1922- 1955
1930 - Startling facts disclosed in registration of unemployed
Startling facts disclosed in registration of unemployed Registration result work trade unions Lines of unemployed were waiting for registration to get under way Many show marks of much hardship Organized Labor to make powerful drive for shorter hours, higher wages Minneapolis Labor Review, November 28, 1930 excerpts - Startling facts were being disclosed as the registration of the unemployed proceeded Tuesday afternoon. Not the least of these was the fact that a cursory examination of registration cards indicated that those registering had not averaged over three months work during the last year. The cards disclosed some workers had toiled 80 and 98 hours a week when employed for a paltry wage of 25 cents an hour. . . . . . A surprise of the registration was the large number registering in what some choose to consider the better residential districts. In the Van Cleve Park district on the East Side the registration was so heavy that it was felt an added supply of questionnaires would be necessary. . . |
1945 - Stanchfield entry evokes enthusiasm
Stanchfield entry evokes enthusiasm Labor indorsed [sic] aldermanic candidate in 2nd ward member Milk Drivers Minneapolis Labor Review, April 26, 1945 excerpt - . . . [Dale} Stanchfield, who is 36 years old, was born in the second ward, and is a graduate of Tuttle school and Marshall high school. His wife, the former Evelyn Melrose, is also a native of the second ward. For the last nine years Stanchfield has been an active member of Milk Drivers union local 471, during which time he has worked in his ward and has come to know the people of the ward and their problems. The Stanchfields have two children and reside at 1005 Twenty-fourth Avenue Southeast. Mr. Stanchfield is a member of a pioneer Minneapolis family. . . |
1926 - Bosses win tug of war at milk picnic
Bosses win tug of war at milk picnic Astonished crowd sees husky employees go down in defeat Minneapolis Labor Review, July 23, 1926 excerpt - . . . The victorious team was composed of Ed Elwell and Alden Elwell of the Northland, N.I. Nordbye, T.A. Eide and John Mattson of the Franklin and C. Johnson of the Johnson Pure Milk company. . . |
1942 - Council for trying zoning milk delivery
Council for trying zoning milk delivery Elwell says Northland in favor of abolishing all retail milk deliveries Minneapolis Labor Review, September 17, 1942 excerpts - . . . That was to zone the city for milk distribution so that there is but one milk wagon delivering on any street, making the milk business a public utility and so making the city the milkman was also considered. . . . . . Mr. Elwell of Northland Creamery made it plain that concern opposed all deliveries. Elwell has advocated this for years. . . . |
1937 - Former Alderman killed in fall
Appeared in the Wednesday, February 24, 1937 edition of The Southeast Mirror James F. Wallace, 74, former second ward alderman, was killed Friday night when he fell from a "manlift" at Bunge elevator, Thirteenth & Brook Aves SE, where he was employed as a night watchman. Wallace apparently slipped from the platform, fixed to a vertical conveyor belt which is used as an elevator. He suffered a broken back and crushed chest. Wallace was elected to the city council in November 1916. He is survived by a daughter, Helen Mary, and lived at 1004 16th Ave. SE |
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