NRA Aims House To House Drive To Promote Blue Eagle
Recovery chiefs unveil a fair competition code for coal and steel and oil sectors as Hugh Johnson and aides plan a door to door canvass starting next week to place blue eagle emblems in windows and back Roosevelt re employment push. Johnson eyes mid November as retirement date with Baruch partnership in private industry. President Roosevelt awaits a coal industry deal as steel and oil charters close and campaign for a reorganized nation continues.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh&. Johnson
Roosevelt
Johnson
Industrfe
Bernard M. Baruch
Roose
Hyde Park
N. Y
Hudson
Inflation Urged by Southern Delegation in Washington
A Georgia led group of Senators George and Russell and Representatives urged Secretary Wallace to accelerate an acreage reduction plan for 1934 35 and to reassess the 4.2 cent lint cotton processing tax. They pressed for early talks on compensatory taxes for competing fibers and for inflation action. Cooper and others from the American Cotton Manufacturers Association to meet Wallace later.
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Washington
Wallace
Congress
George and Russell
Georgia
Department of Agriculture
McSwain
South Carolina
Owen, Tarver
Vinson
Brown
Deen
Parker
Collins
Mississippi
George and
Russell
Cooper
Chemical loaded bus crash kills four in Delaware
A crash seven miles north of Wilmington involved a chemical laden truck and a straw ride causing a fire and explosion. Four Chester and Marcus Hook youths burned to death. many injured, including drivers Preston and Marvin Watson. Truck with gun cotton was bound for Hercules Powder Parlin New Jersey.
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Wilmington
Del
Parlin
N. J
Merrymakers
Chester
Marcus Hook
White Crystal Beach
Wilmington-Philadelphia
Tri-State Freight Corporation
Baltimore
Henry J. Knott
Rockdale
Preston Watson
Marvin Watson
Hercules Powder Company
Truck Load of Eggs Wrecked But Many Saved By Residents
In Asheville on August 21, F. C. Bates tipped his truck carrying about 23 000 eggs in front of the high school. While the driver saw about 9 000 salvageable eggs, residents gathered and Bates distributed free the cracked and crippled eggs, continuing salvage for six hours after the 5 a.m. wreck en route from Morristown Tennessee to Greenville DC.
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Asheville
F. C. Bates
Bates
Morristown
Tenn
Greenville
D. C
Johnson Praises Wrigley Support of NRA Program
General Hugh S Johnson sent a telegram to Philip K Wrigley praising the Wrigley Company for NRA support. The Chicago firm used NRA insignia on products and leveraged national advertising to back the recovery effort. President Wrigley stressed industry spirit and action beyond code signing.
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Chicago
Ill
Hughs. Johnson
Philip K. Wrigley
Wrigley Company
Wparee
Airvacey
General Johnson
Roosevelt Recovery
Wrigleys
NRA
America
Wrigley
Catholics pledge allegiance to Hitler at Berlin meeting
Thousands of Catholic youths in the Berlin bishopric rallied yesterday and pledged allegiance to Chancellor Hitler as appointed by God in a mass meeting.
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Berlin
Hitler
Cone
New Bedford Textile Center Revived by Codes
New Bedford leads New England towns in embracing a textile code to stabilize industry. E R Thomas cites improved wages and full 40 hour weeks, while Martin Dupre and Manuel Silva note pay cash flow and renewed work. Banks report growing savings and cautious optimism as code enforcement spreads.
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Boston
New Bedford
New England
E. R. Thomas
Board of Commerce
Thomas
Martin Dupre
Martin
Manuel Silva
Manuel
Aged Woman Dies In Automobile Wreck
Fayetteville August 21 Mrs Albert Mitchell 70 of near Clayton died after a car she rode in overturned when side swiped by a passing vehicle Four other passengers were injured and taken to Smithfield hospital Miss Ruby Stells of Zebulon the other driver helped move the injured and faces no charges pending investigation
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Fayetteville
Albert Mitchell
Clayton
Here
Negro Found Dead Near Galtla Church
Claude McGregor a 35 year old Black man was found dead in the road near Galtla church yesterday morning. He had a head wound from a blunt instrument and his hat lay nearby with a pistol resting on it containing four undischarged cartridges and one empty chamber. The coroner noted the arm fracture occurred after death.
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Fayetteville
Claude McGregor
Galtla Church
Mob violence in Havana over Machado era figures
In Havana a week into the new Cuban government mob violence erupts as angry crowds desecrate the grave of a Machado regime security chief and mutilate the body. Aindart’s suicide follows as a violence cycle continues with armed exiles and secret society vigilantes seeking reprisals.
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Havana
Gerardo Machado
Aboc Secret Society
Azares Castle
Machado
Antonio B. Ainciart
ABC
Havana University
Juan Sampol
Aindiart
Sampol
Jose Aguirre Leon
Norfolk Floods Record Rainfall Stops After Daybreak
Six and a half inches of rain fell in Norfolk over 12 hours from 8 p m to 8 a m the heaviest amount recorded by the local weather bureau. Streets in some sections flooded as the downpour stopped soon after daybreak today.
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Norfolk
Washington poker tale among oil men and lawyers
A letter describes a Washington scene where oil men gamble in a poker game with cash only, while lawyers play a separate crap game. The writer jokes about rapid work codes, a sleep-deprived staffer, and compares future polo games to Huey Long’s Louisiana influence. The tone echoes political satire from a 20th century newspaper.
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Chicago
Johnson
Washington
Will. P. S
East
Huey Long
Louisiana
Erby Holt Given Long Pen Sentence
SMITHFIELD August 21 Erby Holt 20 of Princeton was sentenced to 20 to 25 years for second degree murder in the November 5 election quarrel in which David Price was shot while trying to intervene. The jury found Holt guilty after deliberating since Saturday night. Judge Frank Daniels imposed the sentence.
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Smithfield
Erby Hol
Princeton
David Price
Price
Holt
Frank Daniels
Public Health Sends Doctor to Aid in Sleeping Sickness Study
The Public Health Service dispatched Dr. Charles Armstrong to assist Dr. J. B. Leake in sleeping sickness research in St. Louis. The illness has already claimed a dozen lives.
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Washington
The
Public Health Service
Charles Armstrong
J. B. Leake
St. Louis
Kiting of Checks Charged by Couzens in Detroit Banks
United States Senator James Couzens testified at a Detroit bank hearing that widespread check kiting misled the public about the condition of two national banks. He cited a $6,000,000 transfer from Detroit Trust Co. to First National Bank and a $6,000,000 deposit as a trust fund, inflating apparent cash to $6,000,000 for each bank.
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Couzens
Detroit
United States
James Couzens
R-Mich
Michigan
Detroit Trust Co
First National Bank
First National
Inside Story of Detroit Bank Collapse Critiques Officials
Senator Famea Couzens of Michigan presents an insider account from the White House to Henry Ford’s office, accusing federal officials of letting insolvent Detroit banks stay open while predicting prosperity would return. He assails bankers for their conduct during the national crisis.
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Detroit
Famea Couzens
Michigan
White House
Henry Ford
Grand Jury
Texas Votes on Repeal Saturday in Statewide Election
Texas faces a state election to decide repeal of the eighteenth amendment and whether to legalize 3.2 percent beer. Senator Morris Sheppard leads the anti prohibition push with support from Dan Moody Pat M Neff while Bailey Ferguson and others back repeal.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
United States
Morris Sheppard
Congr
Joseph Weldon Bailey
Dallas
James EB. Ferguson
Sheppard
Dan Moody
Pat M. Neff
John N. Garner
Uvalde
Miriam A. Ferguson
Prohibition Amendment Odds Rise Ahead of November Vote
Washington reports that prohibition could be repealed from the constitution by November 8 with 22 states already approving the twenty first amendment and none voting against. Upcoming state dates include Texas August 26 and Missouri already voting in August.
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Washington
Missouri
Texas
Vermont
Maine
Maryland
Minnesota
Colorado
Idaho
New Mexico
Florida
Utah
North
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Ohio
N C Woman Dies In Virginia Wreck
Mrs. C Eugene Neisler wife of Neisler Mills Inc president was killed in an automobile accident near Alexandria Virginia Joe A Thompson Neisler mills office manager was seriously injured Mr Neisler and Mrs Lyman sister of Mrs Neisler were not hurt She was about 35 active in Kings Mountain social and religious affairs Her body to be sent to Kings Mountain for burial She is survived by a nine year old son Billy
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Alexandria
C. Eugene Neisler
Neisler Mills, Inc
King Mountain
N. C
Joe A. Thompson
Neisler Mills
Neisler
Lyman
Aimee McPherson Hutton Defends Title Amid Criticism
The famed evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton reacts to being called a "good actress and a clever showman" at a Linn County event. She vows to defend her faith after George Claassen's controversial introduction, insisting the debate becomes a test of truth and courage.
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Cedar Rapids
Mia
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton
George Claassen
Linn County, Bat Association
Cross
Christ
Claassen
Seven Dead and Others Reported Missing in Jersey Coast Storm
A tropical storm whipped the New Jersey coast from Long Beach to Cape May, sinking or wounding several small boats. Coast guardsmen and volunteers rescued multiple passengers while four bodies were recovered and others remained missing, including Bruner and Litchen. The Gertrude R was located at Ocean City, and the Ella's crew saved six aboard.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Jersey
Long Beach
Cape May
Ocean City
Gertrude R
Horace Robb
Absecon
Theodore van Sant
Louis Williams
Mat~gate
Harry R
van Sant
Brunner
Litchens
Phillies
Baseball Park
Philadelphia
Schmidt
Anna M
Dr. McArthur
Beach Haven
Beach Haven Inlet
Alex
Newark
William
Ernest Williams
Litchen
Edward Grauer
Russian Children Rewarded for Turning In Thefts
About 100,000 children from six to sixteen are organized in the north Caucasus Ukraine and Mid-Volga regions to guard crops and deter thefts as part of socialist harvest efforts. Young denunciations of family members bring rewards including clothing and school materials as detections lead to arrests of grain thieves and suspected Kulaks.
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Moscow
North Caucasus
Ukraine
Mid-Volga
Harkov
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Erby Holt
Virginia
Aimee Burns
Mischa Sorokin
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