, The Government's trouble shooter
was Assistant Secretary of Labor
E. F. McGrady who arrived during
the afternoon by airplane from
Washington, D.C. McGrady was in
strumental in bringing about a
truce in the bloody 1934 maritime
strike. He conferred with the Gov
ernment Labor conciliators, E. P.
Marsh and E. H. Fitzgerald, and as
, an initial move toward averting a
new crisis when the present agree
p ment expires Wednesday with the
International Longshoremens Asso
ciation.
15-Day Extension
McGrady proposed a 15-day ex
tension of the present agreement to
give opportunity for negotiating new
contracts.
Employers held no assurance that
negotiations could be completed
within 15 days and intimated for an
extension of the present agreement
t for 30 days providing the longshore
men would agree that all proposals
not settled between the employers
and the union would be submitted
to arbitration.
The longshoremen previously re
fused to arbitrate the matter of hir
ing halls.
Modern Youth
t
MANTEO, N., C., Sept. 28,—Ti>e
son of Mr. and Mrs. Desomnd
Rogers is 16 day$ old and has seven
“ teeth. V , >.
The baby had fomV solid upper
teeth at birth. Three others since
have appeared in the lower jaw.
• Czar’s Bandmaster
h Now on Main Streel
PERRY, Okla., Sept. 28. — Prof
Leopold Radgowsky, once director
, of the Russian Czar's imperial
band, recently was granted citi
zenship here. Since coming to the
United States Radgowsky once was
forced to flee to Mexico to avoid
being extradited to Russia.
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NOME SCHOOL FINISHED
*• The new school building at Nome
has been finished, according tc
a message to the office of the
Commissioner of Education from
I Ray Peterman, contractor, who said
the Work had been accepted bj
the city of Nome.
