Behind the Scenes in Washington Promoters Face FHA Clash
Rodney Dutcher reports the pushback against easy low cost housing proposals by RFC and PWA experts now moved to FHA. Promoters with many rejected Self liquidating projects vow a last assault on the new housing program as FHA carries the defense. The piece notes real estate promoters faced by federal loan safeguards and critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hopkins
Ickes
RFC
PWA
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Farm labor problem troubles New Deal administration
Strikes by farm laborers signal deeper issues as tenant farmers share croppers and field hands are left out of New Deal protections. Officials Wallace and Perkins view the situation as serious with NIRA and Farm Act not shielding farm workers. Nationwide unrest includes protests against NRA dismissal of an employee union leader and a drive by leftist groups to support farm labor causes. The dispute now faces the National Labor Relations Board.
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Wallace
Perkins
NIRA
AAA
California
San Francisco
NRA
Commerce Building
Johnson
John Donovan
New York
League For Industrial Democracy
Donovan
Defense Fund
Green
A. F. of L
Labor Advisory Board
New National Labor Relations Board
Dillinger Gang Targets Lead to Public Enemy Drive
John Dillinger’s top lieutenants Gillis alias Baby Face Nelson Hamilton and Van Meter become the focus of a federal manhunt. Gillis is Public Enemy No 1 with rewards totaling 7,500 for information and capture, tied to the Little Bohemia clash that killed agent Carter Baum. Hamilton and Van Meter face murder and bank robbery charges in Dillinger gang raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dillinger
Lester M. Gillis
Baby Face’ Nelson
Gillis
U. S
Carter Baum
Little Bohemia
Wis
Battle
Hamilton
van Meter
Group Quizzed in Texas Death House Escape
Monroe Iowa July 27 continuing investigation into a group arrested yesterday and questioned in connection with the breakfast Sunday from Huntsville Texas state prison. Sheriff Milton Coverdale said discrepancies existed in their statements. Fingerprints of J R Corbett Dorothy Davis E M Warner and Bert Ione Kerns were sent to Huntsville and the Bureau of Identification in Washington.
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Monroe
Huntsville
Texas State Prison
Milton Coverdale
Texas
J. R. Corbett
Dorothy Davis
E. M. Warner
Bert Ione Kerns
Bureau of Identification
Washington
Dawson to Start Delinquent Tax Levying Monday
W. T. Dawson the city delinquent personal taxes collector will begin levying on properties with unpaid taxes Monday City Clerk E F Howard said about 2500 in delinquent personal taxes are due roughly 1500 from the 1933 rolls Dawson issued a five day warning before the levying will start Monday Howard added most on the rolls having been warned this week will be levied starting Monday.
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Dawson
W. T. Dawson
E. F. Howard
Howard
Police Search Seeks Man with Rake and Mules
Dallas police hunted Friday for Perry Brandenburg and a team of mules hitched to a street wide hay rake. Two squads scoured Thursday night after Brandenburg failed to report for weed cutting duty and vanished with the equipment.
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Dallas
Perry Brandenburg
Hayes son Webb C dies at 78 in Marion
Webb C. Hayes, 78, son of former President Rutherford B. Hayes, died in Marion Ohio after a year plus illness. He was a retired manufacturer and a veteran of the Spanish American War, passing at a sanitarium where he had been treated for arteries hardening.
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Marion
Ohio
Webb C. Hayes
Rutherford Hayes
United States
Oklahoma Girl Charged With Slaying Father
Sallisaw Oklahoma July 27 County Attorney Fred Green filed manslaughter charges against Alyne Hunnecut 18 in the slaying of her father Lon Hunnecut 50. Preliminary hearing set for August 3. The girl said the farmer beat her with a hoe handle after she disobeyed and went to Sallisaw with neighbors.
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Sallisaw
Okla
Fred Green
Alyne Hunnecut
Lon Hunnecut
Hunnecut
Bill Byrd
Texan in CCC Camp Dies From Spider Bite
Cody Wyoming July 27 Jack Short 19 of Wellington Texas a sergeant in a CCC camp near here died at a hospital after two weeks illness from a spider bite The body was sent to his home in Texas Thursday.
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Cody
Wyo
Jack Short
Wellington
CCC
Here
Texas
War dictator Lyautey dies in Paris at 80
Marshal Louis H. Lyautey died in Paris at age 80 from pneumonia. He served as a virtual war dictator of France under Aristide Briand and his death marks the end of an era in French military leadership.
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Paris
Louis H. Lyautey
France
Aristide Briand
Ex college dean Emily Wheeler dies at 84
Emily F. Wheeler former dean of women at Northwestern University Evanston Illinois died today in Long Beach California at age 84 from a cerebral hemorrhage.
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Long Beach
Cal
Emily F. Wheeler
Northwestern University
Evanston, MI
Del Rio Weather Warns of Partly Cloudy to Unsettled
Partly cloudy to unsettled overnight and Saturday in Del Rio and vicinity. Yesterday’s high reached 85 degrees and the low 70. This morning’s minimum was 72.
Payne lauded by speakers at rally Thursday
Stanford Payne campaign gains backing from former congressman Claude Hudspeth and local endorsers at Greenwood Park rally. Speakers praised Payne’s West Texas focus and campaigning reach, with about 800 attendees as he finishes his district tour.
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Payne
Claude Hudspeth
Comstock
Stanford Payne
Texas
Greenwood Park
Geo. W. Cox
Hudspeth
Cathryn Wayman
del Rio
Edwin Harris
Eagle Pass
B. Tidwell
Quemada Valley
France grants three month reprieve after cabinet crisis
Paris reports Premier Gaston Doumergue resumes vacation as France ends cabinet dispute. A three month political reprieve is declared and the government resumes normal affairs.
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Paris
France
Gaston Doumergue
Gulf hurricane toll rises to eight as bodies found
A Mexican man was found dead near Sergent in Matagorda County raising the death toll from the Texas Gulf coast hurricane to eight. Rescue crews fear the count may reach 11 as an oyster house sheltering Mrs. J H Howard and her 9 year old son was washed away. Charles K Elmer, 67, a fisherman, is missing after waves overturned his craft in Bernard River near Freeport. The damage to crops and property is estimated in the millions.
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Houston
Texas Gulf Coast
Sergent
Matagorda County
J. H. Howard
Sargent
Charles K. Elmer
Bernard River
Freeport
Last Rites for Mrs Earwood Held Thursday
Mrs Arvella Earwood 35 wife of Elwin Earwood funeral services were held at 5 pm Thursday at Doran Funeral Home with Rev L B Gilbert of First Baptist Church officiating Interment followed in Westlawn Cemetery She died Wednesday after a three month illness Born in Scurry Texas she lived in Menard and later married Elwin Earwood in 1917 They resided in the Devil's River country north of Comstock Surviving are her husband five children parents two sisters three brothers and numerous relatives from Kerrville Lyford Legion Kerrville Langtry Comstock and nearby areas Pallbearers were local men with many out of town relatives attending the service
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Arvella Earwood
Elwin Fearwood
Doran
L. B. Gilbert
First Baptist Church
Westlawn
Earwood
del Rio
Comstock
Texas
Scurry
Menard
Devil's River Country
Elwin Earwood
Olivia
Clement
Cyle
Vivian
Eugene
Roxie DeMasters
Kerrville
Frank DeMasters
Corpus Christi
Wilby Garrett
Lyford
Alex Werner
Legion
Katherine DeMasters
Leonard
Odelle
Alvoid
Monk” DeMasters
E. M. Zuberbueler
Gilbert Marshall
Claude B. Hudspeth
Perry Brotherton
W.T. Baker
H. A. “Dick” Walker
Leonard DeMasters
Odell DeMasters
Alvord DeMasters
Kerrvile
Virgil Farwood
Langtry
W. T. Baker
P. W. Kelly
D. T. Southall
Ernest Humphreys
Dick Brotherton
Russell Sweet
T. R. Smith
H E. Guinn
H. A “Dick’ Walker
A.A Brotherton
Walter Baker
A. F. Haley
Ray Brotherton
Mabel McReynolds
T. B. McReynolds
Jim Lawson
Martin Kelly
J. William Mason
Tom Brite
Roland Martin
George Kelly
Texas Democrats Bar Black Voters From Saturday Primary
Colored citizens in Texas are barred from participating in the Democratic primaries this Saturday per a message to Val Verde County Chair Grady Lowrey from State Democratic chair J K Brim. The notice lists 14 polling places and designated Democratic and Republican polling sites with appointed election judges for each precinct.
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Texas
Grady Lowrey
J. K. Brim
Brim
Supreme Court
Val Verde County
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Marland Leaves to Push Relief Projects
Representative E W Marland Democratic nominee for governor leaves Ponca City Oklahoma for Washington to seek approval of public works and subsistence homestead projects He is accompanied by Mrs Marland and will set up general campaign headquarters on his return in September.
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Ponca City
Okla
E. W. Marland
Washington
Oklahoma
Move Troops in Strike Gridlock Shifts in Minneapolis
July 27 report notes a surge of specially trained National Guard shock troops into downtown Minneapolis as truck drivers strike escalates. Employers reject peace terms urged by the Federal mediator while authorities scrutinize two suspects linked to the strike.
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Minneapolis
National Guard
How to Get All Election Returns Saturday Night
Instructions explain that election returns will be available Saturday night by calling Election Bureau. Reporters can view figures at the party across from Princess Theatre. do not contact The News office. Say "Election Bureau" to be connected to one of several lines.
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Election Bureau
Princess Theatre
Io “Election Bureau
Central
Robbers Sentenced to Life for Albany Bank Heist
Jim Lucas and Jack Hardin were given life terms after a brief trial for robbing the First National Bank of Albany last week. About $16,000 in cash and securities were stolen in the incident.
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Albany
Jim Lucas
Jack Hardin
First National Bank of Albany
Defense of Vienna as Nazi threat escalates
Austrian government tightens Vienna defenses as Heimwehr troops seal key districts and machine guns crown government buildings. Carinthia requests reinforcements amid reported Nazi gains. fatalities run high on both sides with escalating guerilla warfare and hunger riots across the country.
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Vienna
Heimwetz
July rain near normal after brief shower across Texas
A brief shower Thursday evening brought July rainfall to within 0.1 inch of normal. Ho L Molyneux reported total for the month at 2.09 inches, with 0.3 of the week remaining. Local gauges ranged from trace to two inches across communities including Vinegarone, Carta Valley, Sanderson, Uvalde, Eagle Pass, Langtry, Brackettville, Dryden, Sabinal, Rocksprings, Pumpville, Spofford, Comstock, and Carrizo Springs. Sonora saw no rain and San Angelo only a light shower.
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Ho L Molyneux
Weather Bureau
Texas
del Rio
Winter Garden
Vinegarone
Carta Valley
Sanderson
Uvalde
Eagle Pass
Langtry
Brackettville
Dryden
Sabinal
Rocksprings
Pumpville
Spofford
Comstock
Carrizo Springs
Sonora
San Angelo
Highways All Open After Heavy Rains
Division 22 based at Del Rio reports no highway damage from the past 48 hours of rain and wind. M B Hodges, division engineer, says the showers pose no menace to highways, while nearby San Antonio coastal areas report water debris damage from the tropical storm.
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Division 22
del Rio
M. B. Hodges
Hodges
San Antonio
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Hollywood
Farley
Austin
West Texas
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Massachusetts
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Cox
Mrs. Earwood
Alaska
U. S. Air Corps
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John Carruthers
Tom Miller
Mdd McNutt
Juge
A. Batot
Hallie Wellman
Therrell Rose
Joe Hutto
J. W. Dinsdale
T. J. Jarrett
C. A. Brotherton
Ben Billingsley
John Ingram
Jess M. Cox
FE. K. Fawcett
Linn Davis
J. C Netts
E. M. Duke
George R. Baker
N. J. Wardlaw
Jose B. Rubio Jr
Charles Koeg
Ernest Cardwell
Marland
Pasadena
Pasadenas
Carinthia
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