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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1937
Page
2
A civic essay argues that the right to work is essential alongside life and liberty. It warns against government relief as a long term solution, praises industry encouragement, and condemns violent obstruction of labor while affirming workers’ and employers’ reciprocal rights.
Church notices an increase in school attendance as Bro Carlett and the Bethany Penial College Quartet perform Saturday night June 26. Carlett will deliver the message. Regular services include Sunday school 10 am, preaching 11 am and 8 15 pm, youth service 9 45 pm, and midweek prayer Wednesday night.
The text explains basal metabolic rate as the idling energy use of a resting human. It compares the body to an engine burning food for muscular energy, storing fat and tissue as fuel, and drawing on it during need, challenging the old view that basal heat production is mainly heat loss.
The Lueders revival began June 13 and ended Sunday night with Rev E A Reed of Stamford as principal speaker and Rev Rex Kendall assisting. Evening services featured song leading by Rev Harwood Dooley and piano by Mrs J Harrison. Attendees included adults juniors and intermediates with strong local participation and several nearby visitors noted.
Avoca residents and neighbors from Merkel Anson Abilene Stamford and Pleasant Valley filled weekend with visits to kin and friends. Attendees included the Stephens family Weeks Waldrop Muenzler Green Gardner and Culwell households along with Epworth League members and Home Demonstration Club members attending a picnic and program at Rennels.
We express thanks for the kindness shown during the death of our babies. Special thanks to the staff at Stamford Sanitarium doctors and nurses and to Mr Kinney and Rev J H Skiles and to the Carlton and Corby families for their support.
The dispute between independent steel firms and John L. Lewis's Committee for Industrial Organization centers on oral versus written contracts. The unions demand signed agreements to avoid a closed shop and checkoff, while corporations refuse. President Roosevelt avoided an official stance, noting written contracts should mirror verbal promises. Tom Girdler warns a signed contract could enable forced unionization and dues collection, arguing past contracts were broken.
Gov. Davey and Mayor Shields press President Roosevelt for aid as rioting, kidnap rumors, and vigilante actions sweep Ohio and Pennsylvania. A mediation board appointed by Frances Perkins includes Taft, Garrison, and McGrady to hear union and company cases in Cleveland amid posturing and postal blockades.
Republic Steel corporation files in the Federal District Court in Washington a petition for a writ of mandamus compelling Postmaster General Farley to deliver a parcel.
The Senate judiciary committee swiftly rejects President Roosevelt's Supreme Court packing plan. The report calls the bill a needless dangerous abandonment of constitutional principle and asserts it would subjugate courts to Congress and the president, harming judicial independence. Washington insiders expect little chance of passage and foresee adjournment of the session, possibly enabling a special session in November to rally support for anti poverty measures.
The Byrnes amendment to the relief bill would require local governments to cover at least 40 percent of WPA project costs or sign a civic pauper oath. The proposal, opposed by the White House, reflected a rift with conservative Democrats as Sen. Robinson urged a 25 percent compromise.
Insurgent bombs force the capital from Bilbao to Santander while Basque battalions mount a last ditch stand to guard the city’s iron ring. Franco’s forces breach the first line near Fica and Larrabezua as loyalists report gains along the Cordoba front and reach coal districts held by rebels.
Eight Soviet generals including Marshal Michail Tukhachevsky were condemned for treason and executed by firing squad after a military tribunal found them guilty of conspiring with an unfriendly power. Officials pointed to Nazi Germany as the likely target, while Cherniakov, president of the White Russian Soviet Republic, killed himself following denunciation. The purge swept hundreds of thousands from the Communist party rolls as Moscow tightened control.
Premier Blum seeks six weeks of financial dictatorial powers as Communists back the plan to raise taxes on high incomes and monopolized goods. Au riol signals tax hikes while France shields capital from fleeing abroad amid a 1936-37 crisis. United States Commerce reports national income rising toward 1937 projections, noting growth from 1933 and improving real purchasing power.
CIO leader Lewis leads United Mine Workers in a strike among captive mines in Pennsylvania. Workers abandoned shafts and joined steel plants picketing to cripple operations, with the Cambria Bethlehem Steel plant as the immediate target. Officials dispute the walkout’s effectiveness as departments may remain in operation.
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