Elevators Run Again After New York Strike Ends
In New York the city’s 12 000 AFL Building Service employees called off a four day strike affecting 1000 Manhattan buildings. A wage hour dispute was sent to a fact finding board. Workers began returning to duties and full service was expected to resume. The settlement was announced by Arthur S. Meyer of the State Board of Mediation. The action disrupted elevators, phone switchboards, heat, hot water, garbage service, and other facilities for more than 200 000 tenants. Union demands included a $2.75 weekly pay raise, a 40 hour week, and a pension welfare plan. Wages ranged from 43 50 to 50 32 weekly.
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AFL
Arthur S. Meyer
New York State Board of Mediation
AFL Building Service Employes International Union
Hermit of Cold River Surfaces to Census Taker
In May Noah Rondeau, hermit of Cold River, emerged from Adirondack woods to ensure he was counted. Census worker Mrs. Robert Kimpton noted Rondeau said he was the sole Cold River resident and gave his age as over 60, describing his “hermit business.”
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Noah Rondeau
Cold River
Adirondack Woods
Rondeau
Robert Kimpton
Busime
Corpus Christi Man Electrocuted During Rescue Attempt
Corpus Christi on May 1 25 year old John B Richardson was killed when he stepped from a taxicab to help a couple whose car crashed into a utility pole. He was struck by two high voltage lines toppled by the vehicle.
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Corpus Christi
John B. Richardson
Ritchardson
Sinatra in Television Deal Shakes MGM Talks
Hollywood reports Frank Sinatra and MGM severed ties by mutual agreement. Sinatra seeks freedom for a lucrative television deal that promises higher earnings and easier travel, aiming to live in New York after his radio program ends and possibly appear with Shirley in London. The piece ties his romance chatter to Nancy Fonda and other Hollywood snapshots.
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Gene Kelly
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Susan
Jyn Grayson
ROTC Inspection Led By Texas District Officials
A vandera reserve officer on active duty with the Texas Military district will head the team inspecting San Antonio high school ROTC units. Federal inspections by officers from the military district and Fourth Army headquarters will be conducted May 7 to May 5, visiting Brackenridge Lanier and Tech high schools.
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Mothers Day Flower Sale Set for May 13 Downtown
The Gold Star Mothers chapter 10 of the A. W. M. will host an annual Mothers Day Carna tion sale in downtown on May 13. Proceeds aid veterans and their families per president Mrs H L Stewarts.
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H. L. Stewhart
Brunettes Do All Right in Broadway Scene
Yvonne Adair, star of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, reportedly married here yesterday to Harold John Patterson amid the Nutley event. The notice reads as a light social item from the Broadway scene with a Catholic reading promotion for Mother Seton’s Courage in The American Weekly.
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May L
Yvonne Adair
Harold John Pateterson
Mother Seton
American Weekly
Great Magazine of Truelife
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