The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-06
Thousands OfMen On
 Way Back To Jobs
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7.000 men to its payroll, the Monon lines between 600 and 800 the Rock Island issued work call. to 2.500 and the Santa Fe to 5000: the Missouri Pacific and Missouri. Kansas Texas rehired 1.400 at Sc. dalia. Mo, and the Missouri Paeifi; alone took back 200 at Kansas City and the Southern Pacific gave jobs to 900. Detroit automotive plants. in cluding the Ford Motor Company, added 22,O00 workers. and Ford branches at Denver and St Paul, 1850. Eleven Cleveland indus. tries. six connected with automotivt products, restored 1900 employees Chicago, Jan 6.-UP)-Thou. sands of working men who have been without employment for the last few months will be back at work | before the end of January, accord. ing to announcements by railroad of- ficials in Chicago.
 Approximately 1000 men re- turned to work yesterday on the Chicago & North Western Railroad System, Vice President Frank Wal ters announced. About half of them he said, were in Chicago.
 | H. P. Kurrie, vice president of the Monon Lines, said between 600 and 800 men went back to work yester- day in the car and mechanical shops of his line. They will work on a part time basis for the pres. ent, he said.
 On the Rock Island Lines, ap. proximately 2,500 additional mer probably will be given work this month. l.. c. Fritch, vice president announced. The men, he said would be employed tentatively in the shops, but might be retained per. manently.
 N. w. Willard, assistant to the president of the Santa Fe railroad about 5000 additional men early this year to lay new tracks and that the work would last until August. | Denver, Colo, Jan 6.-UP)-Un. employment in Denver stood 75C units less to-day as the result o1 resumption of operatoins at the To. cal branch of the Ford Motor Co. Stimulation of sales and small dealer stock was advanced by of- ficials of the company as the reason for the increase in personnel.
 The employment is expected to relieve teh financial strain on al least 5000 persons and will be aug mented until it reaches a peak ir the spring.
 Approximately 200 men were re. called to work to-day by action o1 the city council in approving fur. ther construction plans for the Albany N. Y, Jan 6.-UP)- Some 1000 men, laid off for more than month. returned to work yesterday at the West Albany shops of the New York, Central railroad Resumption of work was simultane. ous with the return of thousands o1 employees at the East Buffalo and Depew shops of the railroad.
 Pittsburg, Jan 6.-(UP)-Rail. roads, steel mills, coal mines and other industries in the Tri-state district are recalling furloughed mer or adding to their working forces giving employment to thousands o1 men, survey since the first of the year showed to-day.
 At least 12,000 have returned tc work or are expected to be recalled within the next few days. It was estimated 5000 men already have returned to work in western Penn. l fa notU tofo
 Projects and expansion programs talready announced call for return of at least another 1000 men in the district this month.
 Detroit. Jan 6.-(UP)-Approx mately 22.0O0 automobile workers have returned to their jobs in this territory since the first of the year at four plants where men were dropped for the mid winter inven. tory.
 The plants taking old employees back again were the Ford Motor company's Rouge plant, the Buick company at Flint, Mich. the Cadil. lac plant in Detroit. and the Eas Windsor, Ont. plant of the Ford Motor company of Canada. HarrlSburg, Pa, Jan 6.-UP)- Employment for nearly 1000 per. sons will be provided by the open. ing of two new factories at Al. lentown and a cotton plant neal Harrisburg. the Pennsylvania em. ployment bureau reported to-day. A silk mill at Allentown will give work to 225 and a neckwear con. cern there will employ 200 persons | In the Harrisburg district, several new textile plants started operatoins the first of the year employing from | 100 to 200 persons each.
 Cleveland. Jan Eleven Cleveland industries have taken on 1900 men in the past ten days, re- | ports of the Cleveland employment