Roosevelt Outlines Principles For Public Utilities Regulation
Governor Franklin D Roosevelt set forth broad principles for regulating the nation's public utility industry. He urged full public disclosure by publicly owned securities, government ownership rights for power sites, and tighter regulation of soundly financed companies while targeting firms with questionable practices. He said recommendations would come in an early campaign speech and stressed no general public ownership.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Walker
New York State
Roosevelt
Wall Street
New York
National Electric Light Association
Death Probe Forces Grand Jury Subpoena at Reynolda Estate
Stewart Warnken, manager of Reynolda the Reynolds family estate near Winston-Salem, was summoned before the Forsyth County Grand Jury today as part of a death probe.
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Reynolda
Winston-Salem
Stewart Warnken
Reynolds
Here
Forsyth County
Hoover appoints Roy D. Chapin secretary of commerce
President Hoover names Roy D. Chapin of Michigan to head the Commerce Department as part of a cabinet refresh at a pivotal economic and political moment. Lamont resigns, Chapin expected to take office in about ten days, bringing aggressive organizing and auto industry ties to Washington.
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Hoover
Cabinet
Chapin
Washington
Roy D. Chapin
Michigan
Robert P. Lamont
Illinois
Lamont
Department of Commerce
Prosecutor Attacks Mayor Walker Credibility in Savaged Rebuttal
Samuel Seabury delivered a 20 000 word rebuttal to James J Walker defense charging unfitness for mayor. He labeled Walker testimony false and described accusations of gifts and financial interests as improper with specific reference to a 246000 Joint Stock trading account profits claim.
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Albany
N. Y
Samuel Seabury
James J. Walker
New York City
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Seabury
Walker
Paul Block
Greta Garbo to Produce Films in Stockholm with Allies
Greta Garbo plans to begin producing films in Stockholm with Victor Sjoestroem and Ludwig Berger soon. She also aimed to buy the late Ivan Kreuger’s summer residence on Aengsholmen islet.
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Stockholm
Greta Garbo
United States
Victor Sjoestroem
Ludwig Berger
Ivan Kreuger
Aengsholmen
Two North Carolina Banks Robbed Loot Exceeds Fifteen Thousand
Magnolia Bank was robbed again with 1368 taken while cashier L D Dail was held at gunpoint and three men fled by car toward Wilmington. In Maiden, a second bank break produced a stolen safe containing 4000 cash and 5000 to 10000 in securities with a truck seen leaving town at 3 am and fingerprints sought.
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Magnolia
N. C
Bank of
L. D. Dail
Dail
Wilmington
Magnolia Bank
Maiden
Bank of Maiden
Sheriff's Deputies
Charlotte
T. L. Finger
Adams-Millis Employes Meeting and Dance Tonight
There will be a 7 o'clock meeting on Pine street for Adams-Millis full fashioned employes urged to attend. The committee announces a dance tonight from 8 30 until 12 at Triangle Lake with entertainments planned.
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Pine Street
Triangle Lake
Recluse Admits He Killed Girl in Michigan
Francis Nash, 38, a Freesoil farmer, pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Evelyn Sanford last Saturday night in Ludington Michigan. He was sentenced to life imprisonment at Marquette penitentiary.
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Ludington
Mich
Francis Nash
Evelyn Sanford
Marquette Penitentiary
Recluse Nash Confesses to Slaying 17-Year-Old Evelyn Sanford
Francis Rusty Nash confessed to strangling Evelyn Sanford a 17 year old girl. Victim found bruised in a Freesoil cellar grave prompting threats of lynching. Nash was moved from Freesoil to Traverse City for murder arraignment. maximum penalty life imprisonment.
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Ludington
Mich
Francis
Rusty) Nash
Evelyn Sanford
Freesoil
Nash
Traverse City
Manistee
Evelyn
Freesoll
Target Firing From Coast Cannon Strikes Tug
A board to investigate the striking of a tug off Fort Moultrie by shells from a 155 M M gun fired by National Guard trainees injured two aboard the tug. Captain Edward Magwood and John Frederick were treated at a pest hospital with non serious wounds.
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Charleston
S&s. C
Fort Moultrie
Aviatrix Narrates Planned Death Pact in Clarke Case
Australian aviatrix Mrs. Jessie M. Keith-Miller testified in the murder trial that she and Haden Clarke discussed a death by their own action. She described a tangled love triangle with Captain W. N. Lancaster, noting despondency and shared financial struggles as the trio lived together in Miami.
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Miami
Fla
William N. Lancaster
Hayden Clarke
Jessie Keith-Miller
Jessie M. Keith-Miller
Fra
Haden Clarke
W. N
Lancaster
Keith- Miller
Jane HP
Clarke
Haden
California sports debate over records and race in Olympic trials
A Beverly Hills letter jeers at the focus on record breaks during the Olympic events. The writer claims most winners are American negroes or American white women and predicts continued California record breaking through November elections. The author also mentions Roosevelt, Hoover, Tolan, Metcalf, and Babe Didrikson.
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Beverly Hilisa
Cal
Aug. S
Joan Blondell Weds Screen Cameraman In Secret Ceremony
The marriage of actress Joan Blondell to Hollywood cameraman George H. Barnes was disclosed as they arrive in Gold Beach Oregon for a honeymoon. Warner Brothers studios declined knowledge of the union.
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Joan Blondell
Gold Beach
Ore
Moving Picture
George 8. Barnes
Hollywood
Miss Blondell
Warner Brothers First National
Four Convicts Killed as Prison Break Turns Deadly
Four convicts died and three were wounded in a bold escape from Tucker Prison Farm stockade and a gun battle with officers. Three others were killed in a subsequent standoff in a nearby wood. Names of the dead and wounded include Lou Smith J D Brown Hershel Chaney Everett Wackerley R G Jones and Else Howell. Jack Slayton and Walter Higgins surrendered.
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Howell
Jones
Deceil Allen
Allen
Lou Smith
J. D. Brown
Hershel Chaney
Arkansas
Everett Wackerley
Franklin County
Jack Slayton
Walter Higgins
Grand Jury Indicts Ex-Union Bank President in Monroе
W. H. Blakeney Sr former president of the Bank of Union in Monroe North Carolina was indicted by a Union County grand jury on five counts of violating banking laws. He was bound on 4000 bond for October term of the superior court. The bank closed in 1931 with about 856000 in deposits and has paid 20 percent in dividends since closing.
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Monroe
N. C
Blakeney, Sr
Bank of Union Here
Union County
Blakeney
New Fiscal Plan Promises 5000 North Carolina Jobs on Highways
Raleigh reports that five thousand men are to be employed on highway projects in North Carolina with emergency federal aid contracts. First contracts set for August 16 could hire 1,500 workers, as the highway department accepts a 20 cent per hour minimum for unskilled labor and 30 cents for skilled labor. Projects aim to finish by July 1, 1934, with two shifts of ten hours over three days.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Highway Department
E. B. Jeffress
Enka Rayon Plant Near Full Capacity At Asheville
Asheville North Carolina Ameri can Enka Corporation rayon plant is operating at capacity employing 2,000 persons after a period of idleness and part time operation.
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Asheville
American Enka Corporation
SPECIAL TRAINS Veterans And Families Leave Johnstown Peaceful
Veterans and their families depart Johnstown on special trains amid calm scenes with no disorder reported as predictions of a new march on the capital surface.
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Johnstown
Evacuation Train Carries Bonus Marchers From Johnstown
About 1 000 people march from the Johnstown camp to Ferndale yards for a second bonus march evacuation train bound for the west and southwest. The first train left last night. demobilization aims for about 75 percent by nightfall as police aid the orderly evacuation amid hopeful calls for a new march to Washington in December.
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Johnstown
West
Ferndale
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Illinois
West Coast
Eddie McCloskey
B. E. F. Swift
Washington
Congress
Johnston
Cops Shoot Down Half Brother of Vincent Richards For Crime
New York Aug 4 Ralph Richards, half brother of Vincent Richards, is killed after reaching for a hip pocket during a $12 robbery arrest. Patrolman Rowan Kelly fired, and Richards died today. He had a long police record including larceny charges.
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Vincent Richards
New York
Ralph Richards
Rowan Kelly
Kelly
Richards
Quaker Meeting Debates Union Plan For Meetings
At Guilford College the yearly meeting heard reports on unity and spirituality. A women's missionary union briefing featured Archibald Bond’s Africa work and a later session planned Christian Endeavor and youth programs. An American Friends service committee update outlined debt cancellation and a minimum per member assessment. The proposal passed by consent after extended discussion.
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Guilford College
Yearly Meeting of Friends
Missionary Union
Archibald A. Bond
Africa
Hugh Moore
American Friends Service Committee
New Garden
Friends approve new budget system at yearly meeting
Financial matters filled the session as Friends adopted an entirely new budget system presented by the promotion and budget committee.
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Yearly Meeting of Friends
Promotion and Budget Committee
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Mr. Hoover
Fisher Body Brothers
J. R. Nutt
Cleveland
Warnken
Grand Jury
Young Smith Reynolds
Libby Holman
Young Reynolds
Scott
J. T. Barnes
R. E. Lasater
Coguardian
Carlisle Higgins
J. Erle McMichael
Gotham
Greta
Recluse
Girl
Rusty
Aviatrix
Will
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