Coordinated recovery agencies discuss policy alignment
In Washington Hugh S. Johnson of the NRA met with farm law administrators Secretary Wallace and George N. Peek to align fundamental policies for the recovery program. Johnson refused to detail decisions, noting quick progress and a need to ensure unity with the farm sector as orders on price adjustments and distribution markups remain contentious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hughs
Johnson
NRA
Wallace
George N. Peek
Roosevelt
White House
Lindbergh Makes Private Visit to Croydon Airport
Col. Charles A Lindbergh arrived at Croydon Airport by car for a private visit to Imperial Airways, ending days of secrecy over his whereabouts during a stop in England on October 12.
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Croydon
Eng
Charles A. Lindbergh
England
Imperial Airways
Porter County Coroner Probes Time Bomb Theory in Plane Crash
Porter county coroner Carl Davis said investigators are checking a time bomb theory after United Air Lines flight from New York to Chicago crashed near Valparaiso on Tuesday night, killing seven people.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Carl Davis
Porter County
United Airlines
Judge Denies Non-Suit in Deput y Morgan Manslaughter Trial
Durham report says Judge W A Devin refused defense motion for non-suit as state rested in the manslaughter trial of Deputy Sheriff L L Morgan for the fatal shooting of liquor runner John Rush.
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Durham
W. A. Devin
L. L. Morgan
John Rush
Jury Takes Case in Federal Lottery Trial of Senator Davis
The federal lottery case against United States Senator James J. Davis and Theodore G. Miller went to the jury at 2:50 p m after more than three weeks of court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
James J. Davis
Theodore G. Miller
NRA officials action on Eagle insignia case in New Rochelle
NRA officials in New Rochelle New York charged two establishments with violating the president's reemployment agreement. Indications pointed to definite action being taken before the day ends.
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Washington
NRA
New Rochelle
New York
Trading account held prices up in 1921 Brazil bond issue
Robert O. Hayward of Dillon Read testified before senators that bankers created a 60 day trading account in 1921 to float fifty million dollars of Brazilian bonds. He said the aim was to hold prices up to protect public subscribers and aid underwriters in selling the issue.
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Washington
Robert O. Hayward
Dillon, Read and Company
Senate
Hayward
Ferdinand Pecora
Funeral services for Dr W D Toy at Chapel Hill
Funeral services will be held this afternoon for Dr W D Toy a University of North Carolina faculty member who died Tuesday after a brief illness He was a professor of languages and had served as faculty secretary for 43 years.
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Toy
Chapel Hill
W. D. Toy
University of North Carolina
Reduction Ordered for Power Company
The Carolina Power and Light company of Raleigh faces a South Carolina railroad commission order to cut rates for 13,872 Pee Dee customers. The reductions, approved with no rehearing, would save residents about 228000 dollars annually and take effect immediately after hearings from January to July. The company had sought a rehearing citing NRA membership raised expenses by sixty thousand dollars in South Carolina.
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Columbia
D. C
Carolina Power and Light Company
Raleigh
N. C
South Carolina Railroad Commission
Pee Dee
South Carolina
NRA
Labor Federation Opposes Unregulated Inflation Plan
The American Federation of Labor convention with about 600 delegates representing over 3 million workers condemned unrestrained currency inflation. It warned such inflation would burden workers by lowering wage value, urging the executive council to pursue all practical measures to oppose unregulated inflation and safeguard wage standards and money value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Federation
Clarence M. Wright
Washington
American Federation of Labor Convention
Khaki Shirts Headquarters Raided and 27 Arrested
Philadelphia police raided three Khaki Shirt headquarters arresting 27 men linked to a planned march on Washington. Officers seized loaded pistols knives clubs and blackjacks while guarding three armories to prevent a raid on the Pennsylvania National Guard armory. Authorities seek organizer Arthur Smith alleged to plan installing Roosevelt as dictator.
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Philadelphia
Washington
111Th Regiment
Pennsylvania National Guard
Arthur 4d. Smith
James Laskey
Mander
Smith
Laskey
General Headquarters
Roosevelt
John F. Driscoll
Lynching following slaying of 15 year old LaRose in Labadieville
A black man arrested for questioning in the killing of 15 year old Miss Louisiana LaRose was seized from Labadieville jail by a mob and hanged from a Bayou La Fourche girder. The victim's body, beaten and dragged through sugar cane, was found on an outlying plantation. Authorities investigate the jail removal.
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Labadieville
Louisiana LaRose
Labieville
Bayou la Fourche
T. B. Pugh
Weathering the partisan drift in autumn leaves
A playful yet pointed note from Beverly Hills urges vigilance as political shifts emerge in the waning year. The writer likens Republicans “hiding in the trees” to autumn shadows, citing sightings of a public figure in disguise and a known envoy traveling openly, warning of rising unrest and advising swift action.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Wabash
Jim Watson
SQUEALER DIES In gang counterfeiting case
Cincinnati, Oct 12 A man Nick Damico 47 linked by U S justice agent Harry Buck as an insider who revealed a nationwide counterfeiting ring was cornered and killed early today hours after police were told he was marked for death Other murders were feared as the counterfeiters with Brooklyn Rochester headquarters faced arrests Damico had admitted he knew he was in danger and Buck passed the warning to police The ring operations led to arrests last spring after Damico provided information Camouflaged as a stool pigeon Damico’s disclosures exposed a vast counterfeit network
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Cincinnati
Nick Damico
Harry Buck
U. S. Department of Justice
Buck
Patrick Hayes
Damico
Brooklyn
Rochester
N. Y
Dying Wife Seeks Annulment In Wedding Contract
Helen May Schickler 21 asks Judge William F. Bleakley to annul her marriage to Frederick C. Schickler claiming tuberculosis will kill her within a year. He contends fraud for concealment of illness. After a 15 minute private conference the judge reserved decision.
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Whith Plains
Helen May Schickler
William F. Bleakley
Tam
Frederick C. Schickler
Mrs. Schickler
Peekskill
Four Convicted in Lottery Case at Charlotte
In Charlotte on October 12, a jury found four Black defendants guilty of second degree murder in the slaying of lottery operator 8 H Williams. Two white men, W H Rhodes and J M La Farge, were acquitted but later jailed on lottery charges. Convicted were Roscoe Campbell Willie Anderson Bozellia Thomas and Alex Thompson. Judge W F Harding to sentence them this afternoon. Williams died after being shot in his car at Ninth and Myers streets on September 2. Witnesses linked the killers to Williams from an automobile raid preceding the shooting. The state claimed a conspiracy tied to earlier encounters between Rhodes LaFarge and Williams.
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Bozellia Thomas
Alex Thompson
W. F. Harding
Williams
Ninth and
Myers Streets
Rhodes
LaFarge
Charged with murder in North Wilkesboro case
Cecil Austin was charged with murder after Carl Higgins, 35, died from a fractured skull. Higgins reportedly sustained the injury on September 23 when Austin allegedly struck him on the head with a hoe.
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North Wilkesboro
Cecil Austin
Carl Higgins
Austin
W. J. Armfield Dies At 92 In Greensboro Home
W J Armfield retired banker and prominent North Carolina figure died at his home 704 West Broad Street at 2 PM after a long illness. Born in 1834, he would have turned 93 in November if he lived. He helped build the Piedmont region’s banking system, founding ten banks including the First National Bank of Greensboro in 1876 and the First National Bank of High Point in 1886, serving as its president for 22 years. He later acted as liquidating agent to pay depositors in full and return 110 percent to stockholders. Continued on Page Eleven.
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W. J. Armfield
West Broad Street
Piedmont
Armfield
First National Bank of
Greensboro
High Point
Martial Law Declared in Sullivan County After Explosions
Indiana National Guardsmen impose strict curfew and bans on assemblies in Sullivan county after three explosions. Regulations require permits for meetings, restrict vehicle speed to 25 mph, and close all public venues by 6 p m with 10 p m county curfew. Officials order immediate halt to crowds and limit access to the public square.
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Indiana County
Sullivan
Itad
Indiana National Guardsmen
Sullivan County
D. Wray
Steel Company Rejects Strike Settlement Act
The National Steel Company at Weirton Clarksburg and Steubenville rejected the labor board settlement plan in the ongoing strike. The board noted 5000 miners are employed now and the company would readmit workers who return promptly. The strike leaders made no demands before the walkout.
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Washington
National Labor Board
EB. T. Weir
National Steel Company
Weirton
Clarksburg
W. Va
Steubenville
Ohio
Weir
Mrs. B. F. Page Dies After Illness in Raleigh
Mrs. B. F. Page aged, long illness ends at her Raleigh home 505 West Park Drive. A Randolph County native, she leaves husband owner-manager of King Drug Co Raleigh, daughters Elizabeth and Helen Frances, brothers W. A. Coffin of Asheboro and Oscar J. Coffin of Chapel Hill, and sister Miss Bess Coffin of Raleigh. She is daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Coffin.
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Asheboro
B. F. Page
West Park Drive
Raleigh
Randolph County
King Drug Company
Elizabeth
Helen Frances
W. A. Coffin
Oscar J. Coffin
Chapel Hill
Bess Coffin
Alexander Coffin
Kellys Receives Life Terms In Ursehel Kidnapping Case
George Machine Gun Kelly and wife Kathryn were sentenced to life imprisonment after a federal jury convicted them under the Lindbergh law for kidnapping oilman Charles Urschel in Oklahoma City. The verdict came minutes after the capture in Memphis.
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Oklahoma City
George
Harvey Bailey
Albert Bates
Kelly
R. G. Shannon
Paradise
Texas
Urschel
West Virginia
Pauline
Kansas City
G. H M. Verity
Vaught
Kathryn
Four Powers Warn Hitler To Protect Their Citizens
Four powers warned Hitler to protect their nationals after repeated Nazi assaults. American ambassador William Dodd reported that Secretary Hull urged prompt punishment, while Spanish and British embassies and the Dutch legation were advised to make representations. The complaints cited lack of real consequences beyond formal apologies.
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Hitler
Louis BP. Lochner
Berlin
William Dodd
Cordell Hull
Hull
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Lewis
United Mine Workers
William Green
Associated Press
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Federation
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Congress
Council
Bad Man
Atlanta
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