Weirton Steel labor fight and NRA clash over unions
Reports detail a heated fight at the Weirton plant where workers accuse company loyalists of ballot manipulation and threats to jobs. NRA administrator Johnson plans broader code control with veto power and new consumer and labor advisers to code authorities.
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Weir
National Labor Board
Johnson
Insull
Indiana
NRA
Weirton Steel Company
Kk. T. Weir
Weirton
Workers’ Union
Amalgamated Association of Tron
Sive
Win
Roosevelt
Thoma Millsop
Provident Willams
NIRA
Weirton Steel
Jast
Tie
Violin
Togh S. Johson
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Recovery Administration
Eneral Johnson
Tis
Labor
Labor Advisory Board of
Consumers Advisory Board
Leon Hendler
Russell Saze Foundation
New York
J. Schillak
Consumers’ Research Bureau
Consumers Division
Mary Rumsey
International and domestic moves ripple through politics and culture
The report covers Buddhist and political upheaval in Tibet and Lhasa with claims of a revered priest’s fate, Spain’s Lerroux forming a mixed cabinet, Hiroshi Suxho named Japan’s ambassador to the United States, a Gran Chaco peace armistice brokered by the League of Nations, a suspected espionage ring in France, and the deaths of U S novelists Louis Vance and Robert Chambers in New York.
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Dala Tiya
Bengal
Buddha Eod
Tibet
Mongolia
Lhasa
India
Dalal Inna
Hiroshi Suxho
United States
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Washington
Hague
Netherlands
Gran Chaco
Paraguay
Bolivia
League of Natons Commission
Montevideo
Uruguayuan
Hull
America
New York
Louis Joseph Vance
Robert W. Chambers
Hemlin plan to run for Congress amid party feuds eyed
SZOM HEMLINN of Alabama, once a Senate critic, announces a primary bid for Congress from the Fifth district. He seeks to help the President with legislation on money supply, amid past party censure and a history of heated debates.
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Szom Hemlinn
Alabama
Senate
Washington
John A. Bankhead
State Executive Committee
Alfred E. Smith
Tom
Democratic Party
Steflin
Harold Lloyd and Groucho Marx Toast Roach’s Party
The author recalls Hal Roach and Harold Lloyd early film days, noting Lloyd’s long, friendly career and Roach’s producing success. Groucho Marx and others join a grand anniversary party with music and memories, as the writer humorously reflects on past performances and camaraderie.
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Bven
Hal Roach
Rosch
Harold Lloyd
Harold
Lloyd
Hal
Efal
Roach
Cubs Purchase Sensational Pitcher Dick Ward
The Chicago Cubs bought sensational young right hander Dick Ward from the Los Angeles ball club.
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Dick Ward
Chicago Cubs
Los Angeles Ball Club
Largest Electric Shovel Tops Steam Shovels in Mining
The Engineering News-Record notes the biggest power shovel in use is electric, not steam. Located at a Duquoin Illinois open-strip coal mine, it weighs 1790 tons, uses 15 freight cars for movement, and has a 20 cubic yard bucket capacity.
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Engineering News-Record
Coail
Duquoin
Counting Board Used In Russian and Chinese Districts
A counting device still in use in rial districts of Russia and China is the abacus or counting board. It consists of wooden heads strung on a row of parallel wires in a wooden frame.
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Rial
Russia
China
Nova Scotia Named New Scotland by Sir Liam Alexander
A fragment notes Nova Scotia was named New Scotland by Sir Liam Alexander. The English deeded the province with terms to open it for settlement, reflecting colonial aims and early settlement policy.
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Nova Scotia
New Scotland
Sirliam Alexander
Hngland
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Erie
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Tennessee
Tennessee Valley Authority
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Spain
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Lerroux
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East Orange
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Mrs. Lindbergh
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Chico
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