United Cemetery Workers of Amer, Local 293 (CIO) calls strike of Greenwood Cemetery workers, Bklyn, charging dismissal threats and failure to meet wage requirements

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VOTE ON MARKETING OF WHEAT SHELVED; Wallace Sees No Need for the Quota This Year Because of Lag in Supply Farm Cooperation Hailed VOTE ON MARKETING OF WHEAT SHELVED Cut Estimate on Crop

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

On wheat acreage allotment

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1939Mario Segni, Italian professor and politician^[†]

Mariotto "Mario" Segni is a retired Italian politician and professor of civil law. He founded several parties, which focused on fighting for electoral reform through referendums. He is the son of the politician Antonio Segni, one-time president of Italy.

Headlines from May 16, 1939

SENATE WILL ACT ON TAXES, HARRISON TELLS ROOSEVELT; WHITE HOUSE PARLEY LIVELY; SENATOR IS FIRM Finance Committee Is Insistent on Helping Business, He Says TREASURY PLAN FAVORED President Leaves No Doubt That He Wants Profits Tax Policy Kept in Force

FIST FIGHT FATAL TO POTTER PALMER; Grandson of Chicago Social Arbiter Is Victim of a Brawl at Florida Picnic

Strike of 350 Closes Brooklyn Cemetery; Mourners Cover Coffin of Day's Only Burial

VOTE ON MARKETING OF WHEAT SHELVED; Wallace Sees No Need for the Quota This Year Because of Lag in Supply Farm Cooperation Hailed VOTE ON MARKETING OF WHEAT SHELVED Cut Estimate on Crop

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