Administration Leaders Back Wage Hour Vote Defeat Fears
Administration leaders abruptly halted plans to offer wage hour law changes in the House amid farm bloc opposition. Chairman Norton announced no floor consideration, signaling doubt a two thirds vote could pass. Farm groups and the American Farm Bureau oppose amendments they say would constrain agriculture.
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Washington
House
Norton
D-Nj
Congress
American Farm Bureau Federation
Andrews
House Passes War Department Bill With Flood Control Funds
The House approved a $305,188,514 war department appropriation bill largely for flood control and river and harbor improvements for the coming year. A Republican motion to strike $50,000,000 from the total was defeated 254 to 127 on a roll call vote before final passage.
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Washington
House
Senate
War Department
State seeks bids for 200000 in school furniture
Raleigh May 15 The division of purchase and contract seeks bids by May 25 to supply the state with 200000 worth of school furniture and about 110000 of instructional supplies home economics equipment general office supplies wood desks tables chairs ranges heaters stoves and related supplies.
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Raleigh
Textile unions merge in CIO consolidation move
Philadelphia May 15 The Textile Workers Organizing Committee a strong CIO affiliate merged today with the United Textile Workers of America another CIO group that ousted its president five months ago for seeking to affiliate with the AFL The merger reshapes CIO labor leadership in the textile sector.
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Philadelphia
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
United Textile Workers of America
A. F. of L
House bids Bergdoll entry ban after desertion verdict
The House approved a bill aimed at barring Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, a World War draft dodger, from re entering the United States. The measure targets individuals previously convicted by court martial for desertion who fled abroad and stayed outside U S jurisdiction to avoid punishment.
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Washington
House
Senate
United States
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Murphy urges civil liberties expansion at mayors meeting
Attorney General Frank Murphy urged city leaders to strengthen civil liberties and extend them fully to every member of democracy. He spoke at the joint meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors and the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers at New York City Hall. Mayor La Guardia opened the ninth annual gathering, first outside Washington since 1934, with Milwaukee’s Daniel W. Hoan presiding.
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New York
Frank Murphy
United States Conference of Mayors
National Institute of Municipal Law Officers
Murphy
F. H. la Guardia
City Hall
Washington
Daniel W. Hoan
Milwaukee
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
New Distribution Plan Tested in Rochester First National Food Stamp Trial
Welfare authorities relief recipients and grocers complete preparations for the nations first test of surplus food distribution by stamps. Orange stamps worth cash value and blue stamps for surplus items will be issued at a rate of 1.50 dollars per 1 dollar of relief cash, with plans to expand to five other cities.
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Rochester
N. Y
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
FSCC
Gracery
Mediation System Extension Urged by NMB Chairman
William M. Leiserson, chair of the National Mediation Board, urged extending a mediation system used for rail, water, and air carriers to all industry. He spoke at a Senate Labor Committee hearing, proposing expansion of the United States Conciliation Service to supplement the labor board, saying current staff and powers are inadequate.
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Washington
William M. Leiserson
National Mediation Board
Leiserson
National Labor Relations Board
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
National Labor Relations Act
United States Conciliation Service
Labor Board
Mussolini Speaks On Peace While Fiat Touts Growth
The article reports Mussolini addressing Fiat workers in Turin about slowing civilian auto mobile growth due to international tensions while stressing a desire for peace. He praised Fiat’s new plant and toured a war school, and opened a military airport at Caselle with 100 aircraft overhead as 50 000 Fiat employees welcomed the Duce.
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Turin
Italy
Mussolini
Fiat Works
Il Duce
Piedmont
Fiat
Superior Institute of War
Caselle
Here
France
Un-American Hearings Slated in Major Cities
Public hearings by the House Committee Investigating Un American Activities are planned in Los Angeles Pittsburgh New York Chicago Birmingham and Washington after Congress adjourns according to a Washington dispatch.
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Washington
House
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
New York
Chicago
Birmingham
Congress
Supreme Court Defers K C Commission Split Ruling
The Supreme Court delayed distributing 586000 to Kansas City stockyard commission men until Secretary Wallace can reassess the charges from 1933 to 1937. The decision reversed a lower court, with Justices Butler McReynolds and Roberts dissenting. The court also upheld parts of the 1934 firearms act and the Connally Hot Oil Act prosecution.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kansas City
Wallace
Justice Stone
Western Missouri Federal District Court
Butler, McReynolds
Roberts
Justice McReynolds
FDR to Attend California Fair If Congress Delays
The White House said President Roosevelt would visit the Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco next month if Congress does not adjourn until late July or early August. Press secretary Stephen Barty indicated a July adjournment would push the trip to after adjournment, with a plan to begin in mid June touring the Great Smoky Mountains first.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Congress
Stephen Barty
Asheville
N. C
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Tennessee
Calfornia
Panama, Canal
Polish War Minister Kasprzycki Arrives in Paris for Talks
General Tadeusz Kasprzycki arrives in Paris for military discussions with French general staff about the mutual assistance pact with Britain and France. He is met by General Maurice Gustave Gamelin as France warns of mobilizations and strengthens forces amid allied defenses and Mediterranean fleet movements.
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Paris
Tadeusz Kasprzycki
Jaklicz
Karpinski
Gare du Nord
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Britain
France
Warsaw
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Mussolini
Italy
Daladiar
Tunisian
Bizerte
Tunis
Japan Promises Caution in Bombing China
Secretary Hull announced that Japan pledged to exercise caution to avoid harming unarmed Chinese civilians during air raids. The promise responded to Ambassador Grew’s complaint over bombardments of Chungking, with Tokyo saying aviators would target military points and relay the U.S. concerns to its forces in China.
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Washington
Hull
Japan
China
Grew
Chungking
Foreign Office
Restraining Order Sought in High Point Hydroelectric Case
In Greensboro on May 15 a temporary restraining order was requested to halt work on High Point's Yadkin river hydroelectric plant. Judge H Hoyle Sink took the motion under advisement as the hearing continued on an injunction against the city.
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Greensboro
High Point
H. Hoyle Sink
Judge Sink
J. W. McGuinn
Duke Power Company
Yadkin River
W. S. O'B. Robinson
Charlotte
Carter Dalton
Link
Roy L. Deal
Winston- Salem
Treasury records opened for group investigation
President Roosevelt ordered the release of federal income tax returns to Chairman Martin Dies and the House Committee probing un American activities. A presidential order lets the committee obtain returns by written list and share relevant information with the House. The Treasury previously opened records to congressional probes but only with such an order.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Martin Dies
House Committee
Treasury
United States
House
Wright Duplex Cyclone Engine Debuts for World’s Fair
The War Department announced a 2000 horsepower air cooled aircraft engine named the Duplex Cyclone built by Wright Aeronautical Corp with Army Air Corps aid. It features two rows of nine cylinders and surpasses the 1500 horsepower Cyclone 14. A flying boat uses two Duplex Cyclones and the engine will be shown publicly May 20 at the New York World’s Fair exhibit.
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Washington
War Department
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Paterson
N. J
Army Air Corps
Louis Johnson
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Mass Murder Indictments Planned in Philadelphia Ring
Assistant District Attorney Vincent P. McDevitt announced murder indictments would be sought against at least six of the 24 men held in the mass murder syndicate case. First mass trials begin next week as investigators abandon a single mastermind theory and identify shared leadership among Petrillo cousins Morris Bolder and others.
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Philadelphia
Vincent P. McDevitt
McDevitt
Paul
Herman Petrilol
Morris Bolder
Louie the Rabbi
Herman Petrillo
Soviet Reply on Front Alliance Reaches Britain and France
London reports Soviet Russia sent a reply to Britain’s counter proposals aimed at inviting Soviet support for a British French front. It reportedly declines Britain’s terms for immediate Russian guarantees and centers on conditional involvement amid shifting Allied plans. The reply was delivered to London and sent to Paris with officials cautious about disclosure.
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Russia
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Britain
Poland
Rumania
France
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William Leeds
Izvestia
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Palestine
Viscount Halifax
League of Nations Council
Miners clash as Guardsmen patrol Kentucky coal fields
In Harlan Kentucky on May 15 National Guardsmen clubbed Claude Howard of Bax ter a carpenter with a pistol during a confrontation as miners returning to pits challenged guarded routes. Troops, including machine guns, halted a 3 000 miner march while screenings and road checks extended across the county.
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Harlan, Ky
Claude Howard
Baxter
Harlan- Wallins
National
Howard
Roy W. Easley
National Guard
Kentucky - Virginia
Kentucky- Tennessee
High Splint
Dressen
Catron’s Creek
Martin’s Fork Creek
Totz
Harlan
300000 Miners Return To Work In National Pact
New York May 15 300000 miners resume work under a two year contract giving United Mine Workers the first union shop in history Fifteen of twenty one Appalachian conference operators sign the agreement covering 260000 men in 3000 mines An additional 50000 to 100000 miners receive union shop terms in outlying states led by CIO President John L Lewis Six southern operator groups in Kentucky West Virginia Virginia and Tennessee refused the pact and plan meetings to reopen with minimal friction
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New York
United Mine Workers
CIO
Appalachian
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Tennessee
Two Killed In Weekend Auto Crashes In N C
Charlotte May 15 two fatalities were reported in North Carolina weekend accidents. Peggy Joyce Jordan nine and her brother Johnnie seven were struck while riding a bicycle by James Evans under $2000 bond. Leroy Green died Saturday near Wilmington when his rain slicked car hit a tree with three others injured.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Peggy Joyce Jordan
Johnnie
James Evans
Leroy Green
Wilmington
Premier Calinescu probes Dobruja killings in Bulgaria area
In southern Dobruja Premier and Interior Minister Armand Calinescu with the Undersecretary of State visited the region to investigate the Wednesday massacre of 22 Bulgarians in the former Bulgarian territory.
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Bucharest
Romania
Armand Calinescu
Dobruja
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
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