Defense plan expansion faces quick House passage
President Roosevelt urges a boosted naval program with $800 million for ships and more army support. The plan calls for two more battleships two cruisers plus $8.8 million for anti aircraft gear and an enlisted army reserve expansion. Vinson chairs hearings as opposition grows in Congress.
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Congress
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Carl Vinson
Georgia
House Naval Affairs Committee
Tinkham
Massachusetts
United States
League of Nations
Vandenberg
Michigan
Frazier
North Dakota
New Fleet Commander Bloch Assumes Duty at San Pedro
Admiral Claude Charles Bloch became commander of the United States fleet at San Pedro California replacing Admiral Arthur J Hepburn. In a brief address he stressed readiness to fight and praised officers and men for their hard work and unselfish devotion to duty ensuring the navy remains second to none.
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United States Fleet
Admiral Hepburn
San Pedro
Calif
United States
Arthur J. Hepburn
Admiral Bloch
Nations council debate China aid amid U S hesitation
Representatives from Great Britain France and Russia in the League of Nations council in Geneva prepared to adopt a resolution to aid China by sending war munitions but waited for U S cooperation. The plan was informally proposed to Washington and informally rejected after President Roosevelt conferred with Secretary Hull and others. Hull indicated the policy would not change and that America would take no leadership in aiding China.
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U.S
Great Britain
France
Russia
League of Nations Council
Geneva
China
United States
Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
America
Roosevelt eyed federal aid plan for small business
Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper and Ernest Draper led early talks with about 500 small business representatives from across the nation. A small committee will present proposals to the White House, aiming for legislation to finance small industries, possibly via a new agency or through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Key complaints include the undivided profits tax and capital gains taxes, seen as hindering rainy day funds and new ventures. Monopolistic practices are also cited as a concern.
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Washington
Daniel C. Roper
Roosevelt
Roper
Ernest Draper
White House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Great Banking Trust
Congress and Administration Move to Curb Alleged Abuses
Lawmakers and the executive branch are taking steps to address reported abuses that threaten the success of operations. The actions target identified hazards and seek to restore proper conduct and efficiency in their procedures.
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Congress
Administration
President Roosevelt Warns on Prices and Wages Impact
President Roosevelt urged industry not to cut wages while price cuts spread through stocks and commodities. He warned such moves could deter buying and push the economy into a downward spiral, sparking bipartisan disagreement over the feasibility of maintaining wages on a shrinking market.
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Roosevelt
Row Over Coal Prices Sparks Legal Challenges Across States
The national bituminous coal commission fixes minimum and marketing rules triggering protests. Illinois leads disgruntlement as no representation on the panel. Six coal firms sue in Chicago to block the price schedule, with Chicago considering action. Rochester New York Cleveland Ohio and St Louis Missouri sue to halt the orders.
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Bituminous Coal Commission
Illinois
Chicago
Rochester
N. Y
Cleveland
Ohio
St. Louis
Commission
Democratic Oregon Senate Appoints Reames To Finish Stiewer Term
Charles Martin of Oregon appoints Alfred Even Reames of Salem to fill the unexpired 11 months of the late Frederick Stiewer. Reames, 67, a lawyer and Democratic state central committee chair, becomes the first Democratic Oregon senator since 1921 and will not seek re election. John Roosevelt Wedding Plan for June 18 in Nahant Mass, Anne Lindsay Clark to wed. Franklin Roosevelt as best man. They will honeymoon six weeks then live in a Brookline apartment while John works in a Boston ad agency.
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Stiewer
Charles Martin
Oregon
Alfred Even Reames
Salem
Frederick Stiewer
Reames
Democratic State Central Committee
Senate
John Roosevelt
Anne Lindsay Clark
Nahant
Mass
Franklin
Endicott Peabody
Groton School
Henry Knox Sherrill
Massachusetts
Brookline
Roosevelt
Boston
Union Controls Canned Music In New Radio Pact
A new contract gives the American Federation of Musicians control over canned music output in about 589 radio stations nationwide. The agreement ties musicians to principal recording companies chain broadcasters and independent affiliates to regulate broadcast music and performance standards.
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American Federation of Musicians
Chain Radio Broadcasting Companies
May Split Labor Vote Threatens AFL Unity in 1938
The American Federation of Labor faces a split as May split looms with Green urging affiliates to withdraw support from the Non-Partisan League and stop funding. John L. Lewis warns of widespread hardship while pressing for 3,000,000 relief jobs and adherence to the administration’s pledge.
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Labor
Willam Green
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Federation
League
Committee For Industrial Organization
Washington
John L. Lewis
Congress
Lewis
Workers of America
Nazis Celebrate Hitler Fifth Anniversary Amid Parades and Orations
Nazi officials touted Adolf Hitler's five year rule with mass parades concerts and speeches. They praised unemployment elimination treaty repeal and Germanys isolation end while noting plans for expansion foreign relations and potential rapprochement with Catholic and Protestant churches.
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Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Italy
Japan
Yugoslavia
Poland
Romania
Hungary
Jackson Gets Reed's Place in U S Solicitor General
OBERTH. JACKSON, assistant attorney general, was nominated by the President to be solicitor general of the United States. He succeeds Stanley Reed, whose appointment to the Supreme Court was confirmed by the senate. Jackson has been prominent for his speeches attacking business and his stated aim to seek the governorship of New York.
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Jackson
Reed
United States
Stanley Reed
Supreme Court
Senate
New York
President Roosevelt Bids Birthday Guests Attend Dinner
President Roosevelt turned fifty six on Sunday January thirty. He and Mrs. Roosevelt hosted a birthday dinner with twenty guests including members of the Cuff Link club given gold cuff links to honor campaigns and service. He later spoke by radio about birthday balls funding infantile paralysis research.
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Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Ice jam wrecks Niagara Falls bridge amid no loss of life
The Falls View bridge at Niagara Falls collapsed in an ice jam, crushing the structure into the gorge. Traffic had been halted hours earlier, preventing casualties. In other news, Admiral Wilson Brown is named head of the Naval Academy in Annapolis and Brigadier General Jay Benedict is assigned to West Point to replace the retiring Major General Connor.
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Wilson Brown
Naval Academy
Annapolis
D. F. Sellers
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Jay L. Benedict
West Point
W. D. Connor
Australia marks 150 years since first settlement
Australia begins a three month celebration of its 150th birthday as a white settlement with early festivities in Sydney recalling Captain Arthur Phillip's 1788 landing with soldiers and 800 British convicts. U S ships Memphis Trenton and Milwaukee attend water pageants.
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Tralia
Commonwealth of Australia
Sydney
Arthur Phillip
United States
Memphis
Trenton
Milwaukee
Lynch Bill Doomed as Cloture Fails in Senate
One senator opposed cloture to end the filibuster against the anti lynching bill. Majority Leader Alben Barkley of Kentucky supported the measure and cloture, then declared the bill doomed and said it must be displaced by other legislation.
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Rirty
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Washington Notes on Stars Weather and Wage Conflicts
A jumble of items covers the discovery about Epsilon Aurigae and the Struve lineage, Bennie Goodman’s Hollywood Hotel buzz, and a Washington wage debate over tips in waitress pay. The piece critiques government meddling in private business, recalls Roosevelt era loans, and notes an interior department inquiry into emergency purchases.
Collective Bargaining Defined in Labor Negotiations
A discussion of collective bargaining describes direct negotiation between employer and employee representatives. The process aims to resolve disputes by appointed reps meeting to adjust wage and working conditions, with employees benefitting from the outcome.
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Emgroup
Repres
Mployee Subordi
Lavish Budget Lace Crochet Squares Pattern 5895
Instruction and charts for two 10 inch crochet companion squares and their assembly into checkered pieces. Includes material needs and an illustration of stitches. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept for pattern 5895 at 259 W Fourteenth St New York NY.
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Household Arts Dept
Fourteenth St
New York
N. Y
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