Fingerprint files ID Baltimore killer Hart in Illinois arrest
Justice Department investigation records reveal Jack Hart, Baltimore payroll killer, was identified by fingerprints after multiple disguises and escapes. Hart, jailed in Cicero Illinois after a card game shooting, was traced through routine Bureau of Investigation prints and photos leading to Baltimore extradition orders.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Jack Hart
Baltimore
Chicago
Bureau of Investigation
Maryland
Hart
National Bureau of Indentification
International Association of Police Chiefs
Justice Department
Cicero
Ill
James
Red) Kelly
Michael Solar
Herman H. Sullivan
Sullivan
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau
Illinois
City Warrants Stolen From Chicago Treasury Office
About 90 000 worth of city corporate fund warrants vanished from a branch office of the Chicago city treasury this afternoon. R P Powers, representative of the city comptroller, stepped out briefly and returned to find the package missing. Policeman Daniel Donaghe, nearby, said a stranger slipped in and grabbed the warrants and fled.
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Chicago
City Treasury
R. P. Powers
City Comptroller’s Office
Powers
Daniel Donaghe
Cleveland Street Car Strike Postponed Indefinitely
The Cleveland Street Car Men's union executive board postponed the planned 5 a m strike to tomorrow indefinitely. A decision on future action was reserved for a Saturday night meeting of the board to determine whether and when the walkout will occur.
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Cleveland, CO
Cleveland Street Car Men's Union
Langley planes poised for hop at Bluefield air show
A radiogram from Lieutenant Kuter states twelve army planes from Langley Field Va will fly to Bluefield for the third annual air show to be held Saturday and Sunday. Parachute jumps are planned by Chuck Meadows of Beckley and outside loops by Hubert Stark of Charleston using a Great Lakes plane. The two day event includes fifty-one Langley Field air corps fliers and about twenty commercial pilots from West Virginia Virginia and North Carolina plus a death defying stunt program and army flight demonstrations.
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Kuter
Second Bombardment Group Air Corps
United States Army
Bluefield
Chuck” Meadows
Beckley
Meadows
Raleigh County
Eastman to Enforce Emergency Railroad Act on Labor Units
Washington September 7 Joseph B Eastman transportation coordinator said he will strictly enforce the emergency railroad act regarding labor organizations. He sent a questionnaire to rail managements to assess status of company unions and stated managements must keep hands off labor organizations. The act lists five provisions to protect labor, bars railroads from using funds to maintain company unions, and allows workers freedom to join any labor organization.
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Washington
Sept
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
Marines Prepare Aircraft Squadron for Cuba Mission
Marine Barracks Quantico reports marine aircraft squadron ready to depart on short notice for Cuba. Twelve observation ships and support planes at Brown Field are checked and armed. Pilot crews pack belongings as seventh regiment stands by for possible deployment. Fleet Lieut. Clarence J. Chappell commands the squadron. Col. Richard P. Williams leads the seventh regiment.
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Marine Barracks
Quantico
Cuba
Brownfield
Island
Republic
Clarence J. Chappell
Macon
Nicaragua
Richard P. Williams
Atlanta
Cuban Junta Ready to Quit If People Demand It
Havana reports say five member radical junta vows to resign within five minutes if ordered by the people to avoid American intervention. Army shows at key points as 500 demonstrators march with red flags and ships approach Cuban waters. U.S. weighs landing Marines if Americans are attacked while stressing no broad intervention.
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Havana
Cuba
Jose Irizarri
Radical Commission
Revolutionary Junta of Five
Washington
United States
State Department
Theodore Roosevelt
National Banking Chief Defends Deposit Insurance Plan
Chicago, Sept 7. Comptroller J F T O'Connor told the American Bankers Association that the 1933 National Banking Act will insure deposits of 2500 or less and reduce bank runs. He countered bankers’ objections with seven points on public safety, credit extension, and cost, noting the act becomes partly effective January 1.
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Chicago
J. F. T. O'Connor
American Bankers Association
Roosevelt
O'Connor
Congress
Postal Savings Bank
Virginia and West Virginia lawmakers sign public works acts
In Baltimore and Richmond a regional conference and the Virginia special session signed multiple acts aiding public works and tax measures. West Virginia seeks 500 000 for water and 4 000 000 for sewage while counties face legal and financial barriers to federal program participation.
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Baltimore
Public Works Boards
Delaware
Kentucky
Maryland
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
M. Lindsau O'Toole
Commonwealth
Literary Fund
Miners face 36 hour week under new recovery code
Washington reports Hugh 8. Johnson, recovery administrator, unveils a tentative code of competition for the coal industry. It sets a 36 hour average work week, with 32 hours max in 26 weeks and 40 hours in the other 26 weeks. Wages vary by region from 4.60 to 4.20 dollars per hour and miners gain weighman checks and a bargaining clause under the recovery act.
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Washington
Hugh 8. Johnson
West Virginia
Michigan
Potomac
Maryland
Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
National Recovery Administration
National Industrial Recovery Act
National Bituminous Labor Board
Text Of Master Code For Coal Industry Drafted By NRA
The coal code outlines the bituminous industry plan under the National Industrial Recovery Act. It defines industry scope, hours limits, minimum pay, collective bargaining rights, check-weighman rights, age rules, and future wage-housing rules. It also sets fair market price mechanisms and agency oversight for coal pricing and consignments.
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N.R.A
Coal code sets wage scales for miners across states
Johnson presents administration plan for industry codes with 15 basic wage scales from 3.75 to 8.00 dollars and a 36 hour work week. Objections due by 6 p m Saturday. A public hearing is set for next Monday as UMWA and operators' committee refine contracts for presidential approval.
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Johnson
United Mine Workers of America
Roosevelt
Appalachian
Flood threat looms over Rio Grande valley
Harlingen Texas reports heavy rains upstream along the Rio Grande raising flood risk as authorities reinforce weaker levees with sandbags. Death toll stands at 22 with hundreds injured and reports of more deaths in Matamoros and surrounding areas. San Antonio urges aid for valley residents amid widespread devastation.
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Harlingen
Texas
Rio Grande
Mexico
Cameron-Hidalgo County
Matamoros
Tamaulipas
San Antonio
C. K. Quin
Monterrey
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Virginia General Assembly
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