Wage Hour Battle Ends In House Vote On 40 Cents Plan
Washington December 16 AP The House rejected AF L backed moves to derail the wage hour bill by adopting a 40 cent minimum and 40 hour week proposal. The administration bill would set standards via an administrative agency while AF L opposed centralized powers. Debate featured parliamentary maneuvering and calls to halt filibustering as leaders pressed for a merits vote. The Senate meanwhile moved toward a farm bill with no set cost cap.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
House
Bhl
AFOL
A. F. of L
National Interrelations Board
Norton
N. J
Labor Committee
Senate
Senate Banking
Ae Eee
Stores to Stay Open Late For Holiday Shopping Rush
Charleston department stores and shops will close at 9 PM for eight remaining holiday shopping days. Merchants report strong sales and crowded streets as frigid temperatures lure crowds downtown. Stores urge customers to shop during extended hours to beat afternoon crowds and find gift items.
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Charleston
Willie Willis Excerpt Sparks Classroom Controversy
A readable fragment shows Willie Willis quoted by Robert Quillen about attempting to gain teacher attention without snapping fingers or saluting, describing a clash with a disciplinarian tone and a hint of censorship or ridicule in a small town setting.
Husbands Freed in Alimony Row Christmas Offer
In Chicago on December 15 a county fair judges offered release to 24 husbands jailed for alimony arrears if they would quit prison and support their families. Fourteen accepted. Several others refused and stayed jailed. Nine were sent back to jail and one case was continued.
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Chicago
Faii
Snowy weather cripples traffic across middle America
A heavy ice and snow storm slows travel from Pennsylvania to Ohio and beyond. Highways and streets are coated, hospital emergency rooms see more pedestrian injuries, and air, rail, and river transport face widespread delays. Only one southbound plane from Chicago departs, as officials expect more cancellations.
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Associated Press
Middle America
Pennsylvania
Tawa
Chicago
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Great Lakes
Lake St. Clair
Detroit River
Couple Linked To Spy Ring
New York report says the self-styled Mr and Mrs Donald L Robinson, a New York writer and wife, vanished from a Moscow hotel ten days ago. They used forged passports borrowing names of two dead New York children, aiming to thwart investigators, complicating the search for their identities.
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New York
Donald L. Robinson
Moscow Hotel
State Department
Soviet Russia
Murder Weapon Found Near Home
Philadelphia report says a pistol found near the suburban home of Mrs Wilma Valerie ter, shot dead Monday, advances fingerprints from the widow's bedroom. Police seek linkage to intruder who fired two bullets. The weapon reportedly belonged to her fiance Fred B Kingman said to New York. District Attorney Smillie calls the find cheered.
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Philadelphia
Wilma Valerieter
Patrick McKee
Abington Township
Fred &. Kingman
New York
Carpenter
Frederick B. Smillie
Montgomery County
Smail
COP Chairman Denies Discord in GOP Committee Drafts
St Louis December 18 Republican National Chairman John D M Hamilton said the task of naming a committee to draft a new declaration of party principles remained serious and difficult rather than factional. Twenty one of 27 GOP executive committee members met since Monday to select from over 1000 nominees with no names yet passed or rejected. The steering group may reach 150 to 200 members from an enlarged 100 planned. Sub committees split to prune 5 percent of nominees, while observers warned of potential discord despite Hamilton’s statements.
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St.louis
John D. M. Hamilton
GOP
Hamilton
Econterees
Monnel
Confessions Read Into Testimony in Kidnapping Case
In Huntington on December 15 statements signed by John Travis and Orville Adkins were read to the jury. The state outlined a plan in September to abduct Dr. James R. Seder and Paul Price, and named Arthur A. Booth as the organizer. Booth faces the death penalty for his role in the abduction.
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Huntington
John Travis
Orville Adkins
James T. Seder
Plains
Paul Price
Huntington Financial House
Arirtt A. Booth
Seder
Tron Lung Arrives In Huntington To Aid Paralyzed Youth
The Iron lung arrived in Huntington for Wareld Artis a 17 year old Portamouth Ohio resident injured on a highway Dec 4. An appeal led by W E Chilton Sr Charleston and Allied with the West Virginia 40 American Legion to raise funds for the respirator with state wide availability announced by Legion officials including Charles Booth.
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Huntington
Ber
Wareld Artis
Portamouth
Ohio
Here
Moston
Muntington Orthopedic Hospital
Artis
W. E. Chilton, Sr
Charleston
West Virginia
The
American Legion
A. Shade Jones
Chilton
Charles Booth
Morris officer shoots rabbit on hunting expedition
Policeman Marty Jones and another officer prepared for a rabbit hunting mission in Morris. They oiled gear, checked ammunition, and tramped through snow drifts up hills and valleys. A single shot ended the hunt as a rabbit was killed inside a rusty can.
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Morris
Marty Jones
Show Drifts
Hill
Vale
FDR Housing Plan Endorsed by House Banking Committee
Washington December 15 05 A proposal to liberalize President Roosevelt s housing program aims to spur home construction with costs from 6000 to 10000 a 910 000 homes in possible new provisions to back up cheaper housing under 2500 In high cost cities the plan hopes to make $1 0 homes more viable while rural areas would gain help for basic housing where banked facilities limit access to federal funds
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Producers Quit Coal Price Fight
Washington reports producers backed off in a soft coal price list dispute as many prices were altered to meet objections. Consumers protested while the Bituminous Coal Commission pushed the new schedule into effect at midnight. Court action to block the order did not materialize, though Carter Coal Co threatened court proceedings.
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Washington
Man sues Edison firm over alleged hand injury
Chicago report recounts Leon A. Mitchell suing Commonwealth Edison for 5000 dollars claiming an employee named Charles Kelly shook his hand so hard it shattered a finger. The injury occurred on November 17, 1893, when the third phalanx of the index finger broke.
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Chicago
Leon A. Mitchell
Commonwealth Edison Company
Charles Kelly
Births Reported In Blair Nebraska On December Fifteenth
The stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Stork to bless a girl. At the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Will Shaver another infant was born. The notice states the baby is healthy.
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Notters Blair
Neb
Herbert Stork
Will Shaver
Crop Program Costs Slashed in Senate Vote
The Senate unanimously approved an amendment to reduce administrative costs of the crop control program, boosting payments and loans to former beneficiaries. Barkley touted the measure as a compromise, with publicity rules limiting Washington spending to one percent and outside-Washington to four percent. Senators Byrd, De Vad, Russell, and Haten urged stricter oversight as Vanderburg pressed cost limits. The vote was 49 to 38 in favor of allowing necessary expenses to carry out the program. A Johnie amendment to reimburse growers fully for price differences was rejected.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Byrd de Vad
Russell
Haten
Barklvy
Barhler
Sen. Vanderburg
Rmich
Johnie
Sens Johner
D-Cale
Mystery Bundle IsP Partly Solved
A Paris report says a partially solved case ties a bundle of women’s clothing found at Eugene Weidmann’s villa to items described in newspapers as a dress of Mrs. Destrucl, stolen last April from Bordeaux residents Sonn Destruct and his wife. Two missing women linked to ads by Weidmann’s victims remain unidentified. investigators fear similar fates.
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Paris
Eugene Weidmann
Sonn Destruct
Bordeaux
Destrucl
Help
Weidmann
Frar
Fale
Jean de Katen
Brooklyn
Lycer
Mime
Janine Keller
Britain demands halt to Japanese attacks in China
London warned Japan to stop armed strikes on British lives and interests in China after Washington pressed for redress for the Panay and three tankers on the Yangtze. Britain will gauge Tokyo’s response before sending naval reinforcements, hoping China waters stay calm.
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London
Great Britain
America
Tokyo
Japan
China
U. 5
Washington
U. S
England
Orient
Britain
Emperor Hirohito May Break Silence On Panay Crisis
Tokyo observers await a gesture from Emperor Hirohito after President Roosevelt demanded guarantees against further Panay attacks. The report notes the emperor is revered as sacred and a direct reply could affect U S Britain relations amid the China hostility crisis. Experten compare it to Meiji’s past diplomatic regrets.
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Tokyo
INS
Hirohito
Roosevelt
Imperial Palace
Heavenly King
Japan
U.S
Great Britain
U. S
England
China
Fas
Meiji
Russia
Tsarevitch
Lottery Stands Priest Defies Federal Warning
Pittsburgh report says Rev. James R. Cox charged with operating a lottery refuses to halt prize awards totaling $25, a Christmas Garden Stakes contest at St Patrick's monastery garden. Uhl quotes officials claiming mail fraud and vows to pursue legal action. Cox signs a $1,000 bond and awaits U.S. Commissioner Roger Knox.
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Pittsburgh
Dre
James R. Cox
Old St. Patrick's Church
U. S. Alty
Charles F. Uh Ree
Cox
Washington
U.S
Roger Knox
Uhl
Father Coxox
Wounded Eyewitnesses Describe Panay Bombing
Shangh(ai) Dec 15 AP Four survivors of the Yangtze Panay attack spoke from Shanghai hospitals about Japanese planes sinking the Panay and three Standard Oil ships. Jim Marshall, Far East correspondent for Collier's, recounted flying shrapnel and a battlefield escape, aiding the captain to pull up anchor and flee.
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Shanghiat
U. 5
Panay
Jim Marshall
Far East
Collier’s Magazine
Marshall
Yangtze
Shanghai
Hayden Vines
Roanoke
Brit
American Tobacco Company
China
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
U.S
Yangtze River
Sunjang
Nanking
Board Faces Dueling Names in Social Security Case
Washington December 15 A social security board puzzle arises from two men sharing identical full names, father and mother names, and birth dates with only differing addresses. After reviewing 36 million applications, officials issued distinct numbers but cannot distinguish the pair by records. One man is tall with hair, the other short and bald, and officials may photograph them for files.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Japan Replaces Aerial Chief After Panay Bombing
Shanghai dispatch reports Rear Admiral Teizo Mitsunami relieved of duties following the Panay attack. Survivors from Yangtze strikes reach Shanghai by air, while Washington presses Tokyo for explicit guarantees of American lives and property. Secretary Hull says no immediate naval showing or joint action with Britain planned. British seek signals from the U.S. as tensions rise over Japanese moves toward South China.
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Shanghai
Teizo Mitsunami
U. S
Panay
Washington
Yangtze
Mikado
China
Roosevelt
Hull
Great Britain
Far East
London
State Department
South China
U.S
Hongkong
Nanking
Ture
Page
Loyalists Shell Rebel Positions Near Madrid
Spanish government artillery shelled insurgent positions near Madrid as Franco massed troops. Fire focused on Pozuelo, Aravaca, Carabanache, and Villaverde. Insurgents reported quiet despite frontier closure and border blockade. Government said insurgent airmen bombed their own field by mistake, killing and wounding Madrid combatants, with typhoid and other diseases causing deaths among government troops on the Aragon front.
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Hendaye
Artierymen
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Pozuelo Dg Alarcon
Aravaca
Carabanche
Villaverde
Jaime Franco
Spain
Villafranca
del Ebro
Salamanca
Aragon Front
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