Labor and political shifts loom in wartime turmoil
J L Lewis warned of continued C IO drive to unionize steel as A F L unity frays after Roosevelt meet. Minnesota Democrats pivot toward Farmer Labor for Roosevelt, amid party strains. Spanish non intervention panel to meet in London hears Soviet charges as Franco tightens Madrid siege. Oviedo frontline fights and a Franco junta governs. Mormon relief drive reaches October 1 with Aid to needy and church critique of Townsend plan.
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Witum ‘Green
A. F. of L
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Washington
Executive Council
American Federation ‘of Labor
Lewis
David Dubinsky
Dubinsky
A. F. of L. Council
Minnesota
Fred, Curtis
Patrick J. Delaney
John’ E. ‘Regan
Alric Anderson
St. Paul
Democrats-for-Nelson_ Club
Martin A. Nelson
Joseph Wolf
J. D. F. Meighen
State’ Central Committee
Farmer-Labor
International Committee of Non
London
Moscow
Moiseyvich Kagan
Portugal
Italy
Germany
Russia
Madrid
Franco
Aranjuez
Mediterranean
Oviedo
Francisco Franco
Great Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
Grant
Vandenberg seeks limits on franked political letters
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan urges Congress to curb abuse of the franking privilege aimed at political campaigning. He praises John G. Winant for paying mailing costs after resigning from the Social Security Board. Russia warns over Spanish aid. Swanson warns Japan as naval treaty nears expiration. Britain proposes changes for a fairer Pacific treaty balance.
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Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Congress
John. G. Winant
Social Security Board
Press Bureau
Vandenberg
Winant
Washington
Japan
Great Britain
Pacific
Tokio
Swedish aviator Bjorkvall’s solo NY to Stockholm attempt ends at sea
Art Bjorkvall attempted a solo flight from New York to Stockholm. After 32 hours he was picked up from the Atlantic about 100 miles off Ireland with suspected fuel exhaustion. French rescuers arrived but the plane was badly damaged and abandoned.
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Art Bjorkvall
New York
Stockholm
Ireland
Unemployment Tax Case Heads to Supreme Court Test
United States Judge C B Kennemer in Montgomery granted Gulf States Steel of Gadsden Alabama a temporary stop on a one percent payroll tax for unemployment insurance. Lawyers expect the case to reach the US Supreme Court to challenge the social security act as unconstitutional at state and federal levels.
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United States
C. B. Kennemer
ESSE ISADOR STRAUS Former Ambassador to France Dies at 64
Esse Isador Straus former American ambassador to France dies at his New York home aged sixty four from pneumonia after ill health led to retirement. Harvard graduate of 1893, he rose from bank clerk to president of R H Macy & Co before Roosevelt named him Paris envoy in 1933. A Democrat, he served on Harvard’s board of overseers and the American Academy of Political and Social Science. He kept a Mount Kisco country estate and a city apartment.
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Esse
Isador ’ Straus
France
New York
Mr. Straus
Harvard
R. H. Macy & Co
New’ York
Paris
Roosevelt
American Academy of Political and Social’ Science
Mount Kisco
N. Y
Italy devalues lira sets rate around five cents
The Italian cabinet followed France by devaluing the lira to about 5.2 cents from 7.6 cents and announced measures to curb rent and price rises. It also enacted a 5 percent capital levy on property owners and set the gold value at 4.677 grams per 100 lire with Bank of Italy reserves revalued accordingly.
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France
Bank of Italy
European confrontations erupt as reds clash with fascists
Rance teeters toward a civil clash with Communists and Fascists rival demonstrations in Paris and London. In Paris thousands battled as Col de la Rocque’s Croix de Feux faced government disbandment and police restored order with troops. London saw 100000 activists clash with 12000 police guarding Oswald Mosley’s Black Shirts despite a government ban.
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Spain
Paris
Reds
Col
Francois de la Rocque
Croix de Feux
London
Oswald Mosley
East End
Austria Crisis Deepens Over Heimwehr Strike
Prince Ernst von Starhemberg of Austria is ousted from the Heimwehr, prompting a stir in Vienna. Major Emil Fey, once his ally, is blamed for Dollfuss’s assassination and a duel is challenged though illegal, with Mussolini reportedly pressing for control of the Heimwehr.
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Ernst von Starhemberg
Austria
Heimwehr
Emil Fey
Vienna
Mussolini
Italy
Schuschnigg
von Starhemberg
Fey
Dollfuss
FTC files Robinson Patman complaints against five firms
The Federal Trade Commission filed three complaints under the Robinson Patman act naming Montgomery Ward and Company Kraft Phenix Cheese Corporation Shefford Cheese Company Inc Bird and Son Inc and Bird Floor Covering Sales Corporation. The action marks the first test of the act against discriminatory price discounts in interstate commerce.
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Federal Trade Commission
Montgomery Ward and Company, Inc
Kraft - Phenix Cheese Corporation
Chicago
Shefford Cheese Company, Inc
Syracuse
N. Y
Bird and Son, Inc
Bird Floor Covering Sales Corporation
East
Just Actions Ground Injustice and Vanity
A classical reflection on justice and power. It warns that lasting strength rests on firm grounds and true principles, while vanity corrupts charity. The quoted Demosthenes lines emphasize that injustice and treachery may fool briefly but lead to ruin.
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Perj
Demosthenes
Uphill Road to Life and Compliments in Public Discourse
The piece reflects on how advice and praise shape youth, noting the balance between encouragement and discipline. It cites McGuffey's Readers, critiques freedom of speech in raising children, and suggests genius and patience bring outcomes, while impatience invites frustration.
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McGuffey
Read the Grape Nuts Ad for Dizzy Dean Winners
A newspaper column teases readers to view the Grape Nuts advertisement in another section of the paper. It invites participation in the Dizzy Dean Winners program with a promise of valuable free prizes.
Great Expectations It Is Expectation Makes Blessings Clear
A compact quotation note presents a meditation on expectation and blessing, citing a line attributed to Suckling. The fragment links aspiration to happiness and frames heaven as unknowable without understanding its nature.
Making or breaking: notes on character and freedom
The passage argues that discipline determines strength, warns against foolish honor, and cautions that dominating personalities emerge early. It notes that freedom has been used to justify crimes, questions whether an open mind means losing convictions, and urges readers to take initiative rather than rely on others duty-bound to act.
Alkalize stomach with Phillips Milk of Magnesia
Advert says to treat acid indigestion by taking two teaspoons of Phillips Milk of Magnesia 30 minutes after meals or Phillips Milk of Magnesia tablets for fast relief. It claims relief in minutes from nausea gas and stomach pains and promotes a feeling of renewed alacrity. Available as a 25 cent box at drug stores.
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Phillips
Phillipgilk
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