Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1932, Page 22

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO ALL FORD WORKERS GET PAY REDUCTION Minimum of 50 Cents Per| Hour to Be Paid for Labor at Dearborn. By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, September 30.—The Ford Motor Co. yesterday announced ‘“pay adjustments” affecting all employes of the company from the highest execu- tive down. ‘The statement said the new minimum | for common labor will be 50 cents an hour, but the majority of the factory employes will qreceive 6212 cents an hour. Company’s Statement. ‘The statement in full, said: “From the highest executive to the ordinary laborer, Ford employes will re- ceive pay adjustments, which it is hoped will be temporary, based on a reclassification of the types of work performed. “For common labor, a ‘hiring-in’ minimum of 50 cents an hour has been scheduled. The new minimum for semi- skilled labor is 62!, cents an hour. Skilled labor receiv s former mini- mum of 75 cents hour, unchanged. “The actual w from the minimum ““This leaves the zures upward Motor Co. wage schedule the highest in the automotive industry. Eight-Hour Day. “A comparatively small number of men willebe affected by the lowest brackets, the majority receiving 62! cents per hour and upward.” The Ford working day is eight hours At the Dearborn factory most of the men are employed three or four days a week and some work five days. Henry Ford announced establishment of a minimum of $5 a day for his em- ployes nearly 20 years ago. This sub- sequently was raised to $6 and, in the Fall of 1929, to $7. A return to the $6 scale was announced about a year ago. = o X Dance to Benefit Seniors. LEONARDTOWN, Md.. September 30 (Special).—For the benefit of the senior class of the Great Mills High School, a dance will be given at Piney Point to- morrow at 9 p.m. paid will range| Married 50 Years COUPLE CELEBEATE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY HERE. . | | MR. AND MRS. M. S. MURRAY, | Who celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary Wednesday with a mass at | the Sacred Heart Church in the morn- | ing and a reception at their hcme, 3335 | Eighteenth street, in the afternoon. Rev. Joseph Edwards, a cousin of Mrs. Murray, said the mass, coming here from Chicago for that purpose. The couple’s celebration was partici- pated in by three sons and a daughter, Edward C. Murray, John W. Murray and Dr. Francis Murray of Washington and Mrs. Charles P. Conway of New Rochelle. N. Y. and three grandchil- dren. The couple was married at Fall Brook, Pa, September 28, 1882. The bride was Miss Nan Dwyer. Mr. Mur~ ray is a retired hotel man. 'TWO WUMEN ARE SHOT BY ANOTHER IN FIGHT Wie of Missouri Political Lender Accused One of Being Friendly ‘With Husband. By the Assoctated Press. CHARLESTON, Mo., September 30. —Two women were in serious condition today after they were shot by Mrs. Ward De Field, wife of the Mississippi | County assessor and a prominent Dem- ocratic politician in Southeast Missouri. Mrs. Rosa Rummel, 30, was taken to ro, Ill., hospital with/a wound in llu abdomen. The bullet which wound- ed her passed through the chest of her sister, Miss Myrtle Layton, who had interposed her body between Mrs. De Field and Mrs. Rummel in an effort to protect Mrs. Rummel. Miss Layton will recover. Officers said Mrs. De Field explained her act by accusing Mrs. Rummel of Leing too friendly with De Field. All Chambers of Commerce in the Philippines are reported to favor re- ! quction of the sales tax. The PALAIS ROYAL Saturday Only! FREE—2 pound of 60c Homemade . . M Candies With Every Pound You Buy! Two Pounds for the Price of One! Included our entire 60c assortment of Butter Creams, Nut pieces, Hard and Chewy and other favorite pieces. 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