NRA recovery plan faces hurdles as government urges action
NRA administrator Hugh John warns recovery hinges on public support for institutions and rising employment and wages. Government pressure to enact the plan grows, while Gen Johnson says boycotts will be unnecessary once the pres se works. The federal agriculture agency approves immediate 5 000 000 pigs killed to cut pork surplus and boost prices.
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NRA
Hugh John
Gen. Johnson
Presse
Federal Agricultural Administration
Emergency hog program to cut market pig surplus
Agricultural Adjustment Administration officials plan to launch an emergency hog program August 15 to remove up to 500 million pounds of pork and pork products by Oct 1. Payments to small hog farmers are expected to total about 14 million dollars with 4 million more for sows, funded by a processing tax.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Treasury
J. H. Mercer
Kansas
Earl C. Smith
Twinols
Roswell Garst
Coon Rapids
Farrow
Milk Price Suit Set For Aug. 21
In Washington two suits filed in District of Columbia Supreme Court challenge Secretary Wallace authority to fix milk and cream prices. Justice Cox granted until Aug 21 to show cause why injunctions should not issue. Plaintiffs are Economy Dairy Co Norwood Park Ill and Milton R Beck trading as Southwest Dairy Products Stickney Ill.
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Washington
INS
Wallace
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Joseph W. Cox
Economy Dairy Company
Norwood Park
Milton R. Beck
Southwest Dairy Products
Stickney, Ill
Local Man Awarded Seat On Exchange
The Chicago stock exchange governing committee approved the transfer of a membership to Robert C. Davis of Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Chicago
Chicago Stock Exchange
Robert C. Davis
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year Reports Accidents
Local traffic toll in Cedar Rapids rises with 187 accidents recorded this year. Injuries total 6 214 and deaths show none, reflecting a cautious trend amid ongoing road safety efforts.
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Cedar Rapids
Renovize Minds and Homes in a Spring Clean
A town movement urges renovizing homes and offices to create jobs during the slump. The piece calls for cleaning up not only spaces but minds, tossing outdated beliefs and prejudices, and adopting a fresh perspective to face the future with a calmer, clearer outlook.
Jones County Man Gets 30 Years For Attempted Murder
ANAMOSA Tullos McGuire a 64 year old Jones county farmer was sentenced to a term not to exceed thirty years at Fort Madison state prison after pleading guilty before Judge H G Ring to a charge of set with intent to commit murder. McGuire shot Harvey Eye Tuesday night as Eye returned from Anamosa with Mrs McGuire Eye is in serious condition at Mercy hospital but expected to recover barring infection. The information was filed by County Attorney Marvin Leven. McGuire father of nine children appeared alone with his Anamosa attorney Glenn McLoughlin. He noted a prior court brush up thirty five years ago for assault and battery.
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Anamosa
Tullos McGuire
Jones County
Fort Madison
Murer McGuire
Harvey Eye
Eye
McGuire
Mercy Hospital
Marvin Levien
Glenn McLoughlin
Wheat Drops Five Cents As Market Suffers Selloff
Wheat fell five cents on the Chicago board of trade amid heavy selling and stop loss pressure after the crop report and September contract liquidation. The bullish crop report released Thursday failed to support prices as sentiment soured and eastern houses led the selling. Corn, rye, and barley also declined with mixed early gains giving way to downward pressure.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
How to Fight Shark Advice From Museum Expert
Dr E W Gudger of the American Museum of Natural History urged bathers facing a shark to deliver a quick blow to the nose and then cut its throat. He said sharks seen locally are not dangerous.
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New York
E. W Gudger
American Museum of Natural History
Equal Pay Victory Flagged At White House Luncheon
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt secured a pledge from General Hugh S. Johnson that codes will include equal pay for equal work, extending to higher paid jobs. The NRA warned against enforcing a 3216 cent wage for women and 35 cents for men in corsetry, while noting existing collective bargaining exceptions.
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Washington
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson seeks shorter work week for newsmen
Washington reports Hugh S. Johnson urges changes to the newspaper code proposed by the American Newspaper Publishers Association. A three member sub committee will present Johnson's amendments to the full committee in New York Monday. He argues the edits would shorten newsroom hours with salary exemptions and denies any threat to press freedom. The plan awaits approval by the full committee and would replace parts of Roosevelt’s blanket agreement pending the permanent code.
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Washington
Cup
Hugh
Johnson
Pri
American Newspaper Publishers Association
New York
Johson
National Recovery Administration
Roosevelt
Stenographer Works Month for NRA Finds No Payroll
A National Recovery Administration stenographer worked a month filling in letters before discovering she was not on the payroll. She started during the NRA rush, took letters daily, then learned she would be given a job despite the pay issue.
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NRA
Washington
National Recovery Administration
The
Recovery Administration
Veterans Board Appoints Steck and Three Leaders
Washington CAP reports former Senator Daniel F Steck Ottumwa and three Iowa veterans leaders Glenn Haynes Des Moines Ray Murphy Ida Grove named to a special board of review. Alternates include N E Kendall Des Moines Bernard A Brown Sioux City and BE Fuelling New Hampton.
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Sioux City
BE. J. Fuelling
New Hampton
Veterans Administration
John F. Bresnahan
Lincoln
Neb
Lee J. Christensen
Roosevelt
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Affairs
Hines
Elks Chief Pledges Aid to NRA at Montana Convention
Walter F. Meier grand exalted ruler of the Elks issued a statement en route to the Montana state convention in Dillon pledging the 650 000 Elks to support the national recovery act.
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Butte
Mont
Walter F. Meier
of the
Elks
Montana
Order
Dillon
Johnson warns NRA violators face economic death over blue eagle
Washington AP reports Hugh S. Johnson, NRA administrator, forecast that revocation of the blue eagle emblem will come in clear cases of noncompliance with reemployment pledges. He warned violators will suffer economic death though local committees will handle early enforcement. He noted intrastate utilities fall outside federal reach but blue eagle pressure will apply.
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Washington
National Recovery Administration
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Blue Eagle
Pointe Intrastate
Blue
Long Beach Aviator Sets Inverted Flight World Record
Milo Burcham of Long Beach California established a new world record for upside down flight by remaining inverted for one hour 46 minutes and 59 seconds over Los Angeles after flying from San Diego. The previous holder Lieut Tito Falconi of Italy was in Torrento Italy and aimed to challenge the record later that day. Falconi planned a circuit from Los Angeles to San Diego to Ventura and back to Los Angeles.
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San Diego
Milo Burcham
Los Angeles
Gen. Johnson
Rick
INS
Long Beach
Calif
Burcham
Tito Falconi
Italy
Torrento
Falconi
Ventura
Here
North Western to Get 3 Million Loan
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a $3.862 million loan for the Chicago and North Western railroad from the Reconstruction Finance Corp to cover obligations due February 1.
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Washington (Lp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Reconstruction Finance Area
Rumor of Restoring Son of Heaven to Peiping Throne Spreads
In Peiping rumors claim a monarchist revival aims to place Henry Pu Yi back on the throne. Manchu exiles in Manchukuo cite studies of foreign constitutions as part of a growing movement to restore the old order.
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Peiping
RK. Ukins
China
Manchukuo
Erate
Peiong
Hsuan Tung
Henry Pu Yi
Great Wall
Mukden
Changchung
Chao Chin-Pao
Japan
Europe
Moley Analyzes Crime and Racketeering Problems
Prof Raymond Moley, assistant secretary of state, explains in The Cedar Rapids Gazette why crime waves and kidnapping have risen, how kidnapping differs from other rackets, and possible cures. The article, a preview of a series, reflects Roosevelt administration study.
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Raymond Moley
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Moley
Roosevelt
Gazette Sunday
New Deal Plans for Cuba Economic Recovery Outlined
The Roosevelt administration and allies outlined a four point program for Cuba including back to the land efforts for small planters, debt restructuring, a sugar production cap, and tariff reciprocity studies. The plan aims to empower small farmers and ensure labor needs while avoiding centralized control by large growers.
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Wyde Park
N.Y
Cuba
Island Republic
Roosevelt
White House
Washington
State Department
Local Plants Report Rising Employment In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids plants announce stronger payrolls with 1 300 workers at the packing plant up 235 from a year ago. Penick and Ford 833 workers, La Plant Choate 185, and new orders add ten days of work for road builders and twelve dump wagons for levee projects.
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Cedar Rapids News
Penick and Ford, Ltd
la Plant-Choate Company
Mississippi River
Fraser To Aid Black In Corn Hog Program
W. C. Fraser, head of the local market news service for the agriculture department, left Friday for Washington to help Dr. A. G. Black with details of the government plan to buy 5 900 000 hogs as part of the corn hog program.
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DES Moines
W." C. Fraser
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
A. G. Black
Eight Indicted in Abduction of August Luer
Eight persons including Walter Holland Randall Norvell and Lillian Chessen were indicted for the kidnapping of August Luer an 11 year old Alton banker and former packing company executive. Two defendants Holland and Grace Chase remain at large. Indictments cite a confession by Norvell to St Louis Police Chief Joseph Gerk.
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Edwardsville, Ill
INS
August Luer
Alton
Walter Holland
Randall Eugene Norvell
Namcoki
Ill
Charles Chessen
Lillian Chessen
East Alton
Grace Chase
Percy M. Fitzgerald
Christ Gitcho
Madison, NL
Cemetery NRA Code Bars Sunday Burials in Peoria
In Peoria the NRA code restricting cemetery work has halted Sunday burials. The 40 hour rule, agreed by cemetery associations, bans Sunday interments to implement the new work schedule across all local cemeteries.
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Peoria
NRA
Peoria, Ill
Assodess
Cuban Chief 15 Given 24 Hours to Obey Order
Cuban army demands President Gerardo Machado's resignation within 24 hours. The move follows mediators' suggestions to end political turmoil. Machado retaliates by ordering seven officers executed, while rebels seize Cabana fortress and other Havana forts as supporters shift loyalties.
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Havana
Gerardo Machado
Mario Menter
Aviation Corps
Liberal Party
United States
Sumner Welles
Machado
Army
Navy
Rome to Welcome Balbo Air Fleet on Arrival Day
Rome prepares for General Italo Balbo and his seaplane flotilla arriving from a trans Atlantic flight. Thousands line streets with flags and posters as the armada nears Carlo del Prete airport expected between 5 and 6 pm. A seaplane accident reduced the fleet to 23 craft and the body of Lieut. C Squaglia may be carried home aboard the Citta di Cantania, possibly departing Saturday night from Ponta Delgada.
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Portugal
Italo Balbo
Chiccago
Rome
Ponta Delgada
Azores
Citta di Cantania
Italy
C. Squaglia
Air Fleer
Atlantic
United States
General Balbo
Carlo del Prete
Tiber River
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