Code to curb furniture design piracy sparks Milwaukee market surge
The National Furniture Designers council announced a code against unfair competition mirroring a rush of buyers at the July American furniture mart. Retailers pressed for terms while manufacturers prepared to deliver on fixed prices, amid wage-increase rumors tied to the recovery bill.
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Chicago
National Furniture Designers Council
American Furniture Mart
National
Southern Associations of
Furniture Manufacturers
Government Industrial Recovery Board
Leo A. Jiranek
Grand Rapids
Mich
Council
Virginia
North Carolina
Washington
Legislature Maintains State Credit Amid Deficit
Governor Kump and Treasurer Talbott report that extraordinary legislative action kept West Virginia's credit intact. They say a defalcation would have occurred July 1 without budget balancing, a $5,000,000 bond issue, and bank loans totaling $3,000,000 plus $1,000,000 revenue boost to cover about $4,000,000 in urgent obligations.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
R. FE. Talbott
Governor
Board of Public Works
Governor outlines loan plan to fund new state financing
The governor said funds will come from Chase National Bank of New York with a note of $1,009,000 to be met from newly acquired funds. The remaining $1,200,000 will be borrowed from West Virginia banks. Sinking fund requirements are about $2,500,000 in addition to the $1,000,000 note due.
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Chase National Bank of New York
West Virginia
Suspected Still Owner Shot and Killed in Missouri Farmhouse
Federal agents in Joplin Missouri shot and killed Homer Weese about 45 at a farmhouse where a whisky still was being sought. Agents led by Harold Lane said Weese opened fire first. Weese had published a weekly newspaper and served time for counterfeiting conspiracy. Authorities seized equipment in a barn on the run.
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Joplin
Homer Weese
Harold Lane
Weese
State Penitentiary
Electrical storm silences heatwave in Pittsburgh
A sharp electrical storm in Pittsburgh caused damage and a brief temperature drop from a hot day. The Rev. Thomas B Evans 71, pastor of Chatam Street Welsh Baptist church, died at home from heat prostration as trees toppled and dwellings were struck by lightning. A separate note mentions film industry terms and farm telephone statistics.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas
Evans
Chatam Street
Paul Muni Signs Five Year Warner Bros Contract
Paul Muni a renowned stage and screen actor signs a five year deal with Warner Bros and will begin work on The World Changes. This formalized agreement marks his full commitment to film acting.
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Muni
Paul Muni
Hollywood
Warner Bros. Studios
Explorers Call Off Mount Everest Trip
London June 29 The chair man of the Houston Mount Everest expedition C G Bruce announced the expedition will be withdrawn due to continued bad weather He notes the struggle continues but for now the mountain has won The two expeditions financed by Lady Robert Houston aimed to conquer Everest one air party flew over Everest in April the land party led by Hugh Ruttledge sought the peak from base camp north of Everest in April with two months to go before the monsoon Previous attempts occurred in 1921 1922 and 1924
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London
C. G. Bruce
Robert Houston
Air
Mount Everest
Hugh Ruttledge
Indian Civil Service
Everest
Himalaya
Zemo Skin Itch Relief Praised by Millions
Zemo, a trusted remedy for itching rashes eczema and ringworm, claims 25 years of use and praise. A trial is urged to prove its merit with prices 35c 60c and 1 dollar and a note to insist on genuine Zemo.
Ohio National Farm Holiday secretary jailed in mail scandal
R P King of Green Springs Ohio, secretary of the Ohio National Farm Holiday association, remains jailed on a $1000 bond for sending improper political mail. He allegedly mailed a critical postcard to Governor Clyde L Herring of Iowa over troop use in Iowa farm trouble and another to Senator Tasker L Oddis of Nevada over recognition of Russia, with the cards signed by another name. The item notes about 7500 automobile deaths occurred in the US in the first four months of 1933.
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Toledo
Ohio
R. P. King
Ohio National Farm Holiday Association
Greensprings
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Tasker L. Oddis
Nevada
Russia
Death Ends Career of London’s Hero
Stockholm reports Karl William Oeberg the Swedish King of Polynesia has died at his modest home at age unknown. A former sailor he went to the Fiji islands in 1887 and ruled a native tribe for thirty years. He met Jack London during the Snark cruise and inspired works including The House of Pride and Adventures. He later donated an Polynesian ethnological collection to the Swedish museum.
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Stockholm
Jack
Karl William Oeberg
Polynesia
Oeberg
Fiji Islands
Jack London
Oe+berg
Charmian London
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