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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Hardly had Goodrich's trouble subsided than more serious trouble broke out for Goodrich's neighbor. Goodyear. In Goodyear's (and the world's) largest tire plant U. R. W. members had been grousing because they could not obtain a signed agreement despite an 8-3 labor election victory last year. Lately they have groused about alleged layoff discriminations. When U. R. W. negotiators and Goodyear management got nowhere last week West Akron's forebodings were partly and bloodily realized...
Great Britain's colonial administrators have had for 100 years the vexing and recurrent problem of the whites and blacks in Jamaica, her largest West Indian possession. Anticipating complete emancipation by seven years, Jamaica's slaves first rose in a quickly-crushed rebellion in 1831. Independent white planters, resentful of London interference, vehemently opposed the British Abolition of Slavery Act of 1833, kept the blacks in serfdom if not in slavery until 1865. That year they had the man's-size job of quelling a first-class black revolution in which 608 people were killed. Jamaica legend...
First act of the new Cabinet was to order more troops to China. Soldiers left Japan last week in the largest number since the initial shipments in September. Army officers roamed the streets commandeering commercial trucks. One U. S. automobile branch agency was given a rush order for 1,800 machines. Next step observers last week believed imminent was the complete application of the National Mobilization Act, which would place the nation on full wartime footing, give the army virtual control over industry and all phases of national life...
...been determined fundamentally by economic forces. Almost every occupation fits into the economic structure, and for certain ones like government and business, a knowledge of the economic structure is essential. The field of Economics increased 20 per cent from 1935-36 to 1937-38 and is now the largest in College with 477 concentrators...
...Both were easier than expected. Course C is intended for those who want to pursue study in grammar and composition. It is not so easy and to those not interested in grammar is dull. French E is the course for those who pass the cp8 entrance examination, is the largest French course, and is divided into sectiontions on Drama, Science, History, and Literature. It is well liked, not too hard...