House Passes Wage Hour Bill Amid Senate Filibuster
The House approved Norton wage hour legislation by 314 to 97 despite Southern Democrats opposition. It sets baseline wage and 40 hour weeks with phased increases and broad exemptions for agriculture, retail and rural newspapers. The Senate may filibuster a different measure as farm and Southern members push exemptions.
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NLRB orders Kuehne Mannfacturing rehire strikers with back pay
The National Labor Relations Board ordered Kuehne Manufacturing of Flora Illinois to reinstate 164 AFL sit-down strikers with back pay. It marks the NLRB's third major sit-down ruling and first involving an AFL union. The board refused to answer 74 questions from Ford Motor Co in a Kentucky circuit court case, including whether Corcoran Cohen Lewis or Martin were consulted on a Wagner Act charge against Ford.
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Kuehne Manufacturing Company
Flora, Ill
American Federation of Labor
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Labor Board
Ford Motor Company
United States
Covington, Ky
Thomas Corcoran
Benjamin V. Cohen
John L. Lewis
Homer Martin
Ford Company
Too Late for Wheat Quotas Secretary Wallace Comments
Secretary Wallace said the new crop control law makes it too late to use marketing quotas on this year's bumper wheat crop. Quotas could only be authorized if congress appropriated funds by May 15 for parity payments in the act. Martin Loses in Oregon Charles H. Martin of Oregon, longtime opponent of radical groups, was defeated for renomination by Henry Hess backed by labor unions and Ickes. Sprague Nominated Governor by Republicans The Republicans nominated Charles A. Sprague for governor, with expectations to win in the fall as Democrats were split in Pennsylvania and elsewhere.
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War Narrowly Averted as Europe Mobilizes Frontier Forces
Thousands of German and Czech troops mass on the frontier as Czechoslovakia mobilizes 70,000 reserves. Poland, Hungary and France take steps, while Britain and Russia pledge aid to France if attacked. Berlin denies plans for a Czech invasion, and Sudeten talks in Prague seek guarantees against German aggression amid mounting tensions with Italy.
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Fuehrer
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Prague
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Paris
United States
Britain
Washington
Bullitt
Predestination Omitted By Presbyterian General Assembly
The Presbyterian Church in the United States during its Meriden Mississippi session voted 151 to 130 to omit from the confession of faith the sections declaring predestination and the predetermined fate of some to eternal life and others to everlasting death, deeming them too absolute.
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United States
Meriden
Miss
Gardenias Wilt From Night Work In Greenhouses
Cornell horticulture researchers reveal gardenias act as night workers. Curtis Keyes shows gardenias grow in two shifts: daylight food gathering and nocturnal growth, with blossoms wilting in 80 to 90 degree heat unless greenhouse nights drop to 58 or 60 degrees. The finding explains why winter cut blooms drop before shipping.
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Department of Horticulture
Curtis Keyes
America
Europe
China
Japan
Embroidery border instructions from Mrs Spears book
Spears describes six strand mercerized thread methods for royal blue and turkey red top borders with blue couching red loops and yellow gardenia edge. center fish bone stitch in red, edge lines in yellow and orange, and promising details from Book No. 2 Sewing for the Home Decorator. It notes the book’s price, contents, and author address in Chicago.
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Spears
S. Desplaines St
Chicago, Ill
Pretty Afternoon Dress and Tot Play Suit Patterns
Fashion pattern notice describes two new designs for Chic and Comfort with sew charts. The Afternoon Dress features shirring shoulders and built up waist for a slim silhouette, offered in georgette chiffon voile or linen. The Tot Play Suit is simple to make, square necked and side-tied with choice of gingham percale pique linen or broadcloth. Patterns 1517 and 1910 include sizes and yardage. order Barbara Bell Spring and Summer Pattern Book for 109 designs.
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Barbara Bell
Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Temper and Circumstance Suitability Quotation
A brief quotation from Hume on temper and circumstance. It states that happiness comes to those whose conditions fit their temperament, yet true excellence lies in adapting one's temper to any circumstance.
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Hume
Desired to Know Who Thrust Honor Upon Him
At a prominent watering place a large crowd watched a man struggle in the water. A young man dove in fully dressed and rescued him. The crowd cheered the heroic act and urged honoring the rescuer, who asked who pushed him off the pier.
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O. K
Help ful Hints on Planning a Laxa tive Diet
Headers invite readers to request a copy of C Houston Goudiss bulletin detailing plan for laxative diet. It offers concrete suggestions for improving elimination through correct eating and hygiene, lists laxative foods, and provides a full week's sample menus. Postcard requests accepted.
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C. Houston Goudiss
East 39Th Street
New York City
Goodness Is Lovely Once Show to the Bulk of Men
A fragment reflecting on virtue over wickedness, asserting goodness appears smoother and more attractive to most men than vice. The line hints at moral discourse and social perception without a full article context.
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