Cuba’s new government seeks order after Machado downfall
In Havana the de Cespedes administration pushes to stabilize finances and gain international recognition while tackling bonded debt of about 160 million dollars. Maj Alfredo Boffil takes Havana police helm as streets calm and palace gates open to visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Cespedes
Havana
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Gerardo Machado
Martinez Saenz
Treasury
United States
Sumner Welles
Machado
Alfredo Bofti
Pace
Boffil
Recovery Act Upheld By Judge Cox In Oil Case
Justice Joseph Cox of the District of Columbia supreme court upheld the national recovery act in principle. He denied a Texans refiners request for an injunction against Ickes orders barring interstate oil shipments made in violation of state rules. He said the court lacked power to enjoin Ickes, or should refrain, as he carries out a presidential executive order under a declared national emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph Cox
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Texas
Ickes
Cox
Congress
F. W. Fischer
Tyler
Davy No. 3 Mine Set to Restart in August Revival
The No. 3 mine of Winding Gulf Collieries at Davy will resume on Monday August 21 with about 120 workers. A five day week and wage increases are planned as former employees return. Earl McCoy is superintendent. Briquette plant at Davy to reopen August 25 with 10 to 15 workers under J L Knight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winding Gulf Collieries Company
Davy
R. F. C. Rolig
Earl McCoy
J. L. Knight
Johnson Signs Newspaper Code For Industry Labor Standards
Washington reports Hugh S Johnson approved a temporary modification of the presidents re employment agreement for the newspaper industry. The American Newspaper Publishers Association submitted the plan to set hours and wages with age limits, 40 hour weeks for office staff, 44 hours for factory workers, tiered minimum wages, and exceptions for learners and certain professionals. The code aims to maintain blue eagle support while a permanent code is considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Blue Eagle
ANPA
Recovery Administration
Virginia Beer Bill Draft Finished for 3.2 Brew
Richmond Va August 15 legislative drafters completed the administration beer bill legalizing 3.2 percent brew upon passage by the special session of the General Assembly opening Thursday. Governor Pollard expected to grant final approval tomorrow. Senator W A Garrett and Wilbur Hall named as leading patrons. Details kept guarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
William R. Shande
State Division of Legislative Research and Drafting
Pollard
Assembly
W. A. Garrett
Ridgeway
Senate Finance Committee
Wilbur Hall
House of Delegates
Kump Presses for WV Relief Grant In Bitter Budget Talks
West Virginia Governor Kump and Federal Relief Administrator Hopkins clash in Washington over state costs for unemployment relief. The administration demands a $4 million state contribution or loss of federal funds, with a 40 60 split proposed. Governor Kump cites recent budget balancing and road fund transfers as part of the state share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry L. Hopkine
H. G. Kump
West Virginia
Hopkins
Federal Relief Administration
Kump
S. P. Burke
West Virginia University
Smiling Widow 15 Freed After Poison Slaying Trial
Jessie Burnett Costello, 31, widow of Fire Captain William J. Costello of Peabody, is acquitted after a 1 hour 43 minute jury deliberation in Salem. She is reunited with her three children at home as her defense eyes offers from papers and film ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Mass
Jessie Burnett Costello
William J. Costello
Peabody
James F. Campbell
Celia McNeil
Perkins Park
Francis E. Rafter
News6papers
Mrs Roosevelt Attends White Top Mountain Folklore Fest
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt enjoyed mountain singers jingers and cloggers at the White Top Mountain folk festival in Abingdon Virginia. Her father Elliott Roosevelt, long known in the area, owned nearby land as she stands with two mountaineers and Douglas Muriel Dockery ready to begin another tune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Abingdon
Washington Labor Strife Deepens Over NRA Steel Code
Labor leader William Green denounces steel executives after they walk out of an NRA conference with Frances Perkins. The clash centers on whether steel firms will adhere to government chaired machinery under the industrial recovery act or dictate terms themselves. News notes outline pending codes for coal oil and auto industries and a broad reemployment drive with new wage and hour agreements. Green attended as labor board rep invited by Perkins, while steel chiefs stayed silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
NRA
Frances Perkins
Green
Labor
Miss Perkins
W. A. Irvin
United States Steel
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Steel
KE. T. Weir
National Steel
L. E. Block
Inland Steel
Hugh Morrow
Sloss-Sheffield
Tom Gridler
Republic Steel
Miss Perkina
General Johnson
Roosevelt
Johnson
Robert W. Lea
Henry Ford
American Transit Association
Perking
Miss Perking
Irvin
Bethlehem
Labor Advisory Board
Bluefield
I. Cheyney
J. L. Alexander
A. G. Fox
Chislers
Thomas H. Scott
Paul L. Roger
Ray Evans
N. Worley
Ruth Rader
Desir Gilmore
Sleeping sickness offensive started in St Louis area
In St Louis on August 15 an offensive against a sleeping sickness outbreak began in Washington University laboratories. Six people died and sixty five were infected in St Louis county. Investigations found no link to milk or drinking water and cases clustered near polluted water and open sewers. Several physicians noted higher mosquito activity in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Washington University
St. Louis County
Kidnap Gang Foils Massive Mob Car Dragnet
Chicago Aug 15 A gang of kidnap suspects eluded a vast dragnet of 300 authorities aided by airplanes. Gunfire rang out as the fugitives fled near La Grange after a ransom payment of about 50 000 tied to John Factor. An ambush at a barbecue stand failed to trap them.
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Chicago
John Factor
Herald and Examiner
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Factor
la Grange
Frank McKenna
Kidmap
RAF gunner kills teen in beach search incident
In Sheerness England on August 15 Jean Chesterton aged 17 was killed when an RAF machine gunner mistook her rowing boat for a buoy and fired from an auxiliary plane. Her sister survived as volunteers and territorials on annual training aided in the response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheerness
Kent
England
Jean Chesterton
Royal Air Force
Jean
Chesterton
Leyedown
Great Dietrem
Air Force
County Court Sets Tax Levy With Memorial and School Funding
The county court laid an average levy of 31.8 cents per $100 valuation for the county general fund, with Memorial building funding shifted to the general fund. School levies were set by the county school board in Princeton, including class rates and extra bonds for districts such as East River Beaver Pond Rock Jumping Branch and Plymouth. A heating plant contract for Hancock school in Bluefield was awarded to City Plumbing Co. Six bids were received and several teachers were appointed in Jumping Branch district. The next board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 23.
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County General Fund
General Fund
Fred L. Fox
East River District
County
Princeton
Athens
Concord Training School
RFC
East River
Beaver Pond
Rock
Jumping Branch
Plymouth
Hancock School
Bluefield
City Plumbing Company
Jumping
C. C. Ellison
Earl Lilly
Wilson Meadow
Kathrlyn Baskett
Guy Lilly
Kathryn Lilly
Jane Lilly Foster
Hallie S. Rogers
Ray Eads
Eva Ellison
C. T. Lilly
Vida Ellison
Maude Baskets
L. Okes
Leafie P
Michigan Banking Trial Reveals Hoover Ford Couzens Roles
In Detroit a former bank chairman testified before a one man grand jury that Herbert Hoover Henry Ford and Senator James Couzens influenced actions around the Michigan bank crisis. He said Couzens refused a Reconstruction Finance loan that could have saved Union Guardian Trust and ended the February 14 holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Herbert Hoover
Henry Ford
James Couzens
Michigan
National—Bank
Harry B. Keidan
Wilson W. Mille
First National Bank
J. Couzens
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Union Guardian Trust Company
Hoover
Mills
R. F C
Couzens
Ford
Union Guardian
First National
Grand
Al Capone to be returned to Chicago for trial
Arrangements to transfer Al Capone from Atlanta penitentiary under heavy guard to Chicago for racketeering conspiracy charges with 23 others began. Chief Justice John J. Prystalski issued a writ of habeas corpus directing authorities to produce Capone on August 29. Capone is serving ten years in Atlanta for income tax fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
al Capone
Atlanta
John J. Prystalski
Criminal Court
Capone
Pasteur Treatment Begins For 20 Contacts In Ohio
Portsmouth Ohio Aug 15 twenty persons today were required to begin Pasteur treatment after exposure to Richard Turner 26 who has hydrophobia Turner is in the paralytic stage doctors from Columbus and Louisville along with eight local physicians work to save his life Turner contracted rabies trying to separate his pet dog from a rabid animal twelve Pasteur treatments had been given before the illness manifested itself with lower limb paralysis progressing upward since Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Ohio
Richard Turner
Jonathan Forman
Columbus
J. L. Jones
Louisville
Turner
Pasteur
Beckley Faces Higher City Taxes For 1933 Budget
Beckley city directors in regular session approved a 461% levy to balance the 1933 34 budget and sent the measure to Charleston for approval. They lowered the temporary loan retirement portion after state ruling. Mayor Light opposed surrender of the West Virginia Water Service option as costly and unlikely to yield relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Elands
Light
West Virginia Water Service Company
Mayor Light
Underworld Affair Sparks Police Shootout and Confession
Chicago, Aug 15. John Tenuto, breaking the code of silence, talks of a fatal underworld love triangle that led to an assassination attempt and a gun battle with police. Frieda Piatt, 26, and Vincent Minneci, 28, are linked to the scheme, with Miss Julia Schneider implicated in the apartment where the shooting occurred. Local authorities pursue Louis Bangora, 25, named as the rival gunman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
al Capone
Underworld
John Tenuto
Frieda Piatt
Vincent Minneci
Minneci
Leo Minneci
Eleanor Jarman
Gustave Hoeh
Miss Piatt
Julia Schneider
Art
Tenuto
State Penitentiary
Minucci
Louis Bangora
Aes
Eer
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ABC Secret Society
Diario de la Marina
Germany
Davy NO. 3
Virginia Beer Bill
Sam
Jessie Costello
STEEL
Army of Chicago
City Board
Michigan Banking
Detroit Bank
Senator Couzen
Beckley
City
J. Kenneth Sykes
Civil Service Commission
Light Eaid
Morsman
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