Move to hold massive conference on new NRA divides New Deal
Washington officials split over George L. Berry shift to convene a December 9 gathering of thousands of business and labor leaders to discuss a possible new NRA. Administration officials worry the plan may become a forum for anti policy sentiment, while Berry cites broad support and a push for industrial progress collaboration.
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George L. Berry
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Berry
Roosevelt
White House
Berry outlines self-determinant session and industry responses
Berry says the session would be as self-determining as possible and would not impose actions. Four percent of industries questioned refused participation, 23 percent non-committal, with automobile and iron and steel largely non-committal. Labor is nearly unanimous in acceptance, though some delays. He also sought data from 30,000 labor union secretaries on hours and wages since NRA, drawing mixed reactions. Separately, the origin of the custom of sleeping on wedding cake is traced to early Britons and widespread in Europe.
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Berry
Iron and Steel
NRA
England
Why You Should Never Cut a Corn
A vintage health ad warns against paring corns or calluses due to blood infection risk. It promotes Mint Tub and See-Mint to relieve pain, loosen, and lift the corn without harming surrounding skin, claiming strong druggist endorsements and wider foot comfort benefits.
Maryland Is Given Final Relief Fund
Washington dispatch notes Maryland Delaware and South Dakota received final allotments of Federal relief funds, as Hopkins drives toward a doseless work relief system. Other states had been off dole. WPA projects faced highway program delays due to Comptroller General McCarl's show cause order, while Public Roads Bureau seeks clarification on 136 projects not on Federal routes.
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Harry L. Hopkins
Maryland
Delaware
South Dakota
FERA
Indiana
Alabama
Wyoming
New Hampshire
Vermont
Nevada
Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
PWA
Bureau of Public Roads
J. R. McCarl
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Comptroller General
Public Roads Bureau
WPA allotments rise to 972 million for immediate use
McCarl released another 6.39 million in WPA funds bringing immediate availability to 972,529,644 while 1,069,161,438 has been allotted to WPA projects by President Roosevelt. The Route 40 rebuilding program is among projects delayed by the McCarl ruling with significant preliminary work already done in Washington County.
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Roosevelt
Route 40
Washington County
Banker Named To Head Relief Group
Baltimore banker Wm J Casey was named by Governor Nice to chair a committee addressing Maryland unemployment. Casey, senior vice president of Maryland Trust Company, will help formulate a plan of taxation and provide recommendations on handling the unemployment situation. Additional members will be appointed later.
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Baltimore
Wm. J. Casey
Nice
Maryland
Casey
Maryland Trust Company
Odds Against a Yarborough in Whist Nearly 1827 to 1
The note names D. Graham Charles Aleman and Judge Caesar Leser as sources. A Yarborough hand contains no card higher than a pine and the odds against it are 1 827 to 1.
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Best D. Graham
Charles Aleman
Judge Caesar Leser
Voters Decide Sunday Movies Ban In Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanians in 275 communities voted to approve or reject Sunday movies. Early returns show western agricultural and oil areas mostly for the ban while eastern towns favored it. Harrisburg, Hazleton, Allentown and York rejected the proposal, and Philadelphia and Pittsburgh leaned against lifting the blue law restrictions. Church leaders opposed the shows, while liberal groups backed by labor campaigned for them.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Keystone
Hazelton
Allentown
York
Philadelphia
State Federation of Labor
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