Hoover Rejects Invitation To Banking Probe
Former President Herbert Hoover told Detroit investigators that his information on the Detroit bank closings was mostly second hand. He urged inquiries to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Federal Reserve and Treasury for details and said he could provide only general information. He noted officials would have full access to needed data and did not rule out assisting if properly possible.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Detroit
Mich
Herbert Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve
the Treasury
California
First National Bank
Guardian National Bank of Detroit
Mr. Hoover
Harry S. Toy
R. F. Co. Federal Reserve
Treasury
Hoover
United States
James Couzens
Michigan
Tay
Couzens
Quardian Trust Company of
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The
Guardian
Six Bankers Indicted in Akron Banking Case
Six former officers of the closed First Central Trust company were indicted by an Ohio county grand jury for misapplication of funds. Five appeared in common pleas court pled not guilty and posted bonds. Sterling B. Cramer, former bank president, had also been an executive at the Chicago Federal Reserve. George H. Dunn, ex vice chairman, had led the Ohio Bankers association. The bank held deposits of about 35.8 million when denied a license after the banking holiday. two months earlier deposits were 41.8 million, about 85 percent of Akron's total in five banks, with only two now open. Cramer returned to lead the bank after its creation.
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Akron
Ohio
First Central Trust Company
Common Pleas Court
Sterling B. Cramer
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
George H. Dunn
First-Central Board
Ohio Bankers Association
First-Central
Federal Reserve
Cramer
First Central
Bank Employees Need New Bonds In West Virginia
Harlan Justice, deputy state insurance commissioner, urged W C Givens to enforce a banking section requiring bank directors to bind officers with bonds. He condemned Lloyds of London for blanket bonds covering many banks and warned of lost premium income from an unlicensed company operating illegally.
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Harlan Justice
W. C. Givens
Commissioner of Banking
Lloyds of London
Justice
United States
West Virginia
Prince Don Caravita and heiress end honeymoon in separation
New York American reports the five day honeymoon of Janet Snowden, heiress to millions, and Prince Don Caravita of Italy has ended in separation. The princess says she married "for spite, not for love." Caravita claims no quarrel and hopes she returns. she sent word of the split to her mother in Poland Springs, Maine.
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New York
New York American
Janet Snowden
Don Caravita
Italy
Rospiliosi
Caravita
Rospigliosi
Carvnta
Poland Springs
Maine
Abandon Prohibition Offices Transferred to Pittsburgh Chief
Washington announces the abolition of prohibition offices at Charleston and Clarksburg West Virginia and the transfer of enforcement authority to a regional chief in Pittsburgh. Local agents and city officers will be discharged with retained agents moved to Pittsburgh and other regional HQs. Details of the new structure and appointees are to follow.
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Washington
Charleston
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Pittsburgh
Justice Department
Hugh S. Cummings
Richmond
Prohibition Forces
Danforth and Ruble
Insurance Firm Challenges State Auditor in Kanawha Court
The Kanawha county circuit court will hear on September 5 a challenge by Flat Top Insurance agency of Bluefield and agent C A Bradshaw to a temporary injunction against State Auditor Edgar B. Sims and deputy insurance commissioner Harlan Justice. The case stems from Justice ordering cancellation of several group truck insurance policies as illegal, with the insurer resisting the order and the injunction then moved from Mercer to Kanawha.
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Edgar B. Sims
Harlan Justice
Kanawha County
Circuit Court
Mercer County
Flat Top Insurance Agency
Bluefield
C. A. Bradshaw
Justice
Kanawha Circuit Court
Sims
Hudson
Trade in Wives Arranged at Army Post Brings Complications
At Fort Leavenworth Kansas Capt William B Bradford and Maj Stuart C MacDonald reported divorces and remarried after an Arkansas 90 day residence rule led two women Katherine MacDonald and Stella Bradford to swap spouses. The legal divorces were granted in Bentonville with attorney Tom McGill, then the men quickly remarried with a local justice of the peace officiating.
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Fort Leavenworth
Kan
William B. Bradford
United States Cavalry
Command and General Staff School
Stuart C. MacDonald
West Point
New York
Conservation Corps
Berwick
MacDonald
Bradford
Katherine MacDonald
Stella Bradford
Arkansas
Bentonville
Ark
Tom McGill
Lee Seamster
Chancery
Captain Bradford
Major MacDonald
Control Board Hears New Evidence With Governor
State Board of Control members briefed Governor Kump on new evidence about two southern West Virginia institutions. Warrants for larceny likely to be issued today as goods purchased for Welch Emergency Hospital during Dr. Rutherford's tenure were found in Huntington. A further investigation by board staff and state police is set to begin.
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Capitol
A. G. Rutherford
Welch Emergency Hospital
John Baker White
A. Spates Brady
James A. Chambers
Colonel White
West Virginia
Welch Hospital
Rutherford
Huntington
Frazier Alters Massacre Tale In Court Confession
MOUNDSVILLE Aug. 22. Leo Frazier, under death sentence for Shamblin killing, now says Henry Cane fired the fatal shots and not him. He told Warden McClintic he and Cane shot at the deputies’ car, and that he did not fire the shots that killed Harper or Shamblin. Charles Harper, brother of Harper, rode as driver and fired no shots.
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Moundsville
Murderers’ Row
Leo Frazier
Henry Cane
Roy Shamblin
Kanawha County
Charleston
Shamblin
Ralph Harper
C. F. McClintic
Cano
Harper
Frazier
Young Harper
Charles Harper
Charles
Four Hurt and One Dead in Route 60 Crash
At Oak Hill a four year old child and four young women were injured in a Tuesday crash that killed Jean Kessler, 14, on Route 60. Barbara Lee Kessler and Aileen James are in serious condition. Mrs. Kessler and Dorothy Jones suffered shock and minor bruises. The crash sent the car down a 60 foot embankment after leaving a swimming party. Separately, 16 year old Robert Turner drowned at Jacob's Hole during an officer investigation into the fatal crash. The Turner youths body was recovered by two men. his family survives.
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Oak Hill
Oak Hill Hospital
Jean Kessler
Barbara Lee Kessler
R. Kessler
Red Star
Aileen James
Robert Kessler
Dorothy Jones
Fayette Ville
Robert Godfrey
James
Robert Turner
Kaymoor
Fayetteville
Jacob
Turner
Orville King
Russell Pennington
Prosecution Planned Against Mechado and Allies
Havana reports planned criminal proceedings by President De Cespedes against Gerardo Mechado former Cuba president and his close associates on charges including murder robbery and treason amid a government shift.
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Havana
Gerardo Mechado
Cuba
de Cespedes
Johnson Seeks Credit to Fuel NRA Recovery Plan
Washington August 22. Recovery administrator Hugh S. Johnson urged creation of huge new credit reservoirs to finance private industry and support an upward economic spiral. He criticized current banking support, noted talks with the Federal Reserve Board and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and said confidence must return before credit can expand.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Federal Reserve Board
Reconstruction Corporation
United States
Fiat
Encephalitis Epidemic Claims 15 Lives in St Louis
In St Louis on August 22 authorities report 15 deaths from sleeping sickness and 169 cases as national experts including Dr. Charles Armstrong join the Washington University medical staff to trace the outbreak. Dr. Armstrong’s serum helped Mrs. Bohar recover. the illness is described as sudden fever fatigue and severe head and neck pain.
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ST. Louis
Charles Armstrong
Public Health Service
Washington University
Armstrong
William A. Borah
J. P. Leake
United States Public Health Service
Unemployed Teachers To Be Given Relief
Washington news reports the Roosevelt administration will aid the educational system by employing unemployed teachers in closed or curtailed schools. Harry Hopkins announced through Louis Howe that state relief agencies are authorized to pay work relief wages to teachers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry P. Hopkins
Louis Howe
Works Groups Aid Relief Through Joint Public Works Plan
Federal and state public works committees met to cooperate on emergency construction projects to employ jobless men. They agreed to monthly joint sessions and to have I. M. O'Neal act as liaison. The state board, created by Governor Kump, will cede current projects to the federal committee with state recommendations. Secretary Ickes urged continuation of the state group to assist communities with public works. A $1,000,000 federal appropriation was sent to West Virginia.
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I. M. O'Neal
West Virginia
O'Neal
Kump
Federal Committee
Ickes
State Commission
Federal Advisory Committee
William P. Wilson
Wheeling
U S Employment Office Opens in Charleston
The U S Employment Office will open at nine o'clock this morning in the old telephone building at 210 Hale street with Charles F. Armitage as manager and P S Ricketts as interviewer. About 10 workers from the R F C rolls will handle clerical and indexing duties. Direct relief remains at the city building under W W Alien. The office will census unemployed in Charleston and Kanawha county and pre assess labor needs for public works contracts. Private employers are urged to cooperate through the office.
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National Reemployment Service
U. S. Department of Labor
Hale Street
Charles F. Armitage
P. S. Ricketts
R. F. C. Rolls
W. W. Alien
Charleston
Kanawha County
Warning on High Prices From Retail Code Hearings
Washington August 22 The Recovery Administration warned retailers to curb price increases tied to Roosevelt's employment program and vowed enforcement actions against violators. Hugh S Johnson told about 1.5 million retail concerns and over 5 million employees affected by the code, as associations presented the plan urging fair competition and promising sanctions on violators.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Recovery Administration
Roosevelt
Great Retail Trade
Johnson
A. D. Whiteside
National Retail Furniture Association
National Retail Hardware Association
National Retail Dry Goods Association
The
Mail Order Association
National Association of Retail
Lindberghs Resume Survey in Iceland Flight
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh landed at Eskefjord East Iceland tonight completing an aerial survey for possible landing sites for a transatlantic air mail service. They flew from Reykjavik over uninhabited interior to the north coast then eastward toward the east coast and may complete the circuit tomorrow returning to Reykjavik. They passed over their base ship Jelling on the outbound leg as it started back to the United States.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Charles A. Lindbergh
Eskefjord
Lindberghs
Jelling
United States
Treasure Safe of Sunken Liner Watched by Guards
A heavy guard of private detectives watches the salvaged treasure safe from the Merida wreck 50 miles off Cape Charles Virginia. Divers led by Captain Harry Bowdoin used new diving gear to reach the site and salvage operations began in 1932. The safe reportedly held gold silver bullion and Mexican crown jewels linked to Maximilian. The Mexican embassy says it has no information and shows no official interest. Shares in Bowdoin’s Subocean Salvage Corp. and Marine Insurance firms stand to gain from any recovery under international law.
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Norfolk
Merida
Cape Charles
Ward Line
Subocean Salvage Corp
Harry L. Bowdoin
New York
Farragut
United Fruit Lime
Maximilian
Mexico
Washington
Bowdoin
Marine Insurance Companies
Bowdoin Company
Early Accord On Coal Code Near, Johnson Says
Recovery administration officials say an agreement on the long delayed bituminous coal code is near after talks with operators and union leaders. Hugh S. Johnson expects a new conference to develop principal terms while wage scales including a five dollar daily base with a twenty five cent southern differential are under discussion.
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Washington
Recovery Administration
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
Appalachian
Johnson
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Chemical Plant Union Proposed Formation Meeting
Preliminary steps toward organizing chemical and factory workers not yet affiliated with the American Federation of Labor were taken at a Kanawha County court house meeting. G. M. Freeman spoke on the National Industrial Recovery Act, noting workers’ rights to bargain collectively, while avoiding statements that could be misconstrued by employers.
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American Federation of Labor
Circuit Court Room
Kanawha County Court House
G. M. Freeman
Washington
International Electrical Workers Union
Freeman
Frank Snyder
J. R. Miller
Kanawha Valley Central Labor Union
Wallace Faces Big Job Says Will
Wallace voices opposition to a large plan at Hoover Dam and irrigation expansion. He criticizes corn acreage controls as a birth control scheme for farmers, calling it a direct attack on a friend and upholding a rural, wary stance on agricultural policy.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Hoover Dam
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Robert Quillen
St. Johnsbury
Olive Jones
Associated Press
Justice Calls
Givens
Prince
U. S
Enjoins
Army Post
Ft. Leavenworth
Pennsylvania
Control Board
State Board of Con
NRA
Blue Eagle Industries
U.S. Employment Office
Labor Post
Edward F. McGrady
Boston
Advisors
Chemical Plant Union
Wallace
Will
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