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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1937
Page
4
Wages and Hour Bill Sparks House Division
The House voted 216 to 198 to send the administration's Wages and Hour Bill back to the Labor Committee for study. The paper argues the measure is impractical and could injure the South and cause unemployment, while notes divisions within labor and concerns about a powerful federal board. It criticizes political manipulation and cites Congressman Norton's remarks as illustrating public sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Labor Committee
Labor
John L. Lewis
William Green
Labor Department
Green
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
Mr. Green
Mr. Lewis
New Jersey
Norton
House Labor Committee
Plea for Common Sense at Manufacturers Gather
At the National Association of Manufacturers session in New York about 3,000 attendees urged a sweeping revision of the Wagner labor relations act. Earnest T. Weir cited labor strife as costly, noting losses to the country amounting to five billions of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News Daily Press
National Association of Manufacturers
New York
Earnest T. Weir
NLRB
Return to common sense divorce of politics and labor urges action
A speaker blames government stance as a major obstacle to national unity and advocates direct employer managment of labor to replace collective bargaining. He warns that union control threatens business prosperity, calls for revisions to labor acts, and urges separating politics from labor to protect the nation’s economic backbone amid a recession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Directors
Open Forum Letters Praise Dale Carnegie and Bob Burns
A reader from The Star writes to express appreciation for Dale Carnegie's daily column and Bob Burns, noting the enjoyment they bring to readers. The letter is signed sincerely by an interested reader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Carnegie
Bob Burns
G. O. P. Leader John Hamilton Voted $25,000 Salary
John Hamilton receives a $25,000 annual salary to rehabilitate the party. Two brothers detained at Martinsburg are suspected in the White Hall store robbery owned by Mrs. Jennie McKee. Major H Porter House has attended Rotary meetings for 12 years without missing one. Ellen Patton, age three, is guest of honor at her birthday party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hamilton
Martinsburg
White Hall
Jennie McKee
Porter House
Ellen Patton
Prohibition Agent Sues Over Eyeglasses Breakage
Staunton attorney M. B. Hook sues Tony Renner to recover the price of eyeglasses broken during a raid on Renner’s home. The report notes tax leakage from excess cash reported by the state commissioner and urges local officers to pursue it. County residents praise highway workers for swift snow removal after a heavy snowfall. The Fellowship Club has provided Christmas for over 300 city and county children, with 200 more needing aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Hook
Staunton
Tony Renner
Virginia
County
Fellowship Club
Local schools plan special programs for holiday week
The piece notes school systems organize festive programs for the guletide season this week. Navy rescue boats suspend efforts to free sailors trapped in submarine 8 4 after a Sunday wreck in a furious gale off Boston. Tom Peyton is cut by a civil war sabre in a liquor dispute with Sam Dillis. Richmond Times Dispatch shows Virginia Jacobs visiting in Richmond with Sally Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Navy
Boston
Tom Peyton
Sam Dillis
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia Jacobs
Sally Harris
Rape charge held against W J Hubbard in Harrisonburg
Jefferson County West Virginia native Rev W J Hubbard head of Baptist Orphanage in Charleston is detained in Harrisonburg on a rape charge. Mrs M 8 Donaldson moves from the city to Boston to live with her daughter Mrs Joseph B Ames. Home of T Eddy Brown robbed in Berryville of 250 dollars. B D McDonald and Jos T Brown return from Frederick Maryland after negotiating for a chemical and hose wagon for the Sarah Zane Fire Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
W. Va
W. J. Hubbard
Harrisonburg
Baptist
Charleston
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Christmas closing exercises at Valley Female College
The Valley Female College staged closing exercises with students from many states participating. Fred Wood and the Calvert brothers found a chimney fire on Leicester street, alerted residents, and saved the owner from further damage. A. C. Clendening's family on Bunker Hill escaped coal gas asphyxiation after a sick child warned others. L Hoover, manager of Winchester Telephone Car, says state tax cuts are sought by similar companies to cut service costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Valley Female College
Fred Wood
Frank
Fred Calvert
Leicester Street
A. C. Clendening
Bunker Hill
L. Hoover
Winchester Telephone
Abolition of Slavery in the United States Ends Dec 18 1865
The historic December 18 1865 moment marks the final legal end of slavery in the United States with the ratification and enforcement of the Thirteenth Amendment. Legal emancipation follows years of abolitionist efforts and Civil War outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Answers to Questions by Frederic J. Haskin
Answers cover radio usage in the United States, prominent Roman Catholic actors, Mme Chiang Kai-shek’s US education at Wellesley, first hotel at Coney Island in 1829, ratio of employed men to women, Panama Canal ferry status, Blue Star and Gold Star Mothers definitions, tomato juice vitamin loss, liquor advertising trends among newspapers, Paderewski’s retirement, Alfred Binet and IQ testing, second growth hickory, Madison Square Garden dates, existence of Chief of Naval Operations, and submarine authorization costs.
Washington in 1937 shows token dissent and budget control
A Washington House committee debate highlights a budget bureau order barring any government employee from talking to Congress without presenting the President's program. The piece notes political maneuvering, farm bill talks, and the case of Ambassador Davies with extended unpaid leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budget Bureau
White House
Army Engineers
TVA
Congress
Shadows of a Cowboy Uncle in Early America
Jerry recalls his 14 year old romance with an Italian girl and his awakening under his father’s guidance. He is drawn to his Uncle Jerry who embodies western glamour and worldly freedom, shaping dreams of ranch life and self rule. A Washington trip with Uncle Jerry exposes him to politics, lured by vivid talk and oysters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Theresa
Father
Stevenson
Dante
Beatrice
Colorado
Uncle Jerry
West
Rockies
Robin Hood
Alan Breck
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
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Mary Boland
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Wallace Ford
William Gaxton
Grace George
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Helen Hayes
Frank McHugh
Pat O’brien
Hugh O'Connell
Mary Ryan
Joseph Spurin-Calleia
Genevieve Tobin
Brandon Tynan
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Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
Mei Ling Soong
Wellesley College
A— Q
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Island
Panama Canal
Co. E. A
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Alfred Binet
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Thomas Simon
Europe
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J. McK
Naval Operations
K. G
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J. H
Paul Mallon
King Features Syndicate, Inc
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
House Committee
Senate
Barkley
Rayourn
Alfred Sloan
SEC
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Alexander
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Russia
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