Work relief questioned by commerce board
The United States Chamber of Commerce calls for a gradual end to federal work relief, warning it cannot replace private enterprise or fully curb unemployment. The report, led by John W. O’Leary, stresses private industry must lead recovery and warns against competition for workers between relief programs and private firms.
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Board of
United States Chamber of Commerce
John W. O'Leary
Chicago
Charleston
Indianapolis
Buenos Aires
Roosevelt
Congress
Works Progress Administration
United States
Washington
Harold Ickes
PWA
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Supreme Court upholds New York unemployment law in split ruling
The US Supreme Court, in a divided session with Justice Harlan Fiske Stone absent, upheld New York's unemployment insurance law. No formal opinion or lineup was released, but legal experts say the decision has broad implications for state social legislation and the federal social security program.
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New York
United States Supreme Court
Harlan Fiske Stone
AFL approves action against C I O unions at Tampa
The American Federation of Labor voted 21 679 to 2 043 to suspend ten unions backing John L Lewis Committee for Industrial Organization. It also renewed talks with rebel unions and empowered the council to call a special federation convention and expel them if peace talks fail.
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American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization Movement
Green
Tampa
Congress
la Follette
Wisconsin
Washington
Germany and Japan Form Pact to Check Communism
The article reports a suspected Germany Japan alliance to curb communism with plans to keep strong forces in East Prussia and Manchukuo and to exchange military data. Russia halted fishing concessions citing the pact, while Russian authorities convicted German engineer E Strickling and eight others for sabotage.
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Germany
Japan
Italy
Soviet Russia
Moscow
East Prussia
Manchukuo
Russia
Tokio
Novosibirsk
E. Strickling
Strickling
Secret Trade Efforts Stall as Maritime Strike Prolongs
FPWARD F. McGRADY, assistant secretary of labor, sought a settlement of the great maritime workers strike but faced poor progress. Nationwide calls by the Masters, Mates and Pilots association and the Marine Engineers union worsened the mood. Federal operation of emergency ships to Alaska and Hawaii was discussed but not decided.
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Fpward F. McGrady
Masters, Mates and Pilots Association
Marine Engineers Union
Alaska
Hawaii
Mme. Schumann Heink Dies A Great Contralto
The German born contralto Mme. Ernestine Schumann Heink died in Hollywood at a time of national sorrow. She had sung for the AEF and was regarded as one of the era’s leading operatic and concert artists. Her death is noted with fond tribute from across the nation.
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Mme. Schumann-Heink
Mme
Ernestine Schumann Heink
Hollywood
The
Labor and Seaway Talks Shape Postwar Tax Stance
Washington reports William Green and AFL leaders eye shifting old age pension costs from workers to wealth as Congress nears January sessions. Roosevelt and Morgenthau resist changes, while seaway treaty prospects rise with Florida canal advocates banking on Roosevelt’s prestige and Democratic Senate support. outcomes depend on regional votes and budget constraints.
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Washington
William Green
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Organized Labor
Green
Treasury Morgenthau
Capitol Hill
Morgenthau
St. Lawrence Seaway
Senate
Canada
Park Trammel
Duncan A. Fletcher
Florida
Walter F. George
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Florida Canal
Savannah
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Heartburn Warnings Amid Rush Eating and Bad Habits
Readers warned that rapid meals overeating smoking and heavy drinking trigger heartburn. The piece urges heed when stomach signals discomfort and suggests milnesia as an antacid option.
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Committee On Industrial Organization
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Paris
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Marjorie Post Hutton
Biggost
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Philippines
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Assolini
Hitler
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Wartorn
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Hungary
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Rome
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Orient
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Barcelona
Catalonia
England
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Palma
Mallorca
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Cartagena
Miguel de Cervantes
Rex Tugwell
Molasses Concern
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Brain
American Molasses Company
Charles W. Taussig
A. A. Berle, Jr
Tugwell
W. W. Alexander
John G. Winant
Shead
Social Security Board
R. G. Tugwell
Carter Field
Massachusetts
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Marcus
Coolidge
Boston
Atlantic Coast
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Huey Long
New Orleans Association of Commerce
New Orleans
Alf M. Landon
Buffalo
Santino
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Doren
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