New Order Planned for Cuba Aims at Sugar and Debt Reform
Washington outlines a Cuba program to end political warfare, featuring a sugar quota up to 1 750 000 tons, debt restructuring on a lower base, land development and reciprocal tariff plans. It calls for decentralizing landholding and coordinating with Mexico for regional sugar stabilization. Roosevelt awaits Cuban crisis developments as Cintas relays the proposal to Machado.
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N. Y
State Department
Cuba
Roosevelt
Friends of
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White House
Cintas
Machado
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Mexico
President Roosevelt Ready to Return to Washington
Hyde Park dispatch reports President Roosevelt packing for Friday departure to Washington. He plans to act to end Cuban turmoil by any necessary means in close touch with Washington and Havana. He aims for political peace on the island and an early showdown appears likely.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Washington
Havana
Island Republic
Federal agents seek fourth man in Urschel case
Federal agents expanded their probe into the Urschel kidnapping as a fourth man in the case remained sought. A grand jury was ordered to hear Hamm case witnesses in St. Paul while investigators pursued a Minneapolis cigar store owner linked to the ransom.
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Hamm
ST. Paul
Department of Justice
United States
William Hamm, Jr
St. Paul Brewer
Toughy Gang
Chicago
Charles Archer
Oklahoma
Minneapolis
Werner Hanni
Bureau of Investigation
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Derricks Collapse Hurts Riverton Driller J. B. Littlepage
J. B. Littlepage, 37, of Riverton, remained critical at St. Francis sanitarium after a derrick scaffold collapsed while drilling a wildcat well. He suffered compound fractures in both legs, a skull fracture, and possible brain injury. he was brought to Monroe by ambulance with coworkers.
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J. S. Littlepage
Riverton
St. Francis Sanitarium
Littlepage
Monroe
Hartley
Missouri
Stubborn Blaze Quelled in New Orleans Skyscraper District
A 47090 fire in the Baronne Street area was brought under control after a three hour battle by nearly the entire New Orleans fire department. Two firefighters were hurt by falling timbers. A prior large blaze near the riverfront caused about 40000 in damage. The Jesuits’ church rectory occupants were evacuated, and the Louisiana State Boxing Commission office sustained a 500 loss.
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New Orleans
Medical
Baronne Street
Canal
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Roosevelt Hotel
Boston Club
F. G. Carbajal
Louisiana State Boxing Commission
State Tax Load Explained in Louisiana Newspapers
Readers of The News-Star and Morning World are urged to follow a series on state tax matters published on Tuesdays Thursdays and Sundays. The author, an expert in state fiscal affairs, explains how the state collects and spends revenues from a wide range of taxes and licenses, helping Louisianans understand taxation that affects everyone.
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Louisiana
News-Star
Morning World
Union row over wage differentials at NRA hearings
Washington reports show heated debate over open shop provisions in bituminous coal codes as non unionists resist. Johnson warns that open shop may be dropped and NRA arbitration presses toward a showdown on unionism while labor boards tackle strikes and wage relief under the blue eagle program.
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NRA
Johnson
U.P
National Rec Very
National Labor Board
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
Pennsylvania
Reading
Potsville
Baltimore
Blue Eagle
Thomases
School of Economic Thought
America
Brown Paper Mill Adds About 100 Workers Under Recovery Code
The Brown Paper mill reports roughly 100 additional hires to meet the national recovery code. The plant now operates two to three shifts around the clock with most workers on an eight hour day five day week, and all entrants receive medical examination.
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Brown Paper Mill
Johnson Warns Against Misuse of Blue Eagle
NRA administrator Hugh S. Johnson warns that removing the blue eagle from a window in a clear violation will mean economic death for the offender. He says local committees will handle cases while intrastate utilities may still be touched by the emblem and the recovery effort.
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Johnson
Blue Eagle
Washington
National Recovery Administration
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Baltimore
Recovery Administration
Recovery Ac
Yankee boy sets inverted flight record in coast to coast trek
Milo G. Bureham, 30, of Long Beach, Calif., flew head downward for an hour 46 minutes 59 seconds from San Diego to Los Angeles to beat Lieut Tito Falconi of the Italian Royal Air Force. Falconi planned a shot at regaining the mark Friday with four hours fuel. Burcham trained using a kitchen chair to suspend from a beam and gradually lengthened the intervals. The feat carried risks and required handling a leaky engine and eye strain.
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Los Angeles
Tito Falconi
Long Beach
Calif
Burcham
Tennessee Repeal Vote Formally Cast At Delegates Meeting
Tennessee delegates elected July 20 convened in Nashville and cast the repeal vote in favor of erasing prohibition. The state reported a majority of about 6,800 for repeal of the eighteenth amendment as the convention concluded.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Cuba sugar quota criticized by Chadbourne in Roosevelt era row
Thomas L. Chadbourne of New York condemned the proposed sugar marketing agreement as unworkable and biasing Latin American relations. He argued the Cuba quota was too low, harming Cuba and U S ties, while accusing domestic interests of seeking higher tariffs without benefiting American farmers.
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Cuba
Thomas L. Chadbourne
New York
Roosevelt
Latin America
Chadbourne
Tariff Commission and Ways and Means Committee
House
Senate Finance Committee
Six Dry Agents Dropped At New Orleans Office
The New Orleans prohibition office downsized with six agents dismissed and five agents remaining under the justice department merger. Dismissed were L. D. Brooks W. E. Bees E. J. Alderman J. F. Cooper T. R. Burris and R. M. Robinson.
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Prohibition
Washington
Prohibition Bureau
Department of Justice
Dty
Lake Holland
Louisiana
L. D. Brooks
W. E. Bees
E. J. Alderman
J. F. Cooper
T. R. Burris
R. M. Robinson
Justice Department
Lester Braun
James Haddix
Henry Heiss
Carroll Prather
G. L. Shaw
Claudia Larre
Thelma McGinn
Nightmares in Havana Sketch Life Under Cuban Crisis
Miss Gillie Howell, once Spartanburg, describes Havana in a terror filled letter dated August 7. She notes a week long general strike paralyzing the city with no food stores or transit, fights on streets, cars overturned, no gasoline or mail delivery as Cuba faces worsening conditions.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Cuba
Havana
Gillie Howell
Mattie Hoyce Howell
Forgeries Multiply in Kansas Bond Case Openings Revealed
Kansas investigators traced additional forgeries raising the total to 799000. State auditor Will J. French reported a missing transcript from his files and another loaned transcript tied to Ronald Finney, a bond broker, amid security concerns at the state treasurer vault. National Guardsmen guard the vault as three banks and a building loan firm close.
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Topeka
Kar
Kansas
Will J. French
Alf M. Landon
Ronald Finney
French
Finney
Leland Caldwell
Building and Loan Association
National Guardsmen
State Treasurer's Office
Reversal of Cuba Crisis as Liberal Plan Proposes Surrender to Herrera
Cuban Liberal executive committee reverses stance on Sumner Welles mediation and submits a counter proposal to President Machado's government. Plan calls for Machado to resign in favor of General Alberto Herrera amid a brewing nationwide strike and rising revolutionary sentiment. Violence reported as a bomb attack injures several police officers and unrest spreads to provinces like Santa Clara and Holguin.
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Havana
Gerardo Machado
Liberal Party
United States
Sumner Welles
Alberto Herrera
Ambassador Welles
Cuba
Ramon de Leon
Manuel de Cespedes
Guently
Machado
Diego
Holguin
Trinidad
Santa Clara
Ciego
Diplomatic Corps
Panama
Antonio Burgos
Cuba Liberal Party Seeks Friday Modification
The Liberal party in Havana on August 11 condemned American Ambassador Sumner Welles mediation as intermeddling and urged a modification in a motion expected Friday. The party executive committee said Welles's peace efforts and suggestion that Machado resign harmed Cuban sovereignty.
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Havana
Machado
Liberal Party
Sumenez Welles
Cuba
Rogers Has His Say on Cuba Policy
In Santa Monica California August, Rogers comments on President Roosevelt handling of Cuba. He argues that calls to action require backing, noting the longstanding guardian role over Cuba and the Philippines. He warns that removing sugar ties could worsen feelings and misjudgments.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Mr. Roosevelt
Cuba
Philippines
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