Wages and Hours Bill Faces Divided House Vote
The House debates a 40 cent minimum wage and 40 hour week with three administration plans. Norton backs a division controlled by a labor department administrator while AFL favors fixed 40-40 standards and a Senate plan proposes a five member board. Debate rules are set to push a fast floor vote today with a volunteer bloc pledged to block weakening amendments.
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Washington
U.P
House
Senate
House Labor Committee
Mary T. Norton
N. J
Norton
Department of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Justice Department
Rules Committee
William B. Bankhead
Justice Cardozo Recovering at Home from Cold
Associate Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo of the Supreme Court is reported recuperating at his Washington home from a cold that may keep him indoors for most of the week. Dr John Paul Earnest Jr says his condition is about the same as Sunday with gradual improvement.
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Washington
U.P
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Supreme Court
John Paul Earnest, Jr
Stalin Sweeps One Man Election in Russia
Moscow reports show Joseph Stalin dominating a direct secret ballot election with about 95 percent turnout and roughly 90 million voters. The new Supreme Soviet comprises 569 members and 574 nationalities council members, with limited opposition and strong loyalty to the regime.
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Stalin
Russia
Moscow
U.P
Joseph Stalin
Council of the Union
Council of Nationalities
Communist Party
Weather breaks cold wave as floods loom in California
Nation lifts from week long siege of bitter cold as temperatures rise from the Rockies to the Alleghenies. In California, Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys face new flood danger after torrential rains. Red Cross reports hundreds homeless while warming sun eases conditions. six deaths due to exposure during the blizzard.
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United States
Buffalo
N. Y
Red Cross
United Press
Rockies
Alleghenies
West
California
Sacramento
San Joaquin
U. S
C. A. Donnell
Pacific
Colorado
Mississippi
Ohio
Middlewest
Missouri
Illinois
St. Louis
Burlington
Pennsylvania
New York
Virginia
Kentucky
Passengers from Stranded Ship Reach Isle After Rescue
Four hundred eighty five passengers and most of the crew from the S. S. President Hoover began boarding the President McKinley for evacuation to Manila. The Hoover lay hard aground 600 yards off Hashoito island amid choppy seas and monsoon winds, with salvage crews hurt but no serious injuries reported.
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Manila
P. IL
S. S
Hoover
McKinley
Hashoito
No Operating Funds Close Conneaut Schools
Eighteen hundred Conneaut school children received an early Christmas vacation as seven schools closed due to lack of operating funds. School board president Charles Ott cited a $20,000 deficit and suspended classes for the rest of the year rather than add to the shortfall.
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Conneaut
U.P
Charles Ott
Bluebeard Confesses Sixth Murder in Paris Case
Paris trampling tale repeats as Eugene George Weidmann known as Bluebeard of St. Cloud admits he killed Jeanne Keller an Alsatian woman who vanished two months ago authorities report the sixth slaying in his confessed series.
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Paris
A.P
Bluebeard
St. Cloud
Eugene George Weidmann
Jeanne Keller
Inquest Planned Into Death of Ohio Brass Official
An inquest will be held into the death of Robert James Deenan a 57 year old official with the Ohio Brass Company of Chicago and Mansfield Ohio who fell from the sixth floor of Augustan Hospital on Sunday.
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Chicago
Robert James Deenan
Ohio Brass Company of
Mansfield, O
Augustan Hospital
Dispute Delays Crop Bill Vote In Senate
Washington face off over farm financing stalls early action on the crop control measure. Senator Barkley aims to keep debate on the issue while Senator Pope urges immediate farmer assistance and organization.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
James P. Pope
Ida
Attorney General Seeks Funds for Parole Investigation
Ohio Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy plans to ask the legislature in a special session for 25000 dollars to finance an investigation into parole and pardon buying. He had urged the governor twice without success.
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Columbus
A.P
Herbert S. Duffy
Ohio
GOP Body Will Draft Preliminary Platform
Members of the executive committee of the Republican national committee met in St. Louis to draft a preliminary platform for the upcoming congressional and presidential campaigns. Dissent appeared in suggested names for the 100 member committee aimed at rehabilitating the party.
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GOP
ST. Louis
Republican National Committee
Fortnight Ends as Senate Moves to Pass Relief Legislation
The Senate resumes work after a two week inactivity to advance House approved relief bills and send them to Gov. Davey for signature. Key measure would loan $1,000,000 to subdivisions for December relief, repaid in 1938 installments.
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Columbus
U.P
Senate
Davey
House
Pope Pius XI Denounces Sino Japanese War and Harsh Events
Pope Pius XI, in a secret consistory in the Consistorial Hall, deplored the Chinese Japanese war and the impious and atrocious events in Russia and Germany. He expressed regret over the sad harrowing events in Spain and noted faint hopes for better times as five new Cardinals were to be created.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Sacred College of Cardinals
Russia
Germany
Spain
Six Convicts Kill Guard During South Carolina Prison Escape
Six long term convicts seized Captain J Olin Sanders during an attempted escape at the South Carolina state penitentiary. They mortally stabbed Sanders after demanding his release and an auto escort. Gov. Johnston warned of gas and the inmates retreated as tear and nauseating gas filled the prison. Sanders was unconscious when officers reached him and the six prisoners were hospitalized for gas suffocation and bruises.
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Columbia
S. C
U.P
Olin D. Johnston
State Penitentiary
J. Olin Sanders
Sanders
CIO Charges NLRB Trims Decisions Over AFL Rhetoric
E. J. Lever of the CIO charges the National Labor Relations Board with altering its decisions in response to noise from the AFL-CIO executive council. He alleges the board succumbs to sabre rattling and ignores craft unions, trimming rulings accordingly.
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Washington
Committee For Industrial Organization
National Labor Relations Board
American Federation of Labor
E. J. Lever
Philadelphia
New Jersey
CIO
Labor Board
Lever
A. F. of L. Executive Council
Huntsville WV prosecutor seeks death penalty in kidnaping trial
Huntington West Virginia IU P Prosecuting Attorney Ernest F Winters Jr prepared to seek the death penalty for Orville Adkins and John Travis in the kidnapping of Dr James I Seder a retired minister who died after being held for ransom in an abandoned coal pit Arnett A Booth 46 was convicted Saturday by a jury after 66 minutes of deliberation the charge carries a mandatory death sentence on the gallows
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Huntington
W. Va
Iu.p
Ernest FE. Winters, Jr
Orville Adkins
John Travis
James I. Seder
Arnett A. Booth
Auto and trolley crash in Cleveland traps two men
Firemen used an acetylene torch to free two men from a coal truck after a head on collision with a street car in Cleveland. Julius Bayley, 22, Ashtabul a, and Cayprian Lozinsky, Cleveland, were pinned in the truck cab and in critical condition.
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Cleveland
U.P
Julius Bayley
Ashtabula
Cayprian Lozinsky
Supreme Court Upholds Gold Bond Redemption Calls
The Supreme Court ruled against three attempts to demand interest on called gold clause government bonds. Redemption calls issued by the Treasury in 1934 and 1935 were upheld as valid, and interest was deemed to have ceased on the redemption date. Justice Cardozo wrote the opinion. Chief Justice Hughes announced it due to Cardozo’s illness.
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Washington
New Deal
Supreme Court
Treasury
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
William Howard Taft
H. Vernon Eney
Baltimore
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Charles Evans Hughes
Cardozo
Grippe
Nanking Falls To Jap Army
Nanking, China's ancient capital, falls to Japanese forces. Japanese Comei news agency reports the conquest came four months after hostilities began as troops breach the city wall and pursue Chinese retreating across surrounding areas.
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Nanking
Shanghai
U.P
China
Comei
23 Defense Witnesses Left in Murder Trial
Springfield U P reports the first degree murder trial of 54 year old Harry B Dingledine entered its third week with 23 defense witnesses remaining to be questioned. The case involves a September 3 gun battle at Crystal Lake that left two Springfield officers and a bandit dead. His 27 year old son Henry has already been convicted.
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Springfield
U.P
Harry B. Dingledine
Dingledine
Crystal Lake
Henry
Panay attacked as Japanese bombers strike near Nanking
British gunboats pursue survivors after the U S Panay and three Standard Oil vessels were sunk or damaged on the Yangtse. Tokyo and London officials pledge apologies and action while Congress and observers seek full satisfaction. Survivors, including J W Pickering and Panay crew, reach safety as reports of casualties mount.
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Yangtse River
Shanghai
U. S
Panay
Yangtse
Nanking
London
Britain
Washington
Congress
Tokyo
War
Navy
Grew
New York
Socony-Vacuum Company Today
China
A. C. Cornish
U. S. S. Panay
Meian
Meishal
Meiping
H. M. S. Bee
J. W. Pickering
Bee
Klukiang
United States
Toesene Ey
Matey Anprabere
Hohsten
Cadiz
Ohio
Vernon F. Puckett
William T. Hoyle
L. G. E. Crabbe
Hsinshan
J. J. Hughes
A. F. Anders
E. P. Gasesie
United Press
Hankow
Reginald V. Hill
U S Plans Vigorous Protest Over Panay Attack
The State Department prepared a strong protest to Japan after the gunboat Panay was bombed. President Roosevelt sought broad press and public support, and HOll and White House aides pressed for swift, united action as officials debated the level of response. The incident was viewed as the gravest since Sino-Japanese hostilities began.
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Washington
State Department
Japan
U. S
White House
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Hull
Stephen T. Early
Far East
Panay Incident Prompts Calls for Full Satisfaction
Indications were that officials would not be satisfied with apologies for the Panay attack. Congress leaders urged full satisfaction from Japan, signaling a vigorous debate over Far Eastern policy, neutrality law, and American naval presence in China.
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United States
Congress
Panay
China
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