Labor Disputes Move Across States Amidstrikes
Union leaders in New York Connecticut New Jersey and California report ongoing labor friction as coal miners plan sympathy actions and ILGWU members warn of continued work stoppages. In California industrial relations chief Reardon asks AFL president Green to order 4000 Hollywood studio technicians back to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Connecticut
New Jersey
Whalen
United States
Cuba
Gerardo Machado
Miami
New York
Elisa Sanchez
Roman Grau
Manciro Obregon
Emillio Obregon
Hodges Secures Best Radio Agency Deal in Chicago
Woodrow Hodges has secured the agency for the Best radio, a compact model with RCA improvements. A contest will award free radios to successful entrants, with offices at the Riverview Hotel, 2914 South Grand Street. Chicago claims the most students in the ministry worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Hodges
Riverview Hotel
South Grand Street
Vanderbilt Weds in Gotham Amour Ties and Honeymoon Plan
The New York Central director Vanderbilt married a Philadelphia socialite at a River Club ceremony. The couple chartered the steam yacht Argosy for a Cannes honeymoon cruising return to New York in October. Vanderbilt, Harvard 1907, is linked to Consuelo Vanderbilt’s family. bloom around Washington’s Tidal Basin marks early April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central Railroad
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Louis Jacques Balsan
Paris
Duke of Marlborough
Freak of Nature Lizard Brought to News-Star-World Office
Amos G. Lee of Eros brought in a unusual lizard with a forked tail found Friday on a pine tree trunk southwest of Eros. The reptile appeared normal aside from its distinctive tail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star—World Office
Amos G. Lee
Eros
Lee
Monroe Labor Day Parade Urged as NRA Demonstration
Mayors Bernstein and Bell joined a Monroe Trade and Labor council letter urging a union of Monroe and West Monroe residents for Labor Day parade branded an NRA demonstration. The note invites all locals to join and assist, with early notices requested for entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClary
Chamber of Commerce
Bernstein
Bell
Monroe Trade and Labor Council
Monroe
West Monroe
United States
Clo
Casey
Lis Va
Arnold Bernstein
C. C. Bell
Local society notes from Lake Providence and nearby towns
Lake Providence and surrounding area residents engage in visits and hospitalities. Fannie Keene returns from the World Fair in Chicago. E S Voelker visit New Orleans. Kilpatrick recovers from illness. Purdy siblings visit Monroe. F X Ransdell hosts a bridge club at his lakeside home with Deloney Evans Gilfoil and others. H Stein high score winner. T G Biggs visiting in Little Rock. L McGuire attends funeral of Joseph Littlepage in Monroe. A T A O Sewing club meets. Hoyte Armstrong moves to W S Maguire's home. W M S meets at Baptist church with Stewardship talk. Moore family returns from Crossett. Annie Catherine Moore visits in Crossett. Annell Prine of Quincy visits with Wyly and will travel to Biloxi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Keene
Chicago
Ill
E. S. Voelker
New Orleans
L. L. Kilpatrick
Edith Purdy
Carmen
Devall Purdy
Monroe
F. X. Ransdell
Mesdames T. S. Deloney
W. K. Evans
J. H. Gilfoil, Jr
F. H. Schneider
H. Stein
Charles Hart
F. P. Regenold
Frank Voelker
Deloney
T. G. Biggs
Little Rock
Ark
L. McGuire
Joseph Littlepage
Riverton
Sewing Club
Bernice Whatley
Fourth Street
Edwina Warlick
Dorothy Nelson
Carolyn Reed
Hoyte Armstrong
McRea
W. S. Maguire
Annie Catherine
Crossett
Roosevelt Signs Recovery Codes For Lumber Industry
President Roosevelt approved a fair practice code to add about 115,000 workers in lumber and timber products, establishing a 40 hour week, seasonal 48 hour peaks, and minimum wages from 23 to 42 1 2 cents per hour with significant increases. The code creates the Lumber Code Authority to set production quotas and monitor consumption and exports, including conservation measures with the Agriculture Secretary. Hospitals are not required to follow the code but may sign the reemployment agreement if they choose to cooperate with shorter hours and higher wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Lumber Code Authority, Inc
NRA
Donald Richberg
Tabor
Tax Commission To Make Report Tuesday Morning
The tax commission, in a regular May 1934 session brief, says taxpayers will get an exact picture of tax obligations, how payments are made, and recommended measures. Rep Wimberly notes data from parishes districts and offices support a non partisan study aimed at statewide benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimberly
Tax Commission
Doctors linked to Tulsa baby market sale scheme
Miss Helen Schaeffer director of the local children’s service bureau uncovered a baby market in which at least four newborns were allegedly sold for 70 to 100 dollars each under the guise of hospitalization costs. Mrs. Bassett plans to reintroduce a measure to curb such exchanges as no state law now covers the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Schaeffer
Children’s Service Bureau
Bassett
Oklahoma
C. H. Haralson
Tulsa County Medical Society
Oil men arm after Urschel kidnapping
The Urschels and associates, newly freed from ransom, arm themselves and keep pistols at desks as security measures amid fears of reprisals by kidnapers. Federal agents acknowledge danger and a guard accompanies Urschel, while police in Concord search for a missing 17 year old girl after an unidentified man abducts her. An international gliding contest is planned in France in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma
Urschel
Federal Department of Justice
Concord
Mass
Margaret Grimes
Grimes
Mary A. Grimes
Miss Grimes
France
Captain Skipwith Dies. Funeral Set for Bastrop Parish
Captain Skipwith 30 third degree Mason Episcopal church Bastrop era of prominence dies at Bastrop after long service in Masonry and Klan family links traced to Virginia governors. Funeral at Robinson Bastrop with burial in Bastrop cemetery. survivors include four children ten grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Parker
Captain Skipwith
Klan
Skipwith
Natchitoches
Monroe
Episcopal Church
Bastrop
John Wandolph
Virginia
Thomas Bolling Robertson
Louisiana
Windham Robertson
Pallmer Skipwith
Florida
W. G. Hyams
Ella D. Morris
Louis Cosper
John K. Skipwith, Jr
Cosper
DeSiard Road
Robinson Funeral Home
Interest mounts in fair contest in Monroe district
A list of local sponsors and venues appears as part of a fair contest in district No 2. Cooperating businesses include hardware and furniture firms, perfumery stores, theaters, hotels, restaurants, newspapers and a paint company. An area comparison notes Alaska versus Montana size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeSiard
Rialto Theater
City Hall
West Monroe
Monroe Transfer and Warehouse Company, Inc
Walnut
Miller, Cafe
Snyder Department Store
Youne’s Drug Store
Sur-Wa
Rose Theater
Jack's Laundry
Fragmentary Phrase Recounts Alleged District Incident
A partial, unclear OCR fragment hints at a district incident involving a person named Richard and a woman, but details are unavailable. The readable terms suggest a disputed or accusatory context, with no verified dates or locations.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Machado
U. S
Radice Agency
Kent
South Grand St
Vanderbilt
Gotham
Lions
Tidal Basin
West Potomac Park
Washington, D. C
Dixie Furniture
Wholesale
Lake Providence
Hyde Park
Ouachita Valley Camp No. 10
Sovereign
D. E. Bradshaw
Sovereign Banker
Morris Sheppard
M. A. Hargroder
J. D. Butler
E. F. Hayward
Grace Episcopal Church of
Louis Hoffpaulr
First Methodist Church of
Bastrop Cemetery
Jeff Burnett
Fred Carpenter
Walter Hood
Ernest McMeans
Will H. Todd
B. M. McKain
W. L. Pugh
Jones
Charlie Rolf
Oak Ridge
Alaska
Montana
Carrene
Gulp Music Shop
South Gra
Monroe Printing Co
Jack Boyer
News-Star—World Building
Richard H
Iffs
Depa Butler
Wisne
T. B
Indiana
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