Employment Improves in New England States in July
United States Employment Service reports July gains across New England with continued part time work in textiles shoes and machinery and increased building activity. Farm labor supply meets demand while some central areas show full time schedules and others report shortages in skilled metal trades and shipbuilding related jobs.
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Boston
New England
U.S Employment Service
Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Cretain
Tywn
Everett
Quincy
Malden
Waltham
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Rome
Ardanna
Treasury Ends Alcohol Formula Order in Denaturing Plan
Washington August 11 AP The Treasury moves to stop bootleg alcohol diversion by discontinuing formula number 7 in denatured alcohol and directing gasoline be added to on hand quantities. This reduces authorized denaturing formulae to four with only two widely used, as one gallon of gasoline was added to every 100 gallons denatured to catch diversions.
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Helpa
Washington
Bequest Doubt Fails to Diminish Church Hope
In Peoria Illinois on August 11 AP reports John Cooper a Kewanee iron worker faces doubt over a claimed $9,000,000 inheritance while church members push ahead with plans for a $260,000 church. Cooper vows to stand by the church despite skepticism and pledges a cash gift for a nurses’ home at Kewanee hospital. He claims awaiting $5,200,000 in cash and 16,000 acres of Virginia land should arrive when he turns 35 on September 18.
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Peoria
Ills
John Cooper
Kewanee Iron Worker
Mr. Oliver
The
Christian Church
A. L. Freed
Cooper
Kewnane Public Hospital
Virginia
Congress Prepared for Dense Ninety Day Session
Washington Aug 11 AP Congress already plans a brisk ninety day session starting in December as committees prepare to draft more bills. Senate faces backlog from House measures and trouble amid omnibus rivers and harbors and French war debt bills. Impeachment trial of Judge George W English looms if adjournment extends into session. Ongoing questions include Muscles Shoals government property and several minor measures plus annual appropriation bills.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
George W. English
Minola
Muscles Shoals
Alabama
McFadden Branch
Northern Pacific Railway Company
House Commerce Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Peking Water Peddlers Fight Modern Systems
In China the clash between old and new persists as water peddlers oppose the city’s underground pipe system. They threaten workers and continue carting water from shallow wells, despite sixteen years of piped supply. The guild uses intimidation as the battle endures in Peking.
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Peking
China
Working Negro Wins Bail Policy In Alabama Court
In Birmingham on August 11 AP report says Jefferson County Judge H B Abernethy adopted auto bail slips for working Negro defendants in craps cases. The slip lets the accused sign their own bond, claiming the person is “working” and will appear in court. The judge has issued about 200 slips and notes no abuse so far.
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Birmingham
Ala
H. B. Abernethy
Jefferson County
Fudge Abernethy
Slp
Abernethy
Sha
San Antonio Outgrows Pioneer Tales Amid Modern Rise
Aug 11 1930 AP San Antonio evolves from a mild west town to a bustling American city. Industry, population growth, and modernization replace old frontier scenes as crime pins down gun culture, streets widen, old buildings fall, and wealthier Mexicans adopt city life while street life blends autos and traffic bells with historic charm.
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San Antonio
Texas
Alamo City
O. Henry
Von
Police
Soviet Baltic Fleet Sighted Off Estonian Coast
A dispatch from Riga reports the Soviet Baltic fleet cruising near Estonia. Inspector M. Kamenov aboard the cruiser Marat, implicating the fleet movement with the Kronstadt uprising.
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London
Estonia
Riga
M. Kamenev
Red Army
Marat
Kronstadt
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Standard Oilco
Smith&Murray Co
Birkield Ave
Charleston
Odd Portieres
Bridgeport
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