Labor Strikes Grip Nation As Steel And Auto Sectors Rally
John L. Lewis leads CIO efforts amid rising wage talks and reduced strike threats in steel. Major firms like Carnegie-Illinois and General Electric consider bargaining with CIO affiliates. Sit down strikes flare at Fansteel and Woolworth in Detroit. Roosevelt urges social action while courts rule on gold payments and NRA remnants.
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John L. Lewis
Carnegie-Illinois Corporation
United States Steel
Lewis
Philip Murray
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
General Electric Company
United Electrical Workers
United Shoe Workers of America
Engand
I. O
Roper
Perkins
Sarnia
Ont
Holmes Foundry
Chrysler Motor Corporation
United Automobile Workers of America
Chrysler
Detroit
Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation
North Chicago
Ill
Max Adelman
Wisconsin
Horner
Illinois
Woolworth
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Bell Syndicate
WNU
House wary of Roosevelt court plan stirs 1920s political clash
Washington observers compare the Roosevelt plan to enlarge the Supreme Court with past fights. House leaders delay a vote as Senate action looms, while public opinion, local editorials, and backhome tellings shape lawmakers. Wheeler’s two thirds override proposal sparks talk of dictatorship and constitutional risk. Secretary Morgenthau notes a large silver loss from current policy and seeks cross party input.
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UESTS
Roosevelt
Washington
Supreme Court
White House
Senate
Bridges
New Hampshire
Bulow
South Dakota
Johnson
California
Moore
New Jersey
Pea Johnson
Pat McCarren
House
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
George
Georgia
John Jones
Sam Smith
Bar
Bar Association
Wheeler
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
NRA
Pavellords
Pasifie Dipatta Ten
Yeienty
Louis D. Brandeis
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Senator Wheeler
High Court
Harding
Favorite Virginia Batter Bread Recipe
A simple batter bread recipe uses 1 egg 1 pint buttermilk 1 percent teaspoon soda a small piece of butter and lard to mix with to melt butter and lard then combine all ingredients add baking powder and bake twenty to thirty minutes with copyright attributed to WNU Service.
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WNU Service
Doughnut Came Over With Mayflower Pilgrims
The American baking industry asserts the doughnut arrived in the New World via the Mayflower. Pilgrims learned to make them in Holland, linking the pastry to Plymouth Rock and New Amsterdam. The first U S doughnut shop opened in 1796, underscoring the treat’s venerable standing.
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Holland
New World
Plymouth Rock
New Amsterdam
America
St. Paul
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Mentioned as Women Tonic
An old advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic aiding women of all ages for nearly seventy years. The blurb presents a long history claim and promotes health benefits.
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Dr. Pierce
Vagabondage Quote Attributed To Victor Hugo
A fragment quotes Victor Hugo on vagabondage linking it to neglected childhood, reflecting a literary insight about roots of wandering and social neglect. The line is presented as a provocative epigraph without surrounding context.
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Victor Hugo
James L. Allen
Noble Thoughts They Are Never Alone Quote
A brief quotation attributed to Sir P. Sidney states that those guided by noble thoughts are never alone. The line emphasizes inner virtue and companionship with higher ideals.
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Sir P. Sidney
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New Deal
Ase Holyoke Water Company
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War Department
Woodring
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Key Pittman
Foreign Affairs Committee
Borah and
Austin
Gerry and
Lodge
Fiorella H. la Guardia
New York
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Germany
Luther
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Berlin
la Guardia
House of Commons
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
Europe
League of Nations
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Samuel Hoare
Lord T Admiralty
Britain
Committee On
Tarpon
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
Texas
Eugene Vidal
Federal Air Commerce Bureau
Bureau
Senator Copeland
Air Transport Industry
Vidal
Fred D. Fagg
Northwestern University Law School
Aero
France
United States
Maj
R. W. Schroeder
Chicago
TRE International League of Aviators
Paris
Howard Hughes
Jean Batten
New Zealand
Hughes
Miss Batten
South Atlantic
Louise Thaden
John L.lewis
Sen
Pittman
National
Carter Field
Joseph T. Robinson
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Treasury
China
Virginia Batter Bread
Bayer Aspirin
Dromore
Dr. N. Howe
Doan
Idoans
Pine Street
St. Louie, Ma
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