Thousands Idle In Outbreak Of Strikes
The nation faces a wave of labor actions with more than 32,600 workers idle. Timberworkers strike in Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia threaten soft coal output. truckers printers lettuce workers steelworkers bus operators and cable workers walk out. Wage demands drive the stoppages and federal and state mediation seeks peace.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Pittsburgh
Boston
Chicago
Arizona
Nashville
Tenn
Canton
New York
Miami
San Francisco
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Cable Workers
Timbermen
United Construction Workers
United Mine Workers
UFL
Construction Workers Union
New York Probes Fuel Black Market
New York investigators led by Commissioner John M. Murtagh issued 900 subpoenas to fuel oil and kerosene dealers in a bid to uncover a fuel black market. He will question retailers and consumers who file price gouging complaints as the probe widens.
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New York
John M. Murtagh
Murtagh
Arthur W.wallander
General Industries Growth Through Economic Turmoil and Turnaround
In Elyria, General Industries faced 1932 hard times as Aan W. Fritzsche arrived in April as vice president and general manager. The firm traces its roots to 1904, with multiple reorganizations and acquisitions shaping its path toward high employment and record production, then collapsing before a 1926 sale to Columbia Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Industries Company
Elyria
Aan W. Fritzsche
Elsina
Fritzsche
Dean Electric Company
Garford Manufacturing Company
Otto Heineman
Otto Heineman Phonograph Supply Company Inc
Otto Hineman Phonograph Supply Company, Inc
A. F. Meisselbach & Bro
Newark
New Jersey
John A. Dean Company, Inc
Putnam
Connecticut
Heineman
Dickinson Manufacturing Company
Springfield
Massachusetts
Dickinson Company
International Insulating Corporation
Garford
Stromberg Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Company
Rochester
New York
Heineman Group
Otto Heineman Phonograph Supply Company, Inc
General Phonograph Corporation
Pollock Manufacturing Company, Ltd
Ktchener
Ontario
General Phonograph Corporation of Canada
Waterman Fountain Pen Company
International
Springfeld
Columbia Company
Otto Heineman Phonograph Supply Company
General Phonograph Manufacturing Company
Putnam, Connecticut
General Phonograph Corporation of
Common
United States
G.¢hig Wes
Horer Casehart
United States Senate
Ind
Era
Cay
coTverr
General Industries Company grows amid debt overhaul and plastics boom
The Elyria firm evolves from heavy debt under Fritzsche management to a two-division plastics and motors operation. It becomes the world’s largest flat iron handle maker, expands plastics molding, hires thousands, and maintains long-serving staff while expanding employee programs and facilities.
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Fritzsche
Putnam
Ro Motors
General Phonograph Manufacturing Company, Inc
Motors
Invention of a Circular Blade Mower Circa 1820
Around 1820 a mower was developed featuring a circular cutting blade that revolved against the grain, simulating the motion of the traditional hand scythe blade.
Marie Mitchell First Woman Elected to American Academy
Marie Mitchell, who discovered the 2 comet in 1847, became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Mitchell
American Academy of Arts
Song of Strange Confusion on the Sunny Side Radio
A fragment from a radio program listing songs and announcers notes various items including music titles and news segments. It mentions News and Sports updates and a late night sign off with a Gdnight cue. The readable items reference personalities and show elements without clear events or outcomes.
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Donald
United Nations
Frankie Carte
Evening club events across towns listed
Tonight and tomorrow local groups meet in schools halls and churches. Henrietta P T A at 8 p m at the school. Eaton firemen at town hall. Birmingham V F W Auxiliary at V F W Hall. Carlisle official board at Laporte church 7 30 p m. Tomorrow Lake Avenue Granger Hustlers meet 11 30 a m. dinner at noon. Birmingham basketball game 7 30 p m. Ridgeville Study Club 1 p m. Columbia Grange in town hall. Rochester Evangelistic services 8 p m Jan 6 18. Ridgeville Mothers Study Group at town hall. Carlisle WSCS at Mrs Morton 7 30 p m. Wednesday Columbia Baptist Mission Circle town hall. Carlisle PTA executive board at Mrs Holmes home. Carlisle choir rehearsal 7 p m LaGrange Homemakers February meeting. North Ridgeville L B G luncheon 12 30 p m. Birmingham WSCS at Alice Schoepfle home.
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Henrietta
Eaton
Town Hall
Birmingham — V. F. W
Carlisle
Laporte Church
Lake Avenue
Granger Hustlers
Bessie Smith
Tureen
Birmingham
Ridgeville
William Schmittgen
Columbia — Grange
Rochester — Evangelistic
Baptist Church
Ridgevile
Ais. C
Columbia — Baptist Mission Circle
White Cross
P.T.A
L. E. Holmes
Butternut Ridge
Lagrange—Homemakers of
la Grange
North Ridgeville
Huncheon
Ws.c.s
Alice Schoepfle
Pittsfield society news notes and local visits
Pittsfield Congregational Ladies Society plans a meeting with Mrs. James McConnell and asks members to bring tax stamps. Lawrence Jordan and family enjoyed the holidays with the Strer family in Sullivan. Pilgrim Five groups were entertained at Penfield Congregational church with Pittsfield in charge of recreation. Jack Bear, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bear, visits from California Art School for holidays. Various locals include Lois Breyer Zollinger visiting relatives, township trustees meeting at Town Hall, and students Mary Louise Brandt and Mary Louise Temm spending holidays with families before returning to Bowling Green and Baldwin Wallace. Lena Durlam visiting sister in Indiana. Harvey Brerley, John V. Barson leave for Florida for several weeks.
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Pittsfield
Jack Bear
Wallace Bear
Whitney Road
Calfornia
Lois Breyiey Zollinger
Afr
Ted Breyler
Mary Louise Brandt
Bowling Green University
Oberlin
Bowling Green
Mary Louise Temm
Baldwin-Wallace College
Lawrence Temm
Pitts Road
Lena Durlam
Upland
Indiana
Bits
Harvey Brerley
John V. Barson
Quarry Road
Florida
Engagement Announced in Oberlin Road Area
Josephine Broome announces the engagement of her daughter Margaret Elizabeth to Elmer Clarence Balog of Amherst. Family Christmas gatherings surround Oberlin area residents with multiple local hosts including Mr and Mrs Walter Leonard in Oberlin and Elyria connections. The Rathwell children recover from scarlet fever and chicken pox. Miss Margaret Broome seeks further Cleveland treatment for a long broken arm.
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Oberlin Road
Maqis
Josephine Broome
Margaret Elizabeth
Elmer Clarence Balog
Joseph Balog
Amherst
Walter Leonard
Richard Martin
Keweee
Carl Mazurek
Elyria
Amfr
Airs
Lloyd Ashby
Dane Warren
Oberlin
Albert Reese
Rrs
Pauline Schroeder
Elyt
A. Sr
Garri Roberts
Arthur MicRoberts
Ted Aimus
Joyds Coats
Tony Stmeving
Discourage Further Debt On Ohio Farm Lands
Ohio farm land prices have peaked at wartime levels prompting the Ohio Bankers Association Agriculture Committee to urge restraint on new debt for land purchases. The six point resolution calls for limiting land speculation borrowing and debt tied to high prices, paying debts from income, improving existing land, maintaining prudent reserves, and basing farm values on sustained income rather than wartime gains.
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Columbus
Ohio
Agriculture Committee of the
Ohio Bankers Association
Onio
G.S. Savings
Bankers’ Agricultural Committee
Edison Hobstetler
Pomeroy
BR. B. Will
Macarthur
Charles J. Waggoner
Lebanon
Charles F. Eck
Miamisburg
F. E. Witterman
Bryan
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Confus
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Arthur Godfrey
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Tom_ Brenneman
Sada
Elyria Office
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Russia
Harold H. Eibling
Elvira Schools
H.R. Knickerbocker
Welter Durarty
Elaria Civic Forum, Inc
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Knickerbocker
England
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Sundar
Fred McRoberts
Detroit
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