Lewis Seeks 30-Hour Week No Pay Limit Plan
CIO leader John L. Lewis urged Congress to adopt a national 30 hour week without a minimum wage, proposing a floor on wages and a ceiling on hours as a compromise. He backed a 35 cent minimum with board power to adjust, while preferring no wage hour bill to a 20 cent minimum compromise.
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Washington
INS
House Labor Subcommittee
John L. Lewis
CIO
Congress
Lewis
Thomas F. Burns
United Rubber Workers Alliance
Goodrich Rubber Company
Ohio
Connery
House Labor Committee
Durable and Non-Durable Goods Shifts Reported
The Federal Reserve Board reports February and early March declines in durable goods with some improvement in non-durables. Heavy industry shows few gains and overall manufacturing output remains near January levels. mineral output fell while residential construction awards rose slightly in February then gained more this month. The industrial production index stands at 70 percent of the 1923-25 average in February, down from 80 percent in January.
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Washington
INS
Federal Reserve Board
Airlines Rail Charges Agreement Claimed Before Committee
Lytle S. Adams of Morgantown West Virginia president of Tri state Aviation testified before the house interstate commerce committee accusing major airlines and railroads of a covert pact to protect the railroad express business. He opposed the Lea bill to create a civil aeronautics authority, arguing it would foster monopoly.
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Washington
INS
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Lytle S. Adams
Morgantown
W. Va
Tri-state Aviation Corporation
Lea
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Stormy family saga ends with rekindled love and integrity
Kathleen Maguire confronts family tensions after her father Mike Maguire exposes fraud by Eugene Mays. Ritchie secures a lucrative post for his truth telling, Kathleen ends engagement with Mays and forgives her past, while Laura and Mike find peace as storms pass. Deaths from lightning are rare and rural damage dominates.
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Kathleen Maguire
Mike
Eugene Mays
Mass
Fours
Covington
Kathleen
Alec
Lou
Colonel Shoup
Mays
Tom
Donahue
the Clarion
Kitten
Laura
Scott
Ritchie
New York
Saturday Evening Post
Gene Mays
Michael Maguire
Plebiscite Leader Says Nazi Austria Church Pact Holds
Vienna AP dispatch reports Joseph Buerckel declares peace exists between Nazi regime and predominantly Catholic Austrian church during April 10 plebiscite campaign. He says both sides err only if blamed, with Hitler supported by bishops in a forthcoming pastoral letter. He also denounces Kurt Schuschnigg as crowds jeer.
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Vienna
Joseph Buerckel
Austria
Germany
Buerckel
Fuhrer
Adolf Hitler
Saar
Kurt Schuschnigg
Pfui
Oil Well Drilling Milestone Reaches 191000 in US
Report notes that approximately 191000 dry oil wells have been drilled across the United States, reflecting the scale of exploration activity and historical energy extraction efforts.
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United States
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