Sit Down Strikers Lose Again As Officers Evict Them
Local Colored News items report Sit Down Strikers losing again with police eviction. Community notes mention Miss Leola Walker of Beckley visiting here, Rev. Jenings and other locals as guests, and church gatherings at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church with Rev. Hannar delivering the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leola Walker
Beckley
Tom Walker
Jenings
North Beckley
Walter L. Brown
Inday
Alberta Price
Beckley Hospital
L. B. Huff
M. Z. Luster
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
E. M. Hannar
Grand Jury Indicts Sit-Down Strikes Across Nation
Sit-down strikers faced a Los Angeles grand jury indictment for illegal seizure as officers moved on the Douglas Aircraft plant in Santa Monica. Across the country new disputes erupted, with outbreaks at Northrup in Santa Monica, Detroit unions targeting Swift Company and others, while Govs and police pressed for truce talks and wage adjustments amid widespread plant closings and power outages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Aircraft
Santa Monica
Calif
Los An County
Grand Jury
Committee For Industrial Organization
Los Angeles
Decatur
Ill
Philadelphia
Detroit
Swift & Company
Bon Dee Golf Ball Co
Detroit Delivery Service
Mitchell & Smith, Inc
WPA
Spokane
Wash
Vulcan Corporation
Portsmouth
H. Daroff & Sons
Century Wallpaper Mills
Pie Makers
Electric Boat Co
Groton
James O’connor
Northern States Power Co
Minneapolis
City Countyl Waterworks Committee
Elmer Benson
Ilinois Watch Case Co
Elgin
Palace Model Laundry
Generalissimo
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Appalachian
C. E. Wilson
General Motors Corp
United Automobile Workers Union
Guffey Vinson coal bill under Senate subcommittee review
Washington The commerce subcommittee led by Senator Neely considered the revised Guffey-Vinson coal control bill in executive session. The measure, endorsed by the Ways and Means Committee, would establish price fixing in the industry with a policy on collective bargaining and faced Republican opposition over monopolistic pricing concerns. Representative Joe Smith predicted quick House action, aiming no later than the coming Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Commerce
M. M. Neely
West Virginia
House
Ways and Means Committee
Charles F. Hosford
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Neely
Burton K. Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate Commerce Committee
Sherman Minton
Indiana
A. Harry Moore
New Jersey
Warren R. Austin
Vermont
Wallace H. White, Jr
Maine
Ways and Means
Supreme Court
Joe L. Smith
Beckley
W. Va
House Mines Committee
Bar Opposed to Court Shakeup
The Bar Association of the City of New York approved a report by 517 to 88 calling Roosevelt's court personnel proposals indefensible. Ferdinand Pecora told Bronx bar members the plan would shift law making power to Congress. Charles S. Tuttle warned the program would set a precedent for executive decree in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Association of the Bar of the City of
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Ferdinand Pecora
Bronx Bar Association
Congress
Charles S. Tuttle
United States
Bronx
How to Tell When Avocados Are Ready to Eat
An avocado is ripe when gentle finger pressure yields the skin. The pear can be cut in half to remove the seed and serve, or pared and sliced for serving.
Chrysler Second of Big Three Faces Request
The Iron Age notes the steel industry leaning toward no general strike soon while Chrysler, a leading automaker, is addressed in the same context as the other major industry players. The report suggests stability in the steel sector amid broader labor discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrysler Corp
Motordom
Iron Age
Borah Adds Amendment to Roosevelts Reorganization Plan
Opponents rallied to back a Borah proposed constitutional amendment aimed at restricting due process to shield state laws such as New York's minimum wage measure. Administration dismissed it as unacceptable. Senate to debate the amendment as part of judiciary bill considerations, with Sumners retirement provision also on the table. Capitol action included three year extension of trade negotiation powers and a vote on foreign policy measures. Harrison Williams testified on a $2,072,000 original stake growing to $612,000,000 in 1929. Secretary Wallace urged prompt action on crop insurance legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt Co Ut
Borah
R-Ida
New York
Supreme Court
Senate
Sumners
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
White House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Harrison Williams
The
Securities Commission
Wallace
Home Made Cleaning Stick for Venetian Blinds
A home made cleaning stick helps clean Venetian blinds. Use a long spoon or wide stick with a soft cloth wrapped around it secured by heavy rubber bands. The cloth can be removed, washed, and reused.
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Lois Weekley
Virginia Finney
Anna Watson
Harold Dowe
Fayetteville
Missionary Society
Luellen Hairston
L. B. Smith
Ozella Clark
Fannie Morehead
Amelia Miner
Inez Murray
Lonnie Toler
Ruby Henderson
Mary Mitchell
Virginia Craig
Georgia Wright
Mary East
Lula Matthew
C. Tutson
Annie Bell Lewis
Mary Cox
W. H. Fierson
Doshie Smith
G. W. Patterson
Juanita Clark
V. Lamkins
M. Walter
Metalton
Parent-Teacher Association
Edgar McCloud
Mrs. Turner
Myrtle Alexander
Tams
Horace McCloud
Herman Venable
Esther King
Hazel Garland
Bobbie
Loraine
Ruth Merritt
Pemberton
J. A. Cousins
Betsy Ann Brown
Annie Robertson
Mr. Valley Hairston
Nellie Fox
W. G. Gaston
Anti-Saloon League
Union City
Tenn
the Tinnon
Board Studies
Bar
Special Agent X-9
Dick Tracy
Chester Gould
Jane
Gus Edson
Stelth
Mon Mullins
BY Willard
Legree
X-9
Joslyn
Charles Flanders
Fellah
Little Annie Rooney
Nancy
Thimble Theater
Jeep
Shakespeare
Brandon Walsh
By Segar
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