Forestry Corps Member Is Shot in Milford
James Maney a 17 year old Sioux City youth and member of the federal reforestation corps was shot and seriously wounded at Milford by Deputy Sheriff M A Nelson of Dickinson county. Maney was brought to a Spencer hospital and given an even chance to recover. He fled from the camp after stealing a car, resisted arrest at Milford, and was shot when he refused to halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
James Maney
Sioux City
Federal
Reforestation Corps
Milford
M. A. Nelson
Dickinson County
Maney
M. J. Smith
Nelson
Food Store Code Fixes New Rates
A 1933 wage and hour code outlines maximum and minimum hours and pay for food store workers. It sets weekly limits of 48 maximum and 52 minimum hours, with exemptions for small towns and managerial staff. Minimum wages vary by city size and region with a southern tier adjustment and a town size clause. The code aligns with the Agricultural Adjustment Act and 1933 executive orders.
Muscatine Adopts NRA Hours Across Businesses
Muscatine firms move to uniform NRA hours with 75 employers complying and emblems issued. Retailers, lumber yards, barbers, and service providers begin or plan 35 to 55 hour weeks as codes take effect this week and next.
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Maccabee Hall
W. S. McKee
Muscatine
NRA
Hartman
Walter Whitman
Barbers
Code for General Retailers Collected Wage Provisions
The text outlines youth wage rules across mid-Atlantic and southern states, setting minimums and reductions for young workers and apprentices in retail. It specifies that wages in towns under 2,500 rise to at least 20 percent above base, with young workers 16 to 18 and apprentices under six months experience paid at reduced scales per the president's agreement, subject to a floor of 11 dollars per week.
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South
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Maryland
District of Columbia
H. J. Heinz Company
Ernest Root
Committee of 11
Florida
United States
Million New Jobs Talked in Roosevelt Negotiations
Officials of the government and industry begin negotiations to reduce the agreement’s complex phases toward terms that meet President Roosevelt’s objectives. Simultaneously, leaders of the
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Roosevelt
Slayer in escape bid ends with capture after drill of room siege
Moore, armed with an army rifle, slid from a second floor window and faced a policeman who captured him alone. He was taken to the patrol wagon as a material witness amid tear gas and a large crowd outside. The Howard girl accompanying him denied involvement as formal charges loom. Oil industry drafts a tentative code under Johnson aides with federal supervision and price rules. Retailers and food dealers temporary agreements may be revived after hearings.
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Ular
Werner Axel
Clarence Ellman
Knight
Emil Schulz
Earl Waltman
Chet Sanders
Henry Havemann
Walter Pilgrim
Arthur Hoefflin
William Collitz
Cog Rauch
NRA
Homer Chaffee
Retail Merchants Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Berg
Ernest Berg
Uncle Sam
Roy Fisher
National Association of Retail Grocers
National Association
Moore
Howard
State
Alfred Greening
Johnson
Des Moines Names New U S Commissioner In Resignation
John R. Hamilton former federal court crier becomes United States commissioner after Judson E. Piper resigns the post he held since 1917. In Villisca Arlene Shrimpton aged 9 suffers a fractured skull after a girl tumbles from a running board of a car.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
John R. Hamilton
Federal Court Crier
United States
Judson E. Piper
Villisca
Arlene Shrimpton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Forestry Corps
Secretary of Agriculture
Muscatine Lumber and Coal Company
Collins-full Lumber and Coal Company
Beach Lumber and Supply Company
Board of Supervisors
Heinz
Slayer
Iowa Briefs
General Electric
Uptown
Elfers’ Electric Store
Louis G. Elfers
East Second St
Phillips Petroleum
Our Office
Titus Loan & Investment Co
Titus Management Co
Muscatine National Farm Loan Ass’n
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