Chamber backs government supervised industry control plan
The U S Chamber endorses industry self supervision for production and competition under government oversight. Roosevelt signals possible regulation and a wage rise aim while Congress debates a 30 hour work week and minimum wage. Industry leaders push for a president's council of business to guide policy and ensure private sector responsibility.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Roosevelt
House Labor Committee
Chamber
Roper
Commerce
Wallace
Agriculture
Frances Perkins
Secretary of Labor
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Gerard Swope
Sonarstedeo i Council of Busines
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt Plea Spurs Wave of Buying in Grain Markets
Chicago reports show President Roosevelt's call for higher wages fueling a broad surge in grain futures. Wheat, corn, oats and rye hit season highs with corn up about 3 cents and rye up to 4 1/8 cents, as public buying and weather concerns push prices higher. New York stocks rise with the market near September peaks and cotton futures up, while the dollar drops to new lows boosting inflationary buying.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
New York
Kneisley Dies Suddenly at Marlboro Farm
George Henry Kneisley a 76 year old Shenandoah county native and longtime Marlboro resident died at his home from a sudden heart attack. He was born September 13, 1857 and survived by five daughters in New York Strasburg Fairmont Washington and Middletown. Funeral at Hites Chapel Church Sunday at 2 30 with interment in Riverside Cemetery Strasburg.
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George Henry Kneisley
Shenandoah County
Marlboro
Frederick County
Mr. Kneisley
Reuben and
Susan Lichliter Kneisley
That County
Sarah Catherine Kneisley
Kneisley
R. L. Lockerman
New York
S. I. Keller
Strasburg
J. B. Shoemaker
Fairmont
W. Va
W. M. McGruder
Washington, D. C
Schaull Awarded 60000 Verdict Against Standard Oil
Douglas Schaull son of Senator Schaull Republican Minnesota received a 60000 plus interest verdict from a district court jury for injuries from a 1930 automobile crash with a Standard Oil Company of New Jersey truck near East Riverdale Maryland. Mrs. Alice Ponce in a separate suit was also named.
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Associated Press
Washington
Douglas Schaull
Senator Schaull
Minnesota
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Young Schaull
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
East Riverdale
Alice Ponce
Schaull
Quieter Dealings In Stock Market
Financial markets saw weekend profit taking and quieter late trading with several net losses around one to two points. About two million shares changed hands in the two hour session. Sterling cables opened at 4.05 dollars.
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Associated Press
York
Sterling
Emory Henry Team Wins College Oratorical Contest
The College’s third annual Virginia State collegiate oratorical contest was held in Cole Hall Bridgewater College. Arthur Pursell of Bridgewater won honorable mention for Prospects, Good. Lawrence Hoover presided. judges included Dr Armistead Gordon Jr L Wilson Jarman and John T Harris.
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Bridgewater
Bridgewater College
Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr
University of Virginia
L. Wilson Jarman
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
John T. Harris
Harrisonburg
Jarman
Young Maiden
Emory and Henry
Meadowview
Washington County
College Athletic Association
Calliopean Literary Society
Blue Key Fraternity
Ray Montgomery
Hampden- Sydney
Wiley C. Maiden
Roanoke College
Arthur H. Pursell
Brig. Gen. Needham Leads Harwich Kidnap Search
Massachusetts police under Brig. Gen. Daniel Needham search for Peggy McMath seventeen hours after she was abducted from Harwich Center School. The operation covers a mapped territory with Needham personally directing the state police and public safety commissioner as chief of the effort.
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Daniel Needham
Massachusetts
Peggy McMath
Harwich Center
Mass
Areve
Public Safety
Germany Vows Help For Tariff Truce At World Conference
Dr H Jalmar Schacht arriving in Washington pledged cooperation on a tariff truce with the United States as part of world economic talks with President Roosevelt. He praised German democracy and urged payback of German debts, while indicating Britain’s cabinet split jeopardizes broader tariff easing before the June 12 conference.
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Germany
Washington
Gereee
United States
Hitler
H. Jalmar Schacht
Roosevelt
Reich
Schacht
Reichsbank
England
MacDonald
Adolf Hitler
Fritz Mueller
Nuremberg
German exile Mueller warns of Nazi rule in Germany
Mueller, a German exile living in Harrisonburg at H. L. Klingstein’s home, describes in vivid terms the Nazi regime’s terror and control. He cites brown shirt squads, press censorship, and extreme government rent regulation, contrasting Germany’s “hard times” with American abundance.
Stormy Balloting Marks Adams Election and East Asia Tensions
The text notes a severe Washington snowstorm during the February 11 1801 ballot by states for President and compares it to John Quincy Adams election amid a similar snowstorm. It also mentions Russia and Japan at risk of renewed conflict over the Manchurian railroad and a quip about Willie asking why one country does not start a truck line.
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House
Washington
John Quincy Adams
Russia
Japan
Willie
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