Gold Prices Hit New Domestic High As Dollar Slips
Washington reports say domestic gold reached a new high of 33.45 per ounce as the dollar fell to 5.16. The Roosevelt administration backs its price-raising plan while government bonds hold firm amid a weak dollar, with Treasury and RFC officials denying a White House split.
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Washington
White House
Treasury
Woodin
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve System
Reconstruction Corporation
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Ihs
Jesse H. Jones
Justice Department
RFC
Roosevelt to Confer With Alfred E. Smith at White House
President Roosevelt and Alfred E. Smith planned a social meeting at the White House on November 13. Smith travels with John J. Raskob and Dr. Raymond Miller to attend a Catholic University Trustees dinner, amid NY Democratic organizing talk and signaled political caution.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
White House
Smith
John J. Raskob
Raymond Miller
New York
Catholic University
Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee Chairman, Together With Dr. Miller
New York City
Tammany Machine
Henry Ford
Ford
National Recovery Administration
World Disarmament Parley Chief Warns of Resignation
Arthur Henderson, president of the world disarmament conference, warned in a House of Commons message that he may quit if governments do not shift their arms stance. The disclosure came amid sharp criticism of Britain’s Geneva policy. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald said Britain marks time but will blame any country breaking peace efforts.
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London
Arthur Henderson
House of Commons
Geneva
Stafford Cripps
Labor Party
Henderson
Germany
Europe
Ramsay MacDonald
Britain
Engineers to study rivers in Virginia and West Virginia
Washington reports two battles over water power developments in the Appalachians. The federal power commission asks the Army Engineers to assess navigability of headwaters of the James river as Appalachian Electric Power claims rights. Rep Randolph plans a 60 million dollar project on the Shenandoah and Potomac.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Washington
Appalachian Mountains
Federal Power Commission
Chief of Army Engineers
James River
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Randolph
Democrat
Shenandoah
Potomac
Atlantic Ocean
Mississippi River
James
New
Kanawha
Ohio
New River
The
Power Commission
Federal Circuit Court
Commission
United States Supreme Court
Major Disputes Set for 10 Boards After Arbitration
Two major industrial disputes moved toward arbitration on Monday. Austin Minnesota meat packers at Hormel accepted terms offered by Gov Floyd Olson and submitted to the state industrial board. In Illinois coal fields Progressive miners, out 16 months, sent their claims to federal court to decide job restoration rights for about 13 000 workers. Pennsylvania anthracite miners in Panther Creek Valley vowed to ignore work orders after a union meeting though officials had announced the strike ended and talks with operators would begin. Secretary Wallace urged Midwestern farmers toward a national land policy and long term relief plan to boost the corn belt’s productive acres.
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Austin
Minn
Hormel Company
Minnesota
Floyd B. Olson
State Industrial Board
NRA
Panther Creek
Pennsylvania
Wallace
Chicago
Pharoah
Wayne delegate H T Tucker resigns from House of Delegates
Charleston West Virginia November 13 Delegate H T Tucker a Democrat from Wayne resigned his seat in the house of delegates today Tucker has worked as a collector in the tax commissioners office for several months resulting in the vacancy.
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Charleston
W. Va
H. T. Tucker
Wayne
House of Delegates
Tucker
Tax Commissioner's Office
Senate election probe erupts as investigator scorns committee
John G. Holland publicly denounces Chairman Tom Connally and the panel in a New Orleans hearing. He accuses the committee of covering up for Huey Long and blasts the investigation, vowing to uncover the truth despite pressure.
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New Orleans
United States Senate
John H. Overton
Louisiana
John G. Holland
Tom Connally
Texas
Huey P. Long
Holland
Logan
Kentucky
Thomas
Utah
Waitt
Senator Long
Senator Howell
Robert B. Howell
Nebraska
Special Committee
Connally
Washington
Identity sought for man killed on Norfolk and Western tracks
Authorities in McDowell county seek to identify a man found fatally mangled on the Norfolk and Western tracks at Bottom Creek curve near Vivian. The 35 to 40 year old, six foot, 175 to 185 pound man had a glass eye, gray eyes, black hair, and wore a sweater, blue shirt, dark trousers and tan shoes. A bill dated 9-20-33 and a pocket knife were found. body at Patton Funeral home in Keystone awaiting identification.
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McDowell County
Norfolk and Western
Bottom Creek
Vivian
Bill Stone
Stowers
Patton
Keystone
Ickes Dismisses Two Public Works Aides
Secretary Ickes dismissed two state public works officials and announced a policy that communities must repay public works loans. Harry Berry of Tennessee was removed for expressing belief that municipalities would not repay loans. George H. Wells of Virginia was named to succeed Berry. Ickes also ordered Iowa official Nels G. Kreschel to terminate as executive secretary and notified Harold M. Cooper to carry the action.
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Washington
Ickes
Harry 8. Berry
Tennessee
George H. Wells
Charlottesville
Mississippi
Berry
Harold M. Cooper
State Advisory Board For
Iowa
Nels G. Kreschel
Iowa State Advisory Organization
Kreschel
Cooper
Trial scenes at Touhy Hamm kidnapping case
In Minneapolis Minnesota jurors prepare for Roger Touhy and fellow suspects as Federal Judge M M Joyce hears the Hamm kidnapping case. Defense attorney William Stewart and Touhy confer during jury selection while U S District Attorney George Sullivan and Assistant Attorney General Joseph Keenan lead prosecutions.
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Roger Touhy
Minneapolis
Minn
William Hamm
St. Paul
M. M. Joyce
William 8. Stewart
U. 8
George Sullivan
Joseph Keenan
Nazi candidates score victories in plebiscite
Berlin reports show more than 90 percent of voters backed Hitler’s hand picked Reichstag candidates and his foreign policy. Evangelical bells rang in gratitude as editorials hailed the unprecedented unity and a firm, peaceful Germany free from international councils unless treated as equal. The new Reichstag may assemble by December 1 at the Kroll Opera House, with Hess claiming unwavering devotion to Hitler.
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Berlin
Germany
Reich
Ludwig Mueller
Hitler
Hitlerite
Kreuz Beitung
Reichstag
Rudolf Hess
Kroll Opera House
Roosevelt nears Soviet recognition likely within four days
Washington reports suggest President Roosevelt will announce recognition of the Soviet Union within four days. Litvinoff and Roosevelt expect diplomacy to be restored before then, signaling a breakthrough after sixteen years. Representative Fish warned against Kremlin loans becoming a campaign issue.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
White House
Maxim Litvinoff
Litvinoff
Representative Fish
New York
House
State Department
Fish
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Russia
Boris Shvirsky
Soviet Union Information Bureau
Eight-Year-Old Dies From Powder Burns At Home
Charles Trace Jr. of Wet Branch died in a Charleston hospital from powder burns suffered a day earlier. The eight year old scattered powder on the ground and lit it causing the ignition of powder carried in his pocket.
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Charleston
W. Va
Charles Trace Jr
Progress in fight against white plague described
Dr Stephen J Maher spoke to Connecticut physicians at Laurel Heights sanatorium detailing experiments with a serum that forms acid destructive to tubercle bacilli. He said early results show potential but cautioned no cure yet while noting the work must be shared globally to accelerate development.
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Shelton
Conn
Stephen J. Maher
Connecticut
Laurel Heights
Maher
Connecticut Tuberculosis Commission
Youth in Trace Fork slaying gets life sentence
Ralph Eddy, 17, pleaded guilty to killing Rev. James Frank Eddy and his wife at Trace Fork on September 12. The court ordered life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. Eddy had fled Dunbar and traveled through several Southeastern states before arrest.
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Dunbar
Minister
Trace Fork
Ripley
W. Va
Ralph Eddy
James Frank Eddy
Bertie Eddy
Luther Wolfe
Lewis H. Miller
Moundasville
Eddy
Jackson County
Charleston
D. C
John Brittan
Young Eddy
South
St. Albans
Fairgrounds
Senator Dickinson seeks repeal of Recovery Act NRA provision
Iowa Republican Senator Dickinson said he will introduce next session a measure to repeal the National Industrial Recovery Act provision that created the NRA. He argued the price fixing plan on gasoline would raise costs for consumers and drive independent retailers out of business, centralizing distribution to a few large firms.
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Washington
Dickinson
Iowa
Congress
National Industrial Recovery Act
NRA
Mussolini outlines guild system and council reforms
Rome reports Premier Mussolini announcing that legislation on economic matters will be entrusted to a national council of corporations under a new guild system. He hinted at further reforms and said the grand council of Fascists would decide on political and constitutional developments from the new system, while the press urged merging the council with the chamber of deputies or abolishing it.
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Rome
National Council of Corporations
Mussolini
Il Duce
Grand Council of Fascists
Council
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Gas Seepage Triggers Evacuations Near Sello Spain
In Vigo Spain on November 13 reports say seeping poisonous gas near Mato parish in Sello has killed 16 people in two weeks. Authorities and physicians describe the vapor as carbonic acid gas and fear more deaths as residents evacuate en masse.
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Vigo
Spain
Sello
Caid
Doctora
Mato Parish
Jobs for 10 000 Workers in Sight in West Virginia
Charleston reports that more than 10 000 men may gain highway work in West Virginia. Federal officials ordered road authorities to submit immediate projects costing up to 5 000 dollars per county, with about 5 000 more jobs possible under a state road loan and Public Works Administration grant.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
T. H. MacDonald
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Bailey
Public Works Administration
MacDonald
NAA chief defends NRA in nationwide tour remarks
Gen Hugh S. Johnson, administrator of the national recovery act, said the public is not misled by powerful interests opposing statutes like the NRA. He defended the program, acknowledged mistakes in execution, and said critics misrepresent radio censorship claims while noting early complaints and hardships observed during his midwest and southwestern tour.
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Louisville
Hugh 8
Johnson
National Recovery Act
NRA
Midwest
Southwest
Hatfield
West Virginia
James M. Beck
Pennsylvania
Reno
Milo Reno
Wealthy Brewer Drops Eddie McFadden Link to Touhy Gang
Chicago trial updates show Eddie McFadden not identified as a Touhy gang kidnapper by William Hamm Jr. The case involves abductions for ransom tied to the San Jose Brooke Hart case and Klutace gang activities. Additional arrests and shootings unfold across Illinois, California, and Arkansas.
Gunfight Ends Chase as Bank Robbery Ring Ties to Klutas
In Peoria a 35 year old Russell Hughes was killed by police after a barber shop standoff while being sought over bank robberies and a $400000 kidnapping syndicate headed by Handsome Jack Klutas. Detectives Moran and Montgomery were wounded. Hughes wore a false mustache and altered hair. Three Klutas associates already faced Chicago charges for double kidnapping of gambler James Hackett.
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Peoria
Ill
Russell Hughes
Jack” Klutas
Alfred Jenkins
Robert Moran
Hughes
Fred Montgomery
Klutas
Moran
Jay Dusenberry
Montgomery
Chicago
James Hackett
Retracted ID Casts Doubt on Eddie McFadden Case
In St Paul Minnesota on November 13 an official retraction under scrutiny unsettles the positive identification of Eddie McFadden by William Hamm Jr a wealthy brewer. The case concerns the kidnap or related crime tied to Eddie McFadden.
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St. Paul, Minn
William Hamm Jr
Eddie McFadden
Pollard to Turn Names of Gamblers Over to Grand Jury
Governor Pollard disclosed a list of names of gamblers seen at Club Forest near Richmond and other resorts, intending to submit them to the Goochland county grand jury. He criticized inaction by local authorities and urged action to curb gambling in Virginia's capital area.
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Pollard
Grand Jury
Richmond
Virginia
Club Forest
Goochland County
Goochland County Place
Goochland
Erbakiaa Club Forest
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NAA
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Touhy
Burr W. Poole
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Calif
Brooke Hart
San Jose
California
Jack” Klutae
Ilindean
Wilbur Underhill
Verne Miller
F. B. Conner
Hot Springs
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