Roosevelt calls recovery council conference for co ordination
President Roosevelt orders a White House meeting with the national recovery council to synchronize job creation effortsDuring a heat wave he reviews state affairs from the Hyde Park home and signals new public works projects under Ickes The aim is to unify domestic recovery agencies and press ahead with employment drives in a politically unsettled Cuba backdrop
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Special Recovery Council
Hyde Park
N. Y
Cuba
William Phillips
Machado
Recovery Council
Ickes
Shenandoah National Park
Civilian Conservation Corps
Leaders of Milk Strike Split in New York Break
In New York state the milk strike shows a split as Albert Woodhead calls off western New York actions including the march on Albany while Felix Piseck in Herkimer County refuses to end the strike. A one week truce is proposed to allow Gov. Lehman and officials to respond, but Piseck says the strike continues.
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Newport
WN. Y
New York State
Albert Woodhead
New York
Felix Piseck
Woodhead
Western New York Producers Association
Albany
Lehman
Piseck
Herkimer County
Milk Board
Favorable Business Reports of the Day
The Chicago Association of Commerce weekly report shows wholesale business at a new high last week. It expects Interstate Merchants Council purchases to exceed last year by seven million dollars. Electric power output rose and two leading railroads reported profits for the week, about 35 times higher than the same week a year earlier.
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Chicago
Chicago Association of Commerce
Interstate Merchants Council
Steel industry holds gains at 54 percent capacity
The magazine Steel reports the industry maintaining about 54 percent capacity production with a 28 percent July rise in ingot output, lifting the daily average to 128,152 gross tons, the highest since June 1930, as of August 13 in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Steel
Argentine iron and steel imports rise 17.8 percent
Assistant Trade Commissioner Jule B. Smith, reporting from Buenos Aires to the department of commerce, notes that Argentina’s imports of iron and steel products climbed 17.8 percent in the first five months of this year versus the same period last year.
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Washington
Jule B. Smith
Buenos Aires
Department of Commerce
Argentina
Dividend changes show fewer favorable moves last week
Standard Statistics Inc reported ten favorable dividend changes in the last week, down from 14 the prior week. Unfavorable changes totaled five, compared with three the week before, reflecting a softer week for dividend adjustments.
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New York
Standard Statistics, Inc
Demand Holds Steel Work At Fifty Four Percent Capacity
Cleveland August 13 Demand continued to support steel works operations at 54 percent of capacity per the magazine Steel today despite rising pessimism over early NRA effectiveness. The review notes demand reflects late last month price rise requirements, yet business is sturdier than usual this summer and buyers expect stronger activity late in the month. Steel ingot production rose 28 percent in July to 129,152 gross tons, the highest since June 1930, with June up 34 percent over May. Uncertainty over prices fuels hesitation among large buyers delaying new commitments. Action this week.
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Cleveland
Steel
NRA
Seeking to Trim Wheat Production
Washington dispatch reports a 30,000 worker mobilization to cut wheat harvests across major producing regions. The drive seeks to balance bread and grain needs by securing farmer contracts to reduce acreage in exchange for government payments, with county control groups forming nationwide this week.
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Washington
Roosevelt orders three naval ships to Cuba protection
President Roosevelt announced three warships would sail to Cuba to safeguard American citizens amid upheaval in the island’s government. Destroyers Taylor and Claxton, under Lt Cmdr George T. Howard, head to Havana to report to Ambassador Sumner Welles, with a third ship likely the destroyer Hamilton en route to Mazanillo under White Horse orders. Admiral Stanley confirmed the plan after Hull and Welles were consulted.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cuba
Taylor
Claxton
Key West
George T. Howard
Sumner Welles
Havana
William H. Stanley
White Horse
Hamilton
Caribbean
Manzanillo
Hull
Welles
White House
13 600 Helped By NRA Here
Special to The Gazette reports that the National Industrial Recovery Act will directly touch about 9 900 men and 3 700 women in Charleston West Virginia. Census Bureau figures show 54 of every hundred workers in normal times will be affected across occupations as NRA extends into more jobs. Some 18 497 men and 6 921 women were employed in 1930 and now jobless but many will find work or receive wage boosts and hours cut. Farmers and farm laborers will gain under agricultural adjustment act, while high paid workers in professions retail wholesale domestic service and public service largely fall outside NRA. Owners managers officials contractors agents and most railroad workers are exempt.
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Washington
Charleston
W. Va
Industrial Recovery Administration
Recovery Administration
Census Bureau
Bureau
My Faith at Fifty sermon discussed by Rev Kemper
The Ga zette prints Rev Clarence W. Kemper D D pastor of the Baptist temple reflecting on half a century of faith inspired by the text Have Faith in God Mark II 22 He notes rapid progress in the past fifty years and compares religion with the advancing time noting changes since 1879 as inventions emerged.
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the Gazette
Clarence W. Kemper
The
Baptist Temple
New Cuban President Takes Oath While Machado Flees
Dr Carlos Manuel de Cespedes was inaugurated provisional president after Gerardo Machado fled to exile following a collapse of his government. Cuba’s capital saw calmer scenes as violence and mob chaos faded from the day while U.S. officials discussed plans to rehabilitate Cuban trade, especially sugar.
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Machado
Associated Press
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Cuba
Republic
Gerardo Machado
Nassau
Bahamas
Andros Island
Dr. de Cespedes
Washington
Roosevelt
Recovery Expert Proposes Unified Coal Industry Code
Washington reports Dr. Alexander Sachs urged a single fair-competition code for the soft coal industry. He argues unified organization would enable economic planning and resource conservation across coal, fuel, and energy sectors.
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Washington
Recovery Administration
Alexander Sachs
Sachs
De Cespedes Fired Upon
Havana dispatch reports Dr. Carlos Manuel de Cespedes was fired upon today with further details deferred to Page 10 Col 2. The incident highlights ongoing tensions in Havana as authorities investigate the attack and assess potential motives and suspects.
Aged Man Killed By Fast Train Near Hansford
Val Carter, 73, of Crown Hill, was killed instantly when struck by a westbound Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train while walking along the tracks near Hansford. His body was dragged hundreds of feet and later moved to Montgomery. Surviving are his widow, three sons and one daughter. Coroner Dr W F Work will hold an inquest in East Bank.
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Val Carter
Crown Hill
Chesapeake and Ohio
Hansford
Montgomery
Carter
Pryor’s
East Bank
W. F. Work
Kanawha County
West Virginia Exhibit Praised At Century Of Progress
Chicago Aug 13 The West Virginia World's Fair Commission praised the reception given the state's exhibit at the Century of Progress and immediately ordered an enlarged staff of attaches to provide information on West Virginia's industrial and recreational advantages.
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Chicago
West Virginia
Gazette Today Begins Operation Under New Code
The Charleston Gazette starts operating under the full newspaper code as submitted on August 8 to the National Recovery administration by the American Newspaper Publishers Association. The paper subscribes to the code in support of national recovery.
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Charleston Gazette
National Recovery Administration
American Newspaper Publishers Association
States Plan Reemployment Of Lands For Conservation
States join Roosevelt conservation program to withdraw marginal lands from cultivation and boost fish and game preserves and parks. Minnesota plans to offer agricultural lands to settlers to protect forests, while Wisconsin classifies lands for county forest tracts with state funds aiding timber growth. Oneida county leads Wisconsin efforts in turning unfit lands into forests.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Conservation Department
State College of Agriculture
Oneida County
Balbo and His Fliers Honored in Rome Triumph
Air Marshal Italo Balbo and 100 fliers returned from their mass flight to Chicago and were welcomed with a grand triumph between the Colosseum and Forum. Mussolini praised the feat as a consecrated fascist revolution in the skies.
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Rome
Italo Balbo
Chicago
Coloseum
Roman Forum
Palatine Hill
Constantine
Mussolini
Victor Emmanuel
Duke of
Aosta
Continents
Balbo
Youth Drowns After River Tragedy Near Hinton
Hobart Harvey aged 19 of Mankato Kansas drowned in the Greenbrier river near Hinton while attending a family reunion. Earlier searchers recovered Eugene Kincaid aged 13 from the Greenbrier near Peace Springs after he drowned yesterday.
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Hinton
Hobart Harvey
Mankato
Kan
Greenbrier River
Eugene Kincaid
Greenbrier
Peace Springs
Frazier in Confession Says He Slew Shamblin And Prisoner in Fight
Salem Mass August 13 A crowd gathered outside the Salem jail to greet widow Mrs Jessie B Costello on the eve of her murder trial for poisoning her husband Fire Captain William Costello was found dead in February and Costello was indicted for murder in the first degree Her children visited her at the jail with her brother and housekeeper present
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Frazier
Shamblin
Salem
Mass
Jessie B.costello
Anna Marie
Jessie
Bobby
Andrew J. Fyfe, Jr
Celia McNeil
Costello
William J. Costello
Peabody
Mrs. Costello
Belgians Born In Battle Girl Fights Off Robbers
An 18 year old girl Rose Ruda born near Antwerp in 1914 and now living in Cincinnati fought three armed robbers at a restaurant in Cincinnati suburb Mariemont. She obtained a revolver and fatally wounded robber John Phillips 23 of Cincinnati before being shot in the arm. Phillips died hours later at General Hospital. Police detained six possible accomplices as the investigation continued.
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Rose Ruda
Rose
John Phillips
Cincinnati
General Hospital
Antwerp
John Hermanies
Mariemont
Phillips
Hermanies
11-Year-Old Boy Killed in Midland Gun Accident
In Midland Pennsylvania an 11 year old boy, Peter Perrotti of Steubenville Ohio, was fatally shot by his 12 year old cousin John Verzela while the boys played in a store room. The rifle discharged as John inspected it, the bullet entering Peter’s head. Peter died about three hours later. Coroner H C McCarter of Beaver Falls confirmed the facts.
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Midland
Peter Perrotti
Steubenville
John Verzela
H. C. McCarter
Beaver Falls
John
Peter
Last of Lincoln's Honor Guard is 86
Butler, Pa. veteran Scott Oakes, once in Lincoln's honor guard, celebrated his eighty sixth birthday yesterday and is believed to be the last surviving member of the president's guard. He remains in excellent health and keeps memories of the Civil War era.
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Butler
Scott Oakes
Abraham Lincoln
Oakes
Snake Dance of Hopi Indians Planned At Four Villages
The Hopi snake dance, a rain prayer and centuries old rite, will be held soon for eight days in Walpi Mishongnevi and in even years at Hotevilla Shipau lovi and Shungopovi. Snakes are released toward the four directions to carry prayers to the gods. Spectators may witness dancers with rattlesnakes wrapped about their bodies as tom-tom beating continues.
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Wasps
Ariz
Walpi
Mishongnevi
Hotevilla
Shipaulovi
Shungopovi
Man Convicted After Claiming Self Defense in Double Slaying
Leo Frazier, 30, admitted involvement in the July 25 Ken na on killings, saying Deputy Sheriff Roy Shamb lin was shot first and he had to shoot to save his life. Frazier, along with Henry Cano and Charles Harper, is to be tried in Jackson county for murder. Louise Frazier and Elizabeth Mairs are charged as accessories before the fact. The case centers on allegations that Frazier suspected Harper and his wife Louise of an affair, leading to the deadly confrontation at the deputy’s car.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Birmingham
Blocton
Dan Pippen, Jr
Elmore, Clark
A T. Harden
Vaudine Maddox
Tuscaloosa County
Pippen
Harden
R. L. Shamblin
Jefferson County
International Labor Defense Lawyers
National Guardsmen
Ralph Harper
Shamblin
Leo Frazier
Kenna
Frazier
Henry Cano
Charles Harper
Roy L. Shamblin
Charles
Louise Frazier
Elizabeth Mairs
Charletson
Cano
Chilton Step
Jackson County
J. Blackburn Watts
Kanawha County
Lindberghs Face Toughest Flight Across Greenland
ANGMAGSALIK Greenland Aug 13 Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh planned the most dangerous hop of their sub Arctic aerial survey the 1000 mile trans ocean hop to Reykjavik Iceland If weather holds favorable they hope to be in Reykjanvik tonight They are mapping a route for regular airmail between Europe and America They arrived here after a four hour flight from Julianehaab along Greenland s uninhabited east coast and into this colony Greenland s distance ideas are being altered by the Lindberghs rapid flights The Danish motorboats took three weeks to cover the route they flew in four hours The couple admire the natives and colonists and Lindbergh has declined to comment on his findings.
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Angmagsalik
Greenland
Charles A. Lindbergh
Reykjavik
Iceland
Lindberghs
Reykjasvik
Europe
America
Julianehaab
Lindbergs
Lindbergh
Arctic
Will Finds Out Why Balbo Wears Beard
Beverly Hills dispatch notes Balbo returned from a triumphant trip with Mussolini and Italy praising him, and hints at the beard’s origin. A separate item mentions a masked ex-president of Cuba, a kidnapping, and a machine gun company delaying sales to gangsters until stock is exhausted.
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Will
Balbo
Beverly ‘Hills
Calif
Mussolini
Italy
Cuba
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