Green amendments reshape labor wage hour bill clash
William Green of the AFL dominates amendments to the wages and hours bill. The Senate approved 56 to 23 after Roosevelt pressed Green for lukewarm support. The House committee trimmed scope. the Green amendments limit board power to industries with weak bargaining, base standards on collective bargaining, and remove government work from board control.
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John Lewis
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Dixie
House Labor Committee
Senate
Labor Standards Board
House
Green
Greenamemen
Walsh-Healey
Mary T. Norton
N. J
Labor Committee
Nations Brace for War as Japan Masses Troops
Refugees stream from northern China as Japan hurries 30 000 veterans to an attack on five central government divisions near Peiping totaling about 60 000 troops. Chiang Kai-shek summons warlords to Nanking while conscription rises and warnings to officials spread. Thousands of civilians rush to rail stations as ships prepare to evacuate families.
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Japan
China
Tokyo
Fengtai-Lukouchiao
Peiping
Twenty-Ninth
Konoye
Hirohito
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Nanking
Chow Enlai
Chinese Political Council
Shanghai
14 Lost in Flying Boat Crash Near Canal Zone
14 persons feared lost after the Santa Maria, Pan American-Grace airways luxury flying boat, crashed 20 miles off Cristobal in the Canal Zone while completing a flight from Guayaquil Ecuador. Pilot radio said he aimed to spiral to sea in heavy rain. U.S. submarines recovered aircraft parts and ice cream from the water.
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Caribbean
Santa Maria
Pan American-Grace Airways
Cristobal
Canal Zone
Guayaquil
Ecuador
United States
Senate debates Wagner-Steagall housing bill for 700 million bond
The Senate considered a low cost housing measure by Wagner and Steagall to authorize a 700 million dollar bond issue by the United States Housing Authority. Immediate 26 million dollars would be spent in the first year to cover operating costs. The plan allows grants to cover up to 25 percent of project cost or direct grants to repay loans if rents stay low, with a 15 percent additional relief grant for labor. The proposal seeks 20 percent cost leadership and faces Treasury objections and political amendments.
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Senate
Wagner-Steagall
United States Housing Authority
Treasury Department
M Barkley
Navy plans huge build up with battleships carriers and cruisers
Admiral William D. Leahy said Congress will be asked to fund two battleships and two cruisers in the 1938 fiscal year. He implied the United States will keep pace with nations planning extensive naval construction in coming years.
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William D. Leahy
Uncle Sam’s Navy
Washington
Congress
United States
El Caudillo Named Boss in Rebel Spain
The article reports that Franco is dubbed El Caudillo and hailed with signs and salutes. It notes followers deny fascism while a corporative government model is considered and a monarchy restoration is hinted as likely. Prince Juan is seen as the probable crown candidate.
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el Caudillo
Spain
Germany
der Fuehrer
Franco
Portugal
Juan
Alfonso XIII
Women Urged to Fight Japan by Chiang Kai Shek Wife
Wellesley educated Mme Chiang Kai shek urged women north east of China to aid in the war effort against Japan. She called on women to fight according to their ability, citing Japanese women's wartime participation and China’s grave crisis demanding sacrifice of soldiers civilians and resources.
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China
Mme
Chiang Kaishek
Japan
Aristocracy and social views on manners and style
The piece argues that aristocracy is self mastery over vulgarity and ignorance and questions choosing or initiating friendships. It criticizes inferiority complexes, praises tempering youthful follies, warns about vandalism, notes motor speed dangers, and ends by valuing comfortable dress over vanity while praising clothing as beautiful in many forms.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Teruel
Cuenca
Valencia
Usera
Sen. Wagner
Sioux City
Haale
Sandy
Quaker State
Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation
Oil City
Ey Gas
Seva
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