Roosevelt Aides Seek Salvage Plan For Lapsed Program
On the eve of adjournment the Garner Roosevelt circle meets at the White House with Speaker Bankhead and Senators Barkley and Rayburn to map a salvage strategy for the disjointed five point program. Housing legislation may advance while wage hour reform collapses under Southern and Republican resistance.
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China Holds Line in War as Chiang Plans New Offenses
China will not seek peace with Japan and will fight to the end, officials said as Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek refines a new war plan. The Chinese destroyed the Japanese owned mill district at Tsingtao in a loss estimated at 100 million dollars. All 300 Americans in the city were reported safe with three U.S. warships nearby ready to assist.
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Supreme Court bans wiretap use in federal prosecutions
The Supreme Court ruled the 1934 communications act prohibits evidence from wire tapping in federal criminal cases. Justice Roberts delivered the decision, reversing a Second Circuit ruling that allowed such evidence in four smuggling cases into New York. Justices Sutherland and McReynolds dissented.
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Ludlow Plan for Referendum on War Amendment Backed by Opposition
Opposition of President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull blocked Ludlow’s constitutional amendment plan requiring a popular referendum before war declarations. Ludlow collected 218 signatures to force House consideration, but approval seems unlikely in the near term.
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Liberal coalition forms under William Allen White in Kansas
A liberal coalition backed by William Allen White, Kansas editor, unites church, education, and public groups to safeguard rights for labor to bargain collectively and organize freely. The American Association for Economic Freedom serves as the group, with White as temporary chairman of its policy board and W. Jett Lauck as vice chairman, noted as chief economist for the United Mine Workers and adviser to John L. Lewis' CIO committee.
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Frank to head GOP charter committee
Glenn Frank former president of the University of Wisconsin was chosen to chair a GOP charter committee to draft the party's policies. National Chairman Hamilton said the committee would act as an independent agency with members named by the national executive committee. Frank aligns with the liberal wing and is not allied with Wisconsin La Follettes.
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Union to Build Half Million War Chest for Ford Workers
Officials of the United Automobile Workers said in Detroit that all resources of the union would be pooled into a half million dollar war chest to organize Ford Motor Company employees. All members working five or more days a month face a one dollar assessment and international officers and organizers are asked to donate ten percent of their salaries.
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Hysteria of war fuels debate on defense and manganese
In a Washington dispatch, the author urges caution to avoid war while urging hardening of defenses. He argues the Panay incident could spark conflict, criticizes reliance on foreign manganese, and calls for self sufficiency, stockpiling, and a stronger domestic industry, noting policy clashes with Hull and Roosevelt.
After Dinner Speeches and Abroad Wit in Texas
A column of light gossip and opinion pieces from Oulton Texas. It lampoons postwar dinner speeches and New York nightlife while noting the rural verve of open spaces speakers. It muses on collecting obsolete items and criticizes postwar colonial reparations for Germany. It also regales Texas ranch life and cosmopolitan talk at Casa Blanca with humorous exchanges.
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Sure to Delight in Colors Bright Pattern 5906
Charming embroidery transfer pattern offers a bonquet of roses cornflowers fern and forget me nots to adorn a bedspread with a summery feel. The project includes motifs from 2 to 16 by 21 inches a color chart and stitch diagrams. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. for pattern 5906 at 259 W 14th St New York NY.
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University of Havana Founding and Secularization
The University of Havana, one of America's oldest education centers, was founded January 5, 1728 by a Dominican priest with Pope Innocent XIII's authorization. It remained under Papal jurisdiction until 1842 when it was officially secularized.
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Car steels show wide variety in everyday vehicles
The article explains that cars use over 100 kinds of steel, with 109 in a good-class car last year. It contrasts mild steel with nickel chrome steel in strength and hardness and notes about seven carbon steels and eleven alloy steels in 1911, plus about eighty alloyed steels, ten nickel steels, and twenty-five nickel chromium steels in the average car.
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