General Motors strike threat prompts board of strategy actions
In Flint 300 delegates from 69 GM plants empowered a board of strategy led by Homer Martin to trigger a general strike amid a stand against national collective bargaining. Twelve hundred workers idle, eight wage and hour demands outlined, Knudsen rejects national talks, workers receive CI0 backing while labor tensions rise.
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Edward F. McGrady
Pacific
Washington
General Motors
Perkins
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Auto Workers
Flint
Board of Strategy
William S. Knudsen
Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Hitchcock to Fill Norbeck's Senate Term in South Dakota
South Dakota appoints Herbert Hitchcock to complete the late Senator Norbeck’s term. Hitchcock, Democratic state chairman, expands the Senate to 76 Democrats and 16 Republicans. Born 1867 in Maquoketa Iowa, he built a legal and public service career in Mitchell before rising to state senate and as state’s attorney.
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POM _BERRY
South Dakota
Herbert Hitchcock
Mitchell
S. D
Peter Norbeck
Senate
Mr. Hitchcock
Maquoketa
Anamosa
Davenport
Chicago
Naval treaty expires sparks buildup after 1936
At the close of 1936 the Washington and London naval treaties expired and a major naval construction race began among powers. Britain took an early lead by paying the keels on New Year’s Day, signaling a rapid buildup in naval strength.
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United States
Italy
France
Germany
Japan
Soviet
Russia
Washington
London
Great Britain
Atenue
Roosevelt Pushes Federal Action on Child Labor Wages
President Roosevelt urged federal action to end child labor long hours and starvation wages, noting NRA decline since its death and hinting at possible new protections. AFL attorneys plan a bill to restore labor protections and define unfair conduct with penalties. Federal licensing of interstate corporations also favored under the O\’Mahoney bill.
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President Roosevelt
NRA
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Federation
O’mahoney
Nebraska Unicameral Opens First Session Amid Calls for Nonpartisan Conduct
Gov. R L Cochran urged nonpartisan rules as Nebraska moves into its first unicameral session. He discouraged party caucuses and stated he would oversee the body to keep politics out of proceedings. The milestone marks a shift from prior legislative structure.
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S . Nebraska
United States
R. L. Cochran
Senate Leader Attacks Supreme Court Wage Case Ruling
The Democratic Senate leader pledged federal action to regulate wages while denouncing the high court decisions as impossible. He criticized the New York wage case as bad law and urged reversal, citing broad support from the American bar for that stance.
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Senate
Supreme Court
New York
Cuba's Bru Plans Settlement of Obligations with U S
Bru president of Cuba seeks to settle about 75 million dollars in debts to American investors and gold bondholders through negotiations in the United States. Col. Batista reportedly controls affairs and backing changes to the constitution to allow immediate talks.
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Frderico Laredo Bru
Cuba
United States
Bru
Col
Fulgencio Batista
Gerardo Machado
Batista
Congress
Spain Plans to Resist German Aggression
Germany halts Spanish steamers in reprisal for the Palos seizure while the Valencia government rejects Spain accepting German terms. Foreign Minister Alvarez del Vayo vows to resist aggression with all means. Fascist bombs strike Malaga as loyalist forces recapture Alma drones on the Guadalajara front. Britain and Italy sign a Mediterranean pact promoting noninterference and shared rights. Secretary Wallace allocates 200 million dollars for state road improvements in the coming fiscal year.
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Julio Alvarez del Vayo
Valencia
Paris
Palos
Malaga
Almadrones
Guadalajara
Great Britain
Italy
Mediterranean
Britain
Gibraltar
Suez Canal
India
Pan American conference aims and doubts in Buenos Aires
Analysis notes mixed hopes for the Buenos Aires Pan American meeting. It argues the conference sought to deter war by example and to foster a common neutrality policy, but European interest largely ignored it. It also discusses domestic tensions among New Dealers, consumer and labor groups, and military views on government munitions production.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Buenos Aires
Hyde Park
America
Western Hemisphere
Europe
Council Board
Edward Mrs. Simpson
Louis D. Brandeis
Felix Frankfurer
Congress
Army
Navy
Poem Fragments in a Lyrical Patchwork
A collection of literary scraps echoing Tennyson and Shakespeare. The lines touch on patience, healing wounds, and the persistence of love and life across places.
Bayer Aspirin Quick Relief Offers Two Dozen in Tin
Advertising copy touts Genuine Bayer Aspirin at 14 per tablet with two full dozen in a flat pocket tin for 25 cents. Claims fast relief from headache neuritis and neuralgia and urges customers to demand the full Bayer name in purchases.
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Bayer
Aristotle on becoming able in any profession
The moral cites three essentials nature study and practice as needed for any person to master a trade or skill. It attributes the maxim to Aristotle and frames ability as the product of inherent disposition learning and repeated application.
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Aristotle
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