Oil Operator Forecasts Quick Lake Catherine Development
SEES 611 DEVELOPMENT NEW ORLEANS June 27 Oil operator W T Burton predicts immediate oil land development in the Lake Catherine area within New Orleans city limits. He notes L and N No 2 brought in a new tyre baby tractor built for small farms to plow disk cultivate plant haul or power small operations, supplementing large machines on big farms.
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New Orleans
W. T. Burton
Lake Catherine
L. and
N. No. 2
Group at shipyards to end strike
The 47 day machinists strike delaying defense orders at eleven San Francisco Bay shipyards nears settlement. 600 CIO machinists vote to return Monday if a separate agreement is signed, while 1,200 AFL machinists approve return under a master contract covering west coast yards. The master contract sets wages at 1.12 dollars an hour with time and half overtime, below the strikers’ demand of 1.15 and double time. The wage dispute persists alongside other labor actions, including a potential New York subway strike and national union activity.
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Associated Press
San Francisco Bay
A. F. of
L. Machinists
West Coast
New York City
City Board of Transportation
Chicago
Daily News
Daily Times
Herald-American
International Typographical Union
Connecticut Labor Department
American Brass Company
Waterbury
C. S. O. Gypsum
United States Gypsum Company
Fort Dodge
South Bend
Jersey City
Staten Island
N. Y
Philadelphia
Boston
South Gate
Calif
Alabaster
River Rouge
Mich
Farnums
Mass
Genoa
Gypsum
Trona
American Potash and Chemical Corporation
Borax
Defense Mediation Board
Pittsburgh Truck Drivers Strike for Higher Wages
The federation's board acted on the month long stoppage by 2,800 A. F. of L. truck drivers in the Pittsburgh region. Drivers had earned 85 cents an hour and sought a 10 cent raise plus paid vacations and a 48 hour work week maintenance.
Davis Installed as Monroe Rotary Chief at Hotel Virginia
Ronald Lee Davis was installed as president of the Monroe Rotary club during the weekly luncheon at Hotel Virginia Thursday noon. He returns from the Rotary International convention in Denver. Davis succeeds Alston Prophit. others named are Joe Marx as vice president and City Judge W M Harper as secretary treasurer. Prophit received a silver water pitcher in appreciation of past services.
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Ronald Lee Davis
Monroe Rotary Club
Virginia
Mr. Davis
Rotary International
Denver
Colo
Alston Prophit
Joe Marx
W. M. Harper
Prophit
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Silvertone Photos
Rembrandt
Bernhardt Bldg
L. T. Fortenberry
Southwestern Baptist Seminary
Fort Worth
Tex
New Friendship Church
Old Bastrop Road
R. J. Sweetman
Desiard ST. Monroe, LS
Rotary
RDS
Sanyngen Shank
Fitz
Little Sisters
Montgomery Ward
Third ST
Monroe
Sheers
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