Hoffman Challenges NLRB Over Free Speech Rights
Representative Clare Hoffman denounces NLRB actions as curbing press and editorial freedom after the board ruled a Hoffman speech circulation as an unfair labor practice. The memo notes Hoffman will supply copies of the address at cost, urging readers to study it before joining C I O. The AFL warns Wagner act enforcement threatens democracy and labor movement freedom.
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Hoffman
N.L.R
Clare E. Hoffman
Michigan
National Labor Relations Board
House
Committee For Industrial Organization
Constitutional Educational League of New Haven, Conn
Texas picks a Yankee for governor in a Democratic primary
Texas Democrats nominated W. Lee O'Daniel of Ohio origin after a clear majority over 11 rivals. O'Daniel, a flour jobber, campaigned with a hillbilly band and a platform mocking professional politicians. National news highlighted Rep. Maury Maverick's renomination defeat by Paul Kilday as a sign of shifting support for the New Deal.
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Pexas
W. Lee O'Daniel
Ohio
Wee
Kansas
O'Daniel
O’davies
Maury Maverick
Jeader
Congress
Paul Kilday
San Antonio
Maverick
Kilday
W. D. MacFarlane
Morgan Sanders
Hull Presses Mexico Over Farm Lands Seizure
Secretary Hull, backed by President Roosevelt and Sen. Pittman, protests Mexico for seizing American owned farm lands and asks for arbitration. The administration warns that non arbitration could endanger Good Neighbor ties and provoke economic penalties.
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Hull
Cardenas
Mexico
Roosevelt
Sen
Key Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Insurgents Gain 23 Towns in Estramadura Drive
Spanish rebels pressed a southwest sweep through Estramadura to feint against Loyalist reinforcements and found defenses weak. They seized 23 towns and villages before Madrid allies signaled acceptance of an international plan to purge foreign forces. Franco expected to back the plan endorsed by Britain and the nonintervention committee.
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Estramadura
Barcelona
Spain
Franco
Great Britain
Disaster at Bogota arena leaves many dead and injured
A Colombian army plane crashed into a crowded Bogota grandstand during an aviation review, killing thirty seven and wounding one hundred fifty. The event drew high level attendees including Colombia’s president and president elect, with the aircraft plummeting into the packed crowd as it attempted an acrobatic pass. In Haifa Palestine a bomb exploded in the market killing thirty nine and injuring many, triggering Arab Jewish clashes and panic among foreign visitors.
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Bogota
Colombia
Pick-a-Back Flies Sea Me ricury to New York flight
The top part of the British pick-a-back sea plane separated from the main hull about a thousand feet above Foynes Ireland and sped across the North Atlantic without mishap. It crossed Botwood Newfoundland and flew 850 miles to Montreal then to New York after refueling, totaling 20 hours 20 minutes.
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Main
Foynes
Ireland
North Atlantic
Botwood
Newfoundland
Montreal
St. Lawrence
New York
Film Companies Sued in Moving Picture Monopolies Case
Government anti trust action seeks to break up major film firms and related entities in a suit filed in New York Federal Court. The request asks divestiture of theater ownership and production assets to curb alleged monopolistic power affecting independent exhibitors. Named parties include Paramount, Loew’s, Warner, Fox, Columbia, Universal, United Artists, and Radio Keith Orpheum trustees.
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Cummings
Atty. Gen
Southern District of
New York
Henry W. Goddard
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc
Twentieth Century- Fox Film Corporation
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Universal Corporation
United Artists Corporation
Arnold
Death Clause Case Moves to Break Up Utilities Power & Light
The Securities and Exchange Commission opens action under the 1B section to trim Utilities Power & Light into a single integrated public utility system. Chairman William Douglas announced a hearing in Washington on August 8 to determine steps to divest interests in up to 45 subsidiaries as the firm faces bankruptcy proceedings under section 17-B.
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Federal Securities Commission
William ©. Douglas
Washington
Utilities
Power & Light Corporation
Commission
Douglas
Utilities Power & Light
Chicago
No Meat Substitutes for a Meat Loving Diet
Nutritionist C Houston Goudiss argues meat justifies its large share of the food budget. He notes meat supplies high quality protein, iron, phosphorus, vitamins G and B, and helps digestives. warns fat content affects protein per weight. Liver and glandulars aid anemia, while calcium must come from milk and greens. He cites digestion efficiency and advises balanced meals with vegetables.
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C. Houston
Goudiss
East 38Th Street
New York City
Cool Slim Waist Frocks for Busy Home Sewers
Fresh house dresses in two styles for slim and large figures offer easy sewing, washing, and ironing. Features include a Day Frock for Slim Figures with a gored skirt and square neckline, and a Large Figure version with a deep V-neck and pleated sleeves. Patterns 1558 and 1533 priced 15 cents, with yardage and trim details, mailed from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Chicago.
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Ricrac
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
Wacker
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Reflection in the Glass World Parody
A brief reflective line quotes Mam Makepeace Thackery on how the world returns each person’s own image, framed as a literary observation about perception and self.
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Mam Makepeace Thackery
Varied bill-of-fare ad aims to draw shoppers
A merchant known to readers presents a readable advertising feature touting affordable choices and value. The piece emphasizes savings on water, beer, and shoes, urging reliance on the advertiser to win and hold customer loyalty.
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R.B. Hoffman
Texas
David E. Lilienthal
TVA
Congressional Investigating Committee
J. A. Kurg
A. E. Morgan
Sdrand W. Pickardsec
Western Newspaper Union
Murphy
Hamilton
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Federal Reserve Board
Frank Murphy
Charles P. Howard
International Typographical Union
Colorado Springs
Colo
Howard
C. M. Baker
San Francisco
Owen Wister
North
Kingston
R. I
Houston
Food Authority
Safegnar
Hart
Govae Deen Guuston Goudiss
Ity
Brealey
C. Houston Goudiss
UU Tees
Fox
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