Roosevelt Creates Central Statistical Board for Recovery
Roosevelt issued an executive order creating a unified federal statistical agency named the Central Statistical Board. It will guide national recovery and future economic planning with broader data gathering on employment wages and consumption, drawing appointments from key federal departments and agencies.
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Mordecai Ezekial
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F. G. Tryon
Commerce
Willam L. I. Austin
Isidor Lubin
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Winfield Riefler
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Beer Strength Rises Monthly, Brewers Report
New York August 3 The American brewers organ reports rising alcohol percentages across the months from April to July based on samples of about 50 brews a month. April 2.83 percent May 2.89 June 2.95 July 3.00 percent. May include August data if available.
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New York
Organ of Beer-Makers
Kiwanis meeting misadventure and local oddities in Monroe
An assortment of local vignettes from Sterlington to Monroe highlights include Kiwanis members Bernard Biedenharn and W. R. Holloway losing their way to a rural day meeting, a quarrel over Roosevelt recovery hours, and plans to seek Judge Schulze as arbiter. A tale of jealous dogs, a newlywed shopper seeking a chicken, and the first NRA blue eagle flag over Monroe Furniture conclude the column.
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J. H. Pankey
Morris Avenue
Harry Taylor
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Monroe
Monroe Furniture Company
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Hyde Park
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Nancy Cook
National Recovery Administration
U S Hinders Gouging Prices in NRA Program
Washington Aug 3 The government will publish weekly lists of fair prices for essentials to prevent profiteering as part of the recovery program. Frederic C Howe announced that the Agricultural Adjustment Administration will compile figures with the agriculture department and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bulletins will show fair prices and how much of the higher prices return to farmers and workers.
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Frederic C. Howe
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
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Agriculture Department
Economic Bureau
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Kidnapers Free Man On Credit In New York
Nathan Baskowitz, a sports promoter, is freed by kidnapers after a staged credit deal. Police noted he had "no 35 cents" while his brother Artie Bass faced a $35,000 demand linked to Humbert Fugazy. Baskowitz was released in a taxicab at Fugazy Bowl in Coney Island after a blindfolded confinement.
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Nathan Baskowitz
Baskowitz
Artie Bass
Humbert Fugazy
Artie
John J. Sullivan
Coney Island
Way cleared for large group to aid recovery
Washington Aug 3 The way was cleared for big employers under contract to join the NRA program without changing wage and hour terms. Richberg issued an interpretation that contracts with definite hours per week may be kept while meeting the broader wage increases. Navy shipyards will run a 32 hour week under the code while civilian Navy yard workers move to a five day 40 hour schedule. Further changes may follow as talks resume in western Pennsylvania coal strike territory.
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NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Recovery Administration
Pennsylvania
Donald Richberg
Roosevelt
Johnson
Pinchot
Navy
S B Tuey Drinks Poison in Desperate Act Near Ouachita
S B Tuey of Sterlington road near Ouachita junior college drank half a glass of rye and water Thursday morning at about 8 o two. He lay in a serious condition at St Francis sanitarium with physicians saying recovery unlikely though death not certain. He hoped the act would be successful as he endured great pain and could still walk about.
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Ouachita Junior College
St. Francis Sanitarium
Great Fair Free Of Expense Contest At The News Star
A big contest offers six top vote receivers 10 day all expenses paid trips to the Century of Progress expo in Chicago. Entrants are urged to enter now by visiting The News Star World office or mailing entry blanks to the newspaper. Campaign manager emphasizes prompt action.
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Canker Worms Bite Deep at L. S. A in Louisiana Tax Debate
This article reviews concerns over university funding and political influence at Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College. It notes alumni protests seeking scrutiny of building costs and governance, the push for legislative investigation, and alleged deficits and favoritism tied to tuition and staff decisions amid university expansion.
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Cary
What Medical Center Cost the Taxpayers
The article states the erection of the medical unit, the woman's dormitory and dramatic arts building cost jointly 2,322,921.16 exhausting the university building fund of 2,151,000 and leaving a deficit of 171,921,168. Senator Long then built the Huey P. Long field house and swimming pool for 450,000 and other buildings, raising the deficit to 800,000. This shortage was reportedly covered by a 4,950,000 bond issue to repay fiscal loans and manage a 1,000,000 university debt.
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Senator Long
Huey P. Long
University management sparks student demand for early return
A fragment notes that management events linked to the university have not improved student regard, prompting broad calls from older students for an earlier return.
Controversy at Louisiana State University Deepens
The campus feud centers on James Monroe Smith and alleged political meddling. Students mock the Smith era as the Smithsonian Institute while protests target faculty interference and costly new buildings. The Kennedy incident fuels resentment among older graduates as debates over instructors and political influence continue.
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Murphy J. Sylvest
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Sylvest
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R. L. Tullis
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American Bar
Law School
Kennedy
Young Kennedy
Denver flood from Castlewood dam breaks bridges and streets
Torrential rains release millions of gallons after Castlewood dam breaches. Cherry Creek rises three feet above walls, flooding business streets and six inches inside Denver Union Station. About 5,000 people evacuated. bridges along Logan Curtis and Colorado Boulevard collapse or are damaged. fire and police services disrupted as residents flee to higher ground.
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Relief Promises Heat Sufferers in Mets Area
A heat wave across New York New Jersey and nearby regions claimed 29 lives Wednesday raising the five day toll to 56 in the metropolitan area. Philadelphia reported eight deaths and total fatalities rose to 21 with hundreds prostrations as temperatures near ninety five Fahrenheit and humidity battered residents and animals.
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Bayou Bridge Approved By Department of War
Washington August 3 The acting secretary of war approved plans of the Louisiana highway commission for a bridge across Bayou Bienvenue five miles east of New Orleans.
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Washington
Louisiana Highway Commission
Bayou Bienvenue
New Orleans
Eight Months Fight Over Ballot Recount Discrepancies
New Orleans August reports show a recount committee finding wide variances in six of the boxes used for constitutional amendment votes. District Attorney Eugene Stanley will study the results before filing charges, with 15 election officials already charged for false returns amid a prolonged conflict involving the Huey P. Long influence and public confidence in courts.
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Citizens’ Committee
Eugene Stanley
Citizen's Committee
Honest Election League
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Jsueddge O'Donnell
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Woman Flier Aims West East Record Flight
Aus Nichols from Rye New York plans a record flight across the continent beginning in Los Angeles. She intends to set a new endurance mark with planned stops including Saint Louis and other cities if needed.
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