New Federal Wage and Hour Law Aims to Protect Hiring
The government began broad wage and hour regulation under a sweeping act. It sets 25 cent minimums in inter state commerce with increases over time, 44 hour weeks, and double back pay rights for workers. Andrews backs the act as a pillar of economic stability and urges business alertness to uphold workers rights.
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Associated Press
Hughs
Surhsor Bowrue
Elmer F Andrews
New York State
Nation By Radio
CBS
Andrews
United States
Washington
Wege
Labor Department
Chieren’s Bureau
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Wild turkeys released to stock mountains from state farm
About 30 wild turkeys bred at the State game farm in Washington county were loaded for release today by District Game Warden Benjamin Phobus. The fully grown birds will have a chance to acclimate before the hunting season ends on November 15. They will be liberated at points along the Catoctin mountain range.
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Washington County
Benjamin Phobus
Catoctin Mountain
Phebus
Answers to Cranium Crackers on Page Four
The item lists true false trivia from Cranium Crackers with questions about Weber and Fields, the Empire State Building, and Bee Chrysoprase. It presents a correction for the first two statements and begins a third question about a mineral.
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Lew Fields
Weber and Fields
Empire State Building
Home Burns As Farmer Is Rescued From Fire Near Wollsville
Edward Lewis, a Wollsville area farmer, was saved by neighbors from a burning six room home about a mile and a half south of Wollsville. The house was destroyed with an estimated $3,000 loss. Firemen battled flames after the blaze was discovered around 7:15 p.m. by Warrenfeltz. Lewis, alone in the house, escaped in only a shirt and later retrieved his wallet and wore overalls after returning to the room. Neighbors and fire crews saved some furniture. Mrs. Lewis arrived after the fire began.
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Edward Lewis
Wollsville
Woldsville
Lewis
Charles O. Easterday
Earl Warrenfeltz
Fishing Creek
Civilian Conservaton Corps
Warrenfeldtz
Myersville Fre Company
Middletown
Middletown Company
Canton Fire Destroys Vast City Sections as Forces Aid
Massive conflagration razed a large portion of Canton downtown destroying the post office customs house and many hotels stores and restaurants. International settlement residents and allied authorities evacuated civilians and organized looter control while Japanese and Chinese troops battled flames amid explosions. A wind shift helped avert broader disaster with Shameen Island remaining under foreign protection.
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Canton
Shameen
Taishan
International
Post Office
Customs House
Victoria Hotel
Silk Street
Sundar
Czech Proposals Ruled Unacceptable in Hungary Stand
Hungary declares Czechoslovak territorial proposals unacceptable and signals a possible march into Slovakia if no satisfactory reply by Wednesday. Diplomatic circles say Poland plans to advance into Ruthenia as Hungary girds for action along the Czechoslovak border, with the army in trim and ready to move.
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Budapest
Hungary
Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Ruthenia
Hungarian government urged to occupy Slovak Magyar districts
Hungary faces a volatile political backdrop as it debates settling the Magyar majority issue in Slovakia or seizing the territory. Nazi groups pressure faster action amid street protests, while Budapest rejects Czechoslovak plans that would leave key towns under Prague rule. A separate note highlights Japanese writer Yusuke Tsurumi producing a full novel in under a month, averaging over 14,000 characters daily.
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Slovakia
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Poland
Sudetenlands
Silesia
Yusuke Tsurumi
Campaign Swings Into Queen Annes County Rallyes
Centreville Md Oct 23 The final drive for Queen Annes county votes moves into high gear with Republican state candidates speaking at a mass meeting in the armory tomorrow night Gov Harry W Nice heading the Republican group will deliver the chief address The Democratic campaign follows Tuesday with Attorney General Herbert R OConor Senator Millard E Tydings and other state wide ticket members slated to address the meeting.
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Centreville
Queen Anne's County
Armory
Harry W. Nice
Herbert R. O’conor
Millard E. Tydings
P T A backs 48 hour marriage law in Maryland
The Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers executive committee announced support for a forty eight hour waiting period before marriage. It also backs opposing the constitutional amendment to end the state lottery ban. The measure targets the Elkton marriage market.
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Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers
Elkton Marriage Mart
New Deal Stalwarts Set for Pennsylvania Speaking Tour
Philadelphia oct 23 the new deal plans a two week Pennsylvanian speaking tour by six stalwarts including Barkley and Cummings with Barkley to Pittsburgh and Cummings to Lancaster. Farley labeled pennsylvania a special battleground while secretary Wallace Ickes Hull and Bankhead are also listed for visits though dates remain uncertain. The GOP shows little sign of joining the drive and Farley argues a partial Republican win would signal waning support for the new deal.
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Philadelphia
New Deal
Pennsylvania
James A. Farley
Farley
A. W. Barkley
Homer
Cummings
Barkley
Pittsburgh
Lancaster
Agriculture Wallace
Ickes
Hull
Alabama
Bankhead
Republican High Command
Fall Of Hankow Near Invasion Of Hankow Near Shanghai
On October 23 Japanese forces closed in toward Hankow, 585 miles up the Yangtze from Shanghai, in a widening semi circle. Invaders claimed doom for Hankow and nearby tri city trio Hanchang and Wuchang, while cautious officials avoided naming a fall date. Japanese air and naval operations reported, with claims of downed Chinese planes and warnings to foreign vessels to evacuate Hankow and Canton areas. The United States had gunboats in the region as tensions mounted.
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Hankow
Yangtze
Haskow
China
Hanchang
Wuchang
Tricity
Liangshan
Suterawan
Hupeh Province
Tri-City
Canton
United States
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