Wage Hour Reform Tallies Up To Midnight Shift
Lt Col Philip Fleming takes command of the wage hour administration on the eve of the law’s anniversary. The minimum wage rises to 30 cents and the workweek limit to 42 hours at 12 01 am with overtime pay. About 690000 workers earn under 30 cents and 2382500 exceed 42 hours weekly. 719000 already receive overtime, reducing the benefiting total to 1663500.
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Washington
Philip Fleming
Fleming
Elmer F. Andrews
Ohio Workers Set for Pay Hikes as Wage Rule Gains
Washington officials estimate about 12 900 Ohio workers will gain raises as the national minimum wage increases to 30 cents per hour at 12 01 a m tomorrow. about 176 000 Ohio workers now exceed 42 hours weekly and will receive overtime pay at one and a half times for extra hours when the limit drops from 44 to 42 hours. The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts Ohio workers covered by the act at 848 400.
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Washington
Ohio
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ribbentrop to Speak to Danzig Nazi Old Guard
Berlin reports foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop may outline a new German foreign policy in a speech in Danzig tomorrow. He is expected to address members of the Danzig Nazi party Old Guard, his first public address in some time, a topic drawing diplomatic interest.
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Berlin
U.P
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
Danzig
Ribbentrop
Nazi Levies on Jews Raised to 25 Percent
Berlin report says a 20 per cent levy on Jewish fortunes last November was increased to 25 per cent to reach a total 1,000,000,000 mark fine. The move follows the assassination of a Nazi diplomat and targets Jewish wealth as reparations.
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Berlin
U.P
State welfare director elected to American Prison Congress
Columbus report says Charles L. Sherwood, director of the State Welfare Department, was chosen as a director of the American Prison Congress in a move noted by officials.
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Columbus
State Welfare Department
Charles L. Sherwood
American Prison Congress
Two British Vessels Sunk Off Scotland and North Sea
London reports two British ships sunk today the Sea Venture 1375 tons and the Whitemantle 1692 tons. Fourteen Whitemantle crewmen are missing. Sea Venture fell to enemy action off Scotland while Whitemantle sank after an explosion in the North Sea. Survivors could not confirm torpedo or mine impact and hope missing crew were picked up.
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London
U.P
Sea Venture
Scotland
North Sea
Pension Group Must Pay Tax in Fight Over Social Security
In Los Angeles the California "ham and eggs" pension group was asked to pay $10,788 in social security taxes, claimed by the federal government to exceed $30,000 in monthly income. Willis Allen, campaign manager, said payment would be made today under protest and that a suit would be filed to recover the amount, arguing wages paid were for campaign purposes and not subject to the levy.
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Los Angeles
U.P
California
Willis Allen
Allen
Indiana Youths Near Air Endurance Record
MUNCIE Ind Kelvin Baxter age 23 and Robert Mc Daniels age 25 Hoosier endurance fliers passed their 519th hour aloft in their light monoplane today They hope to stay up until Saturday and break the heavy plane endurance record of 653 hours and 34 minutes.
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Muncie
Ind
U.P
Kelvin Baxter
Robert McDaniels
Hoosier
Indictment of Earl Browder on false passport charges
Federal grand jury in New York indicted Earl Browder general secretary of the American Communist Party on two counts of false passport applications in 1937 and 1938. Browder, who missed the hearing, had admitted to a Dies committee that he used a fake passport to travel to Europe. Other Communists, including Ben Gitlow Walter Krivitsky and Fred Beal, also acknowledged passport fraud.
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NEW York
U.P
Earl Browder
American Communist Party
William Bondy
Browder
Dies
Europe
Dies Committee
Ben Gitlow
Party
Walter Krivitsky
Josef Stalin
Fred Beal
North Carolina
Russia
Hunters Find Body in Swamplands Near Belle Chasse
A nude emaciated woman, believed lured by a man into the swamplands, was found dead by Joseph S. Cazabon and his son while hunting. A crude grave marked by two stick cross and grapevine lay near the body. Evidence suggested a struggle and failed fire attempts with gum balls, gum tree seeds, and sour meals nearby.
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Belle Chasse
U.P
Joseph S. Cazabon
Great Britain Says It Shot Down 16 Nazi Planes
London reports that Germany lost 16 bombing planes last week while attempting raids across the United Kingdom, according to an authoritative British source.
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Great Britain
London
Germany
United Kingdom
Patrolman Turns Opera Tenor in San Francisco Debut
George Stinson a former California highway patrolman made his operatic debut as Canio in I Pagliacci with the San Francisco Opera. Despite nerves critics praised his voice and audience gave repeated curtain calls in a home town triumph for the man Merola said has the greatest voice since Caruso.
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San Francisco
U.P
George Stinson
Stinson
Gaetano Merola
San Francisco Opera Association
Italy
Canio
Rico Caruso
Merola
Caruso
Alfred Frankenstein
the Chronicle
Senate Near Vote on Neutrality Bill Repeal Expected
Senate leaders say final action on the neutrality bill is anticipated by week’s end. Barkley and McNary held a 10 minute briefing with Roosevelt, while isolationists concede defeat on embargo retention but push for House opposition. Senate votes favored administration 61 to 28 with seven doubtful.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Alben W. Barkley
Charles L. McNary
John Nance Garner
McNary
Barkley
House
William E. Borah
Lord Lothian
United States
Borah
Great Britain
United Press
Neary
Supreme Court Refuses AMA Antitrust Indictment Review
The Supreme Court declined to review a lower court ruling dismissing antitrust indictments against the American Medical Association and officers. A DC federal court held the medical profession is not prosecuted under the Sherman Act as it is not engaged in trade within the statute’s meaning.
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Washington
Supreme Court
American Medical Association
High Tribunal
District of Columbia
Federal District
Little Hope Held for Lake Erie Fishermen
Coast guardsmen held little hope for three fishermen reported missing after a Saturday trip to the Cleveland breakwall amid 15 foot waves on Lake Erie. Stanley Marshall 27 and Alex Jaworski 45 were last seen returning to shore in a homemade rowboat while Leopold Bodach 49 was last seen yesterday morning near the lakefront with plans to fish from the breakwall.
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Cleveland
U.P
Lake Erie
Stanley Marshall
Alex Jaworski
Leopold Bodach
Portsmouth Man Dies After Fight on Road
Authorities investigate fatal stabbing of Lester Stratton of Portsmouth. Reason Martin, 26, of near Austin, held for questioning after Stratton died in a Chillicothe hospital from a late Saturday night stabbing on Route 23 south of town. Charles Weldon transported Stratton to the hospital and said the men quarreled on the roadway.
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Chillicothe
U.P
Lester Stratton
Portsmouth
Reason Martin
Austin
Stratton
Chillicothe Hospital
Here
Charles Weldon
Martin
German Fliers Rescued After Being Shot Down
Three German aviators were picked up by a trawler after drifting 16 hours on a rubber float following the downing of their reconnaissance plane off Scotland’s southeast coast. One officer was shot through the knee during the encounter.
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London
Royal Air Force
Scotland
Russia Refuses Full Military Backing to Germany in War Crisis
Paris reports say Russia declines to promise military support to Germany against the Allies. Moscow adheres to a Russo German declaration but avoids commitments that draw Russia deeper into European politics.Observers note a neutral stance amid Turkish alignment with Britain and France and possible limited aid to Germany in exchange for gold payments.
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Russia
Germany
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Turkey
Great Britain
France
Hungary
Romania
Balkan
Italy
Balkans
Britain
Finland
Baltic
New Executioner On Job in Pennsylvania
BELLEFONTE Pa With all the aplomb and self assurance of an old hand a mild mannered bespectacled Pittsburgh electrical engineer today put to passing three men in Pennsylvanias electric chair his first grim task as the states new executioner Working with almost clock like precision 37 year old Frank Lee Wilson required only 14 minutes to execute Paul Ferry age 51 of Erie and Willie Bailey age 36 Philadelphia Black person wife slayer and Ira Bob Redman age 28 Black person slayer of a Philadelphia storekeeper
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Bellefonte
U.P
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Frank Lee Wilson
Paul Ferry
Erie
Willie Bailey
Philadelphia
Ira Bob Redman
Forest and Brush Fires Claim Two in Ohio Crises
United Press reports an autumn fire hazard as three men faced deadly fires. Udo R. Schall, 57, of Columbus, died from smoke fatigue while battling a fire near Commercial Point. John Kendall, 85, of Fruit Hill, died in a Cincinnati hospital from burns after being trapped in a grass fire. Charles Jolly, 45, a tenant farmer, was unconscious for 10 hours after another brush fire in Wayne Township near Wilmington.
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United Press
Ohio
Udo R. Schall
Columbus
Commercial Point
John Kendall
Fruit Hill
Cincinnati
Charles Jolly
Wayne Township
Wilmington
Pilotless Engine Races Through South Bend Train Disaster
A New York Central freight locomotive boiler exploded near South Bend Indiana killing 60 year old engineer Ray Stockwell of Elkhart. The pilotless train then sped four miles through the city until steam pressure ended. Brakemen C H Brown and Herbert Peckinbaugh and fireman Wm Gallagher sustained minor burns.
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South Bend
Ind
U.R
New York Central
Ray Stockwell
Elkhart
C. H. Brown
Herbert Peckinbaugh
Wm. Gallagher
Three Lost in Mount Washington Blizzard
A Massachusetts party of three went missing on Mount Washington after a fierce snow storm. Miss Ann Pearsall, Edward Coughlin of Lowell, and John Wastan of Billerica were part of a group of eight that climbed the peak yesterday and began descent as the blizzard hit.
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Pinkham Notch
N. H
Mount Washington
Massachusetts
Ann Pearsall l
Edward Coughlin
Lowell J
John Wastan
Billerica
West Virginia’s Oldest Postmaster David Callengee Dies
Clayton West Virginia funeral notices report the death of David Graham Callengee, age 94, longtime postmaster and the second oldest active in the United States, who passed away Sunday in Clayton.
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Clayton
W. Va
U.P
David Graham Callengee
West Virginia
United States
Port William man dies in Route 134 crash
John T. Thomas 26 of Port William Ohio was killed when his truck skidded and overturned on Route 134 four miles southeast of Wilmington.
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Wilmington
U.R
John T. Thomas
Port William
Here
Noted Novelist Zane Grey Dies in California Home
Pasadena reports 64 year old Zane Grey famed author of western romances died at his Altadena residence from heart disease. He had just autographed his latest book Western Union and was survived by his wife Lina Elise Roth.
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Zane Grey
Novelist
California
Pasadena
Altadena
Grey
Mu Atsi
Ona
Svevanna
Vwalioinnia
South Sea Islands
Western Union
United States
Lina Elise Roth
New York
Zanesville
University of Pennsylvania
New York City
Four Infants Die After Steam Radiator Blast
In Perth Amboy New Jersey a valve blew on a steam radiator in the hospital nursery. The room filled with steam and six infants were moved to a adjoining ward. Two were revived and no permanent injury then appeared. The others were pronounced dead.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Perth Amboy General Hospital
Bricker To Speak At Timken Vocational High Dedication
Governor John W. Bricker will be the principal speaker at the dedication ceremonies for Timken Vocational High School in Canton, the event set for Friday night. The program includes brief remarks and a formal unveiling, with local officials expected to attend.
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Canton
U.P
John W. Bricker
Timken Vocational High School
Injunction on Referendum Dissolved by Judge Reynolds
Columbus, Ohio. Common Pleas Judge Dana F. Reynolds dissolves a temporary restraining order that could have blocked a November 7 referendum on the civil service reorganization act. The decision awaits county election board review of supplementary petitions to fix signature shortages.
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Columbus
U.R
Common Pleas
Dana F. Reynolds
Civil Service Reorganization Act
H. T. Chapman
Provisional State Employes’ Association
Earl Griffith
Reynolds
Franklin County
Gallipolis Man Named State Bank Examiner
COLUMBUS U P A S Alsup of Defiance and A P Kerr of Gallipolis were named Grade 3 examiners in the state banking division earning 2400 dollars annually each. They succeed J P Bailey of Toledo and Silas Lawrence of Columbus who resigned.
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Columbus
U.P
S. Alsup
Defiance
A. P. Kerr
Gallipolis
J. P. Bailey
Toledo
Silas. Lawrence
Forty Mexicans Die In Train Wreck Near Tolosa
In Vera Cruz, near Tolosa, about forty workers cooking over fires were killed when two gasoline tank cars derailed and exploded. Investigations continue into the crash and fire’s spread.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
U.P
Tolosa
Byrd's Snow Cruiser Ready for Trial Trip
Technicians finish adjustments on Byrd's massive snow cruiser, the 55 foot long vehicle with 20 foot wheel span, 12 foot height, and an atop aircraft, as a shakedown cruise across Indiana dunes and highways to Boston is delayed to revise routes and coordinate police convoys.
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Byrd
Chicago
U.P
Richard E. Byrd
Research Foundation
Armour Institute of Technology
Indiana
Boston
Ohio
Antarctic
Farish denies oil industry monopoly at hearings
William S. Farish president of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey testified before the federal monopoly committee denying monopolistic practices dominate U. S. oil. He argued the industry shows high social performance and no grounds for overturning established business relationships.
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Washington
U.P
William S. Farish
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Farish
Federal Monopoly Committee
Submarines Believed Destroyed by RAF Attacks
The air ministry announced that two German submarines were believed destroyed after RAF planes attacked them in the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean.
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London
U.P
Royal Air Force
North Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Air Ministry
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