Bruce Catton Warns Congress On Wage Hour Funding
Bruce Catton argues Congress must approve a $2,000,000 deficiency appropriation for the Wage Hour Administration to sustain enforcement. He warns that without funds, 20,000 complaints await investigation and 700 investigators are needed, else the wage hour program may collapse under non compliance and civil suits rise.
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France to Send High Army Officer to Russian Parley
Paris reports General Joseph Beloward Doumene, newly named member of the superior wear council, will represent the French general staff in talks at Moscow alongside Russian and British commanders. In Moscow, seventy nine prominent Russians, including senior officers, were stripped of ranks in a published purge list.
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Paris
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Doumene
Superior Wear Council
Moscow
New Rasshor
Russia
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Taivoff
Mongolian People's Republic
Comenander Lapin
Sheehenke
Ue Ural
Garner Scored by Angry Mr. Lewis
CIO chief John L. Lewis accused Vice-President Garner of provoking recent labor clashes in Congress. He labelled Garner as a “spokesman playing whisky joking evil old man” and said he would oppose Garner when he seeks the presidency in 1940. Lewis’ remarks closed the labor committee hearing on wage and hour bill changes.
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CIO
Garner
Congress
Lewis
House Labor Committee
108 More to Be Laid Off by WPA
A Missouri era WPA notice lists workers in Chicot and Columbia areas with eight months or longer of employment to be affected under the new relief bill. The report shows 63 claims in Columbia, Kansas, indicating broader job cuts in that region.
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WPA
Little Rock
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Columbia
Continued on Page Four A Thought What are yearbs: The words of Git: the Sculptures of the skies
Burley presents a page four thought piece exploring linguistic play and poetic imagery in a travelogue style. The author muses on language, perception, and the artistic framing of natural light and structure.
Cranium Crackers: Snafu in Names and Inventions
A garbled text piece quizzes the reader to spot errors in names and affiliations. It lists Phi Gamma Bellis, Theta Pi, Sigma No. 2, and mentions misattributed inventions with places like Chicago Cleveland New York. The mix of misspellings and stray letters creates deliberate confusions.
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Bela Theta Pi
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Wits
Chicago
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Cleveland
New York
Barksdale to Send 18-Plane Squadron Here Next Week
Shreveport and Little Rock reports note Barksdale field will stage aerial demonstrations for the Air Corps 20th birthday. An 18 plane squadron of attack planes will fly over Arkansas and nearby states, with a schedule nearing completion and a 10 a.m. start echoing a President Roosevelt signal.
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Arkansas
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Mississippi
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Hope
Arkadelphia
War and a Woman Chapter Four
Linda Storm and Marcia Kingner watch air squadron training at Pensacola. Marcia revels in the Navy glory and Jimmy’s skill as top flyer and instructor. Linda, wary, senses the looming war behind the pageantry as the magazine continues the serial.
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Marcia Kingner
Pensacola
Mareia
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Linda
Marcia
Marvia
Mars Nearest to Earth On Thursday
New York reports Mars will be closest to Earth in 15 years and appear one seventh the Moon’s diameter. Scientists use a dozen telescopes to study a green/yellow hue spreading across the Martian landscape, a puzzling sign if vegetation exists.
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Woodmen Hospital Receives Hope Melons From Camp
Woodmen of the World lodge from Bois d Aven Craig sent four large Tom Watson watermelons to the Woodmen Hospital in San Antonio Texas. Dr C J Koerth superintendent expressed patient gratitude for the gift and noted the annual shipments of gerons to tubercular patients have continued 15 years. The event inspired local films titled dawn in watermelon love. Great Smoky Mountains National Park contains 16 peaks over 5000 feet.
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Eusien
Bois d'Ave Craig
Jahie
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Good Diving Form Illustrates Swimming School at the Pines
The Pines pool hosts a Red Cross swimming program with classes for all ages. The Star captures 14 year old Betty Clark midair on a top springboard dive while a blurred younger diver watches from a lower board.
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Red Cross
Betty Clark
Hugh Clark
Big Pines
Chamberlain Kept Under Police Eye
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain and cabinet members placed under special guard after Wednesday bombings. Three men detained for examination and questioned as authorities pursue terrorists. In Pueblo Colorado Ralph Bunt, 14, struck by a car while riding his bicycle. A bike spoke pierced his upper lip. he noticed no hurt at first.
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Seailandd Yard
Chamberlain
Scarcs
Pueblo
Colo
Ralph Bunt
Jay Automobile
Dixie Davis To Be Freed From Bronx Jail Thursday
S.J. Richard Dixie Davis once a kid mouthpiece for the 20 million dollar Schultz policy racket, was to be freed from the Bronx jail shortly after midnight Thursday night. Detected by four detectives, Davis would be taken to a secret destination amid security concerns and gunfire fears, officials said.
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S.J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
Dawi Schultz
Bronx
Tug Vonfilet
Wee auteXucthy
J Gang
Six Are Injured in Automobile Crash West of Hope
An auto collision two miles west of Hope on Highway 67 injured six people, two seriously. In the Rose car from New Iberia Louisiana were Eton Rose, Edmund Rose, Jey My, and Mrs. PL Armand Viator and their 19 year old daughter Mavidel, all hospitalized at Texarkana. Frank Germond of Chicago and two others uninjured. The crash occurred as Germond swerved to avoid a passing truck while returning from a trip to a West location.
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Etonand C. Rose
New Dberia
Frank Germond
Chicago
Rose
Edmund C. Rose
Jey My
PL Armand Viator
New Iberia
Mavidel
Texarkana
Edmond C. Rose
Gamond
Garmond
Tokyo Ends Treaty with Japan Unfriendly Act Sparks Retaliation Talks
Tokyo branded the 28 year old commerce and navigation treaty termination as an unfriendly act with no prior notice. Japan studies economic retaliation while Morgenthau backs possible US action on gold and material purchases. The US move ends the 1911 treaty, with a six month lead time and potential embargo on raw materials to Japan.
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State Department
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Pan Dem
Vandenberg
Mich
China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hull
Cotton Opens in New Orleans Market
New Orleans cotton opened Thursday at 5.0 cents and closed at 9.03 cents. Spot cotton ended quiet, seven points lower, middling at 9.38 cents.
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