Steel union drive and political shifts sweep the era
International labor activity dominates the page with coverage of CIO organized campaigns against company unions led by John L. Lewis allies, wage talks at Libby Owens and Pittsburgh Plate Glass, and regional strikes paralyzing glass plants. It also reports on Senator Norbeck’s death, the Nanking crisis, Pope Pius XII’s declining condition, and Washington power plays shaping New Deal policy and looming 1940 presidential debates.
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Lewis
John L. Lewis
Pittsburgh
Cleveland - Youngstown
Philip Murray
Committee
Austrial
CIO Representatives Council
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Streena
Toledo
Charleston
W. Va
Shreveport
Ford Company
Libby - Owens
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Libby- Owens
Glen W. McCabe
The
Glass Workers’ Federation
Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
NRA
AAA
Congress
New Year’s Ball Surprise Lights up a Mother’s Night
David Morley astonishes his mother by buying her a gown and slippers for the New Year ball. He then escorts her to the event, revealing a heartwarming plan that brings forgiveness and joy as Dorothy watches. The tale ends with a family celebration and a fulfilled inspiration.
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Avid
Dorothy May
David
Mother
Dot
Dorothy
Davy
Joe
David Morely
Jean Raft
Dolly
Earthquake and volcanic eruptions devastate central El Salvador
Severe temblors centered on San Vicente destroy large areas leaving over two hundred dead and around four hundred injured. San Vicente, with 26 000 residents, reportedly nearly wiped out while thousands join a religious procession during the catastrophe. The unrest in Cuba features President Miguel Gomez opposing Col. Batista over a 9 cent sugar tax funding rural schools. Batista supporters push for Gomez’s resignation as impeachment looms and Batista hints at dictatorship if needed.
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Salvador
San Vicente
Miguel Gomez
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Island
Republic
Batista
Gomez
Havana
House of Representatives
Hamilton Re-elected RNC Chair With Full Time Salary
OHN HAMILTON remains chair of the Republican National Committee after 74 of 76 members rejected his resignation at a Chicago meeting. He was awarded a $15,000 annual salary and a $10,000 expense account to devote full time to rebuilding the party and cutting the deficit. The group authorized appointing a team to craft a plan to raise funds while Treasurer C B Goodspeed reported campaign expenditures of $6,540,776 and a $901,501 deficit.
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Ohn Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Hamilton
C. B. Goodspeed
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Giles
Edward W. Pickard
Wester Newspaper Union
Peter Norbeck
South Dakota
United States
Redfield
S. D
Norbeck
Senate
United States Senate
Tom Berry
Maximiliano Martinez
San Salvador
Pope
Pius
Nicola Pande
Rome
Amanti Milani
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Katshek
Chang Hsueh-liang
Sianfu
Huhsien
Chang Tsi_ carn
Warsamacd
T. V. Soong
Chiang
Marshal Chang
Soviet
Russia
Japan
Tokio
Hachiro Arita
Arita
Senator Black
Use Black
Alabama
Arry Hopkins
WPA
Harold L. Ickes
PWA
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Ickes
Buenos Aires
White House
Garner
Hitler
Spain
Franco
Adolf Hitler
Madrid
Catalonia
Germany
General Faupel
Berlin
Ard
Apital Carter Field
Brandeis
Hugh S. Johnson
Guffey
Hughes
Department of Agriculture
Cordell Hull
Henry A. Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George N. Pee
Wallace
Blaine
Garfield
McKinley
Hull
Cleveland
America
Peek
Mr. Roosevelt
Porto Rico
Philippines
Aguinaldo
William Jennings Bryan
Henry L. Stimson
Hawaii
Florida
Louisiana
Colorado
Uncle Sam
Northwest
State Department
New York
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Chang Hsueb-liang
Alice B. Palmer
Western Newspaper Union
President Gomez
John Hamilton
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