Word: ended
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Premier Edouard Daladier took his new job two months ago, heroics were needed to solve French financial troubles, to help French industry. Employers demanded the end of the 40-hour week, but any inclination on M. Daladier's part to give in to capital's demands would have been checked by his Socialist supporters. Last week the Premier made an ingenious compromise. The principle of the 40-hour week remains, but it can now be computed on a yearly basis. The new decree allows 2,000 hours yearly, thus giving employers seasonal elasticity in arranging their working...
Meanwhile, the "Bull of San Luis Potosí" was still at large. Capture of Cedillistas was announced daily, but Federal airplanes and troops combed the rugged Huasteca hills in vain for the Chief himself. At week's end, Strongman Cedillo was so bold that by short-wave radio from his hideout he gave an interview to the U. S. He claimed his revolt was spreading...
School: Maryland youngsters leave school, on the average, at the end of the ninth grade. Most thought their education had helped them enjoy life, but three out of ten believed it had not helped them much to earn a living. Yet the fact is that the high-school graduate is paid 50% more than the youngster who did not finish elementary school...
...plane at Oklahoma City he sprained an ankle. He limped to a phone, learned that his daughter was rallying, his wife slipping. So Mr. Whisenhunt flew back to Kansas City. There Mr. Whisenhunt himself developed, in quick succession, a toothache, ptomaine poisoning, blood-poisoning. At week's end wife and daughter were out of bed, Mr. Whisenhunt...
...brisk action film of the G-Man and public-enemy cycle that pulled them out of their last slump. For such a return, James Cagney, now back on their payroll, seems to be just the ticket. The Warners also plan Hell's Kitchen, with the Dead End boys; Juarez, with Paul Muni; for prized Actress Bette Davis, four stormy stories. Total planned: 52 features...