Michigan House Debates Shorter Week for Women and Minors
A joint Senate and House hearing in Michigan examines House Bill 66 and Senate Bill 28 proposing a 35 hour five day week and wage board control for women and minors. Industry groups warn of financial hardship, while amendments seek a 44 hour week and overtime rules including pre Christmas and pre Easter, with governor Murphy backing minimums.
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Lansing
Michigan
Senate
House
Charles Snow, Jr
Jackson
Joseph Roosevelt
Detroit
Frank Murphy
John BF
Hamilton
Detroit Democrat
NRA
House Labor Committee
Joseph Martin
University asks for funds after Positive enrollment projections
The document notes enrollment estimates for 1936-37 based on summer school demand. It compares current and proposed tax revenues to future costs, citing previous year figures and seeking additional funding. It mentions 14,826 students in 1931-32 and projects 2,500 more, with a request of $250,000 more than that year.
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United States
Charles T. Inglee
New Yorker
American Kennel Club
Inglee
America
Roosevelt Plan Echoes New York Wage Bill For Women
Senator Roosevelt proposes a state wage and hour plan for women modeled after New York's bill. A nine member wage board would set wages and hours, hearings would occur, and the state labor department would run the act. The piece cautions about impacts on Michigan small towns and industrial decentralization. It notes university involvement in drafting wage and bargaining measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
New York
Michigan
Detroit
Lansing
Suriname Issues 22 New Stamps and Postal History
Geo B Bergman details Suriname now issues a 22 stamp series with ten tiny galleon designs and larger Queen Wilhelmina portraits in mourning. The article surveys Suriname’s location, colonial history, and evolving postal system from 1828 to 1914 with district reorganization and governance notes.
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Dutch Guiana
Suriname
Wilhelmina
Prince Henry
Holland
New Stamps Spark Debate Over General Lee Stars
Stamp experts announced a discovery of a new four cent stamp showing General Lee in a uniform with two stars. They argue Lee should have three stars and a laurel wreath, while the Post Office Department and engraving bureau cite a photo used for the plate and note a front view may obscure a third star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Aloysius Farley
Robert E. Lee
Lee
Post Office Department
Bureau of Engraving
Alvin W. Hall
Engraving Bureau
Post Offices Listed for Colony with First Stamps in 1873
The text notes two post offices and three sub post offices in the colony at Albina Moengo and Coronie. It records the first postage stamps issued October 7 1873 in six values 2 4c, 3c, 5, 10, 25 and 50c. It describes Suriname under Dutch rule and its status among European colonial possessions.
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Albina
Moengo
Coronie
Suriname
Elert
Holland
Historic 1853 half dollar nets $200 at depot
Frank Williams of Pere Marquette depot in Carsonville Michigan found an 1853 fifty cent piece with an empty claw on its eagle. He paid 50 cents into the till and bought a coin catalog for a dime, then learned his coin was valued at 200 dollars before discovering another person had previously paid the milkman with a rare half dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Williams
Pere Marquette
Carsonville
Mich
Williams
Flight That Failed Leaves Dallas Stamp Collectors Badly Held
Collectors received a costly holdover from airmail plans tied to Pangborn-Mason and the Texas Centennial Exposition. A two dollar eighty cent postage promised Dallas to Dallas and around the world but a partnership breakup halted the transatlantic flight. Letters were moved in a trailer from Los Angeles to Dallas, arriving near Washington's Birthday.
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Dallas
Texas
Pangborn-Mason
Atlantic
Los Angeles
Washington
Watches and the girdle worn timepieces of old
Watches once were small clocks worn from the girdle due to pocket size limits. These portable timekeepers went from pocket to belt as fashion and utility evolved in earlier periods.
Musical Instruments of Apache Indiang and Food Notes
The text lists instruments used by Apache Indiang such as drum, musical bow, flageolet, and a one-string fiddle from a sorrel stalk. It notes alligator steaks as a regional delicacy in parts of South America and mentions the steamship Berengaria weight and social security program distinctions between Old-Age Assistance and Old-Age Benefits.
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South America
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Michigan Mirror
By Gene Alleman
Michigan Press Association
University of Michigan
Supreme Court
Ann Arbor
Murphy
Blythe Stason
Edward G. Kemp
Govenor Murphy
Prof
E. Bythe
Geo. B. Bergman
Netherlands
Great Britain
Asia
England
P. R. Gantzlaar
Gen. Lee
Wampum
John Stink
Pawhuska
Ohio
Stink
Osage
Frederic H. Pease
Frederick H Pease
Ypsilanti
By C. M. Payne
Tao
Osborne
Western Newspaper Union
Doc
Finney
Ted O'Loughlin
Uniba
Green
Berengaria Weigtia
Ned Moore
Franklin
Pennsylvania Gazette
KLIN
Benjamin Franklin
DIE
Philadelchische Lentung
Pennsylvania Gazettes
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