The Steel Compromise Ends Nationwide Steel Strike
The CIO and United States Steel reach a pension and insurance formula ending a 42 day steel strike. Workers receive $100 a month pension with social security, plus insurance benefits funded partly by workers and partly by companies. The agreement follows Bethlehem and patterning unions gains with industry paying most pension costs. The compromise, reached without government intervention, may set a future company by company blueprint.
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CIO
United States Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel Settlement
Bethlehem Steel
U. S. Steel
States Pool Schools A regional plan for education
The 11 western states and the South pool educational facilities to raise standards in medicine law and engineering. Each state specializes in a few fields and trains beyond its borders to reduce wasteful duplication and stretch scarce resources. Regional libraries and other facilities follow.
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California
Utah
Colorado
Middle West
New York Public Library
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Patter graphics on idle time and generation attitudes
A satirical reflection on silence being mistaken for approval. It contrasts idle killing time, pay secrets, and differing life paths with questions about a prudent use of leisure. The piece mocks honorary versus earned degrees and wonders why machines out think humans.
Dan Kimball weighs bid for California governor
Washington reports Dan Kimball the naval undersecretary has moved from Los Angeles to San Francisco to test Democratic leaders in northern and southern California. If party bosses back him he will announce a gubernatorial run, opposing Jimmy Roosevelt and defending loyalty to F D R. He calls Roosevelt not a Democrat and seeks party unity to avoid a split that could aid Earl Warren.
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Washington
Dan Kimball
Jimmy Roosevelt
Kimball
California
Naval
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Steve Early
Earl Warren
Dan Kimi
Mr. Kimball
Roosevelt
General Tire & Rubber Co
V.P
Aerojet Engineering Corp
Azusa
Calif
Fato
Pentagon
Shoreham
Bob
Dan
Southern Pines
N. C
Homer Cummings
Senator McMeatball
Air Force
Defense
Johnson
Navy
Cedric Worth
Varmint
Washington nightlife sputters as bars face DC restrictions
Washington's entertainment industry suffers a historic low with bar owners blaming DC drinking rules and high living costs. Proprietors say post midnight bans curb profits, while Congress pay and home entertaining keep locals indoors. Navy undersecretary Kimball is noted in a separate profile.
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Washington
NEA
Department of Commerce
Potomac
Congress
District of Columbia
Norman Bomze
Mr. Bomze
Bomze
Austria borders seven nations and faces smuggling issue
The article notes Austria shares about 1600 miles of border with seven countries including Switzerland Italy Yugoslavia Hungary Czechoslovakia Germany and Liechtenstein. It cites smuggling and black market activity as a major industry in Andorra between France and Spain per the National Geographic Society.
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Austria
Switzerland
Italy
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Cechoslovakia
Germany
Liechtenstein
Andorra
France
Spain
National Geographic Society
Air minded musings on Guam typhoon and living better
A broad New York correspondent notes Guam's recovery after a typhoon with no deaths but high damage to the US Navy base. A reader argues Americans must tighten belts to live better while highlighting household expenditures and doctor bills. The piece also recalls Duke Carolina loyalties and a Duke inauguration anecdote, plus reflections on the era and faith.
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Guam
Associated Press
Army
Navy
New York
North Carolina
Times
New York Times Book Review
Hugh Miller
Community of Man
Macmillan
Quotes on state rights and atomic cooperation
Quotes from James F. Byrnes and David E. Lilienthal urge governors to unite to defend states rights and promote broader atomic cooperation with Britain and Canada.
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James F. Byrnes
Britain
Canada
David E. Lilienthal
U. S. Atomic Energy Sion
How to Destroy or Build a School in Parallel Columns
A Mercer County New Jersey column by Thomas E. Robinson contrasts methods that harm schooling with strategies to strengthen it. It condemns collective blame and pedantic experiments, urging personal responsibility and clear teacher accountability amid debates over educational tactics.
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Edens
Hickman
Duke Divinity School
Frank Porter Graham
J. A. Bivins
Charlotte High School
Supt
Alexander Graham
Frank
Burt
Thomas E. Robinson
Mercer County
New Jersey
Johnny
Mary
Woolworth’s
Robinson
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High Point Enterprise
R. B. Terry
Robert L. Thompson
D. A. Rawley
W. Patterson, JR
Charles B. Loflin
Bethlehem
Futhermore
Patter Graphics
The
Peter Edson
George Dixon
the Navy
W. A. Bivins
Enterprise
Carolina
Duke
Dr. Edens
Duke University
Tom Best
Raleigh
Tom
Bivins
George Sokolsky
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