Green Wages Bill Framed By Green Aides
The Green amendments give the labor standards board limited reach over wages and hours in industries where collective bargaining fails. Senate passage came after President Roosevelt urged Green to soften the measure, with Dixie opposition expected in the House labor committee. The plan caps hours at 40 per week, sets wage floors, and narrows board scope to sweatshop and starvation conditions, while removing government work from board control. Mary T. Norton signals rapid House action under a special rule.
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John Lewis
O de Mageerer Green
American Federation of Labor
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Green
White House
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Dixie
House Labor Committee
Federation
Labor Standards Board
Walsh-Healey
Mary T. Norton
N. J
Labor Committee
Senate Hopes for $700 Million Low Cost Housing Bill
Senator Wagner backs a $700 million bond issue for the United States Housing Authority to fund low cost housing. The plan includes grants and loans with rent conditions, plus up to 25 percent direct grants and 15 percent relief grants for employment. An amendment caps project costs at 4000 per family or 1000 per room, drawing Wagner’s protest over New York City needs.
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Senate
Wagner-Steagall
United States Housing Authority
Treasury Department
Housing Authority
Wagner
Barkley
Harry F. Byrd
New York City
Foreign War Clouds Rise Over North China
Japan readies to push into North China with 100000 Chinese troops opposing. Premier Konoye consolidates command posts as Chiang Kai-shek calls warlords to Nanking. Conscription expands. refugees flood out as civilians evacuate toward hinterlands. Russia protests alleged consulate pillage by White Russians aided by Japanese.
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Japan
China
Tokyo
Fengtai-Lukouchiao
Peiping
Twenty-Ninth
Konoye
Hirohito
Chow Enlai
Chinese Political Council
Nanking
Shanghai
Russia
Tientsin
United States and Britain to expand naval programs in 1938
Reports from London and Washington indicate Britain will lay keels for 3–5 battleships and 6–7 cruisers plus destroyers and subs, with tonnage rising beyond 664000 in peacetime. Admiral Leahy says the US will seek funds for two battleships and two cruisers in 1938, with four ships costing 170 million dollars ready by 1942 and two more battleships under construction for about 60 million dollars.
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U. S
United States
Great Britain
Britain
London
William D. Leahy
Uncle Sam
Navy
Washington
Congress
Wedge to Split Loyalists in Madrid Front
The Madrid battle raged as Franco eastern forces widened a wedge near Teruel Cuenca Valencia 100 miles east of Madrid aiming to cut the loyalist capital Valencia from Madrid Government troops along the line retreated or fled insurgents said they seized cars and arms outfits In the Asera sector southeast of Madrid rebels were repulsed by machine guns and dynamiters.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Teruel
Cuenca
Valencia
Asera
El Caudillo Is the Boss in Rebel Spain
The text notes Spain's leader Francisco Franco being styled El Caudillo with signs and salutes across the country. It reports debates over his government form, mentions a possible corporative model like Portugal, and says Prince Juan may be the crown candidate after Franco’s July 19 pledge on monarchy.
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el Caudillo
Spain
Germany
der Fuehrer
Il Duce
Francisco Franco
Franco
Portugal
Juan
Alfonso XIII
Women Hear War Cry From Mme Chiang Kai shek
Mme Chiang Kai shek urges Chinese women to fight Japan to the best of their ability citing Spanish women in frontline roles. She warns China faces its gravest crisis and calls for sacrifice of soldiers people wealth and reconstruction gains.
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China
Mme. Chiang Kaishek
Japan
Spain
Golf Woes and Wisecracks in 1940s Column
A nostalgic, humorous column riffs on golf struggles in Oakland California and sharp wit about Congress, Nazi Germany critique, and public figures. It stitches anecdotes from golf mishaps, an elated orator, Rabbi Stephen Wise, and European church figures with satirical tone.
Silver Policy Inflation Draws Fire in Washington
Washington, D C. William Bruckart argues the silver policy drives inflation and higher prices for food clothing and goods. He notes the Treasury exchanges gold for Chinese silver and warns against silver certificates fueling currency in circulation. The piece critiques 1934 Silver Act and cites Treasury reserves and political battles over fundraising and policy.
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Washington
Treasury
John Q
America
Mexico
Canada
Roosevelt
China
Federal Reserve Banks
United States
Hollywood Stars and Pics Dominate Screen News
Hollywood executives push private life themed films led by George O’Brien in Hollywood Cowboy and Leslie Howard in Stand In. Frances Farmer's Saratoga draws box office, while Ruby Keeler signs for two pictures at RKO amid Remake rumors. Guardians fight over Freddie Bartholomew custody as M G M reshapes youth roles.
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Hollywood
George O’brien
Leslie Howard
Joan Blondell
Nino Martini
Grand National
RKO
Ruby Keeler
Fred Astaire
Joan Fontaine
Joan
Ruby
Mitzi Green
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Akland
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Cobb
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Stork
Synod of the Frogs
California
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Shirley Temple
Herr Hitler
Washington Digest
William Bruckart
National Press
Washington, DC
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Republi
Democratic National Committee
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Snell
New York
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Farley
Representative Rayburn
Star Dust Movie Radio
William Wyler
Margaret Sullavan
Henry Fonda
Margaret
Leland Hayward
Frances Farmer
Jim Fisk
Wall Street
Saratoga
Jean Harlow
Josephine Hutchinson
Warner Brothers
Warner
M-G-M
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Freddie Bartholomew
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