Amendment drive targets farm labor in wage hour debate
Bruce Catton describes a nationwide effort to amend the wage hour law to exempt farm laborers, a move that would remove about one million food processors from coverage. The drive centers on definitions of agricultural labor and affects fruit and vegetable canneries and packers, with key organizers including the Agricultural Producers Labor Committee of Los Angeles.
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Washington
Bank of
Wagner
Sociat | Security Board
House of Representatives
Congress
Mary Norton
New Jersey
House
Farm Bloc
Farm, Bureau Federation
The
Nations Grange
Agricultural Producers Labor Committee
Los Angles
Ivan G. McDaniel
W. E. Spencer
Roy K. Cale
George B. Hodgkin
W. C. Tesche
Associated Farmers
Los Angles County
California Secratary of State
Spencer
Agricultural Producers
California State Chamber of Commerce
A. F
California
Labor Board
National Labor Relations Net
Andrews
Petitions Filed to Refer Workmen's Act to the People
In Little Rock Secretary of State Hall reported petitions to refer Arkansas 1949 workmen's compensation act to a general election. State Senator Luke Arnett led 54 counties in gathering twelve thousand eight hundred signatures surpassing the 8422 needed. The act would have taken effect Thursday, but the referendum will suspend it until a public vote.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Ted
Hall
Luke Arnett
Paris
Ark
Bailey
Sum merlinve Stage Show At Saenger Theater
Students of Ladelle Ogburn present a stage show at the Saenger Theater Thursday at 8 o clock featuring a long list of named characters and musical numbers such as Round the Mulberry Bush Mother Goose and The Wedding of Jack and Jill with a piano by Ladelle Ogburn. The director thanks Saenger Theater and patrons for support.
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Summerlinve
Ladelle Ogburn
Saenger Theater
Round the Mulberry Bush
Hazel Spillers
Marzelle Reed
Kate Tertford
Mother Goose
Mary Ann Lile
Mary
Lamb
Polly Jo Compton
Miss Muffet
Helen Marie Nall
Little Duck
Homer—Jackie
Mac Webb
Catherine Cox
Tom Tom the Piper
Carolyn Hamilton
Patty Cake
Virginia Martindale
Esther Gray Crawford
Marian Stewart
Jack and
Jil
Peggy Cook
Nancy Shults
Carolyn Cox
Barbara Sue Stephenson
Mary Jane Hearne
Kate Tedford
Eunice Dale Baker
Phanne Fuller
Betty Willis
Noribcutt
Jessie Clarice Brown
Johnnie Jarvis
Batty Jo Jones
Marion Stewart
Esther Crawford
Pollyynna Willans
Alice Lile
Jackie Mas Webb
Helen Marie Hall
Honeysuckle Rose
Barbara Rue Stephenson
Johnny
Betty Jo Jones
Marlin Stewart
Savoy
Belty Willis
Northcutt Bourbon
St. Bounders
Jim Qyburn
Carnival Capers
Pollyanna Williams
Caralyn Hamilton
St. Louis Blues
Fhanie Fuller
Pallyanna Williams
Betty Jo: Jones
Alive Lile
Summertime
LuDelle Ogburn
Drniws
Joe McCulley
Aviator Rescued After Plunge 250 Miles at Sea
CHATHAM Mass. Aviator Eshelman from Carlisle Pa. was rescued Tuesday after his two seater monoplane went down on Georges Bank near three Boston fishing trawlers 250 miles at sea. Fishermen aboard the trawler Villanova gave him safety gear before the plane sank 40 fathoms deep. Investigators speculate he intended to hop to Europe, but the perilous crash ended that plan.
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Chatham
Mass
Cheston Eshelman, Mier
Carisle
Georges
Boston
Villanova
Par'sons
Eshelman
Europe
County Bicycle Race Is Planned at Hope Fair Park
On Tuesday morning June 20 at 9 30 a county bicycle program of races and events will be held at Hope Fair Park for cyclists of all ages and sexes. The feature event is a 10 mile marathon with a League of American Wheelmen medal.
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Hope Fair Park
League of American
News Hay Paper
Western Auto Associate
Hope
Fair Park
Annual Okalona Singing Meet Set for July 2
The annual singing and homecoming observance at a Christian campground near Okalona will be held Sunday July 2. Bud Morris announced the program with several outstanding quartets scheduled for all day performances. Attendees are urged to bring basket lunches.
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Christian Campground
Okalona
Bud Morris
Pulaski Jury Would Check Signatures Initiative Request
Circuit Judge Gus Falk told Governor Bailey the Pulaski county grand jury would help check signatures on initiative and referendum petitions filed with the secretary of state in the future. If Secretary Hall believes a violation occurred, a grand jury committee would assist in reviewing local signatures. Bailey noted Judge Falk’s letter would be sent to the comptroller’s office for investigation of referenda petitions.
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Little Rock
Ark
Gus Falk
Bailey
Pulaski County
Grand Jury
Cr. G. Hall
Palk
Comptroller’s Office
Cantor and Ida Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary
Eddie Cantor and Ida mark twenty five years of marriage in New York. Cantor touts successful long unions, shares rules for happiness, credits Ida for keeping family life steady, and recalls family highs including four daughters and a planned grandchild. Ida adds quiet support as the couple reflects on show business and home life.
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Jack Stinnett
New York
Eddie Cantor
Alexfeld
Ida
Buthat
Notory
Gabriel
Hollywood
Papa
Johoda
Eddie
Cantor
Chicago
Niagara Falls toll of deaths by own action climbs in 1939 season
Niagara Falls officials report the death toll from self-inflicted plunges may reach a record high as the 1939 rush season begins. Coroner Harry R. Himes notes about 300 deaths since 1900, with six already this year, describing the falls as a magnet for the unhappy and noting many victims vanish or die quickly after the plunge.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Harry R. Himes
Harry R. Emes
Luna Falls
Albert B. Cole
Niagara State Park Commission
Labor Trouble in Magnolia Field Sparks Police Action
Magnolia Ark labor strife flared around a Mid-Continent Oil derrick six miles east of Magnolia Field. Arkansas state police under Superintendent Gray Albright deployed special deputies after CIO workers tore down keep off signs. Violence, arrests, and uncertain leadership roles marked the unrest linked to Oklahoma organizing drives. The St Louis with German passengers was ordered from Hasbana harbor returning to Hamburg amid Cuban entry denials.
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Magnolia
Ark
Arkansas
Gray Albright
Violeico
CIO of
Field Workers Union
Oklahoma
McCollum
Albright
Asal
Sapt
C.T. Atkinson
Lindsay Hatchett
Sergt
Nell Shannon
Hill
Patrolwen Crabaugh
Dillihunty
Porterfield
New York
St. Loui
Hamburg
Germany
Hasvana Harbor
B. H. Dedrick
St. Louis
Florida
Meat Too Much At Butte Missouri Heat Delays Travel
The text describes Robert Mayo Ezkimo pausing with his family amid heat while traveling to New York. A thermometer reading is mentioned as 60. A separate note cites Louisiana pasture value at 14.5 tons of corn and soybean silage per acre.
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50 Butte
Moat
Robert Mayo Ezkimo
New York
Louisiana
CIO Leader Urges Congress to Endorse Anti-Strike Bill
President John Lewis urged Congress on Tuesday to approve a measure denying federal loans, contracts, and subsidies to industrial employers who hire spies, strikebreakers, or armed guards against organized labor. A separate action won Senate approval for a two-year extension of emergency powers to devalue the dollar and create a two billion dollar stabilization fund to buy domestically mined silver prices above world market.
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Washington
CIO
John Lewis
Congress
Yuesday
Senale Butklog
Hitler pledges aid to Franco in early Spanish Civil War
Berlin report says Adolf Hitler told 18 000 German fighters that Generalissimo Franco asked for aid in the war’s first month and that Germany would assist. The veterans’ parade before Hitler and Goering marked the first concrete step in German support for the Spanish nationalist cause.
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Berlin
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Spain
Generalissima Franco
Hitler
Goering
Mind Your Manners on the Court and Course
A reader quiz on social rules for women players in golf and tennis. Questions cover who drives first, chasing out balls, carrying bags, and court etiquette. Answers suggest equal courtesy, taking turns, and appropriate attire.
Sporadic Fighting Breaks Out Anew At Texarkana Plant
National Guardsmen patrolled the Two States Fruit Package Company area as a strike entered its second day. Stones and bricks flew, injuries were reported, and the plant closed while officers dispersed large crowds. Local leaders convened to address the unrest amid ongoing contract tensions with AFL workers.
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Texarkana
Two States Fruit Package
AFL
G. H. Brown
Texas Rangers
National
Two States Fruit Package Company
William V. Brown
Texarkana (Tex
Adjutant General's Department
Austin
Wi Medical Regiment
J.T. Robinson
Roy Kull
Fred Kull
W. A. Thompson
Thought No Thoroughly Occupied Man Was Ever Yet Very Miserable
A compact quotation attributed to L. E. Landon states that a man fully engaged in thought cannot be truly miserable, implying a link between mental preoccupation and happiness. The line reflects a philosophical or literary aside rather than a news event.
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L. E. Landon
Cranium Cracker Quiz: Women in Recent News
NEA Service quiz by Ruth Millett invites readers to test gender knowledge with five points per correct answer. Three prominent women mentioned are Queen Geraldine, Crown Princess Ingrid, and Marian Anderson who received high honors recently. trivia option hints and page reference noted.
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Ruth Millett
NEA
Geraldine
Ingrid
Marian Anderson
Police hold man after shotgun firing near Duchess car
Ledwedge Vincent Lawlor, 25, steel worker, was held for a week after a shotgun was fired near the Duchess of Kent’s automobile. A gun permit was cited by police as his claimed excuse. Scotland Yard weighs IRA links amid other related incidents and a bombing campaign.
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London
Eng
Ledwedge
Vincent Lawlor
Tyues
Duchess of Kent
Lawlor
Princess
Royal
Scotland Yard
Irish Republican Army
England
Duke of Kent
Northern Ireland
Injured in Crash Officer Succumbs Texarkana Chief Deputy Dies
Texarkana Miller county chief deputy sheriff Will Greer died in a hospital after a wreck near Lockesburg Sevier county. The 56 year old served 12 years in county service and held his post since January. He leaves a wife, four daughters and three sons with siblings in Louisiana and Texas. Funeral set for Harmony Grove church Tuesday afternoon.
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Texarkana
Will Greer
Miller County
Lockesburg
Sevier County
Mc. Greer
Tom Sewell
Mr. Greer
W. 5. Davis
Bort Smith
Greer
Leslie Greer
Mary Nell Greer
Perry Westmoreland
Aubrey Pool
Arlie¢ Aaron
Bryant
Shreveport
J.W
Cotton opens lower as July futures dip on Tuesday
New Orleans market reports July cotton opening at 9.25 and closing at 9.18. Spot cotton ends quiet with middling at 9.40, reflecting a steady to soft tone in trading activity.
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New Orleans
Sheriff Reports Ashdown Hotel Fire Case Under Way
Sheriff Jim Sanderson said the investigation into the King of the Princess hotel blaze would wrap within hours with more arrests likely. He indicated Chris Wheat, a Black man dubbed torch suspect, was captured fleeing Wheaton’s burning hotel as deputies battled onlookers and flames shot from the third floor. The sheriff claimed Wheat was shot during the event while declining to reveal transportation details or discuss method. He noted Home authorities had tipped him off to possible action and promised to share the full story once charges are filed.
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Jim Sanderson
Ashdown
Tha
King of the Princess Hotel
Chris. Wheat
Wheaton
Arkansas
Sanderson
Ales Sanderson
Tae
Hope
Bailey May Seek ard Term Office
Rumors swirl in Arkansas politics that Governor Carl Bailey plans a third term in 1949 and may bid for the Senate in 1951 against John E. Miller. Supporters cite his strong primary showing and legislative wins, while opponents weigh the political calculus of a two year interim.
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Bailey
Little Rock
Ark
Carl
United States Senate
John E. Miller
Searcy
Miller
Joe T. Robinson
Bob Bailey
Jack Holt
Carl Bailey
Senate
Statehouse
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