Kidnap Plot Fails as Touhy Gang Evades Chicago Trap
A Chicago kidnap chase spreads to southern Wisconsin as police hunt Touhy gang members and others. Detectives disguised as farmers scouted Sangster hideouts while Army air support and a four mile police cordon tried to trap suspects who evaded capture after a ransom handoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase
Chicago
Wisconsin
Touhy
Sangster
William Hamm Jr
St. Paul
Factor
William Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Frank McKenna
McKenna
Roosevelt Seeks Steel Auto Coal Codes At White House
President Roosevelt pushes to bring steel coal and autos under fair competition codes and moves to interpret labor bargaining guarantees. He diets with Myron Taylor Charles Schwab and Kenneth Simpson as Frances Perkins says steel workers’ interests will be protected and conference dissolved after walkout. Green vows to attend if summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EAGLE
Washington
Roosevelt
National Recovery Organization
White House
Myron C. Taylor
United States Steel
Charles Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Master Steel
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Kenneth M. Simpson
NRA
Henry Ford
Hugh S. Johnson
Frances Perkins
Labor
Labor Advisory Committee
Johnson
Green
Miss Perkins
Steel Men
Kenneth Simpson
Men Today
Labor Board to Directly Hear Union Discrimination Complaints
The national labor board will handle complaints of discrimination against workers suspected of union involvement by contacting company officials first. Dr. Leo Wolman announced the plan as cases from coal regions in West Virginia and Kentucky were reviewed, including miners in McDowell county facing discharge and eviction for joining a union. Other matters included strikes in Pottsville and New York City and a New Orleans bridge labor dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Board
Leo Wolman
Roosevelt
West Virginia
Kentucky
New Orleans
Wolman
Hollywood
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Labor Board
Sumner Welles Cheered by Crowd in Havana Exit
United States Ambassador Sumner Welles is pictured leaving the American embassy in Havana as he is cheered by a crowd of natives for his mediation work and current efforts to help the new government start on a steady course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sumner Welles
Arrow
Havana
Cuba
Gerardo Machado
Congress
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Mauretania
Franconia
Camaguey
Consolidated Railways
de Cespedes
Machado
Miguel Angel Aguiar
Gonzalo Freyere de Andrade
Harper Convicted in West Virginia Slaying Ends Debate
A Jackson County jury convicts Ralph Harper of first degree murder and recommends life imprisonment. The verdict ties to the deputy sheriff shooting during a transport incident, with Cano and Frazier also under trial for related killings in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripley
W. Va
Ralph Harper
Jackson County
Henry Cano
Harper
Roy Shamblin
Herper
Ralph
Cano
Charleston
Leo Frazier
J. Blackburn Watts
Shamblin
Kanawha County
Frazier
Chan Johnson
R. L. Andrews
Kanawha
Ope
Shamin
Ickes Blocks Hometown Post Office Plan
Secretary Ickes refused approval for a Winnetka Illinois post office project funded by public works. The proposed Winnetka site at $160 000 was singled out as unnecessary, delaying several treasury approved post office projects while other cities await review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Public Works Administration
Ickes
Winnetka
Illinois
President Watches Trend of Prices and Inflation
President Roosevelt quietly monitors price trends and maintains tight control over money. No change in policy for higher prices or wages. experts at work, charts on his desk, inflation powers largely unused. Prices show a gradual rise toward the 1924-26 average with a leveling effect across sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Federal Reserve Board
Motorless Rubberneck Wagons Return as Hollywood Fad
Hollywood officials in the August reports note a revival of horse drawn sightseeing wagons with roller skating and bicycling. Wallace Braden seeks to operate a motorless rubberneck wagon and the Public Utilities and Transportation Board says it cannot bar him from streets. In Chicago the Field Museum displays manatees, described with humorous Siren lore, noting their sausage shaped bodies and hair lips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Board of Public Utilities and Transportation
Wallace Braden
Chicago
Steel Construction Agrees On NRA Code
In Pittsburgh August 16 the steel construction industry facing sharp job losses and reduced output agreed to a tentative code of fair competition to regain jobs. More than 10 officials representing 84 percent of the industry delegated Clyde G. Conley to confer with General Hugh S. Johnson for a quick hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
American Institute of Steel Construction
Clyde G. Conley
Mt. Vernon Bridge Company
Institute
Hugh S. Johnson
Virginia State Assembly Pins Hopes On Beer Referendum
Virginia legislators convene for an extraordinary session with Senator A P Staples and John W Beeleston proposing a referendum on state prohibition versus liquor control. The plan would delay control laws until the regular session if repeal passes, with nine lawmakers to draft compliant bills. The effort aims to tax beer and set a referendum date between October 3 and November 7, while resolutions shift beer, repeal, and public works to committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
General Assembly
A. P Staples
Roanoke
John W. Beeleston
Norfolk
Senate
Pollard
House
William M. Tuck
Halifax
Tuck
Saxon Holt
Ashton Dovell
Rules Committee
Dumb rabies fatal to Portsmouth man
Richard Turner, 26, died from an ailment diagnosed as dumb rabies after a dog bite. Health authorities ordered the killing of loose dogs and required muzzle and leash rules along with mandatory inoculations as part of a broad public health drive. Twenty two people, including nurses and physicians, received Pasteur treatment after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Richard Turner
Turner
Daily Telegraph and Sunset News Adhere to Eagle Code
The Daily Telegraph Printing company announces adherence to the Eagle Code, signed by General Johnson, NRA administrator, to support the recovery program. The code, presented by major newspaper associations, will begin with the next pay week on August 22 if required adjustments are made in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Company
Daily Telegraph
Sumset News
General Johnson
NRA
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Inland Press Association
New Hoagland Press Association
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Sunset News
Father saves family then dies from hospital burns
John McIntosh a farmer and father of eight risked his life last night to pull seven children and his wife from a burning farm home in Binghamton New York. He carried a ten day old baby and saved his family before collapsing from burns. He died hours after hospital admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
N. Y
John McIntosh
McIntosh
Irvin
Bluefield Women Sign NRA Pledges In Local Drive
Several hundred Bluefield women pledged to patronize only firms enrolled in the NRA code as the city mobilizes for the recovery drive. Mrs. C I Cheyney predicted 2000 signups, with churches and unions endorsing the plan and pledges flowing into NRA headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NRA
Bluefield
C. I. Cheyney
Women's Union
First Christian Church
Hadaesah and
Sisterhood
Women's Missionary Society of
College Avenue
Laurence E. Tiermey Jr
A. G. Fox
Sunset News
Daily Telegraph
Witcher McCullough Named for U S Public Works Post
Reports from Washington say F Witcher McCullough of Huntington West Virginia will join the Public Works Administration legal staff. He is expected to work with Henry T Hunt the administration's general counsel in Washington with details on title and salary still unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
F. Witcher McCullough
Huntington
W. Va
Public Works Administration
McCullough
Henry T. Hunt
Warns Against Racket Protective Committee
Harold K. Bradford state securities deputy urges states to cooperate in a campaign against the dangerous racket of protective committees. He says some committees formed after defaults are mercenary and harm investors, while others are honest and proper. States should guard the public from schemes to destroy or depress security values and stop unscrupulous individuals from exploiting owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Harold K. Bradford
Securites
Matilda Roberts Denies Charges In Triple Slaying
Grundy Virginia, Aug 16. Matilda Roberts, 39, of Lindsey West Virginia, denies murder charges after three men were found shot to death in a Pontiac sedan near Tioga. Victims include Henry Akers, Mercer deputy sheriff. Walter Collins, 45, of Tioga. and Hiley Collins, 78, of Webster County. Investigators seek a possible fourth suspect amid conflicting statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy
Matilda Roberts
Lindsey
W. Va
Tioga
Nicholas County
West Virgina
Henry Dale Akers
Mercer County
Princeton
Walter Collins
Collins
Hiley Collins
Webster County
J. Walter Collins
Akern
Akers
Colling
Mies Roberts
Walter Colling
8S. C. Ballard
Kaeger
Ballard
Collings
Mingo County
Jaeger
Adam Justice
Panther
Justice
Wiliam Roberto
Keenis
Panther Creek
William Roberta
Roberts
Colline
Buchanan County
Beckley
Roberta
Mullens
Welch
Panther Section
Bluefield
Dotson
West Virginia Hopes for Federal Relief Funds Reshape Plan
After talks at the White House between Governor Kump and President Roosevelt, a path to eight months of WV relief funds emerged. Harry Hopkins signaled funds may come from state road money and county support, avoiding a special session. Hopkins to visit Charleston to finalize relief allocations as WV awaits final federal disbursements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
H. G. Kump
Roosevelt
West Virginia
White House
Harry L. Hopkins
Rump
Hopkins
Hopkine
Charleston
Kump
W. Va
State House
Press Code Corrects Omission On Free Press Guarantee
The National Recovery Administration issued a revised modification to the daily newspapers code to fix an omission that would have affected freedom of the press. The temporary code sets 40 hour weeks and wage scales for office and mechanical workers, with reporters earning under 35 dollars weekly limited to 40 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Recovery Administration
Hugh 5. Johnson
American Newspaper Publishers Association
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Jake the Barber
Nation
Ford
Congres Seave
Steel Construction
State Assembly
Virginia
Capital
Telegraph
Logal Nra
Blue Eagle
Witcher M’cullough
U. S. Post
H. D. Akers
Mercer
Harry W. Ball
B. L. Dotson
Tom Dotson
Henry Horne
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