Congress urged to curb overtime on overtime wage claims
An opinion piece warns that ongoing overtime on overtime wage claims threaten American industry and workers. It cites the fair labor standards act of 1928 and notes union leadership divisions, citing the International Longshoremen’s Association as opposing blanket prosecutions. It urges swift congressional action to outlaw these claims, referencing suits in Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles and potential Pacific coast shipping costs.
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United States
International Longshoremen’s Association of the American Federation of Labor
Joseph Ryan
Congress
Goodwin
House of Representatives
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Imitation of Courage by Elsie Robinson
The narrator reflects on years of self pity and blame, then a personal tragedy shatters vanity. She finds meaning by recognizing others’ struggles, living for others, and learning that life’s aim is courage and usefulness. Through shared suffering she learns to help heal and inspire.
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Peach
Elsie Robinson
Gy Iba
Ming Foot
Bynd
Fair ENOUGH critique of Herald-Tribune editors and Gailmor
Westbrook Pegler argues Herald-Tribune editors including Joseph Herzberg and Ogden Reid tolerate a journalist Gailmor he calls a thief and renegade. He accuses the paper of bias, suppression of contrary voices, and failing to report connections to political figures and riots tied to Communists and Henry Wallace.
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Herzberg
Ogden Reid
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Herald
Tribune
H-1
Poland
Gailmuz
Arnold Blom
Marshall Field
Iiring
Blom
Gailmor
New York Daily News
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MacArthur Urges Democracies to Prove It Works
General MacArthur frames the global struggle as a fight against totalitarianism and communism. He calls on liberty loving nations to prove democracy sustains liberty as he oversees the Pacific dike against red tyranny and warns of Japan’s test between democratic ideals and Soviet rule.
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David Sentner
MacArthur
Pacific
Japan
Army
Causes of Backache in Medical Advice Card
An medical note explains that back pain has many causes from muscle inflammation to sacroiliac strain and abdominal disorders. In about 90 percent the cause is not serious, while 10 percent may indicate major illness requiring careful study.
Understanding Long Fasts and Spinal X Rays for Health
Dr H N Bundesen explains that fasting should involve medical guidance and that spinal X rays can help locate problems. Diagnosis may take weeks of careful examination before a condition is pinpointed, but once found the pain can often be relieved. Undulant fever shows promise from antibiotics and sulfonamide therapy, though exact cure time varies.
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King Feat. Synd., Inc
United Nations Charter Sparks Sharp Debate
ARTHUR RUGS BAER surveys the UN charter dispute among top officials. Marshall advocates rapid action to move past stalemates while Dulles urges preserving the status quo. The piece uses playful, satirical contrasts to underscore the high level tensions and differing visions among leaders.
May 24 Historic Notes From San Antonio Chronicle
A compilation of past events dated May 24 from 2838 to 1883 including Rep Dles remarks on a house investigation, fires aided by air planes in 1975, Babe Ruth as a pitcher in 1918, city goats halting a Saturday dance, a 1928 civic tribute to Col Woot and Col Roosevelt with band music, and a 1883 rumor of street commissioner W W Campbell suing the mayor.
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House
San Antonio
Phil Wright
Babe Ruth
Althoug
Boston Red Sox
el Paso
Trinidad
Colonels Woot
Roosevelt
Hough
W. W. Campbell
Quick Facts From History Wide World Trivia
King George V knighted comedian Bury Lau der while Captain James Lawrence is famed for his dying words Don't give up the ship Shetland ponies come from Shetland Islands Rhodes is an island in the Mediterranean site of Colossus Liberia owes its founding to Americans A sedan chair is a portable chair carried by poles Esperanto was invented by Dr Zamenhof William Dawes and Samuel Prescott warned of British approach in South Carolina Divorce is impossible on any grounds Dean Briggs mocked Boston dialect Mississippi Bubble financed by John Law Lycurgus Sparta's lawgiver Portugal famed for port wine Gold weighs 1200 pounds per cubic foot Steam engine invented in 2765 Excalibur was King Arthur's sword
Broadway Confetti and Show Biz Musings from New York
A bustling column traces backstage chatter from Broadway with Ethel Merman Irene Dunne and Adele Jergens at famed venues, plus notes on Valerie Bettis and Helen Tamiris at Sardi's. It recalls jewel tones of postwar entertainment, anecdotes from Johnny Dundee and Warren, and a parade of theatrical names. The piece also mentions a Coney Island wager tale by Harry Reichenbach, Glorya Vanderbilt’s urban art, and a mix of circus ticket scandals and new cocktails in vivid New York gossip.
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Manhattan
Ethel Merman
Annie
Irene Dunne
Rockefeller Cer.terpedes
Demutt
Johnny Dundee
Adele Jergens
Valerie Bettis
USA
Helen Tamiris
Sardi's
Fillie Holiday
the Ebony
Kerrickter
Duffy Square
Pierre
New York
Harry Reichenbach
George Godfrey
Keith
Harry
Godfrey
Coney Island
Bowery
Nira Barbour
der. Ist
Reichenbach
Mizyir Ban Antoneo
San Batoat Light
San Antonio
Operet
Hearst Consollidated Publications, Inc
Somad o_Antonio
Texas
MBI
Associated
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Hollywood
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Moscow
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Stalin
Joe Herzberg
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King Feat
Ina St
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George Marshall
John Foster Dulles
Russia
Marshall
John Foster Pulles
Mr. Dulles
Emily Post
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L. A. Light
Tothert
Riveralda Park
Carl Reek
the Phible
George V
Bury Lauder
James Lawrence
Shetland
Shetland Islands
Scotland
Rhodes
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Mediterranean Sea
Liberia
Zamenhof
Warsavy
William Dawes
Samuel Prescott
Paul Revere
South Carolina
Dean Briggs
Harvard
Boston
John Law
France
Lycurgas
Sparta
Sporte
Portugal
Arthur
Mister Breger
Broadway
Walter Winchell
Sallres
Gur Alley
Kew
England
Zillionaire Howard Hughes
RKO Studios
Christman
Warren Gerz
Clem McCarthy
Citation
Stymle
J. Dempsey
Zelle Taylor
James Ellis
June Raymond
Wally Wanger
Miami Beach
Florida
Madison Avenue
Glorya Stochowska
Gloria Vanderbilt
Ted Deglin
Jean Bailey
Howard Johnson
Deglin
Ada Leonard
Burlesk
Russell Moore
Eddie Condon
Joan Barry
Mexico City
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New Orleans
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