Wage Hour Compromise Defies Filibuster Threats in Conferees
Senate and House wage hour negotiators overcame Southern threats to craft a compromise. The plan sets a 25 cent minimum wage rising to 30, with an ultimate 40 cent target over five years, a 44 hour first year week tapering to 42 then 40, and industrial boards to fix wages. union contracts may exempt hours. The measure seeks to curb opposition by offering gradual steps while risking discontent among Southern critics.
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House
Wheat Allotment Checks To Determine 1939 Wheat Shares
FIELD representatives of AAA began checking farmer participation to determine 1939 wheat allotments in ten north central states. The checks will also assess eligibility for wheat loans and crop insurance premiums. Loan rates may range 40 to 86 cents per bushel depending on grade and distance from markets.
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Burke
Nebraska
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Rhode Island
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Utah
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California
Wagner
New York
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Kansas
Kidnapped Boy’s Corpse Found in Florida Palmetto
Five year old James Bailey Cash was kidnapped from Princeton Florida and found dead in palmetto. Federal agents recovered the $10,000 ransom paid by his father. J Edgar Hoover announced arrest of 21 year old truck driver Franklin Pierce McCall who admitted writing the three ransom notes and collecting the money.
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Fla
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Franklin Pierce McCall
Marching Pickets Strike Portland Hotels For Union Recognition
In Portland Oregon 1250 workers from eight major hotels walked out at the Rose Festival opening to press union recognition. Elevator operators bellhops clerks chambermaids and porters joined. hotels kept service, not closing. Government protests against civilian bombings in China and Spain were noted with a call for peace.
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Roosevelt
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Hull
Nashville, Tenn
Europe
Secrets of Ancients Survive Attacks of Modern Science
A London Answers writer notes ancient knowledge persists amid modern tech. Greeks wove linen into the cuirass pilema, Romans bored deep wells, and ancient cement outlasted stone. Purple dye, Egyptian stone dressing, embalming arts, and surgical tools survived, but the Library of Alexandria’s destruction erased many secrets.
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Egypt
Alexandria
Reading and Thinking Reading Furnishes the Mind With Knowledge
A compact reflection on how reading supplies knowledge and thinking makes it personal. It argues that understanding connections between ideas turns information into possessed knowledge, while without comprehension the material remains loose in the mind.
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Locke
Devout book lover Arnold Bennett’s patient warning
A fragment reflects a library scene with a devout book lover and Arnold Bennett. He notes contents that would not open easily, praises a hot part, and urges readers to be patient, stating chance favors the prepared will.
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Arnold Bennett
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