Wage policy on public projects in controversy
Washington officials warn that emergency unemployment relief must rise to meet cold weather destitution and prevent violence this winter. Debate centers on construction pay scales funded by government projects with federal and state programs currently using the prevailing union wage, while a dissenter argues for lower wages to maximize employment unity.
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United States
PWA
Roosevelt
William Green
AFDL
Housing Administration
Atlantic and Pacific opens new super store in Elyria
Elyria gains a modern Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company super store at 346 Broad Street as part of a nationwide 75-store opening drive tied to the companys fifty fifth anniversary. The store features white and black decor, large display windows, extensive produce and meat refrigeration, natural and artificial lighting, and a Depot Street entrance for convenient access. Leo Gubeno leads the Elyria operation while the former Broad Street outlet at 355 Broad Street closes.
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Depot Street
Elyria
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Leo
Kayline Company
Cleveland
Electrical Department of Days Hardware Store
F. P. Gates
Jackson Wall
Cleveland Street
Burt Reisinger
Leo Gubeno
Elyria Food
Sentiment For New Deal Wanes
Washington reports sharp backsliding of New Deal sentiment in a Straw vote poll of 65,000 voters. The Literary Digest poll shows 50.97 percent pro New Deal versus 49.03 against in summer, with 17 states patterning against Roosevelt’s program.
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Literary Digest
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Ilinois
Indiana
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Vermont
Arizona
Wyoming
Hoover
Ohio to join six-state police teletype network soon
Highway Director C. W. Morrell announced plans to link Ohio with a six-state eastern police teletype circuit within ten days. Communications officers in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania were finalizing details to include Ohio’s Massillon station in the hookup.
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C. W. Morrell
Ohio
Harrisburg
Massillon
The Silent Observer and Witty Fragments
A collage of quirky lines, jokes, and notices from a vintage page. It includes poems about a garden and friendship, a summer scene with a telephone operator, a distressed mistress and servant, moral quips, statistics, humorous ads, and aphorisms on wealth, health, and marriage.
Women’s Federated Welfare Club Meets in Oberlin District
The Women’s Federated Welfare Club gathered at Mrs. W. M. Triplett’s West avenue home with Viola Hays as hostess. Mrs. Saxon led a program including club song Keen Sweet and readings such as My Sort of Man. Visitors included Mrs. Tiggins and Mrs. Theresa Smith of Oberlin and others. future hostesses noted.
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Women's Federated Welfare Club
W. M. Triplett
West Avenue
Viola Hays
Saxon
Holly
Burke
Eutgenea Collins
G. W. Smith
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
St. Michael
Tigsins
Oberlin
Theresa Smith
Canton
Fred Davis
O. Bohanon
Fred Robinson
Amos West
Hugh Thompson
Thomas Hays
Glaasco
Oberlin Road
Goat’s Short Measure Sparks California Weights Division Case
An unnamed buyer appeared before California weights and measures officials over a goat sale alleged to involve a short liquid measure. The purchaser claimed the goat was sold with a guarantee of accuracy and sought protection against the alleged mismeasurement.
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Los Angeles
California Division of Weights and Measures
Sm All Seriousness
B'nai B'rith Honors Alfred M Cohen on 75th Birthday
B'nai B'rith, oldest Jewish fraternal group, honors International President Alfred M Cohen of Cincinnati on his 75th birthday October 19. The article notes his long service since 1901 on the board of Hebrew Union College and as president since 1917, and outlines the organization’s aims and nationwide drive to recruit to 75,000 members.
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Alfred M. Cohen
B'nai B'rith
New York City
A.Z A
Cincinnnati
Ohio
Hebrew Union College
Ohio Senate
Alfred M Cohen
Goat milk dispute ends with owner reclaiming animal
In a department weighments dispute a farmer claimed a goat yielded short milk. After technical talks led by A Brock, the original owner withdrew the goat and refunded the purchase price. Separately, cultural note mentions a girl named for a bloom and a comparison of female and male Indian bustard quail.
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A. Brock
Man as a thinking being changes little over vast periods
The passage argues that human thought has evolved slowly across ages while real progress lies beyond mere control of natural forces, potentially in a more intangible or spiritual realm.
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Honolulu
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Here
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Fla
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Hagle Dry Cleaning Co Paolice
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Schmelzer
Alfred. M. Cohen
Fastern
India
Renny Schubert
Trystal Rock and
Black Forest Beer - Carting
Grafton
Paul Wainwright
Courtland
Pone
Brenner
W. L. Douglas
Thrift Shoe Store
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