Wage Hour Petition Sparks House Scramble in Washington
A rush to sign a petition to force a House vote on the revised wage hour bill disrupted proceedings as members jostled and some threatened to tear the document apart. Norton of the labor committee filed the petition. 218 signatures required for a new House seat, with several congressmen quickly signing.
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Washington
Norton
House Labor Committee
House
Bankhead
Representative
D.-Ohio
Labor Committee
Flannery
D.-Pa
Curley
Welch
R.-Calif
Lesinski
D.min
Pfeifer
O'Day
House Signs Fast to Force Wage Hour Bill Action
Members completed a petition to force House consideration of the revised wage hour bill. The 218th signature was added in under three hours after filing.
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Ashington
Book sellers accused of sabotaging Roosevelt papers
Bennett A. Cerf, president of Random House, says some leading U.S. booksellers have deliberately tried to sabotage The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He declines to name them but cites several big department stores among those involved.
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New York
Bennett A. Cerf
Random House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Governor Hoey Paroles Davis in Murder Case
Governor Hoey freed William Davis a Negro convict in the January 1929 Guilford county murder of Bertie Moore after rejecting 22 clemency pleas.
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Raleigh
Hoey
William Davis
Guilford County
Bertie Moore
Real estate hailed as safest investment by boards leader
Joseph W. Catherine of Brooklyn, president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, said in Richmond on May 6 that real estate, undervalued at current prices, is the best and safest investment in America today.
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Richmond
Joseph W. Catherine
Brooklyn
National Association of Real Estate Boards
America
Hosiery Workers Union Authorizes 3 Year Contracts
The American Federation of Hosiery Workers authorized its national executive board to negotiate contracts up to three years with employers. The vote was 160 to 27. President Emil Rieve backed the move, changing prior one year contract policy.
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Charlotte
N. C
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Emil Rieve
Philadelphia
Soviet appoints ambassador to Germany amid treason charges
Moscow May 6 AP The government announced the appointment of a new ambassador to Germany, replacing Dr Constantine Youreneff who faced treason charges in the Moscow trial two months ago. The appointee A T Merekaloff has been vice commissar of foreign trade after the department shakeup following Rozengoltz removal.
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Moscow
Germany
Constantine Youreneff
A. T. Merekaloff
A. B P. Rozengoltz
Labor Board Reaffirms Ford Labor Case In Covington
The National Labor Board reaffirms its finding that Ford Motor Co violated the Wagner Act with jurisdiction in the case. The court returned the board order for reinstatement of 20 Michigan plant workers and halted alleged coercion of workers. Ford petitions to reconsider face hearings scheduled within days as the court weighs the examiner's authority.
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Covington
National Labor Hoard
Ford Motor Company
U. S
Michigan
N. L. BR. BR
Ford
Notice to Enterprise Subscribers About Carrier Collections
Carriers of The Enterprise operate on a small merchant plan buying papers from the office and selling at a fixed rate. Earnings depend on subscriber collections. Saturday is regular collection day, please have the payment ready when he calls. Credit beyond two weeks is at carrier's discretion and risk.
Charges Hurl in Pa Campaign Over State Insurance Firms
In Pennsylvania the ousted attorney general adds a new charge against David L. Lawrence claiming he and his “insurance agencies” profited 2.5 million dollars in state insurance and bonding business since the Earle administration began. Democratic candidate Charles J. Margiotti accuses Lawrence of secret partnership with two Pittsburgh firms and of dictating the state’s insurance dealings. Lawrence denies involvement with firms selling state insurance.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
David L. Lawrence
Commonwealth
Earle
Charles J. Margiotti
Lawrence
Lawrence, Who Also Is Chairman of the State Democratic Committee
Pittsburgh
Margiotu
Piedmont textile chemists meet in Greensboro tomorow
The Spring meeting of the Piedmont section of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists will be held in Greensboro tomorrow.
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Greensboro
Piedmont Section
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
FDA Chief Blasts Drug Laws in Boston
Dr Theodore Glumpp chief medical officer of the FDA says there is nothing to stop marketing drugs that destroy eyesight or kill outright. He argues the present food and drugs law lacks advertising jurisdiction and faulty drug definition and fails to protect the public from dangerous drugs.
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Boston
Theodore Glumpp
U. S. Food and Drug Administration
Krum
Fainting Scare Strikes Wilmington High After Drill Review
Fifty New Hanover high school students fainted and 35 required medical attention after the junior ROTC final review on the drill grounds. Authorities blamed hysteria and fasting while health officials suspected gastric disturbance. The superintendent refused to close the school today but warned he would if fainting persisted.
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Wilmington
New Hanover High School
Attena
Health Department
H. M. Roland
Jackie Coogan May Be Father By Year's End
Hollywood report says friends hint Jackie Coogan may become a father by year’s end amid a $4 million accounting suit against his mother and stepfather. Betty Grable says Coogan is the family spokesman while his mother names Bobby, 13, in the case over earnings from Brooky In 1941.
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Hollywood
Jackie Coogan
Kid
Jackie
Betty Grable
Coogan
Arthur L. Bernstein
Bobby
Robert
Jackie Coogan Productions, Inc
Chamberlain Admin Suffers Defeat in Middlesex Byelection
In London on May 6 the Labour party won the byelection in the Lightfield seat near Birmingham. Poole, a 35 year old railway clerk, defeated government candidate C. B. Craddock by 826 votes. Poole cited distrust of the government's foreign policy as key to the win.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Labor Party
Poole
House of Commons
Lighfield
Birmingham
C. B. Craddock
Mr. Chamberlain
Britain
Franco Drives On To Vital Highway
Franco's Castillians push through driving rain toward the Teruel Sagunto Valencia highway as government militiamen withdraw from fortified mountains. Insurgents suffer heavy losses for each yard gained while rainstorms hinder operations.
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Franco
Vital Highway
Hendaye
France
Francisco Franco
Chinese Claim Recapture Of Huge Territory In Shantung
Chinese authorities claim recapture of about half the territory in South Shantung Province after a three week offensive as the undeclared war nears ten months. Peiping gates are closed, planes bomb nearby targets, and reports say guerrillas and communists approach the city while Japanese garrisons are reinforced. Chinese counterattacks claim to have severed Yangtze railroad links and reclaimed towns in South Hopeh and North Henan amid heavy fighting around Tancheng and Shihkao.
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Shanghai
Shantung
Lini
Peiping
Yangtze River
Tangtu
Wuhu
Nanking
Shihkao
Anhwei
Hofei
Lake Chao
Kiangsu
Haichow
Sunghai
Fawning
Chiang Kai- Shek
Pengpo
Tientsin-Pukow
Suchow
Hopeh
Henan
Yellow River
Tancheng
Szechuchen
Pihsien
Lin
Appropriations Subcommittee Approves Relief Spending Bill
Washington May 6 A House appropriations sub committee approved the administration's large spending lending bill after adding provisions to limit President Roosevelt's relief spending discretion. Chairman Woodrum said the subcommittee will report a bill embodying the essential recommendations of the President.
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Washington
House Appropriations
Roosevelt
Woodrum
D-Va
AFHW Debates Policy Change on Multi Year Contracts
The American Federation of Hosiery Workers resumed debate on authorizing its executive board to enter into contracts up to three years with manufacturers. Supporters say longer deals would stabilize the industry and aid rehabilitation. opponents warn of disruption across mills. A southern unionization drive planning report is near, with John Martin of Atlanta pledging ILGWU support to organize all branches.
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Charlotte
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
South
John Martin
Atlanta
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
GOP Targets Priming Bill in First Conference
GOP lawmakers prepare to mobilize against the administrations pump priming legislation calling it a crime and aimed at political ends. The measure would authorize 1.25 billion in relief and a billion dollar public works program while Republicans push to shift relief back to the states and curb new agencies.
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House
Seasion
Snell
New York
Bacon
Mussolini Hosts Hitler as Italian Forces Parade in Rome
In Rome on May 6 Mussolini displayed a large military review for Adolf Hitler with 30 000 troops for a totalitarian war motif. The event included a chemical regiment gas masks and Italian goosestep as Balilla youths performed.
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Rome
Mussolini
Hitler
Alfonso
Spain
Amanullah
Afghanistan
Fuehrer
Il Duce
Alphonse and Gaston
FDR Fishes Off Bahamas During Vacation Finale
President Roosevelt, finishing a vacation aboard the cruiser Philadelphia, plans a tropical fishing outing near Caicos Island in the southern Bahamas after a 21 hour run from San Juan. Aboard the Philadelphia, he read mail and reports on deck as the ship and escort Fanning sail through Mona Passage.
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Charleston
D. C
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Caicos Island
Bahamas
Caicos
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Washington
Navy Yard
Fanning
Mona Passage
Santo Domingo
Dispatch
James
Davis
McIntyre
Sombrero
Child Labor Warrants Issued in Raleigh Case
Miss Lena Glidewell of the State Labor department filed five warrants charging Albert Macklin of Capital Grocery with violating child labor laws. The action stems from a death of 10 year old Peter Hicks and injuries to two other boys plus three more Negro youths working without permits.
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Raleigh
Lena Glidewell
State Labor Department
Albert Macklin
Capital Grocery Company
Peter Hicks
Touts Taylor
Macklin
Hicks
Taylor
France and Britain warn Berlin over Czechoslovakia deal
Paris and London plan a joint appeal to Prague and a warning to Berlin within 24 hours amid Hitler Mussolini talks in Rome. French sources say the move urges Czechoslovakia to concede to its Nazi minority and warns Germany against violence, while seeking a conciliatory solution to the Sudeten German issue.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Praha
Berlin
London
Germany
Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Fuehrer
Italy
Foreign Office
Czzechoslovakia
Fascist Editor Raps Woodring Over Aggression War Talk
Virginie Gayda editorially criticizes U S Secretary of War Woodring for labeling Ethiopian actions as pressure on a democracy. He argues Woodring supports bloc politics and preventive war, and would provoke decisive reactions, per an Italian newspaper.
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Rome
Virginie Gayda
Washington
Woodring
Giornale D'italia
Gayda
United States
Italy
O Connell defies Hague in Jersey City rally threat
Rep Jerry OConnell says he will speak in Journal Square despite warnings of veteran resistance. He denounces a Jersey City armory gathering as a vigilante group used by Mayor Hague during his administration. Catholic War Veterans official notes possible 800 uniformed men with rubber hose as a show of force.
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Jersey City
N. J
Jerry O'Connell
D-Mont
Journal Square
O'Connell
Jersey City Armory
Hague
Frank Hague
Charlies Brophy
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Dixon
Margiotti
Manhattan
U. S. Army
Chamberlain
Shantung Province
Knudsen
William 8. Knudsen
General Motors Corporation
United States Chamber of Commerce
AFHW
Gop
The
E. C. O'Mahoney
Judiciary
Chhairman
I! Duce
Republic
Neville Henderson
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Prague
Neville
Goering
Raps Woodring
O’connell
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