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- Coulee Dam, MWAK spikes theft rumors. - Only one pay check stolen at dam site--Sounding work continues
- 1936
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. MWAK. 1936-04-13. - Only one pay check stolen at dam site--Sounding work continues. - Coulee Dam, MWAK spikes theft rumors. - Only one pay check stolen at dam site--Sounding work continues. - A rumor prevalent at...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. MWAK. 1936-08-25
- Coulee Dam, MWAK has only one more duty
- 1938
- Coulee Dam, MWAK has only one more duty. - After river piling, great engineering firm goes into oblivion. - MWAK has completed cleaning in the bucket section of the dam, and this operation has been approved by federal agents. All that now remains...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. MWAK. 1938-03-09
- MWAK facing court battle
- 1936
- MWAK facing court battle. - Prosecuting attorney questions right to move bodies. - A court battle over whether or not the MWAK company has a right to move workmen accidently killed in the construction area located in Grant county, to funeral homes...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. MWAK. 1936-02-25
- Grant county taxes paid by MWAK company
- 1936
- Grant county taxes paid by MWAK company. - Two more cases scheduled on court calendar; one pleads guilty. - MWAK paid over $14,000 into the coffers of the Grand county treasurer Saturday, the sum covering tax assessments for 1935 on personal...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Taxes. 1936-03-16
- Grant county taxes paid by MWAK company
- 1936
- Grant county taxes paid by MWAK company. - Two more cases scheduled on court calendar; One pleads guilty. - MWAK paid over $14,000 into the coffers of the Grant county treasurer Saturday, the sum covering tax assessments for 1935 on personal...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Taxes. 1936-03-16
- MWAK trailer was real job
- 1934
- MWAK trailer was real job. - Construction of a 60-ton trailer for MWAK, which is being used for hauling machinery and other heavy loads to the MWAK dam construction work, presented several problems in engineering, including working out the proper...
- State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Equipment. 1934-11-14
- MWAK spikes theft rumors
- 1936
- MWAK spikes theft rumors. - Only one pay check stolen at dam site--sounding work continues. - A rumor prevalent at the dam site Saturday that a number of MWAK pay checks had been stolen from workmen living in the Mason City bunkhouses was declared...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. General. 1936-08-24
- Says MWAK notice was misinterpreted
- 1935
- Says MWAK notice was misinterpreted. - The dispute over an MWAK bulletin, which the Grand Coulee Business Men's association interpreted as "a threat" of the loss of job to single men if they did not live in Mason City, is settled for the time being.
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. MWAK. 1935-04-22
- Spokane calls to MWAK crew
- 1935
- Spokane calls to MWAK crew. - a check up reveals that nearly 90 per cent of MWAK office workers who go traveling go to Spokane for week-end trips.
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. MWAK. 1935-06-24
- MWAK year on job.
- 1935
- MWAK year on job. - Slightly less than a year ago, the MWAK company brought in its first equipment and started its contract.
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. MWAK. 1935-09-04
- MWAK urges A. F. of L.
- 1937
- MWAK urges A. F. of L. - The MWAK again urged its employees to affiliate with a "suitable" organization of the A. F. of L., reminding them of the agreement between the unions and the company signed last month, in the current company safety organ,...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. MWAK. 1937-08-28
- MWAK official has the measles
- 1935
- MWAK official has the measles. - It is nothing out of the ordinary for officials of the MWAK to get sick, as all other people will do that at various times.
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. MWAK. 1935-02-05
- MWAK betters concrete mark
- 1937
- MWAK betters concrete mark. - Concrete placing by the MWAK company this week mounted to 14,638 cubic yards in a 24-hour period, federal engineers reported today.
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. MWAK. 1937-08-26
- MWAK wins fight with Columbia-Maybe
- 1937
- MWAK wins fight with Columbia-Maybe. - The MWAK company's ceaseless more than a month long fight to keep the giant Columbia river in its new man-made diversion channel, after it broke through the steel, timber and earth cofferdams, menacing the...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. MWAK. 1937-04-30
- MWAK chairman's post is vacant
- 1936
- MWAK chairman's post is vacant. - The late Silas B. Mason's position as chairman of the board of the MWAK company, builder of the Grand Coulee dam, will not be filled at present, the board announced at its meeting held at Mason City last week.
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. MWAK. 1936-05-08
- MWAK company exceeding schedule
- 1936
- MWAK company exceeding schedule. - With 44.5 per cent of its alloted contract time expired, the MWAK company, constructing Grand Coulee dam, has accomplished work entitling it to $23,080,576 in gross earnings on October 1, according to a report by...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. MWAK. 1936-10-03
- MWAK company urges workers to join union
- 1937
- MWAK company urges workers to join union. - A bulletin was issued by the MWAK company, Grand Coulee dam contractors, urging its employees to become members of unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor.
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. MWAK. 1937-08-27
- MWAK company wins from river
- 1937
- MWAK company wins from river. - Indications are the MWAK company has won its final battle with the Columbia river. The river is receding, thereby reducing the pressure on the huge cofferdam system.
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. MWAK. 1937-07-09
- MWAK heads out at Coulee dam
- 1937
- MWAK heads out at Coulee dam. - Interior construction chiefs to be in charge--Follow boulder policy. - All officers and executive personnel of the MWAK company will relinquish their duties in connection with the further construction of Grand Coulee...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. MWAK. 1937-12-18
- No claims filed yet by MWAK
- 1938
- No claims filed yet by MWAK. - Formal demands to U. S. for excess work not presented. - No formal claim has as yet been made by MWAK against the government for sums in addition to those paid under their contract for work allegedly performed by them...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. MWAK. 1938-01-19