Dimock slated for NLRB post in labor move
Marshall Dimock, long a labor official, is reported for appointment to the National Labor Relations Board. If chosen, he would replace J. Warren Madden as chairman aging term ends this month. Dimock has held key posts in labor and justice, advocating a cautious path to social stability amid new legislation.
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National Labor Relations Board
Fac- Marshall
University of Chicago
Dimock
National Resources Commission
Frances Perkins
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
Department of Justice
Labor Department
NLRB
J. Warren Madden
Weekly News Analysis by Farnham F. Dudgeon
Editorial comments on the Passages of a vast Nazi air raid over Great Britain with 1000 planes reportedly striking from Scotland to Wales. Mussolini pushes an African blitz across Somaliland toward Suez as heat and desert conditions rise. US aliens face a government registration drive with fingerprinting and a 15 question survey before December 26.
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Scotland
Great Britain
Berlin
London
England
Midlands
Thames
Croydon
Europe
Germany
Thames Valley
United States
Dismissals, christenings, and political jabber scramble headlines
WPA commissioner announces 429 work reliefers discharged for not signing affidavits. Bon Homme Richard named flagship for the Navy. Farley resigns as postmaster general to lead Coca Cola Export. Wheeler and Willkie spar over foreign policy and the Hatch act. ASCAP faces a music industry split with broadcasters, risking 1940 royalties.
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WPA
C. Harrington
Nazi Bund
Communist Party
Roosevelt
Bon Homme Richard
John Paul Jones
United States Navy
James A. Farley
Coca Cola Export Company
New York Yankees
Burton
K. Wheeler
Mont
Wetton
Ono
Bermuda Protocol Etiquette Arrives With Windsor Dukes
The duke and duchess of Windsor arrived in Bermuda en route to the former king’s new role as governor of the Bahamas. Social precedent was set by the wives of Bermuda’s top matrons as Mrs Hastings Brooke, sister of Maj. Gen. Denis Kirwan Brooke, and Lady Kennedy Purvis curtsied.
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Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Bermuda
Bahamas
Hastings Brooke
Denis Kirwan Brooke
Kennedy Purvis
wartime flight production and tax issues in war mobilization
The article describes U S defense mobilization with 24 hour arsenals, orders worth billions, and production targets for aircraft rising from 10 800 to 18 000 yearly. It notes Stimson warning that only 33 of 4 000 planned fighters have contracts and border guards lack gear. Companies fear tax policy risk. planes may be held until tax law passes, then released. A London refugee arrives in New York en route to Chicago, adding context to wartime migration.
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Patricia Wynn-Williams
London
New York
Chicago
William Knudsen
NDC
Stimson
Congress
Training Winged Gladiators At Randolph Field West Point of the Air
Government flight training expands at Randolph Field Texas known as West Point of the Air. The program runs about 70 flight hours with 30 hours dual and 40 hours solo. Civilian entrants must be unmarried US male citizens aged 20 to 27 in good health.
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Randolph Field
Texas
Uncle Sam’s
West Point of the Air
United States
Table setting contest to lure stars at RKO studios
Prominent town figures will compete in an August 25 table setting contest at RKO studios, using modern American glassware and limiting expenses to 40 dollars. Winner's dinner for 16 will be served by the loser. The event grows from a Los Angeles department store promotion and features Jack Oakie and George Bancroft.
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RKO
Jack Oakie
George Bancroft
Los Angeles
Oakie
Bancroft
Vivian Leigh
Laurence Olivier
Lord Nelson
Lady Hamilton
Alexander Korda
Notable Names in World Affairs Comment and Movement
British playwright George Bernard Shaw mocks meatless rations while hoover backs Belgium relief if embargo ends. Rear Admiral Ghormley heads to London as observer the highest ranking peacetime envoy. Manuel Quezon gains virtual dictator powers in the Philippines. Lady Byng arrives in the United States as a refugee commenting on German bombing weariness.
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George Bernard Shaw
Herbert Hoover
Belgium
France
Robert L. Ghormley
London
Manuel Quezon
Philippines
National Assembly
Byng
United States
Car disappears after shopping. police station damaged
Mrs. Alice Cornelius of Glen Head New York parked her car on a hill and went shopping. Returning, she found the car missing and walked to the police station. There she encountered a smashed wall wrecked furniture a overturned stove and her automobile halfway to the chief's desk.
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Alice Cornelius
Glen Head
N. Y
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