Wage Bill Passage To Be Presented To Government
Fragmentary text indicates plans to present a wage bill to the government. The note references the Japanese government and aims for definitive consideration or presentation.
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15 Dec 1937
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Monroe News Star in Monroe, Louisiana
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1937
Page
1
Panay bombing survivor described by injured writer in court
In Madison and Topsfield reports, a 15 year old writer survivor testifies about Panay bombing while a 24 year old Olson Thayer pleads innocent to murdering his sister and wounding his aunt. The Topsfield case notes Thayer’s statements on nagging and his charge with first degree murder and assault with intent to murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panay
Topsfield
Mass
Oliver Alden Thayer
Oliver T. Thayer
Salem
Katherine
Alice R. Thayer
Thayer
Arthur T. O'Leary
Leche Seeks Quick Resolution of LSU Band Row
Governor Richard W. Leche said disputes over LSU band funding should be settled by Baton Rouge officials before his return. He noted no knowledge of a reported dismissal after a demand for ten dollars per member for the Sugar Bowl trip. Leche praised director Castro Carrazo and recalled Huey Long's lunch money policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louisiana State University
Vernor
Richard W. Leche
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Huey Long
Lecheaised Castro Carazo
Long
Panay survivors claim U S gunboat fired back at attackers
Three American survivors of the Panay bombing reached Shanghai and said the U S gunboat vigorously returned Japanese aircraft fire. They testified the Panay was clearly marked with American flags and accused the attackers of targeting neutral ships. One survivor described shock and exposure among fleeing refugees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
United States
Panay
Wuhu
Jim Marshall
Collier's Magazine
WPA in South to Hire Rolls Expands Regional WPA Labor
Malcolm J. Miller, southern regional director, said the Works Progress Administration will add 65 000 workers in the region and boost monthly material spending by 500 000 as part of a national 350 000 increase. He spoke at a conference of administrators for 11 southern states, noting allocations are being adjusted fairly with no definite period limit, applying to January February and likely half of March. The January 1937 WPA total was 2 1 percent 000, and would have fallen without the 350 000 boost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Malcolm J. Miller
Southern
Works Progress Administration
Miller
Suit Dismissed in $1,000,000 case over gifts
Supreme Court Justice Kenneth O'Brien dismissed the $1,000,000 suit of Mrs. Marion Allgeyer of New Orleans against Howard Spaulding of Greenwich Connecticut. Spaulding's counter claim for about $90,000 he allegedly gave Mrs. Allgeyer was also dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
Kenneth O’brien
Marion Allgeyer
New Orleans
Howard Spaulding
Greenwich
House Blocs Battle Over Wage Hour Measure In Congress
In Washington a split among house blocs centered on parliamentary moves to replace the administration wage hour bill with stricter substitutes. Norton favors a reprinted version with committee amendments while others threaten to push six northern and western substitutes that would standardize wage hour rules across interstate commerce and assign enforcement to the justice department or FTC. Senator Barkley warns of a possible night session in the Senate to pressure action on crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Norton
New Jersey
Labor Committee
Justice Department
Federal Trade Commission
Repre
Man jailed after threatening crime over hope to feed family
Martin German, 24, unemployed after a leg injury, faced contempt charges in Cleveland for stating he would steal food to feed his wife Helen and 14 month old son Martin Jr. The judge persuaded the relief office to assess possible aid while German remained behind bars, amid questions of whether he could be sentenced for failure to support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Martin German
German
Helen
Martin, Jr
David R. Hertz
Hertz
Shawneetown to be moved from Ohio flood threat
Historic Shawneetown Illinois with 1650 residents is relocating three miles inland after floods last winter covered the town to 25 feet. State and federal funding totaling 1 292 495 will support the move with WPA 680 495 Disaster Loan 450 000 and state 162 000. The new site will be 400 feet higher. Continued on Fifth Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawneetown
Ill
Henry Horner
Springfield
WPA
Disaster Loan Corporation
State
Beauty slain in Philadelphia home invasion
Mrs. Wilma Carpenter a 28 year old widow of Philadelphia was shot to death when a youth invaded her fashionable home and tried to assault her companion Miss Mary Griffin. The intruder calmly shot Mrs. Carpenter as she pleaded for him to stop beating Miss Griffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayer
O'Leary
Wilma Carpenter
Philadelphia
Mary Griffin
Mrs. Carpenter
Miss Griffin
Nanking New Headquarters for Japanese Nanking
The Japanese embassy reported that 27 foreigners including 18 Americans were safe inside Nanking after the city fell. Six Germans two Russians and one Briton chose to stay. 130 000 Chinese remained in the safety zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Yangtze
Puchen
Iwane Matsui
Good Fellows Christmas Fund Aims To Help Local Children
The Good Fellows fund notes donations from Civics classes and local groups for Ouachita Parish children. A Circle of First Christian Church contributes a box of toys while names like Monroe Steam Laundry and several residents support the drive. The piece contrasts rosy holiday dreams with harsh poverty in Monroe and West Monroe, urging aid for hungry and underclothed kids. Continued on Ninth Pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Fellows Fund
Bill Bernhard
Ouachita Valley
Carr Ceier
Monroe
Henry A. Whitfield
Harry C. Ulrich
West Monroe
Blue Ribbon Literary Society
Chita Parish Grammar School
Earl J. Rothermel
Ruffin Tidwell, Jr
Carl Tidwell
Santa
Hungary to resume partial war debt payments for 3 years
Hungary plans a partial remittance of 9,828 dollars semi annually for three years totaling 58,948, marking the first resumed payment among 12 war debt nations since the Hoover moratorium. Finland has fully met its installments, while Britain, France, Italy, Poland, and Yugoslavia defaulted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Hungary
Little Balkan
Great Britain
France
Italy
Poland
Yugoslavia
Finland
State Department
Ex Arkansas Governor George Washington Donaghey Dies
Former Arkansas governor George Washington Donaghey died at his Little Rock home at 4 30 am from heart disease and complications. He led the capitol building project and headed the fourth state house commission finishing the job in 1917. Born July 1 1856 in Oakland Louisiana he later focused on philanthropy and private business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
George Washington Donaghey
A. C. Shipp
Donaghey
Oakland
Farm bill described as very mysterious by senators
Washington December 15 Senators on the agriculture committee described the farm bill as very mysterious and as perfectly clear. Senator Connally said anyone who has ever read the bill can understand it. Chairman Smith quipped about finishing the mystery and compiling a complete text. Senator Adams called it the most difficult bill to understand yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Connally
Texas
Smith
South Carolina
The
Agriculture Committee
Adams
Colorado
Protection of prices asked on cottonseed
Agricultural commissioners from seven southern states ended their meeting in New Orleans by adopting resolutions for 1938 price protection for cottonseed, unified quarantines, and industry unification. They urged congressional legislation to curb foreign oils and fats imports, supported lifting bans on oleomargarine sales, kept excise taxes on foreign oils, and sought freight-rate equalization to end discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Agriculture Commissioners
Congress
Cottonseed Products Association
Death closes rail career of William Johnson Harahan
Clifton Forge Va Dec 13 Death closed the career of William Johnson Harahan a railroading figure for a half century at Chesapeake and Ohio hospital after septicemia. He started at 14 with Louisville and Nashville in New Orleans and rose to head the trio of lines by 1985 serving as president of the three railroads and earlier as vice president of the Illinois Central and Erie and as Seaboard Air Line chief of staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Forge
Willian Johnson Harahan
Chessepeake and
Ghia
Chesapeake and Ohio
Nickel Plate
Pere Marquette
Louisville and Nashville
New Orleans
Harahan
James Theodore Harahan
Ilinois Central
Illinois Central
The
Erie
Seaboard Air Line
Roosevelt and Hull Await Direct Reply from Japan
The United States protests Japan over the Panay sinking and seeks reparations and a guarantee of no further unlawful interference with American rights in China. President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull expect Japan to respond to the note and define terms for an amicable settlement, while Congress eyes a constitutional referendum on war declaration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Roosevelt
Hull
United States
Panay
Thhe
Washington
Japan
China
House
Senate
State Department
Skiers Rescued After Avalanche In Perdoi Pass
Alpine troops and civilian rescue teams rescued 12 student skiers buried by a mountain avalanche in Perdoi pass. Nine bodies were recovered, while nine others remained unaccounted for as of today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Perdoi Pass
Hex Slayer Asks Freedom For Art Work
John Curry the 1928 hex murder convict asks the parole board for release to pursue art. He was 14 when sentenced to life, later reduced to 10 to 20 years, and his painting talents drew outside interest while behind eastern state penitentiary walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Curry
York
Board of Pardons
Eastern State Penitentiary
John
Curry
Pennsylvania
Hartisburg
Philadelphia
York County
John H. Blymer
Wilbert G. Hess
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