Rail wage cuts eyed as earnings slump hit rails
INCBICAGO July 1 UP Rail road net earnings fell from 65 million in Q1 1932 to 19 million in the same period this year. Despite the drop monthly earnings for brakemen and flagmen rose from 146.75 to 170.01. H A Enochs warned the high wage level cannot be maintained, while A F Whitney said workers are underpaid and urged avoiding steps harming recovery.
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H. A. Enochs
Carriers’ Joint Conference Committee
Brotherhood of Railroad
Enochs
A F. Whitney
Cleveland
The
Brotherhood
Classified ad rates and rules for Sentinel listings
The Sentinel sets classified ads at 28 cents per word for the first insertion and 1 cent per word for each additional consecutive insertion in the regular style. Minimum charge 45 cents. Each initial word and each figure count as a word. Ads limited to proper classifications. errors reported immediately. no more than one incorrect insertion.
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Sentinel
Republicans plan national policy round table leaders
Republicans study all basic national problems and form a final program. Round-table leaders named include Labor Spencer Miller Jr, Agriculture Asher Hobson, Social security Morris Linton, Finance James H. Douglas Jr, Relief Edward L. Ryerson Jr, Civil service Earl De Long.
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Republican Party
Soth
Frank
Labor
Spencer Miller, Jr
Interna
Social Service
Fordham University
Political Science
Columbia University
Asher Hobson
University of Wisconsin Department of Agricultural Economics
Chicago
the Treasury
Edward L. Ryerson, Jr
Chicago Council
Social Agenies
National Committee For Mobilization For Human Needs
Illinois Commission On Unemployment and Relief
Civil Service and Political Liberty
Earl de Long
Northwestern University
Freed but Deported English girl faces removal after innocence prove
Sylvia May Bradshaw a 22 year old English girl shown packing her bags before sailing from New Orleans for home was ordered deported on charges of illicit activities. The case follows her arrest in May when she was suspected of espionage but later cleared.
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Sylvia May Bradshaw
New Orleans
Government figures show WPA CCC and Navy expansion plans
A persistent wartime policy briefing outlines increases in employment programs and defense spending. WPA rolls rise to 2,135,000 with care for about 3 million people and CCC retains 300,000 youths. Navy orders 39 more ships including four battleships while RFC accelerates loans as the army plans additions of 3,000 enlistees and 1,500 air corps personnel.
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Navy
CCC
Army
Air Corps
RFC
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Government moves to expand lending and public works
The RFC increases loan capacity to eighty million dollars in four months and plans to finance public utilities with federal and state projects like TVA. Other agencies will keep operating, including home ownership lenders. The treasury will spend seventy million for new federal buildings. Economists note rising stock prices and construction activity, while wholesale inventories fall sharply.
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RFC
TVA
Treasury
Roper
Government to borrow trillions in funding package
The plan envisions about 3.0 billion dollars in new outlays with the remaining billion financed by borrowing from Social Security and other trust funds.
Federal inquiry into big business practices planned
A government group with members from the Federal Trade Commission the Securities and Exchange Commission and several departments will study existing material before possible new legislation Officials stress the inquiry is not a witch hunt and hearings may begin in the fall with a report due next January Meanwhile 14 year old Violet Shannon of Davy drowned in the Guyan River while swimming with friends near Baileysville where she was visiting grandparents.
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Justice, Treasury, Commerce, and Labor Departments
Congress
Borah
Paola
Child
Baileysvile
Violet Shannon
Davy
Guyan River
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