Balbo Armada Reaches Shoal Harbor Newfoundland
Italian air armada of 23 planes lands at Shoal Harbor N F as 24th plane stops at Victoria Harbor P E Island for repairs. Balbo leads rest toward Shoal Harbor with plans for northern or southern transatlantic route. Wiley Post receives hero’s welcome in New York for solo round‑the‑world flight. Mollisons may resume their flight to Bagdad or another long voyage.
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Shoal Harbor
Newfoundland
Mackay Radio Company
Victoria Harbor
British Edward Island
Associated Press
Italo Balbo
Shediac
N. B
Shoal Harbors
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Atlantic
Wiley Post
James
Amy Mollison
Bagdad
Charles A. Lindbergh
Greenland
Mt. Evans
Helsinborg
Mackey
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Cheticamp
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Italian Air Armada
Cape Breton
New Brunswick
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Alps
Mireasurer's Son Ill in Arizona In Torcida Beds Side
Mireasurer's son Case Woodin Jr. lies in a Tucson hospital in a heart ailment, as his wife hastens from Buffalo to his bedside. Attending physician says his condition is satisfactory despite the illness.
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Mireasurer
Arizona
Tucson
Ariz
Case Woodin, Jr
the Treasury
Lane
Buffalo
N. Y
Johnson Sees Five To Six Million Jobs By Labor Day
Hugh S. Johnson, head of National Recovery, estimated 5,000,000 to 6,000,000 workers would be rehired before Labor Day as he proclaimed nothing could halt President Roosevelt's program. He spoke as White House crowds pledged broad support and telegraph responses flooded in, signaling strong public backing for the recovery drive.
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Johnson
Washington
Hughs. Johnson
National Recovery
Nation
Roosevelt
White House
Tire price rise hits Akron area for third time
Akron district manufacturers announced a 10 percent tire price increase effective immediately after a two month stalemate in talks. President William O Neill of General Tire and Rubber led the move with the three major units backing the rise. Julia Goodyear and Samantha Parsons of West Hill were acquitted of conspiring with Ted Dalton to steal five chickens, one gum boot pair, and one heavy shoe pair from Freddy Mayle on July 17 after testimony from many West Hill residents.
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Akron
William O'Neil
General Tire and Rubber Company
Goodyear
Julia
Samantha Parsons
West Hill
W. E. Rightmire
Ted Dalton
Freedy Mayle
Kump Pledges Support Directs All Agencies To Back Recovery Plan
Charleston July 26 Governor Kump directs all state agencies to back President Roosevelts recovery program and coordinate with the national plan. He issued a blanket order to department boards and commissions urging cooperation from employers and workers to implement the industrial recovery act and related measures. The move follows a surprise address before the state repeal convention, with further details on page five.
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Kump
Dent
Charleston
Roosevelt
Governor Kump Pushes State Recovery Over Prohibition
Charleston July 26. Governor Kump urged West Virginians to cooperate with Franklin D. Roosevelt’s blanket code as delegates at the state repeal convention ratified the prohibition repeal amendment. Clarence E. Martin of Martinsburg was elected president and Mrs Mary Brewster was named secretary.
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Charleston
Kump
West
Clarence E. Martin
Martinsburg
American Bar Association
Mary 8. Brewster
Women’s National Association For Prohibition Reform
Four Youthful Bandits Flee in Chicago Car Chase
Four boys robbed a person and a filling station in the early hours of today, netting about $36 at a gas station. A police pursuit reached 60 miles per hour before the car crashed into a milk wagon, overturning in flames. The bandits escaped unharmed.
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Chicago
Frank Kurzela
President Seeks State Federal Bond Plan For Recovery
President Roosevelt said he wants to meet state governors next winter to map new plans for American economic restoration. In an address to the San Francisco conference he urged strengthening ties between state and federal executives and noted oil production must be viewed in national terms while stressing the states’ important cooperative role.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Conference of Governors
San Francisco
Remarkable recovery may save bank robber from execution
Chicago officials report a 21 year old bank robber John Scheck who survived two bullet wounds and is expected to be spared the electric chair. He had been charged with killing a policeman and another cashier during a suburban bank robbery three months earlier.
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Chicago
John Scheck
Scheck
John G. Sevick
Woman Ends Life in Fulton Home
Mrs. Margaret Snyder a 39 year old janitress and widowed mother of two ended her life by drinking poison in her Fulton home. Police said she was despondent due to poverty.
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Wheeling
Margaret Snyder
Fulton
Jones and Laughlin declares small dividend in July
Pittsburgh July 26 The Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation declares a dividend of one quarter of one per cent on its cumulative 7 per cent preferred stock payable October 2 to holders of record September.
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Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Gerkhalens
Ceil
Recovery Badge For Those Who Support Drive
The national recovery administration unveils a new badge to honor factories and employers aiding the drive. Administrator Hugh Johnson aims to display the cooperative insignia in workplaces that sign and implement industry agreements and comply with recovery measures.
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National Recovery Administration
Hugh Johnson
Associated Press
Urschel Widow Offers Direct Contact in Kidnapping Case
Oklahoma City July 26 Mrs Bernice Urschel named intermediaries and offered to deal directly with the abductors of her husband Charles F Urschel oil man. She promised no official interference and asked the kidnappers to contact the Archer home to assure the return unharmed. Arthur Seeligson associate of Urschel arrived from North Carolina and expressed willingness to help secure a quick safe return with no signs yet of the kidnapers location or demands.
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Oklahoma City
Bernice Urschel
Charles F. Urschel
Archer
Charles
North Carolina
Arthur Seeligson
Urschel
Seeligson
T. B. Slick
Jas
Power Output Still Gains Power Output Still Gains
New York reports electric power output last week remained above last year and the prior week. Edison Electric Institute data show 1,654,424,000 kilowatt hours, up from 1,643,330,000 the week ended July 15 and 1,433,993,000 a year earlier. The week’s 15.4 percent rise signaled a slowdown from the prior week’s 16.4 percent surge.
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New York
Edison Electric Institute
Ritchie Pledges Support for Roosevelt Wage Drive
Baltimore July 26 Governor Albert C. Ritchie pledged the full support of Maryland pro- luminaries and workers to President Roosevelt's campaign to raise wages and create jobs. He said he would back efforts to the best of his ability, energy and influence.
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Baltimore
Albert C. Ritchie
Proeloyers and Workers of
Maryland
Roosevelt
Officer Slain as Gunmen Grab Prisoner in Huntington
In Huntington West Virginia on July 26 four gunmen attacked a car transporting Ralph Harper to serve a 25 year armed robbery sentence. A deputy was killed and another officer wounded as authorities say the attempt was a staged escape. The body of Harper was later found in an alley near his father’s home.
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Alley
Huntington
Charleston
W. Va
Ralph Harper
R. Carl Andrews
Ka‘mawha County
Andrews
Harper
Jackson County
ITITUS DEFENDS INSTITUTE OIL PRACTICE PLAN
Washington July 26 Lou Titus a Washington attorney representing the oil trade urged the Industrial Recovery Administration that proposed production allocations by independents would force East Texas to supply oil far beyond market demand. Deputy Administrator E M Simpson allowed 30 minutes for each code proposal as hearings closed. Jack Blalock of Marshall Texas prepared to press the independent code urging strict federal pipeline regulation.
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Washington
Lou
Titus
American Petroleum Institute
Industrial Recovery Administration
East Texas
E. M. Simpson
Jack Blalock
Marshall, Tex
Steel earns profit after red in June quarter
United States Steel Corp reports net earnings near 5 million for the June quarter after ordinary operating expenses. The company also declares a 50 cent dividend on preferred stock payable August 30 to August 1 stockholders.
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New York
United States ‘Steel Corporation
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