Green amendments reshape labor wage bill in Senate clash
President Roosevelt pressed for a softer position as William Green dominates Labor Board scope. Senate approval came with a 56 23 vote. House committee backed most changes to limit board to sweatshop abuses, while six key points limit wage hour reach and remove government work from board control. Chairman Mary Norton signals rapid House action under a special rule.
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
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Senate
Roosevelt
Green
White House
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Dixie
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Labor Standards Board
Walsh-Healey
Mary T. Norton
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Senate takes up Wagner-Steagall low cost housing bill
The Senate considers a $700 million bond issue by the US Housing Authority to fund low cost housing. The plan offers full loan coverage with grants or up to 25 percent grants plus 15 percent relief grants for labor, with 20 percent sponsor equity and a $25 million demonstration program. An amendment caps costs at 4000 per family or 1000 per room, sparking Wagner objection over New York needs.
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Senate
Wagner-Steagall
United States Housing Authority
Treasury Department
Housing Authority
Wagner
Barkley
Harry F. Byrd
New York City
US and Britain to Launch Large Peacetime Naval Build in 1938
Indications show Britain and the United States planning substantial naval programs in 1938. Britain will lay the keels for several battleships and cruisers, with a 664,000 ton peacetime total in 1937 exceeded. Admiral Leahy announced Congress will be asked to fund two battleships and two cruisers in 1938, costing about 170 million dollars, with two more battleships at around 60 million to follow.
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U. S
United States
Great Britain
Britain
London
William D. Leahy
Uncle
Sam
Navy
Washington
Congress
Rising Sun war plans loom in North China
Japan massed 30,000 veterans near Peiping to attack about 60,000 central government troops, with 100,000 Chinese including remnants defending the area. Premier Konoye and Emperor Hirohito reshuffled commanders, while Chiang Kai-shek summoned warlords in Nanking to plan a broad Chinese defense and conscription expanded nationwide. Russia protested Japan over consulate actions as both nations faced imminent confrontation.
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China
Tokyo
Fengtai-Lukouchiao
Peiping
Twenty-Ninth
Konoye
Hirohito
Shanghai
Nanking
Russia
Lost in flying boat crash off Cristobal in Caribbean
Fourteen feared dead after the Santa Maria the Pan American Grace Airways airliner crashes 20 miles off Cristobal Canal Zone while attempting a stormy sea landing. Survivors include crew and passengers, many Americans, with mail and engine parts found. depths reach 1000 feet where wreckage lies.
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Santa Maria
Pan American-Grace Airways
Cristobal
Canal Zone
Guayaquil
Ecuador
United States
T Esky
El Caudillo El Caudillo The Boss of Spain
Spain ordains Francisco Franco as El Caudillo with crowds saluting and banners on walls. Berlin favors Der Fuehrer while Rome praises Il Duce and Franco faces questions about his ideal government. Some speculate a corporative path like Portugal with Prince Juan as crown candidate.
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Nsargent
Spain
Germany
der Fuehrer
Il Duce
Francisco Franco
el Caudillo
Franco
Portugal
Juan
Alfonso XIII
Women Hear War Cry From Mme Chiang Kai Shek
Mme Chiang Kai shek urged Chinese women to fight Japan to the best of their ability citing Spanish women on the front lines. She recalled World War era sacrifices and asserted China faces its gravest crisis demanding sacrifice of soldiers people wealth and reconstruction efforts.
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China
Mme
Chiang Kaishek
Japan
Spain
Roosevelt Faces Congress Clash Over New Deal Reform
Washington observers say Congress may block Roosevelt next year more than the Supreme Court. Democrats fear primary backlash while loyalty to the President is tested on adding Supreme Court justices and on Brain Trust influence. Lehman Earle clash and whisky aging label debates feature in a broad Washington puzzle of 1940 politics.
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Congress
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Jim Farley
Harold Ickes
Harry Hopkins
Henry Wallace
Senate
House
Public Utility Holding Company
Carter Glass
Josiah Bailey
Felix Frankfurter
Ben Cohen
Mr. Roosevelt
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Lehman
Robert F. Wagner
Earle
Earl
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert C. Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Taft
United States
Roscoe Conkling
Federal Alcohol Administration
Canada
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Doan
Embroidery Pattern Promises Simple Fancy for Frocks
Embroidered flowers in lazy daisy and single stitch finish necklines sleeves or belts with easy to do motifs. Pattern 5853 includes transfer motifs of various sizes, border strips, color schemes, and stitch illustrations. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. in New York for pattern 5853 with name and address.
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Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept
W. Fourteenth St
New York
N. Y
Line of Duty Jones Reprimands Wife Over Truth
In a dialogue from Line of Duty Jones a reprimand is issued for alleged fibbing. He argues a wife’s duty includes speaking well of her husband. The exchange centers on honesty and marital roles.
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Jones
Humorous Exchange About Carpets and Tacks
A joke about a lifelong marriage quip where a husband recalls a past argument. The punchline recalls carpet laying with his wife’s mouth full of tacks, highlighting a comic miscommunication. No proper names or organizations are involved.
Nature lesson ends with jokey fish remark
A teacher asks what a goldfish is during a nature lesson. Teddy replies that a goldfish is a sardine that has got rich, prompting a lighthearted classroom exchange.
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Teddy
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