Digest of Code That May Rule Retail Stores
A proposed National Recovery Act retail code aims to ensure fair treatment for employees, curb unfair price cutting, and regulate advertising. It sets minimum wages by town size, a 48 hour work week with season exceptions, and rights to organize. It also outlines penalties for underpricing and misrepresentation, with a National and Local Retail Recovery Board structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Hugh S. Johnson
National Recovery Act
Retail Recovery Board
National Retail Recovery Board
Community Notices and Visits From Orangeville Residents
Orangeville residents and visitors are listed for weekends and weekdays. Mrs Pat Miller and daughter Geraldine visited the Dorihoos. Miss Gladys Taylor spent time with Miss Ruby Joe West. families including Jones, Holt, Snow, Wilson, and Ownby are noted visiting relatives and friends in Lamar County Trenton and surrounding areas. A minor arm injury to Nina Marie Pierce occurred during play and was treated by a doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Miller
Geraldine
Sam Dorihoo
Gladys Taylor
Ruby Joe West
Lucian Jones
Trenton
Jewel Dean Holt
Day Snow
Lamar County
Jimmie Wilson
Cecil Watson
Nina Marie Pierce
Addian Ownby
Lillian Busbee
Alma Wilder
L. B. Miller
Lonnie Holt
Frank Holt
Dan Harris
Paul Bowen
Mary Evelyn
Clarence Mayes
Lawrence Burden
John Will Burden
Marie
Lois Wilder
Bruce Robinson
C. C. Merritt
Methodist Church
Nell Brown
William Clark
Sherman
Jim Ownby
C. L. Worsham
Grove Hill
Sam Donihoo
Jimmie Bowen
Lorance
Rain hoped for amid drought in Ely community
Ely residents report ground so dry cracks in stubble and corn fields and urge rain to help cotton gardens and late corn. Threshing finished as people await rainfall. grain is light in spots, blamed by some on spring rains. Local sickness noted with measles cases, appendicitis surgery, and several family health updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Clark
Roland Blanton
Sunday Visits and Church Reminders Note
Social visit recap mentions Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Burden and family Mrs. Joe Smith and family and Mr. and Mrs. Pat Miller and daughter with Mr. J. D. Richey. Baptist Church preaching announced for Saturday night Sunday morning and Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Burden
Joe Smith
Pat Miller
J. D. Richey
The
Baptist Church
Toll Bridge Case Judgment Recorded
A federal court in Kansas City awarded the Red River Bridge Company 168000 in a condemnation suit heard by Judge John C. Pollock. The case ties to the Red River toll bridge from Durant Oklahoma to Denison Texas and the Choctaw Nation franchise. The state of Oklahoma challenged the franchise, but the judge upheld it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Red River Bridge Company
Federal District Court
John C. Pollock
Pollock
Muskogee
Red River
Durant
Okla
Denison
Texas
Choctaw Nation
Red River Company
State of Oklahoma
M. E. Rosser
State of
Oklahoma
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
J. W. Bailey Jr
J. R. Handy
W. E. Lewis
United States
Takes issue with recovery plans
Edmund Platt vice president of the Midland Marine Corporation in New York denounces administration banking recovery steps. He argues 1932 as a presidential year interrupted progress and says suspending gold payments or repudiating government contracts were unnecessary, calling Roosevelt’s remarks specious and oversimplified.
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University
Edmund Platt
Midland Marine Corporation
New York
Roosevelt
Scottish minister meets old friend on rounds
A Scottish minister on visiting rounds encounters his old friend Jock who replies that the world has been treating him very seldom, hinting at hardship. The brief exchange captures a moment of melancholy and wit between two locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jock
Hogwallow News Bits and Local Notes
Columbus Allsop was seen at Rye Straw store pricing an entire sack of flour. Hog Ford Baptist Church roof is being replaced after years of leaks. The Wild Onion School Teacher defends a dictionary purchase as tax money well spent. Jeff Potlocks remarks that many dogs have owners who are not worth much. The Depuy Constable notes law violators restrain when mud is deep and tracking is easier.
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Columbus Allsop
Rye Straw
Hog Ford Baptist Church
Wild Onion
Depuy
State Fair of Texas Plans 47th Annual Exposition
The State Fair of Texas outlines a forward marching plan since 1886, aiming to remain the world’s largest state fair and the world’s second largest exposition. Officers pledge continued service to community district and state, urging Texans to support and spend locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
American National Retail Jewelers Association
National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers
National Association of Retail Druggists
National Association of Retail Grocers
National Retail Furniture Association
National Retail Hardware Association
National Shoe
Toc
T. W. Ayres & Son Whitewright’s New Dry Goods Store
Mid-Western
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico Waterway
Uss Wilmette
Michigan Link Bridge
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Mississippi Valley
Orangeville News
Ely News
Vernon Melugin
Lester Partridge
Carson
Garland Burchfield
Arkansas
Garland
Joe Partridge
Liddie Hodge
Ida Partridge
Vess Slaughter
England
R. R. Waldo
Frank Harvey
Ely
E. D. Barlow
Greenville
L. LaRoe
Kimbell Milling Company
Business
Whitewright Sun
Honaker Grain & Hatchery
Farmersville
Tex
Auto Finance Company OF
Sherman F
W. Creager
MGR
Hogwallow News
Jeff Potlocks
Prince Albert Tobacco
St. Joseph’s
Cardus
Silver Bell
Lic
Boc
Nicholson
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