Retail Industry To Get New Code Allowing 48 Hour Week
Officials of the recovery administration were drafting a retail industry code to permit a 48 hour week instead of 40. It remains unclear whether the rule would apply to all stores or only smaller ones. The plan aims to speed codes while denying a blanket exemption from the President's wage agreement.
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Washington
The
Recovery Administration
Roosevelt
A. D. Whiteside
Hugh 8. Johnson
Johnson
Industrial Administration
Explosion at Hotel Europa Buries Guests in Brunn
An undetermined explosion at Hotel Europa in Brunn Czechoslovakia destroyed the four story building. It left scores buried and many injured with ten believed dead, over fifty hurt, and a panic-stricken city as police and fire crews searched the rubble.
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Europa
Czechoslovakia
Brunn
O Connell Kidnapping Case Yields Quick Promise of Action
The O Connell kidnapping ends with 24 year old National Guard lieutenant John J. O Connell Jr. released after a $40 000 ransom paid. Detectives from city county state and federal levels anticipate swift action as two Albany men remain in questioning.
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Walter T. Brown
Albany
N. Y
O’connell
John J. O'Connell, Jr
National Guard
New York City
Young O'Connell
Edward J
Daniel P. O'Connell
East 220Th Street
Bronx
Louis Snyder
Manny Strewl
Snyder
Helderberg
Dan O'Connell
O'Connell
John J
Sally
Delaney
New York Editor Praises Waynick As Re-employment Head
New York editor Frank Parker Stockbridge congratulates Senator Capus M. Waynick on his appointment as North Carolina state director of re-employment. Stockbridge predicts Waynick will help many men regain productive roles in the southern economy.
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New York
Waynick
ICN
Capus M. Waynick
High Point Enterprise
Frank Parker Stockbridge
The
American Press
City Today
High Point
North Carolina
Stockbridge
South
Georgia Tobacco Season Opens Tuesday
MOULTRIE Ga July 31 Forecasts of a 9 million dollar crop spur the tobacco belt into action as farmers rush harvests to 42 warehouses for auctions starting tomorrow Optimism runs high with estimates from 60 to 75 million pounds and expected prices around 15 cents per pound with Blackshear warehouses hoping for 20 cents.
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Moultrie
South Georgia
Blackshear
Newborn Nira Delano Pittman Honored for Democratic Regard
In Selma on July 31 a baby named Nira Delano Pittman was welcomed by Mr. and Mrs. Luther Pittman. The couple chose the name Nira Delano after a period of considering several options.
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Selma
Luther Pittman
Nira Delano
Filipinos Acquitted in Calif Burial Case
Seven Filipinos charged with burying alive Mrs. Celine Navarro were acquitted on Saturday night. The prosecution had argued the burial followed an accusation of infidelity.
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Martinez
Calif
Celine Navarro
Textile Industry Demands Tax on Competing Materials
Washington July 31 Representatives of the cotton textile industry urged that the farm adjustment administration apply the processing tax on lint cotton to competing materials such as paper used in bags. They said bag costs would rise from 34 to 55 dollars per thousand for cotton bags while paper bags were 28, urging exemptions for ordinary bag paper and wrapping paper. Industry representatives warned low grade cotton waste would be taxed, hurting farmers.
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Washington
Company
Hugh 8. Johnson
Robert P. Lamont
Hoover
American Iron and Steel Institute
Johnson
Lamont
Perkins
Company Union
Farm Adjustment Administration
D. S. Munph
Robert Glassford
New York
Cotton Textile Institute
Glassford
Norman Wisas
Atlanta
Fulton Bag and Cotton Company
Sus Sensmon
Tal
C. A. Cannon
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Cannon
Elias
Hatton J. Lovejoy
Lagrange
Georgia
Callaway Mills, Inc
Engineer Killed As Crack Limited Goes Off Rails Into Tower
The Liberty Limited derailed near Altoona when a crack limited car plunged into a signal tower. Engineer Carl Lisenbach of Duncannon died later from injuries. Passengers Louis Zeidman, Frank Buck, and crew members Bruce Miller and Charles Hoover were injured but not fatally. Three coaches and two Pullman cars derailed. locomotive damaged lines and water. Traffic was routed.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Liberty Limited
Carl Lisenbach
Duncannon
Louis Zeidman
Chicago
Frank Buck
Harrisburg
Bruce Miller
Charles Hoover
Possums Join Town Sightseeing in Quirky New Deal Era
In York Ohio on July 31 a barber, Joe Shillinglaw, reports seeings of several possums strolling through Main Street area. He described the first sighting then a second and a third following behind, all casually observing the town as if part of a public event.
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York
8. C
Joe Shillinglaw
Main Street
Shillinglaw
Admits Wield Kidnapping Tale Was False
Los Angeles reports say a 30 hour grilling proved the tale of an abduction plot against Mary May Barthelmess by Charles Arthur Floyd was untrue. A Texas pilot claimed he would divert a ship to take the actress’s daughter to the Mexican mountains and sought a reward, but later recanted amid police inquiry. The unnamed man and an alleged henchman remained in custody with no charges filed.
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Los Angeles
Charles Arthur
Pretty Boy
Barthelmess
Federal Department of Justice
Texas
Mexican Mountains
Dolan vows vengeance as mob hits him first in Brooklyn
New York dispatch reports Jimmy Dolan, who promised to punish the men who killed Alice Shiffer Diamond, was mortally wounded and died after a pursuit at a Brooklyn beer garden. The murder of Diamond and Dolan's death reflect gang conflicts and oaths of vengeance.
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New York
James J. Dolan
Alice Shiffer Diamond
Legs” Diamond
Jimmy Dolan
Brooklyn
Dolan
Urschel Still Listed Missing Amid Kidnap Case
Two masked men questioned in Albany over the John J. O Connell Jr kidnapping. O Connell freed after 23 days. $40 000 in marked bills paid as ransom. Urschel, oil millionaire from Oklahoma City, remains missing with captors silent. Verne Sankey identified as ringleader. Kidnapping penalties have risen to death in six states.
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Albany
N. Y
John J. O'Connell
O'Connell
Charlies F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Denver
W. B. Ellsworth
Frances
Charles Boettcher
Verne Sankey
David Kahan
Brooklyn
Local Man's Brother Dies At Worthville
Asheboro July 31 James Damon Hilliard 45 died at his Worthville home Sunday afternoon from a heart attack. He was the son of the late D C Hilliard and survived by his mother four brothers and four sisters. The sisters Florence Hilliard Worthville E E Woodell Sanford James Stout Burlington W K Spivey Worth and brothers K L Hilliard High Point A 46 Hilliard Archdale CC W Hilliard Randleman and A H Hilliard Greensboro. The deceased was a World War veteran. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon.
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Asheboro
James Damon Hilliard
Worthville
D. C. Hilliard
Florence Hillard
E. E. Woodell
Sanford
James Stout
Burlington
W. K. Spivey
Worth
K. L. Hilliard
High Point
A. 46. Hilliard
Archdale
CC. W. Hilliard
Randleman
A. H. Hilliard
Greensboro
Dreaded Wave Capsized Motorboat Near San Sebastian
Fears spread that twenty people including seven women drowned when the motorboat Jesus capsized off San Sebastian as giant waves lashed it. The incident occurred with hundreds watching.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Jesus
President Delays Action In Consolidation Plans
President Roosevelt slows consolidation moves set for government reorganizations. Transfers include internal revenue bureau and disbursing agencies under the treasury, with many employees affected beyond August 10. Some transfers postponed to September 10 and December 31. several national cemeteries exempted.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury Department
Division
Internal Revenue
Veterans Bureau
Justice Department
Interior Department
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau of Industrial Alcohol
Treasury
Supervising Architect
Procurement Division
The
Acheson
Backward-looking Babson urges old fashioned investments
In a Santa Monica letter, Hoger Babson argues people revert to traditional investments and focus on raising children to support them in old age. He jokes that instead of schools and teachers, the state should furnish gas to fuel child-raising, ending with a quip about modern priorities.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Hoger Babson
Justart
Babson
Commercial Bank of Lexington Granted License To Reopen
RALEIGH July 31 Gurney P Hood state bank commissioner today licensed the Commercial Bank of Lexington to open at once for unrestricted business. The bank has just over 1 million dollars in deposits tied up since the banking holiday. It secured 120000 dollars from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for preferred stock and met state law allowing reorganization if no more than one third of depositors or stockholders object.
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Raleigh
Gurney P. Hood
Commercial Bank of
Lexington
World Cotton Consumption Rises to 14.13 Million Bales
World consumption of American cotton in the last 12 months reached about 14,132,000 bales, the highest since 1928-29, the New York cotton exchange service reported. The gain from 12,506,000 bales last season is blamed on stronger business activity, higher prices, and modest abroad trade improvement.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange Service
Tornado Kills Three In Dallas Oak Cliff Damage Tops 250000
A Sunday tornado in Oak Cliff Dallas killed three people and injured many others. The storm wrecked about 190 homes and caused damage estimated over 250000 dollars.
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Dallas
Tex
Oak Cliff
Legislature Opens Special Session To Legalize 3.2 Alcohol
Pierre South Dakota July 31 the legislature convened in a special session to act on legalizing 3.2 percent alcohol by weight for the state.
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Pierre
South Dakota
Fish That Fishes On Funny Tribe In Tropics Found
WHILADELPHIA July 41. A fish uses a dangling tentacle lure to attract smaller fry and is described by Col. Edwin M. Chance and Dr. Beebe as a new antenarius species. During a six week Central American expedition forty previously unknown fish varieties were discovered and classified.
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Col
Edwin M. Chance
Beebe
Louisiana Grand Jury Urges Destruction of Ballots
A majority of the New Orleans grand jury asked Governor O K Allen to destroy ballots from the November election, citing near anarchy in one division. District Attorney Eugene Stanley was ordered to begin counting ballots Wednesday after the grand jury rejected a not true bill and Huey Long faction fraud charges prompted the probe.
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New Orleans
O. K. Allen
Louisiana
Vwailitia
Eugene Stanley
Alexander C. O'Donnell
Criminal District Court
Hallots
Huey Long
Stanley
Gaston L. Porterie
James
French War Vets Sail To Visit American Legion Convention
A group of about 200 French war veterans sailed from Le Havre for New York to visit the American Legion in Paris and to tour the United States. Most stay from a week to a month, visiting Chicago Expo Indianapolis and Washington including Arlington Cemetery and the Unknown Soldier tomb. The voyage is led by De Havre president Rodolphe Refenaeht and aims to show veterans America they had not yet seen.
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LE Havre
France
New York
American Legion
Paris
United States
America
Chicago
Indianapolis
A Legion
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
de Havre
Rodolphe Refenaeht
Balbo delays seaplane squadron departure from Island
A strong wind forces General Balbo to delay the departure of his seaplane squadron for Ireland today at Shoal Arbor N P. The weather slows plans for the flight to V Island.
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Associated Press
Pittman
Pilipinos
Crack Limited
Floyd
Urschel
Siddia
George L. Radcliffe
Baltimore
Maryland
West Virginia
Insular
War Department
Beaufort
D. C
Florence
Mock III
Commercial Bank of Lexington
U. S
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