Wage Hour Committees Shape Postwar Standards
Bruce Catton explains how industry wage committees under the Wage and Hour Division craft minimum wage recommendations. By law the current base is 25 cents, rising to 30 next October and goal of 40 later. Committees include employers, workers, and the public, with hearings, studies, and votes to set industry scales.
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Washington
Department
Andrews
Ing
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Jesus Pilate and the Crucifixion Recounted in Gospel Tale
Fredrick C. Grant retells the Gospel account of Jesus' crucifixion culminating on Friday with Pilate's role. The piece portrays Pilate as a cautious Roman official seeking order, his initial attempt to release Jesus, and the priests' insistence that he be kept from stirring unrest in a crowded Judea.
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Fredrick C. Grant
Jesus
Pilate
Prutal
Rome
Qulilon
Palestine
Cranium Crackers Cranium Crackers Word Puzzle
The text presents wordplay asking for a noun formed by adding 60 and 4 to the Toman numeral for 7000 to yield a term meaning boiling to extract essence. It also includes garbled questions about an African native linked to Christ on Good Friday and other corrupted items.
Pendergast Indicted in U S Tax Case in Kansas City
Kansas City boss Thomas J. Pendergast was charged Friday by a federal grand jury with income tax violations. A separate indictment named R E O Malley, state insurance superintendent, tied to a 1935 fire insurance rate compromise. One count claims $260,000 income underreporting in 1936 and another cites $55,000 in taxes evaded.
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Kansas City
Thomas J. Pendergast
Kansas City Democratic Organization
R. E. O'Malley
Pendergast
District One-Act Play Contest Slated Sunday
The Amateur Dramatic Club of Hope will present The Travelers by Booth Tarkington under Mildred McCantz. On April 16 at 4 pm in the city hall auditorium amateur groups from McGehee Ashdown DeQueen Texarkana and Arkadelphia compete for the district title to advance to the state contest in Little Rock on April 22.
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City Hall
South Arkanas
Little Rock
Amateur Dramatic Club of Hope
Booth Tarkington
Mildred McCantz
McGehee
Ashdown
DeQueen
Texarkana
Arkadelphia
Easter Dawn Service For Negro Church Here
Rev MP Strong pastor of the Negro Hazel Street M E Church invites friends and visitors to attend the Easter Dawn Service at the church at 5 a m Sunday. The report notes the 1939 North Carolina farm average held a mule a milch cow four hogs and 43 chickens.
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Mp, Strong
Hazel Street
M. E
North Carolina
Sunrise Service Urged For Easter At Hope High School
A Hope Star article urges the community to attend the third annual Easter Sunrise Service at Hope High School stadium at 6:30 a.m. The Rev. W. R. Hamilton will give the address with local ministers. The piece links Armament to spiritual renewal and credits Roy Anderson and committees for organizing the event.
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Vistars of Hope
The
Star
Wope High School
Christ
Paul
God
Hope
Easler
Hope High School
W. R. Hamilton
First Baptist Church
Hope Star
Roy Anderson
Easter in America by Willis Thornton
The piece notes Easter bells as harbingers of hope and faith amid wartime turmoil. It contrasts calmer American reverence with world upheaval, where cannon fire and bombs drown sound and even bells are silenced in some regions.
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Willis ‘Thornton
United States
Criminal Cases to Be Heard Next Week
Several Negro murder cases are expected to be heard when Hempstead aircourt court convenes Monday to take up the criminal docket. The court was not in session Friday, having recessed Thursday afternoon until 9 am. Monday,
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Hempstead Aircuite Court
Invading Fascists Thrown Back at Durazzo Port Landing Attempt
Albanian forces repelled an assault at Durazzo as part of a broader defense of four ports. At two locations the attackers withdrew, while Durazzo reported heavy resistance and a delaying action by defenders.
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Durazzo
Dictator Mussolini Presses Albania Siege Durazzo Holds
Allied dispatches report Mussolini pressing attacks on Albania with Durazzo under bombardment and Italian landings blocked at several points. King Zog appeals for national resistance while diplomacy moves amid reports of negotiations at Durazzo and German backing of Italy. France Britain and Poland discuss steps to aid Hungary against Nazi pressure as U S secretary notes.
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Mier Mussolini
Adri Borts
Zog
Havas
New Agency
Belgrade
Durazz
Saci O
Valous
Sarana
Albania
Greece
Saint Joan
Whitch
Durazzo
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Union Theological Seminary
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