This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Labor reads, oil reform, and A and P store closures
A long briefing across labor, oil, and retail news notes AFL leaders’ push during the election period, government efforts to curb bootleg oil via the Tender Board, and the A&P chain closing Cleveland stores as a strategic labor dispute response. It also covers New York politics, Lehman vs Moses, and market notes on labor, steel scrap, and butter purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Farley
Victory
Biltmore Hotel
New York
New Deal
Farley
James McMullin
Ickes
East Texas
New Federal Tender Board
Houdini
Cleveland
Wall Street
FDR
Lehman
Robert Moses
Moses