Retail Hearing Probes Coal Code Not Ready
Washington August 23 The ongoing retail hearing keeps focus on shaping a final coal code while Johnson and Roosevelt monitor developments. Seamen union delegates urge shipyard and harbor code, auto industry talks delay action, and reconstruction officials back NRA credit aims. A plan to raise 1,060,000 jobs hinges on retail hours and code decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Recovery Administration
Hugh
Marine Workers Industrial Union
A. H. Jours
Baltimore
Dolinson
Johnson
Edward FF. McGrady
Grover Whalen
New York
Treconstruction Corporation
NRA
Blue Eagle Industries
Paul Nystrom
Limited Price Variety Stores Association
Five
Ten Cent
One Cent
One Dollar Commodity Group
Nystrom
Dark Fired Tobacco Market At Leavenworth Elopement Scheme
Aug 23 Leavenworth report describes a curious case where Captain William B. Bradford and Major MacDonald arrange a series of marriages to facilitate 90 day divorces for their spouses. Mrs. Stuart MacDonald marries Bradford, his wife becomes Major MacDonald’s, and both couples relocate to Bentonville to exploit the law. Decrees issued by Judge A Lee Seamster, licenses issued, and two marriages officiated by Frank Lloyd follow. The Bradford pair return to Fort Leavenworth while the MacDonalds move to a Pennsylvania camp. their 10 year old daughter remains with Bradford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Leavenworth
MacDonald
Bradford
Bentonville
Ark
Lee
Iat Ghangery
Frank Lloyd
Pennsylvania
New York
West Point
Army i Way
Virginia Military Institute
Miners Walk Out Shuts Lee County Coal Mines
In Lee County Virginia about 24 000 miners joined a walkout over unionization amid a Southwest Virginia strike. About 4 000 miners remained at work as union support grows after NRA code delays. Virginia operators announced wage increases of 10 to 40 percent effective immediately, totaling roughly two million dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton
St. Charles
Lee County
Southwest
Virginia
St. Charles Field
Appalachia
Augustie
More Color in Chicagos Cosmetics Rules
The Cosmeticians Association announces next fall milady should wear more rouge and lipstick while showing virtually no eyebrows. The policy signals a shift toward bold facial color and minimalist eye detailing in beauty standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
Cosmeticians Association
Milady
Large Dark Fired Leaf Tobacco Sale Reported
Nashville reports Rogers Caldwell and partners completed the second largest tobacco deal, buying 40,000,000 pounds of dark fired leaf valued around 3.75 million dollars. The purchase represents lentive holdings of Eastern and Western Dark Fired Tobacco Growers associations in Tennessee and Kentucky, covering most of the 1931-32 export crop. The Dark Fired Tobacco Corporation handled the sale and assumed obligations to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for prior loans. About 30,000 growers are in the associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
FIA
Topacco
Rogers Caldwell
Tennsce
Hentu
Compa
Government plans nationwide milk price fixing
Washington awaits a tentative government plan to set average consumer milk costs, aiming for about one cent per quart increase. A central blanket agreement would guide fluid milk policies with regional codes fixing farm, wholesale, and retail prices, while appeals could adjust unusual local conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Farm Administration
Aix
Hoover declines appear in Detroit banking probe
Former President Herbert Hoover refused to travel to Detroit to testify in the investigation into the closure of First National Bank Detroit and Guardian National Bank of Commerce. He said information he could provide would be general and second hand, suggesting investigators seek records from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, the Federal Reserve, and Treasury. He noted banks met deposit needs under believed administration cooperation until governor’s decision to close Michigan banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Calif
Detroit
Michigan City
Herbert Hoover
Stanford University
Hoover
Toy
Thay Mirender
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve and Treasury Pofsienls
Washington
Guardian Trust Company
Michigan
Tennessee Relief Funds Threaten Fall Aid
Tennessee faces a potential lapse in relief efforts after September 15 as about 10 000 needy families may be left destitute without additional funds. W Q Thrill, chairman of the state relief administration, warned federal official Warry Hopkins that the $1 3 million quarterly allotment would be exhausted by mid September and that relief work could halt unless money is found. Hopkins suggested a meeting in Washington August 29 to seek a solution and emphasized local funding shares under President Roosevelt's plan. If relief stops, activities could not resume until October when the next federal allotment becomes available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tennessee
W. Q. Thrill
State Relief Administration
Warry Ty. Hopkins
Hopkins
McAlister
Thrill
C. C. Menzier
Ter
Washington
Roosevelt
Tirvi
Hopking
Sky Harbor
Frankfort
Little Rock
Ark
Weather Summary For Tennessee Virginia Readings At 6 P.M.
Partly cloudy in Tennessee with little temperature change tonight and Thursday. Virginia forecast cloudy after tonight rain, heavy over the north, partly cloudy later. warm with strong north and northwest winds over the west, northeast gales this afternoon, shifting to northwest tonight over the east. High yesterday 82, no rain on the corresponding date last year. Readings taken at 6 p.m. for the preceding 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Virginia
West
East
Sleeping Death Epidemic Gains in St Louis Area
An intensified fight against the mysterious sleeping sickness gains urgency in St. Louis and nearby areas as 3 deaths in 24 hours raise fatalities to 18 and 182 others are attacked. A Washington expert studies insect transmission while midwest communities report new cases and encephalitis diagnoses in Kansas and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Ouis
St. Louis
Washington
Wichita
Kas
Kansas City
Warrensburg
Maryville
Muskogee
Okla
St. Louis County
Laffoon Relief Plan Attacked in Kentucky
In Frankfort and Louisville, Governor Ruby Laffoon defends his relief program, denying a boycott and urging aid to the unemployed via sympathetic merchants. Federal relief chief Hopkins cautions on revenue timing for a $9 million plan. Kentucky lawmakers advance bills for a November vote on the constitutional repeal amendment with state at large delegate elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Harry L. Hopkins
Ruby Laffoon
Louisville
Harper Gatton
Hopkins
Kentucky
House
Senate
Beer legalization debates grip Virginia legislature in August session
In Richmond on August 23 AP reports the house of delegates awaits a final draft from the joint finance committee on the Virginia beer bill with action contingent on committee work. Senate calendars include a referendum on repeal of the 18th Amendment and a state prohibition election. A hearing was set for the Page bill to abolish special fees in prohibition cases and establish state liquor control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Richmond
Joint Finance Committee
House of Delegates
House Committee On Moral and Social Welfare
Senate , Privileges, and Elections Committee
Holt
House Committee On
E. RB. Combs
Extortion Plot Foiled by Ambush in Wisconsin
In Rhinelander Wisconsin Aug 33 authorities trapped two men who tried to extort 5000 from hotel owner George Goodreau. Robert Rogers 44 was killed when he and John Stole attempted to collect the money on a highway after a letter threatened death if payment was refused. One accomplice captured as posse members guarded the scene with rifles revolvers and a machine gun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhinelander
Wis
Robert ‘Rogers
Sherif
Here
John
George Goodreau
Vercer
Soudreau
John Farmen
Oneida County
Goodreau
Rinelander
Publisher Fred Wallace Found Dead In Muskingum River
The 61 year old Coshocton Tribune publisher Fred S. Wallace was found bound and weighted with a hammer a plow-point and baling wire in the Muskingum River two miles from Coshocton. Authorities hold no death theory yet while a state wide search is considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coshocton
Fred S. Wallace
Muskingum River
F. W. Craig
Russell C. Lyons
Craig
Lyons
Wallace
Coshocton Tribune
Tribune
Madison S S O S distress transfers aid in Atlantic gale
New York Aug 23 A second SOS reached Mackay Radio and the U S coast guard as the coastal steamer Madison carrying over 90 aboard appealed for help amid a storm off Cape Charles Virginia. The S S Emilia and Coast Guard cutters Carabassett and Upshur moved to assist while the Indianapolis was ordered to stand by for distress signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Norfolk
Chesapeake ‘Bay
Madison
Eastern Standard Line
Mackay Radio
United States
Virginia
Spence
Coast Guard
William Heath
Eastern Steamship Lines
Harepton Roads
Radio Marine
Tuckerton
Virginia Beach
Hog Island
Cape Charles
Chesapeake Bay
Wilmington
N. G
Cape Gharle
Thimble Shoals
Old Point Corfort
Wimdow
Washington
Navy Department
Indianapolis
Norfolk, Va
Indignant buyer accuses seller of swindle over rape purchase
In Budapest Andreas Kiss complains after a rape he bought to commit suicide failed at the crucial moment. He seeks a swindling charge against the seller who delivered the weapon. In Livingston Jenn Aug 23 Aller Sweat, 24, dies after a fall from a well rigging box while being drawn to the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
aAndreas
Deel
Livingston
Jenn
Aller Sweat
Big Father
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rogers Caldwell “Corners
Lee County, VA
Science
Laffoon
U. S
Sara Ruth Dean
Greateswood
Miss
J. Preston Kennedy
Dean
Bre
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!