Labor Day splits shake American labor ranks
The AFL split after John L. Lewis’s actions marred Labor Day celebrations. President Green urged higher wages, shorter hours, and broader social reforms while Lewis pressed organizing to raise unskilled pay. Perkins highlighted job gains and wage increases, as Minneapolis strikes over closed shops drew focus away from national events.
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William Green
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Knoxville
Tenn
Green
John J. Lewis
Washington
Lewis
Perkins
Miss. Perkins
Minneapolis
Buffalo
Second American Milling Center
Chicago
Plane crashes and drouth talks mark 1930s headlines
A fragment of a 1930s newspaper notes a plane crash near Pittsburgh leaving nine dead, plus Lisalou Thaden and Laura Ingalls earning aviation fame in the Bendix trophy era. It also covers French defense spending under Daladier and a Roosevelt Landon drought relief conference in Des Moines with details on federal work relief plans and shipping in 1937.
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Louise Thaden
United States
New York
Los Angeles
Laura Ingalls
Michael Detroyat
Pittsburgh
France
Europe
Edouard Daladier
Roosevelt
Landon
Drouth Ranklind
Alf M. Landon
Des Moines
Iowa
Kansas
Gov
State House
Herring
Mr. Landon
N.his
Drouth
United States Employment Service
Supreme Court
Dreath-Stricken
White House
Alf Landon
London
Daiag
Lithuania Faces Constitutional Revisions Amid Regional Strife
Lithuania’s new parliament studies constitutional revision as Pascal regime wanes. Tensions with Germany over Memel and Poland over Vilna strain relations, with no cross-border mail, telegraph, or trade.
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Lithuania
Ahtanas Smetona
Germany
Memel
League of Nations
Poland
Vilna
Six Railway Officials Likely Cited For Senate Contempt
U.S. District Attorney L C Garnett in Washington asked by Vice President Garner to present to a federal grand jury the case of six Railway Audit and Inspection company executives who failed to appear before a senate committee two weeks earlier. W W Groves W B Groves Earl Douglas Rice J E Blair R S Judge and J C Boyer named as cited. The La Follette committee probes alleged use of labor spies in labor disputes. company attorney sought injunction to block appearance and record production.
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Senate Uited
L. C. Garnett
Washington
Garner
Federal Grand Jury
Senate
W. W. Groves
W. B. Groves
Earl Douglas Rice
J E. Blair
Judge
J. C. Boyer
la Follette
Thinking Men Oppose Change in Presidency
Earl Godwin Ashington argues Roosevelt's steady leadership keeps the United States neutral and free from entangling alliances. He criticizes dollar diplomacy, praises New Deal farm and school programs, and warns against changing administrations amid global tension and agricultural distress.
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Earl Godwin Ashington
Franklin Roosevelt
America
Roosevelt
White House
Landon
Wall Street
State Department
Navy
Marine Corps
Cuba
Nicaragua
Mexico
Canada
South America
United States
Congress
Europe
Brisbang This Week on German Strength and British Policy
A write up discusses The Anglo German Fellowship dinner in London honoring the Duke and Duchess of Brunswick. Lord Lothian criticizes appeasement ideas, urging broader territorial and trade considerations, warns against restoring colonies, and urges American self-interest and immigration. It reflects postwar European tensions and U S stance with strong language on deferring dominance and national interests.
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Germany
U.S. A
London
Lord Lothian
England
France
United States
Europe
Rhineland
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Louisberg
Japan
Great Britain
British Foreign Office
Great Brittain
Supreme Court of the
Virginian Railway Company
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Fourth Circuit
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American Federation of Labor
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Charles Schweinler Press
AAA
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Mr. Roosevelt
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William Selfe
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
Frank Murphy
Hoover
Houston
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Paul Wels
Wisconsin
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New Deal
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Brisbang
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