Blacklist Targets 40 Congress Members in CIO Opposition
The Lewis blacklist, promoted by E L Oliver of Labor's Non-Partisan League, marks over 40 lawmakers for opposition in fall elections. It names 10 of 14 House Rules members and includes both Democratic and Republican figures, with aims tied to opposition to Roosevelt’s reforms and court packing.
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Congress
John J. Lewis
E. L. Oliver
Labor
League
Committee For Industrial Organization
Oliver
Nenr
John L. Lewis
Mr. Roosevelt
Supreme Court
House Rules Committee
John J. O'Connor
Democratic Rules Committee
E. E. Cox
Georgia
House
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Carl E. Mapes
Michigan
J. Will Taylor
Tennessee
Donald H. McLean
New Jersey
Tydings
Maryland
Adams
Colorado
Lonergan
Connecticut
Hatton W. Sumners
Texas
A. P. Lamneck
Ohio
Leo Kocialkowski
Illinois
R. L. Doughton
North Carolina
California man crosses Atlantic secretly in old plane
Douglas P. Corrigan, a young California motor expert, fled Floyd Bennett Field to fly solo to Baldonnel Ireland in 28 hours 13 minutes. He did so without permits instruments or parachute and claimed a wrong compass set him on a reverse course. It was the sixth west east solo Atlantic crossing.
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Ocean
Duglas P. Corrigan
California
Air Commerce Bureau
Atlantic
Floyd Bennett Field
New York
Baldonnel
Ireland
Corrigan
Dublin
Mollison
Beryl Markham
British Monarchs in Paris on Four Day State Visit
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited Paris for a four day state trip seen as crucial for signaling continued Anglo French alliance. Talks with Viscount Halifax, Edouard Daladier, and Georges Bonnet focused on world tensions. French security mobilized 100000 police and troops for protection.
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George VI
Elizabeth
England
Paris
Great Britain
France
Britain
Viscount Halifax
Edouard Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Wheat allotment set for fall and spring plantings
R Tolley announced a national wheat acreage limit of no more than 56 million acres under the 1938 act with a 30 percent reduction. The action follows a 967 million bushel forecast on 80 million seeded acres and signs by M L Wilson as acting agriculture secretary.
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R. Tolley
AAA
M.L. Wilson
Samuel Insull Dies in Paris Subway
Public utilities magnate Samuel Insull dies in a Paris subway car. Once a Chicago builder of a vast electric and gas empire, his fortune peaked around 100 million dollars in 1920s. He fled to Europe after the crash, faced mail fraud charges, was arrested in Istanbul and later acquitted.
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Paris
Samuel 2 Sull
France
Insull
Gladys Wallis
Stage
London
Tnsull
United States
England
Thomas. A. Edison
Chicago
Insulls
Europe
Istanbul
Turkey
Roosevelt appoints Elmer F Andrews administrator of wage hour law
The Wage Hour Chief in California announced President Roosevelt named Elmer F Andrews as administrator of the new wage hour law in New York state. The 48 year old engineer from Flushing, husband and father of three, will oversee the state its minimum wage act for women unemployment extension and workers compensation.
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California
Roosevelt
Elmer F. Andrews
New York State
Andrews
Flushing
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Cuba
New York
Queensborough Chamber of Commerce
Primary probes issued for Senator Sheppard campaign funds
The committee voted unanimously to probe charges of misuse of federal and state funds in Democratic primaries in Kentucky and Pennsylvania. It also disclosed inquiries into similar charges in Tennessee. The social security board ordered an investigation in Kentucky into Barkley claims that state agents meddle with pension checks.
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Enator Sheppard
Senate
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Social Security Board
Barkley
Hughes completes world flight lands in New York after 3 days 19 hours
Howard Hughes and four crew members finish a round the world flight landing at Floyd Bennett Field New York after 14 824 miles with six refueling stops Paris Moscow Omsk Yakutsk Fairbanks and Minneapolis They beat the 1933 Wiley Post record by more than three days and attribute much credit to the army air corps automatic navigator and crew.
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Hughes
Howard Hughes
Floyd Bennett Airport
New York
Paris
Moscow
Omsk
Yakutsk
Fairbanks
Minneapolis
Wiley Post
Post
Atlantic
Lindbergh
Harry Connor
Thomas Thurlow
Richard Stoddart
Ed Lund
Army Air Corps
Cheese The Body Builder and Its Diet Place
A 1908 feature by C Houston Goudiss extols cheese as a concentrated protein source. It argues cheese digestibility is high, supports growth, and can replace meat in large quantities. The piece notes over 200 cheese varieties and practical serving ideas for meals.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
WNU
C. Houston Goudiss
Cheese Rich in Calcium Vitamin A and Iron
Milk alternative cheese provides calcium phosphorus and iron in highly bioavailable forms. American cheddar and Parmesan are rich in vitamins A B G, with rennet cheese high in sulphur and iron. U.S. cheese production exceeds 700 million pounds yearly but per capita consumption is about 5 pounds. Patterns and sewing tips follow, with promotions for Success in Sewing.
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United States
Japan Cancels 1940 Olympics Amid War Strains
Tokyo cancels the 1940 Olympic Games due to cost and military opposition to rising nationalism. The ruling party indicated the International Olympic Committee would decide next steps, with London and Helsinki named as possible replacement sites.
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Japan
China
Tokyo
International Committee
London
Helsingfors
Finland
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Johnson County
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Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Donald Meyer
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Romania
Bucharest
Carol
Victoria
Ferdinand
H. Rs. Tolley
E.f.andrews
Food’ Authority
C. Houston
Goodiss
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