Roosevelt Expands Coal Code Order and Labor Provisions
President Roosevelt issued an executive order to make the soft coal industry code effective within two weeks and removed a contentious provision. The move eliminates a section tied to labor union interpretations, keeping the joint labor statement as official but not part of the code. Johnson called the coal code a major NRA achievement and signaled focus on retail and construction codes with price stabilization and buy now campaigns upcoming.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Iar
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
National Recovery Administration
Hugh S. Johnson
Bituminous Industrial Board
NRA
Johnson
Detroit Banks Probe Closed by One Man Grand Jury
The one man grand jury investigation into Detroit's two large banks and affiliates ended Monday night. Circuit Judge Harry B. Keidan announced the hearing was terminated after U.S. Senator James Couzens testified and was allowed to reprise his remarks for rebuttal.
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Detroit
Harry B. Keidan
Michigan
U .S
James Couzens
Convicted Iowa Man Sentenced for Car Theft
Charles W. Hanson 22 of Brooklyn Iowa was sentenced to two years in federal prison for transporting a stolen car from Grinnell Iowa to Chillicothe Missouri. He was admitted to a hospital Monday with encephalitis. Hanson had pled guilty to the transportation charge.
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Kansas City
Charles W. Hanson
Brooklyn
Hanson
Grinnell
Chillicothe Mo
Philippine Vets Oppose Hawes Bill at Manila Meeting
The Philippine Veterans’ association, at its national convention in Manila, unanimously urged rejection of the Hawes-Cutting independence measure. Emilio Aguinaldo presided, recalling his role as a thirty-year insurgent general.
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Manila PI
INS
Philippine Veterans’ Association
Emilio Aguinaldo
Ottumwa Motorist Killed in Spill Near Airport
H J Davis 37 and S H Palmer 25, both Ottumwa residents, were involved when Davis driving on Highway 161 near the airport lost control while attempting to pass a car and overturned in a ditch. Davis died from a crushed skull. Palmer was seriously injured with a possible right shoulder fracture and bruises. A sign company worker observed high speed before the crash and an unnamed motorist reported the incident to authorities.
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H. J. Davis
Ottumwa
S. H. Palmer
Davis
Highway 161
Palmer
Larry Condon
Sign Company
F. L. Langhurst
T. C. Henson Sign Company
Prairie Creek
Sheriff's Office
Oklahoma City Jury Drawn for Bailey Kidnapping Trial
A largely small town jury was chosen for the Harvey Bailey case and co defendants over the Charles Urschel kidnapping. Nine jurors and two alternates hail from El Reno Norman and nearby areas while the trial is adjourned to Tuesday at 9:30 am. Federal official Joseph Keenan from Washington warned prosecutors and lawyers against ransom fees and pledged vigorous prosecution for any involved.
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Oklahoma City
Harvey Bailey
Charles Urschel
el Reno
Norman
E. S. Vaught
Joseph B Keenan
U.S
Washington
Underworld
George
Machine Gun
Patsy Miller Divorced From Tay Garnett in Austria
Austrian court dissolves Patsy Ruth Miller and Tay Garnett marriage. Miss Miller remains in Vienna while Mr Garnett is in London.
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Patsy
Vienna
Patsy Ruth Miller
Tay Garnett
Miss Miller
Mr. Garnett
London
Reverend Kacere and son die in Waverly crash
A rural Iowa traffic crash at junctions 59 and 10 east of Waverly killed the Rev Joseph Kacere 46 and his 10 year old son Frank from Cedar Rapids along with three Waterloo men. Six Kacere family members were injured. Coroner planned an inquest while the Waterloo party had been returning from Spillville festival.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph Kacere
Twelfth Avenue SE
St. George’s Syrian Orthodox Church
Frank
Waverly
Waterloo
Kacere
Frank Kacere
Howard Harrington
Harry Kiester
Vern King
Charles Kacere
Mason City
Harry Shaw
King
No. 10
Spillville
Mr. Harrington
Fred W. Koch
Bremer County
Associated Press
W. H. Broodie
One armed swimmer rescues boy from Cedar River
Harold Hall a 24 year old one armed swimmer rescued an unidentified eight year old black boy from the Cedar river near the North Western bridge Sunday around 4 pm. Hall and assistor George Penrod were on the river bank and pulled the boy from the water without Hall removing his clothes.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold Hall
Sixth Street NW
Cedar River
North Western Bridge
Hall
George Penrod
Park Avenue SE
Halli
Penrod
Lula C. Hall
Another Cop Slayer Sentenced To Die
Chicago AP reports Ross King, 28, was sentenced to die in the electric chair on October 16 after being convicted of killing Policeman Harry Redlich during a robbery two months earlier.
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Chicago
Ross King
Harry Redlich
Hoover couple en route to Chicago Century of Progress
Mr and Mrs Herbert Hoover travel to Chicago for a ten day visit to the Century of Progress exposition. Former President Hoover's secretary Paul Sexton disclosed the plans on Monday.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Ins
Herbert Hoover
Chicago
Paul Sexson
Aimee Semple McPherson arrives in Broadway preaching show
Sister Aimee McPherson lands in Times Square with a Broadway engagement at the Capitol theater promising six weeks of preaching for 5000 dollars weekly. She explains her finances and mission while defending theater preaching and her NR A code stance amid audience boos.
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WKYH
Allen Smith
New York
Sin
Times Square
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton
Wicked
Aimee
Capitol Theater
Capitol
California
David Hutton
Hutton
Brooklyn
Broadway
NRA
Ainice
Grand Central Terminal
Blue Eagle
NRAT
Cubans Move Toward Constitutional Assembly
President Ramon Grau San Martin announced plans to convoke a constitutional assembly on May 20, 1934 to rewrite the Cuban constitution along liberal lines. He dismissed abroad resignations and reshuffled his cabinet, with Gustavo Moreno moving to public works and Antonio Guiteras taking over communications temporarily. Opposition leaders warned of revolt amid labor unrest and anti American demonstrations.
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Constitutional Assembly
Ramon Grau San Martin
Gustavo Moreno
Agriculture
Interior
Antonio Guiteras
City Council Sets 1 05 As New Gas Rate
The city council Monday scrapped earlier readings and fixed a flat rate of 1.05 per 1 000 cubic feet. The current rate is 1.35 for the first 5 000 feet with a downward scale for larger users. The ordinance goes to final reading next Monday.
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Montana
Inflation plan urged to aid farmers and cotton
Senator Louis Murphy and a southern cotton conference urged a 400 million dollar currency inflation program and a guaranteed 20 cent a pound cotton price next year with a 9 million bale cap. They warned of a selling strike if demands aren’t met and tied relief to broader recovery plans under Roosevelt talks.
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Washington
Thomas
Okia
Smith
South Carolina
Louis Murphy
Dem
Iowa
Roosevelt
Lindberghs Tune Up Plane For Hop To Russia
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh had their seaplane tuned at Karlskrona naval station Sweden in preparation for a flight to Soviet Russia. They plan to stay briefly in Svania province before heading to Leningrad and then return to New York via Europe. They secured Russian visas and permission to fly over Soviet territory.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Charles A. Lindbergh
Karlskrona
Soviet Russia
Mrs. Lindbergh
Svania
Leningrad
Russia
New York
Europe
Lindbergh
Two States Vote On Repeal Tuesday
Idaho and New Mexico vote Tuesday on whether to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment. The Associated Press notes the count of states voting on repeal reaches thirty one.
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Associated Press
Idaho
New Mexico
Brand Quits As Farm Relief Aid Administrator
Washington AP Charles J Brand co administrator of the agricultural adjustment administration has requested and been granted relief from further duty with the administration effective October 1 Secretary of Agriculture Wallace announced Brand has faced heavy criticism over his ties to the National Fertilizer association
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Washington (Ap
Charles J Brand
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Wallace
Brand
National Fertilizer Association
The New NRA Law Prompts Codes for All Businesses
A 1933 column argues the new NRA aims to standardize hours and wages, but warns of dual or private codes alongside public ones. It critiques selective morality and urges consistency under law to restore integrity, citing Solon and Moses on principle versus practice.
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NRA
Solon
Indicted Iowa City man linked to 1929 Harding store slaying
M J Augustine of Iowa City was indicted for the 1929 slaying of Hardy, a North English storekeeper. Augustine, held at the University of Iowa Hospital after biting his watch crystal upon arrest, allegedly confessed to Ayers of Fort Madison about stealing roughly seven thousand dollars.
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Iowa City
Hardy
Marengo
M. J. Augustine
George Hardy
Augustine
University of Iowa Hospital
Iowa County
Hubert Ayers
Fort Madison
Ayers
Harlow Marries Cameraman Harold Rosson in Yuma Elopement
Jean Harlow, 22, wed Hollywood photographer Harold G. Rosson, 38, in Yuma at 4 30 am after an airplane elopement. They obtained a license, were married by E A Fresom, then flew back to Hollywood with pilot Allen Russell. Harlow, widow of Paul Bern, has had two prior marriages.
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Yuma, Ariz
INS
Jean Harlow
Harold G. Rosson
Hollywood
E. A. Fresom
Yuma
Justice of the Peace
Allen Russell
United Airport
Miss Harlow
Charles F McGrew, II
Chicago
Bern
Roosevelt in talks to intensify U S league of nations ties
President Roosevelt plans to regularize Washington’s ties with the League of Nations. A Geneva post and a League division are contemplated, with three possible appointees named Prentiss Gilbert Hugh Wilson and Norman Davis as candidates for key roles in Europe.
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Geneva
Roosvelt
United States
League of Nations
Washington
League
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt
Department of State
United States League Alliance
Prentiss Gilbert
U. S
Hugh Wilson
Norman Davis
Europe
Roosevelt Democratic
Wee i
Ds Rahas
United States and League of Nations Prospects in Postwar Era
The article discusses American hopes for Wilsonian liberal world policy revived by a new Democratic administration. It notes prospects of U S entry into the League of Nations, possible modifications to covenant terms, and Bailey of the League urging renewed national involvement amid Geneva talks.
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Washington
Wilson
Geneva
H. H. Bailey
United States League of Nations Associatons
League
United States
Bailey
New York
America
U S Threatens To Abandon Arms Talk
Paris dispatch reports President Roosevelt warning the arms conference he may withdraw if delays persist. Norman H. Davis and Arthur Henderson arrived for pre Geneva talks as France threatens to present evidence Germany is arming against Versailles terms.
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Paris
Rooseevelt
Norman H. Davis
Davis
London
Arthur Henderson
France
Germany
U S Urged to Hold Off on Naval Build Up
Washington reports indicate Britain has intimated through Ambassador Davis that the American naval building program may dampen the world disarmament conference when it reconvenes in October. State department officials declined to confirm a request to suspend the program, but acknowledged informal talk of delaying or slowing the schedule.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Noreman H. Davis
State Department
London
Department
Tooth charm fails as tooth turns up in ear
In Lebanon Missouri Eddie Mayfield slept with a tooth hidden under his pillow hoping it would turn to gold. The tooth disappeared and a surgeon later found it lodged in Eddie's ear where it had been mislaid after the boy slept.
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Lebanon
Eddice Mayfield
Eddie
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