President Hoover appeals for economy in government spending
President Hoover urged a renewed study to cut nonessential expenditures and asked Congress to enable economies. He directed the Budget Bureau to trim 1934 estimates by at least 500 million below 1933, noting many programs are fixed by law and require legislative action. He called for department heads to revise and reduce construction and tax burdens to aid recovery.
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Washington
Hoover
Budget Bureau
Farley Sees New York Won Over By Roosevelt
James A. Farley, Democratic national chairman, predicts Franklin D. Roosevelt will carry New York in the presidential election. Optimism rests on three developments including party unity, calls of support from Tam many leader John Curry and Brooklyn chief John H. McCoey, and McCoey’s plan to engage at national headquarters. Walker sails for Europe, McKee acts as mayor, cutting his own and others’ pay while challenging the city budget.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James A. Farley
State Committee
Albany
John F. Curry
Tammany
Roosevelt-Garner
Curry
John H. McCoey
Brooklyn
McCooey
National Headquarters
Farley
Walker
Europe
Roosevelt
Pacific
James R. Walker
Italy
Democratic Organization
McKee
Joseph C. McKee
France Sets Path to League for Armament Issue
Paris reports France approved by the council of ministers to push Germany's call for armament parity to the League of Nations. Paris notes the issue cannot be settled bilaterally and Geneva talks on disarmament already ongoing. Premier Herriot to announce stance at the Meaux monument dedication with possible remarks on America.
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Paris
Berlin
France
Germany
Council of Ministers
Albert Lebrun
League of Nations
Edouard Herriot
Marne
Meaux
M. Herriot
America
Geneva
Italy
American Legion In Portland Signals Cash Bonus Push
Delegates at the American Legion’s fourth national convention in Portland indicate support for immediate cash payment of the soldiers bonus. Rank and file show growing demand for cash rather than adjusted service certificates, with a floor fight anticipated on the issue. Morris Bealle challenges Secretary of War Hurley to a convention floor debate on the bonus as arrivals continue and prohibition discussion also grows.
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Portland
Ore
American Legion
National
Hoover
Detroit
Morris Bealle
Henry L. Stevens
Patrick J. Hurley
Hurley
New Rules Set For Automatic Approval Of School Budgets
The state board of equalization issued two automatic approval rules for rural and charter districts’ supplementary budgets. Rural budgets may rise no more than five percent per item, while city and charter budgets face a ten percent limit. Salaries beyond these limits require individual approval. The board also trimmed New Hanover County teachers’ pay supplements to ten percent, signaling no exceptions for city districts.
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Raleigh
State Board of Equalization
Leroy Martin
New Hanover County
Robins Vanishing Baffles Washington Federal Officers
Washington officials weigh amnesia or Russian imperialist motives in the mysterious disappearance of Colonel Raymond Robins city leader. Amos W. Woodcock says Florida agents found no proof bootlegger retaliation. Other aides note Robins recent push for recognition of Soviet Russia amid unverified threats.
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Washington
Raymond Robins
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Prohibition Bureau
Robins
Florida
Prohibition
Russia
Co-Owner Among Four Held in Observation Blast Probe
Four men including Alexander Forsythe, co-owner of the steamer Observation, were held as material witnesses after a fatal blast that killed at least 41 workers. Wal ter Larsen Victor Michaelson and Otto Nelson also remained in custody as investigators prepare to present to a grand jury.
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East River
New York
Ferry
Observation
Alexander Forsythe
George
Walter Larsen
Victor Michaelson
Otto Nelson
Charles B. McLaughlin
Newspaper reading and hobbies taught to build citizenship
Hartford doctor urges that high school pupils be taught news paper reading golf bridge and motoring to become better citizens. Dr. Ernest W. Butterfield state commissioner of education says no special technical or academic prep is needed for their life work.
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Citizenship
Hartford
Conn
Ernest W. Butterfield
Pomerene Reports Economic Upturn and Cash Flows
Atlee Pomerene the reconstruction finance corporation chairmen spoke on the Columbia network declaring conditions are improving with an upward trend. He cited gold withdrawals halting in June and a return flow beginning, bank loans rising, and stock prices and commodity indexes advancing since mid year.
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Washington
Atlee Pomerene
Reconstruction Finance Corporations
Columbia Broadcasting System
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
United States
Federal Reserve System
Home Loan Banks to Open 30 Day Stock Subscription
A nationwide drive will begin next Wednesday to sell 134 million dollars in capital stock of 12 home loan banks. Subscription books open in 65 cities with information bureaus to assist buyers. Eligible buyers include most financing firms in several states, while several others ban purchases by associations and banks.
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Washington
Telegraph
Fort
Chambers of Commerce
Alabama
Ilinois
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
Maine
Connecticut
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
Tennessee
Bulding and Loan Associations
Maine Emerges As Nation's Political Focus For Elections
The nation shifts its political focus to Maine for the general elections with governor and three House seats at stake. Democrats back Louis J. Brann against Burleigh Martin while Republicans praise their own prospects in the Maine races. Georgia's primary follows, pitting Crisp against Governor Russell in a key showdown.
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Washington
Maine
Arizona
Colorado
Vermont
Michigan
New Hampshire
Louisiana
Georgia
House
Louis J. Brawn
Burleigh Martin
Senate
Ralph C. Brewater
John G. Utterback
Crisp
Russell
Thomasville Mediation Efforts Aim to End Clash at Mill
Mediation talks set for 9:30 at First Methodist Church as Governor Gardner's mediator works to ease a month long industrial crisis in Thomasville. Earlier skirmishes between highway patrol officers and strikers involved rock throwing and tear gas, injuring no one and resulting in two arrests.
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Gardner
State Patrol
Charles D. Farmer
Highway Patrol
T. A. Early
Ray Scarlet
Ernest
Socialists Of State Nominate Electors In North Carolina Meet
Greensboro September 10 Ten of the 13 presidential electors for the socialist party in North Carolina were nominated at the state convention the first in the state’s history. The committee for the remaining three electors came from the seventh ninth and tenth districts. Key figures W B Sanders Isaac Ling C H Hamblin J B McDaniel G O Mudge A T Winston S W Weatherly RK Stegall Dr F K Garner L H Williamson F A Shoe A T Hanes and Alton A Lawrence were named in leadership roles B C Proctor gave the keynote arguing against big formations and praising labor while noting state issues and labor concerns.
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Greensboro
Socialist Party
North Carolina
Norman Thomas
W. B. Sanders
Chapel Hill
Isaac Ling
Hillsboro
C. Cowper
Durham
William Keith Sananders
Elizabeth City
C. H. Hamblin
Wilson
J. B. McDaniel
New Bern
G. O. Mudge
Raleigh
A. T.winston-Salem
W. M. Weatherly
RK. P. Stegall
Marshville
F. K. Garner
Asheville
L. H. Williamson
Burlington
F. A. Shoe
Mebane
A. T. Hanes
Alton A. Lawrence
B. C. Proctor
Carolina
National Guards
Thomasville
State Board of
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William M. McGuire
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Pomerene
Finch
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