Bank Official Warns About Fluctuating Currency Value
Walter E. Few of Corn Exchange Bank Trust and member of the federal reserve advisory council helped adopt a council resolution in Washington. The measure warns that currency value fluctuations hinder the economy and will continue to do so, though Few declined comment. The advisory council includes banking members from all federal reserve districts.
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New York
Walter E. Few
Corn Exchange Bank Trust Company
Federal Reserve Advisory Council
Council
Few
Washington
Federal Reserve
Morgenthau Leads Treasury Talks Amid Fiscal Row and Replacements
Acting Secretary Morgenthau heads to Warm Springs to brief President Roosevelt on currency policy amid disputes with budget chief Lewis Douglas and Federal Reserve Governor Eugene Black. He named Roswell Magill as tax adviser replacing Harold Groves, with salaries funded from a special banking crisis fund.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Presince Roosevelt
Warm’ Springs
Fixt
Lewis Douglas
Eugene R. Black
Federal Reserve Board
Roswell Magill
Columbia University
Treasury
Harold M. Groves
University of Wisconsin
Magill
Groves
Wisconsin
Tax Commission
Congress
Herbert Gaston
Censrn Deposit Insurance Corporation
Walter J. Cummings
Gaston
Earle Bailie
William H. McReynolds
Herman Oliphant
Douglas
Needle Pulled From Man After 56 Years
Walworth county farmer Frank Wolfe aged 68 in Wis received needle extraction from his shoulder by a physician. Wolfe recalled swallowing a needle one inch long 56 years ago during a farm task.
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Elekhorn
Wis
Frank Wolfe
Walworth County
Wolfe
95 year old farmer weds his stepmother in North Wilkesboro
At 95 Pate Shew married his 75 year old stepmother Mrs Caroline Shew in a courthouse ceremony in North Wilkesboro North Carolina. The unusual marriage linked a son’s father’s widow in a rare familial union.
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North Wilkesboro
N. C
Pate Shew
Caroline Shew
Shew
The Power of Tone in Everyday Religion
An Eastern king learns two viziers give opposite readings of the same dream. The first declares doom and is beheaded. the second offers a hopeful view. The tale shows how tone and perspective shape truth and how words can heal or wound. The piece discusses voice as an instrument shaping mood and meaning.
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Owen Wister
Settle Likely Sets World Altitude Record in Balloon Flight
Lieutenant Commander T G W Settle appears to set a world altitude record with a barograph reading of 61 237 feet after a balloon flight from Akron to south New Jersey. The National Aeronautic Association will forward the reading to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. Soviet claims of over 62,000 feet lacked official confirmation.
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Washington
T. G. W. Settle
Akron
South New Jersey
National Aeronautic Association
Settle
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Ray Cooper
National Association
Russia
International Organization
Federation
County Warehouse Boards Appointed Across Iowa
Secretary of Agriculture Ray Murray announced county corn hog committees to organize loans. Committeemen serve without pay and will select crib sealers. Named first include Linn County members Neal, Mills, Hood, Elson. Benton members Beatty, Kinsel, Thor man. Black Hawk members Smalling, Strayer. Dubuque members Hines, Mangold. Johnson members Sullivan Yoder Colony Burr. Muscatine member Wolf. and others in Cedar Falls Cascade and more.
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Des Moines
Ray Murray
Uwo
Lst
Illic ite Love Affair of Wynekoop Strikes Chicago Headlines
Earle Wynekoop returns from Kansas City denying he killed his wife Rheta. He faces police and prosecutors as Priscilla Witts is detained after admitting companionship with Wynekoop. Investigators weigh whether the crime occurred between 3 and 6 pm in the Wynekoop home.
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Chicago
Earle Wynekoop
Rheta
Earle
Kansas City
Priscilla Witts
Grand,canyon
Michael Wynekoop
John M. Long
Wynekoop
South Side
Fillmore Street
Virgil Gant
Shoemaker
Enid Hennessey
Miss Hennessey
Miss Witt
Mob surrounds jail where Hart killers are held
In San Jose a crowd of about 200 gathered around the jail housing Jack Holmes and Thomas Thurmond, the confessed Brooke Hart kidnapers. Sheriff Emig ordered vigilance after threats linked to the $40,000 ransom demand in the 1930s case.
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San Jose
Calif
Jack Holmes
Thomas Thurmond
Brooke Hart
William Emig
Emig
Spike Evans Named Chairman Of Iowa Corn-Hog Committee
Rudolph M Evans once a frail Cedar Rapids high school graduate grew into a six foot plus figure and is now named chairman of Iowa's state corn hog committee. The Des Moines item traces his career from Ames civil engineering student to Allied Machinery executive and World War I service to a money Recovery voyage to Australia chasing a large account.
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Spike” Evans
Iowa
Des Moines
Rudolph M. Evans
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Evans
Laurens
Rudolph Evans
Martin Evans
Linn County
Spike
Primo Carera
Allied Machinery Corporation of America
New York
France
116Th Engineers
116Th
Allied Machinery
Australia
Fiji Islands
Liquor Control Through Codes Proposals Outlined
President Roosevelt's committee on post repeal problems proposed full legal control of liquor through codes and marketing agreements. The plan would use NRA powers to regulate hours wages licensing and sales limited to bottled liquor with certain exceptions. Agencies involved include the Treasury Justice State Commerce and Agriculture Departments under White House direction.
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Washington
LLP
Roosevelt
National Recovery
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Treasury, Justice, State, Commerce and Agriculture Departments
White House
A. A
Congress
NRA
Recovery Act
Burgus Opposes City Bond Plans in Council Fight
City finance commissioner Louis D. Burgus challenged bond proposals as the council debated Civil Works Administration aid for sewer and street projects. Public improvements commissioner Louis J. Zika asked approval to seek funds and to buy sewer pipe to begin work, while Mayor Stepanek defended the program despite treasury concerns. The dispute continued with no immediate decision.
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Louis D. Burgus
Louis J. Zika
Civil Works Administration
Zika
Burgus
W. H. Stepanek
Frank Young
Treasury
Fox Film magnate testifies in stock market probe
William Fox testified that Justice Department records were altered in a 1929 conspiracy to seize control of Fox Film and Fox Theaters. He named Harley Clarke Albert Wiggin John Otterson and others, and said Louis B Mayer admitted responsibility. Fox said Hoover advised him to seek justice directly at the White House.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
William Fox
Justice Department
Moving Picture Empire
Fox
Fox Film
Fox Theaters
Ferdinand Pecora
Pecora
Harley Clarke
Albert H. Wiggin
John Otterson
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Halsey, Stuart
Wall and
LaSalle Street
Fox Films, Inc
Fox Theaters, Inc
Louis B. Mayer
California
Mayer
Claudius Houston
Republican National Committee
James Francis Burke
White House
Clarke
Four youths and two girls charged after Manchester raid
In Wisconsin authorities say four youths and two 17 year old girls face warrants for assault and robbery linked to a Manchester Indiana bank raid. A shootout left Walter Bergman dead and Paul Cheney wounded at a Kenosha filling station. Deputies captured Donovan Schwemier and others as the gang’s escape cars were found stolen. The case ties to the Hathaway bakery raid and a bank president’s home seizure.
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Kenosha
Wis
Manchester
Clarence Ericksen
J. J. Burbridge
Walter Bergman
Paul Cheney
Green Bay
Nick's Place
Alice Pluto Bergman
Waukegan
Ill
Jerry Schwemier
Hazel
Chicago
Bergman Wedng
Joseph Miezejewski
Milwaukee
Bergman
Alice Pluta
Don Donovan
la Farge
Green Bay Reformatory
Sterling Hart
Hathaway
Leo Sikora
Leonard Jansen
Donovan
Clarence Erickson
Cheney
Ericson
Schwemier
Sherif
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Wallace revokes three Chicago milk dealers licenses
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace using the agricultural adjustment act revokes the licenses of Edgewater Dairy Chicago Lakeview Dairy Chicago and Josef Wagner Dairy Cicero for alleged violations of the Chicago milk marketing agreement. The action stops operations pending possible reinstatement on proving nonwillful violations or posting a bond.
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Wallace
Johnson hails NRA as seventh wonder of world at rally
ATLANTA AP Hugh 8 Johnson told an NRA gathering that the Roosevelt recovery program has produced 25 percent of its expected results and must soon unleash another forward surge. He attacked critics as enemies of a fair code system, praised businessmen who support NRA, and warned against excess spending.
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Atlanta
Hugh
Johnson
NRA
Dun ‘and Bradstreet
United States
Plymouth County Farm Bureau Wins Suit
Judge C W Pitts ruled for the Plymouth county Farm Bureau in its suit over a $2200 appropriation after the board of supervisors rejected it for not meeting a 200 member threshold. The court found a second petition after a membership drive met the statute’s membership requirement.
Neighborhood football injury proves fatal to Harold Roser
In New Orleans an 18 year old, Harold John Roser, died after a neighborhood football game injuring his knee. He fell during a play and after medical treatment his condition worsened and septicemia caused death at Tuoro infirmary.
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New Orleans
Harold John Roser
Roser
Tuoro Infirmary
Sarraut Regime Falls After Confidence Vote
Paris reports Premier Albert Sarraut's government survives a second confidence vote on the 1934 budget by 326 to 237, a majority of 69, after fierce opposition to salary cuts for government workers. The debate centered on article six, with Joseph Dennis leading the challenge before the vote at 12:30 a.m.
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Paris
Albert Sarraut
Chamber of Deputies
Joseph Dennis
Sarraut
Chicago Milk Pact To Be Re-Examined
Washington based AAA administrator George N. Peek announced a public hearing in Chicago to reopen the Chicago milk marketing agreement and license regulation for general re examination. He cited “quite a bit of chiseling” in Chicago.
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Washington
INS
Chicago
George N. Peek
AAA
Peek
Des Moines Gas Tax Refunds Probe Highlights Irregularities
A legislative committee report unveils suspected fraudulent gasoline tax refunds to highway contractors and oil companies totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. Findings cite underpaid treasurer staff, overpayments, duplications, and lax claim handling with recommendations for stricter controls and expanded investigations into license fees and the motor vehicle code.
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Des Moines
Ranedom
Istica
Ena
Rep. C.D
Moore
Urband
House
Ita
Touhy Gang Not To Go On Stand In Kidnapping Trial
Alibi witnesses testified for Roger Touhy and three co defendants on charges of kidnapping William Hamm Jr for a $100000 ransom. Witnesses included a Chicago bailiff and a Touhy home employee who placed Touhy at Des Plaines on June 15. Defense said none may testify, trial could end Friday after eleven days.
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Paul
Roger Touhy
William Hamm, Jr
Gus Schaeffer
California
Chicago
Touhy
Des Plaines
Ill
Hamm
William Scott Stewart
Grange Condemns Farmers Strike in X Action
The National Grange condemned the farm strike as a means to secure economic justice for agriculture during a Wednesday meeting in Boise Idaho. The resolution denounces disrupting markets and seeks alternative methods to address farmers grievances.
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Boise
Lola Lane Injured In Hollywood Traffic Collision
Film actress Lola Lane suffered painful but non serious injuries after being trapped between bumpers of two automobiles in a Hollywood traffic accident. No jury was involved.
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Hollywood
INS
Lola Lane
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