Shorter Work Week Looms in Labor Debate
The article surveys AFL history and aims at shortening the work week, tracing moves from 12 to 8 hours. It cites resolutions, strikes, and laws shaping the five day week, noting 1909 and 1919 data and the impact of the Fair Labor Standards Act and NIR A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
APL
Reymen Carpenters
Philadelphia
Washington
New York
Baltimore
Ira Steward
AFL
Steward
Carpenter's Union
New England
Senate
Hugo Black
Congress
1S Department, of Labor
Liquor Board to Meet Employees on Salary Increases
The Liquor Control Board and representatives of state employees plan another meeting on November 3 to discuss a request for salary increases. The Independent Association of PCLE Employees, representing 2500 workers, submitted the petition at two closed sessions, with Chairman Frederick T. Celer promising a timely reply. President Jak Ivey of Pittsburgh led the delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Liquor Control Board
Independent Association of
PCLE
Frederick T. Celer
Jak Ivey
Pittsburgh
Bear Sighting and Local News Highlights From 1929
Residents of Concord township report a large black bear near farms on George Stowe and Elton Darrow. Mimer A White, 66, of Wattsburg, dies from injuries after a highway crash near his home. Cory High falls to Youngsville 8 7 in football. Cheers Baressi scores. Raymond McCoy fractures ankle at West Smith Street. Vincent Connelly’s Marquette coupe damages a cow on Hare Creek road. Cory Woman's Club hosts a style show and exhibit at the State Armory on October 9 4 and 2. A 1995 note says a steam engine powered bellows in a danelish blast furnace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Township
George Stowe
Elton Darrow
Mimer A. White
Wattsburg
Corry Hospital
Hare Creek
Vincent Connelly
Connelly
Cory Woman’s Club
Armory-on
Memory Test and History Questions From Local Page
A classroom style quiz appears on the page with questions about coverage terms, furniture pricing, a WWII veteran actor, naval ranks, British kings since Victoria, Hans Kindler, Miss America 1949, the German flag colors, Weimar tricolor, St Francis Xavier remains, and Andrew Carnegie. The page notes a gas station and winterization products alongside an ad by W. L. Armitage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netherlands
Germany
Belghim 5
Atlantic City
California
Arizona
New Mexico
New York Sets September Milk Price at 4 90 Per CWT
Market administrator J Blanton announces uniform September price of 4.90 per hundredweight for 439 plants in the New York milkshed with a 5.4 cent producer butterfat differential. September output ties record high, totaling over 2.5 billion pounds, with dairymen averaging 444 pounds daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wor
Orao J. Blantond
Marketing Times
Bianford
Erie man awarded damages for neighbor’s bonfire sparks
Willam Michel of 1790 West 26th Street Erie was granted 600.50 in damages by an Erie county jury after finding his neighbor negligent for letting a bonfire spread to Michel’s property. Michel had sought 1 773.75 from Mr and Mrs Funk, who admitted starting the fire and said it burned down to embers before they left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Willam
Michel
Hans Funk
West 26Th Street
Fumi
Producers Supplied Data Show Monthly Drop
The report notes 45,381 producers supplied a year ago, 3,362 fewer than the prior month. The data underscore a continuing decline in monthly participation among producers.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Golegrove Sabiishe
Hallone
Fred Kimball, Inc
Michigan Square
Detroit
Mortgage & Bond
Weightman
Associated Press
Republica
Carry
Hane
Rite Hwsurarge Agency
Wational Retailers
Wereal Insurance Co
Yaar Commeniiity
Anise
Cacp
Sea’s
Uea Berge
D‘orsay
Cologne
Hudnut” Gemey Cologne
Whitman
Whitman Fairhill
Yardley
Sunbeam
Sharemaster
Seaforth
Seasr Rugs
Corry High
Youngsville
Feld
Baressi
de Cory
Penngoil
West Smith Street
Raymond McCoy
Aootts
Federal Republic of Germany
St. Francis Xaylor
Onele Remus
Andrew Garnegie
Penmsylvania Railroad
ESA North Corry
W. L. Armitage
Willys Sales & Service
R. P. Beckwith
N. Center St
AVA
Eecey
Center St
Tome
National Bank of Corry
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ion the Grait
Jewelers
Philco
Steel Center
Henry Cort
England
Uxyp
Was
Thomas Motors
of Corry, Inc
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