Wall Street dividend flood nears the half billion mark
Year end disbursements by American corporations near 500 million with over 90 firms boosting regular and extra dividends. wage hikes totaling more than 125 million for 1.2 million workers and Christmas bonuses add to the flow. tax changes on undistributed profits loom as executives weigh payout versus wage and cost needs.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Steel Corporation
United States Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Coca-Cola
American
Kennecott
General Foods
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Pere Marquette Railway
Public Service of New Jersey
Coca- Cola
Transite and
Willams
Commercial Investment Trust
New Meeting Sought to End Coastwide Strike
San Francisco November 18. A new meeting between shipowners and striking maritime unions was sought by an assistant labor secretary amid charges of un American and arbitrary employer attitudes blocking permanent waterfront peace. The coastwide strike reaches day 20 affecting 37000 workers and 178 ships. Seaport mayors planned talks in Washington after their arbitration plea was rejected.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seaport
Washington
Pacific Coast
Atlantic
Gulf Ports
United States
Nance Advises Hog Killing On Cool Dry Afternoons
North Carolina State University professor WR. EB. Nance recommends slaughtering hogs in a cool dry afternoon. A separate report notes the Rockefeller Center fair in New York drew about 35 000 spectators in its first week.
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WR. EB. Nance
North Carolina State Ge
Rockefeller Center
Fork City
Bendix Plant Shut Down After Work Dispute
A letter signed by John P. Mahoney states the Bendix plant in Bendix was shut temporarily due to a minority of workers refusing to work. The note says the shutdown was not the fault of employees or management and affirms nonmembership in unions. Thomas J. Jeffers of UAW No. 9 calls for 100 percent unionization, claiming 1,500 workers supported him at the aircraft plant.
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John P. Mahoney
Bendix
Thomas J. Jeffers
No. 9
United Automobile Workers of America
Workers stay put as labor row drags on at Bendix plant
Homer Martin of the United Automobile Workers left Detroit for South Bend to press union claims amid a plant labor dispute at Bendix. He cited company favoritism toward a small minority as fueling trouble. Bendix spokesman put plant membership near 600, with others entering via windows. Talks to begin with Martin's arrival and Jeffers to present a demand for 100 percent unionization at first meeting.
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Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
Detroit
South Bend
Bendix Corporation
Martin
Jeffers
Madame Schumann-Heink dies after half-century of fame
The celebrated singer Madame Schumann-Heink died after a career spanning more than fifty years. Admirers including Lawrence Tibbett and Jean Hersholt expressed deep sorrow while telegrams of praise poured in from fans and organizations. Born in Prague on June 15, 1861 to an Austrian officer father and Italian singer mother, she began as a child prodigy and rose to world wide acclaim.
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Chicago
Madame Schumann-Heink
Lawrence Tibbett
San Francisco
Jean Hersholt
Lota’s Fountain
Ernestine Schumann- Heink
Kansas City
Prague
Tugwell to Join American Molasses as Executive Vice President
Dr. Rexford Tugwell announced his resignation as under secretary of agriculture and will become an executive vice president of the American Molasses Co. He will assume the post around the first of the year and leave government service by June 30 1937. Taussig, company president, said Tugwell will have a permanent, full time position and likely remain with the firm long term.
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New York
Memphis
O. K
Tugwell
Molasses Company
Rexford Guy Tugwell
American Molasses Company
Charles W. Taussig
Roosevelt “Brain Trust
Taussig
Columbia University
Nicholas Mur
Jay Butler
Columbia
Butler
Madrid Under Fire as Civil War Rages Through City
Bombardment by Fascist batteries shatters Madrid with heavy shelling and air raids. Refugees crowd Granvia station as northwestern districts turn to fighting and civilians endure crowded platforms amid fires and destruction. In other news, NC State expert advises November breeding for spring farrowings and Oklahoma reports 41 grade crossing crashes with thirteen dead and 53 injured. A 500-pound sow owned by a 14-year-old farrows 19 piglets with 16 surviving.
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Madrid
University City
Granvia
Toledo Bridge
Model Prison
Scouts Gather Broken Toys For Ouachita Parish Drive
The Ouachita Valley Council announces the annual Boy Scouts toy drive to collect used and broken toys for underprivileged children for Christmas. Troops will canvass Ouachita parish, trucks will pick up donations, and WPA workers will repair items for redistribution.
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Olin H. Black
Ouachita Valley
Twin Cities
Boy Scout
WPA
Boy Scouts
Mr. Black
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