Supreme Court upholds Wage Hour Act and child labor limits
The Supreme Court ruled the Wage Hour Act constitutional in its key provisions, upholding minimum wages and overtime rules for interstate commerce. It overruled a 1915 decision on child labor and discussed the constitutional power of Congress over intrastate activities affecting interstate commerce. Justice Stone authored the unanimous decision.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Children’s Bureau
Geid-Zhey
Stone
Eishtman Tribunal
McReynolds
United States
Hammer V. Dagenbart
Justice Holmes
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Unio
Justice Frankfurter
Justice Department
Justice Roberts
Hughes
Justice Murphy
William L. Hutcheson
Carpenters Union
Anheuser-Busch, Inc
St. Louis
International Association of Machiniste
Affi Yates
American Federation of Labor
Hospital At Fort Meade Not Ready
Major General Milton A Reckord told War Department officials Fort Meade will not have the 1000 bed hospital ready by the Fort Meade date. He expected some sections might be ready between February 15 and 20 as weather delays ease. Troops will move in as hospital units are completed and heated for at least 43 hours.
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Fort
George G. Meade
Milton A. Reckord
War Department
Fort Meade
General Reckord
Aecardingly
Hanfstaengl Joins Army Air Corps at Harvard Sophomore’s Oath
Egon Hanfstaengl son of Dr Ernst Hanfstaengl former Nazi press aide was sworn into the U S Army Air Corps on his sixth birthday. He began ground crew training at Maxwell Field with four volunteers, enlisting for three years. He is a Harvard sophomore and pleased by his father’s reaction.
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Cambridge, Masc
Egon Hanfstaengl
Ernst Hanfstaengl
Mander
Hanistaengl
Maxwell Field
Ala
Army Recrriting
Harvard
Grange At Hancock To Be Represented At State Conference
Hancock Grange members decided to be represented at the Masters Lecturers and Secretaries Conference in Baltimore at the Baltimore Hotel in February. John D Leatherman master Clarence Dorker secretary and Donna Stein lecturer will attend to represent Hancock Chapter.
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Hancock Grange
Tord
Baltimore
Hotel
Hancock
John D. Leatherman
Clarence Dorker
Donna Stein
Hancock Chapter
Treasure hunt disrupts demolition site in Columbia
In Columbia a rumor of hidden money in a building slated for demolition drew crowds, prompting police presence to keep bystanders back and to locate any treasure. Separately in Harrisburg Governor James proposed a record 242,268,727 budget for the biennium aimed at balancing state books, with relief aid eclipsing other items.
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Columbia, &. C
Epen
Bacir
Harrisburg
Arthur H. James
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
James
Republican
Nebraska game and fish carp series aims at hatcheries
The Nebraska state game and fish department conducts a carp program touching lakes and streams, with the aim of supplying meat to fans and feeding program fish at state hatcheries.
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Nebraska
Game and Fish Department
Prisoner Is Brought Back From Reedville Ga
Frederick A. Mullens, 69 year old preacher described as colored, was returned to Hagerstown from Reedville Georgia by Sheriff Joseph D. Baker and County Investigator Wayne Sellman to face charges of obtaining money from a local bank under false pretenses. He claimed a long history of fraud and said he had drawn funds from about 100 banks across the United States, with the largest single sum $1106.
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Frederick A. 3Fellens
Hagerstown
Reedville
Joseph D. Baker
Wayne Sellman
Mullens
America
Four Jailed Nine Months For Burglary In Franklin County
Joseph Stouffer Percy Brown of Smithsburg and George Uhler Walter Drury of Hagerstown pleaded guilty to burglary and larceny in Franklin County Court at Chambersburg yesterday. They were sentenced to nine months in jail with prosecution costs assessed by Judge Watson R Davison. The defendants were charged with stealing chickens and rabbits in the Waynesboro vicinity.
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Joseph Stouffer
Percy Brown
Smithsburg
George Uhler
Walter Drury
Hagerstown
Franklin County
Chambersburg
Watson R. Davison
Waynesboro
Fisheries head dies at 67 in Virginia
George Walter Mapp a 67 year old attorney farmer temperance leader and former state senator died in Northampton Accomack Memorial Hospital from influenza and complications. He was taken to his Accomac home January 22 after feeling ill improved briefly then relapsed Friday in Norfolk area coverage states.
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George Walter Mapp
Northampton Accomace Memorial Hospital
Hi Accomac
U S Fleet Size in 1840 Matches European Warplanes
By late 1840 the United States possessed about 500 first rate aircraft comparable to the warplanes deployed by European belligerents, reflecting parity in early aerial power during the period.
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United States
Garner seeks year of isolation from public life
Former Vice President John N. Garner asks the Texas House to withdraw an invitation to speak and announces in a letter dated February 4 that he intends to isolate himself for 12 months. He says he will terminate all public expressions during that year.
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Austin
Tex
PyeornFormer
John N. Garner
Texas House of Representatives
House
Garner
Speaker
Martin May Keep Post of Chairman
Washington reports that Rep. Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts would agree to retain his chairmanship of the Republican National Committee to avert a free-for-all for the post. Leaders fear a power clash between Wendell L. Willkie and opponents of his British aid bill stance, urging Martin to stay on until the next campaign to avoid a party fight.
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Washington
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Wendell L. Willkie
Ma Wainee
Martina
Sparks Seen From Small Building Sparking Fears of Fire
Witnesses reported small building sparks and smoke rising from a structure, with concerns it might have ignited a fire. Firefighters were alerted and inspected the site for any flare ups or hazards.
Suspect Freed In Murder Probe At Winchester Inquiry
A suspect questioned yesterday in the Raleigh Poffenberger slaying near Keedysville was released after an alibi satisfied officers. Poffenberger was killed last October with his head mashed by a wrench at his home. Deputies Misler and Richardson led the questioning. Lieut. Chapman assisted. A separate note mentions a Rock of Gibraltar signal station handling ship names and messages.
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Winchester
Releigh Poffenberger
Poffenberger
Keedysville
Misler
Lieut. Chapman
Western
Maryland
Set. Richardson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Arrest of Alyin Strock for drunkenness and false alarm
Detective F E Welch arrested Alyin Strock, 38, of 390 Liberty Street yesterday afternoon on charges of being drunk and turning in a false fire alarm. Strock allegedly pulled Box 3-2 at Cannon and East Avenues about 3 o'clock, claiming to have seen something.
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Liberty Street
F. EB. Welch
Strock
Cannon and
East Avenues
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