BIG DROP IN TRADE
SHIPPING STRIKE HITS CALIFORNIA (Received 10 a.m.) LOS ANGELES, November 30. The collector of Customs at Los Angeles announces that, as the result of the shipping strike, Southern California’s imports in November were valued at 1,250,000 dollars, compared with 4,912,000 in November, 192:1. Exports were valued at 3,071,000 dollars, compared with 7,324,000. It is expected that there will be a worse drop next month. Two more unions—those of the marine telegraphists and the oilers, with a total membership of 9500, decided to join the strike at the Atlantic and Gulf ports.
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Northern Advocate, 2 December 1936, Page 7
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