Unprecedented Unemployment Spreads From Coal Strike
An embargo on railroad freight shipments triggers widespread layoffs across industries in December. Tens of thousands lose work as the 16 day coal stoppage halts supply chain, forecasting more joblessness by New Year and prompting federal conservation measures. Ford, Budd, railroads, and plants nationwide reduce staff, with totals reaching into the thousands and affecting major cities including Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Schenectady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John D. Small
John L. Lewis
Durango
Colo
L.united Mine
Frank Martinez
Lewis
Organized Labor Movement
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Budd Company
Philadelphia
Detroit
Kentucky
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
New York Central
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
Knoxville
Southern Railroad
Louisville and Northern Railroad
Aluminum Company of America
Pennsylvania
Oil City
Titusville
Bradford
General Electric
Schenectady
N. Y
Erie, Pa
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation
Brackenridge
West Leechburg
Chicago
American Dairy Association
Recess Taken in Jones Case in Louisiana Court
In Shreveport Louisiana the trial of a suit against former District Judge J W Jones Jr and others over alleged asset transfers to dummy corporations was recessed until depositions of additional witnesses are taken Judge Dawkins presiding. James Lee Jones testified he invested his own funds and would have withdrawn if he knew the case would unfold. He said money came from war trophies flight pay and navy savings. Mrs Henry Cook daughter of Judge Jones is named as a defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
J. W. Jones, Jr
Natchitoches
Federal District Court
Ben C. Dawkins
James Lee Jones
Jones
Dawkins
Young Jones
Turner Morgan
H. E. Harper
Trusee
Judge Dawkins
Judge Jones
Henry Cook
West Monroe
Woman Injured in Hall Street Auto Crash
Mamie Madison, a Black woman from McHenry alley, was taken to St. Francis Sanitarium by Hall ambulance at 8 a m Friday with a leg injury after being struck by a car driven by I F Markett of 605 South Third street. He said she stepped from the curb into his vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Madison
McHenry Alley
St. Francis Sanitarium
Hall
Hall Street
I. F. Markett
South Third Street
Kiwanis Educational Meet Draws Monroe Delegation
Twenty Monroe Kiwanis members plus three from West Monroe joined the educational conference in Shreveport for the newly elected Lt. Governor Joe Levy. Faculty included International Trustee W. D. Cotton Governor A Zimmerman and past leaders. Speakers Ivy Jordan and Ben Parnell shared insights for Kiwanis International’s coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Kiwanis Club
West Monroe Club
Joe Levy
Shreveport
International
W. D. Cotton
A. Zimmerman
George Meadows
George Maston
Monroe Club
Ivy Jordan
Ben Parnell
Kiwanis International
Monroe
Ray Updegraff
J. R. Plaisance
Bill Husted
Louis Peters
Fred Grant
Clyde Nash
J. B. Kugler
Marvin Parnell
Don Weir
M. L. Snapp
H. M. Davis
Curtis Seamon
George Fink
E. J. Whitman
H. H. Benoit
Duke Burlingham
West Monroe
Charles Chisholm
Joe Smith
Jim Elliott
Store clerk reports purse theft at Montgomery Ward Co
Mrs Lola Faye Lord of 807 Wood Street told police at 6 p m Thursday her purse containing 60 dollars disappeared from the cashier's office at Montgomery Ward Co where she works as a saleswoman She said she forgot the purse and it was gone after she finished her shift A Chinese student at Cornell University named I Fu Te is noted in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Faye Lord
Wood Street
Montgomery Ward & Co
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Duane Bryers
Gory
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Lothar
Tarzan
Moon Mullins
Tigra
Mighty Tigra
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Black Tunnel
BY Willard
Fanny
Jai Cooig
Wei
Little
Orphan Annie
Bud
Annie
HarOld Gray
Pearl
Lady Luck
O. K
Red Ryder
Bim
Hy Gus Edsua
Bucky
LYL Abner
Fred Harman
By al Capp
Jinke
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Monroe, LA
Mother & Dad
Health and Accident Company
Omaha
Claude Gilliland
Quachita National Bank
P. O
Kiwanis
Cornell University
China
Mr. I
Woon
Lil
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