Strikes ripple inland and coast as protests spread
An overturned egg truck near San Ramon and a pear truck plunging into a Dublin canyon illustrate strike chaos. In Livermore pickets warned operators to close shops within two hours or face action. In Portland General Johnson urged peaceful arbitration as 60 unions reportedly voted to strike, threatening food and gasoline shortages amid a coast wide labor stand.
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San Ramon
Livermore
Dublin
Johnson
San Francisco
Minneapolis Confronts New Truck Driver Strike
Minneapolis neared a fresh truck driven walkout as the strike deadline approached at midnight. Gov. Floyd B Olson and federal conciliator E H Dunninghan led weekend talks, seeking a temporary or final settlement. Strike leaders boasted of a union revolt victory and prepared 4000 plus workers for action.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Floyd B. Olson
E. H. Dunninghan
Dunningan
Mediator Sails to Portland as Longshore Strike Looms
Washington officials scanned reports from the San Francisco strike area while Army Navy and relief agencies stayed ready. Senator Wagner of New York left for Portland to mediate the longshoremen dispute. In New York Cart William A Maher warned a general strike could be called if wage hours and working conditions talks fail.
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San Francisco
Army
Navy
White House
Wagner
New York
New York City
Portland
Oregon
API
Cart
William A. Maher
Seafarers’ Council
Maher
Council
Associated Marine Workers
Bank Hold Up Near Wooster Nets About 5000
Three men disguised as laborers robbed the Monitor bank in Big Prairie about 15 miles southwest of Wooster and fled with nearly five thousand dollars. Local authorities chased possible leads as the heist drew tight police attention.
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Wooster
Monitor Bank
Big Prarie
San Francisco Strikers Halt City Transport
July 14 AP report describes a general strike in San Francisco collapsing all transport except private autos. Tens of thousands walk to work as ferries, rail, taxis and streetcars vanish. Hotels and offices occupy rooms, restaurants few open, police deployed to maintain order amid a citywide disruption.
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San Francisco
Third and Townsend
Sacred Harp School Plans All Day Sing
A Sacred Harp singing school led by J. A. Tew at Purn School near Malvern will conclude Friday with an all day sing. About 50 students have attended the classes sponsored by the Southeast Alabama Singing Convention.
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Sacred Harp School
J. A. Tew
Purn
Malvern
Southeast Alabama Singing Convention
Singing School With Leon Spivey At Prospect Church
Leon Spivey begins a 10 day singing school at Prospect Church starting today with daily classes at 8 a m. The program runs each morning to improve vocal skills and performance.
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Leon Spivey
Prospect Church
Golf balls melt in 111 degree Topeka heat
In Topeka Kansas on a blistering Sunday, Dr. J F Barr left eight golf balls cooling in the sun after lunch. Returning an hour and a half later he found the covers had softened and stuck together, ruining the balls.
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Topeka
Kas
Doctor Barr
Kennedy Votes for Pecora in SEC dealings sparks feud talk
Washington July 16 AP a proxy symbol of peace within the securities and exchange commission governs stock markets Commissioner Ferdinand Pecora has lent his proxy to Chairman Joseph P Kennedy allowing Kennedy to vote for him in commission meetings The disclosure follows attacks on a stock pool Kennedy profited from about a year ago The Senate Banking Committee report condemns pools noting the Limmy Owens Ford Glass pool and describes pool activity as misleading to investors The commission reports the exchanges total 34 exchanges with 6057 stock issues valued at about 95 billion and 3 bond issues totaling about 49 billion representing nearly half of national wealth
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Ferdinand Pecora
Joseph P. Kennedy
Kennedy
Commission
Senate Banking Committee
Pecora
Wall Street
Regulatory Commission
Limmy-Owens-Ford Glass Company
State gets rules on expenditures of new highway funds
Alabama officials received regulations for about 4 259 000 allotted under the Cartwright Act for highway construction. The State Highway Department said maps will close on main federal aid routes as a program is mapped. No study of regulations or timing for bid adverts or projects announced.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Highway Department
Age limit of 35 to 40 for teachers in Chicago schools
Robert C. Woellner of the University of Chicago charged at a conference that the U S school system set an upper hiring age of 35 to 40 for teachers. He argued chronological age does not reflect an individual's functional capacity or potential.
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Cicago
School System of America
Conference of Administrative Officers of
Robert C. Woellner
University of Chica
Woellner
Chapman Sought as Bank Robber in Deep South
Jackson Mississippi July 16 AP Charlie Chapman the elusive outlaw was named as a participant in last week’s Lake bank robbery attempt by Victor Eady now jailed in Forest. Eady confessed taking part. Chapman is a wanted man across Arkansas Oklahoma and Mississippi for a series of robberies. The bandits held the Lake banker captive for hours before a sheriff’s posse arrived and scared them off.
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Jackson, Miss
Charlie Chapman
Deep South
Lake, Miss
Victor Eady
Scott County
Eady
Near Forest
Terry Givson, Sr
Forest, A
Chapman
Notorius Bank
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Lake Banker
Less Cotton Used Now Than in 1933
Census Bureau reports June cotton consumption at 363,414 bales of lint and 55,042 linters, down from 519,765 lint and 63,878 linters in the year and 697,261 and 85,355 last June. June on hand totals show lint and linters in consuming establishments and in storage, with imports at 9,751 bales and exports at 429,226 lint bales and 14,263 linters. Spindles active in June reach 24,690,212, below May and last June figures.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Frilled Paper Cups Aide Freezer Mousse Servings
Buy frilled paper cups for use in freezer compartments to portion moussés and ice creams. This approach reduces washing of the drawer and keeps serving portions neat and ready.
Origins Bridge Prizes Offer Useful Recipe Notebooks
Instead of generic prizes for bridge, offer loose leaf notebooks containing typed or handwritten recipes that friends have shown interest in. Include a few practical housekeeping hints that help run a home, and present these books as thoughtful, usable prizes.
Making Syrup and Melting Chocolate Tips
If sugar is scarce, boil sugar and water to make a syrup for cold drinks. Less sugar is needed. Melting chocolate can be awkward. place on waxed paper and melt by hovering over a kettle's steam.
Off for Prison With a Smile
Joseph W Harriman former president of Harriman National Bank & Trust leaves New York in his car smiling to begin a four and a half year sentence at Lewisburg federal penitentiary for using denotriter funds and falsifying bank records with a parting God bless you all message.
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God Bless
Joseph W Harriman
Harriman National Bank & Trust Company
New York
Federal Penitentiary
Lewisburg
Wall Street stock quotes and tenors across major firms
New York stocks show mixed activity with notable quotes for Anaconda Copper American Can Ford of England General Motors General Electric Radio Corp United Fruit United Aircraft Westinghouse and others. Industrial shares rise and fall amid market fluctuations, with several firms trading in the vicinity of mid-range prices.
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ACL Ray
Acre
Auburn Motors
Wee Waren
Che Theoch Hhs
Coca Cola
Chrysler
Saa Caeee
Curtis Wright
Eae
Dupont
Eee
Bethlehem Steel
C and O
Cin Cee
Cane Commonwealth and
Sou
Electric L
Aes
Ford of England
General Motors
General Foods
General Electric
Hudson Motore
Int. Harvester
Industrial Rayon
Johns Manville
Kenecott Corp
Dence
Lorillard Bse Nemegadeteg
Montgomery Ward
New York Central
JC Penney
Phillips Pete
Radio Corp
Cere
Reynolds Tobacco
US Steel
United Fruit
United Aircraft
Westinghouse
Woolworth
Bendix
Saeaaees Goodyear
Sess
Packard
Western Union
Butter and eggs steady in Chicago market report
Chicago butter sales total 12 658 pounds with steady price ranges across extras firsts and seconds while creamery specials hold around 93 points. Egg prices also steady with extra firsts graded at 15 to 16 percent and current receipts near 13 to 14 percent. total eggs sold 8 686 with a single car stored packed firsts at 157.
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Chicago
Turpentine and Rosin Trade Figures Include Prices
Turpentine firm 451-2 reports sales 355 receipts 724 shipments 242 stock 10508. Rosin firm shows sales 1053 receipts 1953 shipments 1618 stock 97583. Quote: B D and E 4.20 F 4.30 G 4.35 H I 4.40 M 4.45 N 4.50 WG 4.55 and X 4.65.
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Turpentine Saannah
Turpentine
Cotton Letter Sees Modest Cotton Rise and Weather Sparse
Cotton opened higher on cables, reached 13.46 for December, then eased with a dull session. Weather reports showed no rain in Texas, showers in Oklahoma and Arkansas, with scattered rain in Georgia North Carolina and the eastern belt. Miss Lillie Mae Jones of Macon Georgia visits parents D G Jones.
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T. W. Palmer
New York
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Georgia
North Carolina
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Pretty Boy” Floyd
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