Four Die in Poison Plot Suspect Confesses
In Malvern Arkansas a car crash ended a poisoning plot that killed four Ohio residents, including Alvin and Ethel Colley and two sons. Mark H. Shank, Akron attorney, confessed to the murder and implicated forged paper schemes tied to an Ohio case and theft of evidence from Prosecutor Lyman Critchfield.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Mark
Shank
Akron
Ohio
Ethel Colley
Alvin
Colley
Malverne
Malvern
Wayne County
Lyman R. Critchfield
Glavence Braucher
Barberton
Shark
Braucher
Colleys
Millar Halbert
Malvern Fn
Melvern
Coll
Merigal
Woos
Halvert
Hot & Es
Herbert Akers
Akers
Ohio Prosecutor’s Office
Mark HK. Shank
Poixan
Alvan Colley
Mutiny at Petros Prison Calmed by State Official
In Petros Tennessee the 182 convicts who mutinied at Brushy Mountain mine over a new deputy warden's discipline returned to work. Dr. E. B. Corke the state commissioner of institutions arrived from Nashville and persuaded most insurgents to leave the mine and present their complaints, with seven or more stragglers remaining.
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Petros
Tenn
Brushy Mountain
BE. W. Corke
Dr. Cocke
Nashville
Roosevelt signals Inflation Power unchanged by White House
Washington reports from the White House indicate no change in President Roosevelt’s inflation policy and currency actions. Future steps depend on conditions, with the aim to steady prices and wages near the 1910–14 level, using inflationary powers as needed under the farm relief and mortgage refinancing act.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Police trap fails as Kidnap gang eludes net
In Chicago a multi jurisdictional dragnet including city county and federal officers and 300 possemen failed to halt a kidnap gang seeking a $50,000 ransom from John Factor. Two gang members fled in a car, six were arrested later, with others detained after clues linked Richard Philips Vernon Miller Tommy Touhy and George Welly to the case. Continued on page xix.
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John Factor
Factor
Nursulis
Richard
Yuma) Philips
Vernon Miller
Marvey Bailey
Texas
Tommy Touhy
Rovert Touny
William Hamm, Jr
St. Paul Brewer
George Welly
Ursehel
PLAN SWIFT TRIAL FOR 11 KIDNAPPING SUSPECTS
Dallas August 10 AP The federal government moved swiftly to bring to trial a fleet of 11 persons charged with the kidnapping for ransom of Charles P Urschel Oklahoma oil millionaire. Harvey Bailey named as a machine gunner in the Kansas City Union Station slaying faces arraignment before a US commissioner.
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Dallas
Tex
Charles P. Urschel
Oklahoma Oil Amilionaire
Harvey Bailey
Department of Justice
Frank Nash
Kansas City Union Station
United States
American Banking Structure Reopens After Settlement
Washington reports the U S Treasury records show 13 951 licensed banks operating with 8 876 closed or restricted as of late July and August 1932. National, state member, and non member banks totals include deposits ranging from 16 038 145 000 to 4 057 596 000 with 909 banks still closed under reorganization plans.
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Washington
Walter J. Cummings
the Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Cummings
Woodin
Tim
Cummings Re
Federal Reserve Board
Mutual Savings
Treasury
United States
The
Gandhi Begins Fast Until Death in Indian Jail
Mahatma Gandhi, detained since August 1 in Ver Coda jail, started a noon fast until death to press for full rights as a political prisoner. He seeks restoration of previous privileges and to continue his campaign against untouchability after a prior three week fast and interruptions in supplies.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Vercoda
Gold hoarders face government prosecutions in Washington
In Washington on August 16 AP reports the justice department nears action against gold hoarders as warrants may be issued by Attorney General Cummings after his vacation. Officials say prosecutions for defying the 1933 gold restraint could start in two to three weeks with about 280 people still holding 845,025 ounces of gold and 27.48 million dollars not turned in.
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Justice Department
Washington
Cummings
Treasury
Department of Just
Roosevelt
Justice
Hoardere
Jersons
Athe
NRA Rescue Halts Iowa Meeting Elevator Fuse Blown
The Iowa board for the recovery program halted its meeting as a fuse blew in a grate house elevator trapping the cat between floors. An electrician rescued the animal and resumed proceedings.
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Des Moines
NRA
Iowa
Iowa Board For the
Driver Drops Dead Before Des Moines Crash
A Des Moines driver, Arthur R. Flinn, sped along a busy street yesterday and crashed into a post. He apparently died from a heart attack before the collision.
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Des Moines
Arthur R. Flinn
Groan and Grunt Wrestlers Win Suit Ruling
In Milwaukee a janitor sued for $2 a night for chair setup at wrestling events. Judge T. Z. Pruss ruled setting up chairs not as hard as wrestling and dismissed the claim. Wrestlers earned 74 cents to $1.50 for bouts according to Prank Marcus.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Marcus
T. Z. Pruss
Machado Regime Peril as New Cuban Government Probes Assets
Havana reports that the deposed President Gerardo Machado and his followers face scrutiny of bank accounts and property for possible requisition. Provisional leader Carlos Manuel De Cesped's administration targets suspected Machadistas amid charges of misappropriation fraud and legal exactions.
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Havana
Gerardo Machado
Treasury
Joaquin Martinez Saenz
ABC Secret Society
Carlos Manuel de Cesped
Machado
Diare de la Marina
Isobel Crleger
Germany
Bahamas
Nassau
de Cespades
Frauds Revealed in North Carolina Election
New Orleans dated report says District Attorney Eugene Swansey will pursue fraud investigations into ballots on state constitutional amendments amid complaints from citizens opposing Senator Huey P. Long's regime. Continued on page five.
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New Orleans
Ha P. Long
Eugene Swansey
Blue Eagle totals rise in New York metro area and other districts
New York metropolitan district nears 200 000 blue eagle employers as 8 000 agreements push total to 183 262. Across states and districts totals include Illinois Iowa Wisconsin 131 566 and Pennsylvania 112 483 with thousands more workers affected nationwide in NRA program.
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New York
Blue Eagle
Connecticut
New Jersey
NRA
Illinois-Iowa-Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
New England
Arkansas
Delawa
Georgia
Indiana
Maryland
Michigan
North Ca
Ohio
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
District of Columbia
California
Nevada
Utah
Alaska
Hawai
Oregon
Idaho
Arizona
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Weather Outlook for Tennessee and Virginia
Partly cloudy and warmer in central Tennessee tonight. Showers possible in Tennessee and Virginia Thursday with rising temperatures. In Virginia expect showers tonight and Thursday with improving conditions in the extreme southwest. Readings include yesterday’s high and low temperatures and a note on same date a year ago.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Widow of Costello Cleared in Husband Murder Trial
Jessie Burnett Costello, widow of fire captain William J. Costello, was acquitted in Salem Superior Court of first degree murder after a short deliberation. She returned home to Peabody with her three children as defense counsel planned further talks with media and entertainment deals while the family considers moving.
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Salem
Mass
Jessie Burnett Costello
Peabody
William J. Costella
Salem Superior Court
Essex County
William I. O’brien
Anna Marie
Jessie
Bobby
Francis E. Rafter
Andrew J. Fyfe
Weathers First Court Test Changes in Recovery Act
Justice Joseph Cox of the District of Columbia Supreme Court upheld the national recovery act amid an injunction bid by F W Fischer and oil refiners to block interstate oil shipments. Cox cited emergency powers and necessity in allowing Secretary Ickes to proceed, denying the injunction request.
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District of Columbia
Washington
National Recovery Act
Joseph Cox
District of Columbia Supreme Courts
F. W. Fischer
Tyler
Texas
Ickes
Cox
Congress
Tekes
Refuses to Quit as Kansas State Treasurer
Tom D. B. Boyd defies Gov. Alf Langdon by refusing to resign amid the million dollar forged bond scandal. Boyd, arraigned on embezzlement charges, said he is guilty of no wrongdoing and urged the governor to resign. Langdon leaves the matter to legislature and courts as the probe widens.
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Topeka
Kas
Aus
Kansas
Tom DB. Boyd
Alf M. Langdon
Boyd
Ronald Finney
Difficulties in Enfolding All Business Under NRA Speed
Difficulties in formulating codes for steel oil coal and autos slow the NRA push to fold major industries into the recovery program. Johnson urges quick agreement on minimum wages and hours with approval from Roosevelt as Ford and others await talks.
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Washington, Aux
Indust
NRA
Johnson
Roosevelt
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N. R. A. Weathers
Hugh $. Johnson
Larbor
American Newspaper Publishers ‘Association
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National Automobile, Chamber At Commerce
Robert Wyles
Henry Ford
William Green
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