Wage Hour Compromise Reaches Senate and House
Conferees defied filibuster threats and agreed on wage hour measures meeting some Southern demands but leaving anger. They set 25 cents minimum for year one rising to 30, with a 40 cent goal after seven years. Work week caps start 44 hours, then 42 and 40. Farm loan rates target 60 cents per bushel base with 40–86 cent loan ranges by grade and distance.
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Senate
House
Tve
AAA
Washington
Kansas
Relief Politics Quiz Sparks Senate Panel Push
ARRY HOPKINS head of the WPA argues the Iowa Democrats renomination of Senator Gillette shows his vast organization avoids politics. Ten Democratic senators led by Millard E. Tydings seek a three member senate committee to probe politics in relief during the 1938 campaign. The signers include Adams Bulkley Burke George Gerry Hatch King McAdoo Wagner. Hatch intends to push for relief worker participation restrictions at future sessions.
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Arry Hopkins
WPA
Gillette
Iowa
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Hopkins
Otha Wearin
Roosevelt
Tydings
Adams
Colorado
Bulkley
Ohio
Burke
Nebraska
George
Georgia
Gerry
Rhode Island
Hatch
New Mexico
King
Utah
McAdoo
California
Wagner
New York
House Ousts Jenks in New Hampshire Seat Change
The New Hampshire House ousted ATHUR B. JENKS Republican after 18 months and seated Alphonse Roy Democrat in a 214 to 122 vote. Republicans Progressives and Farm Laborites led a walkout in protest as Roy draws French Manchester support.
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Athur B. Jenks
New Hampshire
House
Alphonse Roy
Jenks
Fred Brown
Roy
Manchester
AAA Checks to Set 1939 Wheat Allotments in North Central States
PietD representatives of the agricultural adjustment administration began surveying farmer participation to determine 1939 wheat allotments in ten north central states. The checks will also determine eligibility of participants for program benefits.
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Pietd
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
North Central States
Gillette defeats Wearin in Roosevelt era Iowa primary
Senator Guy M. Gillette defeats Otha Wearin in the Democratic primary, reclaiming a seat on a platform of loyalty to President Roosevelt. Gillette had opposed the court packing bill yet backed administration measures. Wearin was aided by Hopkins and James Roosevelt, with Corcoran also active.
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Wearin
Iowa
Roosevelt
Guy M. Gillette
Gillette
Harry Hopkins
WPA
James Roosevelt
Thomas G. Corcoran
Senate
L. J. Dickinson
Lloyd Thurston
Navy to Build Monster Plane Weighing 50 Tons
House appropriations adds a billion for a giant new warplane. The Navy will start construction on a 50 ton monster with an expected weight and a crew of 10 to 14. The craft aims to exceed 5000 miles range for a San Francisco to Honolulu nonstop. The project, costing over 3 million, may lead a squadron of 15 or more in coming years.
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House Appropriations Committee
Navy Department
Arthur B. Cook
Bureau of Aeronautics
San Francisco
Honolulu
Senate Approves Rivers and Harbors Bill With Jurisdiction Cut
The senate passed the Rivers and Harbors bill worth 37 million dollars but struck provisions giving War department sole control of water developments. Projects remain under the federal power commission. An amendment exempting the Tennessee Valley Authority from War secretary jurisdiction was accepted.
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Senate
War Department
Federal Power Commission
Norris
Nebraska
Tennessee Valley Authority
Secretary of War
Kidnapped Florida Boy Found Dead. Ransom Recovered
James Bailey ITTLE Dean, five, kidnapped from Princeton Florida, was found dead in palmetto. Federal agents recovered the $10,000 paid as ransom. J Edgar Hoover said Franklin Pierce McCall twenty one a truck driver is under arrest and confessed writing the three ransom notes and collecting the money.
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Ittle James Bailey Cash
Princeton
Fla
J. Edgar Hoover
G- Men
Franklin Pierce McCall
Pickets Strike Eight Portland Hotels At Rose Festival
Warcking pickets and bewildered guests marked a strike drawing 1,250 workers from eight large Portland hotels at the Rose Festival opening. Elevator operators, switchboard girls, bellhops, dining room and kitchen staff, clerks, chambermaids and porters walked out to press for union recognition. No hotels closed and efforts continued to maintain service.
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Portland
Ore
Cantons Destruction Amid Global War Protests
The Canton bombardment by Japanese planes kills thousands and targets government and railway sites to curb war supplies as Britain and the United States condemn civilians’ bombing. United States calls for disarmament and a humane war, with Sumner Welles and Hull urging action.
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United States
Great Britain
Canton
China
Spain
Franco
America
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Britain
Hull
Nashville, Tenn
Europe
Propagandist Registration Bill Signed by Roosevelt
The measure requires propagandists for Nazi, Communist and other un American groups to register with the secretary of state. It passed unanimously in Congress on recommendation of a special committee. The White House calls it far reaching and important. Violations carry a 1000 dollar fine or up to two years in prison, or both.
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Roosevelt
United States
Secretary of State
White House
Senate approves large stimulus bill after tight votes
The Senate passed the President’s 3.617 billion pump priming bill 60 to 10 and sent it to the House. Seven Republicans and three Democrats opposed the measure as attempts to earmark funds failed. The chamber also rejected two anti political activity amendments for emergency agency employees, including one by Sen. Hatch.
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Senate
House
Carl M. Hatch
New Mexico
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Otha D. Wearin
Iowa
Guy M. Gillette
Lewis Bans Labor Survey
President Roosevelt plans to send a commission to England to study the British trade union act. He said proposals to modify labor relations law were cockeyed. John Lewis warned Perkins he would not permit C. I. O. members on the mission.
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Lewis
Roosevelt
England
John Lewis
Perkins
Land astride the equator continents and a quiz round
The questions cover Africa the land astride the equator. Minnesota was acquired by revolution and the Louisiana Purchase. Cy Young pitched the first modern perfect game on May 5, 1904. Minnesota means land of the sky blue water. About 80 planes sail each US carrier. Japanese officers, when wounded, may shoot or commit hari-kari per army spokesman.
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United States
Minnesota
U. S
Africa
Louisiana Purchase
Cy Young
Land
Navy Department
United States Navy
Uncle Phil Iays and The Good Work Begins
A multi sentence reflection on ambition family duty and personal growth. It discusses choosing self-improvement over dissatisfaction and the costs of large families. It contrasts whispering vs bellows and notes misaligned late life desires. It ends with a view of budgeting and social generosity.
Bank Cultivates City Flowers in Pikeville Gardens
In Pikeville Kentucky a bank maintains sizable flower gardens to adorn its desks and those of depositors. The bank hosts flower shows to beautify the town and distributes seeds to residents.
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Pikeville
Nature's Strength
A rock that resists a crowbar yields as plant roots, the ten der plant, pry it open showing nature overmatch.
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Toulouse
Barcelona
Western Newspaper Union
Senator Tydings
Riorae Braid
Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
Propagandist Register
Senator Hatch
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nature
Pinkham
Bae “of Health
Dean’s
Doan
Doans
Phil Iays
Quaker State
Pennsylvania
Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation
Oil City
Burns Harrelson
Ed Landen
Prince Albert
P.A
aLlade
Tae
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
N. C
J. Reyneki
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