Roosevelt Pushes Industry Codes for Coal Oil and Wages
President Roosevelt backs a national recovery plan guiding industry codes for oil coal and wages. NRA administrator Kenneth M. U. Johnson faces hearings on proposed three group codes while urging workers to buy only under the Eagle. Some delays and pressure from business leaders mark the drive as the administration seeks to stabilize prices hours and conditions across industries.
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Kenneth M
NRA
H 8. Johnson
Roosevelt
Oly
Balbo’s Italy Visit Sparks Beard Growth Theory
Beverly Hills reports Balbo’s trip arousing Mussolini and Italian leaders who greeted him with reverent two cheek kisses. The piece hints at a growing beard as a sign of his return, while noting an ex-president of Cuba rumored to lurk in bushes near homes. A machine gun firm pauses sales amid a kidnapping wave, awaiting used stock clearance.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Balbo
Mussolini
Italy
Cuba
Fire claims multiple victims in stairwell blaze
An early report details a deadly fire with several people trapped on stairs and others found in a bedroom. Names include Eddie Williamson and Mister, with a result listing nine fights or attempts to escape and a total of at least eight occupants involved.
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Mister
Eddie Williamson
Work Projects in Ohio Await Federal and State Approval
Ohio state board officials, led by State Engineer William Stinchcomb, prepare to act on public works applications after approval by the governor's advisory board. About 80 million dollars in projects have been submitted. Federal funding covers 30 percent, with 70 percent from local subdivisions.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
William Stinchcomb
Governor's Advisory Board
O. W. L. Coffin
Washington
Coffin
Waitress Fends Off Bandits in Cincinnati Holdup
Rose Ruda an 18 year old waitress fatally shot one robber during a Sunday holdup in Cincinnati. A second robber wounded her forearm before she fired. The dead bandit was identified as John Phillips 23 of Cincinnati. Three men were arrested as suspects.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Rose Ruda
John Phillips
Runda
Phillips
General Hospital
Horse Thief Released to Return to Prison
Joe Buzzard a 65 year old noted as the world s second best horse thief left Western State Penitentiary after serving time. He planned to return to prison within weeks as Lancaster County constable Herbert Steigerwald who arrested him on a warrant for theft of two horses and a buggy greeted him outside. Buzzard has spent 30 of his 75 years in jail and has cycled in and out since age 17.
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Philadelphia
Joe Buzzard
Western State Penitentiary
Joe
Herbert Steigerwald
Lancaster County
Doctor Jones returns after Columbus accident
Dr. C. L. Jones, manager of the Athens Home Telephone Co., returned to Athens today after being struck by a car in Columbus last week. He suffered a fracture to the right arm and will wear a cast for several weeks.
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C. L. Jones
Athens Home Telephone Co
Columbus
Athens
U.P
Ohio
United Press
Vincenzo Milano
Atrack
Magnolia
Ickes Reports Federal Public Works Program Delivers
Secretary Ickes says the public works plan is moving from paper to jobs across all states. Over one billion of the three point three billion fund has been allotted in six weeks, with three hundred road projects employing twenty seven thousand workers in nineteen states.
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Washington
Federal Public Works Program
Congress
Public Works Fund
Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
Public Works Administration
Washington Organization
False assassination report circulates after chase near president's home
A group of students pursuing Machado fugitives near de Cespedes' residence on Sunday led to false rumors that an assassination attempt had been made on the Cuban president's life.
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Machado
de Cespedes
Seven Arrested in Gallipolis Gambling Raid
In Gallipolis on Saturday city police raided a Third Avenue building and arrested ten alleged gamblers. Seven names were released: Charlies Mack, Donald Sheets, Amos Sheets, Burt Neal, Clay Withers of Gallipolis and Frank Mills of Swan Creek. they face gambling charges at Wednesday arraignments. Mrs. Charlies Johnson was fined 150 dollars for liquor violations and ordered to arrange custody and payment by Saturday.
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Gallipolis
Third Avenue
Charlies Johnson
A. J. Stormont
Charlies Mack
Donald Sheets
Amos Sheets
Burt Neal
Clay Withers
Frank Mills
Swan Creek
Buckets Used To Fight Fire Early Sunday
Bucket brigades using lard cans tubs and kettles saved the Charles Cone residence on Route 56 near White's Mill. Fire of undetermined origin caused about 700 dollars in damage while occupants were away, and Athens firefighters led by Chief E R Laughlin fought the blaze with water from two pumps and a roof hole cut to reach the flames. Neighbors including the S S Shaw family aided in the effort.
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Charles Cone
White's Mill
Clara Bailes
Cone
Legion Convention Parade Highlights Ohio Vet Affairs
In Lima 10 000 World War Veterans joined the 15th annual Ohio Legion convention parade. National Commander Louis A Johnson urged backing NRA programs and called for unified support to restore normal living conditions while stressing the Legion's push to preserve adequate compensation for disabled veterans.
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Lima
U.P
World War Veterans
The
Ohio Department of the American Legion
Committee On
Legion
Louis A. Johnson
Clarksburg
W. Va
NRA
Johnson
American Legion
Young Ohioan Drowned in Lake Erie
Arthur W. Heberbrand Jr. drowned while swimming with friends near Cleveland. His body was recovered in Lake Erie on Sunday after the drowning Saturday.
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Cleveland
U.P
Arthur W. Heberbrand, Jr
Lake Erie
Whipping Proposed for Young Criminals At Senate Hearing
The Senate Racket Committee opened hearings in New York proposing firearms control and an American Scotland Yard. Edward Mulrooney urged universal fingerprinting and lashes for young offenders on prison admission, plus biannual reversals of term, as part of a centralized crime fighting agency plan.
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New York
U.P
Senate
Scotland Yard
Edward P. Mulrooney
State Beer Board
The
Bar Association
Sen. Royal
Copeland
Joseph B. Keenan
Chicago
Mulrooney
Keenan
Agents arrest Kansas prison break leader in Texas farm house
Harvey Bailey, accused of planning the Memorial Day prison break at Kansas State Prison and linked to the Kansas City Union Station massacre, was captured near Paradise Texas. He was found asleep when agents overpowered him, with a sub machine gun, automatic rifle and pistol seized.
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Dallas
Tex
U.P
Harvey Bailey
Kansas State Prison
Kansas City Union Station
Bailey
Paradise
Wise County
Frank J. Blake
Department of Justice
Blake
Weatherman Is Pal at Athens Elks Picnic
Rain spared Judge Wood farm as the Athens Elks held a stag picnic there with about 150 attendees. Guests arrived from Nelsonville Lancaster Murray City and nearby communities while Roy C. Shirley served as exalted ruler and Richard McKinstry chaired the committee.
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Athens
Peace Reigns in Cuba as Cabinet Takes Office
Cuba’s new cabinet sworn in at the presidential palace with American warships in Havana harbor. The regime’s leaders pledge collaboration with the ABC network and move to restore order as martial law is declared nationwide.
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Cuba
U.S
Havana
U.P
Gerardo Machado
Warships Sent to Cuban Waters to Protect Americans
American warships moved into Cuban waters to safeguard life and property following the power shift to Carlos Manuel de Cespedes. Destroyers Taylor and Claxton reached Havana, Sturtevant to sail from Balboa toward Manzanillo, with the White House denying intervention.
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Washington
U.P
Cuban
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Taylor
Claxton
Havana
Roosevelt
Sturtevant
Balboa
Canal Zone
Manzanillo
Cuba
State Mull
White House
July Weather Drops Crops Below Normal
Ohio crop estimates for 1933 fell sharply in July due to scarce rainfall and extreme heat. The Ohio Agricultural Statistician AR Tuttle reports all crops except winter wheat and sugar beets will be smaller than last year. Early August corn condition the lowest on record except 1930. dry weather harmed corn and some northwest fields never germinated.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
A R. Tuttle
Ohio Agricultural Statistician
Cuban Mob Loots Palace as Machado Regime Falls
United Press reports in Havana on August 14 describing four days of upheaval ending Machado’s rule. Crowds stormed the presidential palace looting valuables while Porrista guards fled, and Colonel Antonio Jiminez was killed as the mob hunted Machado’s gunmen.
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Havana
Gerardo Machado
Cuba
Machado
Antonio Jiminez
Porra
Prado
Porrista
Jiminez
Sontipye
Pair Lynched By Mob After Girl Is Slain
A mob abducted and killed two Black men, Dan Pippen Jr and A T Harden, near Tuscaloosa after the slaying of Vaudine Maddox, 18, a white girl. The third suspect Elmore Clark fled to avoid lynching. a Grand Jury was to convene to probe the killings and officials blamed the International Labor Defense for inflaming tensions.
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Birmingham
Ala
Fimcore Clark
Vaudine Maddox
Tuscaloora
Dan Pippen, Jr
A. T. Harden
Elmore Clark
Pippen
Clark
Harden
Henry B. Foster
International Labor Defense
Ths
Scottsboro
New York
U.P
William S. Patterson
Henry B Foster
Shemblin
Tuscaloosa
B. M. Miller
Alabama
Foster
Architect Alfred Wingold Dies in Grove City Pool Accident
Grove City Pennsylvania August 14. Alfred Wingold 39 a professor of architecture at Carnegie Tech University Pittsburgh drowned today in a light pool accident at the Grove City Golf Club facility leaving behind colleagues and students in shock amid the town’s quiet morning.
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Grove City
Alfred Wingold
Carnegie Tech University
Pittsburgh
Two Groups of School Heads Meeting Here
Two associations of school leaders met in Athens to discuss plans for the coming year. The Southeastern Ohio Superintendent group convened at the Chamber of Commerce and the village and city superintendents met at Athens High School.
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Southeastern Ohio
Athens
Southeastern Ohio Superintendents’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Rooma
Athens High School
J. A. Brown
Somerset
J. Rhodes
Pomeroy
H. C. Pendry
E. O. McCowen
Scioto County
County
Wisconsin Farmers Threaten New Milk Strike
Horicon Wisconsin farmers vote to withhold dairy products from the Dodge County unit of the state cooperative milk pool as national cases in New York and Connecticut unfold. Walter M. Singler, pool president and key figure in prior Wisconsin strikes, predicts the embargo will hit like a bombshell with little warning.
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Horicon
Wisc
Wisconsin
New York
Connecticut
Dodge County
State Co-Operative Milk Pool
Walter M. Singler
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Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior and Public Works
Carlos de Cespedes
Name
Blaze
Kansas
Union Station
Pal
Elks
Glouster
Foster Gibbs
C. E. Handley
Hebron
James Logue, Jr
Newark
Handley
Gibbs
Logue
Gibbs Handley
Licking County
C. F. Wallace
Ambrose Gibbs
Urbancrest
Ers
United States
Taylor and
Sumner Welles
Joaquin Martinez Saenz
ABC
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Party of the Blundgeon
Shota
Porristas
Bahamas
Cuban Waters
Cespedes
Palace
Lawrence
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