Buy Now campaign eyed by NRA to inject 2 billion into U S commerce
Washington report details a plan to spend 2 billion dollars on new business through a nationwide buy now drive. Quotas would distribute purchases across cities, with volunteers to shop once underwritten, aiming to lift industry and prices. NRA weighs banking support and feasibility.
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Washington
America
National Recovery Administration
NRA
St Hes
Connorsville
Ind
Famous Flyer Crash Through Bridge Leaves 7 Dead
An early morning crash of the Golden State Limited hurled a baggage car into a torrent below. Passengers and crew described a sudden jolt and frantic cries as the car toppled. The list of injured includes S. T. Swanson of Centerville Iowa and H B Trip of El Paso Texas among many others across California, Oklahoma, New York, and beyond.
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Golden State Limited
S. T. Swanson
Centerville
H. B. Trip
el Paso
Teas
Beatrice Gority
Greensburg
Monema J. Meacher
San Bernardino
Cali
Jennie Nerming
Rock Islang
Montrane Vooni
Italy
J. P. Creel
Louisville
Milton Grey
Club Car Porter
Margaret Blackburn
Los Angeles
Mary Rose
Certilia
Tucson
Ariz
Nellie MacKenzie
Caiif
W. E. Jorday
Bookhave
B. S. Benson
Nashville
Randolph Field flyers die as two planes crash
At Randolph Field Texas three pilots and two cadets died when two pursuit planes crashed in mid air. Lieut Harrey R Grater instructor from Lebanon Indiana Cadet William Pasche of Chicago Cadet H R Sandberg of Denver and Lieut Louis K Vaupre instructor survived a bailout and reported altitude details.
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San Antonio
Tex
Randolph Field
Harrey R. Grater
Lebanon
Ind
William Pasche
Chicago
Ill
H. R. Sandberg
Denver
Colo
Louis K. Vaupre
Lieut
Vaupre
Grater
Cadet Sandberg
Lieut. Grater
Cadet Pasche
Alleged Slayer of Host Held at Iola
In Iola Kansas on August 29 1930 Sarve Ridge is jailed after being accused of killing dairyman Fr. oc Johnson at Johnsons home Ridge reportedly fired first wounding himself drawing return fire from Johnson who was killed by a shot to the head Original police reports state Ridge fired twice after Johnson returned from his milk route both men involved in a fatal exchange of gunfire
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Iola
Kan
Sarve Ridge
Johnson
Ridge
President on trail of gold hoarders in 1900s tone
President Roosevelt authorizes the Treasury to receive gold from natural U.S. deposits for sale under new rules and tightens hoarding controls. He lifts the embargo on newly mined gold to aid American miners with higher prices abroad. All gold holders must file within 15 days detailing holdings and currency reasons, with $100 exceptions.
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Hyde Park
N. H
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Mother Beats Son Over Hidden Liquor in Pigott Arkansas
Mearl Johnson, 24, was fined $200 and sent to Craighead county penal farm after pleading guilty to assault and battery for beating his 50 year old mother who refused to disclose where she hid his liquor. Squire Knight delivered the maximum fine and condemned the act as merciless. The mother, a small woman, is cared for by friends and relatives.
CUMMINGS TAKES CHARGE OF SLEEP SICKNESS PROBE
Surgeon General Hugh S. Cumming of the U S Public Health Service met with local and federal scientists in St Louis as they study the sleeping sickness outbreak causing 41 fatalities. He planned hospital tours of encephalitis cases and discussed the situation with Dr J F Bredeck and other local experts before continuing to Washington.
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ST. Louis
Hugh S. Cumming
United States Public Health Service
Union Station
Cumming
J. FP. Bredeck
Washington
United States Health Service
J. P. Leake
Charles Amstrong
Charles L. L. Williams
Missouri Gathers To Ratify 21st Amendment
Judge Re M Tipton of Missouri Supreme Court opens a convention to ratify the 21st Amendment. Mrs Clifford W Gaylord, temporary chair, stresses temperance while urging sane liquor controls and condemning open saloons. Joseph T Davis of St Louis calls for intelligent, honest temperance planning.
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RE. M. Tipton
State Supreme Court
Clifford W. Gaylord
Gaylord
Missouri
Women's Organization For National Prohibition Reform
Georgia
New York
United States
St. Paul
Joseph T. Davis
St. Louis
Davis
United Repeal Council of Missouri
England
Federal Judge Upholds Farm Act Constitu tional
Justice Daniel W. O Dohoghie of the DC Supreme Court upholds the agriculture adjustment act amid a bid to block Secretary Wallace from enforcing the Chicago Milkshed agreement. Plaintiffs Milton Beck and Economy Milk Co contest the 10 cent quart price, arguing harm to offpremise sales. they plan appeal.
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Washington
Daniel W. O'Dohoghie
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Wallace
Chicago
Neil Burkinshaw
Eugene Dodds
Milton R. Beck
Stickeney, al
Economy Milk Company
Norman Park
Ill
Hole-in-One Shocks Springfield Golf Crowd
In Springfield Missouri Aus 20 cap Marion Shorty Baker a left handed red haired fireman joined 250 players in a hole in one contest. He hit five shots and one landed 21 feet from the cup before a playful swing sent a ball 125 yards into the hole. The crowd sighed at the unusual result.
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Springfield
Aus
Marion
Shorty" Baker
Shorty
Breen
Missouri advisory liquor control committee outlined aims
The Missouri advisory committee on liquor control proposed principles to curb pre prohibition saloons and bootlegging while removing liquor regulation from politics. It aims to reduce drunkenness, protect local option rights, and ensure alcohol taxes support government without undermining sane regulations. The group plans consultations with foundations and local citizens, reporting progress to the governor and legislature.
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Davis
Missouri
Hanor Control
Rockefeller Foundation
United States
Tully
Lamson Sober as Witness Recounts Somber Lamson Story
In San Jose on Memorial Day, David A. Lamson, 31, Stanford University Press executive, testified about his wife Allene Thorpe Lamson’s death. Police Chief Zink described pinkish bathwater with a clean body and no soap, as Lamson watched a large courtroom photo of the bathroom and related his 5 to 6 am garden work and 9 am wake of his wife.
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San Jose
Cal
David A. Lamson
Stanford University Press
Allene Thorpe Lamson
Lamson
Margaret Lamson
Howard A. Zink
Palo Alto
Y. W. GA
Julia Place
Zink
Public Works Allots Flood Control Funds Across Departments
Public Works Administration assigns 36,986,956 dollars to the War Department for flood control on the lower Mississippi River and 13,800,000 dollars to the Navy for shore station and yard repairs. An additional 9,1 274,185 dollars goes to the Treasury Department, Veterans Administration, War Department, and others for construction and repair. Secretary Ickes notes the flood control allotments will finish the lower river work and enable hooking up of levees.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
War Department
Mississippi River
Navy
Treasury Department
Veterans Administration
Ickes
Public Works Administrator
Baseball Scores National League First Game Report
Chicago fails to score after first inning as Brooklyn offense explodes with 18 hits leading to a 13 to 5 win. Malone Henshaw Herrmann Nelson and Campbell credited with the Chicago errors while Feck Lopez secure the Brooklyn victory. St Louis and New York also clash with a 3 to 3 tie after late runs. More than 9,000,000 visitors have ascended the Washington Monument.
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Chicago
Brooklyn
Malone
Henshaw
Herrmann
Nelson
Campbell
Feck
Lopez
St. Louis
New York
Hallahan
Johnson
Claims Against Frisco Railroad Presented
Claims totaling more than 8 million dollars against the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway were presented in its receivership. Receivers James M. Kurn and John G. Landsdale reported that 127,148 dollars for damages materials and supplies before August 1 were allowed and paid 128,025 dollars of the claims presented. Prior to May 17 overcharges and personal injuries totaling 168,599 dollars were settled at 162,326 dollars. Banks and the Railroad Credit Corporation had 7,624,000 dollars lent and allowed but not settled due to payment authority limits. A further 99,349 dollars in overcharges and damages remained undisposed.
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ST. Louis
San Francisco
James M. Kurn
John G. Lonsdale
Railroad Credit, Corporation
Repor
Boot and Shoe Industry Seeks Faster Hearings on Code Revisions
Washington August 29 AP A revised code of competition for the boot and shoe industry, submitted last week, was ordered rewritten by National Recovery administrators to hasten public hearings. Deputy Administrator C G Williams summoned the code committee of the National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Association for a conference and demanded changes to the charter. The administration sought representation for all shoe interests and adjusted trade practices while leaving minimum wages and maximum hours unchanged pending the hearing. Labor and two rival unions prepared to present demands, including a 30 hour week and higher wages, at the open hearing along with a wage differential issue from small plant owners and manufacturers.
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Washington
National Recovery
C. G. Williams
National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Association
Recovery Administration
Williams
American Shoe Manufacturers
National Association
Boot and Shoe Workers Union
The
Brotherhood of Shoe and Allied Craftsmen
North Dakota farmers thrash deputy sheriff
Milbank South Dakota August 23 Up initiative by farmers faced deputy sheriff during a bid attempt. Farmers acted to stop the deputy from blocking their plan to bid on property. No further details available in readable text.
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North Dakota Farmers Thrash
Milbank
S. D
Foreclosure Sale Ends With Chaos and Return to Owner
A mortgage foreclosure auction of Robert Stencil’s property erupted in violence as deputies faced a crowd after tear gas canisters were fired. Sheriff W W Wilson pressed on with the sale despite the disruption, the deputy being removed and the property finally sold for $4 and returned to Stencil.
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Perty
Robert Stencil
W. W. Wilson
Stencil
Explosion follows oil station robbery in Mexico Missouri
A dynamite explosion wrecked a Standard Oil filling station in Mexico Missouri today, minutes after bandits robbed the station of more than 60 dollars. Local authorities investigated the motive and searched for suspects as a fire and debris cleanup began at the scene.
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Mexico
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