Morrell pork-cut dispute idles 700 workers again
In Ottumwa Iowa on September 22 the John Morrell and Company pork-cut department dispute again idled about 700 workers. The firm ordered a five day suspension for 150 pork-cut workers and told 550 allied department employees there will be no work until pork-cut workers are reinstated Friday. Federal conciliator Walter C White quit efforts to broker a contract between the company and the CIO United Packinghouse Workers. Union officials blamed new time study standards for the overload and job difficulty.
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Walter C. White
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Six Arrested in $60,000 Carolina Bank Robbery
In Columbus North Carolina, six of seven suspects in a $60,000 bank heist were arrested after a swift manhunt led by local and federal officers. FBI reported recovery of most loot. a bloodhound track led to capture near Creswell. The gang included one white man and six black men. leader Harry Everett Morrison confessed to directing the crime.
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Ebelsheiser murder trial set for September 28
The Ebelsheiser trial on a first degree murder charge in the death of Earl Robertson, a Hedrick farmer, will begin September 28. District Judge Edward Summons overruled a motion to quash the Wapello county grand jury indictment. Ebelsheiser pleaded innocent.
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Edward Ebelsheiser
Earl Robertson
Hedrick Farmer
Edward Summons
Wapello County
Ebelsheiser
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