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25 July, 1938. 
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Washington : 
The weekly Department of Commerce report from 34 key cities 
showed, that business recovery was lowed a own during the pas 
week b- rainy weather. Although only a half dozen cities ^ 
reported business improved , the lull was credited to the baa 
weather and the trend is now towards a general reeling of 
optimism. Wholesale trade marked time ouu reports iron e 
lumber -and shoe industries were encouraging. St. Louis, 
Dallas, Charleston, Houston, Indianapolis and Wilmington were 
the cities showing gains over the previous week. 
Washington : 
The National Labor Relations Board announced tonight that an. 
election would be held as soon as practicable among the 
technicians of the Columbia Broadcasting System, 
tf the election would be to determine whether the not-'Ox^ 
technical employees wished to be represented by the American 
Communication Association or the Associated ^Broadcast Tech- 
nicians. All Columbia stations except station KMOX m 
St. Louis will be Included in the election. 
Washington : 
American Federation of Labor President William Green urged 
tonight that the United States expand its reciprocal trace 
agreement program to assist- the American Lumber industry# 
Green called attention to the loss of employment m the -ni e 
States Lumber Industry due to the loss of roreign _ market s , and 
called for the speedy negotiations of trade treaties with 
friendly nations to remedy the export loss. ine AFL said that 
the' decrease in Urn ted States lumber exports would soon reach 
ell the lait ten years. Green stated that West Coast 
lumber workers now lose far more than , : -12,000 ,000.00 annually 
compared with their earnings in 1929. 
Rebel war bombers roared over Madrid again today and dropped 
scores of bombs on the former Spanish capital. Dispatcher 
from Madrid said that 28 persons were killed by the exploring 
bombs and falling debris. One bomb badly damaged the Chilean 
Embassy, but no one was injured. The Chilean iainisoer nnd 
his staff left when the Loyalist Capital was moved iron madrid 
Dispatches from insurgent territory claimed that General franco’s 
forces had smashed through rebel lines for wide gains on the 
Sagunto • front . The rebels claimed the capture of the ^ town of 
Begorbe, an important st 2 
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getic defense of Sagunto and Valencia. 
The rebels also claimed to have occupied 1,760 square miles of 
Loyalist territory in the past four days* The Loyalists were 
reported to have started the evacuation oi Viver in the lace 
of the rebel drive. 
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