Perkins drafts flexible wage hours bill in study stage
Secretary Frances Perkins outlined a draft measure to set minimum wages and maximum hours with broader working conditions and accident prevention provisions. She stressed no business protection and said the bill aims for industry by industry regulation with a central federal framework and possible industry licensing options.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
Congress
Miss Perkins
Roosevelt
NRA
Mr. Roosevelt
Homer S. Cummings
Supreme Court
Guffey
O’mahoney
Federal Government
George L. Berry
Federal Trade Commission
Peggy's Love Balm Suit Dismissed Details of 1914 marriage claim
Peggy testified she was eleven when she ran away and married Quinn in Salem to avoid reform school threats. The court pressed her on whether she ever married anyone before, noting she insisted she had not and that the second boy claimed to be her brother.
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New York
Peggy
Salem
Roanoke
Justice Cottilo
Virginia Law Digest
Rubinoff
Halprin
Justice Cotillo
la Rocca
Sandler
Quinn
Bible Conference Planned at Central Park Church
A four day Bible conference led by Dr. W A Stevens on Sunday at 11 a m and 7 30 p m each evening will be held at the Central Park Presbyterian church on B avenue near Seventeenth Street NE. The speaker is vice president and dean of Buena Vista College Storm Lake Ia.
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W. A. Stevenson
Buena. Vista College
Storm Lake
Central Park Presbyterian Church
B Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Iowa House Approves Reduced Unemployment Board
The Iowa House passed a bill revising the unemployment insurance act. It cuts commission salaries to 3000 dollars a year and caps staff at 2400 dollars, with no more than 60 percent from one party. The measure heads back to the Senate amid protests of obstruction tactics claims.
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DES Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
Iowa Unemployment Insurance Commission
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Rep
C. L. Rice
Delta
Kraschel
Commission
R. G. Moore
Dunlap
Moore
R. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Relief Funds Back Brazil Drought Areas In Northeast
In Fortaleza AP reports the first rain since 1935 and President Getulio Vargas pledging 600000 dollars in federal funds for public works relief. The aid targets Ceara Rio Grande do Norte and Alagoas as farms and ranches face severe drought.
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Fortaleza
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Ceara
Rio Grande Do Norte
Alagoas
Illinois Lawyers Vote 5-1 Against Court Plan
The Illinois state bar association reported a five to one vote against Roosevelt’s supreme court reorganization plan in a statewide referendum. Cairo A. Trimble of Princeton said over half of the members participated, tally 2,062 against and 377 for the plan, with Chicago members voting 1,323 to 270 against.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois State Bar Association
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Cairo A. Trimble
Princeton
Bar Association
Chicago
Roosevelt urges temporary Bonneville power administration plan
President Roosevelt asked Congress to set up a provisional Bonneville power administration to operate the Columbia River project. An administrator would run the dam with an advisory board, directing energy use and reserving at least 50 percent of power for public and cooperative buyers. Rates require federal power commission approval and project funding would come from initial operating needs.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Congress
Bonneville
Columbia River Basin
Garner
Bankhead
Secretary of the Interior
Secretaries of War and Interior
Federal Power Commission
Provisional Administration
Civil Service
Chrysler May Deal With Auto Union In North Chicago
Surgical corporation executives met separately with parties as officials refused to talk with the committee for industrial organization. About 35 Century Wallpaper Mills workers in Decatur Iowa? Defied a court order to evacuate the plant while a state conciliator considers action. Eleven sit-down strikers in Los Angeles at Brownie’s Pie Shop held fortified with food demanding a 40 hour week and 25 percent wage boost.
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Detroit Radio and Television Corporation
Detroit
Star Terminal Transfer Company
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
San Francisco
Machinists’ Union
Cleveland
Metcalf Neckwear Company
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Washington
City Hall Buzzes Over Civil Service Bill For Municipal Employes
City officials react as state Senate moves a civil service bill to cover cities over 50 000 population including Cedar Rapids and Davenport. The measure faces opposition from officeholders and department heads though Des Moines already uses civil service. Technical staff such as city engineers may face recruitment hurdles and part time parks staff raise questions. Public Safety Commissioner W C Benesh already has civil service.
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Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Senate
Davenport
Des Moines
Park Department
Public Safety
W. C. Benesh
Union organizer accuses GM of fortifying plants
An organizer for the United Automobile Workers alleges General Motors is strengthening plants to discharge all union workers. The claim centers on factory security measures and planned workforce reductions amid labor tensions.
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Uments
United Automobile Workers Union
General Motors Corporation
Scientists trace Halley’s Comet to 240 B C
Scientists have traced Halley’s comet back to the year 240 B C confirming ancient observations. The finding links early Greek and Chinese records to the famous celestial visitor and clarifies its long-term appearance pattern.
Slayer Sought Since 1933 Arrested in Omaha
Walter Daw son alias Big Baltimore was arrested in Omaha on Tuesday night after three years as a suspect in the 1933 murder of Elmer Koivula, 22, in Minneapolis. He admitted guilt and waived extradition.
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Omaha
Elmer Koivula
Minneapolis
Walter Dawson
Big Baltimore
Sit-Down Boss Quits Office as Strike Ends at Fry Products
Detroit AP reports Fry Products workers and management ended a four day sit down strike after mutual agreement. The boss evacuated his office as 100 women and 10 men left the plant with mops and blankets. Alfred Glancy mediated the settlement and both sides vowed to return to work.
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Detroit
Fry Products, Inc
Alfred R. Glancy
Oakland Motor Car Co
General Motors Corp
Glancy
Span
Fry
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