Hope For Quick Adjournment Fades In Wages Hours Fight
Washington briefs say Congress moved slowly toward adjournment as the wage hour dispute blocks final action on a 3.723 billion relief bill. Conferees clash on labor standards, exemptions, and a possible new agency to set wages and hours. The controversy centers on a bedrock 25 cent minimum wage with expansion to 40 cents, while southern lawmakers push for limited exemptions and regional living costs.
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Washington
House
Senate
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
A. F. of L
Federation
South
Senator Walsh
D.-Mass
Walsh
Fiesta star Ellen Daggs Eyes Arizona ranch
Hollywood actress Ellen Daggs and foreman Bill inspect Durango 6000 acre ranch in the Santa Rita mountains near Nogales Arizona. They debate ownership while mapping the site and collecting soil and water samples as plans grow for a secluded life away from Hollywood.
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Hollywood
Montoya
Bill
Baron
Nogales
Eilen
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Rincon Mountains
Dale Ranch
Ellen
Phoenix
Durango
Mexico
Uncle Sam
Trinidad Durango
Patagonia
Santa Rita Mountains
Canelo Hills
Mount Wrightson
California
Los Angeles
Arizona
Rancho
Whetstone
Southwest
Manhattan
Catalina Island
Malibu
Rocky Mountains
Elien
Alto
Coronach National Forest
Ellen Dale
Ellen Daggse
Sonora
Ellen Daggs
Insect Plague Spurs Birdlife Changes in Birdland
Mormon cricket invasion prompts a social shift as predator and prey birds, including hawks bluebirds quail and finches, feed on swarms of insects. Kenneth Lichelt, cricket control supervisor, notes daily reports of birds seen together near Pasco on June 6.
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Pasco
Wach
Kenneth Lichelt
Smart Girl Patricia Curran Seeks Strong Scholarship Record
Patricia Curran a 13 year old Chicago grammar school pupil who led her class in grades for three years decided to take no chances in scholarship examinations by entering five tests.
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Chicago
Patricia Curran
Educators Attend State Conference at University of Alabama
City and county school officials and PTA officers plan to attend the tenth annual state education conference held with the ninth annual Institute of Alabama Congress of PTA at the University of Alabama in June 1917. Noted speakers include Dr Beather McGinnis of Buffalo State Teachers College and Dr George B Counts of Teachers College Columbia University.
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PTA
Institute of Alabama
Congress of
University of Alabama
Beather McGinnis
Buffalo State Teachers College
George 8. Counts
Teachers College
Columbia University
Decatur
Morgan County
W. W. Benson
W. T. Jordan
W. R. Riley
A. M. Roan
T. Burnum
Louis Bell
Joe Wheeler Pta
H. N. Peartsoy
Hawthorne Faces Cucumber Cantaloupe Mix Up
Tuscaloosa county farmer Hawthorne planted 800 hills of cantaloupes expecting cucumbers and 800 hills of cucumbers by mistake. He now must decide how to dispose of the unintended harvest, as spring revealed the seed mix up.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Hawthorne
Tuscaloosa County
Thimbleful Molecules Scale Could Glide Earth With Layer
A thimbleful of molecules enlarged to orange size would yield enough material to cover the entire Earth with a ten foot thick layer, illustrating the vast potential of tiny particles in bulk.
Man Killed by Friend in Alabama Shooting
In Greenivilla Alabama on a June morning a 46 year old man G B Holliday was shot through a store window by his friend W Thompson a grocer. Police say the shooting happened after a canceled fishing trip and Holliday died later in a hospital. Investigation says the shooting was accidental and Thompson was not held.
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Greenivilla
Ala
G. B. Holliday
A. Ene
W. & Thompson
Augustus
Thompson
Holliday
Murphy
Chief Murphy
Brooks Bargainer
Specialist Dies in Alabama While En Route to New York
Funeral today for Dr. A. E. Maumenee Birmingham eye surgeon who died yesterday near Greenville South Carolina after a heart attack. He was removed from a train to a Greenville hospital on the way to join his son and wife for the graduation of Dr. A. E. Maumenee Jr. at Cornell University.
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Birmingham
Ala
A. E. Maumenee
Greenville
Maumenee
New York
Radcliff Maumenee
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