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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1933
Page
12
Washington Aug 1. Retailers and food retailers sign wage and hour agreements under Roosevelt plan. Retailers code limits to a 40 hour week, 48 with peaks, with 13.50 to 15 weekly minimums by city size and region. Nonmembers may join. several national associations named as signatories. Foodstuffs code mirrors 48 hour max, overtime pay, and tiered minimums by city size, with some regional reductions.
Mrs. R xhi Ler of 533 Fulton Avenue chased a prowler from her yard. No trace of the intruder was found in Town after the incident.
President Roosevelt opened an official inquiry into the kidnaping racket in Hyde Park amid a conference with Raymond Moley, top adviser and assistant secretary of state. The Motley conference follows the expanded Justice Department bureau and aims to give full federal cooperation to state efforts.
Washington August reports show industry leaders backing federal price regulation to curb crude and product prices. Teagle of Standard Oil heads a committee urging a draft code plus production and labor provisions while Moffett favors regulation. discussions aim to avoid a full price fix as Roosevelt/Ickes may intervene.
Washington August 1 The recovery administrator’s aides pursue rapid expansion of the federal retail code to cover almost all public sales agencies. Existing agreements for dry goods department stores clothing shoes and furniture and food dealers may extend with hearings backing while a separate code for 3 and 10 cent stores aims for longer hours and lower pay within a 40 hour work week.
The San Antonio NRA drive reports firms issuing blue eagle pledges and distributing insignia while investigators verify true cooperation. Large employers list includes San Antonio Brewing, A P stores, Piggly Wiggly, Wolff and Mark, Fehr Baking, and Schrauss Frank, with many smaller firms on file as campaigns expand through hotel, drug, and retail sectors. A citywide committee forms to coordinate block canvassing, with a mass meeting planned at the Gunter hotel to align codes and mobilize merchants and labor leaders.
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