Roosevelt shifts war aims and labor clash on Capitol Hill
The piece outlines Roosevelt era efforts to shape a postwar world including aid plans for refugees and reconstruction, the Atlantic charter promising raw material access, and a probe into Allied strategic moves. It notes a looming split on price fixing and parity, with farm and labor blocs at odds over wages, prices, and government controls. It also reports Jesse Jones advancing private capital, aluminum rivals, and increased federal oversight of Alcoa costs and profits.
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Roosevelt
New Order
Conference of European Nations
Adolf Hitler
Washington
Wieckard
Morgenthau
Hitler
Sumner Welles
United States
Capitol Hill
S. Burton Heath
Organized
Jesse HH. Jones
Aluminum Trust
Thurman Arnold
Jones
Aluminum Corporation of America
Mellon
New York Declines as Shanghai Trade Shrinks
New York reports a sharp drop in maritime commerce with Europe, signaling a long decline for Shanghai's once thriving trading networks. Experts note broad economic shifts and port congestion as contributing factors to the reduced activity and fading regional prominence.
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Burton Heath Down
Shanghai
Europe
New York
United States
Japan
Britain
United Kingdom
U. S
Switzerland
Highest Wages Paid By Publishers And Printers In State
Publishers and printers led North Carolina employers in hourly pay last month while hotels paid the least. The average wage for a printer or publisher worker was 78.1 cents per hour or 27.13 dollars weekly, with a 24.7 hour week, the shortest in the state. The excerpt also notes broader labor and industry themes, including union activity and sectoral wage comparisons.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hoytel
Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Labor
Phat
Life saved at pond in Conneaut by quick move
In Conneaut Ohio Stephen Reydak 18 narrowly escaped danger near a small pond when he reacted quickly while working with an acetylene flame. Local responders praised his calm actions and safety awareness during the incident.
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Conneaut
Ohio
Stephen Reydak
Scrap yard torching ends with burn injuries at hospital
A man was engulfed when a gasoline tank exploded while a torchwork was performed on an old automobile in a scrap yard. His clothing caught fire and he leaped into a pond to escape. He was treated at Conneaut hospital for burns to his thighs.
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Conneaut Hospital
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