High tariff legacy and future trade policy debate
The piece reviews the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 and its abroad effects, noting hostility, debt-payment pressures, and a looming trade war. It cites Isaac Lippincott on price declines, warns that renewed protectionism could hinder Marshall Plan economies, and discusses current moves to extend the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act amid GOP support for protectionist steps.
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Isaac Lippincott
United States
Great Britain
Cominions
Ottawa
Europe
House
Senate
Congress
Towa
Itg
Summer job hunt and union card barriers for college boys
A column reflects on graduates and college men returning home seeking summer work. It recalls the writer's failed early job attempt with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and contrasts the rejection with unions and card costs, then recalls peddling donuts for 25 cents a hour.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
From Ditches to Dam Work in a College Summer
A narrator recalls three hours daily work during college, then finds pay dirt at the Tygart flood control dam. He ends with advice from the West Virginia Employment Service on scarce seasonal jobs and the need for full-time workers as college men seek steady employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Underwood
Economic split stalls Europe recovery amid trade shocks
The West and East face a widening economic cleavage that disrupts pre war trade patterns. The East is described as bankrupt and high US tariffs risk delaying Western European recovery, threatening broader financial strain.
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Europe
East
America
Let Them Pay Too Seeks Severance Tax on Coal Exports
The piece argues absentee ownership of West Virginia coal mines harms local interests as mines like Wyco are acquired by Pittston, a Gulf Smokeless subsidiary. It urges a severance tax on every ton mined to fund local improvements, noting other states collect similar oil taxes and that profits flow to distant regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
West Virginia
Park By Harbor Watchs Aboard A Love On Crutches
In a small Manhattan park a boy and girl linger beside a shipbound scene as the liner America departs. The boy, hobbling on crutches and in an old army jacket, clings to the moment while the girl gently helps him, a quiet farewell amid city noise and moving tides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
America
Helen
Momma
Congress Moves to Admit 200000 Displaced Europeans
Senate action proposes admitting 200000 displaced persons from Europe over two years with strict criteria. Applicants must meet immigration laws, prove literacy and skills, secure housing or work, and be chosen by a three man presidential commission before processing by the U S Immigration Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Senate
Germany
Austria
Italy
Linse
Lithuania
Estonia
Latvia
Russia
Baltic
House
Sears
Aayite
Aerson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Palestine
United States
U. S
Filey
U. S. Immigration Service
Fossil finds in Turkana may shed light on evolution
Wendell Phillips heads a University of California expedition that uncovered ape fossils among many specimens in Turkana province Kenya. The team reports remains of crocodiles elephants pigs rodents a rhinoceros skull and a seven by four foot table among finds dating around 20 million years. Lava encasing beds suggests a precarious life in that era.
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Associated Press
Nairobi
Kenya
Une
University of California
Turkana Province
Wendell Phillips
Roliigil
Reciprocal Trade Act under renewed debate in Congress
The 1934 Reciprocal Trade Act, expiring June 12, faces renewal battles in a Republican Congress. The act lowered tariffs since 1934, expanding world trade and domestic prosperity, while critics seek legislative review and possible changes. Truman proposes three-year extension. Republicans ask for one year to allow scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Truman
Geneva
U.S
United States
Forbidden Love Struggles Over Debt and Duty
Frances Mason pushes back as Mrs. Wilcox challenges her plans with Tommy Wilcox, who is deep in debt for education. The aunt policy motives and a South American honeymoon scheme heighten tensions while Frances must navigate social expectations and the couple's future.
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Yommy Wilcox
Frances Mason
Frances
Tommy
Katherine Wilcox
Colege
Mrs. Wilcox
Thomas
Tie
By Vida Hurst and Tommy in a school romance clash
Frances Mason contemplates leaving college to avoid forcing a match approved by Katherine Wilcox. She vows to stay for the first and only romance with Tommy, only to face a bitter quarrel that night as their future unfolds. Continued Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Katherine Wilcox
Frances
Frances Mason
Reuther and UAW Move to Form Third Party After Election
Walter Reuther of the CIO United Auto Workers plans to back a new independent progressive party after the November elections. The union outlines a broad coalition including labor, farmers, and liberals to press for a mixed economy with strong government role while preserving freedoms.
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Reuther
UAW
New Party
Max Hall
Associated Press
Washington
Walter Reuther
Teader
CIO
United Auto Workers
Raign
Big
Auto Union
America
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Tey
Labor Party
England
New Pathy
Auto Workers
Socialist Party
Reuther Group
Walter
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
Alaska Mission Work Highlighted by Mount Hope Circle
Mount Hope Baptist Temple hosted a program on Alaska mission work and the Kodiak Mission at Mrs P M Snyder's home. Attendees included Mrs D C Arnold, Mrs M L Parker, Mrs J W Lambert, Mrs W A L Raines, Mrs Lucy Stickman, Mrs Clarence Figgatt, Mrs Rebecca Stover, Mrs Robert Lilly, Mrs W C Thompson, Mrs J W Richards, Mrs Myrtle Bailey, Mrs Wy H Darnall, and Mrs Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Mount Hope
Kodiak Mission
Hulbert
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
P.M. Snyder
D.C. Arnold
M. L. Parker
J. W. Lambert
W. AL. Raines
Lucy Stickman
Clarence Figgatt
Rebecca Stover
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Boyle
Nation Today
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God
Robert E. Geiger
Glenvil Hall
Treasury
Hall
London
Cyril Hurcomb
British Transport Commission
British Railway
Toommy
Vida Hurst
Ayer
Reouther
Tine
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