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January 29, 1937

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Headlines from January 29, 1937

RACKETEER 'OPENED' UNION, GIRL SWEARS; ' Edith Doe,' Martin's Friend, Testifies He Received Cash From Workers' Group

By Unknown Author

Gov Hoffman sends to Sen nomination of M Merchant to Bd of Educ

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NEW NRA MAPPED BY THE PRESIDENT IN SINGLE STATUTE; Serious Consideration Given to Attaining Goal by Relying on Congress' Powers

By Turner Catledge

considers submitting single statuts to Cong on labor and trade practices based on Cong definition of interstate commerce; plan compared with President's re-employment agreement under NIRA

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Crack P. R. R. Train Derailed Near Trenton; Passenger Injured, Porter Burned by Steam

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Pa RR train derailed near Trenton; 2 hurt

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25,000 EMPLOYED IN 'CAPTIVE' MINES THREATEN STRIKE; Companies to Defy the Union Request for $1 Assessment on Workers' January Wages

By Felix Belair Jr

Steel cos refuse United Mine Workers of Amer request to deduct extra assessment from workers' wages

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DEATH OF 17 ASKED AT MOSCOW TRIAL; Prosecutor in 4-Hour Speech Sums Up Evidence Against 'Trotskyist Plotters'

By Walter Duranty

Apptd Commissar for State Security

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Notable Births

1937Jeff Clyne, British musician (died 2009)^[†]

Jeffrey Ovid Clyne was a British jazz bassist.