President assigns Moley to survey methods on combatting racketeering
President Roosevelt names Raymond Moley assistant secretary of state to conduct a two month survey of kidnapping and racketeering methods. Moley will keep his State Department job and resume duties after the study, done at Attorney General Cummings request.
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Moley
F. M. Stephenson
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Raymond Moley
State Department
Cummings
Hull
Woodin
Acheson
The
Treasury
Emergency Expenditures In July Increase Deficit Of Federal Government
The July deficit from ordinary expenditures reached 32.4 million with total outlays at 195.6 million and receipts at 163.2 million. Emergency spending totaled 75.35 million, boosting the overall July deficit to 107.76 million. Departmental costs, construction, defense, and veterans programs drove the month’s outlays, while tax measures and beer taxes raised receipts. The public debt stood at 22.61 billion by July 31, up from June end and well above last year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Tenessee Valley Authority
Treasury
Veterans Administration
Georgia Tobacco Prices Improved at Adel Auction
In Adel Georgia tobacco auctions ran at full blast with improved grades expected to raise prices. About 200000 pounds of leaf were due to be sold as growers protested previously depressed prices to state and federal officials. Regional growers and buyers reportedly met to discuss the price outlook.
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Atlanta
Adel
State Department of Agriculture
Hahira
G. C. Adams
Wallace
Washington
H. K. Ramsey
Adams
Niece of Local Man Dies In Washington
Peggy N Loftin four month old daughter of Mr and Mrs J G Loftin 3512 Georgia avenue northwest died at 1230 am in a local hospital after a week long illness Body shipped to High Point expected to arrive tonight Remains will be taken to the home of her uncle A B Parker 1109 Campbell street High Point Funeral arrangements not yet complete
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Washington
Peggy N. Loftin
J. G. Loftin
Georgia Avenue
Northwest
High Point
Yow
B. Parker
Campbell Street
Opening Day Tobacco Sales Stretch Markets Across Regions
Heavy opening day sales left much leaf unsold as buyers could not clear the floors. Douglas market opened with 200000 pounds on the floors and remained steady with better quality than yesterday. Domestic types fetched good prices while non descript tobacco was weaker, with a few fancy baskets selling 15 to 30 cents per pound.
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Tifton
Douglas
Clerk kills former boss and shot by police in St Louis hotel
In St Louis a 77-year-old hotel owner Samuel Marta is found slain in the basement of a 15-cent hotel. Ex clerk George Perry engages in a 16-minute gun battle with police, is fatally wounded, and Perry is shot after barricading himself in a room. Police note motive may be revenge or robbery.
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ST. Louis
Samuel Marta
Erie House
Marta
George Perry
Perry
Showers Bring Needed Relief in Some Areas
The report notes continuing heat in the east with rising deaths over the past days. Cooler conditions spread across the middle west after overnight showers, while the southwest stayed cloudy and cool. Pacific coast temperatures were normal and Salt Lake saw showers ending a 25 day heat spell.
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Associated Press
East
Middle West
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Salt Lake Region
New York
Dispute Over Ballot Recount Box Disparities Emerges
Citizens drafted as tellers in New Orleans recounts of constitutional amendment votes reported disparity in five of six boxes. Formal tallies were being prepared for court submission after the August 2 report from the criminal district court.
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New Orleans
Criminal District Court
Grand jury discharged in New Orleans amid election fraud controversies
Judge Frank Echezabal dismissed the six month grand jury amid ongoing disputes over constitutional amendment election fraud investigations. Twenty four citizens began recounting ballots from six November boxes under District Attorney Eugene Stanley with deputies present. The state militia left as martial law ended, and a new grand jury was ordered to serve the remainder of the term through September. The dismissal cited four major controversies involving the jury, judge, district attorney, and sheriff.
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New Orleansg
Frank T. Echezaba
Criminal District Court
Eugene Stanley
O. K. Allen
Echezabal
New Orleans
Alexander C. O'Donnell
Youth Kills His Friend Aboard Bremen Cruise
Karl Werner Heye 26, a New York broker, was accidentally shot in the cabin by Charles Manger 22 of Los Angeles on the Bremen off Cherbourg. Manger, a Stanford student, reported the accident and will be handed to German authorities in Bremerhaven. Heye died instantly. the two had begun a world tour.
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Cherbourg
France
Karl Werner Heye
New York
William Dahme
Bremen
Heye
Charles Manger
Los Angeles
Dahme
Manger
Fremerhaven
Germany
Bremerhaven
Bald Headed Men Advised to Rub Onion and Honey
A 1782 almanac donated to the Wakefield museum in Virginia, George Washington's birthplace, offers advice for bald men to rub the bald spot with onions morning and night, then rub with honey to stimulate growth.
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Washington
Wakefield
Virginia
George Washington
Modified codes grant 40,000 extra jobs across industries
Washington reports authorities approved modified presidential re employment agreements for electrical manufacturing radio rayon weaving bedding and rayon and synthetic yarn industries. The changes set minimums with a 40 hour work week, limit child labor, and allow blue eagle insignia while awaiting full code disposition.
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Washington
Hugh 8
Johnson
NRA
Rayon Weaving Indus
Mme
Youth And Companion Steal Boat Ended By Storm
In Corpus Christi Texas an attempted Gulf voyage ends with a storm. Davis 33 of Kissimmee Florida and his companion William Bell 20 left Panama City July 21 for Honduras to build boats. A hurricane capsized their sloop off Cape Antonio Cuba. Bell jumped overboard and was lost. Davis survived four days adrift clinging to the keel and bailing with two pans. They thought they were near the Yucatan channel and faced hunger and thirst before rescue. He had been charged with grand larceny in Panama City for boat theft.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Jack A. Davis
Gulf of Mexico
William W. Bell
Davis
Corpus Christ
Mexico
Florida
Panama City
Pla
Kissimee
Fla
Bell
Honduras
Cape San Antonio
Cuba
Yucatan Channel
Nationwide NRA campaign expands deployment of codes
Hugh S Johnson announced a major buyers drive to boost purchasing power through the NRA wage and employment program to spur national recovery. The plan accelerates code adoption across electrical and rayon industries, expands mobilization of campaign committees, and allows units to use their own terms under the voluntary agreement while remaining eligible for the blue insignia. Johnson then traveled to Harrisburg, Pa to speak.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Harrisburg
Brooklyn promoter Nathan Baskowitz kidnapped for ransom
Police disclosed that Nathan Baskowitz a Brooklyn real estate and fight promoter is held by kidnappers demanding 25 000 from his family. Separately James M Bingo Brown resigned as head of the Michigan Boxing Commission stating the move does not affect his NBLA leadership.
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New York
Nathan Baskowitz
Brooklyn
Lansing
Mich
James M
Bingo”) Brown
National Boxing Association
Michigan Boxing Commission
NBLA
Treasury Bonds Sell Out Before Breakfast in Beverly Hills
In Beverly Hills California August 1 the U S treasury offered 850 million dollars in bonds and all were sold before breakfast with payment completed. The piece notes strong demand from permanent buyers and compares to industrials.
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Beverly Hains
Calif
Roosevelt
Wall Street
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