Roosevelt Rejects Plan Of Farm Price Fixing By Governors
President Roosevelt rejected a plan by five Midwestern governors for price fixing and production regulation to solve the farm price emergency. He urged support for his own adjustment program while governors warned of unrest and called for renewed cooperation. Olson Berry Herring Schmedeman Langer voiced mixed reactions as the White House cited sectional opposition to licensing of production and market controls.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Olson
Minnesota
Herring
Iowa
Berry
South Dakota
Schmedeman
Wisconsin
Langer
North Dakota
Wallace
George N. Peck
White House
Peek
South
East
Deadlock Ends Parley on War Debts With Britain
President Roosevelt and British reps failed to reach a new accord on war debts. After a final White House talk, officials indicated little prospect of further negotiations. Britain may make a token December payment, with Congress to address the issue after the monetary problem is settled.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Great Britain
White House
Ronald Lindsay
Frederick Leith- Ross
British Debt Commission
William Phillips
Dean Acheson
Treasury
Frederick
London
Congress
Favorable outlook for hardwood industry grows
Chicago reports R G Bruce of E L Bruce Co says hardwood industry prospects are brighter with foreign demand and small construction rising. price trend up. New York notes eighteen favorable dividend changes last week against eight unfavourable. Cincinnati Union Central Life says October life insurance sales totalled 8 701245, up 44 percent from September.
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Chicago
R. G. Bruce
E. L. Bruce Company
New York
Cincinnate, O
Union Central Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati
Kresge October Sales Reach 10.85 Million in 1934
New York reports U S Kresge company October sales totaled 10,848,332 dollars, up from 10,505,762 the year before. For the first ten months of the year sales run one percent below the 1932 level.
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New York
U. S. Kresge Company
Ford to Proceed With Mass Layoffs to Meet Auto Code
Ford Motor Co announced plans to lay off about nine thousand workers next week and similar numbers in following weeks to reduce average work hours from 40 to 35 in line with the auto code. The move comes despite Recovery Administrator Hugh S Johnson offering to consider an exception if Ford abandons the plan. Ford cited seasonal production slowdowns and ongoing model development as reasons, with no immediate reply to Johnson’s suggestion.
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Detroit
the Recovery Administration
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Hugh S. Johnson
Washington
Siow Automobile
Ford Com
Body Found in Own Car in Chicago Suburbs
Angelo Alongi, 37, was found slain and wrapped in blue denim and rope in the rear of his automobile in Stickney prairie near Chicago. Authorities suspect reprisal for the assassination of Louis Cowen, a Capone associate. Alongi served in World War I with the 32nd field artillery.
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Chicago
Angelo Alongi
Stickney Prairie
Louis
Louie
Alongi
32Nd Field Artillery
Six States Vote Tuesday On Repeal Issue
Six states including Ohio Pennsylvania Utah Kentucky North Carolina and South Carolina vote Tuesday on repealing prohibition. If three approve the repeal could end the eighteenth amendment with ratification not until December 5 or later depending on conventions and remaining votes.</analysis>
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Associated Press
United States
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Utah
Kentucky
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Texas
Maine
Roosevelt
U S Gold Price Advances Amid Global Markets
The U S government eased foreign gold buying but raised the domestic price for newly mined U S gold from 32 57 to 32 67. London price fell from 32 26 to 32 08 as one small purchase was reported. Officials gave no comment on private imports, though the reconstruction corporation offered to buy imported gold with no cap on quantity.
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Washington
United States
London
Reconstruction Corporation
Private
Opera
Bodies Examined As Poison Plot Suspected
Los Angeles reports a widening inquiry into Alfred L. Cline tied to a string of mysterious deaths. New links include a Fort Collins informant’s account of Cline’s first wife’s death and a request to Portland investigators to probe a Denver man who accompanied Cline to Oregon City. Seattle and Oakland checks follow Cline’s activities with Mrs. Laura Cummings, while Fort Collins records raise questions about cremation and a missing proper burial authorization. The case centers on alleged poisoning and secret deaths connected to Cline’s past.
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Los Angeles
Alfred L. Cline
San Bernardino
Blayney Matthews
Cline
Fort Collins
Colo
Matthews
Portland
Ore
Oregon City
Seattle
Oakland
Laura Cummings
Winthrop
Mass
Fairmount Cemetery
Denver
Strike Voted In Hard Coal Field By 60 000 Miners
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania 60 000 anthracite miners in district No 1 voted a unanimous general strike to begin Monday The protest seeks recognition of the United Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania formed against the United Mine Workers of America and follows failed calls for federal intervention The walkout would halt all collieries and mines in the district threatening a coal famine in the East
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Wilkes Barre
Washington
Pennsylvania
United Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
Thomas Maloney
Monsignor
J. J. Curran
Monsignor Curran
Distillery Industry Could Expand After Repeal
Washington reports no government cap on distillery numbers or output after repeal of the 18th amendment. Dr. James M. Doran notes applications surge toward 1904 levels, with vast investment ready to rehab old plants and build new ones, as the industry shifts to the internal revenue bureau.
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Washington
James M. Doran
Industrial Alcohol
United States
Doran
Internal Revenue Bureau
Department of Commerce
Ceee Ieee
State Starts November With Large Balance
October reports show the state general fund at $1.815 million, with actual balance $643,001.89 after subtracting receipts and routine expenditures. Major gain comes from unusually large gross sales tax collections, while bond proceeds and a workmen's compensation loan repayment affect the totals.
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State Auditor’s Office
First Contingent Picked for Farms Buy Now
Twenty five former West Virginia coal miners were selected at the White House as the pioneers for the federal farm factory project at Reedsville West Virginia. They will undergo medical tests in Morgantown then start ground breaking for homes Tuesday. Mrs. Roosevelt helped approve details. Grimes said the group was chosen from 800 applicants based on fitness and agricultural potential.
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Washington
West Virginia
White House
Reedsville
W. Va
Bushrod Grimes
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Louis Howe
Grimes
Plymouth Rock
Coal tonnage falls in West Virginia weekly output
The Bureau of Mines reports West Virginia bituminous coal production for the week ended Oct. 21 at 2,032,000 tons, down from 2,109,000 the prior week and 2,247,000 in the same week last year.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines Today
West Virginia
East Powers Crumble as West United Sweeps Football
Duke Georgia Michigan Oregon rineeton Nebraska Army dominate yesterday as Navy Triumphs over Notre Dame and Temple over Drake. Fordham, Holy Cross, Carnegie Tech, and Colgate suffer defeats while Navy and Temple deliver notable upsets. Michigan narrowly defeats Illinois as the Big Ten title race tightens.
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Associated Press
Far West
Mid-West
Duke
Georgia
Michigan
Oregon
Rineeton
Nebraska
Army
Fordham
Colgate
Holy Cross
Carnegie
George Washington
Navy
Notre Dame
Temple
Drake
Pasadena
St. Mary's
Rams
Polo Grounds
Gus Doris
Detroit Titans
Carnegie Tech
Purdue
Red Raiders
Tulane
Floyd
Little Preacher) Roberts
George Washington Colonials
Tennessee
Ramblers
Tars
Notre Dees
Wolverines
Illinois
Minnesota
Greco American Treaty Is Scored by U S Notice
Washington reports a sharp U S note denouncing the Greco American extradition treaty as useless after Greek courts refused to order Samuel Insull's return. Lincoln MacVeagh in Athens received the instruction to terminate the covenant, removing international machinery for any future attempts to extradite Insull.
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Washington
Samuel Insull
Athens
Lincoln MacVeagh
Chicago
Cook County
MacVeagh
Governor set to allocate funds to secondary road program
The governor may begin allocating money from the general revenue to the secondary road fund after the legislature empowered up to 1.8 million dollars yearly. Recent state finances show a November balance of 1,814,885.67, enough to permit the first allocation. Ernest L. Bailey, state road commissioner, has already earmarked 225,000 from road funds to the secondary road fund under new session authority.
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Ernest L. Bailey
Road Commission
Secondary
South Branch Stockmen Push Relief Plan in West Virginia
A committee from Hardy Pendleton and Grant counties will present a relief plan for South Branch Valley cattle raisers to Secretary Wallace in Washington. Representative Randolph arranged the meeting, calling the cattlemen desperate. Hardy county court president F C Wel will head the group.
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Washington
South Branch
West Virginia
Wallace
Hardy
Pendleton
Grant
Randolph
W. Va
F.C. Wel
Hardy County Court
Mystery Swirls Over Jerusalem Slayer Near Winters
A new mystery unfolds in the slaying of American dancer Joan Winters and an Indian government worker near Jerusalem. Police reconsider identities of the slain, note a possible romance, and probe if Arab rioters or other attackers killed them during a moonlit walk near the Garden of Gethsemane.
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Jerusalem
Joan Winters
Egypt
India
Miss Winters
Wall of Jerusalem
Mohamed Karaman
Madras
Hyder Abadi
Karaman
Miss
Winters
Athens
Haifa
Palestine
New York
Garden
Gethsemane
Holy Land
West Virginia Moves to Restore Tax Revenue and Relief
Governor Kump issued a 14 point program to meet a tax revenue crisis as the legislature convenes on Tuesday November 21. The plan calls for new property tax legislation under the levy limitation amendment, relief for counties and towns, increased school aid, unemployment relief funding, and broader state agency powers to raise and distribute revenue.
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West Virginia
Kump
Supreme Court
Trent
McGee Found Guilty in McElroy Kidnapping Case
George McGee was found guilty tonight of kidnapping Miss Mary McElroy in May and sentenced to life imprisonment. The state sought the death penalty. McGee is the second person convicted in the famous case. his brother Walter was convicted last July and awaits appeal. The jury reached the verdict after about three hours and twenty three minutes.
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Kansas City
George McGee
Mary McElroy
H. F. McElroy
Missouri
McGee
Walter
Walter McGee
Kendrick's Funeral Set for Tomorrow in Sheridan
United States Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming who died after a brief illness will be buried Monday. Services will be held at Trail's End, the rancher leader's home, overlooking Sheridan, with numerous notables from across the country expected to attend. The body lay in state Sunday as ranchers, farmers, business leaders, and politicians gathered to honor the militant western champion.
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Sheridan
Wyvo
United States
John B. Kendrick
Wyoming
Trail’s End
Trail’s
West
Rocky Mountain
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England
Johnson
U.S
Louis E. Brooks
Marshall, Mich
Duke of Athol
Jord Chamberlain
State Department
Miss McElroy
Kendrick
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