Provisional Use of Blue Eagle Decreed in Storm Aftermath
The Atlantic storm with floods and heavy damage left 47 dead as rescue crews searched for missing ships including the Solarina off the Carolinas. Homes flooded in Southwest Philadelphia and the Philadelphia airport underwater. Camp Achoach evacuated with danger past at Port Jervis. Deaths by state totaled New York 2 New Jersey 10 Pennsylvania 14 Maryland 10 Virginia 11.
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Atlantic Seaboard
New York
North Carolina
Coast Guard
Solarina
Carolinas
Winyah Bay
8. C
Southport
N. C
N. Y
Port Jervis
New Sundays
Nova Scotia
Gulf of St. Lawrence
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Trawler Crew Saved after Monoyama Maru Foundering
Manila Aug 25 AP RCA station picked up distress signals stating Monoyama Maru foundering off the east coast of Indo China. The steel trawler of 423 gross tons from Kobe Japan reportedly saved all crew. Crew size not reported.
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Manila
Radio Corporation of America
Indo China
Kobe
Japan
Toomer and Dann Advance to Asheville Club Title Match
Naples golfer Jack Toomer and Orlando competitor Carl Dann Jr. reached the Asheville country club invitation final, each winning their semifinal matches. Toomer edged Alan Smith 2 and 1, while Dann beat Chet Brown 5 and 4 to set up a 36 hole championship.
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Asheville
Jack Toomer
Naples
Carl Dann, Jr
Orlando
Fla
Asheville Country Club
Toomer
Alan Smith
Dann
Chet Brown
Police coroner clears officers in Miller shooting case
Greenville May 27 shooting at the police station, Tillman H. Miller was killed. A coroner's inquest announced today that W. G. Martin and James H. Powell, members involved, were not found to have caused Miller's death.
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Greenville
8. C
Ww. G. Martin
James H. Powell
Tillman H. Miller
Miller
Five die as inspection train crashes in Lancaster
Five persons were killed and another likely fatally injured when a Pennsylvania railroad inspection train crashed into their coal loading near Columbia on the Susquehanna river. The victims, all from Columbia, included Mrs Harriet Gilbert and her nine month old son John, Helen Billett 21, Mary Greenwalt 18, and an unidentified man. Dale Urich 26, also of Columbia, suffered a fractured skull and was expected to die.
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Lancaster
Pennsylvania Railroad
S. Brooms Landing
Susequehanna River
Columbia
Harriet Gilbert
Gilbert
John
Helen Billett
Mary Greenwalt
Dale Urich
New York Stocks Rally on Fed Credit Expansion
Stocks rose strongly on the New York market amid fresh federal reserve credit expansion efforts. Leading issues gained about one dollar to surpass 85, with many prominent names following. Wheat also firmed, aided by a London agreement, ending with gains around 2 to 3 cents per bushel.
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New York
Tocks
Federal Reserve System
Indictment Released in Insull Case Extradition Bid
The U S District Attorney released a suppressed indictment charging Samuel Insull Jr and ten others with bankruptcy law violations. The indictment provides cause for extradition under existing treaties as the United States seeks Insull from his refuge in Athens Greece.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull, Jr
U. S
Dwight H. Green
United States
Utilities
Athens
Greece
Directors Meet Greensboro Bank to Renam and Open
Directors of the Guaranty bank met in Greensboro to select personnel for the local bank and all branches, change the bank name after the Comptroller of the Currency dis approved it, and set a date for the bank’s opening.
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Greensboro
Guaranty Bank
Two Found Dead in Havana Hotel Tragedy
In Havana a man and a 13 year old girl were found dead in a hotel room. The man Worth H Seldman 45 of Sarasota Florida shot the girl Mary Ann Shefferd 13 then died by suicide. A another witness Claudia Jones from Largo Florida reported they arrived from Miami two weeks ago and used the name Edwards.
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Havana
Worth H. Seldman
Sarasota
Fla
Mary Ann Shefferd
Claudia Jones
Largo
Fia
Miami
Ewards
United States
Edwards
Miss Jones
Seldman
Miss Shefferd
Charter Issued For Large Brewery Here
Jimmie DeHart formerly at Duke University dissolved a prior charter for a Winston-Salem brewery and filed a new charter for a High Point beer making plant. The Dixie Brewers Inc. now shows capital of 500000, with incorporators Carter Delton and Mrs. B W Harris. DeHart and Delton were not present. details to be announced on Monday.
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Jimmie DeHart
Duke University
South
Winston-Salem
High Point
Raleigh
Stacey W. Wade
Dixie Brewers, Inc
de Hart
Carter Delton
B. W. Harris
WHEAT PROGRAM DESIGNED BANK RESOURCES IN STATE TOPPLE
Bank resources in North Carolina fell from 212 156 020.73 on December 31 1932 to 163 307 613.72 by June 30 1933 across 154 unrestricted banks with 44 branches. Total state resources June 30 1933 were 175 655 727.35 versus 196 927 812.36 a year earlier.
Naval Reservists Arrive In Charleston After Cuba Sail
About 200 naval reservists from Birmingham and New Orleans return to Charleston after a two week training cruise aboard the destroyers Claxton and Taylor. They spent 24 hours in Havana harbor during the Cuban revolt before arrival.
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Charleston
Claxton
Taylor
Havana Harbor
Birmingham
Ale
New Orleans
George
Hoover Worried Over Bank Affairs Reported by Vandenberg
United States Senator Arthur H. Van denberg told a Detroit bank jury that as early as February 9 President Hoover was greatly disturbed over banking affairs in Michigan and warned it could trigger a major bank holiday. The remarks appeared in Vandenberg's inside story of Washington events before the incident.
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Washington
Michigan
United States
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R.mich
Detroit Bank
Hoover
Al Smith Praises NRA Speech In Beverly Hills Letter
Special to the Enteres notes Al Smith’s praise for the NRA in a speech, lauding its sensible reasoning. The letter mentions McCormack of Chicago returning from Germany who asserts that women join youths in war spirit, ending with a personal sign-off from Will.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
al Smith
McCormack
Chicago
Germany
Chicago Tribune
Uruggists Seek 16 Hour Week In NRA Code Hearing
Retail druggists urged a 66 hour week in a proposed NRA code covering 60 000 druggists and 150 000 workers. The code would set a 90 hour store week with wages from 12 to 15 dollars in various city sizes, and exclude certain groups from minimums and wage provisions. It also listed bans on unfair trade practices including undercutting sales below cost.
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Washington
Recovery Administration
De Cespedes Moves to Erase Machado Regime in Cuba
Provisional President De Cespedes issues a decree dissolving congress and wiping out vestiges of the Machado regime. Elections for February 24, 1934 are called while international obligations contracted since May 20, 1929 remain in force. The move, backed by the cabinet, follows popular demands for a thorough housecleaning.
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de Cespedes
Congress
Havana
Machado
Lne
Gerardo Machado
United States
Sumner Welles
Carlos Saladrigas
de Cenpedés
Havana Univer
Final agreement on difficulties in wheat trade
London reports a global wheat conference reaching a final accord to boost prices by cutting production and boosting consumption. Importers will lower tariffs after four months at 63.08 U.S. cents per bushel in gold, and reduce quotas while avoiding domestic sowing incentives. Leading exporters US and allies agreed to cut production and raise demand.
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London
U. S
United States
Canada
Australia
Argentina
Federal Reserve Faces Pressure for Bold Action
Washington reports Senator Thomas warns that without further moves there will be inevitable disaster ahead as the Fed continues to buy government securities to inject credit. He notes Wall Street opposition and urges drastic steps, including direct issuance of noninterest bearing notes if necessary. Open market purchases persist with banks holding over $2.094 billion in securities.
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Washington
Federal Reserve System
Thomas
Oma
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Eugene R. Black
Wall Street
Central Reserve
Provisional White Stripe On Blue Eagle Planned
The NRA rules that a white provisional stripe labeled provisional will be pasted over the blue eagle emblem in stores and factories claiming hard ship relief under the President’s agreement. Exemptions require approval by trade groups and local chambers before requests are made, with removal if denied. The rayon weaving code was also formally promulgated, bringing to 14 the in force agreements.
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Washington
The
Recovery Administration
Thomas S. Hammond
NRA Campaign Division
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Hammond
Blue Eagle
Trade Association of Local Chamber of Commerce
Steagall Outlines Banking Unfreeze Plan at NC Convention
Rep. H B Steagall chairman of the House banking committee spoke to the North Carolina Bankers Association outlining how the Glass Steagall act protects deposits and aims to end bank closures. He noted a deposit protected system and potential further banking unification as major post session issues. He was the convention’s principal morning speaker.
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Wrightsville Beach
N. C
Congress
H. B. Steagall
D.-Ala
North Carolina Bankers Association
Steagall
House Banking and Currency Committee
Alabama
Johnny Lee Saved By Quick Reprieve
Less than 24 hours before execution Johnny Lee of Harnett county was spared by a reprieve issued by Edwin Gill, commissioner of paroles. The delay, at least three weeks, follows Lee’s knowledge of the slaying of Arthur Campbell. Lee, 22, was convicted of killing Jacob Hill, a Clinton barber.
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Raleigh
Johnny Lee
Harnett County
North Carolina
Lee
Edwin Gill
Arthur Campbell
Jacob Hill
Clinton
Lumber Manufacturers Meet to Discuss NRA Code in South
In New Orleans on August 25 1933 lumber makers from 16 southern states gathered to review the NIRA code for the Southern Pine division. H C Berekes said about 70 000 workers were employed in the region and reducing hours would raise employment by at least 5 000. He projected payroll rising from 23 million to about 45.6 million annually.
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New Orleans
NIRA
Southern Pine Division
H. C. Berekes
Southern Pine Association
Southern Pine
Father And Son Reunited In Shadow Of Electric Chair
At the Milledgeville state prison farm a father condemned to death for the murder of W B Baker is reunited with his son Roy serving a short sentence for a misdemeanor. The pair meet in the death cell as the son consoles his father and remarks that this moment brought them together again.
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Milledgeville
Aus
Andrew McCullough
Fayette County
W. B. Baker
Atlanta
Roy
McCullough
Ip Conate
Baker Fm
Alvin
Tate
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Sethe
Associated Press
Crescent Limited
Southern
District of Columbia
Dann Win
Florida
Mary Shefferd
Dalton
Vandenberg
John P. McKnight
James Cope
NRA Today
Manufacturers of Lumber
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