Hoover to be subpoenaed in Detroit bank hearing
Detroit officials asked former President Herbert Hoover to testify before the one man Detroit bank jury investigating the closures of the First National Bank Detroit and Guardian National Bank of Commerce. Prosecutor Harry Toy and Circuit Judge Harry B Keidan began steps to secure Hoover's testimony after Senator James Couzens urged the move. The decision on appearing in person or by deposition at Palo Alto was undecided.
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Detroit
Herbert Hoover
First National Bank
Guardian National Bank of Commerce
Palo Alto
Harry §. Toy
Harry B. Keidan
Couzens
Hoover
Nationwide milk regulation plan eyed by dairy groups
Washington August 22 dairy men representatives and farm administration officials discussed a proposed nation wide milk regulation plan addressing competition from imports. Three options were offered including voluntary use of domestic fats and oils embargo or higher duties and a compensatory tax on competing products. Committees were appointed to study the issue for a report to Dr Clyde L King. Philadelphia district milk marketing agreement signed by Secretary Wallace.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Clyde L. King
Philadelphia
Wallace
Mob slayings and lynching attempt shock Cuba unrest
In Oriente Province Santiago district a mob killed two and attacked a third as they took punishment into their own hands amid Machado era turmoil. Former henchman Julio Heredia and Municipal Policeman Hechevarria were targeted. security forces struggled to keep order as Secretary of War faced the crisis.
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Santiago
Oriente Province
Julio Heredia
Arsenio Ortiz
Major Ortiz
West Virginia mobilizes into job drive with federal aid
In Charleston a statewide plan forms to aid roughly 100000 needy families as $1,000,000 federal relief funds are set to arrive soon. Turner leads welfare discussions with Ronald Haynes as Francis Turner vows rapid relief and Wilson is chosen chair of the federal public works committee to oversee construction projects.
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West Virginia
Charleston
State House
Turner
Francis W. ‘Turner
Ronald Haynes
Harr L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Washington
William P. Wilson
Wheeling
Federal Public Works Committee
The
Federal
West Virginia veterans board of review announced
Veterans Administrator Hines said the West Virginia special board of review, approved by the President to review veterans claims, is composed of Carlton Wood of Clarksburg an architect and veteran George C Dixson of Piedmont president of United Spanish War Veterans of West Virginia Harry Pendale of Charleston lawyer and American Legion commander Ben H Ashworth of Beckley veteran former state senator and lawyer Fletnoy of Charleston attorney former Charleston Trust Company officer S Grover Smith of Charleston coal mining interests Dr Matthew F Woodward rating specialist and Dr Thomas Hall rating specialist occupational both from Richmond regional office
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Washington
Hines
West Virginia
Charleston
The
Charleston Trust Company
S. Grover Smith
Eee
Veterans Administration
Matthew F. Woodward
Thomas Hall
Richmond
Four Girls Die In Cottage Fire Near Bradford
Four Buffalo girls aged 10 to 18 died when a summer cottage 12 miles northwest of Bradford burned. Coroner Bourne and Ranger Lindberg reported the fire started as the Sexton mother tried to light a fire, pouring gasoline into the stove before the explosion ignited and she fled.
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Bradford
New York State Line
Katherine Franklin
Margaret Sexton
Gertrude Sexton
Eileen Deinhardt
Buffalo
P. H. Bourne
C. R. Lindberg
Allegany State Park
Sexton
Bourne
Virginia Beer Bill Hearings Adjourned
Richmond Virginia Aug 22 news report on Virginia's 3.2 beer bill hearings. Lawmakers and committee members awaited floor discussion after the sponsor asked for an early Wednesday meeting to consider a revised measure for reporting.
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Virginia
Richmond
Special General Assembly
Hedberg Linked To New St. Paul Mystery In Abduction Case
In St Paul Minnesota on August twenty second police awaited the semi conscious chiropractor W H Hedberg for questioning over two mysterious incidents. Dr E J Engberg a St Paul physician and board secretary was lured by a fake call July 12 and drugged after refusing to mutilate another man. Ramsey County Attorney M F Kinkead said Engberg identified Hedberg as his abductor. Continued on page six.
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St. Paul
Minn
W. H. Hedberg
E. J. Engberg
Minnesota Board of Medical Eaxminers
M. F. Kinkead
Ramsey
Engberg
Turner Sighs as Hopkins Dinner Is Canceled
Turner Francis Z Turner welfare director tries to arrange luncheon with Harry L Hopkins federal relief administrator and calls Holt Bailey Laing Payne but Hopkins cancels due to bad flying weather leaving Turner to pivot to other duties.
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Turner
Hopkins
Epworth League Street Carnival at West Main Church
Epworth League hosts a street carnival on the West Main M E Church front Thursday evening August 24 inviting friends. Read about a nearby fires lands survey tied to Connecticut settlers and early Ohio compensation.
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Epworth League
West Main M. E
Ohio
Connecticut
Dancer climbs canyon to aid crash victim
Santa Fe dancer Jane McLean, severely injured in a Sunday night auto crash that killed passenger William Hunter, crawled 1,000 feet up Taos Canyon to seek help from a passing motorist. She treated Hunter with first aid before responders arrived.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Jane McLean
William Hunter
Buffalo
Hunter
Taos Canyon
Taos
Attempt Made To Blow Up Coast Guard Chaser
An unsuccessful attempt was made early today to blow up the Hiawatha coast guard chaser of the Cape May station. The craft, which sank a 50 foot rum runner in Delaware bay last Friday, was damaged slightly. Coast guard officials said two sticks of dynamite were hurled at the Hiawatha, on a marine railway for repairs since the crash. The explosive tore a large hole in the ground and damaged cement around the railway.
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Cape May
N. 3
Hiawatha Coast Guard
Delaware Bay
Coast Guard
Hiawatha
Sleeping Sickness Toll Rises in Missouri and Nearby States
St Louis reports the thirteenth death and 149 ill as sleeping sickness spreads. Dr J P Leake of the U S Public Health Service says the outbreak is the most serious seen, with two more deaths in the last 24 hours in Missouri and Kansas City. Victims include Vivian Freeman 20 of Carsonville Effie Brooks of Sollows and Mrs James E Rutherford of Mars Hill.
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St. Louis
J. P. Leake
United States Public Health Service
Leake
Washington
Ino
St Louis
Kansas City
Kas
Warrensburg
Vivian Freeman
Carsonville
Effie Brooks
Ollaws
James Eb, Rutherford
Mars Hill, N. C
Blast Speeds Law Governing Trucks
Explosion of a truck load of soluble cotton killed four people and injured twenty others near Wilmington as regulators moved to speed up rules governing trucking of explosives. A truck collision with another carrying picnickers shattered both vehicles and sent cars tumbling from the highway while rocks and dirt loosened from embankments.
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Wilmington
Del
Bailey Seeks Ruling On Road Marker Purchases
Charleston reports road Commissioner Bailey asked Attorney General Holt to resolve a dispute over license plates and highway marker sourcing. An act requires plates come from the state penitentiary, but the board of control has not built a plant or funds one. The law says Bailey could face impeachment if he buys from any other source.
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Charleston
Bailey
Holt
Board of Control Hs
Johnson Seeks Final Coal Draft For Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson conducts a series of conferences with bituminous coal operators to present a completed code aimed at wage competition limits. He hopes for agreement today but warns that industrial strife may delay Hyde Park submission to President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Pres. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
New Storm Puts Jersey Coast On Alert After Death Toll Rises
A fierce gale and rising waves on the eastern seaboard have killed at least seven to nine people and battered New Jersey ports. In Atlantic City small craft rode out the tempests as boats were overturned and dozens remained missing amid a brewing hurricane tail from Bermuda.
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New York
New Jersey
Bermuda
Atlantic City
N. J
Jersey
Rutherford Denies Taking State Property for Own Use
Charleston August 22 Dr A G Rutherford former Welch Emergency Hospital superintendent declares he did not withhold or take state property and was astonished by such charges He faces theft of equipment alleged to belong to the board while M H Stevenson of Huntington is charged with receiving stolen goods and is believed in New York during a vacation Authorities say a warrant has been issued and Rutherford must appear September 15 in connection with the case adding that thousands of dollars worth of articles were identified by the board treasurer John Baker White
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Charleston
A. G. Rutherford
Welch Emergency Hospital
Cabell
M. H. Stevenson
Huntington
Stevenson
New York
Rutherford
Williamson Rutherford
John Baker White
Board of Control
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Quilaw
Harvey Bailey
Dallas
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Oklaoma City
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Germany
Machado
Luis de Spayne
Gerardo Machado
Palma
Iane
Hechevarria
ABC
Takeno
W. VA
Wilson IS
Federal Group
Welles
Clarksburger
Jefferson Caffery
Sumner Welles
Cuba
State Department
Hedberg
Francis Z. Turner
Harry L. Hopkins
John Laing
C. K. Payne
State Relief Administration
New’ Mexico
Miss McLean
Young Rockefeller
Winthrop Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Bennett
Texas
Chicago
N.R. A
Frank E. Taplan
Cleveland
South
George Harrington
Chicago, Wilmington ,and Franklin Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
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