Hoover to Lead Major Private Sector Drive for Better Business
Washington Aug 15 President Hoover calls private business to join the government in a wide effort to lift the economy. A 200 leader conference August 26 will outline methods to expand credit expand livestock and agricultural credit and improve rail and employment programs.
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Washington
Hoover
Federal Reserve
New York Group
Owen D. Young
Reconstruction Corporation
Federal Reserve Board
Farm Board
Farm Loan Board
Home Loan Board
Secretaries of Treasury, Agriculture, Commerce and Labor
Greensboro factories resume full time giving jobs
Greensboro August 15 The Blue Bell Overall company announced that its two Greensboro plants will resume a full time operating schedule. The plants now employ 1,350 workers and will move from four days a week to five and a half days. The Middlesboro Kentucky plant with 500 workers also adopts the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Blue Bell Overall Company
R. W. Baker
Middlesboro
Dem CANDIDATES MEET POW WOW AS CAMPAIGN BEGINS
Roosevelt and Garner plot a broad speaking tour through the east midwest and far west with plans to visit California New Mexico and Arizona. Garner says he will carry orders from Roosevelt and campaign across many states while Roosevelt starts road speeches in Columbus Ohio and heads to the west and Pacific northwest.
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Albany
John Nance Garner
New York
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
East
West
Middle West
Roosevelt
Garner
James A. Farley
Hastings
Columbus
Midwest
Pacific Northwest
California
New Mexico
Arizona
Buffalo
Hyde Park
Cars Trains And Gun Powder Toll Of 10 In N C
Ten killed and a dozen hurt in a deadly weekend across North Carolina as cars trains and a pistol collide. Victims include High Point’s Julius Kaiser 22 and Greensboro’s Ed Owison 25 among others. causes range from crashes to shootings and a train incident.
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N. C
North Carolina
High Point
R. Julius Kaiser
Berta Shoe
Melvin Mabe
Kaiser
Greensboro
Max Fisher
Richmond
H. F. Coate
Weslaco
Texas
Ed. Owison
L. D. Simpson
James M. Mobley
Reidsville
Mayor Walker May Face Accusers In Albany Hearing
Albany reports indicate Mayor Walker may be called to confront accusers as Governor Roosevelt leads the Hofstadter committee inquiry. Witness Walter Herrick testified about Interstate Trust stock tied to a bus franchise effort and a loan to J Allan Smith. Walker denies commissioning the stock purchase and seeks corroboration from Mrs Walker and Edward L Stanton.
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Albany
N. Y
Walker
New York
Roosevelt
Samuel Seabury
Edward L. Stanton
Walter R. Herrick
Hofstadter Committee
Herrick
Hofstadter
Interstate Trust Company
J. Allen Smith
Equitable Coach Company
New York City
Smith
Herick
Seabury
J. Allan Smith
Equitable Company
Olympic Games Come to Close in Sanctioned Style
The writer lauds the recent Olympic Games as the most impressive and well managed event with wide national participation. He shifts to critique upcoming politics, predicting costly rhetoric and fouls in campaigns, praising athletes for their clean performances and grace. The piece contrasts international sportsmanship with expected political posturing.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Dry Law Enforcement To Stand Firm Amid Battle
Washington reports Attorney General Mitchell ordered no relaxation in federal prohibition enforcement, rejecting calls to ease limits. He warned that easing would cause chaos and excess. Dr Poling said allied prohibitionists backed Hoover, citing public demand for change as justification.
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Washington
Congress
Mitchell
Department
Department of Justice
Daniel A. Poling
Allied Forces
Prohibition Group
Hoover
National Board of Trustees
The
Crusaders
Poling
National
Poling Endorses Hoover Stand in Prohibition Support
A telegram from Daniel A. Poling, head of allied forces for prohibition, urged Hoover’s reelection to safeguard gains of the 18th Amendment and oppose repeal. Poling said he would march with Hoover and praised the speech of acceptance as statesmanlike while noting occasional policy differences. The allied forces announced their decision to back Hoover.
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Washington
Daniel A. Poling
Allied Forces For Prohibition
Hoover
White House
Natchez Slaying Linked to Murdered Recluse Case
In Natchez Mississippi authorities say George Pearles alias Lawrence Williams, killed in Pine Bluff Arkansas while escaping arrest, has been positively identified as Jane Merrill’s murderer. Richard Dana and Octavia Dockrey remain jailed as fingerprints tie to the Merrill mansion. Duncan Minor recalls Pearles seeking work from Miss Merrill and himself.
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Natchez
Miss
Jane Sarget Merrill
George Pearles
Lawrence Williams
Pine Bluff
Ark
Chicago
C. P. Roberts
Adams County
Maurice O'Neil
New Orleans
Mearrill Mansion
Merrill Mension
Duncan Minor
Miss Merrill
Haywood Man Indicted For Attempting To Bribe Jurors
Wiley B. Noland of Haywood County indicted on two counts for attempting to bribe jurors in the Col. Luke Lea case. One count involves bribing foreman Hurst Justice through Justice's wife and his father. The other accuses bribing juror Brownlow Snyder through Snyder's son Wiley. Trial set after Judge J H Clement denied continuance.
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Asheville
Wiley B. Noland
Haywood County
Col
Luke Lea
Nashville
Hurst Justice
Justice
Brownlow Snyder
Wyley Snyder
J. H. Clement
Noland
Col. Lea
Col. Leo
Marcus Erwin
Buncombe
Clement
British Textile Strikes Threaten 500000 Workers
Lancashire faces a potential general stoppage as the Northern Counties Textile Trades Federation votes to withdraw all workers on August 27 unless a wage agreement is settled. The crisis follows December negotiations and a 200000 worker strike at Burnley.
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Blackburn
Eng
Lancashire
Central Board
Northern Counties Textile Trades Federation
Burnley
Storm Strikes Gulf Coast Killing Dozens and Damaging Coast
A gulf coast hurricane lashed Houston and Galveston with 70 mph winds, killing 22 across farming villages and farms 30 miles southwest of Galveston. Crops ruined, coast towns damaged, Galveston sea wall saved the city, Houston airport destroyed, and property losses exceed 1 million dollars.
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Houston
Tex
Gulf Coast
Galveston
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Gulf
West
Zip and Pajamas Turned Evening Gown in One
In Chicago on August 15 an AP style show displayed pajamas featuring a zipper that closes trouser legs to become an evening frock with a full circular skirt. The zipper hides inside the seam and a lace cap completes the outfit.
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Chicago
Milady
Police Hunt Slayer of Veteran in Bonus Riot Aftermath
Washington August 15 UPI police sweep the capital seeking the gunman who killed Patrolman George Shinault amid bonus army unrest. Four witnesses identify William Bullock as the shooter. Shinault had killed William J. Hushka in the July 28 riot and was the seventh officer killed in 12 months.
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Washington
George Shinault
William J. Hushka
Chicago
Bonus Army
Shinault
William Bullock
Fountain Inn
8. C
Hushka
Hazelwood plant expansion to add 40 workers
Construction of an addition to the Hazelwood plant of England Walton and Company leather manufacturers has begun. New machinery has been ordered and the plant will employ an additional 40 men when operations begin.
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Waynesville
England, Walton and Company Leather Manufacturers
Two Passengers Jump to Death Aboard California
New York reports the liner California arrived from San Francisco with two men missing after allegedly jumping overboard. Ernest Boulter, a Pasadena landscape gardener, vanished August 3, and William Kerr Scott, formerly with Royal Indemnity in Portland, Oregon, is also believed to have leapt.
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New York
Gers
California
San Francisco
Ernest Boulter
Pasadena
Calif
William Kerr Scott
Royal Indemnity Company
Portland
Oregon
Trial of Capt William Lancaster opens final defense
In Miami Florida on August 15 the murder trial of Capt William N Lancaster a British flier accused of killing Haden Clarke ends evidence and moves to closing arguments. Prosecutor Henry Jones accuses Lancaster of falsifying statements while the defense posits death by own action as the weakest defense amid a love triangle with Mrs Jessie Keith Miller.
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Miami
Fia
William N. Lancaster
Haden Clarke
Jessie M. Keith- Miller
Henry Jones
Bence
Keith Miller
Caster
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Charlotte
Dell Crabtree
James Jackson
Fred Kennedy
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Interstate Company
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New Jersey
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Order of Eagles
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