Balbo Flight Cables Reveal Mussolini’s Awe and Air Armada
The dispatches describe Balbo and the Italian air armada’s New York Chicago and Montreal receptions as Mussolini praises the feat warning against feasts and urging discipline and rapid return to Rome. Messages to Balbo conveyed profound satisfaction and political triumph while stressing weather and timing for the voyage home.
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Chicago
Talinn
Rome
Mussolini
New York
Balbo
Paris
Berlin
Goering
Muscolin
Constantine Hk
Amy
Newfoundland
Orbetello
Massolini
T Duce
Lisbon
Morilog
Aquadila
Citywide NRA canvass to probe employer codes and payrolls
Blank questionnaires are being distributed to 2200 workers at the MRA headquarters to assess the impact of the NRA program in the city. Employers will report prior and current employee counts, hours above the maximum, underpaid workers, and ages of employees. The survey must be signed by both employer and worker. The city is divided into districts for collection.
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MRA
Chamber of Commerce
Frides
Tory
San Antonio
NRA
State Contract Awarded to NRA Firm Amid Bid Rejection
The state board of control rejected the lowest bid for remodeling the boys hospital at the State School, awarding the contract to MH Yarbrough of the NRA. The decision cited a policy favoring NRA members. The protest argued the policy shift occurred mid bidding, complicating code compliance review. Work will be directed by 18 captains with mixed male and female crews. Dick O Terrill, NRA general, spoke to workers alongside Mrs Pres ton Dial and other NRA leaders.
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NRA
SETIN
Contro
Board of Controls
Dick O. Terr
Preston Dial
Terrell
Ed Oeffinger
Porter Loring
MRA
Lalters
H Hour Week Debate Over Drug Code Speech
Washington officials grilled proposed drug code details at NRA hearing as Donald R. Richberg stated there was no implied approval of a 56 hour work week compact. He urged preparatory NRA review before hearings and warned against presenting codes prematurely.
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Washington, D. C
Donald R. Richberg
The
Recovery Administration
Richberg
NRA
Lumber Men at NRK Meet Discuss Southern Pine Industry
In New Orleans a conference of 16 Southern states discussed the NIRA code for the Southern pine industry. Estimates cited 70,000 workers in the region with potential hours cut from 60 to 49 weekly and payroll rising from 23 million to about 445 million annually. Exclusions and unfair trade practices were noted, including misbranding and price undercutting.
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New Orleans
HL OC. Berckes
Southern Pinessandation
Unbank
Oil firms meet 10 cent crude price rise in regions
Houston Aug 2 Major crude oil buyers led by Humble Oil and refining posted a 10 cent rise in crude prices across Texas fields and several Mid-Continent regions. Texaco, Sinclair Prairie, Standard Oil unit Carter Oil, and Texas Eastern pipeline firms matched the increase, with Gulf Coast yields and East Texas crude showing notable gains.
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Houston
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Humbie
Texas
Lea County
Texaco Company
Mid-Continent
Texaco
North
Louisiana
Smackover
Ark
Gulf Coast
Sinclair Prairie
Crodes
Garter
Ol Company
Standard of New Jersey
Allas Pipe Line
East Texas
Tidewater Company
Oklahoma
Gonro c Rude
F D R Sees Ship Model Passed to World Fair
President Roosevelt praises a detailed model ship by Theodor Morales of Evanston Illinois after watching it operate. Morales spent five years building the miniature frigate with pulleys and swinging towers, a replica admired by the president who approved its World’s Fair display.
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F.D.R
Washington, D. G
Hugec
Roosevelt
Theodoré Morales
Evanston
Jil
Mechanisay
Ila
Brasa Rasmon
Polols
Sardarm
Morales
NRA Drive Boosts Jobs in Kansas City Campaign
The national re employment drive yields 106 questionnaires returned at campaign headquarters in Kansas City. They show 2808 men and women re employed since the drive began. About 4000 questionnaires were sent out, most not yet returned, reflecting widespread gain from the push.
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NRA
Kansas City
Public Service Co adopts NRA code to save payroll
The San Antonio Public Service Co. will add 20 workers under the NRA code Friday afternoon as part of a nationwide effort to comply. Labor hours and wages shift with 30 cent minimum pay for laborers, 40 hour weeks for most divisions, and 48 hours for bus and rail staff. Company expects maintenance costs rise. 200 workers kept from layoffs in 1938.
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NRA
San Antonio
Powell
Sth
Electric and Gas
Lo Lie
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Courtrou Adwriter
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Rinedy
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