Teagle Wins Oil Price Fight Amidcode Debate
Washington reports Walter C. Teagle and allies celebrate a victory over hard federal price control as Hugh Johnson submits a draft for the oil code. Industry factions split over price supervision with Teagle leading anti-control forces and others urging regulations to sustain jobs and wages. Johnson’s draft omits fixed prices, proposing only nonloss sale rules, while advocates hope Roosevelt may add controls in the final plan.
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Washington
Walter C. Teagle
Hugh
Johnson
Teagle
Standard of New Jersey
Standard of Indiana
Gulf Oil Company
Texas Oil Company
K. RB. Kingsbury
Standard of California
Harry F. Sinclair
Consolidated Oil Corporation
Roosevelt
Death strikes own two public enemies
Chicago dated Aug 1 AP reports bullets killed two former underworld figures. Eddie Maciejewski, once linked to Wee Willie Doody, was gunned down after a petty $20 tavern robbery as four policemen fired. Tony Marino, protege of Al Capone, was shot in a suburban Cicero garage with four assailants.
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Chicago
Eddie Maciejewski
Wee Willie” Doody
Cicero
Tony Marino
al Capone
Marino
Farmer Weeps As He Faces Murder Charge
A husky young farmer and schoolteacher faced a first degree murder prelim hearing in Bluets Iowa after authorities charged him with killing his wife and their two year old son. Mrs. Kelly died in a hospital, the child was found dead with his skull crushed at the farm home. The suspect reportedly confessed at the sheriff’s office. Neighbors suggested jealousy as a possible motive.
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W. E. Kelly
Billy
Kelly
O'Ryan to Face O'Brien for New York Mayor Nomination
Major General John F. O'Ryan says he will run for New York mayor if the Republican Committee on mayoralty nominations selects him. The Committee meets Thursday to decide whether he accepts the Fusion Committee designation led by former Governor Charles S. Whitman.
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New York
John F. O'Ryan
Republican Committee On
Republican Committee
O'Ryan
Charles S. Whitman
Swetonic and Watkins Involved In Bench Warning
Pittsburgh pitcher Steve Swetonic and St. Louis out fielder George Watkins fought briefly after the seventh inning in a game. Leo Durocher was hit by a pitch and Watkins appeared to taunt him. Both were ejected as teammates separated them.
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Pittsburgh
Steve Swetonic
George Watkins
St. Louis
Leo Durocher
Watkins
Swetonie
Urschel Kidnapping Details Revealed By Victim
Urschel describes 14 hour car ride to a shack in rolling country, eyes bandaged, two guards, and lack of food after ransom demands. He says captors warned of shooting if officers appeared and that he was released near a Norman barbecue stand after first contact last Wednesday. He cannot identify his kidnappers and doubts help from federal investigators.
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Colorado
Dakota
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Kansas City
Norman
Seeligson
Urschel
Arschel
Urlisda2l
Arthur
Election fraud charges filed against 15 New Orleans commissioners
District Attorney Eugene Stanley filed formal election fraud charges against 15 election commissioners in New Orleans amid a jurisdiction dispute over a constitutional amendment vote that led to martial law to protect the grand jury.
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New Orleans
Eugene Stanley
Former Senator Veiled Identity To Death's Door
New York Aug 1 AP The motive behind Karl Cortlandt Schuyler former U S senator from Colorado remaining veiled as he lay dying after an automobile accident in Central Park July 17 remains undetermined He died at Lenox Hill Hospital after a fractured pelvis The 52 year old Denver business leader declined hospital care then later identified himself to attendants and asked his Colorado Springs wife be notified He was registered at the St Regis Hotel and was walking when struck by a car driven by Frank Spangnall Spangnall was not held but police planned to request his appearance in homicide court today Schuyler a Republican headed Kinney Coastal Oil Co and sat on the Denver National Bank board He was active in Liberty Loan drives and local chest work more recently He died with his identity concealed for 11 days as he lay near death.
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New York
Karl Cortlandt Schuyler
United States
Colorado
Deniver
Lenox
Central Park
Shhuyler
Hex
James Eyes
Colorado Springs
Schuyler
Alsenal Shepard
Karl
Denver
St. Regis
Frank Spangnall
Spangnall
Kinney Coastal Oil Company
Denver National Bank
Nia Retail Code Sets Worker Hours and Wages Across Regions
The article details a retail code establishing a 48 hour week with 8 hour days, varying overtime rules, and tiered minimum wages by city population. It covers eligibility for outside staff, executives, and maintenance crews, and lists affiliated and voluntary nonmember organizations within the retail sector.
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National Retail Furniture Association
National Retail Hardware Association
Mail Order Association of America
Nations Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers
National Retail Dry Goods Association
National Shoe Retailers Association
National Association of Retail Grocers
National American Wholesale Grocers Association
National Retailer-owned Wholesale Grocers
National Grocery Chain Store Association
Chain Store Distributors
Kidnaping Negotiator Held For Questioning In O Connell Case
Albany dispatch reports Manney Strewl who arranged John O Connell Jr s release was taken into custody for questioning. Detectives Dolan and O Connell of the New York police arrested Strewl who collected the $40000 ransom paid for the youth s release.
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Albany
Manney Strewl
John O'Connell, Jr
O'Connell
Bernard Dolan
James O’connell
New York
Strewl
Indian Viceroy to Release Gandhi Under Restraining Order
Bombay August 1 British Indian officials led by the Earl of Willington, the Viceroy, decided to release Mahatma Gandhi after serving him with an order restricting his movements and forbidding him to engage in civil disobedience activities. If Gandhi disobeys, authorities warn of further action.
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Bombay
Earl of Willington
Laday
Mahatmea
M. K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Kidnapped Friend Seeks Aid in Oklahoma Case
Arthur Seellgson, business associate of Charles Wr Urachal, arrives in Glenhoma City from New York to contact abductors of Oklahoma man. He faces a potential two year imprisonment as authorities pursue the case. The government also announces Gandhi has been arrested to prevent civil disobedience campaigns possibly turning into mass disobedience.
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Arthur Seellgson
Charles Wr. Urachal
Glenhoma
New Yorks
Urachal
Gandhi
Morgenthau Plans Accelerated Farm Mortgage Program
Washington Aug 1 AP Henry Morgenthau Jr governor of the Farm Credit Administration outlined a county by county drive to speed refinancings. The agency is authorized to lend up to 2.2 billion dollars to farmers as mortgage holders large banks insurers and others are approached. The effort adds apraisers from 210 to 2 509 and has drawn 114000 farm applications for 400 million in loans in two months.
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Washington
Farm Credit Administration
Henry Morgenthau
Ape
Joans
State troopers rout strikers in New York
Boonville New York August 1 Forty state troopers using tear gas bombs and riot sticks charged strikers massed north of the village to block Sheffield milk trucks. The strikers had placed spiked planks across the road as the clash ended with troopers routing about 400 protestors.
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Boonville
N. Y
Sheffield
Repeal Stocks Higher On Gotham Market
A late trading surge lifted repeal stocks by two to six points as buying intensified on the New York stock exchange. Industrial Alcohol, Crown Cork, Canada Dry, American Commercial Alcohol, and National Distillers posted notable gains, with Glass makers Hazel Atlas and Owens-Illinois rising. Auto shares advanced after a positive Chrysler report, with 24,000,600 tons of limestone used annually in U S iron smelting.
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New York
Stock Exchange
U. S
Crown Cork & Seal
Canada Dry Ginger Ale
American Commercial Alcohol
National Distillers
Standard
Hazel Atlas
Owens Illinois
Libby Owens-Ford
Chrysler
Auburn
General Motors
Wheat Goes As High As Law Now Permits
Drastic reversal in grain markets sent all speculative pits to buy orders. Early hours saw prices jump to the top limits under new emergency rules, then a deadlock as buyers faced upward boundaries and many sellers disappeared. Traders expect normal conditions to return by week’s end with remaining prohibitions on extreme moves.
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John P. Broughan
Associated Press
Chicago
Federal relief chief argues with Oklahoma governor
Harry Hopkins, federal emergency relief administrator, said the relief system in Oklahoma must be reviewed and approved from top to bottom. He told reporters that changes are being considered and that everyone on the payroll must be approved. Governor Murray of Oklahoma met Hopkins in Washington to discuss relief funds for the state.
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Washington
Harry ©. Hopkins
Federal Emergency Relief
Murray
Oklahoma
Hopkins
Governor Murray Criticized Over Federal Funds Distribution
A record notes that he was dissatisfied with how Governor Murray had distributed federal funds and that Murray has been reticent about his conference with Hopkins, signaling tensions over funding decisions and communication.
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Murray
Hopkins
Beer 19 cereal malt beverage licensed in Topeka Kansas
Topeka officials approved a 3 monthly license for retail dealers and 15 monthly for wholesalers under a new ordinance allowing cereal malt beverage sales in the capital city. Kansas becomes the first state to count this drink as part of its liquor traffic framework.
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Topeka
Kansas
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