Labor Board Upholds Right To Bargain For Unions
The national labor board ruled Berkeley woolen mills refused to bargain with striking workers unless the representatives were mill employees, upholding workers’ right to choose outside agents. The decision, unanimous, was hailed by Sen. Wagner as a step toward clearing disputes and aligned with the recovery act.
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Woolen Group
Workers Group
Washington
National Labor Board
Berkeley Woolen Mills
Martinsburg
W. Va
Robert F. Wagner
Labor
National
International
Directiya Eee Rideg
Rock Code Hearing Highlights Wage Increases Mentioned
Public hearing on the rock pressure manufacturers code ended after a half hour. Howard Halli of Town Manufacturing Co Cedar Rapids cited wage hikes since July 1 and urged exemptions for equipment distributors. Local firms Universal Crusher and Town Steel and Iron, plus quarry operators, warned the code could affect payrolls and competition.
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Howard Halli
Washington
W Cornwall
Chicago
Charles W. Wilkerson
Metal Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Howard Hall
Town Manufacturing Company
Cedar Rapids
E. K Hurst
Sioux Falls
S. D
Cornwall
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Hall
Universal Crusher Company
Town Steel and Iron Company
Open the Door to Shared Hearts in Everyday Religion
A Maryland church visit prompts reflections on locked up hearts and missing keys. The author urges openness and connection, suggesting many keep inner doors closed and lonely, urging readers to share warmth and reveal their key to companionship.
Department store sales rise 16 percent in August
Washington reports department store sales in August 16 percent higher than a year ago. The gain surpasses seasonal expectations and is linked to NRA driven buying power. Eight month total trails last year by about 10 percent.
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Washington
Tuesay
NRA Actives
County Unemployed Face Ongoing Relief Plan Tensions
About 300 relief recipients gathered at the courthouse amid misunderstandings of the county work relief plan under the new aid setup. A Tuesday conference with county officials and a volunteer protest committee, led by mediator Francis A. Heald, sought to resolve questions including rent and the use of scrip, with officials promising to relay clarified information to the strikers.
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Francis A. Heald
J. J. Hronik
Orland King
Fifth Street
G. FP
Rogers
Third Street
George Streeter
Sixth Avenue
Guy Osborn
Sixth Street
Board of Supervisors
Fred Stirm
B. C. Busby
James D. Kennedy
Cora Jacobs
Lillian Landmesser
Benjamin Tait
Robert M. Vesely
Heald
US declares neutrality as Cuba unrest grows
The Roosevelt administration seeks a strict neutral stance amid rising clashes between Cuba's new government and besieged old army officers at the National Hotel. Officials weigh potential deployment of U S forces if Havana fires first. Five destroyers— Fairfax Taylor Claxton Hamilton and Reuben James—move into Cuban waters as tensions rise.
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Washington
Havana
Roosevelt
Cuba
National Hotel
Welles
Hall
Calvin
Cuban
Fairfax
Taylor
Claxton
Hamilton
Reuben James
United States vows to keep Platt amendment in Cuba
Officials in Washington say the United States will retain right to intervene in Cuban affairs. The Platt amendment remains a keystone of policy and will not be removed despite threats from Cuban leaders.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
America
Grau names cabinet as Cuba reels from opposition
President Ramon Grau San Martin unveiled a cabinet of eminent, popular figures though excluding the old ruling parties as opposition groups call the move desperate. Key posts include Marquez Sterling at state and Ramiro Capablanca as presidency with Col Manuel Despaigne at treasury.
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Sterling
Marquez Sterling
Washington
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
San Martin
Ramiro Capablanca
Treasury
Manuel Despaigne
Rios Baltaseda
Santiago
Antonio Guiteras
Carlos Finlay
Manuel Costales Latatu
Gustavo Moreno
War and Navy
Julio Aguado
Luis Barnet
Gray San Martin
Ambassador Patterson
London
Death ends father's punishment by spankings in California
Manuel P Madruga, 57, attempted to spank his son Andrew in Hanford California. The father collapsed and died of heart disease during the incident, witnesses said. Andrew reportedly looked back as the stick remained raised.
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Hanford
Calif
Manuel P Madruga
Andrew
Local NRA Mediation Board Named in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids executives form a local NRA mediation board led by Owen N. Elliott to hear complaints of alleged NRA regulation violations and mediate local disputes under the blue eagle program. Reports say complaints must be in writing and filed with Charles D. Manson at the Chamber of Commerce. anonymous letters are ignored.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington, D C
NRA
Owen N. Elliott
Joe McCormick
Maude Carpenter
W. L. Harrison
Elmer Runkle
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Charles D. Manson
NRA Mediation Board
Chamber of Commerce
Manson
Iiedera
Washington, D. C
T R. Hammond
Blue Eagle
National Recovery Administration
Department of Commerce
Hammond
Michigan salesman shot to death on Toledo golf course
J. L. Parker of Hudson Michigan, an insurance agent, was shot through the eye while playing golf with five companions on a fashionable Toledo course. He died half an hour later in Mercy hospital. The masked bandit robbed Parker's group of 75 dollars and escaped.
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Toledo, Ohio
J. L. Parker
Hudson, Mich
Mercy Hospital
Parker
Recovery body eyes divisions to code coal industry
Washington saw a plan for splitting the bituminous coal industry into divisions to win blue eagle support. Donald Richberg, recovery chief counsel, urged self governance or division led control, and asked factions to select eighteen delegates to work with authorities. He warned noncooperating groups may be left out.
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Washington
Blue Eagle
Recovery Administration
Donald R. Richberg
Richberg
Inquest Ordered in George S Sunday Death
An inquest into the death of George M. Sunday son of evangelist Billy Sunday is set for Tuesday or Wednesday in San Francisco AP. Sunday, 40, died after a four story fall from his apartment window Thursday night while doctors treated a fractured jaw. Dr. Edgar H Howell cited shock from injuries as the cause as Sunday had said the fall was accidental.
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San Francisco
George M. Sunday
Billy Sunday
Edgar H. Howell
Japan to seek revision of naval ratios at international talks
Tokyo reports Japan will push for revised naval ratios at the upcoming conference. Naval Minister Minoru Osumi says Tokyo is unhappy with current limits of 3 ships to the US five and Britain five, arguing treaties are outdated and insufficient to ensure security. Some rumors say Japan seeks 7.3 ships per power, not exact parity.
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Tokio (Up
Japan
Minco Osumi
United States
Great Britain
Osumi
Strument Pica
Iss
Grunow Announces Wideo Advertising Drive In Dailies
William C. Grunow president of General Household Utilities told 300 distributors at a Chicago convention that the firm will launch an intensive newspaper advertising campaign. He praised the daily press for aiding National Recovery Act support and noted credit to newspapers for improved public sentiment.
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Washington
INS
Organized Labor
National Recovery Administration
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Hugh
Johnson
NRA
Chicago
William C. Grunow
General Household Utilities Company
Daily Press
Farmer Adolph Metzner Dies in Auto Fire Blast
Blooming Prairie Minnesota Adolph Metzner a local farmer was burned to death in his automobile Tuesday Officials believe a gasoline explosion sparked the blaze and caused his death
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Blooming Prairie, Minn
Adolph Metzner
Balloonists Van Orman and Trotter Reach Thor Lake After 8 Days
Ward T Van Orman and Frank Trotter, American balloonists, arrived at Thor Lake Ontario after eight days of forest wandering and a balloon crash in northern Ontario. They walked out aided by James Barrett and recalled a week of hardships while plans to depart by balloon faded.
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Thor Lake
Ont
James Barrett
Power Company
Ward T van Orman
Frank Trotter
James Y Nicol
Ontario
van Orman
Trotter
Sydney Fairweather
Sleep Disease Sleep Paralysis Link Reported by Rosenow
In St Louis Dr Edward Carl Rosenow reports progress linking encephalitis to infantile paralysis through experiments at DePaul hospital and the University of Minnesota. He declined comment but colleagues call findings remarkable as deaths from sleeping sickness rise to 130 nationwide in six weeks. In Iowa Charles A Fogsland, 66, dies from sleeping sickness, total in state rising to three with another serious case.
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ST. Louis
Edward Carl Rosenow
University of Minnesota
DePaul Hospital
Rosenow
Fort Madison
Charles A. Fogsland
Fogsland
Iowa
Brother in law of Governor Rolfe dies by suicide
Robert G. Reid vice president of Balfour-Guthrie and Oakland Howard Terminal executive and brother in law to California Governor James Rolph Jr leaped to his death leaving a note blaming mental deterioration and inability to be cured. He stated his intention not to burden others and cited hospital treatment recently received.
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San Francisco
Robert GC. Reid
Balfour-Guthrie Company
International Sales Organization
Reid
Howard Terminal
Oakland
James Rolph, Jr
California
Balfour-Guthrie
R. A. Lewis
New Cedar Rapids Jobs Total From NRA Rise
NRA industrial survey updates show Cedar Rapids job creation climbing to 1 663 as national recovery program changes take effect. The report notes ongoing gains since the active campaign ended.
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NRA
Cedar Rapids
Packing Co Joins In Sewage Plant Plan
Wilson and company will fund part of a new city sewage disposal plant with a pre treatment unit for packing house wastes. City officials say the plant will be built to serve all wastes and the packing firm will pay an equitable share of construction and operating costs. The conference included Judge J D Cooney Chief Engineer Allen McKenzie Harry Palmer and L F Prior. Continued on Page 2 Column 5.
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Cedar Rapins News
Wilson and Company
Wilson
J. D. Cooney
Allen McKenzie
Chicago
Harry Palmer
L. F. Prior
Plane crash kills eight in Jugoslavia near Laibach
An airplane wreck near Laibach, Jugoslavia, killed the pilot and seven passengers. Patients of the adjacent insane asylum were thrown into panic as twenty were injured while fleeing the crash site.
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Jugoslavia
Laibach
INS
Minnesota and Baltimore Vote on Prohibition
Early returns show Minnesota precincts in Hennepin County voting 305 For repeal to 87 Against. Baltimore reports a heavy wet majority with 114,918 For repeal to 10,937 Against from 651 of 672 polls, signaling strong support for repeal and wet delegates to the convention.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Hennepin
Minneapolis
Baltimore
Annapolis
Tan Vee
Denver and Pueblo voters weigh repeal in dry era election
Denver and Pueblo voters cast ballots in a special election on the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment amid rain and low turnout across Colorado. Drys target modest margins as Maine reports a strong repeal lead and states schedule further votes toward the 36 needed for ratification.
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Denver
Colo
Pueblo
Colorado
Drys
Maine
New Mexico
Idaho
Virginia
Florida
Ohio
Pennsylvania
North
South Carolina
Kentucky
Utah
Maine votes to repeal Eighteenth Amendment statewide
Portland Maine AP reports Maine joined 25 states in repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. With 79 scattered precincts counted the statewide tally favored repeal 113827 to 52077 challenging alcohol prohibition after a long history of anti prohibition leadership.
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Portland
Maine
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Joseph Fort Newton
Maryland
George Eliot
Ben Bean
Cedar Rapids News
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U. S
Ramon Grau San Martin
ABC Revolutionary Society
Gerardo Machado
OCRR
Mario Menocal
Menocalistas
Gen. Johnson
Paign
Hugh S. Johnson
Pieeire
Boot and Shoe Industries
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Siricl
Michigan
Toledo
Geo
Grunow
Burns
U.S
FT. Madison
Rolfe
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Andrew Volstead
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