Plea for Fair Play in Council as Deadlock Persists
A letter urges council members to set aside factional fights after a flood disaster, praising two candidates and appealing for fair representation. The writer stresses the crisis in municipal life, warns of imminent decisions by the priest and council, and asks eight remaining council members to act with integrity and avoid affront.
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Wmer
Ris
Iit
Henry Flarsheim
Alfred Pfau
Liberal Bills Pressed By Local Progressives
Columbus reports that a Hamilton County Progressive Democratic delegation will introduce bills in the Ohio Legislature this week benefiting aged citizens restaurant keepers homeowners building and loan associations and Longview Hospital staff and inmates A constitutional amendment proposing $50 Old Age Pensions for all over sixty is planned to be considered.
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Columbus
Ohio
People’s Voice
Longview Hospital
Hamilton County
Coolie flood wages at jobless center
Labor editor reports at the Grease-Off building the Cincinnati Employment Center offers 30 cents an hour for flood work with no boots or gloves. Gordon C. Napier objects, war veteran and citizen, as a crowd demands decent wages while the center warns of police if workers stay.
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West Central Parkway
Cincinnati Employment Center
United States Treasury
Rockefeller
City of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
United States
Gordon C. Napier
East 14Th Street
Napier
Cincinnati Merry-Go-Round Satirizes City Politics and Subscriptions
The column discusses Coney Island’s Mr. Schott and merry-go-rounds amid a past emergency, questions parking bans after a city incident, and hints at editor financial aims. It notes Jimmie O’Connell’s role in City Solicitor’s staff, his congressional bid, and a contested primary, reflecting local political tensions.
Center managers talk on wage rates and flood-work
Forrest Miller and Ed Windes criticize forced labor at 30 cents an hour while Waite vacationing in Florida. The Peoples Voice urges police withdrawal and support for applicants refusing low-wage flood-work, questioning Waite's stance.
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Forrest Miller
Waite
Peoples Voice
Miller
Ed Windes
Florida
Eight men assigned to Newberry Construction on flood clearance
The next morning February 5 Napier and eight men were sent to the Newberry Construction Co railroad contractors at 1728 Powers Street Cumminsville for flood clearance work. The company is doing a B and O flood clearance job at two dollars eighty cents for eleven hours.
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Napier
Newberry Construction Co
Powers Street
Cumminsville
Newberry & Co
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Herbert
Bigelow
Crosley
Kroger
Chevrolet
John Baei
Labor
Mr. Schott
Coney Island
Rarin
Court Street
Bolivars
City Hall
Jimmie O'Connell
Bheen
City Solicitor's
Jimmie
Congress
Mr. Bigelow
Charley Boyle
Nard
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