President Machado to Take Leave of Absence Under NRA Codes
Four major industries electric light and power telephone canning and construction join NRA wage and hours oversight after Johnson approves modified re employment agreements. About 1.5 million workers affected. 150,000 new jobs expected and payrolls boosted. Bell Telephone system sets 40 hour week with stepped minimum wages across exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Hugh 8. Johnson
Johnson
Electric Light and Power
Bell Telephone System
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Kentucky
Maryland
District of Columbia
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Balbo Fleet Returns After 12000 Mile China Flight
General Balbo and the Italian air armada completed a 12 000 mile round trip to China landing at Fiumicino near Rome. Mussolini and King-Victorian figures greeted the flyers with embraces and praise. Crowds lined the Tiber banks as Balbo passed over Rome and Ostia on the final leg.
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Balbo
Chicago
Fiumicino
Italy
Italo Balbo
China
Tiber
Lisbon
Portugal
Mussolini
Guglielmo Marconi
Duke of Aosta
United States
Breckenridge Long
Uni
Africa
Tyrrhenian Sea
Ostia
Rome
De Cespedes Will Succeed Him To Presidency
Havana and provinces erupt in joy as anti Machado revolution nears end. Crowds flood streets and balconies, fire revolvers in the air, chant manos arriba, and press toward the presidential palace while ABC Society leaders spearhead the opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Machado
Havana
Gerardo Machado
Cuba
ABC Society
Aviation Corps
Capitol
Republican Party Backing Cuba Invasion Questioned
The speaker in Beverly Hills notes Hamilton Fish offered Republican party support to the president if Cuba invasion occurs. He praises Fish’s record with the Rough Riders but questions relying on a party for safety and warns of risk if both leaders are killed. He stresses personal risk without clear backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BEVERLY _HILIS
Calif
U. S
Hamilton Fish
Rough Riders
Cuba
Republican Party
Hamilton Pish
Two Killed and Five Injured in Salisbury Train Wreck
A northbound Pennsylvania Railroad train from Cape Charles to New York derailed one mile south of Salisbury Maryland injuring five and killing two. The engineer W Oscar Brown of Delmar Delaware and an unidentified Black man died. two Delaware passengers were among the injured. Authority A F McIntyre cited possible malicious rail tampering as the cause.
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Salisbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cape Charles
New York
W. Oscar Brown
Delmar
Del
Delaware
E. R. Massey
A. F. McIntyre
Brown
Lumberton Tobacco Sales Corrects Reported Poundage
Lumberton tobacco sales for the week were 430,760 pounds at an average of 12.07 dollars after an earlier telegraph error reported 43,760 pounds. The Associated Press corrects the figure.
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Lumberton
Associated Press
May Soon Peel Glove From Hand Guiding NRA Drive
Washington reports officials forecast the glove may be peeled back from the hand guiding the national recovery drive. Developments cited include wage codes settlement, 33 women lieutenant generals organizing buyers, film stars donating services, FTC and DOJ enforcement, publishers’ code dispute, labor groups’ investigations, and Hopkins stating relief purchases will come from NRA stores. Sugar stabilization plans awaited approval despite Western beet grower opposition.
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Washington
National Recovery Administration
Hugh 8. Johnson
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Justice
Johnson
William Green
Federations of Labor
Harry L. Hopkins
NRA
Wallace
Manslaughter Charge Possible Against Durham Deputy
Durham North Carolina August 12 a manslaughter charge may be brought against Durham county deputy sheriff L L Morgan who shot John B Rush 27 as he fled police after two cases of liquor were found in his car Rush was on the running board at 55 miles an hour the car swerved into a telephone pole Morgan escaped unhurt Sheriff E B Belvin said the deputy will have a hearing next week
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Durham
N. C
L. L. Morgan
Durham County
John B. Rush
Rush
Morgan
EB. G. Belvin
Forest fires force Newfoundland fisherfolk to sea for safety
Raging fires along Newfoundland's northern coast drove hundreds of fishermen into Green Bay as flames closed in on homes. Burlington and Middle Arms were abandoned with 24 buildings razed. Harbor Deep evacuated as another blaze threatened. Police probe possible criminal origin in Hants and Picton fires.
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ST. John's
N. F
Newfoundland
Green Bay
Burlington
Middle Arms
Harbor Deep
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Hants
Picton
Flue-Cured Tobacco Prices May Favor Market Forces
Washington August 12 producers of flue-cured tobacco may have to accept market prices for the current crop. Officials say foreign demand is driving prices as production rises 65 percent and export share reaches 40 to 50 percent. Governor Talmadge warned Roosevelt that prices average 13 cents a pound while production costs run about 20 cents and accused five major firms of monopoly amid price complaints.
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Frank I. Weller
Associated Press
Washington
Tobacco
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Congress
Georgia
Sheriff Kills Trio in Kansas City Gang Battle
Sheriff Thomas B. Bush, his wife, and companions report a dramatic gunfight at Armour Boulevard and Forest Avenue as a motorcar pursued a man on foot. Bush fired from a riot gun, killing two men in the car and the fleeing pedestrian. a fourth man fled but was captured later. Names given include Ferris J. Anthon, Sam Hogg, Gus Fasone alias Sam Stine, and Charles Gargotta. Authorities tie Anthon to a 1932 Chicago alcohol ring indictment.
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Kansas City
Thomas B. Bush
Armour Boulevard
Forest Avenue
Bush
Ferris J. Anthon
Sam Hogg
Gus Fasone
Sam Stine
Anthon
Chicago
Hogg
Fasone
Charles Gargotta
Gargotta
Charge Father With Torturing His Baby
Martins Ferry Ohio August 12 Fourteen months old Richard Ratedorter lay with a broken leg and a dislocated collarbone while his father and another man were held in jail to protect them from neighbors who were up in arms over a story of the baby torture. The infant's mother Elisabeth Ratedorter charged in affidavit that William Kirkpatrick, 24, maimed her child.
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Martins Ferry
Richard Batedorfer
J. W. Mublevan
Elisabeth Ratedorter
William Kirkpatrick
Mrs. Lizzie Williams Laid To Rest In Churchland
Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Williams wife of H. C. Williams prominent Churchland citizen were held at the home conducted by Elder C. J. Denny of Winston-Salem. Interment followed in the Churchland community cemetery. Surviving are the husband one son A. E. B. Williams of Durham a daughter Mia Fred Smith of the county and two grandchildren.
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Lexington
Lizzie Williams
H. C. Williams
Churchland
C. J. Denny
Winston-Salem
A. EB. Williams
Durham
Mia
Fred Smith
Sticking Tongue At Officer Leads To Jail Action
In New York on August 12 Alexander West a Negro man faced arrest by Patrolman Bossom for soliciting alms. The court dismissed the charge after West denied it, but after leaving the courtroom he stuck out his tongue at the officer. The magistrate ordered him back and West was jailed.
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New York
Alexander West
West
Bossom
State rests in Lail Page murder trial
In Morganton North Carolina the state rested its case against Claud Lail and Ralph Page in the killing of Drexel filling station operator Dave Shuping on January 7. A motion for non suits was overruled, and no defense evidence was offered. The case hinges on a confessed plan to rob Shuping and Lail’s alleged actions during the incident.
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Morganton
Arg
Claud Lail
Ralph Page
Dave Shuping
Drexel
Page
Wilson Warlick
Lair
Shuping
Lailecg
Lail
Yatesville
Search Is Continued For Woman's Slayer
LAURINBURG North Carolina August 12 officers today continued a search for the person who killed Mrs John H Woodward a 32 year old farmers wife by throwing her from an automobile Her body was found on a highway nine miles west yesterday and investigators believe she was slain not killed by a hit and run A coroner s jury ruled she was killed by being thrown from a car The husband said he did not know where his wife had gone Thursday night
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Laurinburg
N. C
John H. Woodward
Here
Railroads Abandon Trackage At Record Pace in 1932–38
Washington reports a surge of track abandonment by U S railroads with 1800 miles scrapped in nine months ending August 1, nearly doubling the 945 miles for the prior year. Officials attribute this to hard surfaced highways and reduced demand, noting minimal new construction and ongoing contractions in mining and lumber service.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Revolution in Havana as Machado regime falls
In Havana on August 12 Carlos Manuel De Cespedes named provisional president after Machado's regime collapsed. mobs ransacked the presidential palace killing at least five secret police. porra commander Colonel Antonio Jimenez shot dead. Communication with interior Cuba cut off as crowds trashed offices and newspapers.
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John P. McKnight
Havana
Machado
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
United States
Cuba
Ofado
Aldo de Cuba
Tial Palace
Diario de la Marina
General Machado
Antonio Jimenez
Porra
NRA Armata Sets Flight To Distribute Emblems
Navy of NRA armada launches 28 planes from Floyd Bennett field to deliver eight tons of NRA emblems and posters to Atlantic coast cities from Boston to Jacksonville. Six ships also depart New York for Washington to assist the nationwide distribution.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Floyd Bennett Field
NRA
Atlantic Seaboard
Jacksonville
Boston
New York
Washington
Manhattan
Greater
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Atlanta
Columbia
D. C
Richmond
Harrisburg
Man Recovers From Head Injury After Truck Theft
William Harry Byrd of Black Mountain North Carolina was found in heavy brush on Massanutten Mountain with a severe head wound. Police say a highwayman stole his truck, knocked him unconscious and carried him about 165 miles north before dumping him near the mountain foot. Byrd was recovering today and told investigators of the assault and theft.
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Woodstock
William Harry Byrd
Black Mountain
N. C
Massanutten Mountain
Byrd
Roanoke
B Mountain
Sailants
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Secret Police
Yours
Oliver
Baily
Cincinnati
John Hinkel
Meridian
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NRAA
Greenwood
Sarah Ruthen
John Preston Kennedy
NRA Armada
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