President Formulates Method To Battle Kidnapping Racket
President Roosevelt opened a special inquiry into kidnapping with adviser Raymond Moley, signaling full federal cooperation and a proposed uniform national method for states. He also signed the wool textile code creating a 40 hour week and minimum wages, with 27 000 jobs expected.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Raymond Moley
Moley
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Hull
State Department
Marvin H. McIntyre
Scotland Yard
Turmoil spreads as coal strike injures miners in Pa
Gunfire and tear gas wounded sixteen workers as the southwestern Pennsylvania strike zone expanded. Disputes at Star Junction Colonial No 3 and Edenborn mines flared into violence, with eight shot or stabbed, three hurt by thrown objects, and five burned by tear gas. Extra miners from Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal and Pittsburgh Terminal Coal joined the sympathy walkout, signaling broad recognition demands by United Mine Workers. Overall, more than 230000 miners have quit.
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Brownsville
Pennsylvania
Star Junction
Colonial No. 3
Edenborn
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
Buffalo and Susquehanna Coal Company
Armstrong
Clearfield
Jefferson
Indiana
United Mine Workers of America
Washington
Greene
Westmoreland
Greensboro jurors say it with flowers
In Greensboro on August 1 jurors A. J. Sykes BE. C. Sutton and Harry O'Connor all florists were called to the criminal division of superior court. Two large vases of flowers graced the bench as court opened reflecting a floral theme in the proceedings.
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Greensboro
Criminal Division of Superior Court
A. J. Sykes
BE. C. Sutton
Harry O'Connor
Troopers Drive Off Milk Strikers Near Proville N Y
Forty state troopers used tear gas bombs and sticks to rout about 400 milk strikers north of Proville New York who had placed spiked planks on the road to block milk trucks during a strike.
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Proonville
N. Y
Ers
Just Who Is This Laugh-Maker From The Enterprise
A frowzy-haired man described as uncouth and fatazy-looking appears in The Enterprise. He is noted for delivering many laughs, with readers invited to recognize him.
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Enterprise
War Lord Murray Calls Oklahoma to Arms Over Red River
A letter from Will, clearly a regional boasting piece, claims Oklahoma will defend its half of the Red River against Texas. The writer says he would stand in water to the ankles with a rifle if prompted and vows to resist any cross-border development. The tone is defiant and personalized to Bill Murray and Ma Ferguson.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Bill Murray
Bill
Oklahoma
Texas
Ma Ferguson
Red River
Gastonia Woman Struck Dumb By Lightning Hit Yard
Gastonia, Aug. 1. Mrs. Lester Whited, once clear voiced, was struck dumb when lightning struck her yard. The bolt followed a waterpipe into the kitchen and knocked her unconscious. A physician revived her but officials doubt she will speak again.
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Gastonia
Lester Whited
Kidnappers of Urschel Get Unannounced Ransom Say Family
Charles Urschel, 40 year old millionaire, freed after nine days in captivity near Oklahoma City following an unknown ransom payment. Intermediary Arthur Seeligson confirmed payment but Urschel called it a family affair. He said his eyes were taped during confinement and he was moved about 500 miles with two machine guns on board.
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Oklahoma City
Charles F. Urschel
Urschel
Dorman
Ursechel
Arthur Seeligson
Ursehel
Norman
Arsenel
Fraud Charges Filed Against Fifteen Election Commissioners
New Orleans authorities filed formal election fraud charges against fifteen election commissioners in a martial law era dispute over votes on constitutional amendments. Conviction penalties range from 100 to 500 dollars fine and 6 to 12 months in jail. Separate notices warn of arrest warrants and bonds set at 1000 dollars amid anonymous circulars attacking officials and the Huey P Long coalition.
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New Orleans
Eugene Stanley
Parish Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Allen
Met
John M. Park
Jared Y. Sanders
John P. Sullivan
New Orleans Times Picayune
Daily States
Huey P. Long
Cotton Consumption Surges Amid Rising Mart Prices
New Orleans reports show world consumption of American cotton for 1932-33 at 15,307,000 bales including lint, up from 13,331,000 last year and 11,856,000 two years earlier. The American carryover stands at 11,783,000 bales while the season’s commercial crop totals 15,083,125 bales, with Southern consumption rising to 5,346,590 bales.
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Atlanta
South Georgia
Waycross
Douglas
Tifton
State Department of Agriculture
Georgia
New Orleans
H. G. Hester
Hester
Virginia Democrats Vote on Governor Nominee and General Assembly
Virginia Democrats voted today in Richmond from sunrise to sunset to choose a governor nominee among Joseph T. Deal George C. Peery and A Worth Smith Jr and to select candidates for the General Assembly with more than 200 aspirants for the house of delegates Two senate nominees were to be chosen from five candidates to fill two upper house vacancies.
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Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
Joseph T. Deal
George C. Peery
A. Worth Smith
House of Delegates
Senate
Alimony Collected After Seventeen Year Wait
Mrs. Nancy Reynolds of High Point awaits alimony dating from a 1916 Atlanta order for $25 per month. Her husband J. L. Reynolds, a contractor, vanished, later found in San Diego. Attorneys calculate total with interest at $6,416, case filed in California court.
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Nancy Reynolds
High Point
Woods Hunt For Slayer After Camp Shootings Near Frederickburg
A sheriff's posse and conservation corps workers comb Spotsylvania county woods for Grady Bound after he left camp 69 nearby last night and shot two camp clerks. Frank Harris and Phillip Rees, both Norfolk men, were wounded with Harris in critical condition. The payne’s store camp houses World War veterans from Virginia and Maryland led by army officers who issued no statement on the shooting.
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Frederickburg
Conservation Corps
Spotsylvania County
Grady B
Brookland
Frank Harris
Phillip H. Rees
Norfolk
Harris
Oes
Payne’s Store
Virginia
Maryland
Burke Named to Louisiana Public Works Board
Walter J. Burke of New Iberia La an opponent of the Louisiana advisory board for public works was named by the Public Works Administration. His appointment gives Louisiana like Texas a four man board, while other states have three. Sources close to the senator say the board is now evenly split between opponents and supporters.
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Washington
Walter J. Burke
New Iberia
Louisiana Advisory Board For Public Works
Public Works Administration
Burke
Louisiana
Texas
Safe robbers careless in Burlington theft spree
In Burlington on August 1 thieves cracked the cash store and carried off $10. They then hit the Alamance Lumber company taking $35, leaving $175 in the main money box untouched.
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Burlington
Alamance Lumber Company
Clam Declares Victory Over Garter Snake in Rock Garden Pool
A quiet clam in the Shortridge rock garden pool near St. Paul subdued a daily visiting garter snake that fed on fish in the pool. The snake attacked an open clam, which snapped shut and held fast, leaving the battle lengthily resolved with the clam the apparent champion.
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ST. Paul
Rock Garden
Geo. F. Shortridge
Schuyler’s Hidden Identity Revealed After Death
Karl Cortlandt Schuyler former United States senator from Colorado died at Lenox Hill Hospital aged 66 from a fractured pelvis after an automobile accident in Central Park July 17. He used the alias James Evans while hospitalized and only later identified himself to staff.
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New York
Karl Cortlandt
Schuyler
United State
Colorado
Denver
Lenox Hill Hospital
Central Park
James Evans
Food Dealers To Have 48 Hours Under New Code
Washington notes a retail code set to go into force under Hugh Johnson recovery authority with food dealers eligible for a 48 hour work week. The move follows agreements covering dry goods department stores clothing shoes and furniture, and outlines hearings to extend similar rules to other sectors including drug stores and restaurants. The Wool Textile Code also establishes a 40 hour week and minimum wages of 14 dollars weekly.
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James Cope
Washington
Hugh
Johnson
Hyde Park
N. Y
Retailers Wage and Hour Codes Take Effect Today
Washington August 1 Some facts on wage raising and hour shortening agreements for retailers and food dealers. Two codes cover grocery and food businesses and furniture hardware department stores mail order clothing shoes and dry goods. Rates include a 40 hour week with 48 hours during inventories and peaks and a 26 percent rise for very small communities. Minimum weekly wages vary by city size with regional reductions for several states.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Unemployed Precedence in Public Works Policies
Washington August 1. State advisory committees urged using human labor over machinery where practical in projects funded by the 3.3 billion public works appropriation. Key aims include fair labor distribution, no convict labor, local hiring, 30 hour weeks where feasible, fair wages, and preference for locally produced materials and quickly started projects.
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Washington
Ickes
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