President Signs Home Bill as New Aid for Business
President Hoover signed the home-loan bank measure to aid homeowners and lenders, enabling 8 to 12 federal banks to provide loans through banks and associations. The act follows his December proposals and includes a Glass currency expansion rider he opposed.
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Hoover
Congress
Federal Home Loan Board
Democratic House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
Federal Reserve Banks
Glass
Virginia
Steagall
Alabama
Bradley's Call for Mass Meeting on Strike Situation
D V Bradley chairman announces a mass meeting of hosiery mill workers in High Point to discuss concrete actions about the strike. The message notes Bradley's recommendation to accept an offer was rejected and resignation refused, urging all workers to attend for decisive talks.
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Bradley
High Point
D. V. Bradley
Coal Miners End Strike at Republic Steel Sayreton
The 500 coal miners who walked off one day a week jobs at Republic Steel Sayreton return to work under a compromise reached after a miner committee and Republic officials met. W H Oldham said mines were operating without profit and workers decide whether to return.
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Birmingham
Ala
Republic Steel Corporation
Sayreton
Republic
W. H. Oldham
Guilford 5 Left Out Of Revised Allotment Funds
The State Board of Equalization completed the Tax Reduction Fund allotments totaling 989861.70 dollars, 510138.30 less than the appropriation. Districts use need and ability to determine state aid, with extended terms costing 4221776.73 dollars for two months and a reduced fund forcing a higher uniform tax rate.
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State Board of Equalization
Beverly Hills Artist Hails Poor Sale Of Antiquities
An unnamed New York artist vented anger after a failed auction of antiques. He quoted a paltry 84 00 for a William and Mary mirror and threatened to attach Bill’s name to it while planning to auction Rogers William and Mary for $1.80.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
New York
William
Mary
Bill
Rogers William and Mary
America
Slain Officer, Elevator Worker Killed in Chicago Gangland Shootout
Police say four Gary Indiana youths opened fire on a suburban Dalton officer as he fought with them after arrests. Jack Werener, 28, a deputy sheriff with a badge, was killed in a Southside street ambush. A notebook listing prosecutors and underworld figures was found on Werener. Tony Burba admitted shooting Policeman Koehncke, was wounded, and taken into custody. Frank Printi and Peter Keles are held.
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Chicago
Criminal Courts
Gary
Ind
Harold Koerncke
Dalton
Jack A. Werener
Pontiac Reformatory
Tony Burba
Pendleton
Koehncke
Burba
Frank Printi
Peter P. Keles
Mount Airy Furniture Workers Go On Strike
About 300 workers at Mount Airy Masta and Table plant in North Carolina walked out demanding a living wage after successive cuts. A meeting between strikers led by John L. Johnson and mill officials followed yesterday’s walkout and delays in wage increases. The company cited inability to raise pay and hinted at a shutdown until wages improve or workers return at the prevailing rate.
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Mount Airy
N. C
Mount An Masta and Table Company
John L. Johnson
Hoskins Williams
California Vets Refuse Leader in Washington Picket Row
California bonus army veterans reject Roy Robertson as leader and refuse to join a politicking tour. About 300 men stay in Washington, awaiting adjusted certificate loans while Robertson plans to depart for Los Angeles. District of Columbia trucks are to move troops out, but troop departure is resisted.
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Washington
Little Legion of California
Bonus Army
Roy W. Robertson
Los Angeles
Batallion
District of Columbia
Robertson
Frederick
Arthur Scott
Disarmament Meet Adjourns with Promises of Armament Reduction
The world disarmament conference adjourned for an indefinite period after adopting a resolution promising substantial armament reductions in later deliberations. Soviet Russia and Germany opposed the resolution but said they voted for disarmament though they could not fully support it.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Soviet
Russia
Germany
Longest Texas ballot appears in Democratic primary
Voters in Austin faced the longest Texas ballot in state history with 72 names on the Democratic primary ballot. The runoff primary is scheduled for next month as part of the election. Officials expect turnout to test the lengthy ballot process.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Road Work To Begin in North Carolina About Aug 10
Raleigh July 23. Chairman E B Jeffress of the state highway commission says the first road setting in the state under the federal relief bill will likely start about August 10.
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Raleigh
N. C
E. B Jeffress
State Highway Commission
North Carolina
Roosevelt Cabinet Talk Arouses Young Secretary of State Talk
Governor Franklin D Roosevelt and Owen D Young met at Krum Elbow to discuss facts trends and needs. The talk touched on a possible cabinet post for Young if Roosevelt wins but drew no commitments. Social workers Jane Adams and Lillian Wald plan to meet Roosevelt that evening.
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Young
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Owen D. Young
Krum Elbow
Mr. Young
Elt
W. Averill Harriman
Ilinois Central and
Union Pacific Railroads
E. H. Harriman
Jane Addams
Hull House
Chicago
Lillian Wald
Henry Street Settlement
New York
James Walker
Samuel Seabury
Hofstadter Investigating Committee
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Hoover Heads to Camp Washington for Weekend Rest
President Hoover left Washington by motorcar in the afternoon for a weekend at his mountain camp near the Rapidan headwaters. He plans rest and recreation away from the capital.
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Washington
Hoover
the Rapidan
Hal M Worth Shoots Self Through Temple
Asheboro July 23 Special Hal M Worth 73 prominent Asheboro resident in Olph county in critical condition after a self inflicted gunshot wound at his Worth street home. The .38 caliber bullet entered the right temple and exited the left head with a hemorrhage this morning. Worth lived with his wife and had retired from business due to ill health.
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Asheboro
Randolph Hospital
Hal M. Worth
Olph County
Olph Hospital
Mr. Worth
Worth Street
Worth
Worthville Mills
William C. Hammer
Phillies rout Dodgers in 10-2 first game of doubleheader
In Philadelphia on July 28, the Phillies crushed the Dodgers 10 to 2. Lee and Hurst homered for Philadelphia, while Kelly homered for Los Angeles in the first game.
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Philadelphia
Phillies
Dodgers
Lee
Hurst
Kelly
Flo Ziegfeld Dies After Pleural Attack At Cedars
Florenz Ziegfeld legendary Broadway producer known for the Follies died at 10:30 last night in Los Angeles from pleurisy following pneumonia. Bill Burke his wife and daughter Patricia were at Cedars of Lebanon hospital. He had been treated in a New Mexico sanitorium and was arranging a new Follies on the West Coast during the Olympic games when illness ended plans.
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Los Angeles
Florenz Ziegfeld
New York
Billie Burke
Patricia
Cedars of Lebanon
Ziegfeld
New Mexico
West Coast
Two Rochester Girls Died After River Outing Mystery
Rochester investigators say no poison found in Louise Prigge and Frances Polikowski. Two Plainview men admitted taking the single women to the Zumbro river, where alcohol and drowning were cited as the likely cause. no charges filed as detectives await further details.
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Rochester
Minn
Zumbro River
Plainview
Reuben Kruger
Jesse Salley
Louise Prigge
Frances Polikowski
Prigge
Wabash
Polikowski
Wabash County
State Orders Third Degree Victim's Body Exhumed
MINEOLA N Y July 23 An order to exhume the body of Hyman Stark third degree victim was issued by the district attorney. The grand jury indicated 13 policemen were arrested but did not indict all on the warrants. They returned five first degree manslaughter seven second degree assault and one accessory to first degree manslaughter. Trial set for August 15. defense may seek postponement and severance of trials.
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Mineola
N. Y
Hyman Stark
Stark
Crand
Staten Island
Evacuation Ordered for Bonus Army Camp Nearby
The government served official notice to members of the Bonus Army camped along and near Pennsylvania Avenue that the area must be evacuated by Monday midnight.
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Washington
Bonus
Pennsylvania Avenue
New Proposition Halts Deadlock In Hosiery Strike Talks
After morning meetings at 24 North Carolina mills workers vote down resuming on the manufacturers’ latest offer. The executive council backs the stance and sets a Monday return contingent on accepting a $2.12 12 cent wage basis for hosiery with a $2.00 offered by manufacturers and $2.25 demanded by workers.
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D. W. Bradley
Executive Council
Mr. Bradley
Bradley
North Carolina
Hoey Plans Campaign Tour Across Carolinas and Virginia
Clyde Hoey former congressman and noted orator says he will campaign this fall for North Carolina state and national tickets speaking in Virginia and Tennessee for the national ticket.
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Hoey
Shelby
Clyde Hoey
North Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
Baltimore Judge Names Thief as Commonest In City
A Baltimore judge labels John Brown a 67 year old man as the commonest thief in the city after catching him stealing papers from a blind news dealer.
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Baltimore
John Brown
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