California Pension Plan Sparks National Debate On $30 Thursdays
The piece outlines a California proposal to issue pension warrants paying $30 each Thursday to seniors over 50, funded by state warrants and stamps. It notes the plan’s high cost to redeem, potential inflation, and broad activist support including 800,000 signers, with Ohio copycat efforts and the broader impact on U S currency use.
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Sheridan Downey
California
University of Wyoming
Laramie
San Francisco
Atherton
Downey
William
U. S
Roy G. Owens
Los Angeles
Wage hour law sparks firms to chart complex compliance
The landmark wage hour act sets minimum 25 cents an hour and a 44 hour week for interstate commerce. Admin Elmer F. Andrews says no fixed interstate standard, leaving many firms to decide own status while technical committees and funding lag. Roosevelt, Hull, and foreign policy notes sit alongside a tale of Private Bert Fenning, hero of the Lost Battalion, who died in New York harbor while rescuing a swimmer.
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NRA
U. S
Elmer F. Andrews
Chicago
National Hardwood Lumber Association
Andrews
Bert Fenning
Argonne
Fenning
New York
Long Island Sound
President's strength holds despite primary upsets and reforms
A national survey shows President Roosevelt remains popular with voters though several senators who opposed him in the Supreme Court fights face renomination battles. The reorganization bill, and ties with army engineers, loom as political concerns while Lewis and Smith visit Mexico shaping labor board opposition and U S Mexican oil property issues.
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Lewis and Smith
Mexico
Hall
Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
William G. McAdoo
California
James P. Pope
Idaho
William H. Dieterich
Illinois
Herbert E. Hitchcock
South Dakota
George L. Berry
Tennessee
Herbert C. Hoover
Georgia
Maryland
South Carolina
Iowa
Dieterich
Sen
James F. Byrnes
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Byrnes
Pat Harrison
Ellison D. Smith
Kelly-Nash
Chicago
Henry Horner
Democratic
George L. Radcliffe
Millard E Tydings
Radcliffe
House
Army
Army Engineers
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Mexico City
John L. Lewis
Edwin Smith
Labor Board
CIO
Cordell Hull
State Department
Lewis
Smith
Soviet Republic
United States
North American
Cardenas
Hull
True Worship Demands Spirit and Truth in Exodus Lesson
The lesson contrasts the First and Second Commandments with idolatry, warns against image making, and urges worship that is genuine not ritual or leader-worship. It cites Exodus 20 and John 4 as core, stressing spiritual communion over form.
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Farrar
Israel
Canaan
God
Moses
Church
Add Note of Color to Your Dainty Linens
Charm of bluebird motifs invites sutures in soft hues on scarves towels pillow cases or cloths. Pattern 6032 shows 12 motifs size range from 4 by 15 inches to 1 by 1 inches with stitch illustrations and material tips. Send 15 cents in stamps to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept 259 W 14th Street New York NY with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Goodyear Farm Program Expands Radio Reach Nationwide
Goodyear launches a new farm oriented radio promotion starting September 26 on 48 NBC stations. Fifteen minute regional broadcasts air Monday through Friday with weather, prices, crop conditions, and shipping advice tailored to farmers from the Atlantic to the Rockies and from Texas to Canada. Regional offices will supply local news and expert direction to the program following the Farm and Home Hour.
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National Broadcasting Company
Atlantic Ocean
Rocky Mountains
Texas
Canada
Goodyear
Adv
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