Banks in New York pledge to expand trade credit
New York Citys eleven largest banks agreed to expand credit to boost trade as part of Roosevelts reemployment drive. Hugh S Johnson warned the administration would push for broader wage and hour covenants while officials awaited official estimates. Grace Morrison Poole urged members to avoid patrons of uncooperative firms. Johnson noted open shop language in the auto code aligned with labor requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Roosevelt
Commerce Department
New York City
Grace Morrison Poole
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
The
Recovery Administration
Bolling Field
Johnson
H. M. Simpson
Henry Ford
Three Convicts Captured After 30 Hour Manhunt
Rocky Mount dispatch reports Clifton Thomas Lee Taylor and Whitley Jones were captured by posse men near a filling station after a 30 hour search. They face robbery charges from an attack on Mr and Mrs Oscar Paramore and a bank hold up in Battleboro. Taylor remains missing. police will question the trio for links to other crimes.
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Rocky Mount
Vanceboro
Clifton Thomas
Washington County
Lee Traylor
Chowan
Whitley Jones
Kinston
William Taylor
Taylor
Battleboro
Per
Mins Louise Pearsall
Oscar Paramore
Paramores
Paramore
R. C. Zimmerman
Rocky Mourt
Major Ellison
Thomas
Jones
Major
Demcee
Florida Braces for Tropical Storm Threat
Florida residents ready for a possible landfall as a tropical storm moves toward the peninsula. Governor Shultz orders evacuations around Lake Okeechobee with 4200 residents to be moved by rail to higher ground. Weather center places storm near Abaco Island moving slowly west-northwest with hurricane-force winds in a small area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Palm Beach
Fla
Bahamas
Florida Peninsula
Dave Shultz
Lake Okeechobee
Weather Bureau
Washington
Great Abaco Island
Repeal Statement Challenged By Drys
Dale K. Burgess campaign director for United Dry forces of North Carolina challenged a statement from United Repeal Council of North Carolina claiming individuals hinder national stability in the name of prohibition. He urged repealists to show how repealing the 18th amendment and opening saloons would aid national stability.
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Raleigh
Dale K. Burgess
United Dry Forces of North Carolina
United Repeal Council of North Carolina
Retail trade code talks push 48 hour week for groceries
Washington July 29 representatives of a majority of retail lines urged immediate use of parallel codes of competition for retail trade with a 48 hour work week for groceries and related establishments and 40 hours for others excluding drugs administrator Hugh S Johnson took the proposal under advisement and promised an early decision with final word awaited from deputy administrator A D Whiteside and Johnson himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Recovery Administration
Hugh S. Johnson
A. D. Whiteside
Johnson
Whiteside
National Retail Dry Goods Association
National Retail Furniture Association
National Retail Hardware Association
Mail Order Association of America
National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers
National Shoe Retailers Association
Wallace To Speak At Cotton Control Conclave In Atlanta
Henry A. Wallace and C. A. Cobb will attend a cotton control conference in Atlanta from Thursday to Saturday. J. Phil Campbell announced the event for directors of farm extension services and agricultural stations in four states. Wallace will speak at 11 a.m. Saturday. Cobb speaks Thursday. Governor Talmadge will present Wallace.
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Athens
Henry A. Wallace
C. A. Cobb
Atlanta
J. Phil Campbell
Agricultural Extension Service
Georgia
Wallace
Talmadge
Cobb
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alabama
County Farm and Home Demonstration
Georgia Bankers’ Association
Georgia Manufacturers Associations
Building Owners To Adopt Code At Meet
Atlanta will host August 2 and 3 a conference of Southern and southwest building owners and managers to adopt a code of fair competition for office buildings under the national recovery act. Attendees include owners managers and associations from the South Atlantic states Gulf states and as far west as New Mexico and every state south of the Ohio river.
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Atlanta
Southern and Southwest
South Atlantic States
Gulf States
New Mexico
Ohio River
Moffett quits 100000 a year job to aid NRA drive
James A Moffett former senior vice president of Standard Oil of New Jersey resigned over policy disputes with Roosevelt administration on oil controls. He had resisted industry price supervision and joined a Johnson advisory committee, signaling a new federal drive to enforce production limits.
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Moffett
N.R.A
Washington
James A Moffett
New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
New Jersey Company
Walter C. Teagie
Farish
Teagie
The
Visory
Hugh 8. Johnson
Teagle
Johnson Advisory Committee
Officer dies in soda fountain scuffle with bandit in Kansas City
Kansas City police sergeant Morris Biggs died after a gun fight with a robber who had robbed a gas company office and grabbed the day's receipts. The suspect, identified as William H. Obermeyer, fired a fatal shot. Biggs died later in hospital. Money taken was recovered.
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Kansas City
Morris Biggs
Ray Nichols
Biggs
William H. Obermeyer
Cove Creek Dam to Stay in Present Location
The Tennessee Valley Authority says its three directors will build the Cove Creek dam on Clinch river about twenty miles north of Knoxville at a cost of 35 million dollars, keeping the present site. Chairman Arthur E. Morgan said the board regrets not appointing Kendall Weisiger as personnel director due to a Washington miscommunication.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Cove Creek
Clinch River
Here
Arthur E. Morgan
Kendall Weisiger
Atlanta
Weisiger
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Washington
Army Engineers
Morgan
Several Wounded At Cuban Teachers Meet
In Santa Clara Cuba on July 29 police and soldiers dispersed a meeting of 390 teachers demanding back salaries and pensions. The military supervisor Captain Perez Arocha refused entry to a large crowd. the rally was dissolved leaving several slightly wounded. nearby cafes and shops closed as troops patrolled the city.
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Santa
Clara
Cuba
Veral
Perez Arocha
North Carolina Cosmetologists Plan State Code
Cosmetologists from North Carolina will meet in Raleigh to form a state-wide organization and discuss a fair competition code to present to federal officials. They will also continue discussing a protest over Gov. J C B Ebringinghaus appointment of two barbers to the three member board of cosmetology examiners.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
J.C. B. Ebringhaus
Chinatown Tong War Flares After On Leong Death
Fear spreads through Manhattan Chinatown after Wing Ginn of the On Leong tong is shot dead police rush extra detail to quell possible clashes. Lee Bo, a Hip Sing member, held on homicide charges as Lee Yo also linked to On Leong is wounded nearby. Sing Lee, On Leong secretary, reports of trouble unfold as investigations continue.
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New York
Chinatown
Mott Street
John J. Sullivan
Department of Labor
Wing Ginn
Hip Sing Tong
Julius Jabs
Lee Bo
Ginn
Hip Sings
On Leongs
Harlem
Lee Yo
George Lee
On Leong Tong
Sing Lee
Elizabeth Street
Gina
Arlington Dop ing Ring Busted in Race Tracks Arrests Seven
Federal narcotics squads arrested seven horse handlers at Arlington Park Chicago as part of a nationwide doping probe. Government says at least 200 horses across eight months were doped, with Arlington officials and jockeys slated to testify before a federal grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Arlington Park
H. J. Anslinger
Washington
Loule Dear
Jack Howard
Parke
New Deal Sets Oil Industry Toward Recovery
President Roosevelt calls James A. Moffett into his industrial recovery council after his resignation from Standard Oil of New Jersey amid a power struggle with Walter Teagle. The move signals ongoing oil industry reform and potential administration control of the sector. Roosevelt returns to Hyde Park amid public support.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
James A. Moffett
Industrial Recovery Council
Washington
Moffett
Walter Teagle
Industrial Advisory Council
Oil Control Organization
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
James Roosevelt
Bank Robbery in Taylorsville Wounds Two Officers
Four men attempted a hold up at Merchants and Farmers Bank in Taylorsville. Two bank officials T C Barnes and Solon Little were shot. 2 bandits were captured near Wilkesboro as a large posse hunted the others. Local civilians aided in the chase.
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Taylorsville
Merchants and Farmers Bank
Wilkesboro
T. C. Barnes
Solon Little
Barnes
Davis Hospital
Statesville
L. R. Shaw
R. E. Black
High Point
Black
Wilkes County
Little
Rowland Chapman
Chapman
North Carolina
North Carolina Governor touts budget cuts and bank rate relief
Governor J C B Ehringhaus told New Yorkers that North Carolina has balanced its budget and lives within its means. He cited a 32 percent spending cut since January 1, a 33 percent prior cut, and bank lenders lowering interest on state obligations from 6 to 6 percent with possible further cuts. He noted the state took over all roads and schools, and teacher salaries were reduced 33 percent with expected future improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. C. B. Ebhringhaus
North Carolina
Ebringhaus
United States
Commonwealth
Guards Take Control Of Strike Area In Southwestern Pa
Quiet fell as a battalion of national guardsmen moved into the Fayette Greene and Washington county coal fields near Brownsville to oversee a miners strike. Some 12 000 Fayette miners and 4 000 others joined the stoppage demanding recognition of the United Mine Workers.
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Brownsville
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Fayette County
United Mine Workers of America
Greene
Washington
Kenneth W. Momeyer
Uniontown Barracks
West's Field
Thornton
Grindstone
Colonial No. 3
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Sherif Harry F. Hackney
Telephone Companies Must Show Cause On Rates Slashing
North Carolina telecommunication firms were ordered to appear before the state corporation commission on August 8 to justify why charges for service connections moves and miscellaneous equipment should not be lowered. A new rate schedule set for September 1 would cut the French type telephone monthly charge from 50 to 25 cents, though the companies plan to challenge the proposed scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
State Corporation
Commission
Stanley Winborne
Raleigh Merchants Set Store Hours After Recov ery Rule
Nine Raleigh business concerns have complied with the blanket recovery code to date, Postmaster C. L. Williamson said today. Retail and wholesale merchants will meet Monday afternoon to set opening and closing times for stores and also workers hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
C. L. Williamson
S. C. Girl Wins In Asheville Tourney
Kathryn Hemphill of Columbia South Carolina added another honor by winning the Biltmore Forest invitational tournament in Asheville. She led at the half way mark and closed out the 18 holes to claim the title.
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S. C
Asheville
Kathryn Hemphill
Columbia
S&s. C
Wart
Biltmore Forest
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James P. Selvage
A. P
Wes
Pollard
John G. Pollard
Virginia
Violet Elizabeth McDougall
Miss McDougall
Ellen McDougall
Winnipeg
Canada
Florida
Drys
Don
Kirkley
Arlington
N. C
H. Ford Wilkins
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