NRA plots plan to attack violators of codes
The National Recovery administration signals a campaign against code violators. It plans to publish names of those who break pledges and to organize a nationwide housewives boycott against retailers not complying with the blue eagle pledge. The effort links the AFL and Consumers’ Protective Bureau with Mrs. Hugh Johnson and Mary Hughes directing public education across 48 states.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
National Recovery Administration
Hugh 8. Johnson
Roosevelt
NRA
Johnson
American Federation of Labor
Consumers’ Protective Bureau
Consumers’ Bureau
Housewives
Mary Hughes
Italian aviator dies as Balbo fleet plane overturns
In Azores a Balbo air armada plane overturned during takeoff killing Lieutenant Squagna G]e]ad and injuring three others. In Lisbon the seaplanes began alighting on the Tagus after a foggy crossing with crowds greeting Balbo and his squadron.
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Balbo
Tagus River
Horta
Azores
Italo Balbo
Squagna Ggiead
Raniere
Cremaschi
Boveri
Lisbon
Portugal
Tagus
Accident takes life of 11 year old at Payson rifle range
Vergie Louise Benard 11 was shot through the heart and killed as she stepped in front of a target while her father fired a large caliber rifle on a Payson Utah target range.
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Payson
Utah
Vergie Louise Benard
Scripps-Howard And Hearst Accept Paper Code
Hearst and Scripps-Howard newspapers accept the Washington paper code and commit to a 40 hour week for reporters rewrite and copy desk staff. Executive, managerial and supervisory roles are exempt. Both groups foresee adding many more employees after a plant survey.
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Scripps-Howard
Hearst
New York
Washington
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Hearst Tes
Country
New Jobs Spark Rise in LaGrange Mills
More than 1000 new jobs created by LaGrange textile mills since the textile code began July 17. Payrolls boost about 36000 dollars weekly across plants locally owned and in the area.
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Lagrange
LaGrange Textile Mills
Mothers Vacation Camp Set For Camp Brewster
Farm women of eastern Nebraska will spend three days at Camp Brewster for the annual Mothers Vacation Camp. The program features music, handcraft work, book reviews, roundtable discussions, with no dishes to wash or beds to make.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Camp Brewster
Arizona vote backs repeal of prohibition in 3 to 1 tally
Arizona voters approved repeal of the eighteenth amendment by a 3 to 1 margin, joining 20 states moving toward a twenty first amendment. Missouri Texas Washington also schedule August votes as repeal momentum grows nationwide. In Los Angeles evangelist Aimee Semple MacPherson Hutton and husband David L. Hutton Jr discuss potential reconciliation amid divorce suit.
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Arizona
United States
Michigan
Missouri
Texas
Washington
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Wyoming
New Jersey
New York
Delaware
Nevada
Illinois
Indiana
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Iowa
California
West Virginia
Arkansas
Alabama
Tennessee
Oregon
Los Angeles
Aimee Semple MacPherson Hutton
David L. Hutton, Jr
Dvorce
Prediction Local Schools Won’t Be Reopened
Wrightsville Beach August meeting of the State Association of County Commissioners hears Lieut Governor A H Graham predict NC will never return to local operation of schools. He discusses recent General Assembly actions on state aid for an eight month term and the state taking over schools and roads, lifting a heavy burden from 100 counties.
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Wrightsville Beach
Carolina
A. H. Graham
State Association of County Commissioners
Graham
General Assembly
Striking Alice and Amial mill workers end walkout
An agreement ends nearly two weeks of strike at the Alice and Amail mill in Easley. Workers will return to duties tomorrow morning.
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Greenville
Alice and Amiail Mille
Easley
T J Snider Killed By Dynamite Blast
Thomas Jefferson Snider aged 57 of 407 Hobson street was killed when a dynamite charge exploded while blasting rock on the new athletic field behind High Point college. The fuse burned for about a minute and a half before detonation, with neighbors and federal relief workers witnessing the tragic blast. Coroner W W Harvey will view the body. an inquest is not expected.
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Thomas Jefferson Snider
Hobson Street
High Point College
Gunetar Ana Af
Federal
Snyder
Cr. G. McIntosh
Federal Relief Workers
Mr. Snyder
McIntosh
W. W. Harvey
Dav
Suspect Held in Death of Oliver Baily in Cincinnati
Cincinnati police say John J. Henkle of Cincinnati confessed to killing Oliver S. Baily, 27, a Cincinnati society man. The Times-Star reports the chief of police, M. H. Yarborough of Meridian, Miss, supplied the information and the suspect was in custody.
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Baily
Cincinatts
The
Cincinnati Times-Star
M. H. Yarborough
Meridian
Miss
John J. Henkle
Cincinnati
Oliver S. Baily
Cincinnati Society
Snyder Family Obituary for Jacob Workman Snyder
Jacob Workman Snyder son of George and Jane Workman Snyder dies leaving widow Maggie Myers and a family of one son and four daughters. Surviving siblings include Nannie Jackson Beat rice Lambert Beulah Owens Alma Pendry and brothers Clark Kearns Zeb and Will Snyder with relatives Clara Leonard and Victor Shoaf Linden Shoaf.
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Idson County
George
Jane Workman Snyder
Maggie Myers
Jacob
Nannie Jackson
Beatrice Lambert
Beulah Owens
Alma Pendry
High Point
Clark, Kearns
Zeb
Will Snyder
Reids
Jackson
Clara Leonard
Lexington
Think Asheville Man Was Taken For Ride
Asheville authorities concluded T Orr Glenn was shot moments before his car plunged from a cliff. Investigators cited a 9 pm gunshot nearby, no immediate car crash sound, and a rapid vehicle departure as key points. Sheriff Lawrence Brown disclosed the autopsy. officials shifted from suicide to foul play theories.
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T. Orr Glenn
Cliff
Asheville
Chicago
Glenn
Lawrence Brown
Cotton Gains After Bearish India Estimate
Cotton prices rose in morning trade by 1.15 dollars per bale, recouping much of yesterday’s drop after the government released a bearish 1988 yield estimate of 12,814,000 bales. Opal Hill of Kansas City fell to Gregory Lifur of Los Angeles in a first round women's western golf match, 3 and 2. Henry Picard of Charleston led Willie Klein of New York by two holes after nine in a 36 hole Pr. G. A. match play showdown in Milwaukee.
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New Orleans
Chicago
Opal
Hill
Kansas City
Gregory Lifur
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Wis
Henry Picard
Charleston
S. C
Willie Klein
New York
ICC suspends tobacco rate changes to March 9 1934
Pending an investigation the Interstate Commerce Commission suspended proposed increases and reductions in rates on untamufactured tobacco between points in the southern classification territory until March 9, 1934.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fresh Grievances Hit Pennsylvania Coal Mine
In Grindstone at Colonial No. 4, 200 miners seek recognition of their checkweighman and miners’ committee after a violent prior week. NRA mediator McGrady unavailable, deputies order return to work or leave company property. Miners hold meetings to plan future action.
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Uniontown
Pennsylvania
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Grindstone
NRA
Washington
Colonial No. 4
Edward F. McGrady
McGrady
Johnson warns retailers on hours under recovery act
Washington August 9 Aide Hugh S Johnson says the recovery act requires retailers not to stagger hours or shorten store operation to avoid the codes. If a store operated 60 hours or more, it should hire more workers to meet the minimum and maintain reemployment. The statement stresses the solemn covenant to uphold hours and employment.
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Washington
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
Johnson
Jolson's Pass At Winchell Sparks $500000 Suit
New York August 9 The pass Jolson delivered to Walter Winchell at a Hollywood fight led to a $500,000 damage suit against the Broadway columnist. Winchell announced receipt of formal notice and said the case will be heard when lawyers decide. The dispute centers on a movie scenario and remarks about Jolson and his wife Roby Keeler.
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Charles BE. Harnor
New York
Jolson
Walter Winchell
Hollywood
Winchell
Roby Keeler
Mr. Jolson
Reflections on War and Democracy From an American Voice
A Beverly Hills reader laments past misjudgments and the cost of foreign interventions. He notes Cuba’s civil conflict and the Spanish War era as lessons, arguing for prioritizing a strong homeland defense over expeditionary wars. The letter ends with a pragmatic moral: stay home, build forces, and avoid overseas conquest.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Ave. S
Cuba
North Carolina Tobacco Crop To Begin On Road To Markets
North Carolina will launch its 1933 tobacco crop on Thursday with the border markets near the South Carolina line opening for auctions August 10. The major markets in the state begin August 29 in the new bright belt, with the middle belt sales starting September 19 and the old belt September 26. Last year farmers earned about 35.25 million dollars from tobacco, with Tar Heel production near 294 million pounds and the seven border markets handling 34.8 million pounds at an average of 12.66 dollars per hundred pounds.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
South Carolina Belt
South Carolina
Asheville
Kentucky
Tar Heella
Tobacco
Clarkton
Chadbourn
Fair Bluff
Tabor
Whiteville
Fairmont
Lamberton
Border
Bullets Whiz in Milk Strike as Truks Fired on
Bullets whistled in New York state's milk strike as six milk trucks returning from New York City were fired upon at Camden at dawn. They arrived at Watertown described as bullet riddled. Madison county, a hotbed of the strike, showed dairy receipts rapidly approaching normal. Non-striking farmers increased firearms in protection. Captain Stephen McGrath asked for permission to arm his men with machine guns.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
New York City
Camden
Watertown
Madison County
Stephen McGrath
State Constabulary
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Associated Press
Jerome Mayo
Hutton
Angelus Temple
Mayo
Harry C. Brandon
Willed Andrews
Racine
Cedar Rapids
T. J. Snider
Henry F. Sanborn
Queens
Magnhild Almskaar
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Hyde Park
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