Year Round Work Hopes For Building Trades
New York July 31 The Commerce Department reports 2 465 039 people work in the U S building industry which generates over a billion dollars annually Yet workers in building trades are employed only three to five months Sizable winter work may now be possible with modern heating and machinery The report urges scheduling year round work to stabilize employment and purchasing power for skilled workers listed by occupation with totals from 1920
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New York
United States
Department of Commerce
Hoover
Department of Labor
Department of Comerce
Aso
Wee
Division charts aid seasonal building during the off season
The division of building and housing within the department of commerce proposes a chart to display seasonal unemployment to help schedule new construction and repairs. After filling, the chart can be blueprinted and shared with builders and architects, and copies sent to Washington for record to speed up the division's work.
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Department of Commerce
Usain
Washington
William Dickman 87 Pioneer of Bremer Dies in Oelwein
William Dickman 87, pioneer of Bremer, dies at the home of a daughter in Oelwein following a short illness. He attended a reunion at Murphy chapel the previous Sunday. Survived by four daughters and three sons including J W Dickman of Upper Iowa University. Funeral planned from Murphy chapel.
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William Dickman
Bremer
Oelwein
Sumner
Rodh Irence
Olwein
Dickman
Murphy Chapel
J. W. Dickman
Upper Iowa University
California
Parcel post exports double since January surpassing two million monthly
The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce reports parcel post exports have more than doubled since January. For the first five months, $8,300,452 of goods were sent abroad by parcel post, with clothing and dry goods making up a quarter of shipments followed by optical goods, leather and leather goods, tar and jewelry.
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Washington, D. C
Parcelpostem
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
The
Commerce Department
Parcel Post
Algonquin aids Aleutians crew en route to Attu and Nazan harbor
Coast Guard cutter Algonquin provides medical and dental aid to Aleut inland Indians at Navan harbor and plans to reach Attu Island this weekend. British flyer MacLaren and party may arrive during a two to three day layover, weather and fogs delaying communications with Petro Pinsk, Nazan harbor hosts fuel and landing facilities.
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Coast Guard
MacLaren
Nazan Harbor
United States Coast Guard
Associated Press
St. Paul Island
A. Stuart MacLaren
Globe
Pétropleysk
Algonquin
Mhiepval
Nazan
Afka Island
Desperate Criminal Sent Home Free by Surgery
Antone Wrobleski, once one of the era's most wanted burglars, was discharged after a Napa mental health operation. A Portland capture and a 1924 Napa commitment preceded a six month ago surgery that doctors say left him sane. The dismissal of charges sent him home to Detroit.
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Oakland
Cal
Antone Wrobleski
Wrobleski
Hoa
Portland
Ore
State Hospital
Napa
Wea
Tony
Detroit
Congressmen Debate 1924 Issues at Henderson Chautauqua
Rep J W Tincher of Kansas and Rep A W Barkley of Kentucky plan a joint debate on political issues of the 1924 campaign before a Chautauqua audience in Henderson Iowa tonight.
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Henderson
J. W. Tineher
Republian
Kansas
A. W. Barkley
Kentucky
Streetcar Line Merger Cuts Schedules and Routes
The W., C. P. F., and N. combine Byrnes Park to Cottage Streetcar lines with a 20 minute loop from Byrnes Park to Cottage Street endpoints. Sullivan Avenue cars are eliminated and three blocks of Linden Avenue tracks will be abandoned. Routing shifts move traffic Lafayette to Colorado Mulberry, easing congestion and cutting a $6000 Linden assessment. City council authorized both changes.
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Byrnes Park
Cottage
Cottage Street
Cottage-Sullivan
Sullivan Avenue
Star
Landan
Linden Avenue
Lafayette
Colorado
Mulberry
Linden
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