Farm tenancy and slum clearance programs set for 1938 start
Washington reports two long range federal efforts to aid low income groups will begin early in 1938. The farm tenancy and slum clearance programs receive multi year funding and loans. About 21 states plus the District of Columbia will start unemployment compensation funded by federal dollars.
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Flashes of Life and Oddities in Chicago and Oklahoma
A Treasury of quirky brief items from Shelbyville to Oklahoma City and Chicago. Burglarized garage but failed on the safe and candy machine, 65 gallons of gasoline taken. Barton face WPA checks after death reports. Polish speaking dog puzzled by language. A Chicago girl swallows a six inch teaspoon during ice cream, later removed by X ray and surgery.
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Bursglars
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Bernice Gurevitz
Attacked by Pack of Dogs in Woods
In St Louis county, 10 year old Gale F Johnston Jr was attacked by a pack of twin dogs while walking in a wooded area. He beat the dogs off with a shotgun until his father and August A Busch Jr drove them away. Police killed three dogs and hunted the remaining seven as investigators described the pack. Delaware state size fact appears in the dispatch.
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Gale F. Johnston, Jr
St. Louis County
August A. Busch, Jr
Congress Goes Home As Stocks Decline In August 1937
In August 1937 the stock markets faltered as Congress adjourned. The piece notes housing bills, tax tweaks, and an unemployment census while debates over minimum wage and maximum hours continued. It highlights Alabama’s first lady, a senate appointment, and accusations of Klan sympathy, alongside reports on Roosevelt, Landon, Mellon, and global events affecting war, law, and society.
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Yeo Black
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Copeland
New Years
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Brandeis
General Motors to lay off 30,000 workers nationwide
General Motors announces a January 1 workforce reduction of about 30,000 across the United States, with roughly 20,000 in Michigan. President William S Knudsen says the move follows recession, despite prior hours reductions, and aims to preserve income for remaining workers. The company notes over 20,200 payrolls remain and payrolls exceed 24 million dollars monthly. Virginia rail miles mentioned.
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William S. Knudsen
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Michigan
General Motors
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Judson
ITS ODD But It's Science
A. Blakeslee notes Jupiter may have a rocky core with ice and a methane coal gas atmosphere. Astronomer B. M. Peek models Jupiter's air depth, finding pure methane limits to about 21 miles and pure hydrogen to about 85 miles. The likely atmosphere is a dense mix deeper than either. Winds could act like a blowing liquid.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Science
New York
Jupiter
B. M. Peek
Veteran patient to undergo 138th bone operation
Harry B. Smythe, 64, was examined today for another bone operation, reportedly his 138th. He says he has suffered osteomyelitis since age 10 and claims the operative championship of the world.
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ST. Louis
Harry B. Smythe
Smythe
Ford Faces NLRB Fight With New Legal Lead
Frederick H. Wood, a New York lawyer known for defending New Deal laws, will lead Ford Motor Company’s legal team in contesting the National Labor Relations Board order. Wood has previously represented Schechter Poultry and argued against the Gatewood law, with a background as a railroad attorney and former law professor. Ford plans to appeal to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Louisville if needed. England rejected Spain’s offer of African possessions for Gibraltar.
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Dew
Frederick H. Wood
New York
Ford Motor Company
National Labor Relations Board
Wood
Schechter Poultry Corp
NRA
Stanley F. Reed
United States
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
University of Kansas
Labor Relations Board
Ford
Supreme Court
Sixth District
United States Court of Appeals
Louisville
Four Men Die in Missouri Auto Crash Near Hannibal
Four chauffeurs Elmo McGinn Bud Broemmer Avery Lee Pleasant and Marvin Herring injured after a car containing a last cabin veered off US 61 one mile south of Hannibal. The wreck was found at 1:30 am and an inquest will be held by Ras County coroner.
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Hannibal, Mo
HanNibal
U. S. Highway 61
Elmo McGinn
Bud Broemmer
Avery Lee
Arthur. Pleasant
Marvin Herring
Ras County
Marion County
Steel Heiress Freed In Killing
Louise Campbell was freed from Trumbull county jail after Coroner J Henshaw ruled her mother's death accidental. The 28 year old had been jailed since Saturday and attended private funeral services at a Youngstown funeral home. A guard was posted as she described a gathering that turned deadly after gunfire.
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Louise Campbell
Trumbull
J. Henshaw
Youngstown
Jever
Campbell
Pledges promise full probe of loan rackets in St Louis
Mayor Bernard F. Dickman pledged a full investigation into charges that city employees were engaged in loan shark activity while on duty. In a letter to R Fordyce Buckley, he cited information alleging employees charged up to 20 percent interest per month on small loans.
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Bernard F. Dickman
St. Louis
R. Fordyce Buckley
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