State to Build New Penitentiary to Replace Marsland Facility
State Welfare Director Stuart Janny announced a study to locate and cost a new prison to relieve overcrowding at Marsland. The plan aims for a 1000 inmate unit outside Baltimore and a separate women’s prison on the House of Correction grounds, with total costs estimated between 5 and 6 million dollars and under 500 thousand for the women’s unit.
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Marsland Penitentiary
State Welfare
Stuart
Janney
State Board of Welfare
House of Correction
Baltimore City
Bridge contracts awarded for Maryland state routes
Baltimore July 2 state roads commission awarded contracts for highway work. Frederick county includes one mile of concrete between Brunswick and Knoxville to Pofinberger and Mause Myersville two mile free bridge over Ballenger creek for $22 117 Damascus Laytonsville concrete work to M J Grove Time Company Lime Kiln $35 807 and a Baltimore firm secured another concrete segment. The United States shipped over 200 million pounds of cheese to Germany last year up 700 percent from 1924.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Frederick County
Brunswick
Knoxville
Pofinberger
Mause
Myersville
Ballenger Creek
Frederick
Bucheystown Pike
Damascus
Laytonsville
Montgomery County
M. J. Grove
United States
Germany
Garment workers strike in New York metropolitan area
Thousands of cloak and suit workers led by women and girls walk out in the latest garment industry strike. Sixteen hundred shops, about 75 percent of U S ready to wear cloaks and suits, are affected across the district including some in New Jersey. No settlement on day one. The dispute targets jobbers rather than manufacturers, a departure from prior strikes.
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New York
United States
New Jersey
Labor unrest prompts demands at open shop shops
Workers who are not employees yet control output demand a 40 hour week instead of 44, higher wages, and a 36 week annual work guarantee. They belong to the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. A Southern California Employers' Conference aims to uphold the American plan and open shop principle in industry.
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The
International Ladies' Garment Workers’ Union
Southern California
Im Indusuy
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