VIOLATION OF N.R.A.
TAILOR GETS THIRTY DAYS NEW YORK. 21st April. What is believed to be the first gaol term for violation of the National Recovery Act was imposed on a Jersey city tailor, who was sentenced to thirty days’ imprisonment and fined 100 dollars for charging 35 cents to press a suit, compared with the N.R.A. code minimum of 40 cents. The tailor maintained a small shop with no helpers, lie said be supported bis family on a limited business which ho was only able to attract by cutting prices of the big operators. The court expressed sympathy but insisted that the law must be enforced.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 23 April 1934, Page 5
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107VIOLATION OF N.R.A. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 23 April 1934, Page 5
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