Wage Hour Act upheld. $100 million added to workers pay
Washington reports Supreme Court action upholding the Wage Hour Act as constitutional and expanding workers pay by about $100 million since October 1938. The rulings affirm federal power to regulate labor standards in interstate commerce and overrule an 1918 ruling on child labor. The Children's Bureau will push ratification of a constitutional amendment.
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Washington
Philip B. Fleming
Supreme Court
Fleming
Darby Lumber
Opp Cotton Mills
Children's Bureau of the Labor Department
Justice Stone
Wage Hour Act Sets 40 Hour Week and 30 Cent Wage
The 1938 Wage Hour Act imposes a 40 hour work week and a 30 cent minimum wage nationwide. It allows higher state and industry minimums, bans child labor under 16 in mining and manufacturing, and restricts hazardous industry under 16. The 1918 Hamer vs Dagenhart decision had held manufacture was state controlled.
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Congress
Stone
Hamer
Ancient cathedral destroyed in Russian bombing of Viipuri
One year ago today on February 4 1940 Viipuri a Russian bombing destroyed the ancient cathedral Turku seaport also faced heavy bombardment. Twenty two American ambulances blessed in Paris before departure for the western front.
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Viipuri
Finland
Turku
Paris
Fire at St. Elizabeths Hospital Safe 6900 Inmates
A four alarm blaze at St. Elizabeths Hospital for the Insane in Washington destroyed a Red Cross recreational building and damaged a theater roof. About 160 patients in a nearby dormitory were moved to safety. 35 fire units battled the fire as thousands watched. No inmates were reported injured. Ward Supervisor D. W. Johnson praised patient order amid the danger.
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St. Elizabeth's Hospital For the Insane
Washington
Hospital For Insane
St. Elizabeth's Hospital For Insane
Red Cross
D. W. Johnson
New York Schools Begin Daily Hour for Religious Study
New York City's schools will start an experiment in religious education with 18 schools offering one hour daily for religious study. Protestant Catholic and Jewish groups will be represented. A common principle taught will be tolerance for other faiths.
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N. Y. City
New York
New York City
Five Boroughs
Auto victim identified in Alden crash
Buffalo reports a man killed when struck by a car in suburban Alden. The deceased is identified as Alex Bussak a 35 year old Lancaster farmhand.
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Buffalo
Alden
Alex Buszak
Lancaster
Overcoat Nest Lets Bulldog Go To Movies Too
Chicago reports Myron M Routt keeps his toy bulldog Twirp in a pocket in his overcoat during nights out at clubs and at the cinema. He positions the coat so the dog can peek out and watch the show. In Rockford a group of 20 East High girls petitioned for a motor mechanics class for girls.
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Nest
Bulldog
Chicago
Myron M. Routt
Routt
Rockford
East High School
Harry C. Muth
Muth
Rise from Private to Lead: Connecticut Adjutant General Honors
In Hartford on February 4, a report traces the career ascent of Reginald B. De Lacour and Lawrence Reagan from privates to a corporal in Troop F, First Illinois Cavalry, with DeLacour later serving as adjutant general of Connecticut and Reagan holding a notable post.
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Hartford
Conn
Reginald B. DeLacour
Lawrence Reagan
George A. Davis
First
Illinois Cavalry
DeLacour
Connecticut
Reagan
Adjutant Generals Named in Midwest Military Posts
A statement notes that one figure was the adjutant general of Illinois until recently while another holds the post of adjutant general of Oklahoma.
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Illinois
Davis
Oklahoma
Ruble Levy’s Motorist Troubles End in Fines
New York on February 4 reports Ruble Levy bought a jalopy for ten dollars, parked it, found two tickets, and the motor failed to start. He sold the car for eighty five to a junkman, and Prairie court relieved him of another 152 dollars in tickets.
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New York
Ruble Levy
Praifle Court
Automobile shatters milk bottle in crossing
Kansas City reports Luther Taylor a 63 year old man crossing Main Street was not harmed when a car shattered the bottle of milk he carried. Police investigated the minor incident.
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Kansas City
Luther Taylor
Main Street
Taylor
Bananas Covered By Man Fined For Horse Cold
Agents of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals testified before a magistrate that Samuel Margolis used three blankets to cover bananas instead of his horse which stood shivering in the cold. Margolis was fined ten dollars yesterday in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Samuel ‘Margolis
Margolis
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