Mrs Roosevelt Guests at White Top Folk Festival
Mrs Roosevelt attended the White Top Mountain Folk Festival in Virginia as about fifteen thousand people gathered for the closing program. The president's wife met longtime mountain residents, heard dances and songs from local performers, and recalled the era when her husband’s father visited the region. The day included trains, local hospitality, and reminiscences of Civil War and early 1800s life as Mrs Roosevelt toured Abingdon and nearby areas.
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Bess Furman
Associated Press
White Top Mountain Va
Ryan T2ej
Tate Eliott Bangeeelt
Little Nell
Rss
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Virginia Mountain
Raw
John Smith
Trigg
Howl
Alin Smith
John Campbell
Abingdon
Sovith
White Tom
Franklin D. Thousevelt
Ivy
Roosevelt
Evading NRA Code Becomes Major Textile Issue
Atlanta August 12 AP reports that numerous southern textile mills are evading the NRA code minimum wage provisions. George L Googe a southern representative of the American Federation of Labor will carry about 500 complaints to the National labor mediation board in Washington for the organization meeting next week. He estimates about 100 plants are involved with wage averaging deductions and stretchout machine overload as key violations. He plans a conciliatory presentation to prompt investigation and guidance to mill owners.
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Atlanta
Southeen
Lu New Textile Labor Mediation Board
George L. Googe
South Ven
American Tedoration of Labor
Lally
Washington
TW Southern Textile
Bowre
Private Effort Aims to Forge Coal Industry Code
Washington officials launched a private effort to unite factions in the coal industry on a single code of fair competition after public clashes. NRA officials said about 30 proposed codes have been submitted, with a conference set for August 22 as hearings end and groups prepare for emergency Washington calls.
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NRA
Washington
Bithmingus
National Induatrial Recovery
Kenneth M4. Simpson
Wne
T Y Recovery Administration
Herve
Italy Opens Its Arms To Men Of Gallant Armada
Air minister Italo Balbo led a 25 plane transatlantic seaplane squadron home from a 41 300 mile voyage starting in Lisbon and ending in Rome. Mussolini greeted Balbo as crowds cheered, and Balbo and his crew prepared to ride through the Arch of Constantine.
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Italy
Rome
Ave
Italo Balbo
Lisbon
Portugal
Mussolini
Icadex
Gereral Balbo
Ostis
Laniling
Croups
Tyam Milan
Balbo
Wiymen J
Constanting
Oftia
Marie .Jose
Guglielmo Marconi
Duke of
Aosta
Aranullah
Afghanistan
United States
Breckenridge Long
Avialon Witur
Amsterdam
Azores
Teeland
Labrador
Four Touhy gang members to face federal indictments
Four members of Chicago’s Touhy gang face federal indictments under Lindbergh law for conspiracy to kidnap and transport a person for ransom. Roger Touhy and three henchmen, held in Milwaukee, are charged in the abduction of William Hamm Jr., St Paul brewer and Theo Hamm’s father. Indictments reference the $100,000 Hamm kidnapping and note Hamm’s detention near Janesville Beloit, Wisconsin.
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Touhy
Paul
Minn
United States
Roger Touhy
Robert Morgan
Harry Cobb
Eddie
McFadden
Charles J. McFadden
Edward Berns
Charles Farland
Willie Sharkey
William O'Boyle
William Boyle
Gustave Sshachel
Gus Schafer
Peter Stevens
Gus R. Schazer
Hamm
Janesville
Beloit
Wis
Racket crackdown eyed as Copeland pledges action
Senator Copeland, chairman of the Senate sub-committee on rackets, said federal legislation and possibly a constitutional amendment are needed to crush racketeering. He predicted a Scotland Yard style police force and steps toward extensive hearings in New York Chicago and Detroit to press the inquiry.
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New York
Royal
Caneland
Copeland
United States Senate
Chicago
Detroit
Scotland Yard
Weather Outlook for Tennessee and Virginia Regions
Partly cloudy conditions with possible Sunday showers in extreme east Tennessee and Virginia. Monday may bring local showers and cooler nights. High on Friday around 85, low Friday near 6. No rain yesterday. rainfall one year ago 0.02 inches. Readings recorded at 6 p.m. daily for the prior 24 hours.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Rai Vittay
Approval of engineers list unlocks public works funds
President Roosevelt approved a lone list of state engineers allowing the Public Works Administration to act quickly on funding applications for federal and non federal public works nationwide. Few vacancies remain in the emergency organization set to spend 4.2 billion dollars as engineers assist state boards in appraising requests before Washington considers them with the Public Works Board led by Secretary Ickes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Public Works Administration
Althoit
Special Public Works Board
Ickes
Interior Department
Sovern
Multitude Embraced by NRA Blue Eagle Across Industries
James P. Selvage reports that many workers joined the NRA blue eagle program as temporary wage and hour agreements expanded into utilities canning construction and other sectors. About 2,000,900 workers were affected while major industries like steel oil lumber autos and others remain mostly untouched pending permanent codes and key disputes over price regulation and production controls.
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James P. Selvage
Associated Press
Washington
NRA
Rcation
Hugh
Johnson
Song
Indus
Netroleum
Indu
Robert P. Jlatront
Iron ‘and Steel Institute
Cuba's Machado ousted as revolt topples regime
President Gerardo Machado collapsed amid a Cuban army revolt as mobs looted presidential offices. Five killed earlier, total dead rises to at least five with sixteen more bodies found and over 200 wounded. Machado abdicated after seeking leave of absence. cabinet resignations follow. Alberto Herrera remains to appoint Sener Cesnedes as secretary.
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John
Congress
United States
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Island
Sener Cesnedes
Two Murderers Slain by Sheriff in Kansas City
Kansas City reports a sheriff fatally fought a gang trio during a confrontation after tracking two murderers. Ferris J. Anthony, an indicted liquor syndicate associate from Chicago, died in the gunfire, along with Sam Scola and Gus Fasone, alleged nightclub henchmen. A ballistics test linked the bullets to a de caliber weapon.
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Kansas City
Underworld
Thomas FB. Bas
Ferris J. Anthon
Chicago
Ambon
Sam Scola
Gus Fasone
John Lazia
Northside
Anthon
Charles Garretts
Bush
U S to make huge volume of medicinal liquor
Washington August 12 Seven million gallons of medicinal liquor may be produced next year, three and a half times the allotment of 1933, due to rising consumption after changes in prescription laws. Officials warned that repeal or higher demand could raise totals further, with current aged stock and aging requirements shaping supply and pricing.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Congress
Iburéau
Orestes Ferrara Escapes to Miami From Cuba
Orestes Ferrara former secretary of state of the Machado government arrives in Miami from Havana after fleeing Cuba amid revolutionary upheaval. He faces jeers from Cuban exiles and a crowd as police separate him from a taunting duel challenge. Ferrara recounts danger in securing and delivering papers for the change in Cuba.
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Miami
Fla
Orestes Ferrara
Machado
Tlavana
New York
Ficers
Welles
Ferrara
Cuba
Perrara
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