Pecan shellers go out on strike

The first-of-its-kind strike by thousands of San Antonio pecan shellers entered its fifth week on Feb. 28, 1938 with no settlement in sight. Eighty-five years ago, half of all commercial pecans in the United States were grown in Texas, and half of those came from groves within 250 miles of San Antonio. Geography and an inexhaustible supply of cheap labor made the Alamo City the perfect place for…