Roosevelt Radio Address Seeks Industrial Truce and Reform
President Roosevelt urged a month‑long truce among employers and employees to pause strikes and negotiate wage hours and conditions. He backed private mediation and warned against permanent weaponry in industrial conflict while endorsing a broader liberty and continued New Deal. NRA phase two and labor concerns dominated, with unions pressing for shorter weeks and better enforcement amid mixed federation reactions.
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HILE
William Green
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Air command shakeup and aviation reform clash at hearing
General Foulois loses control of combat air forces as the War Department creates a GHQ air force under General Douglas MacArthur. Brig. Gen. Mitchell denounces the Baker plan as bunk and urges unification of services, long range planes, evacuation plans for New York, and a bold dirigible attack strategy against Japan.
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Alaska
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Industrial board reshuffles and textile truce urged
NRA affairs under the Industrial Recovery Board include Kilbourne Johnston rewarded as acting divisional administrator in charge of manufacturing codes. Donald Richberg notes wounds between factions may be healed. Lloyd Garrison resigns from the National Labor Relations Board to return to UW Madison. Francis J. Gorman promotes a six month armistice with no work stoppages while warning renewed conflict unless peaceful action follows. In Tokyo chatter Japan fears Russo American allied air power as Soviet and Chinese totals loom and warns to build military strength ahead of budget decisions.
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Kemal to wed King Zogs sisters in Ankara visit
Vienna reports Mustafa Kemal may marry one of King Zogs four unmarried sisters as Zog plans a visit to Ankara. Zogs sisters are aged 23 to 26 and Kemal, 57, has divorced Latife Hanoum in 1925 and may remarry. Parallel Paris gossip says Hitler may wed a German princess from Saxe Coburg and Gotha and become duke of the Germans.
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Insull and 16 Associates Face Federal Trial in Chicago
Samuel Insull and sixteen former public utilities figures stand trial in federal court in Chicago charged with using malls to defraud investors. They allegedly sold 143 million dollars in Corporation Securities stock. Judge James H Wilkerson presides with U S District Attorney Dwight H Green leading prosecutors. Jury selection was swift. the trial will span weeks with hundreds of witnesses expected.
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Amuel Insull
Public Utilities
Chicago
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James H Wilkerson
United States
Dwight H. Green
Wiley Post wins 1933 International Aeronautical medal
The World Air Congress in Washington awards Wiley Post the federation’s gold medal for his solo around the world feat in 1933. He traveled 380,000 km solo over land and sea, averaging 8,700 km daily at 160 kph and set an eight day around the world record.
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J. V. Smirnoff
Lindbergh Case Dominates Nationwide Headlines
The page surveys coverage of the Hauptmann Lindbergh kidnap case and related trials. It notes rising newspaper circulation, public fascination with sensational cases, and commentary on the President’s New Deal broadcasts and economic issues affecting private enterprise.
Chinese statesman seeks U S plan on silver from Morgenthau
H A Kung, trusted Chinese finance minister, tells Secretary Morgenthau he wants clear U S policy on silver. He notes China is willing to sell all its silver for gold, while Bret Harte recalls Ah Sin in a fitting verse.
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Morgenthau
United States
China
Bret Harte
Ah Sin
Leate
Ino
Health Notes on Heart Disease and Child Welfare
A health article explains how congenital heart deformities and infectious diseases in early life impact children. It covers rheumatic fever, tonsil and adenoid removal, rest for ill children, and the long term effects of an overstrained heart. It also discusses public relief costs and the strain on relief programs as winter approaches.
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