17 Sep 1936
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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1936
Page
1
The piece reports on Labor Day amid the John Lewis led union split with voices from William Green and John L. Lewis, calls for wage gains and broader social measures, and notes Minneapolis strikes while highlighting cases in San Sebastian and Madrid as international labor unrest unfolds.
Mrs Beryl Markham of England becomes the first woman to fly solo across the north Atlantic east to west. She started from London bound for New York but had to land at Baleine Cove near Louisburg Nova Scotia after fuel ran low.
A Tokyo note to London claims Japan will maintain a submarine fleet about 30 percent larger than Britain or the United States. Japan intends to retain 11 059 tons of destroyers and 15 598 tons of submarines beyond 1930 treaty quotas, with those excess tonnages to be scrapped by year end. The United States and Britain similarly plan to keep 40,000 tons of overage destroyers after year end.
Lithuania moves to end the fascist regime under President Antanas Smetona as a new parliament studies constitutional revision. Berlin tensions over Memel persist while Poland’s seizure of Vilna severed relations, leaving no cross-border mail, telegraph, or trade.
The Virginian Railway challenges parts of the Railway Labor Act in a case seeking to overturn rulings requiring collective bargaining with an AFL unit. The appeal comes after decisions by the Eastern Virginia Federal District Court and the Fourth Circuit demanding negotiation over labor disputes.
United States Attorney L C Garnett of Washington was asked by Vice President Garner to present to the federal grand jury the case of six Railway Audit and Inspection company officials who failed to appear before a senate committee two weeks ago. The cited executives include W W Groves president, W B Groves vice president, Earl Douglas Rice vice president, J Blair secretary treasurer, R S Judge director, and J C Boyer. The committee led by Senator La Follette investigates alleged labor sprea d by employers in disputes with employees. An attorney for the company said an injunction was sought in federal court to bar the official appearance and prevent production of their records.
Earl Godwin Ashington argues Roosevelt’s leadership keeps the U.S. neutral and free from entangling alliances, contrasts dollar diplomacy with a Roosevelt era good-neighbor approach, notes trade pacts aiding Western markets, and defends New Deal public works including 4,115 schools funded by the PWA. He previews a farm voter coalition in the Midwest led by Indiana and Iowa leaders.
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