Extradition Move Aims to Bring Insull to U S Justice
Justice Department announces formal application for Samuel Insull and eight officials of Corporation Securities to Greece under a treaty. Indicted in Chicago federal court for bankruptcy act violations tied to asset transfers before collapse, with potential 180 year prison term if convicted. Indicted alongside son Samuel Jr, brother Martin, Harold Stuart, Philip McEnroe, John O Keefe, Edward Doyle, John Gulick, Stanley Field, William Irwin, and Charles Daniels.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Greece
Department of Justice
United States District Court
Insull
Illinois
United States
Samuel Jr
Martin
Corporation Securities Company
Dwight H. Green
George T. Page
Martin Insull
Orillia
Ontario
Bureau of Investigation
Harold L. Stuart
Philip J. Mcenroe
John F. O'Keefe
Edward J. Doyle
John J. Gulick
Stanley Field
William R. Irwin
Charles Wilbur Daniels
Tired physicians battle epidemic in St Louis area
In St Louis on August 25 the sleeping sickness epidemic reached 225 cases with 30 deaths, nearly one in seven. Doctors urged rest and nourishment while continuing research into the transmission agent. Encephalitis deaths were also reported in Jackson Mississippi and Council Bluffs Iowa, with scattered deaths from Ohio to California. Health officials warned against unproven preventives sold with the epidemic.
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St. Louis
Jackson
Miss
Council Bluffs
Otto Sommers
Ohio
California
Union Pacific to halt some repairs Sept 1
Omaha August 25 The Union Pacific Railroad announced plans to stop up its locomotive and car repair work on September 1. The move shifts shops to a 160 hour monthly program, raising payroll and material costs by about 100000 dollars each month.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific Railroad
Tragic note found in tat tered coat on Pittsburgh bridge
On the Duquesne Riverton bridge two strangers found a torn note in a tat tered coat. The letter claims the writer is a failed father of four and wishes death over welfare hardship. Police identify the coat as belonging to Jack Armstrong of McKeesport and search the river for a body.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne-Riverton Bridge
Wamt
Jack A
Jack Armstrong
McKeesport
Boats Collide in Lake Michigan Result in Drownings
Chicago August 25 Three persons drowned and fifteen rescued when a cabin cruiser Visitor and speed boat Miss Chicago collide in Lake Michigan off downtown. The Visitor sank near the Chicago river mouth. Miss Chicago capsized. Coast guards saved fourteen others. one woman remained missing. Victims were passengers on the speedboat. owner Anthony J. O Malley said the cruiser carried seven aboard. Walter Venter and Harold Mullendory among the rescued. bodies recovered.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Mies Chicago
Coast Guards
Walter Venter
Miss Chicago
John H. West
Coast Guard
Harold Mullendory
Hagerstown
Arnold Kewley
Frances Brendell
Near Cullom
Perlor
Jackson Park Yacht Harbor
Fair Ground
Anthony J. O'Malley
Lake Front
Venter
Senator Vandenberg Heard in Bank Probe
Detroit August 25 Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg Republican Michigan testified before the Detroit one man bank jury about the governments bank holiday policy saying it stressed liquidity not solvency and doomed thousands of banks He faulted bank closings by the comptroller and urged standardized deposit insurance while criticizing the decision to bar the jury from examining records of First National Bank Detroit and Guardian National Bank of Commerce He traced events to February 14 and contrasted Hoover’s actions to curb a perceived Detroit fire with the broader bank crisis
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Detroit
U. S
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Charles EB. Coughlin
Washington
Herbert Hoover
First National Bank Detroit
Guardian National Bank of Commerce
Construction Revival Signals Uptick in Heavy Engineering
New York August 25 reports signs of revival in heavy engineering construction as the Engineering News Record notes progress in public works. Contracts awarded for the week ended August 21 totaled 15,061,000 dollars, above the nine week average of about 12,900,000 dollars.
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New York
Engineering News Record
Frisco Officer Kilo Kidnapper In Street Battle
In San Francisco a four day kidnapping ended with the abductor killed and two bystanders wounded. William F. Wood, cousin of former president Taft, was tied, robbed of $10,000 in cash and bank books, and forced through Market Street to a nut stall before police intervened. Wood was later cleared as a kidnapping associate.
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San Francisco
William F. Wood
Wiliam Howard Taft
Henry Jennings
Wood
Michael McDonald
McDonald
Ella Bowers
Crystal Palace
Upper Market Street
Jennings
Market Street
John McConville
Ed Borbeck
McConville and Borbeck
Mrs. Bowers
Industrial output rises 59 percent April to July
Washington reports a 59 percent jump in industrial production from April to July with employment lagging. The Federal Reserve Board notes production reached 95 percent of prewar levels by July, driven by durable goods and auto orders, while building activity remains subdued and 11 million still idle in June.
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Washington
Blue Eagle
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Gasoline Tanks May Be Used In State
Charleston West Virginia August 25 Reserve gasoline tanks on trucks may be used in the state upon written application showing the public is safeguarded The road commission gave authority to approve the applications to its supervisor of transportation after arrests were reported for use of reserve tanks The ruling clarifies an act aimed at forcing purchase of gasoline in the state
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Road Commission
Suspects Held In Grundy Slayings Increased To Five
Five suspects are now in custody in the Grundy triple killing case on Knox Creek, bringing the total to four men and one woman. Authorities report two new arrests after the Thursday surrender of Boyd and Walter Justice, with Adam Justice and Zeb Justice already in custody. Matilda Roberts remains jailed. Matt Justice is still sought as investigators probe the motive behind the deaths of Deputy Sheriff Henry Akers and two other victims near Princeton and Tioga.
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Knox Creek
Buchanan County
Bluefield
Crundhy
Boyd
Walter Justice
Near Panther
Virginia
Adam Justice
Zeb
Matilda Roberts
Grundy
Matt Justice
Mingo
McDowell
Henry D. Akers
Princeton
J. Walter Collins
Hiley Collins
Tioga
Nicholas County
Prohibition Fees Abolished in Virginia Bill Action
Richmond August 25 delegates sped through the Page bill abolishing special prohibition fees and approved the referendum bill while the senate wrangled over beer. The fee bill, backed by Delegate Vivian Page of Norfolk, eliminates all special fees in prohibition cases saving about 200000 annually. The measure passed 86 to 5 and moves toward governor's signature. The day also saw the Staples Eggleston referendum bill and a study commission on liquor control. In Charleston, public utility commissions ordered filing of contracts with holding or affiliated companies to reveal management charges and ensure rate base fairness.
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Richmond
Virginia House of Delegates
Senate
Vivian Page
Norfolk
Commonwealth
House
W. A. Garrett
Garrett
Charleston
W. Va
Public Service Commission
Commission
Federal Reserve Rules on Bank Membership
The Federal Reserve Board ruled that under the 1933 Banking Act a state bank with capital under 500,000 located in a state over 1 million population cannot join the Fed while operating outside its home city as a deposit and cashing checks station. Banks organized before June 16 in towns of 3,000 or less with capital at least 25,000 are eligible, and those below 25,000 must raise capital before admission.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
Nazi Seizure of Jewish Exiles Property and Citizenship
Berlin reports thirty three prominent Jewish and political exiles have had their German property seized and citizenship revoked under a new Nazi measure. The list includes former Chancellor Philipp Scheidemann former Reichstag member Rudolph Breitscheid writer Lion Feuchtwanger Heinrich Mann and Ernest Toller along with editors Georg Bernhard Alfred Kerr Friedrich Stampfer Helmut von Gehlach and others.
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Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Philipp Scheidemann
Reichstag
Rudolph Breitscheid
Lion Feuchtwanger
Heinrich Mann
Ernest Toller
Georg Bernhard
Alfred Kerr
Friedrich Stampfer
Helmut von Gehlach
Albert Grzesincki
Bernhard Weiss
Sentenced for driving horse while drunk in Kansas City
Kansas City news reports James Armelio a 59 year old tce peddler was sentenced to thirty days at the municipal farm after his wagon struck a motor car while he was intoxicated driving a horse.
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Kansas City
James Armelio
Mercer Man Dream Clue in Stinette Slaying Case
County officers pursued a dream as a possible lead in the Stinnette death mystery. A coroner’s jury ruled he was killed and placed on the tracks at a tunnel near Kegley. Ira Hall reported dreaming of an iron bar under an oak at the tunnel’s west end. a bar matching that description was found there. Authorities gathered the bar for evidence as they continue to follow every lead toward an October grand jury potentially indicting.
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C. H. Stennette
Kegley
Stennette
Ira Hall
Stinnette
Hall
J. C. Fanning
W. C. Huff
Bert Sims
Roscoe H. Pendleton
Fanning
Huff
Code conferees toil in hunt for common ground
Recovery chief Hugh S Johnson reports progress in talks between nonunion bituminous coal operators and United Mine Workers of America on wages wage differentials and maximum hours. If no agreement is reached he will impose a code. Roosevelt expects a coal code submission by next Tuesday and a proposed national labor arbitration system for the industry is outlined with mine committees district boards and a national board.
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Washington
Hughs. Johnson
United Mine Workers of America
Blue Eagle
Johnson
Hyde Park
New York
Roosevelt
National Labor Board
13 WATSONS SIGN PACT ON WHEAT
London reports the international wheat conference reached a comprehensive plan for market recovery. Twenty three nations signed the pact with importers pledging tariff reductions and consumption boosts while exporters including the United States Canada Argentina and Australia agree to production cuts of 15 percent for 1934 35 and a fixed four month price. Negotiations began in Geneva last May and culminated in a hopeful collaboration.
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Esthenia
Latvia
Holland
Finland
Denmark
Turkey
Portugal
Lithuania
Russia
Danubian
United States
Canada
Argentina
Australia
Geneva
Retailers May Be Unified Under One Master Code
NRA officials voiced hope that all nation’s retailers including druggists and 5,000,000 workers could come under a single master code with exemptions for groups. Drug code hearings showed clashes between druggists’ demands and other retail groups. Deputy Administrator A. D. White said the retail code, excluding druggists for now, could be ready for permanent adoption late next week. No pressure will be applied, but NRA circles see the need for broad agreement to ensure even competition across trades that compete with one another.
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Washington
NRA
A. D. Whiteside
Missing ship is safe in Norfolk
The Atlantic seaboard wrestled with a major storm as flood threats lingered from New York to North Carolina. The motorship Solarina, reported missing off the Carolina coast with twelve aboard, was found safe in Norfolk, Virginia. Damages ran to millions, and Laurel Delaware rebuilt communications after dynamiting Broad Creek dam to ease flooding.
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New York
North Carolina
Laurel
Del
Record
Broad Creek
Red Cross
Solarina
Carolina
Norfolk
Ehip
Winyah Bay
Southport
Neversink
Philadelphia
Virginia Coast
Virginia Beach
Ocean City
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Delaware
Windy Virginia coast counts toll in hurricane losses
Accomac Virginia reports four dead and ten missing as hurricane ravages the eastern shore. High winds flood lowlands, destroy water front homes, and force hundreds to seek shelter. Fishing craft wrecked and village streets submerged amid millions in property damage.
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Accomac
Virginia
Bishop Cannon Urges No Retreat on Prohibition Slogan
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South declares no retreat no surrender no compromise on prohibition as he heads to Europe for a church and prohibition conference. He blames ineffective enforcement, Hoover pledges, Smith and Catholic hierarchy, and press bias for repeal progress while urging continued church stand against liquor traffic.
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Washington
James Cannon Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Europe
Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Heirarchy
Cannon
Deadlock Break On Coal Codes Believed In Sight
Washington Aug 25 The recovery administration expects three more major NRA codes auto coal and retailers soon to be approved by President Roosevelt. An auto manufacturer code agreement was predicted, Ford silent. coal deadlock showed signs of breaking. retailers code moved toward September 1 submission. Johnson warned against speculative price increases and said police power would be kept over all codes to curb monopolistic abuses while enforcing the Sherman act.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Recovery Administration
Henry Ford
Hugh
Johnson
NRA
Texas to vote on repeal of Eighteenth Amendment
Texans head to the polls to decide whether Texas will join 22 states in repealing national prohibition or resist scrapping it. Predictions differ with 1.2 million eligible voters but only about half likely to vote amid poll tax disenfranchisement and a close, low-turnout campaign.
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Austin
Tex
Lone Star State
Texas
C. C. McDonald
Claude DeVan Watts
Texas Women’s Christian Temperance Union
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