Naval officials see employment on the increase
Washington reports a national shipbuilding program will put 21 ships under private bids and 16 in government yards. Admiral Standley says unemployment will be absorbed as work begins, with a five day 40 hour week for shore staff and 44 000 workers affected. The plan is funded from public works money and aims to boost allied industries nationwide.
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Aiti
Atlantic
Pacific
William H. Standley
Naval Operations
Navy
National Recovery Administration
Standley
United States
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General Strike Threatens Cuba Across Island
Havana reports an island wide general strike looms as busmen taxi drivers and street car crews join in. Rail workers in Camaguey and other regions appear set to walk out, threatening all rail traffic and halting gasoline sales at Havana stations as ballots push for a midnight strike.
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Cuba
Florida
Caan
Carmen
Pinar del Rio
Matazas
Santa Clara
Actress Janet Graves Wins Annulment in Los Angeles
Janet Sheppard Graves, daughter of Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas, has had her marriage to William Graves of Rye, New York annulled in a Los Angeles court. Secretly married eight months ago in New York, she will remain in Hollywood to pursue a motion picture career despite her husband’s objections.
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Rye
N. Y
Janet Sheppard Graves
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Los Angeles
New York
Miss Sheppard
Hollywood
Idle 24 Hours Protest Press Law in House Debate
Newspapers nationwide attack the bill as extending censorship as lawmakers plan to consider it next Tuesday. The wave of strikes spreads rapidly amid Cuban labor unrest driven by falling wages, though motive remains hard to discern.
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House of Representatives
Roosevelt Pushes Immediate Home Aid Relief Plan
President Roosevelt urged rapid use of two billion dollars for home owners relief and debt reduction. Vincent Dailey of the Home Owners Loan Corporation said New York would swap 4 percent bonds for higher interest mortgages next week. The president also discussed FTC matters with Raymond Stephens as a reorganization of the commission is considered.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Vincent Dailey
Home Owners Loan Corporation
New York State
Dailey
Mather
Empire State
Raymond Stephens
Wage Codes Set For Zinc Mining And Laundry Industry
Recovery Administrator Hugh S. Johnson announced wage schedules under the wartime codes for zinc mining and the laundry industry. Rates range from 14 to 40 cents per hour with regional variations and a 45 hour week. The measures affect about 200000 workers, boosting annual wages by roughly 35 million dollars.
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Onnnet Trorre
Ney
Roosevelt
Hugh 8. Johnson
South
Mississippi Valley
Virginia
Tennessee
Southwest
Regional Pay Scales and Benefits Across States
The report outlines wage distributions for various worker groups across regions. It lists 32 and 35 cents in the southwest and east respectively, with ten percent reductions applying. Office workers receive minimums from $13 to $14 depending on city size, plus a weekly $1 allowance in southern states including Virginia, West Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, and others.
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Virginia
West Virginia
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Kentucky
Maryland
District of Columbia
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Luisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Balbo Chooses Azores Route for Return Flight
General Italo Balbo commander of twenty four Italian seaplanes says from Shoal Harbor Newfoundland he will return via the Azores and Lisbon Spain due to continued bad weather. The start date for the new route was not given.
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Rome
Italy
Italo Balbo
Shoal Harbor
Newfoundland
Azores
Libson
Spain
Chicago Grain Market Prices and Quotations
Closing quotations show Chicago futures at September 97 percent, December 1.01, May 1.05. Baltimore spot 0.9 percent and Winchester spot 0.85 percent. Prices cited by dealers in cash and futures through the Chester Corporation at No 26 North Washington Street Hagerstown Maryland.
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Chester Corporation
Stickell
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Chicago
Winchester
Forest Fire Loss in Canada 1922 81 At About One Dollar Per Capita
Figures from the forest service show Canada’s average annual forest fire loss for 1922 81 at about 10.06 million dollars. With a population around 26 million the loss equates to roughly one dollar per resident per year. The data come from the Department of the Interior’s forest service.
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Dominion
Forest Service
Department of the Interior
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