Mexico Gasoline Strike Ended After Wage Offer Withdrawn
Mexico City reports say petroleum companies pulled a proposed wage raise totaling 14 million pesos and a 40 hour week after strikers sought a truce. President Cardenas pressured workers to halt the walkout begun May 28, which halted travel and tied up transit. Government estimates place losses at 50 to 100 million pesos. Fuel deliveries resumed as of Tuesday, with Mexico City prioritized for fuel allocation.
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Mexico City
INS
Mexico
Petroleam
Tottay Ag
RMS
Board of
Federal Board of Arbitration
Cardenas
Tag
Rio Grande
William H. Furlong
inter-American Highway Association
Monterrey
Vailes
Laredo
Furlong
Morgenthau censures Morgan over tax talk in Senate clash
Washington dispatch notes New Dealers censuring financier J Pierpont Morgan for criticizing President Roosevelt’s tax plan. Morgan argues taxation is a legal issue, not moral, while Senator Minton blasts tax loopholes as driven by greed and Morgan’s money power.
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Morgenthau
Morgan
Washington
INS
J. Pierpont Morgan
Senate
Roosevelt
Europe
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgen
Lta
Minton
Democrat
Ana
UT graduate Herbert L Karsch earns petroleum engineering degree
Herbert Latmar Karsch son of RO and Mrs W A Karsch of 1122 Norry Hackberry street graduated from the University of Texas with honors earning a bachelor of science in petroleum engineering He joined Tau Bets Phi honorary fraternities and led Pi Epsilon and the engineers student council in campus roles Kansas City workers at the Loose Wiles biscuit plant quit en masse as union recognition demands surfaced with about 90 percent of 600 employees walking off.
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Herbert L. Karsch
Texas U
Herbert Latmar Karsch
W. A. Karsch
Norry Hackberry Street
University of Texas
Tau Bets, Phi
Pi Epsilon
Engineers
Kansas City
Loose Wiles Biscuit
Tea as heat cure endorsed by jungle explorer
Dr W E Augh inbaugh, famed medical authority and jungle explorer, promotes tea as the best way to beat heat. He claims tea lowers body temperature and sustains vitality, praising orange pekoe brands from Sadia Cortes and Jers Semitra for full flavor and benefits.
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W.E. Aughinbaugh
Sadia
Cortes
Favored in Steel Vote at Baltimore Plant
Employee of the Easter Rolling Mills voted by more than four to one for the Committee for Industrial Organization to represent them in negotiations with the company. In Detroit, fifteen hundred Budd Wheel workers went on strike after the Ray sift reported for work.
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Baltimore
Easter Rolling Mills Company
Independent Steel Plant
Detroit
Peifteen Ninndred
Budd Wheel Company
Ray Sift
Contract Let For Oram Depot Construction
Secretary Woodring announced that bids were fed for more than half the construction of a 67 million dollar army air corps depot at Sacramento California. The station will be a combined air supply depot and repair base replacing the temporary Rockwell Field host. The main runway will span about one mile and the principal repair area covers 17 acres.
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Washington
Ine
Woodring
Army Air Corps
Sacramento
Calif
Rockwell Field
San Rirgo
Cali
Sharp gains in Pacific Coast labor split
John L. Lewis committee for Industrial Organization gains cross coast influence. Inland Boatmen vote to break from the AFL and align with the CIO after Bridges address. Bridges leads Pacific Coast International Longshoremen’s Association backing, with Harold Pritchett of the Woodworkers federation involved. About 120000 workers targeted.
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Portland
Ore
John L. Lewis
Birmingham bishop calls for divorce law reform
Bishop Ernest William Barnes of Birmingham urged reform of divorce laws and proposed communion for divorced persons. His stance aligned with his defense of Edward VIII and Wallis Warfield’s marriage, challenging church opposition while the couple vacationed in Austria.
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Birmingham
Eng
Church of
Edward VIII
R. Anderson Jardine
Darlington
Edward
Austria
Barnes
Pickets Park on Plaza at Shirlee Frocks Plant
Shirlee Frocks plant reopened Monday after two week closure caused by pickets blocking entry. Workers returned as managers announced resumed operations and safety measures at the facility on the plaza.
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Shirlee Frocks Company
ALF OF L BUSY AT CITY HALL
An organizer for the America Federation of State County and City Employees was at city hall Tuesday aiding organization of city hall workers, per local labor leader W B Arnold. The organizer was not identified. Arnold said Fire and Police Commissioner Phil Weight had forbidden union activity by firemen and policemen, but he would help if they sought aid despite Commissioner Wrights stance.
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America Federation of State
W. B. Arnold
Phil Weight
Iention
Arnold
Wright
Typists Withdraw From AFL in Phoenix Unions Move
In Phoenix the Stenographers typists bookkeepers and assistants union announced plans to withdraw from the American Federation of Labor and affiliate with a Committee of Triindustrial organization. In Cambridge MIT president Karl Compton announced that 613 seniors and advanced students receiving degrees today had already secured employment.
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Cambridge, Mass
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Instiute of Technology
Madrid Bares Nazi Espionage Setup
Police said they uncovered evidence that a German spy and propaganda center operated in Madrid before the Spanish Civil War. The report notes activity linked to Nazi espionage and propaganda in the city prior to the conflict.
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Madrid
Jale Tony
Steel workers clash as union seeks court lift on shipments
In Youngstown Ohio on June 8 federal court heard a three railroads suit to stop interference with steel shipments amid seven state fray. Edward Lamb for the CIO sought a postponement while Judge West set Friday for a hearing. Joseph Morton of Local Massillon was clubbed by guards at the Republic plant as he and another picket inspected railroad freight cars. guards released tear gas during the encounter.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic
Edward Lamb
Committee For Industrial Organization
Oto
Federal Court
Cleveland
Ramuel H. West
Joseph Morton
Jocal_ab
Massillon
Itee
Dion
Schulze Named Draftsman in County Engineer Office
Bexar County Commissioners' Court approved Weller Schulze for a new draftsman post in the county engineer's office. Schulze, moving from the city engineer's office, will earn 125 dollars monthly and start July 1, filling the vacancy created by Russell White's promotion.
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Weller Schules
Bexar County
Schulze
Russell White
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