Rail Brotherhoods to Ask 20% Wage Jump; $116,500,000 Annual Rise in Joint Demand
By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
vote to demand 20% increase
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January 21, 1937
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PRESIDENT SPEAKS; Calls for Leadership of the People Along Road They Have Chosen
By Arthur Krock
Roosevelt scores indecent living; conditions of large part of nation (A Krock)
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CROWD UNDAUNTED BY STREET FLOODS; Mud, Rain and Sleet Forgotten as Thousands Cheer the President's 'Challenge'
By F. Raymond Daniell
Administers oath of office to Roosevelt; illus
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NEW AUTO PARLEY IN CAPITAL FAILS; MURPHY GLOOMY; Sloan, Knudsen and Aides Meet All Afternoon With Governor and Miss Perkins
By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Murphy pessimistic on prospects of resuming truce after conf with Sec Perkins, Sloan and G M officials; efforts to bring Sloan and Lewis together unavailing; Sec Perkins issues statement; tried to keep meeting secret
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Notable Births
1937Judit Ágoston-Mendelényi, Hungarian fencer (died 2013)[†]
Judit Ágoston-Mendelényi was a Hungarian fencer. She won a gold medal in the women's team foil event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
1937Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, the youngest son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria[†]
Max Emanuel Ludwig Maria Herzog in Bayern is the younger son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria. He is the heir presumptive to both the headship of the former Bavarian royal house and the Jacobite succession.
Notable Deaths
1937Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1896)[†]
Marie Prevost was a Canadian film actress. During her 20-year career, she made 121 silent and sound films.