King George Seeks Information On New Deal Agencies
Washington reporting on a royal visit reveals King George asks for data on New Deal agencies including the CCC and the wages and hours law. He tours a CCC camp at Fort Hunt and discusses social problems with officials, while White House tea follows with ministers and labor leaders.
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King
NEW Deal
Washington
King George
CDC
Roosevelt Administration
CCC
Robert Fechner
The
Conservation Corps
Fort Hunt
Fechner
White House
Mrs. Roosevelt
Elmer F. Andrews
Andrews
William Green
American Federation of Labor
United States
Porters Weather and Obituaries Noted in Bonham Area
Rainy Port-er News weather at this writing. Families like Richs Hunters Bennetts and Gunters share Sunday visits with relatives. Ina Lee Hicks and Maybel Gunter stay connected with Finchers and McCords. Visitors include Robinsons Worshams and Wilkinsons. Rev. Bob Cates preached Sunday.
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Joe Rich
Hugh Hunter
G. D. Bennett
Ina Lee Hicks
Mary Lee
Charlene Fincher
J. W. Gunter
Hattie Dale
Bonham
Willa Jean Hunter
Ector
Dorotha Jean McCord
M. L. Williams
Whitewright
Ross McCord
Leo
Orville Howell
Ernest Worsham
Leonard
Orvil Worsham
A. E. Wilkinson
Lannie McCord
Ross Craft
Randolph
Mattie McCord
J. T. Robinson
Rev
O. F. Robinson
Joe Ross
Ina May Hicks
Alabama
House Asks State to Enforce Truck Load Limit
The House urged state officials to enforce the gross weight limit on trucks and buses amid calls to raise the limit. Advocates of higher limits had won a resolution after Speaker Morse ruled out of order a request to not enforce the lead limit against trucks hauling agricultural products.
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Austin
House
R. Emmett Morse
Garment for Voter Offer: Car and $500 Letter to Garner
A resident of Avella Pennsylvania offered to work for Vice President John N Garner for the presidential nomination promising a new sport convertible coupe with radio and $500 cash. In a Washington letter received by State Democratic Chairman E B Germany the writer claimed to have delivered 17689 votes to Roosevelt in 1932 and to be able to speak four languages. The note, unreadable in name, was filed with other odd letters at Garner headquarters.
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Avella
John N. Garner
E. B. Germany
Cochairman
Garner
Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Freight loadings show a decrease for week May 27
Revenue freight loaded by Class 1 railroads for the week ending May 27 reached 627 674 cars, up 11 708 cars or 1 9 percent from the prior week but down 162 829 or 20 6 percent from 1937 levels. Coal and ore shipments rose, livestock movements fell, and miscellaneous freight dropped 2 002 cars.
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Association of American Railroads
NYA Aids 22806 Students in 1938 39
Austin report from NYA shows 22,806 students benefited from part time work to continue their education during the 1938 39 school year. J C Kellam notes seniors accounted for 28 percent of those approved. High school jobs provided 15,316 positions while college and university aid supported 7,490 students.
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Austin
NYA
J. C. Kellam
NYU
American youth spared Nazi charges in Germany
The Ministry of Justice dropped slander charges against William Bardwell Curts, 20, of Oakland Calif, on condition he leave Germany. Curts was arrested May 15 in Heidelberg after writing an anti Nazi verse in a beer hall guest book and a fight erupted as other guests protested.
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Berlin
Ministry of Justice
William Bardwell Curts
Oakland
Calif
Germany
Heidelberg
Finland Keeps Record Paying War Debt in Full
Finland, the sole war debtor honoring its obligation, continues by making a regular $160,693 in interest payment. Finnish Minister H J Procope told Secretary Hull the government would deposit the sum in the Federal Reserve Bank, New York, on June 15.
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Washington
Finland
H. J. Procope
Hull
Federal Reserve Bank
New York City
Playing Hockey Not Against Law
Austin report explains a 1935 drafting error in the compulsory school attendance law. The omission limited attendance to 120 days per pupil life, not each year. A corrective bill now awaits Governor O Daniel signature to set attendance at not less than 120 days annually for children under 16 or seven and older.
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Austin
O'Daniel
Patient Recovers from Pneumonia Requests Reading Aid
A recovering pneumonia patient, after repeatedly asking for food, receives only a spoonful of rice from a nurse. Moments later, he asks for reading material and requests a postage stamp to read, illustrating his continued desire for small comforts and activities.
Mooney Warns Labor Split Threatens U S Unity
In Washington Tom Mooney called AFL-CIO labor division the nation’s dire menace urging labor unity to block anti-labor measures. The gathering heard songs like Solidarity Forever as prices and wheat export supports were noted, with 69.9 million bushels exported in 10 months. Imports fell 19 percent to 775.8 million dollars.
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Washington
Tom Mooney
Workers’ Alliance
National Right-to-Work Congress
Afl-Cio
Labor Unity
WPA
Solidarity
American Farmers Face More Losses In Foreign Trade
Washington reports a curtailed foreign market as farmers enter a new crop season with oversupply.Exports for the first ten months of the fiscal year fell 21 percent in value to 612.8 million dollars from 777.2 million, driven largely by a 44 percent drop in cotton value and a 39 percent decline in quantity. Other farm exports declined eight percent, amid stiff competition and European political and economic uncertainty.
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United States
Foreign Service
Washington
Agriculture Department
Europe
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Harry Hopkins
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Bureau of Child Welfare
Ellen S. Woodward
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Richard E. Byrd
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R. E. L. Binion Place
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Tom Barbee
Call Haile
McCormick
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Bethel
Kentuckytown
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Home Demonstration Club
Rawleigh
Grayson County
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Memphis
Tenn
Gregg Howard
E. Broadway
Gainesville
Texas
Auto Finance Company
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Mgr
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Denison
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Denison, Texas
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