Word: worke
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After going scoreless for four innings, Harvard garned six more tallies during its three final innings at bat. Shoddy baseball by the Hilltoppers and concerted bat work on the offerings of two relief twirlers gave the Crimson its markers...
...cinema patrons the "talkies" are only a new form of amusement. But to the American Federation of Musicians they are an unprecedented affliction. Since the introduction of sound films, it is estimated that 35,000 musicians have been thrown out of work. As current contracts expire this number will grow fast. In some places, not even current contracts are saving the musicians...
Meanwhile, the average weekly demand for musicians at member-studios of the Association of Motion Picture Producers is from 150 to 175 players. Weekly pay checks for such positions run high, ranging from $350 to $600. But the average musician out of work is not qualified for the job. Only men of highest calibre are equipped for the delicate work of recording for synchronized sound films. And the cinema studios are already beginning to cut down the size of their recording personnel...
...solution is in sight. Where are 35,000 men, trained to be violinists, saxophonists, drummers, trumpeters, to find work...
...Musicians' Federation jumped off and on his train anxiously at several cities, to ask questions, give advice, promise what he could. Small, German-born, energetic, "Joe" Weber used to be an able windman in the Cincinnati Symphony. The Musicians' Union, largely "Joe" Weber's work, is one of the strongest labor organizations in the land - or was, until talkies came. For himself, "Joe" Weber does not have to worry. Besides being a musician, he is a prosperous adept in the science-art of Chiropractic...