Open Letter on Washington Scene and Labor Bills
A congressman writes of this week in Washington noting the labor standards bill moving through the Senate 56 to 28 and delayed by committee rewriting. He mentions the Wagner housing bill backed by LaGuardia and Byrd aimed at rehousing 875000 families, with a Senate cap of 4000 dollars per unit. He reports on tax loophole work, naval ship cost projections at 150 million, and pay figures for Alfred P Sloan Jr. He discusses the Supreme Court vacancy chatter, and political party forecasts for 1940 in a personal open letter from "Solon."
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Mr. Roosevelt
Senate
House Labor Committee
Bill Green
The
Labor Federation
Labor Standards Board
AFL Green
CIO Lewis
Wagner
LaGuardia
New York
Byrd
Navy
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors
Securities Commission
Ickes
Sam
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
van Devanter
Arthur Vandenberg
Bill Borah
Congress
Senate Democrats
Jim Farley
Vandenberg
Solon
Roosevelt vetoes bill to rename chemical warfare service
President Roosevelt blocks a bill changing the chemical warfare service name to chemical corps saying the government will outlaw chemical weapon use. George Palmer Putnam tells G men Amelia Earhart found and a seaman will return her for 2000 dollars. A New Yorker is arrested for attempted extortion.
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Roosevelt
Chemical Warfare Service
Chemical Corps
George Palmer Putnam
G- Men
Amelia Earhart
Bootlegging Coal Hubs Rise as Mines Close
Amid a broad coal problem, idle Pennsylvania miners poach coal for private use and bootlegging grows into a big trade. Attor ney General Margiotti proposes an anthracite authority to seize closed lands and abandoned mines until private leasing resumes.
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Pennsylvania
Margiotti
Earle
Europe
Figures Crops Highlight U S Wheat and Corn Output
Chicago reports U S farmers will harvest 4 813 000 000 bushels of wheat corn oats and rye this year up from 2 964 000 000 last year. Trade data show imports exceeded exports by 147 321 000 in the first half of the year, versus a 9 548 000 surplus a year ago.
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Chicago
U. S
Sullivan elected Tam many’s chief amid mayoral race shift
Christopher D. Sullivan a slender white haired congressman since 1916 was elected Tam many’s chief. A native New Yorker and former state senator, he sits as a third ranking member of the house ways and means committee, noted for seldom speaking. His victory coincided with Grover Whalen's withdrawal from the Democratic mayoralty primary in favor of Jeremiah T. Mahoney.
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Christopher D. Sullivan
Tammany
Representative Sullivan
New Yorker
Washington
Membe
House
Ways and Means Committee
Grover Whalen
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
Virginia Democrats Nominate Price for Governor
James M. Price, a Richmond lawyer, is the Democratic nominee for Virginia governor. The party role call highlights his candidacy amid a slate of state political action.
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Virginia
James M. Price
Richmond
Manila
New York
Europe
Yamsay
Philadelphia
Warren
Charles E. Hires
Frederic Hans von Rosenberg
Henry Hardin Cherry
Western Kentucky Teachers College
Clinton L. Bardo
National Manufacturers’ Association
Eddie Duchin
Frederick R. Lehrbach
New Jersey
Shadow On The Land: Syphilis Campaign Expands Nationwide
Surgeon General Thomas Parran promotes a new book on syphilis while Chicago evaluators seek free secret blood tests with 7 567 willing and 520 opposed. Dentists aid the drive as Indianapolis and Alabama health officials join the anti syphilis crusade using state slogans and public education efforts.
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America
Thomas Parran
U. S. Public Health Service
Chicago
Indianapolis
State Medical Association
Indiana
Alabama
Safety push after Baltimore steamer disaster prompts sea reform
The Chesapeake Bay steamer City of Baltimore disaster last week claims three lives and spurs safety moves. Senate Commerce Committee approves bills for ashore passenger lists and stricter construction cargo rules as bids call for a new U S Lines flagship to survive flooding of three compartments with motorized radios in lifeboats. Coast Guard, rescuing about six thousand annually, marked 147 years old on Wednesday.
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Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Senate Commerce Committee
Maritime Commission
U. S. Lines
Leviathan
U. S. Coast Guard
Comet Discovered by Swiss Professor Visible This Week
A new comet found July 5 by Mathematics Professor Finsler of Switzerland may reach peak brightness soon. It is eight times Earth’s size with a 2,000,000 mile tail and could approach twice as close as the Sun.
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Finsler
Switzerland
Boy Wizard of Wall Street Faces SEC Expulsion
Michael J. Meehan, once famed for fortunes tied to RCA, is expelled from U S and curb exchanges by the Securities and Exchange Commission over Bellanca stock manipulation. Meehan, now 47 and long ill, earned the nickname for his bold trading. In Kentucky, NLRB examiners heard testimony about union clashes as Ben Unthank, once called the head road killer of the coal operators, testified to the senate.
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Michael J. Meehan
Radio Corporation of America
Wall Street
Securities Exchange Commission
Bellanca Aircraft Corporation
SEC
New York
New York Stocks and Curb Exchanges
Chicago Board of Trade
Meehan
Harlan County
Kentucky
NLRB
Ben Unthank
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Harlan County Coal Operators’ Association
United Mine Workers
Oxford Group movement draws mixed reactions in England
English religious critics debate the Oxford Group founded by American Frank Buchman. House parties and testimonials draw praise from some for practical faith while others call it shocking and exhibitionist. critics stress it is not tied to Oxford University and urge churches to frown upon its practices.
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Oxford Group
Frank N. D. Buchman
Margaret Rawlings
Oxford Little Theater
George Bernard Shaw
Lord Beaverbrook
London
Evening Standard
Oxford University
World Faith and Order Conference Opens in Scotland
Archbishop of York opens the World Conference on Faith and Order in Scotland urging Christian unity to counter rival worship practices and a resurgence of paganism. He stresses the church must call men to worship together and cooperate across Christian traditions.
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Scotland
Archbishop of
York
Paris styles feature bolder hats and longer skirts
Viscountess Hinchinbrooke wore blue linen pants to tea at the world’s most exclusive club during the royal yacht Squadron regatta this week at Cowes England and sparked chatter at the event.
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Paris
Hinchinbrooke
Cowes
England
Loyalists claim gains near Madrid and new front line
Insurgents report advances east of Madrid near Teruel and near Villanueva de la Canada while Loyalist General Miaja cites 20 000 casualties from a recent drive. Northern defense junta forms as League of Nations sanctions loom amid Palestine talks and foreign meddling.
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Stephen O. Fuqua
U. S
Valencia
Madrid
Teruel
Madrid-Valencia
Villanueva de la Canada
Miaja
World Education Conference Echoes War and Peace Debates
Educators at the World Education Conference in Tokyo heard calls against militarized schooling and praised peace while noting Japan’s advance in North China. Hu Shih urged defense of Chinese learning. Chiang Kai-shek warned of looming conflict as consulates prepared evacuations.
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Tokyo
Columbia University
Paul Monroe
Japan
China
Hu Shih
Hirotaro Hayashi
Manchuria
Peiping
Yenching University
Tientsin
Shantung Province
Tsinanfu
Chengchow
Henan
Chiang Kai-shek
Nanking
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Vila
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Republican Women Leaders’ Conference
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Oxford Argument
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League of Nations
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Panama Canal Zone
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