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...have lost confidence in Judge Sullivan," said a union leader. Thus the strike began. Last week two Federal mediators were trying to patch up the dispute. Chief danger was that the livestock handlers might persuade the Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen to strike in sympathy, thus closing the huge packing houses and threatening a meat famine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Hell on the Hoof | 8/6/1934 | See Source »

...born on the morrow. Brilliant in churchly regalia, a solemn procession moved up the aisle toward the candle-decked altar. When Archbishop Leon Tourian, tall, grey-bearded primate of his Church in America, drew abreast of them, the men did what they had come for. A double-edged butcher knife flashed once, vanished in the Archbishop's abdomen. (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 | 7/23/1934 | See Source »

...anti-Tashnag spectators. There was none. Found guilty of first-degree manslaughter were Defendants Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. They faced prison sentences up to 20 years. Found guilty of first-degree murder with Death as the penalty were Defendant No. 1 who held the butcher knife, Defendant No. 2 who held the Archbishop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 | 7/23/1934 | See Source »

...crowd of 60.000 Baer's reaction was amazing. With a blow of his right hand, which he swings as if it still held the meat axe with which he used to butcher heifers, he knocked Carnera down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Clown into Champion | 6/25/1934 | See Source »

...pays his bills the most promptly- butcher, baker or candlestick maker? From credit men the length & breadth of the land Professor Paul D. Converse of the University of Illinois sought the answer. When his data were assembled, the National Association of Finance Companies arranged the answers by occupational groups on a percentage basis. Last week Cleveland Trust Co. charted the results. No class was rated 100%. At the top were office clerks with 92%. Various types of storekeepers ranked below clerks and just ahead of schoolteachers (85%) and railroad trainmen. Dentists (82%) and doctors (80%) were not far ahead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Who Pays Bills? | 6/25/1934 | See Source »

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