Senate probes Post Office role amid steel plant strife
A Senate committee weighs investigating Post Office duties as protests flare over mail deliveries to strikers and loyal workers at Republic Steel and related plants. The clash involves Postmaster General Farley, picket warnings, and government agency involvement across Ohio and Illinois.
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Senate
Post Office Department
John L. Lewis
Republic Steel
Inland Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Company
Tom Girdler
American Steel and Iron Institute
Republic Corporation
Ohio
United States
Post Office
Labor Department
Labor Relations Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
H. Styles Bridges
Rep
N. H
Senate Committee On Post Offices
Josiah W. Bailey
North Carolina
Republic
Youngstown
Chicago
Courtney
Kelly
Pullman
The Good Old Days Look Pretty Odd in 1930s Nostalgia
Irvin B. Cobb reflects on a past era from 1900 to 1914, contrasting optimism about world peace, suffrage, and prosperity with modern worries. He mocks fake orange juice, adulterated foods, luxury yachts, and the growing trailer culture predicting vast population shifts and road congestion. He notes rising mortality from speed and imagined a motor man's dream of chasing both ends of the road.
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Anta Monica
Calif
Sam
Teddy Roosevelt
Twentieth Century Limited
W. J. Bryan
Merica
Roger Babson
Mommer
Popper
Irvin
Cobb
Congress Gains Independence in Second Roosevelt Term
In this analysis from Washington, the shift of Congress toward independence in Roosevelt's second term is examined. The Senate resists court packing, while House leaders scrutinize the relief fund and a new farm bill, signaling a move from White House control to legislative pushback amid Treasury borrowing and ongoing gold policy debates.
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Charles Michelson
Democratic National Committee
Supreme Court
Congress
Washington
House
Senate
New Deal Congress
Roosevelt
White House
Harry Hopkins
Mr Hopkins
Mr. Hopkins
Relief Fund
House Agriculture Committee
Wallace
Robinson
Ickes
Adinistrator
Hopkins
Wash- Treasuryington
Morgenthau
Treasury
United States
America
World Nations
Union
Theodore Dreiser Rise From Humble Jobs To Novelist Of Global Fame
The article traces Theodore Dreiser born 1871 Terre Haute Indiana from a poor youth in Warsaw Indiana to Chicago clerk and real estate office worker. He becomes a reporter and editor then writes Sister Carrie controversial then Jennie Gerhardt and American Tragedy later adapted for stage in 1936.
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Chicago
Theodore Dreiser
Terre Haute
Ind
Warsaw
Chicago Daily Globe
Butterick
Delineator
Carrie
Jennie Gerhardt
America
Germany
Lowell Thomas Career From Janitor To Frontline Reporter
Lowell Thomas rose from janitor and night cook in college days to famed broadcaster and war correspondent. He traveled from Alaska to Burma and reported from Arabia with D H Lawrence’s Bedouin army, shaping a career in newspapers, film, and radio.
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Lowell Thomas
Woodington
Ohio
Cripple Creek
Colo
Lowell
Valparaiso University
Indiana
University of Denver
Chicago
Kent College of Law
Princeton
D. H. Lawrence
Arabia
Alaska
Burma
United States
WNU
Labor Purge Targets C I O Ties Strikes Across AFL
The American Federation of Labor begins a purge of locals suspected of C I O ties amid retaliation hints from John L. Lewis and his Committee for Industrial Organization. Chicago Federation ousts 27 locals, 20 000 to 30 000 members, citing pro C I O activity. Lewis signals possible civil service field entry. Britain protests Franco regime over the destroyer Hunter incident and may seek damages of 350 000 dollars. Rebels face renewed pressure as Madrid area fronts shift toward Bilbao and Almaden mercury mines.
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American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Chicago Federation of Labor
William Green
Lewis
Washington
A. F. of L
Francisco Franco
Great Britain
Hunter
Almeria
Spain
Bilbao
Pozablanco
Toledo
Seville
Almaden
Longest Total Solar Eclipse Seen Across Pacific
Stronomers across the South Seas witnessed a near perfect eclipse photographed from Canton Island by the US Navy and National Geographic Society with eleven tons of gear. Observers from the American Museum of Natural History viewed it from 25,000 feet above Lima while ships in the Pacific carried out additional measurements. Totality lasted three and a half to seven minutes at different sites.
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South Seas
Canton Island
United States Navy
National Geographic Society
States
American Museum of Natural History
Lima
Peru
Pacific
Rockefeller Will Leaves Estate To Granddaughter And Institute
John D. Rockefeller dies May 23 and leaves a residuary estate estimated at 25 million dollars in trust for his granddaughter Margaret Strong De Cuevas and her two children Elizabeth and John, with funds also directed to the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. The will was filed in the Westchester county surrogate's court at White Plains, New York.
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Ohn D. Rockefeller
Margaret Strong de Cuevas
Elizabeth
John
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Westchester County
White Plains
N. Y
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Western Newspaper Union
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Monroe
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Newton Set Company
C. I. Oo
Detroit
Ford Brotherhood America, Inc
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Frank B. Murphy
Italy
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Western Air Express
Los Angeles
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Milford
Utah
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Ronald Dyche
National Forest Service
Il Duce
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Mussolini
Werner von Bomberg
Naples
Galeazzo Ciano
Eric Drummond
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Vatican
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Hitler
Regensburg
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Hollywood
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Kansas City
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