Hoover Not Likely To Appear Before Bank Investigation
Former President Herbert Hoover, residing at Stanford University, declined a Detroit probe invitation. He said evidence he could provide would be general and second hand, not warranting travel, and suggested investigators consult federal agencies in Washington for needed facts. The Detroit grand jury plans further steps on Hoover’s testimony about Michigan bank closings.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Detroit
Michigan City
Herbert Hoover
Stanford University
Toy
Mr. Hoover
Investige
Harry B. Keiden
First National Bank
Guardian National Bank of Commerce
Michigan
Harry
Delegation Pushes U S 16 Surfacing Across State
A South Dakota delegation urged hard surfacing of U S 16 to cut dust as towns along the route and nearby counties propose local projects. The highway commission planned to announce initial federal financed road projects, with bids set for September 6.
Labor Contracts To Be Recognized In Boots and Shoes
Washington reports Edward T. McGrady of the National Recovery Administration said labor contracts in the boot and shoe industry would be recognized until expiration of the agreements. The issue concerns the Boot and Shoe Workers Union, a unit of the AFL, and the Brotherhood of Shoe and Allied Craftsmen amid controversy over union contracts.
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Washington
Edward T. McGrady
National Recovery Administration
Abor
Boot and Shoe Workers Union
American Federation of Labor
Brotherhood of Shot and Allied Craftsmen
Weather For Huron and Vicinity
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with little change in temperature. Soul Dokote shows similar partly cloudy conditions with minimal temperature change.
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Huron
And Now Cupid Joins Ranks Of Job-Giving Army
Crown Point Indiana August 23 Cupid evolves into a worker in the NRA era as three marrying justices adopt a six hour day. One justice will be on duty at a time for weddings with night-shift squires alternating, Justice Howard Kemp says.
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Crown Point
Ind
Cupid
Tod -Y
NRA
Gretna Green
Squires
Howard Kemp
Milk Price Upping Plan Considered
Washington plans a tentative national blanket agreement to raise consumer milk costs by about one cent per quart. Prices would vary by region via local codes balancing farm, wholesale, and retail levels. Production controls and butter-value linked price changes are proposed to curb over-supply and spread. Local committees could allocate production among herds within milk shed areas.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Closure probe into Union and Guardian Trusts in Cleveland
Cleveland August 23 The United States government decided to end the reason for closing Union and Guardian Trust companies and to determine if federal laws were violated by their officers. Attorney General Cummings informed US District Attorney Emerick B Freed that a thorough investigation would be sent with a strong force of men. DOJ investigators likely to join the staff of auditors and investigators.
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Cleveland
United States
Union and
Guardian Trust
Cummings
Emerick B. Freed
Freed
Department of Justice
Typewriter Official Accused of Bribery in Washington
Williard H. Wolowitz president of the United Typewriter and Adding Machine Co was released on bond on a charge of offering 1001 to induce a federal official to award a typewriter contract. He was arrested after agents overheard a conversation with W H McReynolds administrator assistant to Henry Morgenthau Jr governor of the farm credit administration.
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Washington
Williard H. Wolowitz
United Typewriter and Adding Machine Company
Wolawit
Department of Justice
W. H. McReynolds
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Farm Credit Adminstration
Apple Tree Blooms Reported by Carl Appel
Carl Appel of 643 Frank Avenue reports his apple tree in bloom for the second time this year. Local notes mention Atlantic waves and municipal property impacts in New Jersey with garbled date and name fragments.
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Carl Appel
Frank Avenue
Southest
Beadle County Plans Free Fuel For Needy This Winter
Beadle County moves to supply free wood from Civilian Conservation Camps and free lignite coal from a state mine to relieve relief costs. 19 carloads are ordered with transport paid by counties, railways offering half rates. A revolving $5,000 relief fund will cover freight until relief needs ease, and some wood to be used as payment for work on Federal Emergency Relief projects. Public works hearing set for Friday to discuss employment and project funding totaling over six million dollars in the state.
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Black Hills
Beadle County
State Relief Department
A. ML Fuller
Fuller
Beadle
H. Collins
Aberdeen
National Public Works Administration
Collins
Huron
Tillema Faces Auto Theft Trial in Deadwood
Los Angeles Aug 2 Jess Tilema 28 an auto salesman has been ordered to Deadwood South Dakota to face an auto theft charge. The United States commissioner jailed him in default of a 1560 bond.
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Los Angeles
Jess Tilema
Deadwood
S. D
United States
Huron Municipal Band concert under Hans Christensen director
Huron municipal band directed by Hans Christensen performs Wednesday at 7 45 P M in Park with selections including South Dakota State College Overture Stradella Morceau The First Heart Throbs Eilenberg Pettin in the Park The King Horses Forest Whispers Monopete Laurendeaw featuring J W Campbell as an organizer or participant with a program listing titles and composers.
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Huron
South Dakota State College
Small Retailers Criticized As Unfair Competitors
Washington Aug. 23 A. Lincoln Wisler president of the United Business Man's Association of Chicago called small retailers earning under 500 before hearings on the retail code. He described about 425,000 such storekeepers as a cancerous growth gnawing at the vitals of honest fair retailing and said unfair competition stems from this type of merchant. Wisler said he represents 10,000 Chicago stores and warned that employment and prosperity depend on government action against these competitors.
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Washington
Lincoln Wisler
United Business Man’s Association of Chicago
Wisler
Sioux Falls Records Heavy Rainfall for the Day
Sioux Falls yesterday logged 2.39 inches of rain, among the heaviest of the year, as residents faced sudden downpours and localized flooding.
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Sioux Falls
First Stock Feeds Purchased In S D With Beer Funds
Pierre Aug 23 The first state purchase of hay for livestock feed in drought and grasshopper stricken areas of South Dakota has been made with beer license and tax funds. Gov. Berry announced 1 000 tons of hay bought in Lyman County from N J Thompson of Presho at 6 50 a ton baled and delivered to Presho. Plan is to assemble hay at several concentration points for shipment to needy areas. Fifty percent of beer revenue is available for relief at the governor and relief director's discretion. Huron merchants contributed 3200 in beer license funds to the state treasury and counties may receive half of total revenues for relief.
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Berry
Al Smith Endorses NRA Cooperation in Speech
Alfred E. Smith stated support for full national cooperation with President Roosevelt's NRA program in a New York speech. He argued the plan has raised wages and created jobs for many not at fault, despite not delivering a millennium.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Roosevelt
The News Behind the News: Strategy and Share-the-Work Plan
Paul Mallon analyzes NRAs strategy to spread work and hold wage costs while awaiting new demand. Industrialists expect a fall buying surge to trigger payroll expansion, with government restraint and a cautious optmization of production. The piece notes federal reserve indices near 100 for July as manufacturers pushed output before codes fully took effect.
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Federal Reserve, Board
Oil Paintings Seized in Montreal Kidnap Plot
Sixteen paintings valued at 15000 dollars were held for a 10000 dollar ransom by thieves who warned they would cut the art to bits and return it to the owners, the art association of Montreal said. A note warned they should inform police if they failed to cooperate.
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Montreal
Watson Art Gallery
Art Association of Montreal
Near Agreement In Coal Industry
Washington reports Hugh Johnson hopeful that coal industry will soon accept a fair competition code after two days of talks. Partners on major issues agreed, with continued discussions planned. In Newark Edgewater Ford plant, about 75 percent of 2900 workers pledged to unionize after AFL organizers spoke. The National Cheese Institute convened a conference. a 48 hour week code was set on Aug 8, while price fixing remained under study. W I Hubert of Plymouth Wis chaired the meeting.
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Washington
Hugh 5. Johnson
Newark
Ni J
Ford Motor Company
Edgewater
American Federation of Labor
National Cheese Institute
W. I. Hubert
Plymouth
Wis
Fail To Agree On Wheat Price Level
London reports the world wheat conference could not set the price level at which importing nations should reduce tariffs. Talks resume tomorrow while a draft plan proposes tariff cuts and demand for a price trigger. An advisory board of 10 to 12 members would oversee production limits and export stabilization, possibly including Soviet Russia.
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London
International Board
Soviet Russia
Boyd Recovers From Injuries After Plane Crash
Sutton Ontario August 23 Cant. J. Errol Boyd a trans Atlantic flyer has fully recovered from slight injuries after his veteran airplane Columbia crashed last evening a mile west of here The crash happened in a field near his father's summer home and caused no major damage or casualties.
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Boyd
Sutton
J.errol Boyd
rans-Atlantic Flier
Columbia
Lindberghs Complete Iceland Flight Lands in Firoe Islands
Charles A Lindbergh and his wife landed this evening at Tegnerna in the Firoe Islands, completing a remarkable flight from Iceland. The couple arrived after a long journey, marking a historic leg of their pioneering flight.
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Lindberghs
Iceland
Copenhagen
Charles A. Lindbergh
Tverna In
Firoe- Islands
Icelond
Government Starts Movement To Cut Live Pork Supplies
The federal government begins a campaign to curtail hog supplies on midwestern farms to aid the hungry unemployed. At six markets in the Midwest buyers for the Agriculture Department will purchase 4,000,000 pigs and 1,000,000 sows for about 55 million dollars funded by a pork tax after Oct 1.
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Middlewest
Henry A. Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Sioux City
St Paul
St. Joseph
Omaha
Kansas City
Chicago
Sioux Falls
John Morrell & Company
Glenn W. England
Washington
Mitchell
Huron
A. E. Danielson
Armour
Huxon
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