New York Work Relief Strike Sparks Wage Clash
A WPA slum clearance project in New York faces a wage dispute as union minimums of 1.75 dollars an hour clash with WPA pay of 93.50 dollars a month for skilled labor. General Hugh Johnson defends work requirement as a condition of relief, urging workers to accept jobs or forfeit further aid.
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New York City
Works Progress Administration
Relief Administration
New York
Geweral
Hugh Johnson
General Johnson
Washington
Dole
Business is Improving Through Auto Industry Expansion
The article notes a pickup in business driven by autos with General Motors planning a $50 million expansion to boost production of lower priced cars. It cites 1934 national income rising 11 percent from 1933 to $49.44 billion, aided partly by relief funds but mostly by higher private business turnover, with wages rising and capital income dipping slightly.
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General Motors
Bureau of Economic Research
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Research
Tiny Editorials and Local Notices Collide in Patchy Column
A mosaic of brief quips and personnel notes appears, citing editorials on oppression, health cures, politics, unemployment, and travel. Local names Rex Miller, Scott McGehee, and families from Lockney and Fort Worth surface among community updates and editorial snips.
Hobbs Schools Hire Nurse Misse Matilda Murdoch
Misse Matilda Murdoch of Reserve has been elected as the school's nurse for the coming year. O E Stevenson of Lockney has purchased the Bell Grocery Lunch.
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Hobbs
Matilda Murdoch
Reserve
O. E. Stevenson
Lockney
Bell Grocery
Vacationing in Little Rock Arkansas
A brief item notes individuals spending their vacation at Little Rock Arkansas with no additional details about dates or activities.
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Little Rock, Arkansas
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