Wages On Government Contracts Spar Over Minimums
Local officials question whether higher minimums will apply to their areas as Secretary Tobin's July 25 order raises wages on government steel contracts. The move, amid wage talks in major industries, triggers accusations of backdoor influence on Congress and prompts debate on Walsh Healey Act of 1936 and its role replacing NRA.
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Secretary of Labor
Tobin
Labor Department
House Labor Committee
Congress
Trimian Administration
Steel
NRA
Supreme Court
America
Bunker Hill Labor Bank
Twenty Years Ago As Takes From Jomba Piles In 1929
A long retrospective notes local events from August 6 1929 including road openings at Harrsburg and Erie volunteer work, city finances warning on municipal spending, a burglary thwarted at Climax Manufacturing, neighborhood improvements on Cohen block, resurfacing North Center Street plans, and Labor Day preparations with a large parade forecast. Also discusses shifting minimum wage rules and union influence on public contracts.
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P. M. Loveland
Eveniha
Rambling Notes From Corry Noir City Life
Local column recalls a missing kitchen sink donation for Eagles lodge rooms and a theft at Brigham Hardware. It marks the Hiroshima bombing anniversary, mentions a new drive-in theater manager, guilds and school janitors on vacation, a fire inspection program, and social events from birthdays to theater openings amid a patchwork of Corry's civic and leisure news.
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Eagles’ Lode
Brigham Hardware & Plumbing
Jim Sinare
Somemié
Hiroshima
Tle
Ruth Bennet
Eritlers
Sam Burns
Mayville Theatre
Blatt
Midway Parke
St. Elizabeth's Guild
Bffingham Ilinois
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Chariey
Marie Paulson
West Washington Street
Harry Paulson
Wayne Street
Andrew Paulson
Fisherman’s Wife May Row Boat. Warden Sets Limits
A Chautauqua County Game Warden stated a license for the wife is not necessary but she must not participate in fishing. He advises using only one person from the boat, though a license holder may trot with two. Hunter Darling, back from Niagara Palls, visited former Gerry man Jacob Levy, a GHS 1915 graduate, now a furniture dealer at Niagara Park. The Gazette notes no new clues in a local gas station money theft case. investigation is pending operator’s adoption of a strategy to locate a suspect.
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Zeng
Chautauqua County
Hunter Darling
Niagara
Gerry
Hunter
Jacob Levy
GHS
Fourth Ward
Levy
Nu- Bone
the Avenue
Niagara Park
Corry
Jocate
Classified Ad Worth Buying or Selling Journal Note
The note suggests placing a three day classified ad for items and services with a 500 unit price indication. It reflects a concise instruction to advertise quickly in a journal format.
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Mnes
F Q Quiz on Common Knowledge and History
A reader’s self scoring quiz tests general knowledge across topics from table sizes to historical figures. Questions cover ping pong table dimensions mammoth likeness, Miles as a game piece, Jefferson on currency, Italy’s government, zoology, Guatemala’s geography, Duncan Phyfe furniture, Eleanor Holm, and movable type inventor.
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Jefferson
Italy
Guatemala
South America
Duncan Phyfe
Eleanor Holm
Billy Re
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