NRA Complaints Target Several Firms Over Labor Violations
NRA investigators examine widespread labor abuses including long hours low pay discharges and improper timekeeping across industries such as mail order, oyster, ink, hardware, restaurant, tie, department store, chemical and oil sectors. Johnson and Simpson push codes while coal strikes threaten labor market stability.
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Mail Order House
Oyster House
NRA
Hardware Company
Department Store
Washington
Recovery
Blue Eagle
Steel
Oil
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
K. A. Simpson
A. W
Johnson
Fayette County
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Texas
Interior Department
Warships Remain in Cuban Waters
Havana reports a new Cuban government moves to stabilize after the Machado regime. The U S destroyer Taylor and cruiser Richmond are in position while ships withdraw. Porristas hunts continue and leaders hide. Dr De Cespedes calls for unity as Cuba returns to normalcy and a general strike ends.
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Visers
Havana
Machado
Taylor
U. S. Navy
Richmond
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Hamilton
Manzanillo
Claxton
Porristas
Parta
Cuba
Bahamas
Florida
Orestes Ferrara
Virginia
Herrera
Jamaica
Octavio
the Treasury
Eugenio Molinet
Labor and Agriculture
United States
Sumner Welles
de Cespedes
Miami
Fla
Gerardo Machado
New York
Key West
Menocal
Kidnaping cases rack up federal charges in Urschel plot
Federal charges filed in Oklahoma City against 11 men connected to the Urschel kidnaping under a life sentence law. Names withheld but thought to include George Bates and George Kelly. Four held in St Paul and others arrested elsewhere as investigations push a nationwide manhunt.
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Kansas City
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Urschel
Bailey
Alfred L. Bates
Denver
Department of Justice
George Bates
George Kelly
St. Paul
Werner Hani
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sam J. Kronick
Charles Wolk
William Nelson
Sam Kozberg
R. G. Shannon
Armond
Oleta Shannon
Earl Brown
Washington
William Stanley
Budget Gets Final Approval At U K City Schools
The board approves a new economics course for the junior college taught by Miss Martha Goad and endorses her textbook. A tuition report shows 19,325 due this year with 9,397 paid and 9,837.80 still owed, as districts arrange payments with potential tax receipts. Boiler repairs at Franklin School were completed after a damaged section was fixed, pending inspector visit. Dr E E Goss authorized to release the bond of contractor C F Dalley for Lin work.
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Martha Goad
Werner Axel
Franklin School
E. E. Goss
C. F. Dalley
Lin
School Board OKs Repairs and Bills Paid
A series of actions approved at the meeting include work on school grounds after a inspection and bills totaling 1,348.42 were ordered paid.
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Coln
City Plans NRA Committee to Promote Blue Eagle Policy
Iowa officials and local leaders meet to organize state NRA committees led by Hughes of Deg Moines and Harry Foster of Ottumwa. Muscatine reports seven new blanket code signings, raising total agreements to 370 with about 30 more needed for full compliance.
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NRA
W. S. McKee
Clark Disqualification Under Constitution For Office Hold
The ruling states the provision disqualifies any senator or representative from holding a profit office created or salary increased during their elected term. It notes the 44th General Assembly raised the insurance commissioner's salary and that Clark voted for the increase. The opinion argues the increase intended to bypass constitutional limits and questions whether Clark may lawfully hold the office or claim any salary.
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General Assembly
Clark
Senate
State Senate
45Th General Assembly
44Th General Assembly
E. W. Clark
Woodworkers Discuss Union at Iowa Avenue Assembly
Woodworkers at the Trades and Labor assembly hall on Iowa avenue show unanimous support for uniting with the American Federation of Labor through the Carpenters and Joiners of America. Committees were chosen to interview eligible members and announce the next meeting Thursday to conduct further talks.
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Trades and Labor Assembly Hall
Iowa Avenue
American Federation of Labor
Carpenters and Joiners of America
Vacuum cleaner production in the United States in 1928
More than 1,132,000 vacuum cleaners were manufactured in the United States in 1928, with 60,270 exported. The brief notice cites strong domestic output and notable exports.
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United States
Court rules Clark ineligible for insurance commissioner pay
An attorney general opinion holds that the insurance commissioner’s compensation was raised by the 44th General Assembly, that E. W. Clark elected as a 44th term senator is ineligible for the appointment, and that the attempted appointment is void with no pay due. The state comptroller will not issue warrants for Clark’s pay, though a $166.66 mid August salary warrant was pending upon receipt of the opinion.
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44Th General Assembly
E. W. Clark
Clark
Office of
Comptroller
Murtagh
Attorney General’s Office
J M Kemble Home Reunion Highlights Fourth Generation
A reunion at the J M Kemble home featured seven family members with Mrs Nora Terry of Muscatine aged 81 as the eldest and the youngest member being a boy whose name appears garbled. The gathering marked the fourth generation.
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Nora Terry
Muscatine
Clarence Hahn
Ong Tigger Boge Gy So
Harry Bailey
Cedar Rapids
District Court notes two actions with notes and receivers
The District Court docket lists two cases. In the first John Tevaert sues G B Bekker and Teresaer on a 450 note dated August 27 1981, seeking judgment for principal interest and costs. In the second Grace Stormer sues Charlie Kahl asking for appointment of a receiver and for notes totaling 8600 from March 1 1930 with Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank of Durant, plus interest and costs, to be allowed as a judgment.
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John Tevaert
G. B. Bekker and
Teresaer
Grace Stormer
Charlie Kahl
Kahl
Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank of
Durant
Grocers Discuss NRA Code at Muscatine Meeting
Grocers of Muscatine met at Maccabee hall Monday night and decided to take no action until the entire NRA code is accepted. Some noted labor provisions had been accepted while the hours and ethics of competition portion remained unaccepted. The hall was well filled.
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Grocers of
Muscatine
Maccabee Hall
NRA
Love and scandal in a noisy parlour exchange
A playful quarrel erupts as a man declares love and nearly smothers his partner with kisses. She retorts that his constant display is unbecoming in company, revealing social friction in a domestic moment.
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Pathfinder
England Rejects Spain Offer for Africa and Gibraltar
A historical note states England refused a proposal from Spain to exchange all African possessions for the Rock of Gibraltar amid shifting imperial aims. The brief account highlights the strategic value of Gibraltar and British resistance to large territorial swaps.
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England
Spain
Africa
Gibralar
U. S. Seeks Wheat Reduction Plan for Europe
Secretary Wallace said the United States would accept any reasonable plan for European cooperation to reduce wheat production if satisfactory to Canada Australia and Argentina. He warned that without a international reduction program the US would pursue subsidized exporting to move its surplus, a form of dumping if exports exceed normal flow.
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Washington
Wallace
Canada
Australia
Argentina
Henry Morgenthau, Sr
London
Cedar Rapids finds body of missing man in Cedar River
Cedar Rapid s searchers recovered the body of James McCansky James McCan sky 19 from the Cedar river. He had been missing since Sunday. Des Moines L A Andrew named to the American Bankers Association code committee will meet in New York on Friday. Waukon John O Malley 27 died after being stung by a bee on the back of his neck while working on his father's farm Saturday.
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Department of Justice
Cummings
Bailey
Kansas
Kansas City
Frank Nash
Fort Worth
Tex
American Airways
Associated Press
Cedar
O— Waukon
John O'Malley
J. J. Bresnahan
O’malley
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van Camp’s Pork & Beans
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