May Day unrest and bootlegging crackdown across nations
The piece surveys May Day disturbances in Europe and the U S with mentions of guard patrols in Paris, strikes in Spain, and concerns about American socialist influence. It notes intensified bootlegging fights, reports 68 million gallon annual capacity, and cites 300 million dollars for home building. It also parodies policing in Salvation Army uniforms and ponders subsistence homesteads amid a gloomy economic mood.
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Europe
Chicago
New York
Paris
Spain
Cuba
United States
Labor Push for 80 Hour Week Shocks Nation
William Green of the AFL warns of 80 hour weeks via widespread strikes if needed to push labor agenda. He cites 10 million unemployed and calls for a 30 hour week as remedy while Roosevelt and Johnson resist drastic hour reductions. The piece also covers Chamber of Commerce views on the NRA and labor union tensions amid evolving New Deal policy.
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William Green
Gen. Johnson
NRA
American Federation of Labor
Green
Roosevelt
General Johnson
Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Henry J. Harriman
Silas H. Strawn
Chamber
Hugh
Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Wirt inquiry split as majority finds no corroborating statements
The report on Dr. William A. Wirt’s red plot stories shows the committee’s majority deeming his charges false and his dinner companions’ quotes misattributed. Republican minority McGugin Lehrbach call the probe a repudiation of precedents and an attempt to suppress information.
National Topics From William Bruckart Reflect on Reform Drift
Washington column notes a push for extra DoJ funding to fight crime rings operating in Chicago New York and other cities with principals like John J McLaughlin and William El Mead amid a conservative turn in Roosevelt policies. It critiques New Deal era controls and warns on too much Washington and regulatory overreach.
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Bertrand Snell
New York
House
Roosevelt
Ederal
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
John J. McLaughlin
Edward Bremer
St. Paul
William el Mead
Aieen
Napersy
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Italy
Germany
Turkey
Russia
Hitler
Joseph H. Choate, Jr
Federal Alcohol Control
Leland Harvey
Georgia
Talmadge
Wade H. House
Macon
Salvation Army
Dillinger
Wall Street
Scotland
W. H. Phillips
Association of Registrars
Edward W. Pickard
Coal Commission
Stock Exchange
Congress
Charles L Dawson
Louisville
Kentucky
Hopkins
Muhlenberg
Union
Webster
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Huey P. Long
John H. Overton
Louisiana
Hilda Phelps Hammond
Long
Hammond
Samuel T. Ansell
Overton
Senate
General Ansell
Overton and
Illiam H. Woodin
Treasury
American Car and Foundry Company
American Locomotive Company
Dewey
Manila Bay
Philippines
Couzens
South
Wallace
Calvin B. Hooker
Duke University
Templehof
Berlin
Reich
Dollfuss
George V
Great Britain
Ireland
India
Vittoria
George
Cummings
Department of Justice
Department
Justice Department
William Bruckart
Mr. Roosevelt
Department of Agriculture
South Dakota
CWA
AAA
Ready
Newanes
ED Howe
Silerius
Clarence Darrow
Howe
Bell Syndicate
WNU
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