Wage and hour bill eyed to replace NRA features
A congress bill would set a national wage floor and maximum hours while avoiding price fixing and industrial codes. The Gallup poll finds public opinion split about this plan, with exemptions for farm and domestic work likely. Experts warn against excessive limits that could hurt small business and stress federal action on sweatshop and child labor issues.
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NRA
Gallup
Roosevelt
Blue Eagle
Washington
Leisure Demands Prompt Summer Wednesday Closures
Delphi business men shift to shorter summer hours closing stores on Wednesdays to test reader acceptance. Labor groups push for a nationwide Maine vacation boycott in response to shoe-strike injunctions. An amateur string quartet quip praises Brahms with a dig at the performance.
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Delphi
Maine
Bar Harbor
Michael Eagan Returns From Oklahoma Prospecting Trip
Michael Eagan will return today from Oklahoma where he has been on a prospecting trip. In Tulsa he met Charles Lyon who moved there from Pyr mont and is in the grocery trade. Lyon sold land last year for a big profit. Mrs C M Kerlin gave a dinner party Wednesday with ten covers. A committee is preparing an Armory play for next week with many local participants.
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Michael Eagan
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Indian Territory
Charles Lyon
Pyrmont
Lyon
May Sibbitt
Mary Walker
Carrie Collins
John Hanna
Elmer Bucher
Armory
Tose
C. E Angell
W. A. Roach
Zelpha Meyers
Grace _ Lines
Harry Arnold
Harry Reed
George R. Ives
L. H. Orr
Hazeman
Interurban Link Between Lafayette and Logansport Likely Yet to Start
The connection of the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley interurban lines between Lafayette and Logansport through Delphi is now an assured fact and work is expected to begin in the city within the next two weeks.
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Fort Wayne
Wabash Valley
Lafayette
Logansport
Delphi
Mrs Ida McAhron Weds A L Mortenson in Oregon
Miss Ida McAhron of near Burnetts Creek Indiana married Medford Oregon to A L Mortenson a prominent lumber man of Oak Point Washington. Miss Laura I Guthrie of Rock Creek township writes from Oregon about the union.
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Laura I. Guthrie
Rock Creek Township
Oregon
Ida McAhron
Burnetts Creek
Indiana
Medford
A.L. Mortenson
Oak Point
Washington
Delphi Band Opens Summer Concert Series
The Delphi band opened its summer concert series Thursday evening at the band stand drawing a good crowd. The performance was well received and the ensemble sounded better than ever with more programs planned for future shows.
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Delphi
Champion Egg Farmer Leads Monticello Flock to Record Egg Yield
Charles Gustavel once of the city keeps 16 Blue Andalusian chickens in Monticello. In 16 weeks they averaged 81 eggs each, some eggs weighing 2.42 ounces. The Blue Andalusian birds are slate blue, hens weigh 6 1 2 pounds and cocks 7 pounds. Henry Franklyn of Boston pursues Ida Oats in Flora after three months of letters. A matrimonial paper sparked the meeting but she balked at immediate marriage. The Lehnert brick block changes hands and James C. Lewis sells Walcott electric light plant holdings to William C. Kinney, both White county men.
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Charles Gustavel
Monticello
Henry Franklyn
Boston
Mass
Flora
Seige
Ida Oats
Lehnert
Las
James C. Lewis
Walcott Electric Light Plant
William C. Kinney
White County
Morgan Likely Resigns GOP Chair Amid Intra Party Row
Ray Smith notes reports claim Ivan Morgan a Austin millionaire may resign as Republican state chairman soon though he has not stated this. Morgan just won a fierce intra party quarrel and would quit only by force if it happens. Ball, a Muncie millionaire and national committee man, faced a setback as Harry Fenton was ousted as secretary.
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Ivan Morgan
Austin
Banner
Ivan
Morgan
George A. Ball
Muncie
Harry Fenton
Ball
G. O. P. Treasury
We’ve Just Begun To Fight Moral From Cans
A narrator recalls a man who tastes canned peaches and cream in a diner and compares it to shortages in the nation. He notes unemployment and need despite plenty, arguing that the New Deal has progressed but a long road remains and that “We have just begun to fight.”
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L. D
States
Justice McReynolds
Archeologists
Fragmented satirical musings from a 1937 column
A collection of quips and wry observations touching on politics, war, employment, and media. Witty remarks span references to Hitler in Spain, naval power, census ideas, dole lines, and odd anecdotes about a laughing jackass and gift giraffes.
Opinions on new American world and five Supreme Court decisions
Historian Burton J. Hendrick calls the 1937 SCOTUS rulings a turning point for the United States while dramatist Maxwell Anderson and others offer sharp metaphors. The quotes reflect political and social tensions as leaders and unions clash and global events unfold.
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Supreme Court
United States
Burton J. Hendrick
Deporting Alien Criminals and Unemployment Echoes
ANTA MONICA Calif would-be deportation policy echoes NY governor by commuting long-term foreign-born convicts to parole eligibility only to be sent to port authorities for possible deportation. The piece critiques immigration policy and laments ineffectual controls. An aside on Confucian missions and a separate note on unemployment statistics follows, noting 8–9 million out of work and a tax board utility valuation increase of 32.1 million in Indiana.
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Anta -Monica
Calif
New York
Washington
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Indiana
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England
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Maxwell Anderson
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Indianapolis
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