Wage Deadlocks Plague U S Industries Amid Strikes
Widespread wage deadlocks cripple coal and steel sectors as strikes spread from Pennsylvania to California. National Guards patrolled Sullivan Indiana after explosions, with curfew and business closures. Protesters in Weirton and Clairton faced police action. labor leaders pressed for arbitration and federal mediation.
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Car- Steel
Clairton
Sullivan, Ind
Sullivan County
Weirton
W. Va
Mn Steel Company
Militant Wife Attacks Steel Trust In Campaign
Mrs. Jord Pinchot, wife of Pennsylvania's governor, attacks the steel trust in a militant public stance. The AP dispatch notes her outspoken opposition to the H. C. Frick Coke Company as part of broader reform efforts.
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Gifford Pinchot
Penn‘ Ja
Appollo
Pennsy
Apollo
Jord Pinchot
Squealer Targeted by National Counterfeit Ring Murder
Nick Damico, 47, an alleged insider who exposed a nationwide counterfeit gang, was corned and slashed to death in Cincinnati after warning police he was “on the spot.” Justice agent Harry Buck linked Damico to the Brooklyn Rochester ring, saying further murders are expected as authorities pursue leaders with influence.
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Cincinnati
Nick Damico
Harry Buck
U. S. Department of Justice
Buck
Patrick Hayes
Damico
Brooklyn
Rochester
N. Y
Barber Shop Razor Prank Transforms Bernhardt Office
A two minute razoring demonstration in the Bernhardt building turned a caller’s visit into a mock barber session led by A O Evans. Spectators included Clarkson Thatcher Hardeman Batten and Davis as a new electric razor drew laughs and comments. A.O. Evans offered a shocking tease before the prank ended with a man leaving unpaid.
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Bernhardt
A. O. Evans
A. B. Clarkson
J. H. Thatcher
Tom Hardeman
L. W. Batten
R. M. Davis
Evans
Lynching of Labadieville suspect shocks small Louisiana town
A Black man arrested over the slaying of 15 year old Miss Louisiana Larose was seized from Labadieville jail by an unidentified mob and hanged from a Bayou LaFourche girder. A warning note urged attacks on women as authorities investigate the jail escape and death.
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Labadieville
Louisiana Larose
Bayou LaFourche
Larose
T. B. Pugh
Monroe and West Monroe Compile NRA Code Compliance List
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce received orders from Washington to list all local wholesale and retail outlets under the NRA or the president's reemployment plan. The effort covers all businesses from large undertakings to barber shops and boarding houses, with data to be gathered from questionnaires and checked by a United States official before payments.
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Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
West Monroe
Washington
NRA
H. McClary
United States
McClary
Unemployed to Be Aided Says Hopkins
Washington dispatch reports Harry Hopkins, federal relief administrator, estimates 12 percent of the population on relief rolls totaling 15,100,000. He says the needy unemployed will be cared for this winter and the federal government will not countenance relief at a low standard.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Ruston to Start Semi-Centennial With Roosevelt Light Switch
Ruston Louisiana prepares a 6 pm central time inaugural moment as President Roosevelt triggers a telegraph key to switch on the city lights. A Western Union sounder links the Ruston power plant to Washington to complete the circuit. R. H. Brooks, Ruston water and light supervisor, devised the lighting mechanism.
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Ruston
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Roosevelt
Western Union
R. H. Brooks
Columbus Day Parade Marked Monroe Club Anniversary
The Columbus Social club observed the 441st anniversary of the discovery of the western world with a downtown Monroe parade. Floats and cars moved from the club on DeSiard street, through Jackson and Oak to South Grand, looping back to DeSiard with the Santa Maria flagship and Columbus staff aboard.
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Santa Maria
Christopher Columbus
Columbus Social Club
Monroe
United States
DeSiard Street
Jackson
Oak
Grand
DeSiard
New World
Plot to Arm Philadelphia March Aimed at Roosevelt
Police raids halted Khaki Shirts of America plans to march on Washington to crown Roosevelt as dictator. National commander Art J. Smith and 24 followers jailed after weapons theft plot and armory raid were uncovered. Detectives blocked the assault and seized forty guns and other weapons.
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Philadelphia
U.P
America
Washington
Roosevelt
Art J. Smith
Third Regiment
Smith
Philadelphia Electric Company
Missouri river project assured after Roosevelt talks
After a conference with President Roosevelt, Senator Clark of Missouri told reporters he had received assurance the entire Missouri river development project would be carried out.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Clark
Missouri
Missouri River
Long's Political Control Prevails Over Penitentiary Probe
An opinion piece argues Louisiana politics shield investigations into the state penitentiary at Angola. It contrasts two systems of operation and asserts political influence has caused demoralization and poor governance behind the prison walls, calling for accountability.
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Long
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Angola
Mis
Salary Checks Lower and Taxpayers Barely Win
A Louisiana administration scheme to extract voluntary contributions from payrolls sparked dismay as state workers saw deductions for the American Progress and Senator Long’s barnstorming tour. A sliding scale targeted highway crews and other departments while some officials did not participate, leaving the permanence of these payments uncertain. The payrolls were urged to “kick in” or recruit others as 1,600 subscriptions or $800 were demanded from the Shreveport district.
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American Progress
Senator Long
The
Highway Commission
Supervisor of Public Accounts
Secretary of State
Conservation Commission
State Board of Health
Orleans Levee Board
Superintendent of Education
John R. Wendt
Shreveport
NRA silent on steps to force surrender of blue eagle
NRA officials offered no statement on how they would compel surrender of the blue eagle insignia from two New Rochelle establishments cited for violating the reemployment pledge. Postmaster, under orders from NRA chief Hugh S Johnson, was told to report actions taken, but not to remove the emblem yet.
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Washington
NRA
New Rochelle
New York
Hugh S. Johnson
New Rochelle Compliance Board
Maurice Rapoport
Shop-Town Market, Inc
Blue Eagle
Rapoport
Homestead Plan of Government to be Launched
West Virginia will host a subsistence homestead project for 200 unemployed miners and families on 1100 acres in Preston county. A Post Office equipment factory and crafts program will spur self sufficiency and decentralization. Homes cost about 2000 dollars with 2 to 4 acres per family and a New England style town meeting school center.
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Washington
West Virginia
Ickes
Preston County
Post Office Department
John Fairfax
George Washington
Butter Purchase Plan Aims to Aid Needy and Jobs
Washington reports a government plan to buy and distribute a substantial portion of the butter surplus to the needy while easing unemployment relief. The butter surplus is about 100 million pounds higher than last year and 45 million above the five year average. A one cent per pound butterfat tax is considered to raise roughly 30 million dollars.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Inflation Opposition Voiced by AFL Convention
The American Federation of Labor convention voiced opposition to any unrestrained and unregulated inflation of the currency. The statement was issued on October 12 in Washington as part of the proceedings.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Desperado Moll and Kelly Sentenced in Urschel Kidnapping
Federal jurors convict George Kelly and Kathryn Kelly under the Lindbergh law for kidnapping oil millionaire Charles Urschel. Both receive life sentences. Mrs. Kelly to a West Virginia women’s prison, Kelly to Atlanta federal custody. Others convicted in the case also face life terms.
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Oklahoma City
George
Harvey Bailey
Albert Bates
Kelly
R. G. Shannon
Paradise
Tex
Urschel
West Virginia
Rogers Has His Say Praise Of Political Foes
Beverly Hills October 12 report notes various groups move against the Democratic party. The writer warns of Republican activity seen in the open and criticizes public figures and rising dissent as a warning sign.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Wabash
Jim Watson
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