Bailey Nabbed in Paradise Texas in Urschel Kidnapping
Eleven men led by Harvey J Bailey, accused of the Kansas City Plaza killings and Urschel kidnapping, were rounded up by Department of Justice agents in a Texas farmhouse raid. Urschel was allegedly held there. marked ransom money was found on Bailey. Four suspects in St Paul face conspiracy charges connected to the Urschel case. The raid followed days of aerial and ground search culminating in Bailey’s capture before dawn.
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Bailey
Department of Justice
Dallas
Tex
Harvey J. Bailey
Kansas City Union Station
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Paradise
Denver
St. Paul
Texas
Urscher
Kansas Penitentiary
Frank Nash
Kansas City Plaza
Orschel
Albert L. Bates
Colo
George Bates
Urschel
Bates
van Buren
Paw Paw
Mich
Mian
Werner Hanni
United States Bureau of Investigation
Hanai
Sam J. Kronick
Charles Wolk
William Nelson
Minneapolis
Sam Kozberg
Texas Farm House
Kansas City
R. G. Shannon
Ora Shannon
Armon Shannon
Oleta Shannon
Earl Brown
Oleta
Local Operator Voices Support At Coal Code Hearing
W A Richards of Ashland Coal and Coke returns to Bluefield and declares full satisfaction with operator presentations at the coal code hearing. He cites broad support for an American policy for labor and industry and notes open shop sentiment against United Mine Workers monopoly.
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Washington
Bluefield
W. A. Richards
Ashland Coal and Coke Company
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt Satisfied With Recovery Drive Progress
President Roosevelt expressed satisfaction with progress on the national recovery drive and related governmental efforts. He discussed coordination plans with Hugh S. Johnson and Harry L. Hopkins and asked for an early comprehensive report while monitoring the Cuban situation and reviewing the London economic conference.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
Industral
Harry L. Hopkins
Havana
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
McReynolds
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Johnson
Bluefield Restaurateurs Back Recovery Code Endorsed
Bluefield restaurant owners unanimously approved a recovery code at a Chamber of Commerce meeting led by G T Leslie. The code aims to lift employment by about 25 percent and expand restaurant payroll by 35 percent, with a second signing meeting planned at the West Virginian Hotel. Blue Eagle insignia display to begin Friday at noon.
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Bluefield
Gxaead
Hugh Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
G. T. Leslie
West Virginian
Methods urged to curb rackets at Senate hearing
New York Aug 14 witnesses including Warden Lawes and ex police commissioner Mulrooney urged drastic reform to stamp out rackets. Lawes called for martial law and federal powers, while Crain sought private oath questioning and subpoena power for prosecutors. Copeland framed a future federal central bureau likening it to Scotland Yard.
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New York
Senate
Royal
Copeland
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing
Edward P. Mulrooney
New York City
Thomas C. T. Crain
Manhattan Borough
Scotland Yard
Lawes
Robert Darne
Bar Association
Muscolini
Bread prices eyed as FTC to study city variations
The Farm Adjustment Administration will investigate bread prices in multiple cities after a first price study. Sixteen cities showed satisfactory overall bread pricing, while notable differences prompt inquiry including Mobile, San Francisco, and Dallas. Cincinnati and Memphis showed the largest increases in the February 15 to August 2 period.
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Washington
Farm Adjustment Administration
Fred J. Howe
Howe
Mobile
San Francisco
Dallas
Cincinnati
Memphis
Johnson reports Atlantic ships results of drive in fog
Washington reports that Hugh S. Johnson presented progress on the NRA recovery program to President Roosevelt. Agencies coordinated to push codes and wage scales for eight industries as part of the drive to cut unemployment by Labor Day.
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Johnson
Atlantic
Washington
NRA
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
Public Works and Relief
White House
General Johnson
Harry L. Hopkins
Recovery Administration
House
Carloadings Rise Slightly for Atchison Topeka Santa Fe
New York July 14. Last week the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway company reported 21 410 carloads, up from 21 088 in the prior week.
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New York
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Pollard Boosts Pay of State Employes
Richmond announced an executive order by Governor Pollard restoring five percent of pay for state workers earning between 1350 and 1500 dollars as part of a 20 percent and 15 percent reduction earlier in the year. The change, retroactive to July 1, was issued by Budget Director J H Bradford.
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Pollard
Richmond
J. H. Bradford
General Fund
Court denies bid to oust city civil service panel
Judge Howell M. Tanner declined Mayor Light's petition to remove the three man civil service commission over the fire department. Demurrers by John Moffett McCue and C. I. Cheyney were sustained while L. B. Poe, not demurring, remains on the panel pending further circuit court action.
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W. A. Light
City Board of Directors
Civil Service Commission
Howell M. Tanner
Mercer Circuit Court
Tanner
John Moffett McCue
C. I. Cheyney
L. BE. Poe
Sydney J. Kwass
West Virginia
Kwass
Reese O. Carter
Carter
Kyle Bruce
Bluefield Sees Levy Cut To 46 1 4 Cents Under Tax Rule
State Tax Commissioner Fred L. Fox limits Bluefield to 10 cents for temporary loan retirement and reduces proposed levy from 63 cents to 46 1 4 cents. Citizens tax committee and city officials met to discuss the budget, anticipating adoption by the city board and state certification before become legal. Three rates previously proposed were 88 cents 75 cents and 1 13 dollars.
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Bluefield
Fred L. Fox
Citizens Tax Committee
Muriel Kerfoot
Citizens Committee
Ringleaders of Escape Plot Recaptured on Deer Island
Boston officials report a mass riot by about 100 felons at Deer Island house of correction. Three ringleaders escaped but were soon captured. a fourth tried to flee but was seized. Names identified include James J. O'Hara alias Badger, John Kovalais, and John F. McDonough. O'Hara surrendered in Winthrop hours later. Kovalais and McDonough were beaten during capture by a policeman and guard.
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Boston
House of Correction
Deer Island
Boston Harbor
James J. O'Hara
Badger
John Kovalais
John F. Mc
Pierce City Surrenders To Rule of Spelling
Pierce City Missouri relents after 60 years to the federals and agrees to swap an E and I in the town name. Founded in the 1870s as Peirce City for Andrew Peirce, its post office later used Pierce City. Residents who defended ei spelling finally accept Pierce City.
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Pierce City
Peirce
Trials of Kanawha gunmen to start in Ripley
Trials of five defendants indicted in the deputy sheriff Roy Shamblin case will begin before Judge Lewis H. Miller in Ripley. Defendants include Leo Frazier Henry Cano and Charles Harper with two women Louise Frazier and Elizabeth Maire cited as accessories before the fact.
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Ripley
W. Va
Lewis H. Miller
Roy L. Shamblin
Kanawha County
Ralph Harper
Huntington
Leo Frazier
Henry Cano
Charleston
Charles Harper
Louise Frazier
Elizabeth Maire
Harper
Chamblin
Kanawha
Jackson County
Hpntington
Warships Guard American Lives In Cuban Capital
In Washington Aug 14 the NRA mediation board will investigate alleged violations of miner operator agreements in Pennsylvania coal fields. Governor Pinchot and officials meeting with board members urged prompt action on codes for coal and oil. Pinchot said prospects look bright for speedy action as miners’ strike halts move toward a codes agreement. The dispute involves miners of the United Mine Workers of America and operators resisting union recognition.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
NRA
Hugh 8. Johnson
Pinchot
George L. Berry
Louis Kirstein
Edward McGrady
Leo Wolman
Roosevelt
Navy boosts Cuba guard with cruiser Richmond
Washington reports the cruiser Richmond joins a flotilla bound for Cuba to protect United States citizens and property. Secretary Swanson says the ship will transit the Panama Canal to the Atlantic side and await orders. The Cuban situation is described as satisfactory after talks with President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Navy
Cuba
United States
Swanson
Richmond
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Navy Department
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Split session eyed for Virginia assembly on liquor laws
Richmond Aug 14 A split session of the extraordinary Virginia general assembly was studied by Governor Pollard who will recommend actions on 3 2 beer public works and repeal referendum timing. The plan foresees a repeal vote around October 3 and a state licensing or dispensary system after a legislative study by a commission, with a second half in mid October.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Pollard
Assembly
Legislative Commission
Textile Code Boosts Jobs, Marshall Field Mills Report
Harrison P. Shedd, VP of Marshall Field and Company wholesale, said employment in the firm’s mills was about 70 percent higher than a year ago on August 14, 1933, attributing much of the rise to the cotton textile code.
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Chicago
Harrison P. Shedd
Marshall Field and Company
Secret Society Members Earn Cuban Cabinet Posts
In Havana a new Cuban cabinet was sworn in as Dr. Carlos Manuel de Cespedes urged a return to normalcy. ABC and Nationalist leaders joined the roster, while Gerardo Machado fled to Nassau. Two American destroyers anchored in Havana harbor to deter unrest and protect interests. Sumner Welles met the new leadership, as looting and arrests followed the overthrow of Machado.
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Machado
de Cespedes
Havana
Clexton
Guantanamo
Cuba
Taylor
Swanson
Washington
Richmond
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Navy Department
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
The
Republic
Gerardo Machado
Nassau
Bahamas
Senora Machado
Key Weat
Fla
North
Juan B. Zayas
Orestes Ferrara
Santiago
A. B. C. Secret Society
Liberal Party
Claxton
Sturtevant
Manzanillo
Alberto Herrera
United Fruit
Quirigua
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Shannon Place
George Kelly
Kelly
Paradise Area
Richarde
Mr. Richard
Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Smpireless
Appalachian
Logal Restaurant
JBAN
Col
Antonio Jiminez
Jiminez
Horda
Shirley M. Clattenburg
Gloucester
Chatham
Port Alfred
Ont
Philadelphia
M. Battenburg
Girly M. Battenburg
Massachusetts
Radio Marine Corporation
Coast Guard
Civil Service Unit
Fire Department Commission
TAK
Fox
Levy
Cuban
Guard
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