House Committee Endorses Moderate Wage Bill Reforms
The House labor committee urged enactment of a revised wage hour bill aligning with Senate provisions. It would create a national labor standards board to set minimum wages up to 40 cents an hour and a 40 hour work week, with regional directors and broad domestic-regulation reforms. The panel discarded a higher 70 cent option and 35 hour week, and removed local retailer exemptions.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
National Labor Standards Board
House
Labor Standards Board
Chrysler Workers Ratify Agreement Ends Plymouth Blockade
Detroit reports that twenty one thousand Chrysler workers idle since last Wednesday returned to work after a five point agreement mediated by Chrysler Corporation and the United Automobile Workers of America. The union ratified the deal at a mass meeting amid a clash between UAW A and Independent Chrysler Emplores associations, ending a production blockade.
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Detroit
Plymouth Motor Corporation
Tony
Chrysler Corporation
United Automobile Workers of America
Chrysler Emplores” Association
Chrysler
Plymouth
England Protests Bombing of Tankers
Britain and its allies filed a formal protest to Franco through ambassador Sir Henry Chilton at Hendaye France over the bombing of the tanker British Corporal of Algeria and two other ships. Italian and French vessels were also struck with the Italian captain killed. insurgent forces denied responsibility.
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London
Great
Japan Tightens Policy Control In North China
A Teheran–style dispatch reports Japanese forces completing conquest of northeastern Hopeh province and establishing civil government in Peiping and Tientsin. Japanese administrators press peace preservation societies while declaring North China under Japanese control. A clash near Shanghainan results in one Chinese soldier and one Japanese death as peace corps enforce curfews and barricades.
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Wopeh Province
Shanghai
C. ¥. McDaniel
Tientsin
Hopeh
China
Peiping
T. Kawabe
Imperial China
Changlu
Nanking
Mopeh-Chahar
Japan
Ientsin
Chang Tzu Chung
Hopeh-Chahar
Hsuan Tung
Kang Teh
Manchukuo
Kawabe
North China
Conese Peace Preservation Corps
Farm Bill Set for Special Session Report
The Senate Agriculture Committee unanimously approved reporting a general farm bill within a week after Congress reconvenes. President Roosevelt indicated crop control legislation should come before renewing Commodity Credit Corporation loans, and House leaders oppose a special session with a January consideration planned.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Smith
South Carolina
Senate
Roosevelt
Commodity Credit Corporation
Vessel Founders Near Maracaibo Ania Cecilia Sinks
A excursion boat named Ana Cecilia foundered off Maracaibo Venezuela after a holiday trip. About 200 oil field workers were aboard when the vessel sank and 40 or 50 are reported missing. Local authorities initiated search efforts and rescue operations.
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Maracaibo
Venezuela
Retacen
Tne
Ana Cecilia
Two House Group to Reconcile Court Bill in Roosevelt Controversy
Washington reports the senate and house formed an 11 member conference to draft the final form of the Roosevelt court bill dispute. Senate conferees include McCarran O Mahoney Van Nuys Borah and Austin with Sumners leading the house group. The measure proceeds without court expansion language and aims for early adoption after a five month controversy.
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Senate
House
Congress
McCarran
Nevada
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
van Nuys
Indiana
Borah
Idaho
Austin
Vermont
Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Sumners
Texas
House Judiciary Committee
Bankhead
Weaver
North Carolina
Waller
Pennsylvania
McLaughlin
Nebraska
Guyer
Kansas
Nancock
New York
Garner
Guffey
Insurgents Launch Final Offensive in Northern Spain
Dispatch reports Insurgent forces under Franco attacked Asturias and Santander, using air and artillery to breach Basque defense lines as they seek to wrap up the northern front. Intermittent fighting centered around Bilbao and nearby fronts, with pilots claiming air superiority on the eve of a land push.
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Hendaye
Francisco Franco
Asturias
Santander
Spain
Biscayan
Bilbao
Franco
Madrid
Irun
Rosenberry Avers Boards Supersede Legislature Court
Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry of the Wisconsin Supreme Court told the 19th annual Wisconsin Upper Michigan Kiwanis convention in Green Bay that boards and bureaus now wield legislative power and interpret and enforce laws. He warned of a shift from state to national power and noted the convention drew over a thousand attendees with many reservations for the governor’s banquet.
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Green Bay
Wis
Marvin B. Rosenberry
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Wisconsin-Upper Michigan
Kiwanis Clubs
Hotel Northland
Schroeder Hotels
Milwaukee
Sov
Drowning Tragedy After Boat Accident Near Powers Lake
Chicago youths Kenesha P-Sally Siniawski 21 saves Aloysius Adamszyck 22 from a lake accident but drowns while attempting to rescue Chester Hodzinski 24. The fishing boat with three companions overturned in 14 feet of water about 12 feet from shore. Hodzinski body recovered hours later.
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Kenesha P
Sally Siniawski
Chicago
Secord
Chester Hodzinski
Powers Lake
Hodzinski
Aloysius Adamszyck
Tae
Miss Sinia
Wisconsin Legion Ends Parade Move To Oppose Uniform Signia
The Wisconsin American Legion convention adopted a policy opposing wearing Legion uniforms or insignia by employers in labor disputes and pledged to oppose all forms of un Americanism. Delegates also backed a 13 point defense plan for regular army and National Guard strength. Ashland won the bid to host the 1938 convention.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Department of the American Legion
Legion
National Guard
CMTC
Army
Navy
Ashland
Milwaukee Post Office
105Th Wisconsin National Guard
Fred Coggeshall
Fifty-seventh Field Artillery
Camp Williams
Great Lakes Station
Chicago
Naval Reserve
St. Paul
Minn
J. Tracy Hater
National Legion
Oshkosh
Americanism Committee
Wisconsin Department of the
Amenean Leetion
Judge orders Dammann to pay vouchers in Wisconsin
Circuit Judge Alvin C. Reis issues a writ of mandamus ordering Secretary Theodore Dammann to release funds for the Wisconsin Development Authority public power plan or show cause at a hearing August 28. The case tests the legality of the WDA program amid taxpayer opposition and a $60,000 annual appropriation.
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Madison, Wis
Alvin C. Reis
Theodore Dammann
la Follette
Dammann
TVA
Atty
Orland S. Loomis
John E. Rose
Judge Reis
Secretary of State
Richard P. Lehmann
Frank Zelhofer
Frank H. Meyers
Milwauakee
United
WDA
Wisconsin Development Authority
Philip F. la Follette
Thomas F. Davlin
Highway Commission
TVA” Legislation By the Administration, Atty. Gen
REA
Horsts Granted Temporary Custody of Foster Child
County Judge Edmond K. Jarecki ordered temporary custody of 11 month old Donald to Martha and Horst Horst after they filed for adoption. He set a $2500 bond and required a full fitness investigation before permanent custody decision. The natural parents did not appear.
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Chicago
Martha
Oo Horst
Donald
Edmond K. Jarecki
St. Vincent's
Horsts
Don
Jarecki Sai
Weather Summary from Wisconsin and National Readings
Partly cloudy to likely showers or thunderstorms in western and northern areas tonight and Tuesday southeast. Warmer in extreme east Tuesday. Milwaukee notes show highs and lows yesterday. Phoenix reached 110 and Lander 50. Obervatory data from Saturday 2 pm to Sunday pm reports temperature max 81 min 68 with northeast wind and barometer 29.67. One year ago highs 93 lows 65.
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Associated Pressey
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Phoenix
Lander
Backstaff Obervatory
Temperanre—Maximium
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