History of the wage and hour law from Civil War to 1938
The piece traces how industrial growth since the Civil War produced sweatshops and child labor, leading to early federal efforts like the 1916 eight hour rail law and the 1918 minimum wage attempt in DC, with later Supreme Court rulings and the New Deal pushing toward a 40 cent minimum wage and 40 hour week, amid ongoing debates and compromises.
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Morgan M. Beatts
Washington
America
Thorugh
Congress
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
England and France Align Against Japan in Far East Stand
Britain and France vow united action over Japan to deter any landing on Hainan and protect Far East interests. London confirms discussions with Tokyo while Paris says no naval concentrate near Hainan. Chamberlain faces criticism as Spanish planes bomb ships flying the Union Jack.
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Britain
France
Japan
China
England
South China
Far East
Europe
Richard Austen Butler
House of Commons
Foreign Office
Paris
Hainan
Tokyo
Robert L. Craigie
Kazushige Ugaki
Butler
London
Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain
Robert M. Hodgson
Spain
Generalissimo
Franco
Brit
Globe-News Want Ad invites landlords to advertise vacancies
Real estate owners in Amarillo are urged to place Want Ads for vacancies now or by month start. The Globe-News offers quick rental exposure for houses, apartments, rooms, and other vacancies by dialing 6262 to start an ad.
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Amarillo
Globe-News
Noted Swindler Mehaffey Sentenced to 10 Years and Fines
Clarence F. Mehaffey termed the cleverest swindler by federal agents received a 10 year federal prison term and a $5000 fine for interstate transportation of money obtained by fraud. He forged over $5000 in checks on Albuquerque attorneys, traced to a nationwide forgeries ring. His accomplice Edward Leo Davis faces a 10 year term after conviction.
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Santa FE
N. M
Clarence F. Mehaffey
U. S
Colin Neblett
Albuquerque
Mehaffey
Los Angeles
Edward Leo Davis
East
Looked for Indians Found a Jail Hunter Captured
An Indian hunter evicted from the JA Ranch in Armstrong County was arrested by sheriff and highway patrol officers. He claimed he hunted Indians and planned to continue, while also confessing a transient past as a sharpener. He looted a ranch camp and terrorized the countryside with a rifle. The Claude sheriff hadn’t decided on charges.
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JA Ranch
Armstrong County
Claude
Rural Texas schools push for full funding and pay
Ernest Thompson campaigned in Galveston urging a plan to remove rural school funding gaps. He called for an adequate equalization fund to cover teacher salaries and transportation debts, citing unpaid salaries across the state. In Albuquerque, two lion hunting dogs joined the search for Medilla McCormick, missing since last Wednesday on Sandia peak, as rescuers press toward the cliff and dense brush.
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North
Sandia
Albuquerque
N. M
Medilla McCormick
Richard Whitmer
McCormick
Ruth McCormick Sims
Governor Tingley
Galveston
Texas
Ernest Thompson
Thompson
Amarillo
Texas Tech
New Mexico Game Department
Sandia Peak
Here
Homer Pickens
Game Department
Booger
Sue
Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms
Sandia Mountain
Clyde L. Tingley
Maintenance of Soil Projects Opens July 1
The Soil Conservation Service moves second phase to maintenance on July 1 as projects shift from active construction to upkeep. After completion of ongoing work, 8 to 10 more months are needed to finish existing contracts, with staff kept on Region VI sites to support revisions and data collection.
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The
Soil Conservation Service
Dust Bowl
SCS
Region VI
H. H. Finnell
CCC
Colorado
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Finnell
Channing
Hereford
Stratford
Vega
Dalhart
Littlefield
Lamesa
Perryton
Memphis
Missing Auxiliary Cruiser Lillith IT Sighted Near East Sister Island
The missing auxiliary cruiser Lillith IT with five aboard was sighted on uninhabited East Sister Island in Lake Erie. The coast guard cutter Frederick Lee reported the vessel was proceeding toward the island.
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Toledo
Lillith
Sister Island
Lake Erie
Coast Guard
Frederick Lee
Lee
Twin medalists share honors in Tri State Senior Golf
The report notes Clayton New Mexico Amarillo area players earning twin medalist recognition at the Tri State Senior Golf Association event. It highlights local competitors and the competition's regional significance.
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Page
Clayton
N. M
Amarilloan
Uncle Sam
Plymouth Rock
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Elscerene
Fosenes
Sdendar
Assunes
Veterans head to Gettysburg for 75th anniversary
Nine Civil War veterans now living in the Amarillo area left yesterday to attend the 75th anniversary celebration of the Battle of Gettysburg in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. The national event runs from June 29 through July 6.
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Amarillo
Gettysburg
Retiring GOP Leader Snell Shifts Focus to Business
Washington June 27 Rep Bertrand H Snell longtime Republican House leader and Roosevelt critic announced his retirement after 24 years in Congress to devote himself to business in upper New York state. Speculation over his successor highlighted Martin of Massachusetts Mapes of Michigan Fish of New York and Taber of New York as possibilities. Snell helped lead the House during Longworth era and after a party battle won the leadership in 1931.
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Washington
Bertrand H. Snell
House
Roosevelt
Congress
New York State
Representative Martin
Massachusetts
Representative Mapes
Michigan
Representative Fish
New York
Representative Taber
Snell
Woodrow Wilson
Nicholas Longworth
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
Jeader
Longworth
Tilson
President Signs Wage Hour Bill Marking Labor Reform
President Roosevelt signed the wage hour bill signaling a major experiment to set a pay floor and hour ceiling. The act must go into effect Oct 24 and aims to raise 200,000 workers earning less than 25 cents hourly. Courts may challenge the measure yet to be determined.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Securities Commission
West
Labor Department
Body of Flood Victim Found Near Clarendon
Bert Freeman, a Wichita Falls newspaperman and former Amarilloan, drowned June 15 when flood waters overwhelmed a highway near east Lelia Lake Creek. His body was found near Clarendon after traveling downstream and up a side creek. His wife perished earlier. their 3 year old son was missing. two railroad workers died in a separate flood accident nearby.
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Bert Freeman
Wichita Falls
W. B. Cristal
News-Globe
Amarillo
Freeman
Billy Dean Freeman
Lucky Money Follows Youth in Unexpected Way
Tom Rogers who graduated from high school received a dollar inscribed Good Luck Anne from his sister. While visiting Chicago he spent it on refreshments and later found another $1 bill in change from a $10 purchase also bearing the same inscription. The note survived stays in Durham and Wilson, North Carolina, roaming with the same good luck message.
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Durham
N. C
Tom Rogers
Anne
Chicago
Rogers
Wilson
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Lubbock
W. B. Crump
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Robert W. Lemond
Hale Center
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Miles J. Este
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Abraham Lincoln
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John Nance Garner
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Clovis
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