NRA power shifts as Harriman leads from behind the scenes
Washington reports Averell Harriman exerts de facto control of the NRA board, shaping policy and public messaging. Harriman presides over meetings and conducts daily press briefings, while framing reforms to boost industrial self governance and adjust union bargaining.
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Averell Harriman
Union Pacific Ca Lroad
Harriman
Charman
Clay Williams
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Oriental Clipper to Test 2400 Mile Pacific Flight
Pan American Airways Oriental Clipper, in training near Miame Fla, will undertake a theoretical Pacific crossing next week. Officials said the 19 ton flying boat will fly routes over the Caribbean toward the Pacific, testing distances beyond the California to Hawaii span. Flights will simulate actual Pacific conditions with landings minimized for most of the voyage.
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Pan- American Airways Oriental Chipper
California
Far East
An're
Plan To Export Farm Surplus Gains In House
Washington AP reports a House plan to empower the Farm Administration to aid export of farm surpluses and withdraw from some control programs. Proposals include processing taxes to fund disposal of surpluses and aid for export losses, with support from Rep Coffee Neb.
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Congress
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Farm Administration
Farm Bureau
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Coffee
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Coolidge
George Peek
House Agriculture Committee
British Co-Operative Society
Mystery woman with 173000 on train identified variably
A woman found off a Grand Trunk train in Battle Creek with 173000 in cash and securities gave conflicting names. Police traced letters to Isabelle McHie of Hammond Indiana and Isabelle May McCoy of New York City, while she was hospitalized for nervous disorders.
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Isabella McHie
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Elgin
Isabelle May McCoy
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Homan Avenue
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Hammond
Radio Network Program Guide Listing
A dense OCR style recap lists NBC CBS WJZ WEAF WMAQ WBBM WCCO and other stations with program notes. It names musicians orchestras and bands such as Ruth Etting Red Nichols Jack Smith and Paul Whiteman along with programs like Orphan Annie and Ship of Theseus style items. The entry reflects a schedule or roaster across multiple stations and times.
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Fastman School of Music
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Jack Smith
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Buck Rogers
Waam
Ruth Etting
Red Nichols
Noake
Annette Hanshaw
Kmox Ra—Music Magic
Chain Waring Orch
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WRUN
Paul Whiteman
Helen Jepson
WJZ Chain
Nbct
Voice of
Nance Arch
Herbie Kay
Tuether
Relehman Orch
Heecher Orch
Dust Storms Sweep Across the Midwest
Dust rolls east across the Midwest as storms darken Kansas City visibility to two blocks. Women and children indoors seal homes with wet sheets and paper. officials blame western sod plowing and drought for soil exposure and dust storms, with 14 dense and 7 light storms recorded in weeks.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Nebraska
Former Iowa Pastor Takes Life in Hawarden
The Rev J W Lagrone, 60, of Wahpeton North Dakota and former Hawarden Methodist pastor, shot himself in his car in front of the church after visiting his wife’s grave the night before. Car tracks led to the cemetery and notes in the auto were addressed to his daughter and to Waharden banker C A Slife and others in Wahpeton.
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Hawarden (Ap
J W . Lagrone
Wahpeton
North Dakota
Hawarden Methodist Church
Hawarden
Slife Hawarden
Castor Oil Remedy For Reckless Drivers In Hammond
City Judge Joseph Stodola imposes a three ounce castor oil dose on traffic violators and adds an hour in the city jail as a punishment. The unusual procedure aims to curb reckless driving in Hammond Indiana.
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Hammond
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Joseph Stodola
Cedar Rapids PWA Street Plan Seeks Federal Aid
The plan proposes lowering streets and raising tracks to allow vehicle traffic under them, reduce congestion, and address loop crossing hazards. The Cedar Rapids plan, part of a statewide Iowa submission, awaits federal approval and would require a formal PWA application with a definite survey.
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PWA
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Washington
Condemn Scales Of Co-Operative Stock Firm In Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa site of the Iowa Livestock Marketing association scales condemned and sealed after inspector Beaty found them 15 pounds heavy at each corner. Secretary of Agriculture Ray Murray said a department seal was placed and new scales will be installed. Inspectors Beaty Bank Rowe and Anton oversee districts across Nevada Buffalo Center and Albia.
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Des Moines
Iowa Livestock Marketing Association
Ray Murray
Murray
Earl Beaty
Department of Agriculture
Beaty
Nevada
Anton Bank of Buffalo Center
Charles Rowe
Albia
Little Entente to Mobilize If Hungary Arms
In Geneva a report says the Little Entente would mobilize immediately if Hungary arms, with Titulescu leading talks in Belgrade Paris and London. The three nations Roumania Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia may deem rearmament a prelude to denouncing the peace treaty provisions.
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Entente
Nicholas Titulescu
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Paris
London
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Czechoslovakia
Titulescu
Europe
Balkan
League of Nations
League
Alexander
Marseilles
Police Seek Help to Find Four Missing Persons
Police on Wednesday sought public assistance to locate four missing individuals reported since Tuesday. Ed Sparks of Clarence said her husband, 39, disappeared Sept 1 after going to find work. he is 5 feet 5 inches, 159 pounds with brown hair and eyes and wears nose glasses. John Chalmers of Dubuque reported his sons Bruce 17 and Russ Patch 17 left in Bruce’s brother’s car Monday evening after a break.
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Ed Sparks
Clarence
Mr Sparks
John Chalmers
Dubuque
Bruce
Russ Patch
Cascade Police Seek Two Missing Teens After Telegram
Down at Cascade Chal mers received a wire from his son in Cedar Rapids saying he and a companion were headed on a trip likely to Florida. The Chalmers son, a student at St. John's Military Academy in Delafield Wisconsin, is due back next Tuesday. Patch is described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, weight 155 pounds, with light hair and blue eyes. Sam Sheronick of 1703 Avenue NW reported his son Cy left home at 11 a.m. Monday. Cy is 19, 5 feet 9, 145 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, wearing a yellow zipper jacket, black trousers and a black hat.
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Cascade
Chalmers
Cedar Rapids
Florida
St. John’s Military Academy
Delafield
Wis
Patch
Sam Sheronick
Avenue NW
Sheronick
Million Dollar Plot To Kidnap Revealed
A Barker Karpis gang plan to kidnap Louis W Hill Jr and Richard C Lilly for a one million dollar ransom was discussed while Edward G Bremer was held at Bensonville Illinois early last year. The plan was halted by DOJ efforts and the case given to the division of investigation. The alleged finger man in the plot would have received two hundred thousand dollars.
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ST Paul
St. Paul
Barker-Karpis
Edward G. Bremer
Bensonville
United Press
Louis W. Hill, Jr
Empire Builder
Richard C. Lilly
First National Bank of
Soviets Report 60 000 Rail Accidents in 1934
Moscow dispatch says official report shows 60 000 Soviet railroad accidents in 1934 causing hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries. The figure underscores safety concerns across the vast railway system and nationwide transport challenges.
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Moscow
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Soviet Union
Republicans Attack Bonus Issue Spending
Washington AP report notes House Republicans use the 2.0 billion dollar bonus issue as a rallying point against what they call the presidents extravagant program. Representative Tabor of New York leads the charge on the appropriations panel arguing wild schemes have doubled annual government spending from 4 to 8.5 billion dollars. He adds soldiers deserve their pay now.
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Ricchard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Whitney
the Exchange
Charles Gay
Whitehouse and Company
Exchange Merry-Go-Round
Washington
House
Representative Tabor
New York
Appropriations Committee
Woman Clubbed to Death in Los Angeles Apartment
The body of 65 year old Louise Appier, an apartment house owner, was found Tuesday in a tenant’s unit in Los Angeles. Police say she appears to have been struck to death with a blunt instrument.
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Los Angeles
Louise Appier
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