Scab as Betrayer Carded in Labor Strife Rhetoric
The piece likens the modern strike-breaker to treacherous figures such as Esau Judas Iscariot Benedict Arnold and Judas Iscariot, arguing the scab betrays God country and fellow workers for a promise from the employer. It frames scabs as morally degraded and unredeemable.
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Judas Iscariot
Benedict Arnold
Esau
Judas
England
Mame
Hsau
Arnold
Scab
Conventions and Voices at Cleveland Rally
An observer from The New Republic reports a sober, well dressed Cleveland crowd backing Landon with limited hopes of carrying more than ten states. Vandenberg calls to stop Roosevelt as Mitchel predicts a bitter 1940 campaign shaped by economic powers.
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Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Landon
Vandenberg
Roosevelt
Jonathan Mitchell
The
New Republic
Norris Dam Lowers Tennessee Flood Crest
The Tennessee River flood crest at Chattanooga was reduced by Norris Dam three feet, from 37.1 feet to near 34.1 feet, as estimated by the local weather bureau and TVA engineers. The 40-foot crest would have cost Chattanooga hundreds of thousands of dollars in direct damage and affected over 5,000 people, per Engineering News Record.
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Chattanooga
Chattanooga News
Engineering News Record
Police orders in Syracuse on Remington Rand strike
The Chief of Police in Syracuse ordered to stop using kid gloves with Remington Rand Company strikers. The directive addresses how officers should handle worker protests at the Remington Rand plant.
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Chief of Police
Century celebration jab targets Arkansas slavery
In a sharp New Republic critique, editors say the president’s Arkansas speech resembled a flirtation with a slave state. Norman Thomas telegraphs that he addresses a cen tenary event of a state that still has slavery in its cotton fields.
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Arkansas
The
New Republic
Death Sentence Confirmed in Georgia Parade Case
The Georgia Supreme Court upholds a harsh sentence of 18 to 20 years on the chain gang for a Cincinnati boy who led a parade of the unemployed. The ruling cites a law from 1866 aimed at slave uprisings.
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Cinnati
Plow Under the System Inflammatory Call for Reform
Opinion piece argues that the real target of reform is the system itself not agriculture. It asserts entrenched structures obstruct progress and urges sweeping changes to institutions and governance. The author frames reform as essential to national progress and justice.
Ohio grocers urge repeal of sales tax on foods
John Ziepfel announces the Board of Directors favors repeal of the Ohio Sales Tax on foods for consumption off premises. August Meyer Jr informs Hamilton County legislators of the action. Jacob Neuman notes independents oppose the tax, citing hardship on large families and low wage public works workers.
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Ohio
Jacob Neuman
Trades and Public Relation
The
Association
Starving in Jersey highlights a balanced budget critique
Harry L. Hopkins releases an investigation report noting starvation and disease after relief fund cuts. One case: a baby died two weeks ago from lack of milk while a fifteen month old has whooping cough. The family faces rising drugstore costs and no funds for medical care.
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Harry L. Hopkins
Investi
10 Cents a Meal relief in Hamilton County
Relief allowance details describe benefits for Hamilton County residents who eat meals, with warnings about consequences if the aid is misused. The text notes costs and conditions tied to the program and implies scrutiny of eligibility.
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Hamilton County
Unemployed Solve with WPA Labor in Armleder Building
Article argues that 1400 WPA workers in light clean rooms at the Armleder Building produce shirtings underwear and dresses valued at $15 a week wages. It suggests expanding to shoes furniture and foodstuffs to match producing power and solve unemployment, referencing Sinclair.
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Armleder
W.P.A
Uncle Sam
Sinclair
Calls for Ticket to Defeat Bigelow
A political broadside accuses The Black Legion of being a Brakeman of anti union power and blames employers and big daily papers like the Post and the Enquirer for backing the system. The author denounces media complicity, calls for radical reform, and condemns editorial violence as systematic.
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Black Legion Press
Enquirer
Editorial attacks on Bill Wiley and Roosevelt in local press
The piece accuses Bill Wiley of writing to urge Democrats to field another Congress candidate to defeat the author. It denounces the Cincinnati Enquirer for stabbing Roosevelt while praising Lincoln and Jefferson and compares current currency concerns to abolitionist tactics in Lincoln’s era. Continued on pane four.
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Wiley
Chamber of Commerce
McLean
Congress
The
Enquirer
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Coughlin
Wileys
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Abraham Lincoln
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