Great Number Additional Workers Embraced by NRA Blue Eagle
Washington August 12 The NRA Blue Eagle extends to more than two million workers across electric light and power gas utilities including natural and manufactured gas telephone canning construction and temporary wage and hour agreements cover paper and pulp fruit syrups garter suspender belts and marking devices The Johnson plan aims to raise purchasing power and jobs by September Labor Day targets five million employed by then while critics warn of undue pressure and consumer campaigns backing the program against noncooperating firms
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Washington
NRA
Johnson
Roosevelt
Blue Eagle
Ehringhaus Urges Swift Probe Into North Carolina Utilities
Gov Ehringhaus asks Stanley Winborne of the State Corporation Commission to launch a rapid inquiry into public utilities. The aim is to determine fair rates and taxation for power and telephone firms. The move follows legislative changes dissolving the three member commission after January 1.
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Raleigh
N. C
J.C
B. Ehringhaus
Stanley Winborne
State Corporation Commission
Public Utilities of
North Carolina
Winborne
Public Utilities
Corporation Commission
General Assembly
Cubans Seek Full Baseball Scores From AP Wire
In Havana on August 12 AP reports that Mundo requests all baseball scores from the past week as Havana newspapers remain closed due to political disturbances following a revolutionary celebration. The AP wire arrives amid ongoing upheaval.
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Havana
Associated Press News
Mundo
Indict Touhy Gangsters In Kidnapping Case
U S government indicts four Touhy mob members from Chicago under the Lindbergh kidnap law. Roger Touhy and three henchmen held in Milwaukee face charges for abducting William Hamm Jr billionaire St Paul brewer in a June 15 case. Indictments name Touhy aliases plus McFadden Burns Farland Sharkey and Schafer group.
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ST. Paul
Minn
United States
Touhy
Chicago
Roger Touhy
Milwaukee
William Hamm
St. Paul Brewer
Theodore Hamm Brewing Company
Robert Morgan
Harry Cobb
Eddie
McFadden
Charles J. McFadden
Edward Burns
Charles Farland
Willie Sharkey
William O’boyle
William Boyle
Gustave Schacel
Gus Schafer
Peter Stevens
Gus J. Schafer
Heavy breaks predicted as tobacco markets open week two
Florence stockyards forecast strong drops at the start of week two as warehouses expect lighter sales on the early days. Farmers who held back to gauge prices plan to bring in more tobacco next week, especially lower grades. Officials say quality should not change much while finer crops await demand. Prices drew protests from some growers in North Carolina Georgia and Virginia urging government action to secure higher prices for top grades.
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Florence
D. C
Bright Tobacco Belt
Aducers
North Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
NRA Seeks Coal Industry Code After Hearings End
The National Recovery Administration begun a private effort to draft a coal code bringing rival industry factions together after four days of hearings. NRA deputy Kenneth M. Simpson called it a tough task as unions and operators sparred over terms. Officials planned a conference on August 22 and urged readiness for emergency consultations in Washington.
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Washington
National Recovery Administration
NRA
Kenneth M. Simpson
The
Recovery Administration
Istration
United Mine Workers of America
Ferrara Arrives in Miami After Cuban Crisis Flight
Orestes Ferrara secretary of state of the Machado government arrives in Miami after fleeing Havana amid gunfire and a hostile crowd. He describes the palace chaos and a fatal shot as Cuba undergoes a government change, then heads to New York.
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Orestes Ferrara
Miami
Cuba
Fla
Machado
Havana
New York
Welles
Ferrara
Rara
Ferrare
Charlotte Observer to Adopt National Code Provisions
The Charlotte Observer announced it would adopt the NRA code via the American Newspaper Publishers' Association and planned to implement the final code once ready. It stated hour and wage provisions would take effect soon, noting most employees already earned above the minimum scales.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Observer
National Recovery Administration
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
End Testimony in Lail's Trial in Morganton
Testimony closed in the Claud Lail and Ralph Page murder trial for Dave Shuping at a Drexel filling station. The jury was expected to hear closing arguments by noon Monday with no defendant taking the stand. The state says they planned the robbery. Shuping was shot January 7 and died after driving home. Page's motion for non suit was overruled. Lail allegedly confessed to the shooting in self defense.
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Morganton
Claud Lail
Ralph Page
Dave Shuping
Drexel
Shuping
Page
Lail
Phone Companies Special Charges Ordered Reduced
Government orders cuts to telephone charges including handset prices extra length cards and service connection fees for extension stations reducing consumer costs in the regulated sector.
Plan to cut flue cured crop aimed at 1924 tobacco price rise
Greenville and Raleigh reports detail J. Conrad Lanier’s push to reduce the 1924 flue cured tobacco crop by 10 to 15 percent with payments of 35 to 50 dollars per acre for growers who cut acreage. He warns reductions aim to ease stocks, not crush growers, and notes a 3.5 cent processing tax under the plan. Parallel actions in North Carolina address telephone rate reductions effective Sept 1, with caps on handset charges and new installation fees.
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Greenville
N. C
J. Conrad Lanier
Tobacco Division
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Jrowers
Lannex
Pitt County Department of
Lanier
Raleigh
North Carolina
State Corporation Commission
Mills accused of evading minimum wage rules in NRA code
Southern mills face early complaints to the new textile labor mediation board over wage violations in the NRA code. George L Googe cites about 600 complaints affecting around 100 plants, including alleged wage averaging and stretchout deductions that shortchange workers on piecework pay. He aims for conciliatory board action to guide mills into compliance.
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Atlanta
Southern
New Textile Labor Mediation Board
George L. Googe
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Mediation Board
Googe
Labor Mediation Board
Balbo Leads Flight Home as Balbo Returns to Rome
Italo Balbo and his seaplane squadron complete the transatlantic cruise ending in Lisbon then Rome. Mussolini honors Balbo as the fleet lands at Fiumicino with crowds, troops, and police guards, after suffering two wrecks and two deaths on the voyage.
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Andrue Berding
Associated Press
Rome
Italo Balbo
Chicago
Balbo
Fiumicino
Ostia
Tiber
Milan
Mussolini
Constantine
Amsterdam
Azores
Iceland
Labrador
Complete Nassau Check Finds No Trace of Machado
Nassau investigation finds no evidence of General Machado in the island group. Ranston reported the search covered Nassau and possibly Andros, with no wireless contact expected until tomorrow morning.
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Nassau
Machado
Miami
Fila
Ranston
Andros
Roosevelt Returns to White House for Recovery Drive
President Roosevelt arrived in Washington after a 200 mile journey from Harrisonburg Virginia. He visited five civilian conservation corps camps along the route and expressed readiness to intensify the national recovery campaign. He kept in touch with the Cuban situation noting Machado’s resignation.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
National Recovery Campaign
Harrisonburg
Civilian Conservation Corps
Marvin” H. McIntyre
State Department
Camp
Copeland Sees End of Rackets
Senator Royal S. Copeland, chairman of the Senate rackets committee, predicts federal action and possible constitutional amendments to break the grip of industrial racketeering. He cites Roosevelt's interest and says hearings begin in New York with judiciary, police, and legal officials attending.
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New York
Royal S. Copeland
Copeland
United States Senate
Roosevelt
Judiciary
Chicago
Detroit
Cuba upheaval ends Machado era. De Cespe des named successor
In Havana on August 12 1933 Manuel De Cespe des was chosen to succeed President Gerardo Machado after a military revolt. Machado fled to Nassau as mobs roamed streets, killing reported five and wounding over 200 as the army seized power and formed a new cabinet.
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Havana
Gerardo Machado
Cuba
Manuel de Cespedes
Machado
Nassau
Bahamas
Congress
United States
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Island Republic
Alberto Herrera
Senor Cespedes
Cespedes
Washington
Herrera
Blue Shirts Forbidden To Parade In Memorial Observance
President De Valera bans the Blue Shirt national guard parade for tomorrow’s Leinster Lawn ceremonies honoring Arthur Griffith Michael Collins and Kevin O Higgins. General Owen O Duffy cancels his march and will boycott the observance, joined by William Cosgrave and other critics. Only about 100 relatives and select Dail members may attend the Cenotaph gathering.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
de Valera
Owen O'Duffy
Free State
William T. Cosgrave
Executive Council
the Valera
O'Duffy
Arthur Griffith
Michael Collins
Kevin O'Higgins
Leinster Lawn
Dailann
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Indict Quartet
Gangsters
Southern Mills
George J. Googe
South
Italy
Harrisonburg, Va
John P. McNight
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