Speed Urged on New Bill in Congress Hearings
The House Ways and Means Committee opened hearings on the administration’s public works bill to fund up to 80 percent of labor and material costs for necessary projects. Secretary Woodin urged rapid action, with Tennessee Democrat Tivens signaling a March deadline for passage. Douglas outlined security terms for loans to states and municipalities and stressed avoiding waste while supporting essential construction during unemployment. The session, the first in the new House, featured questions from members about anti trust concerns and committee splits. Julius Weyl announced a cooperative plan with the government from the printing industry to boost industrial will programs.
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Wasilington
May Ts
Seurels
House
Qwinst Public Work Industria
Lewis W. Dougllas
Budger
Woodin
Tivens
Tennessee
Dalllas
Fedgrad
U States
Cooper
Douglas
Donglis
Pnt
Treasury
Doughton
Partisanahipa
Sumners
Hose Judiciary Committee
Kagan
Ways and Means
Laughton
Joyron
Woodin Sa
Doulas
Vertu
Julius S. Weyl
Philadelphia
United Typotheatre of America
Trade Association of the Printing Industry
Plan Aimed to Boost Buying Power and Output
A Roosevelt administration plan to stabilize production and raise purchasing power proposes using a X million construction program to employ the jobless and place rules on industry. An appointed administrator would oversee cooperative agreements, set minimum wages, regulate working hours, and ensure fair codes without monopoly. Collective bargaining would be encouraged under these measures.
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Dirsh
Roosevelt
Group Appointed Study Education And School Code
The special educational commission created by the legislature to survey public education was announced by Dr. Walter Cocking, commissioner of education, after appointments by Governor McAlister. Members include Edith Susong of Greeneville, Judge Robert L. Peck Sr., Faul J. Kruegii, and school experts from Tennessee institutions. The commission will organize in Nashville within two weeks and form committees on aims, organization, curriculum, finances, and facilities.
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Nasshvil
Special Educational Commissen
Walter LD. Cocksioner
Education
McAlister
Legislaure
Dres
Thomas N. Coppedge
Democratic State Executive Committee
Susong
Edith 0. Susong
Greeneville
Greeneville Sun
The
Glade
Chicago
Robert L. Peck
Springfield
Tennessee Bar and Bench
Rotary
Faul J. Kruegi
Chattanooga
University of Tennesse
C. C. Sherrod
Wheast
Tennessee State Teachers College
Johnson City
B. 0. Duggan
University of Tennessee
State Teachers Association
W. Knudsen
George Peabody College For Teachers
Nashville
Ilinois
F. L. Browning
Chester County
Henderson
Tennessee
Transocean and aviation pioneers honored at Franklin awards
At the Franklin Institute ceremony, Sikorsky, De La Cierva, and Wright received medals and spoke on future air travel. Plans include 1983 transport planes with 35 to 50 passengers, speeds of 459 to 200 miles per hour, and cruising heights of 15 000 to 20 000 feet, all contingent on demand and market viability.
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APJ
Althan Gure
Tor Sikorskko
Sikorsky
Franklin Institute
Avia Sion
June de la Cierva
State Franklin Society
Orville Wright
Fragments of Weather Summary for Tennessee and Virginia
Weather notes show slightly warmer air in Tennessee and Virginia tonight and Friday with mostly cloudy skies. West Tennessee may see local thunderstorms. Virginia temperatures rise with no rainfall reported yesterday. Readings taken at 6:00 p.m. indicate prior day conditions and inches of rainfall from the previous year.
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Tennessee
West Portion
Virginia
Lane
Raitt
Crest of Flood Rushes Southward Mississippis rising waters threaten crops
Flood crests move south from Illinois to Missouri flooding the lower valley. Levee systems are deemed capable of withstanding the 10 foot rise above the 35 foot flood stage at Memphis. Guards patrol levees as thousands are inundated and some towns report crop planting halted. Affected areas include Hickman Kentucky and parts of Arkansas Missouri and Tennessee with evacuees and postponed planting. In parallel Pennsylvania Military College will award an honorary Doctor of Laws to Secretary George H Dern with a commencement ceremony on June 6.
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Memphis
Hickman
Satjurday
Army
Arkansas
Missouri
Clay
Green Counties
Dunklin
Miso
Mississippi Delta
Mississippi
Tennessee
College
Chester
George H. Dern
The
War
Formal Signing Shoals Act Set This Afternoon
Washington May 18 The government probes alleged misuse of power facilities at Muscle Shoals as Roosevelt prepares to sign the Tennessee Valley Authority bill. Louis Gravis led a weeklong study, now sent to Attorney General Cummings for action. The act creates a TVA government corporation to oversee Muscle Shoals and nitrate production, with initial funds to start the Cove Creek dam project and related power production.
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Washington
Tennessee
Prent Roosevelt
Alabama
Justice Lus
Tekge
Ickes
Louis
R. Glevis
New York
Muscle Shoals
Alabama Power Company
Teennessee Electric Power Company
Gravis
Cummings
Glavis
Musele ‘Shoals
Bureau of Investigation
Interior Department
Capitol
White House
Roosevelt
Norris
Nebraska
Congress
Cove Creek
Clinch Sive
Tennessee Basin
Tennessee Valley Authority
Government Corporation
Powe
Garys Blast Furnaces Roar as 8000 Return to Work
Garys steel mills roar to life as 8000 plus workers return amid orders for 75090 tons of steel for the San Francisco Oakland bridge. Gary area sees renewed hiring at Minis Steel and Inland Steel with plans for new tin mill and blast furnace. Indirect ripple effects reach Hammond East Chicago Whiting and Union Drawn Steel, signaling a broader revival in northwestern Indiana industry.
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Gary
Steel
Midwest
Inland Steel Company
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad
Gary Works
California
Sant Francisco - Oakland
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Company
Mwlnois Steel
Indiana
East
Chicago
Hammond
Whiting
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Indiana Harbor
Union Drawn Steel Company
Great Lakes
Minnesota
Michigan
Linois
Messages Studied at Geneva Arms Parley
Germany's Hitler addresses the Reichstag amid calls for disarmament and world peace. Chancellor's foreign policy pledge wins overwhelming cross-party support. Neurath departs for Geneva to join disarmament talks as Bruening and others speculated on conference outcomes.
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Geneva Arms Parley
Hitler
Reichstag
America
Germany
Haron Konstantin Vou Neurath
Geneva
Heinrich Bruening
Shanvellor
Destiny of Conference Seen in Hands of Roosevelt and Hitler
In Geneva May 18 delegates view the fate of the disarmament conference as resting with President Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler. Roosevelt and Hitler are seen as clearing the air with messages that create a more hopeful atmosphere. Delegates seek to know how far Washington will go in strict armament control world pact non use of force aiding the league and embargoes neutrality during war.
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Hitler
Roosevelt
Geneva
Switzerland
Ft Wes
America
Washington
League
Real Effects of Peace Plea at Geneva
Washington May 16 AP reports American statesmen weighed Geneva responses to President Roosevelts peace appeal. France greeted the plan politely, Germany approved the move, and Britain and others sent cordial cables. Davis led negotiations at the arms conference, aiming to translate words into decisive action amid complex diplomacy.
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Washington
Geneva
Germany
France
Roosevelt
Adolph Hutler
Great Britain
Norman JH. Davis
United States Seen as World Arbiter by Soviet Press
A Soviet state paper argues in an editorial that the United States now acts as a world arbiter after Roosevelt’s Washington hearings on the world economic conference. It says an Anglo American alliance against Japan could form, while Japan’s stance hinges on Roosevelts non aggression proposals and MacDonald disarmament plans.
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Moscow
Japan
Roosevelt
MacDonald
Mey
United States
Germany
Wilen
Herriot warns on sea equality after land gains
SKEPTICAL PARIS May 18. Edouard Herriot warns that Germany will seek sea equality after land gains, citing Hitler’s tag speech and Roosevelt talks. France’s reaction sees peace sincerity in German appeasement, while Le Petit Journal praises Hitler’s moderation and Roosevelt appeal.
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Paris
Edouard Herriot
Adolf Hitler
Germany
America
Roosevelt
England
Hitler
le Petit Journal
France
le Journal
Eve Nouvelle
Hitler speech seen easing world disarmament deadlock
London diplomatic circles say Chancellor Hitler's Reichstag address was conciliatory and could ease the Geneva disarmament talks. Commentators note it may break the stalemate with Count Nadolny amid uncertainty about Britain’s cabinet participation and the form of Britain’s reply to Roosevelt.
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London
Hitler
Rudolf Nadolny
Geneva
Haseen
Sir John Simon
Anthony Eden
Roosevelt
Dominions
House of Commons
Italy Reacts To Roosevelt Message And Hitler Plans
In Rome on May 18 officials and pundits voiced that the world faces a turning point with peace or chaos. Mussolini was expected to speak at a grand council meeting while Fascist press generally backed Roosevelt and Hitler, warning of a powder keg situation as postwar treaties and arms equality were debated.
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Rome
Roosevelt
Hitler
Grand Council
Mussolini
Giornale D'Ttalis
Itley
Tinly
Germany
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Speed
Wet
TK Cary
Frances Berkins
Convers
Rowerwell
E. ©. Susong
Transocean
Steel Company
Minis Steel Company
Gerry Works
Berlin
U. S
Skeptical
Italy
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