Arnold Builds Trust Busting Drive in Construction Inquiry
The article reviews Thurman Arnold’s Justice Department plan to curb trust practices in the U S building industry with 140 lawyers and new powers. It details alleged methods like price fixing and market allocation and notes broader World War II era concerns including Japan’s China war and Balkan tensions ahead of Berlin talks. It mentions Byrd Antarctic expeditions and a new snow cruiser project in Chicago with a diesel powered, crewed design and an on board airplane.
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Scripps-Howard
Raymond Clapper
Frank Murphy
Justice Department
Thurman W. Arnold
U. S
Arnold
National Economic Committee
Chicago Daily News
William H. Fort
Washington
New Deal
Tom Dewey
New York
Thurman Arnold
Men of
Nippon
China
Peking
Japan
Tokyo
Antarctic Circle
Norway
Germany
Great Britain
Richard E. Byrd
Congress
Byrd
Coast Guard
Northland
Admiral Byrd
Bear
Oakland
Chicago
Thomas E. Poulter
Feud Over WPA Relief Shapes 1930s Politics
The piece traces a long running Indiana Chicago Democratic feud around Paul V. McNutt and James A. Farley, then shifts to critique WPA relief policy. It warns against strikes against the federal government, questions union leaders behind relief, and praises Congress for tightening WPA rules and local accountability.
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Chicago
Indiana
Paul V. McNutt
James A. Farley
Reagan
McNutt
Franklin Roosevelt
Farley
Illinois
Congress
Harry Hopkins
Aubrey Williams
Williams
WPA
Oe PA
Rules Sea
Mr. Hopkins
Ena Ae Ee
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
United States
Roosevelt
Western Newspaper Union
Oregon Supreme Court Upholds Anti-Picketing Ruling
The court sustains a constitutional challenge to the law banning boycotts and minority strikes. The decision reinforces limits on labor actions amid a period of rising collective activity.
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Oregon
Supreme Court
Edison Named Acting Secretary of the Navy After Swanson
Claude A Swanson dies and Charles Edison becomes acting Secretary of the Navy. Roosevelt plans to entrust navy administration to Edison, who has led war material production and previously served as assistant secretary since 1936.
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Navy
Claude A. Swanson
Charles Edison
Thomas Edison
Mr. Edison
Swanson
Adm
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Army
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
Enchanted Cottage Quilt Pattern Promises Fun Blocks
Pattern 6384 offers a patchwork quilt featuring an Enchanted Cottage design. Includes block chart, pattern pieces, color schemes, yardage, and house shrubbery contrasts. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle, Household Arts Dept., 259 W 14th St New York NY with name and address.
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Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th St
New York
N. Y
Idle labor and health in civic life
The excerpt argues that idleness harms health and society while industrious work sustains national wealth and personal well being, framing labor as a natural and honorable duty. It links diligence to better health and happiness, contrasting it with laziness as discreditable.
Playing the Fool and Avoiding Deception
The saying notes that sometimes one must act naïve to avoid being fooled by clever people. It highlights prudence in social and rhetorical traps and the value of restraint in judgment.
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