Secretary Perkins predicts sharp wage upturn in 1934
Chicago December 22 Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins told the Railway Executives Association that wages and incomes should rise sharply in 1934 and better times lie ahead though serious problems remain. She described economic security more leisure and adequate income as cornerstones, urged a five day week, and outlined a 10 point program including limited hours, elimination of child labor, a minimum wage for women, workers compensation, and free public employment exchanges.
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Chicago
Francis Perkins
Litchfield Community News and Local Calendar
Vir ginia stacker Dick Grugle and Betty Wroellert are sick with chicken pox. John Brady took Mr and Mrs Frank McNally to Butler Pa for holidays with Mrs Lawrence Leonard. Clifford McGill wed Dorothy Schwarer on December 20. Community Christmas program set at Congregational church Friday evening. Litchfield basketball team lost at Homer Friday night.
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Litchfield
Virginia Stacker
Dick Grugle
Betty Wroellert
John Brady
Frank McNally
Butler
Lawrence Leonard
Mary Leach
Leach
Russell Canfield
Penfield
Dale Cox
Jake Yost
Clifford McGill
Dorothy Schwarer
Russell Schwarer
Grafton
McGill
Friedman
North Eaton
C. F. Turner
XS. D. Backus
Elyria
Brodt
C. R. Canfield
Getty Cary
John Hammon
Wm. Spieth
Itzelberger
Homer
Rockefeller To Spend Quiet Holiday
In Tarrytown New York John D Rockefeller Sr aged 94 will spend Christmas quietly at his mansion on medical advice due to frail health after a grippe attack. He will miss his Orlando Florida winter home and Christmas with his son John D Rockefeller Jr for the first time in many years. Friends say he has gained a little weight recently though his condition remains unchanged.
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Tarrytown
N.Y. Dee
John YD. Rockefeller, Sr
Rockefeller
Orlando
Ila
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Harvard marks 300th anniversary plans formed
Cambridge reports a 10 member committee to prepare for Harvard University tercentenary in 1936. A new Harvard history is planned as a feature of the celebration. FRANKFORT ON MAIN the lord mayor orders 1600 unmarried civil servants to explain why they have not married and assess prospects of marriage citing state needs to raise birth rates.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
America
Frankfort ON
Frankfort
Homer center dominates Litchfield in basketball clash
Homer center wins the main game thanks to fast play and strong rebounding led by Frombaugh and Miller for Litchfield. Litchfield’s second team beats Homer’s 24-12. Litchfield meets Liverpool at home this week as three games follow. The Priscilla club hosts a mid winter party on Wednesday December 27 with a basket lunch and a gift exchange.
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Frombaugh
Miller
Holmes
White
Kovenny
Sedlak
Broadsword
Liverpool
Priscilla Club
F. H. Schott
Norris Leach
Toledo
Baptist
Mcgargee
Baptist Church
Children of the Sunder School
The
Prince of Peace
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