Bendix factory workers press union drive in Bend, Indiana
In Bendix Products plant, about 3100 workers seek full unionization after a 159 hour stand down. United Auto Workers and Bendix officials negotiate while workers, led by a drum corps and a makeshift parade, demonstrate outside the oil doors. Women among them carry blankets and cooking utensils donated through plant windows.
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Booth Bend
Ind
Girike
Bendix Products
Surporstiom Fmetory
Movktien
Bendix
Food shortage hits Alaska cities as ship strike bites
A survey for the territorial government shows acute food shortages in several Alaska towns due to a ship chartering strike. Cordova and Sitka report missing fresh produce and meats, while Nome and Barrow expect supplies to stretch. some towns say reserves are ample for now but warn shortages could worsen. Mayors in Bethel, Seward, and Petersburg note limited essentials and urge action to avert crisis.
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Juneau
Alaaka
San Francisco
Alaska Iiroad
Alaska
Territorial
Stockley
Officer Held Death by Own Action at Fort Sill
Fort Sill Oklahoma November 4 Major G S Woolwordh said a military board of inquiry would wind up its investigation into the death of a New York Reserve lieutenant whose horse fault caused his demise at the army post. The note stated his ashes be strewn on his grave and described a suicide. Nearby artillery range searchers found his .32 caliber pistol. The note read I planned if a break comes I waited only to see if he was still alive. Josephine Layman traveling play director estranged from her husband died 11 days ago and was buried at Centre, TLL.
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Fort Sill
Okla
Woolworih
Military Board of
New York Reserve
Geutenant
William
Carson
Ajay Woolward
Josephine
Layman
Rangers Keep Eye on Texas Strike Area
Houston Nov 24 Texas rangers reported beatings and robberies as strikes hit several American ships. Mates and engineers joined a strike led by the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association causing shipping disruptions along Texas ports and at Lake Charles. A hatters corpus hearing was set for Lester C Lord on assault robbery charges related to a note attack on two seamen. Authorities warned agitators to leave town.
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Houston
Texas
Texas Rangers
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Oan
Lester C. Lord
Rangers
H. H. Carmichael
State Department of Public Safety
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Wlan
Lake Charles
Father and son held in extortion plot intrigue
In Atlanta a middle aged attorney and his college student son were arrested on extortion charges. The two men, Wt Moyers and his 18 year old son Marshall Moyers, were taken into custody by seven FBI agents led by EE Conroy in a downtown office. The pair allegedly extorted $200 from two Atlanta capitalists through threats of violence. A pistol was reportedly used and $72,000 of the money was found on Marshall. The charges carry possible death penalties.
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Atlanta
Moyers
Marshall
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Conroy
Glenn
Pistol Point
Kell
Ernest Woodrutt
FBI
Tourists Quit Forged Exile in Ana
Honolulu reports a dramatic transfer of 447 strikebound tourists from a deck barge to the Matson liner Munterer after a 11 hour voyage amid heavy seas. Passengers included a bride without her groom and a wheelchair user. Delays aimed to relieve Honolulu’s food shortage as Governor Poindexter forms committees to distribute federal relief imported supplies. Coast guard cutters monitored the scene as families boarded the liner.
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Honolulu
United States
Matson
Munterer
Joseph D. Poindexter
Coast Guard
Tugield
Rhoda Aubrey Morahan
Peter Morahan
Anta Blay Wang
Further Tie-up in Philadelphia Seen
Philadelphia observers estimate a broadened strike impact as recruiters push to fill ranks of striking marine engineers and officers. Warren O Evans of the Marine Engineers Union foresees 300 to 2,002 members could be drawn in while the Masters Mates and Pilots association voted to end the walkout. Frank Claris notes only 21 of 47 American ships in port were affected.
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Philadelphia
Warren O' Evans
The
Marine Engineers Unlar
Masters, Mates and Pillar Association
Frank Claris
Maritime Exchange
Education Deals Cupid Hard Blow in Divorce Case
Mors Tilig Osberg, 48, testified in her suit for separate maintenance that her husband Jacob, 44, loved her “you’ll be learned to read and write English.” She says now he wants an up-to-date wife, and the court awards her a weekly allowance of 310.
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Tilig Osberg
Jacob
Peace hopes rise as ship owners meet in Alaska food trade talks
Federal officials seek to end maritime strike by resuming negotiations with coastwise freighter operators led by Alaska food shipments in view. McGrady says talks with Masters Mates and Pilots and Marine Engineers Beneficial Association aim to resume settlement. waterfront tensions rise in Houston New Orleans Philadelphia and Boston as unions push for higher pay. Passengers and freight face disruption as strike actions continue and salvage efforts move amid ongoing coastwise blockades.
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San Francisco
Alaska
Edward F. McGrady
Col. C. F. Ohioon
Alagoa Allroad
Houston
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Boston
Masters, Mates and Pilots Association
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
East
Gulf
Santa Elena
Ensenada
Mexico
Mev
Grady
Aasxt
Dollar and Matson
McGrady
Aiready Heen
Million in Road Bids Tabulated
Austin state highway commission tabulated bids for 10 improvement projects costing 900 081 dollars. Projects span Hays Comal and San Patricio counties including a railroad underpass near Euless and a 17 mile stretch south of Buda. Commissioner John Wood said the fiscal year 1937 program may exceed 1 500 000 dollars with funds for maintenance and contingencies.
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Austin
Stale Highway Commission
Hays
Buda Lo Comal
San Patricio
Eulroy
John Wood
Wood
Thanksgiving dividend from CCC cricket project
Washington reports a 21 pound turkey received as a Thanksgiving dividend from a Civilian Conservation Corps cricket extermination project in Utah. CCC enrollees supervised crickets that fattened on pests, gobbling 100 insects daily and saving a local owner about 1869 in feed costs while the project cost 22233 to supervise.
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Washington
LFI
Robert Fechner
Ci Vilian Conservation Cats
CCC
Utah
OGG Heures
Thay Ie
Teed
Whils
Plans to picket ship amid Roosevelt watch in New York
Nov 2 reports say seamen planned picketing actions at the pier against the steamer President Harding. A U S ship announcement claimed Roosevelt’s return would be veiled while the strike committee outlined three picket plans as officials noted the Harding would sail with cargo but no passengers.
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New York
Unite States
Roosevelt
Ranope
United States Incs
Lite
Harding
Rose Vall
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