Bill Restores World War Vets Compensation
Washington AP Roosevelt signed a bill to restore disability compensation for World War II veterans denied under misconduct rules. The measure lets veterans with service connected disabilities receive benefits even if paralysis or similar conditions were caused by their own conduct. Widows and orphans may also gain from the new policy, with potential increases up to 15 percent in affected cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Benefts
Won Bank Night and Relief Aid Cut for Miss Reuther
Mary Reuther, a 20 year old WPA worker from LeMars Iowa, won a $350 theater prize and learned relief eligibility ended after Shelby Reed, Plymouth county relief director, informed her she no longer qualifies. Reuther had $150 left after paying bills.
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Lemars
Mary Reuer
WPA
Balllight
Shelby Reed
Plyoath County
Miss Reuther
Dr. Wilfred H. Robinson Named ADA President
Dr. Wilfred H. Robinson of Oakland California was named president of the American Dental Association during the convention here. He will take office at the association's 1940 convention in Cleveland Ohio.
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Milwaukee
Wilfred H. Robinson
Oakland
Calif
American Dental Association
Robinson
Association
Cleveland
Corvine Bird and Puzzle Answers Revealed
A list of crossword clues titled Horizontal and Vertical presents bird names like the glossy corvine bird and the short billed rail, along with various other terms. The page includes answers to the previous puzzle and a mix of everyday words and terms across multiple definitions.
Woman Scribe Replies To Gov Dickinson In Open Letter
Inez Robb recounts her Idaho origins and arrival in New York City thirteen years ago. She describes temptation at Grand Central, a wealthy apartment, and a uniformed man, detailing dangers she faced to warn young girls.
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Gov. Dickinson
N.Y
Dickinson
Inez Robb
New York
Ins
Governor Dickinson
New York City
Caldwell
Idaho
Grand Central Station
Europe
Mr. Dickinson
Greenwich Village
Radio Schedule Fragments Show Dense Evening Lineup
A fragmentary listing details multiple stations and programs through the evening including WMT WGN KFJB WSUI and WOC with a mix of entertainment news music sports and religious content. Programs feature orchestras talk shows and musical clock slots across Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Rock Island markets with scattered times and unclear endings.
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Oie Manners
WOOC
WMT
Hollywood
WGN
WOC
Aple
Tore Williams
Orch
WoosMoonaghc
Ramona's
Ja _ cane
Wws
Wwoc
Pat
KFJB
Peter McGregor
WSUI
Griff Williams
Jimmy Dorsey
Dick Jurgens
Johnny
Richard Himber
OWHO
Madriguera
Ews OC
Kay Kyser
Spitainy
Joe Reichman
Woo Barron
Cedar Rapids
Enema Forester
Wiews
WOI
Pete's Mountaineers
Armas Chape
Alice Blue
Plano
Wsvui
Attan Concert Orch
Woo
Bere
U. S. Army Band
Columbia Concert Orch
Women Univ
Arnold Grimm
Xavier Cugat
Little Radio Circus
Jean Ellington
Light
Everett
Mark JB
Don Roth
Gioswuren
Corn Belt Farm
Yankees
O—Agricultural Conservation
Roy Eldridge
Charles Paul
KPJB
Maurice Reese
Inez Robb on Prohibition era temptations in New York
The speaker recalls risks of Prohibition in 1920s New York including home made gin and the predatory atmosphere for women. She cites a steely editor, secretaries, and a moral warning from Otis Lorton about speaking up. The piece blends personal memory with social critique.
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New York
Wall Street
Otis Lorton
Tulsa
Okla
Daily World
Inez Robb
Grants Approved for 847 Miles of Rural Electric Lines
Iowa Commerce Commission says 59 transmission line applications granted for 847.51 miles. 25 rural cooperatives receive grants from the Rural Electrification Administration to build 729.16 miles, including Maquoketa Valley and Eastern Iowa Light and Power divisions across multiple counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Barr Keshlear
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Keshlear
Federal Rural Electrification Administration
Maquoketa
A W Revell Central City Merchant Dies At 71
Alfred Walker Revell a 71 year old Central City merchant died at home after a brief illness. Born Sept 19 1867 in Airth England he came to the United States at age three. Survived by his wife Hulda Hoag daughter Mrs Roy Crosier and two sons Tvan and Louis. Funeral Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church with burial Mt Clark cemetery.
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Central City
Alfred Walker Revell
Airth
England
Mr. Revell
United States
George
Mary Walker Revell
Linn County
Roy Crosier
Delhi
Tvan
Shenandoah
Louis
Hurvey
Wyo
Ella Shaffer
Methodist Church
E. C. Allen
Mount Clark Cemetery
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Packer Row
Pwoc, Company
Canal Zone
A.D.A
AIR Xcoobe
Florsheim
Florsheims
Bob
Joe Fisher
CPS Ae
RED Hot Values
Virginia
Izes
Armstrong
Iowa
Boone County
Greene County
Glidden Rural Electric Cooperative
Glidden
Sac County
Carroll County
A. W. Revell
Bombay
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