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...Captain A. Mitchell Long, lawyer and politician, would make a fine Senator. The newspapers told him that Nashville's Albert H. Roberts, ex-Governor of Tennessee, had publicly proposed himself for the job. Many others pressed claims privately. At week's end Senator Bachman's sudden taking off was mourned by no one more than Governor Gordon Browning...
Accomplishing one of the most outstanding feats of modern news reel photography. Paramount Sound News brings to the screen the complete record of the recent Hindenburg disaster. The film shows the giant dirigible slowly lowering over the field at Lakehurst when everything seemed to be in perfect order. The sudden mass of flames, which enveloped it spread over the entire area of the ship with incredible rapidity...
With the rise of C.I.O., Mr. Ryan, a supporter of the A.F. of L., was fearful that the Independent Union would tie up with John L. Lewis. Hence his sudden edict: Cunard White Star must use I.L.A. men in Montreal or I.L.A. men would not serve its ships...
...Bilbao blockade went the Backworth with the blessings of most Britons behind it. Not Lloyd George or even the Back-worth was responsible for the sudden pro-Leftist switch in British opinion last week but a group of blustering captains of rusty little British freighters. While the British Cabinet worried over Generalissimo Franco's blockade, the captains, three of whom were named Jones, and their cargoes of spoiling food remained marooned in the French harbor of Saint-Jean-de-Luz. First to catch the public eye was Captain David ("Potato") Jones, part-owner of the Marie Llewellyn and nicknamed...
...Taylor. Apprised of the conversations, the independents argued heatedly for a wage boost instead of recognition. Mr. Taylor thought that wages were not the real issue and a wage increase could be avoided if recognition were granted. In this he was wrong. But confused by Big Steel's sudden refusal to play with them, the independents did nothing about their own scheme. In the time thus gained Mr. Taylor had to work fast, for a wage boost originating outside would have undone his secret diplomacy. Within a week the independents, who "would rather be damned than give...