Death Demanded In Lamson Slaying
San Jose California August 21. Prosecutors say the death penalty will be sought in the trial of 21 year old David A. Lamson for the murder of his 28 year old wife Allene Thorpe Lamson found dead in the couple’s Stanford campus home bathtub. The case remains circumstantial and several days are expected to seat a jury. Assistant District Attorney Allan P. Lindsay announced the death penalty request.
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San Jose
Cal
David A. Lamson
Allene Thorpe -Lamson
Lamson
Stanford University
Stanford
Allan P. Lindsay
Coal Codes and Labor Clauses Stir Conference Prep
Operators face economic ruin without settlement as Johnson and Roosevelt weigh open shop and union rules. Discussions focus on recovery act interpretations, wage pressures, and regional pay comparisons in Illinois and Pennsylvania. Hearings continue as NRA codes expand to auto industry, with milk production controls debated amid imports and cottonseed oil talks.
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Johnson
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
New Deal
NRA
Donald R. Richberg
WRA
Farm Administration
Plan proposals for domestic fats and butter fat trade debated
Three options were floated to guide fat and oil policy: a voluntary domestic sourcing pact, an embargo or higher duties on foreign fats, and a compensatory tax on competing products if a processing tax on butter fat is adopted. Dairymen backed the plan. foreign fat importers opposed or were tepid. Dr Clyde L. King of the farm administration chaired committees to study the issue and report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde L. King
Farm Administration
USDA moves to lift poultry and egg prices
Washington officials say the agricultural administration began steps to aid poultry and egg producers. Informal talks with producers and distributors aim to raise prices in line with other farm commodities. Without action, producers may face higher feed, labor, and living costs with no offsetting price increases.
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Washington
Agricultural Administration
Sugar plan submitted to raise beet quota and total sugar
A consensus among cane and beet sugar interests submits to Secretary Wallace a plan to raise the U S beet quota from 1 525 000 to 1 750 000 short tons and total quotas from 6 350 000 to 6 500 000 short tons. Acreage in the continental United States would remain at 1 065 000 acres unless consumption exceeds 6 575 000 tons, with 25 000 acres added to eastern beet areas for Toledo and Saginaw factories. Other provisions of the July 18 draft sugar stabilizations agreement would be accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wallace
Toledo
Saginaw
National Labor Board Targets Hollywood Strike Action
The national labor board met with representatives of the National Alliance of Theater Stage Employes and Moving Picture Operators, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and others as Hollywoods motion picture strike loomed. Tomorrow, officials will call in producers and the International Brotherhood of Carpenters to seek settlement. The strike involves nearly all moving picture machine operators nationwide, with NRA reports indicating operators may walk out if demands are unmet.
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National Alliance of Theater
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Producers
International Brotherhood of Carpenters
NRA
Strike Collapses Over Fresno Grape Pickers Wage
SAN FRANCISCO Aug 21 Fears of a strike among 5,000 grape pickers in the Fresno raisin district were ended as state labor commissioner Frank C MacDonald said all major vineyardists agreed to the new wage standard of 25 cents an hour.
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San Francisco
Fresno
Frank C. MacDonald
Detroit Banks See Hidden Cash Gap Alleged in Testimony
Capital Knew public remarks claim about $6,000,000 in cash being moved between Detroit banks to mask actual liquidity. Senator cites an example where Detroit Trust Co and First National Bank-Detroit shifted funds, making each bank appear $6,000,000 richer than real cash. Examiners' reports read into the record end weeks of secrecy by investigators seeking federal bank data.
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Detroit Trust Co
First National Bank
Detroit
Jessie Costello Causes Boston Stampede at Store
Jessie Costello arrived in Boston for quiet shopping but crowds overwhelmed a downtown store. Police intervened to manage the throng and holes were cut in walls to enable her escape.
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Boston
Jessie Costello
Tragic Death Of EightYearOld Tisdale Clark
Funeral services for eight year old Tisdale Clark son of Mr and Mrs Robert Clark of Spring Hill are set for this afternoon at two o clock at Schultz cemetery. He had been ill for two weeks. Survived by parents three brothers Hersey Shirley and Morice Clark and four sisters Mrs James Burgess and the Misses Hester June and Dorothy.
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Tisdale Clark
Robert Clark
Spring Hill
Shultz
Hersey
Shirley
Morice Clark
James Burgess
Hester
June
Dorothy
Funeral services for Mrs Sara Bell Allen
Mrs Sara Bell Allen 47 wife of Charles Allen of Cabin Creek died Sunday. Funeral services are at two this afternoon at Cheiyan Methodist Church with interment in Cheiyan Cemetery.
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Sara Bell Allen
Charles Allen
Cabin Creek
Cheiyan Methodist Church
Cheiyan Cemetery
Death of Madison Cosby at Lakin State Hospital
Madison Cosby of Third Avenue died Sunday night at Lakin State Hospital. Survived by widow Eliza Cosby and two brothers. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Madison Cosby
Third Avenue
Lakin State Hospital
Eliza Cosby
J H Perry Jr Dies at 57 in Upper Falls Coal River
J H Perry Jr 57 died yesterday at his Upper Falls home on Coal River. He is survived by his widow his parents Mr and Mrs J H Perry and two sons Hughton and Merle. Funeral at Pleasant Hill church this afternoon at three with burial in Pleasant Hill cemetery. Body at Erwin funeral home until one o'clock.
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J. H. Perry, Jr
J.H. Perry, Jr
Upper Falls
Coal River
Re. J. H.perry
Hughton
Merle
Pleasant Hill
Erwin
Austria Steel Output Rises to 52 Percent of Normal
Steel production in Austria has increased to 52 percent of normal levels, signaling a partial recovery in the sector. The rise reflects ongoing adjustments in capacity utilization and market demand, with authorities monitoring the pace of return to pre-crisis output.
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Austria
Legislative road signs fight over budget and writ query
The article discusses the state road commission lacking funds to build and equip a new plant in Moundsville and the potential mandamus action to force the board of control to approve construction. It notes impeachment risks if Bailey acquires signs elsewhere and debates which office represents the case, with Col John Baker White proposed to handle the matter.
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Nitro
Commission
Bailey
Moundsville
State House
Road Commission
Board of Control
Col
John Baker White
Committees To Present West Virginia NRA Code Tomorrow
A WA national buildup to submit a supplementary NRA code for West Virginia occurs tomorrow at headquarters. The Ruffner hotel gathering produced a paper by William Brewster urging recovery act compliance, read by Walsh in Brewster's absence. Speakers included J H McGinnis and M W Smith. Charleston and Parkersburg committees form and plan block to block canvassing among businesses and consumers. Funeral directors later met to discuss the NRA code at a banquet and meeting of 14 directors.
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Washington
West Virginia
Ruffner Hotel
William Brewster
Brewster
Walsh
J. H. McGinnis
M. W. Smith
State Road Commission
State Nra
H. B. Lewis
Charleston
van A. Bitner
Fairmont
John M. Crawford
Parkersburg
George L. Duncan
Clarksburg
Turner Plans for Idle Teachers to Aid Adult Education
Francis W. Turner acting director of public welfare outlines a plan to employ teachers to provide relief in the coming months. The scheme targets adult education and may seek collaboration with the state education department before implementation.
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Francis W. Turner
Turner
State Department of Education
Hotel Ruffner and National Funeral Directors code pledge
The National Funeral Directors association submitted a code awaiting approval. Directors were asked to sign with reservations because funeral directors are in an emergency profession. Members unanimously supported the NRA and the new state board of embalmers and funeral directors appointed by Governor Kump. A meeting for southern West Virginia funeral directors was set for Oak Hill on the third Monday in September. 1,000,000 NRA stamps ordered The Charleston post office sent a requisition for 1,000,000 NRA postage stamps to Washington, expected soon. Mrs. Cyrus W. Hall, representing the Charleston Woman’s club, was asked by Mrs. Mary E. Hughes to lead a house canvass. Liggett's drug store announced it subscribed to the NRA code and aided the recovery movement by raising salaries and adding staff.
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Hotel Ruffner
National Funeral Directors Association
National Recovery Administration
State Board of Embalmers
H. G. Kump
West Virginia
Oak Hill
Charleston Post Office
Washington
Cyrus W. Hall
Charleston
Government pork price plan trims hog supply impact
The projected fall in hog supply for the coming marketing year from October 1 could total 1.8 billion pounds. An emergency price schedule sets base payments at 9 12 cents per pound in Chicago for 25 to 30 pound pigs, tapering to 6 cents for 95 to 100 pound hogs. The rate drops by a quarter of a cent per pound for each five pound weight increase.
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Chicago
Federal Grant Visit Delayed by Flying Conditions
Officials voiced disappointment as Director Hopkins failed to arrive for lunch due to unfavorable flying conditions in Washington. Major Turner had organized a reception with state officials and citizens before a Washington telephone call canceled Hopkins trip.
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Hopkins
Washington
Major Turner
Arkansas Senate Passes Beer Bill
Arkansas Senate passes its own beer bill by a 22 to 9 vote and orders immediate transmission to the house. The emergency clause was adopted 29 to 1. The house has passed its own beer bill and it now awaits the senate. Action is expected to wrap up tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Senate
House
10000 Chicago Garment Workers Strike Over NRA Violations
Chicago reports 10000 garment workers, mostly women, walked out at 10 am after mass meetings. Bernard Shane of the International Candies Garment union cites affidavits and paychecks to claim some employers paid as little as 4 dollars weekly under NRA blue eagle codes. Samuel Esenberg argues New York dresses cover demand. Sporadic strikes persist with about 150 factories closed.
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Chicago
Bernard Shane
International Candies Garment Union
Samuel Esenberg
Chicago Association of Dressmakers
New York
Roosevelt eyes policy and treasury health talks
Roosevelt considers a policy based on need while deciding if and when to act. He plans a private discussion with Woodin about Woodin’s health and desire to stay at the treasury. If Woodin’s recovery would slow, Roosevelt may not return him to the post. otherwise Woodin keeps the office as long as he wishes.
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Roosevelt
Mr. Woodin
Treasury
Woodin
Patients near discharge after lighter attacks amid three week isolation
A wave of patients with milder symptoms awaited the three week isolation at the hospital to prevent spread while thirteen victims and 137 cases in St. Louis hospitals marked the epidemic. Dr. Charles Armstrong, a United States Public Health Service pathologist, arrived from Washington to assist in studying the disease.
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St. Louis
Washington
Charles Armstrong
United States Public Health Service
Armstrong
Investment in Farm Land Surges in 1933
Spokane, Aug 21. Ward K. Newcomb head of the federal land bank land department reports that early 1933 saw more people invest in cheap farm lands than any period since 1928. Sales totaled 765,553 dollars, with many purchases by salaried workers including railroad employees and tradesmen. Farms are being handed to sons or rented to tenants for work.
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Spokane
Wash
Ward K. Newcomb
Land Department
Federal Land Bank
Newcomb
Quarantine Ordered for Dogs in Raleigh County
Beckley August 21 a county health officer ordered a quarantine on all dogs in Raleigh County following a rabies outbreak. He also ordered the wholesale execution of dogs that ate a partially burned carcass of a rabid cow at Crab Orchard.
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Beckley
Raleigh County
W. W. Hume
Hume
Crab Orchard
Unemployed Brakeman Shoots Man in Orchard
Pittsburgh news reports a railroad brakeman Willard R. Bryant, 40, shot and killed James A. Crab, 39, in his mother’s orchard while chasing pear pickers. Bryant claimed he aimed to frighten them. A manslaughter charge was filed. Bryant was released on $3,000 bail.
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Pittsburgh
Willard R. Bryant
Mullen Jackson
James A. Crab
Bryans
Jack’s Run Road
Bellevue
Bryant
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mary M. Bryant
Favorable Report On Repeal Bill Voted In Virginia
A favorable report on a referendum bill to elect delegates to a convention on repealing the eighteenth amendment was approved after a joint hearing of the Virginia senate and house privileges and elections committees. The plan allows voting for or against repeal with two delegate slates and at large elections, increasing convention representation to thirty and funding to 1500 dollars. The Staples Eggleston measure for a concurrent liquor control option was held for further discussion. Opponents from the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment argued the referendum bills rush the issue and lack time for public consideration.
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Richmond
Privileges and Elections Committees
Senate
House of Delegates
Virginia
Howard Hoge
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
James S. Barron
Norfolk
C. O’conor Godrick
Fredericksburg
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Two Children Die In Auto Crash At Aliquippa
In Aliquippa Pennsylvania on August twenty first a car lost steering control and ran into another vehicle. Betty Jean McKay four and Floydene McKay twelve daughters of Floyd McKay of Pittsburgh were killed. Their grandmother Mrs William Beerich sixty is unconscious. Driver H E Wilsman uncle to the children suffered cuts and bruises. Daniel Costanza and John Busalini were only slightly injured.
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Aliquippa
Betty Jean McKay
Floydene McKay
Floyd McKay
Pittsburgh
William Beerich
H. E. Wilsman
Daniel Costanza
John Busalini
Wilsman
Chelmsford Sees Unemployment Drop to 718
Chelmsford England reports a total population around 30 000 with only 718 people unemployed on the register as the local jobless figures edge lower. Local officials emphasize continued efforts to stimulate hiring and economic recovery.
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Chelmsford
England
Chiropractor To Face Questioning In Mysterious Case
ST. PAUL MINN Aug 21 Dr W H Hedberg lies semi conscious in a hospital as police await questioning about two mysterious beings involving a chiropractor One abducted Dr Engberg a St Paul physician and secretary of the state medical board who was lured by a fake call on July 12 and drugged Hedberg says he was the intended victim and bears a wound in the ear Engberg and Hedberg escaped with minor injuries Ramsey County Attorney M F P Kincaid announced Hedberg identified Engberg as his abductor after the July 12 episode The incident followed by drugged state Saturday night or Sunday morning with Hedberg found Sunday in railroad yards He had scratches and appeared drugged Narcotics official Irving Kushner said Hedberg may be under a habit forming drug not covered by the Harrison act Since July both Hedberg and his wife and attorney have received anonymous calls and letters warning them to lay off Police have not found a motive for the attempted mutilating operation.
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ST. Paul
Minn
W. H. Hedberg
Agg
EF. J. Engberg
Minnesota Board of Medical Examiners
M. FP. Kincaid
Ramsey County
Engberg
Hedberg
Irving Kushner
United States
Eneberg
Rutherford Superintendent Denies Crime Charge
In a statement, Rutherford recounts his 12 years as superintendent, claiming he turned over a quarter of a million dollars to the state and denying any crime. He describes the ongoing public charge as a hurtful misrepresentation.
Uruguay Regulates Firearm Imports by Presidential Decree
A presidential decree in Uruguay establishes new rules governing the importation of firearms. The measure outlines licensing, compliance, and enforcement parameters for firearms entering the country, signaling a tightening of gun control.
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Uruguay
Births in Glenville and Red Oak announce daughters
A daughter was born yesterday to Mr and Mrs Hell Moss of Glenville at St Francis hospital. Mr and Mrs William Garten of Red Oak street announced a daughter at St Francis hospital. Mr and Mrs A D Gilpin of 1014 Red Oak street announced a daughter born August 21 at Mountain State hospital.
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Hell Moss
Glenville
St. Francis Hospital
William Garten
Red Oak Street
A. D. Gilpin
Mountain State Hospital
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