NRA shakeup ends Hugh Johnson role in New Deal
Washington dispatch reports that Hugh Johnson resigns as NRA administrator effective October 15 as President Roosevelt plans a new setup. A single policy board and regents will frame and administer recovery rules while judicial functions may shift to the Justice Department. The move signals potential shifts between liberal and conservative wings and draws praise and criticism from labor leaders and industry groups.
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Washington
Hugh &. Johnson
Hugh Johnson
NRA
Roosevelt
Dlyde Park
Hugh
Johnson
Wrshington
Ita
United States
Roevolt
Justice Department
United Textile Workers
Steel Union
Amercan Federation of Labor
Labor
Perkins
Donald R. Riehberg
Bernard M. Baruch
Gerard Swope
General Electric
Roper
Cincinnati
Commerce Department
Weather Outlook For Tennessee And Virginia Regions
Cloudy conditions with local showers later tonight or Thursday in west Tennessee and in east regions Thursday. cooler conditions later in the week. Virginia generally fair tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Yesterday's high 95 and low 60, one year ago 54. Readings taken at 6:00 p.m. daily for the past 24 hours.
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Cogler
Tennessee
West Portion
East Portion
Virginia
Ransom Money Found in Hauptmann Garage
New York dispatch reports more Lindbergh ransom money recovered today in Bruno Hauptmann s garage. A portion of the bills rolled in a board alongside an automatic revolver, with $13 750 previously found in the same area. Serial numbers confirmed the money as Lindbergh ransom funds as the grand jury proceedings continued. A phonograph also yielded two $20 notes, while Col Charles A Lindbergh testified on the negotiations years earlier.
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New York
Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Sol
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bronx County Grand Jury
Hauptann
Bronx County
Grand
Hraguntmenn
Hal
Col. Lindbergh
Samuel J. Foley
The
Bronx
Foley
Hauptmann
Charles F. Brodie
Henptmann
Grand Jury
Postpone Hearing On Power Co Sale In Tennessee
Nashville set a delay until October 6 for a hearing on objections to the Tennessee Public Service Company power holdings sale to the TVA. The postponement follows an all day session where TPS and stockholder representatives argued for deadline effects and further study, while the contract allows mutual consent to hold the sale in force after September 30. The sale includes a Knoxville area holdings disposal for 6.2 million dollars and a transmission line sale to Appalachian Power Co. for 1.3 million.
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Nashville
State Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Tennessee Public Service Company Power Holdings
TVA
Charles M. Seymour
Tps-Tva
Seymour
Charles Trabue
Sam Johnson
Maryville
Harvey H. Hannah
Commission
TPS
Knoxville
Waterville
N. G
Kingsport
Tenn
Appalachian Power Company
Virginia Corporation
Venezuelan Denials Reflect Backwash From Arms Probe
The Venezuelan legation denies charges that officials took commissions from armament salesmen tied to the senate munition inquiry. Acting on orders from President Gomez, Foreign Minister Areaya says the discount was a national treasury profit, not benefits to officials, and denies any commission or present was received by Venezuelan departments.
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Senate
Legation
Juan Vicente Gomez
Venezuela
Pedro M. Areaya
Frank A. Jones
Federal Laboratories of
Pittsburgh
B. de Santa Ana
Caracas
Dastar Arcayo
National Treasury
Federal Government of
Santa Ana
Fourteen held in strike riot at Shannon Georgia mill
Fourteen men described by Georgia National Guard authorities as radicals were taken into custody after a quiet roundup around the Southern Brighton mill in Shannon. Adjutant General Lindsey announced major disclosures soon, saying many suspects could not speak English and that the arrests were tied to the early National Textile Strike turmoil at Trion and Gay.
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Atlanta
Lindsey Cimp
Shannon
Start Tronbdl
Brighton
Shannor
Trion, Gay
Stelke
Georgia National Guard
South
National Guard
Yourtern
Ward Line loans object of probe into Morro Castle disaster
Federal inquiry into the Morro Castle disaster shifts to Ward Line financing with about 2.7 million dollars in Ward mortgage interest noted by Commerce Department Barrets. He described the beached liner, fire in the writing room and hold, and gaps in safety practices while denying any link between the writing room and hold fires.
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Ward Line Loans
Ward, Line
Homer McCoy
New York
Morro Castle
Wardline
John Walter Barrett
Department of Commerce Shipping Board Bureau
Shipping Board
Dickerson N. Hoover
Barnett
Radio Shack
Hoover
Democrats poised to clinch full Congress in 74th session
A Washington dispatch reports Democrats likely to control both houses of Congress by large margins unless a political shift before November 6 alters trends. Early primaries and rival tallies suggest Democrats will hold a majority in the Senate and could gain seats in the House, with Republicans conceding limited gains.
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Cech B. Dickson
Washington
Farm prices rise as index shows gains over 1932 and 1933
Chicago reports basic farm commodity prices under the Agricultural Adjustment Act up about 24 to 101 percent above late September 1932 levels. Wheat, corn, hogs and cotton lead the rise with corn and hogs about five percent above a year ago and other indices showing gains.
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Chicago
Mayor James L. Key seeks renomination in Atlanta primary
Atlanta voters head to the Democratic primary where 67 year old Mayor James L. Key seeks renomination against Roy Le Craw and Alderman Charley Murphy. Key campaigns on his record including school board critiques, Prohibition policy, and city finances while referenda on state repeal also appear on the ballot.
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Atlanta
James L. Key
Prohibition
France
Key
Roy le Craw
J. Charley Murphy
Body of girl found in trunk in Detroit flat
On Lillian Callegher, 11, was found strangled and placed in a trunk in apartment 41 at 68 Warren Avenue West. A towel gagged her mouth. police could not confirm cause of death pending medical exam. Neighbors recalled a couple living there, a man calling himself M W Goodrich, a trap drummer, and a female occupant. a city wide search followed.
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Detroit
Lillian Callegher
Warren Avenue West
Lillian
M. W. Goodrich
Clyde Burgess
James I. McCarty
Burgess
NRA Reorganization To Begin Soon As Roosevelt Returns
President Roosevelt said he would start NRA reorganization soon after returning to the White House. He indicated changes would be evolutionary and made on trial basis. He declined to answer all questions from various groups, noting time limits and recalling a lawyer’s loaded question about beating.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
NRA
Hugh &. Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Mussolini Moves to Push Women From Italian Industry
Rome Sept 26 Premier Mussolini began a campaign to escort women from the mill back to the kitchen. Government orders sharply reduce the number of women admitted to state and semi state jobs. The Fascist textile federation ordered men form at least 30 percent in weaving as women, up to 90 percent, may be displaced. The export institute also ordered all women clerks out, hiring young men as clerks and stenographers.
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Rome
Mussolini
Gradii
Fascist Textile Federation
Bruno Blagi
Corporations
Export Institute
Paroled Sing Sing convict held in disappearance case
Police arrest William Strithurst a 30 year old parolee from Sing Sing in Kingsport near a Clinchfield siding. He is identified as a convicted kidnapper and held as a person of interest in the six year old Dorothy Distelhurst case. Local officers Bill Fletcher and W N Sho walter led the arrest.
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William Strithurst
Sing Sing
Little
Dorothy Distelhurst
Nashville
Kingsport
Strithurst
Brooklyn
Clinchfield
Bill Fletcher
W. N. Showalter
Dorothy Ann Distelhurst
A. H. Distelhurst
Tenn
Kidnap suspect Strithurst held as search widens
Strithurst, paroled from Sing Sing in February, is under police guard in Kingsport after alleged involvement in a child’s disappearance near the Nashville Distelhurst case. Justice agents and local officers pursue links, while Strithurst claims ignorance of the abduction and cites a past own son’s kidnapping as motive.
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Joe
Nashville
Nooga
Piense
Knoxville
Johnson City
Kingsport
Strithurst
Distelhurst
Nuk
New York
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Convicts Escape Prison Camp Near Savannah
Ten or more convicts broke from a county work crew in Chatham County near Cherokee Hills. A report to the Savannah Evening Press said one inmate was shot and killed during the escape.
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Savannah
Chatham
Savannah Evening Press
Cherokee Hills
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