Washington codes push to curb big industry practices
Government pressed to extend fair competition codes across steel coal oil and autos. Roosevelt chaired talks with steel leaders Taylor and Schwab as labor and management faced unresolved bargaining disputes. Key auto and oil codes near final drafting with Johnson directing the NRA effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Myron C. Taylor
United States Steel
Charles Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Steel
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Coal Conference
Kenneth M. Simpson
Ry Ford
Hugh S. Johnson
Frances Perkins
Labor
Labor Advisory Committee
NRA Wuld
Johnson
Relief Expenditure Drops As Factories Hike Jobs and Pay
President Roosevelt hailed a July rise in factory employment and payrolls, while Emergency Relief Administration figures showed relief recipients fell for June. Labor data indicated employment up 7.2 percent from June and payrolls up 7.9 percent. Hopkins reported 3,745,367 relief families in June, down from May and April. Roosevelt called the trends encouraging, noting rising auto demand as a positive sign.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Labor Department
Emergency Relief Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Roosevel
Rainfall in Panhandle Tide Brings Light Precipitation
Moisture swept western and northwestern Panhandle towns last night with light rain from Wildorado to Tucumcari and Hereford. Amarillo faced heavy cloud cover with thunder and lightning, while Dalhart and Tascosa also reported moisture. Partly cloudy skies are forecast for the area today.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Wildorado
Vega
Adrian
Tucumcari
N. M
Rock Island Railroad
Hereford
Santa Fe
Canyon
Dalhart
Tascosa
Six Suspects Held In Hold Up Attempt Near Fort Cobb
Anadarko Oklahoma, Aug 16. A posse from three counties captured six suspects after an attempted Fletcher bank robbery six miles southwest of Fort Cobb. The grab included Millard Black of Oklahoma City and two Oscar Smiths, with others named as Roy Smith Daniel Smothers L B Grable and H L Cummings. The vehicle was abandoned after brakes failed near the John Avery place. Police say Black was free on bond for a Cyril bank robbery last December.
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Anadarko
Okly
Fletcher Bank
Fort Cobb
Elmer Finley
Caddo County
John Avery
Oklahoma City
Millard Black
Cyril Bank
Roy Smith
Oscar Smith
Daniel Smothers
L. B. Grable
H. L. Cummings
Garner Urges Texas Repeal of Prohibition
Vice President John N Garner urges Texans to vote for repeal of the eighteenth amendment in a letter from Uvalde. The Aug 26 election will decide repeal and the liberalization of Texas beer laws. He cites Democratic platform support and urges fellow Democrats to back repeal. Other Texas figures advocate or oppose repeal in campaign travels and speeches.
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Austin
John N. Garner
Texans
Texas
Garner
Roy Miller
Congress
House of Representatives
House
Miller
Republic
Sheppard
United States
Morris Sheppard
Joseph Weldon Bailey
Dallas
James E. Ferguson
Abilene
Dan Moody
Pat M. Neff
Teen Burn Victim Lives On After Torch Explosion
Francis Cook, 17, suffered critical burns when a blow torch exploded igniting his clothing. An unidentified man rolled him on the ground to extinguish the flames, saving his life. The incident occurred last night in Pampa, and Cook remains in critical condition today.
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Pampa
Francis Cook
Cook
Poison Plot to Blackmail Ends in Fowl Plot Twist
A local case centers on a plan involving poultry and coercion. Authorities investigated alleged blackmail surrounding a scheme using birds to pressure a target. No further details are available in the readable text.
Akron lawyer admits poisoning four to foil blackmail
Mark H. Shank a 41 year old Akron attorney confessed to detectives that he killed four members of the Colley family with poison to stop a female blackmailer. The woman demanded $400 claiming Shank was implicated in theft of papers from the district attorney. Clyde Colley survived and testified seeing poison being added to grape juice. Shank said he brought the poison from Ohio to Arkansas and asked leniency. prosecutors seek the death penalty.
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Hot Springs
Mark H. Shank
Akron
Ohio
Shank
Alvin Colley
Arkansas
Colley
Clyde Colley
Malvern
Herbert Akers
District Attorney's Office
Shan
Akers
Othr
Millar Halbert
Garment Workers Strike In Gotham Heats Up Mediation Steps In
New York August 16 The first major metropolitan strike since the NRA began paralyzes 60 000 garment workers. Government mediation moves forward as Grover A Whaten former Police Commissioner and NRA city committee chairman is authorized to negotiate a settlement and will meet union leaders at a hotel at noon tomorrow.
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New York
NRA
Grover A. Whaten
National Labor Board
Washington
Woody's Trial Begins Today in Hereford
Special to The News Hereford August 16 testimony opens in district court for John Woody charged with first degree murder in the July 27 slaying of Wad Williamson his father in law. Woody was brought to court on a cot after wounds from an altercation with Williamson who allegedly fired at him. A jury of 40 prospective jurors were examined for a 110 person venue and 20 witnesses sworn as District Judge Reese Tatum adjourned. The case is prosecuted by District Attorney James C Witherspoon Carl Gilliland, Hereford. county attorney John Coffee to assist. Defense by W M Russell and Artis Russell Hereford lawyers.
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Hereford
John Woody
Wad Williamson
Woody
Reese Tatum
Deaf Smith County
Williamson
James C. Witherspoon
Carl Gilliland
John Coffee
W. M. and
Artis Russell
Light earthquake felt in Mexico City at 2 22 am no damage reported
A light earthquake was felt in Mexico City at 2 22 am local time with no damage reported. No injuries or structural effects were noted as authorities assessed the area.
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Mexico
D. F
World Fair Special Tour Deadline Near
Friday noon is the deadline to reserve for the News-Globe World’s Fair eight day trip. Tour manager Mason King and Miss Lois Black handle orders at the News-Globe. checks payable to Wilbur C. Hawk. Price is 67.50 from Amarillo with events in Chicago week of August 20 including baseball grid clash and Hawthorne horse racing with Equipoise.
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News-Globe
Mason King
Lois Black
Wilbur C. Hawk
Bailey Held Under Heavy Guard In Jail
A local report states Bailey is placed under heavy guard in jail. The motive or surrounding details remain unclear as authorities manage the detention.
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Place Bailey
Five held on Urschel kidnapping bonds in Dallas
Dallas federal action boldens hunt for suspects in the Urschel case. Bailey and four others are held on bonds totaling 300000 as agents guard routes and jail entries. Authorities press for leads on a 16 cylinder car linked to George Kelly while other suspects are sought in Oklahoma City Denver and Fort Worth.
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Department of Justice
Federal
George Kelly
Ursehel
Houston
Dallas
Kelly
Urschel
Runnor
Shannons
R. G. Shannon
Bailey
Oklahoma City
Denver
Albert
Bates
Ursche
Colorado
Fort Worth
Pioneer Plains minister dies after long pastoral career
Rev. John Harwell Braswell 75 a retired Methodist minister and father of Sam M. Braswell and Mrs 8 J Cole died at his Canyon home. Funeral at Canyon Methodist Church with Rev. Jameson Beavers Foote presiding. Interment in Dreamland Cemetery. Born 1858 near Atlanta Ga he witnessed Shermans burning and served 35 years in pulpits across Texas and Alabama.
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Sam M. Braswell
Clarendon
J. Cole
Amarillo
Amarillo Grain Exchange
Canyon
Canyon Methodist Church
Griggs-Thompson Funeral Home
C. BE. Jameson
Shamrock
M. M. Beavers
C. W. Foote
Canyon Church
Braswell
Dreamland Cemetery
Atlanta
Texas
Southwest
George A. Braswell
Battle of
Seven Pines
Sherman
Alabama
Meridian
McGregor
Lampasas
Whitney
Mart
Italy
Knox City
Venus
Kidnap Plot Thwarted By Mistake Foils Waggoner Abduction
Denver dispatch reports a thwarted plan to abduct Fort Worth sportsman Guy Waggoner worth 200 million dollars. Police guard the Bates cell amid fears of a jail breakout and possible machine gun battle with alleged Urschel abductors. Captain Armstrong refuses to hand Bates to federal agents pending checks. Reports mention George Kelly possibly aiming to aid Bates.
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Denver
Guy Waggoner
Fort Worth
Albert
Bates
Charles Urschel
Oklahoma City
Harvey Bailey
Urschel
Waggoner
Colorado Springs
William Armstrong
Colorado
George Kelly
Armstrong
Kelly
Seventy Jamaicans Die in Kingston Floods
Kingston Jamaica Aug 16 a storm with lightning and high winds caused floods in Kingston and the parishes of St Thomas St Catherine and St Mary. At least seventy people drowned and about 100 houses were ruined as bridges and banana plantations were swept away. Damage estimated around 2 million dollars. Government opened relief stations for the homeless. The six hour storm was the worst in eighty years.
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Kingston
Jamaica
St. Thomas
St. Catherine
St. Mary
Police trap fails in kidnap raid near Chicago and Wisconsin
In a large scale chase from Chicago to Wisconsin, police mounted a grand dragnet to catch Touhy gang members and others suspected of kidnapping William Hamm Jr. and Charles Urschel. Despite armored force and air support, the plan faltered when ransom payers eluded a roadside stand and the suspects escaped into wooded areas.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Touhy
William Hamm, Jr
Brewer
Charles Urschel
Homa City
John Factor
Factor
Three Men Found Dead in Auto Near Grundy Virginia
In Buchanan County near Grundy three men were found shot to death in a car in the Knox Creek area. Sheriff A. H. Goff suspects a felon killed the trio and abducted a woman, whose clothing was left in the vehicle. Bodies tentatively identified as J. Akers, J. W. Webb, and J. W. Collins. the driver posed as Mercer County deputy and was about 30.
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Grundy
Knox Creek
Buchanan County
A. H. Goff
J. Akers
Mercer County
W. Va
J. W. Webb
Abo 60
Princeton
Akers
J. W. Collins
Tioga
Altholster
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