Final Thrust at Wage-Hour Law Expected as Adjournment Near
Washington dispatch reports the president’s lending bill dying in the House and Congress rushing to adjourn. Representative Reyburn of Texas hints at insistence on wage hour amendments as administration opponents push to block changes. Roosevelt says the bill’s defeat harms industry, unemployment relief, and taxpayers, while signaling no revival this session. The hour now turns to a deficiency appropriation bill and possible social security talks.
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Washington
House
Congress
Reyburn
Texas
Roosevelt
Senate-hovass
Senate
Howe
Brothers add hours to mark Springfield endurance flight
Two Moody brothers Hunter 25 and Humphrey 20 of Decatur Illinois extended their light plane endurance flight setting a new world record by surpassing 218 hours 43 minutes. They planned to push toward the 653 hour large plane record, saying they would stay aloft while the motor functioned and they stayed well.
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Hunter Moody
Humphrey
Decatur
Hunter
Fred Keys
Meridian
Miss
Moodys
Humphrey Quali
Senate moves bill to honor aviator Wright No. 1 certificate
The senate approved a bill recognizing Orville Wright for advancing aeronautics and directing the Civil Aeronautics Authority to issue him honorary aircraft pilot's certificate No. 1. The measure now goes to the house for action.
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Senate
Washington
Orville Wright
House
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Wright
Former Oklahoma judge seeks dismissal in maintenance suit
Former Oklahoma supreme court justice asks to throw out a separate maintenance case filed by his former stenographer and longtime companion Madeline Branniff Branson. She seeks $500 monthly and recognition of a 1930 marriage at Tarrytown New York amid a feud over alleged past trysts and a prior divorce. The court heard five and a half hours of cross examination as Branniff Branson defended their romance from 1923 to 1929.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Oklahoma County
Fred P. Branson
Madeline Braniff Branson
Tarrytown
N. Y
Branson
Madeline
President Roosevelt backs Hatch bill to curb political activity
President Roosevelt signed the Hatch bill restricting political activity by most federal workers and explained the measure in a special message to Congress. He argued it advances decency in campaigns while preserving free speech, noting constitutional questions were resolved in its favor. The act bars most federal staff from political work beyond voting, with penalties of up to $1000 fine or one year in prison. Cabinet officers and policy makers are exempted.
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House
Senate
Supreme Court
Cavily
Washington
Congress
Hatch
New Mexico
United States
Drought Spares Gotham Corn Crop in Wall Street Yard
In Manhattan a single corn field survives in the St. Paul’s chapel churchyard at Church and Vesey streets. John Stehlik, the gardener, planted it as a whim and expects harvest in two weeks. The crop is valued at 50 cents and bankers are upbeat.
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Wall Street
St. Paul's Chapel
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River pirate captured after sunken freighter raid near New Orleans
Police near dawn captured a man in a red bathing suit after a river raid on the sunken Edgar F. Luckenbach. Another suspect escaped with cash and goods worth about 300 dollars. Bommerito, paroled from prison eight months ago, admitted taking cargo and is held for federal charges.
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New Orleans
Edgar F. Luckenbach
Louis Bommerito
Bommerito
Farm loan funds allocated to Louisiana and Mississippi
The farm security administration announced allocations from a 40 million dollar congress appropriation for tenant loans to buy farms. Louisiana receives 1,501,979 dollars for about 300 farms and Mississippi 2,352,896 dollars for 638 farms.
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Washington
Congress
Louisiana
Mississippi
Farm Security Administration
Air Force 2 youths celebrate its 30th birthday flights nationwide
Washington reports the Army Air Corps marked its 30th anniversary with mass flights and defense drills across the United States. A flying fortress set a speed record near Wright Field while demonstrations referenced the dawn of air power from Wilbur and Orville Wright 30 years earlier.
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AIR Force
Washington
Army Air Corps
United States
West Coast
Aircorps
Wrightfield
Dayton
Air Corps
War Department
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Potomac
Alexandria
Smithsonian Institution
Roosevelt
Langley Field
Hampton
Mitchelfield
N. Y
Selfridge Field
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
Air Corps Training
Lowry Field
Denver
Wright Field
Man Dies Like Brother in Hotel Plunge at Meridian
Joe Grantham, 56, prominent merchant and Lauderdale county planter, died after plunging from a Meridian hotel, echoing his brother J. W. Grantham who died in a similar fall a year earlier while both were ill and recovering.
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Meridian
Miss
Joe Grantham
Lauderdale County
Grantham
J. W. Grantham
Street paved with gold tale of quick fortune in Catasauqua
In Catasauqua Pennsylvania three sisters found 400 dollars on Main Street and a nine year old boy found 10 dollars. O C Roth of Allentown claimed the money after seeing a newspaper ad and collected from a local bank for a house sale losing part on the way home.
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Catasauqua
O. C. Roth
Allentown
England Turns to Girding Her Navy for War
Britain speeds up naval resource buildup with plans for small vessels to lay and sweep mines. New contracts for merchant ships, 2,500,000 bomb shelters, and wartime oil and gas rationing were announced as Mussolini watched Italian war maneuvers. Germany marks 25 years since entering WWI, while Dooman protests Japan's anti foreign campaigns in China and Britain presses Tokyo over anti British actions.
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Italy
Germany
Russia
Luxemburg
Fuehrer
Hitler
Tokyo
United States
Eugene H. Dooman
Japan
China
Dooman
Robert Leslie Craigie
Tientsin
London
Britain
Toll Free Span Is Step Nearer
Monroe and West Monroe chamber members learn a bill by Rep Newt Mills passed the Senate and goes to the President. It creates a three man bridge commission to buy the Vicksburg bridge by expropriation and run it as a toll bridge until Louisiana and Mississippi raise 25 percent each, with 50 percent from federal aid. The aim is toll removal when Vidalia and Greenville toll free bridges open. US Highway 80 will pass over the Vicksburg span.
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Mississippi
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Excitement Costs San Francisco Tavern Owner Dearly
In San Francisco on August 2 a 52 year old tavern owner Joel Blamey faced an armed robber who demanded money. Only twenty dollars was in the till and in the rush Blamey handed over his wallet containing one hundred fifty dollars.
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Joel Blamey
Blamey
Appropriation Bill Pruned by House Group
Washington Aug 2 The House appropriations committee cut the administration’s last bill from 215,891,168 to 53,190,056 citing a record-high session total and budget excess. Major reductions trimmed 119,599,918 for Commodity Credit corporation capital impairment and lowered strategic war minerals outlay from 25,000,000 to 10,000,000. Committee rejected adding 50,000,000 to public buildings.
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House Appropriations Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
Almazan Protest Over Mexican Broadcast Use
General Juan Andreu Almazan protests to President Lazaro Cardenas after the government radio station aired senate speeches attacking him. The station had joined a network for yesterday's broadcast as Almazan sought endorsements from regional worker groups aligned with the AFL and rival CIO backed factions. Seven Camacho confidants spoke from the senate accusing Almazan as a millionaire and foe of the revolution.
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Mexico City
Juan Andreu Almazan
Lazaro Cardenas
Senate
Almazan
Regional Federation of Mexican Workers
Mexican Labor Party
American Federation of Labor
Federation of Mexican Workers
Manuel Avila Camacho
Friends
Camacho
Governor Delays Statement on Wimberly Address Sought
Governor Earl K. Long said he had not yet prepared his promised statement on the deduc tions from state employe salaries and would announce when ready. A New Orleans inquiry noted Wimberly's radio attack on the citizens committee and the panel's plan to pursue actions, including possible legal steps, as Long avoids assigning responsibility.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
New Orleans
Shirley Wimberly
Long
Wimberly
Citizens Volentary Committee
Purge figures uncertain as Louisiana layoffs rise
Accurate counts of state employees fired in Governor Earl K. Long’s purge were unavailable as officials withheld data. F Warren Baggio, new chairman of the Louisiana highway commission, declined to state the department’s job losses amid reports of about eleven highway workers discharged and seven others dismissed.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
F. Warren Baggio
Louisiana Highway Commission
Ouachita Jury Keeps Noon Adjournment For Witnesses
The Ouachita parish grand jury recessed at noon during a special session to summon additional witnesses in the Louisiana Training Institute investigation. About nine witnesses testified Wednesday on irregularities linked to the institute under former superintendent Dr Harvey Dillon, with subpoenas issued for 11 more witnesses today.
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Ouachita Parish
Louisiana Training Institute
Harvey Dillon
Dillon
Conscience Pays Bus Fare After Ten Years In Mahano y City
A ten year old case of conscience reaches the Schuylkill Transportation Company as an anonymous letter offers $3 to cover a bus fare not paid a decade ago. The writer explains it was for one evening when the fare was higher and preferred paying too much to too little.
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Onarga
John Alden
Guy O'Hern
Earl Boothman
O'Hern
Mahanoy City
Schuylkill Transportation Company
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