Adjournment Hinge on Wage Hour Bill by June 20
Washington May 31 Congress aims to adjourn between June 10 and 20 depending on wage hour bill settlement. If the House accepts differentials for Southern senators, adjournment could come by June 15. a single national standard may push sessions into July. The House backed Roosevelt's recovery bill of 3.25 billion and will tackle a 300.9 million housing bill later this week.
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Debate on food and drug laws and wage hour conferees named
Speaker Bankhead will name house conferees on the wage hour bill as Congress plans to begin conferences to resolve differences. In the week of June 6 leaders aim to move the second deficiency appropriation bill over $300 million through the house to the senate. Roosevelt priorities like removing profits from war and regional planning authorities may be dropped, along with revival of the shelved government reorganization bill.
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V F W Post and Auxiliary Visit Knoxville Veterans Hospital Iowa
Washington county V F W Post and Auxiliary members toured the U S Veterans Hospital in Knoxville Iowa on a Sunday visit The Iowa Department Hospital party drew delegations from across the state and tours covered wards operating rooms X ray and dental clinics The group saw the bakery kitchen and dining rooms where 1590 veterans eat daily and observed a busy work shop producing toys furniture baskets and rugs The event highlighted veteran service and the ongoing care provided at the hospital with reflections on sacrifice and gratitude from attendees.
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Patent Renewal Exception Amid War Powers
A patent lasts 17 years and then becomes public domain and cannot be renewed. The only renewal exception is renewal through a special act of Congress for items the government may need for war affairs.
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Thought Without Language Expression and limits of thought without words
The text discusses how thinking can occur without language through actions like a dog barking or a wagging tail. It notes infants express thoughts before speech and argues language is necessary for deep thought. It cites Johnson and Carlyle on language as dress and flesh of thought.
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Sino Ethnonyms and Historical Uses
The text explains why Sino prefixes in terms like Sino Japanese or Sino Russian emerged as more euphonious than Chinese. It notes Sino derives from Sinai, the ancient Greek and Latin reference to an eastern people cited by Ptolemy, historically linked to the Chinese.
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Siamese twins Chang and Eng tied family life to tours
The original Siamese twins Chang and Eng, once exhibited by P. T. Barnum, married two sisters and raised 22 children. They alternated living in two farm homes, moving between them every three days when not touring.
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