Passports Held Up As Senate Action Delays Secretary Nomination
Washington reports a de facto travel embargo as no passports were issued due to the absence of a confirmed Secretary of State. Under Secretary Polk’s ad interim tenure expired and Bainbridge Colby's nomination awaits Senate action. Officials say 600 to 800 passports have been issued recently, mainly to Europe and Cuba. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee postpones its sessions due to witness issues.
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Washington
Polk
Department
Senate
Bainbridge Colby
Administration
Europe
Cuba
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
State Department
Colby
Great Lakes Seamen Demand Higher Wages and Eight-Hour Day
The three unions of Great Lakes seamen marine firemen cooks and sailors filed demands for a 30 percent wage increase and an eight-hour day with shipowners. Victor Oiander president of the Lake Seamen's Union announced the move. Current pay ranges from 75 to 100 dollars monthly depending on rank, with marine cooks' wages varying by vessel.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Victor Oiander
Lake Seaman’s Union
U S Grain Corp to Sell 5 Million Barrels Flour on Credit
The House approved a law allowing the United States Grain Corporation to sell 5,000,000 barrels of soft wheat flour on long term credit to Poland Austria and Armenia as Europe relief.
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Washington
Europe
House
United States Grain Corporation
Poland
Austria
Armenia
Congress Debates Immediate Relief for European Grain Shortage
The House split 288 to 12 on relief measures. Lawmakers from several states urged prompt action while opposing votes cited no demand for flour and the risk of spoiling before hot weather. Representative Kitchin blamed GOP delays for presumed starvation deaths, estimating relief at about 53 million dollars.
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Bankhead
Blackmon
Alabama
Buchanan
Garner
Rayburn
Texas
Johnson
Sissons
Stephens
Mississippi
Thomas
Kentucky
Wilson
Louisiana
Kraus
Indiana
Fordney
Ways and Means Committee
Grain Corporation
Representative Green
Iowa
Julius H. Barnes
The
United States
House
Kitchin
North Carolina
Republican Steering Committee
Boston College students present purse to Bishop O'Hare
President William Devlin presented Bishop O'Hare with a purse of 200 on behalf of Boston College students as he left for New York to sail for his see in Jamaica. He will stay at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola parish house at 980 Park Avenue before departing from New York.
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William Devlin
S. J
Bishop O’hare
Boston College
Boston
New York
Isle of Jamaica
British West Indies
Bishop O'Hare
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
Park Avenue
Jamaica
Liberty divorce case ends over desertion claims
Mrs. Jo sephine L. Liberty secured a divorce from Louis I. Liberty in Vermont after testifying he left thirty years ago while in Worcester. She said she supported six children by herself and that her husband mostly fished.
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Louis I. Liberty
Josephine L. Liberty
Vermont
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