Amended bill withdrawn by sponsors in Nashville
The administration bill to raise the child labor age and restrict women’s hours was pulled after an amendment. Representative Foley said the move delivers a direct slap at the labor department and governor. The bill would have set a nine hour day and 28 hour week for women and reclassified many workers as child labor under 38, excluding night work.
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Nashville
Tenn
House
Foley
Labor Department
Ragan
Hamilton
McKinney
Cheatham
Cooper Bott
Razgon
State Department of Labor
Badgett
Knox
Vanzant
Frank Tin
Joy House
State Assembly
Morgenthau Urges Permanent Recovery Across Parties
Washington March 7 Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau told Congress that lasting recovery is paramount for the nation. He urged Republicans and Democrats to work together 100 percent amid world tensions. He spoke before the House coinage committee assessing extending the stabilization fund and altering the dollar’s gold value.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
Representative Andresen
R-Minn
House Coinage Committee
Weather Tonight and Upcoming Rain Across Regions
The report notes fair skies tonight in Tennessee and Indiana with increasing cloudiness on Wednesday. Temperatures rise slowly with rain forecast Wednesday night or Thursday.
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Tonighi Innessee
Elnadty Southwest
Par Weinesia
Hentochy
Delay Threatens TVA Negotiations In Tennessee
In Chattanooga, March 7, delay by Nashville officials in acting on a tentative contract for TVA to purchase part of Tennessee Electric Power Company facilities threatened a temporary postponement of the three way negotiations. TVA officials demanded action, while Nashville and Chattanooga leaders planned time to study the contract with city attorneys W. C. Cherry and others assessing the proposal.
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Chattanooga
Nashville
Tennessee Electric Power Company
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tom
Cummings
TVA
Power Board
Board of Public Works
W. C. Cherry
Justin R. Whiting
E. A. Yates
New York
James A. Krug
Joseph C. Swidler
Swidler
Memphis
Coal cars derail in Kingsport wreck on curve
The Clinchfield Railroad reports its worst King sport area wreck as 21 coal and box cars derailed on a curve near Rotherwood bridge causing track damage and highway interference. One passenger in an empty box car suffered minor leg injuries.
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Clinchfield
Rotherwood
Holston River
Clinchfield Railroad Company
Kingsport
Rotherwood Bridge
Atton
William, Ford
Ashlend
Community Hospital
Wheck
Dante
Spartanburg
N. C
Pius XII Blesses American People in Private Audiences
Vatican City March 7 Pope Pius XII granted benediction to the people of the United States in private audiences with William Cardinal OConnell and George Carding Mundelsin. The Boston Archbishop and Chicago Cardinal were separately received, each for a half hour, with their companions announced to the Holy Father. The Pontiff recalled his 1936 stay as Cardinal Pacelli and expressed pleasure at visiting America before his papacy.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XII
United States
William Cardinal O'Connell
George Carding Mundelsin
Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Poitit
Pafell
Ekugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Pope Pius
America
Aliens Smuggling Rumors Prompt Immigrant Study
Washington March 7 The House rules committee heard testimony that organized groups smuggle millions of aliens into the United States annually. Chairman Dickstein urged a thorough study to revise immigration laws and noted overmanning ships by crews as a key issue. Figures cited include ships with 70 men carrying 550 crew and deserters, with payments of 35 to 50 dollars per head to captains.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Dickstein
Schulte
D.-Ind
Dempsey
Rules Committee
House E
Parkins
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Labor Department
Cules
Cox
D-Ga
Chancery Change Before Assembly in Tennessee
A bill to create a new chancery district for Sullivan and Hawkins counties advanced to second reading in both houses. The governor would appoint a chancellor to serve the new district and also sit for the Twentieth Circuit when not interfering with duties. The governor’s appointee would serve until the August 1840 election, with judges later elected at each state judicial election. existing terms and sessions at Bristol, Blountville, Kingsport, and Rogersville would not change.
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Times
Nashville
Tenn
Sullivan
Hawkins
Buckles
O'Dell
House
Senate
Twentieth Circuit Court
Bristol
Blountville
Kingsport
Rogersville
Moore
Gandhi ends fast to press Indian reform push
Mohandas K. Gandhi concluded a 98 hour 25 minute fast near Rajkot ending with a glass of orange juice. The viceroy Marquess Linlithgow intervened in his dispute with Thakore Saheb Shri Dharmendrasinhji over an advisory council to spark democratic reforms. Gandhi plans to visit New Delhi for talks on reform details and governance. The Rajkot ruler agreed to pursue a council to suggest democratic measures, fulfilling a prior promise after Gandhi challenged representation.
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Rajkot
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Marquess of
Linlithgow
Gandhi
Thakore Saheb
Dharmendrasinhji
Feader
New Delhi
Slum Clearance Survey Ordered in Kingsport Facility
Kingsport moves to initiate a slum clearance survey for a new low income housing project. Board of commissioners led by Walter F. Smith voted to survey the first unit bounded by Dale Oak East Sullivan streets and the Bristol highway. G P Gant Jr to conduct initial survey in two to three days, with reports due at a midweek meeting.
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Kingsport
Board of Commissioners
Walter F. Smith
Dale, Oak
East Sullivan Streets
Bristol ‘Highway
G. P. Gant, Jr
Car plunges into river. Memphis man killed
Howard Boas Jr of Memphis died when his Lincoln Zephyr swerved after a tire blew, plunging through a bridge railing into Wolf River near Memphis. Firemen and deputies searched for over an hour as floodwaters hid the submerged car and body. Witness Frank Davis saw the plunge and alerted authorities.
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Memphis
Howard ©. Boas, Jr
Wolf River
Mississippi
Frank
Davis
Pelice
Tn Lincoln
Zephyr
Mother Held for Slaying of Baby in Pa. Case
A 32 year old mother, Mrs. Gus Edinger, was charged with murder after state police said she smothered her three year old son who cried too much. An autopsy confirmed asphyxiation. Edinger pleaded innocent and remained jailed as detectives pursued the case.
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Mahanoy City
Pennsylvania
State Police Corp
C. D. Boyle
Gus Edinger
W. R. Glenney
D Boyle
Edinger
WEA
Hosb
Lewis D. Buono
Schuylkill County
Union parley seeks to end labor split after Roosevelt appeal
In Washington President Roosevelt met CIO leader John L. Lewis and AFL officials to plan peace talks. Secretary of Labor Pendl was to escort the three man committees to the White House and arrange a venue for negotiations aimed at healing the 1935 rift over organizing mass production workers.
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T. F. Coman
Washington
Marco
Roosevelt
CIO
American Federation of Labor
White House
Labor
Parking
John L. Lewis
Wniom
Lewis
Philip Murray
Sidney Hillman
Union Peace
Madrid Scene New Uprising Against Miaja
Madrid March 7. Jose Miaja's new Republican defense government used warplanes to crush a Communist inspired revolt still held out in scattered points and buildings. Major Eduardo Medrano said Republicans dominate the situation. some rebels surrender, others remain in a few districts. Communists excluded from Miaja's regime, which seeks a humane peaceful end to the war.
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Madrid
Jose Miaja
Republican Defense
Eduardo Medrano
Paris
Medrano
Byeneral Miaja
Segismundo Casado
Miaja
Juan Negrin
Defensa I Council
National Defense
Negrin
France
Toulouse
Spain
Des
Jin
Mate Exchange Half Completed As Eastman Sales Head Marries
Rochester, March 7. An exchange of mates between two prominent Rochester couples neared completion as Horace S. Thomas of Eastman Kodak Co and Mrs. Jane Snow Mitchel wed after divorces in Reno. The other pair, Mrs. Marion Jones Thomas and Dr. H Douglas Mitchel, plan marriage in New York. Dr. Shirley Snow announced the Reno weddings last Thursday. Mrs. Thomas, returning with her new husband, urged privacy and said they would remain friendly with the former Mrs. Thomas.
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Rochester
Horace S. Thomas
Eastman Wodale Company
Jane Snow Mitchel
Othe
Marion Jones Thomas
H. Douglas Mitchel
New York
Shirley R. Snow
Thomas
South Bend
Ind
Reno
New
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Andresen
Nashville Commission
Pius XII
U. S
Fach
Holy Father
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Mtard
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MT. Ayr
Iowa
Maren
Milo Morse
Morse
Italy
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Franco
Tay
Francisco Franco
Bizerte
Tunisia
Blowout
AFL
Mate Exchange
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