Four Big NRA Jobs Face Center of Action Wednesday
The NRA faces finishing fair coal and auto agreements, solving retailers' competition, untangling labor recovery, and drafting code for dress trade while seeking new credit. Officials insist on steady blue eagle drive and orderly wage and hour alignment to protect small merchants and outlying areas.
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Bhington
NRA
York
Grover Whalen
S. Johnson
Deral Reserve
Reconion Corporation
Higherhead
NRA Comm
Blue Eagle Drive
Blue Eagle
Win
Bomas S. Hammond
Prio
Volunhe
Washington
Ding Nra
Arthur D. Reside
Staggered Hours Urged to Ease Retail Labor Strain
Ashington, Aug 23. Paul Nystrom spokesman for the Limited Price Variety Stores urged a staggered 40 to 44 hour week to reduce unemployment and maintain service as hearings on a proposed retail code questioned small, family operated stores and competitive conditions.
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Ashington
Ibefore Recovery Administration
Paul Nystrom
Vie Limited
Ihak
Nystrom
Jhe
Arkansas House OKs amended Senate beer bill 66 26
The Arkansas House passed the amended Senate beer bill 66 to 26 and sent it to the Senate for concurrence. An emergency clause to take effect immediately upon the governor’s signature was approved by a larger majority, with Speaker Toney noting Lt. Gov. Lee Cazort expected Senate concurrence and a Thursday signature by Gov. Futrell.
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Senate
House
Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas House
Toney
Lee Cazort
Futrell
Beauty Contest Plans Spark Fire Chief Query in Monroe
J C McEachern of the Southwestern Association of Fire Chiefs asks if the upcoming contest in Monroe is for firemen or their girls. Fire Chief F J Roddy replies the event is for the girls, with firemen later given a chance.
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J. C. McEachern
Southwestern Association of Fire Chiefs
Monroe
Frank J. Roddy
F. J. Roddy
Roddy
Fire Department
Haynesville
Young Baylor student charged in fatal slaying of fiancee
Ervin Conway 23, Baylor graduate student, jailed in Robertson county charged with a serious case in the June 16 slaying of his fiancée Elizabeth Ledelle Hammond 20 near Bryan. Arrested at his Bryan home by Texas Rangers led by Capt. E. H. Hammond.
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Franklin
Tex
U.P
Ervin Conway
Baylor University
Elizabeth Ledelle Hammond
Bryan
Texas Rangers
E. H. Hammond
Houston
Conway
Hearne
Robertson County
Miss Hammond
Rosse
John R. Grace
Grace
Hammond
Marlin
Bryan Hospital
Robertson
Brazos County
Baylor
Romance at End for Oil Heiress Janet Snowden
New York Aug 23 The oil heiress Janet Snowden 19 tearfully asked the law to annul her six day marriage to Italian prince Caravita saying it was a mistake She left the prince and her maid for bachelor quarters after admitting the license entries were inaccurate asserting her age as 25 not 19
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New York
Janet Snowden
Prince di Siriggnano da Francesco Caravita
Janet
Marion Snowden
Girolamo Rospigliosi
Caravita
Lindberghs Complete Flight From Iceland
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife landed at Tverna Faroe Islands on Wednesday evening, completing a flight from Iceland.
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Copenhagen
Charles A. Lindbergh
Tverna
Faroe Islands
Iceland
Young Man Jailed After Terrorizing Arkansas Court
Rupert Barry aged 25 drew pistols in a Marshall Arkansas courtroom during jury selection for D A Treece’s murder case. After terrorizing the crowd for several minutes he was disarmed in the courtyard and jailed, amid feud-linked tensions.
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Ark
Armored guards guard Alabama jail over mob threats
In Huntsville, Alabama, armed patrols and tear gas protected the Madison County jail as mobs pledged to free Thomas Brown 23 accused of assaulting a white woman. Deputies and the national guard stood ready after two attempted breakouts, while judges ordered grand juries to probe related racially charged killings.
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Huntsville
Ala
Madison County
Sheriff's Department
Ben Giles
National Guard
Thomas Brown
Decatur
Morgan County
James E. Horton
James Royal
Brown
Tuscaloosa County
Beer Ban Enforces Courtesy at New Orleans Police HQ
New Orleans police banned beer consumption in precincts and at headquarters. Police Superintendent George Reyer issued the order as part of a broader push to make officers more courteous to citizens.
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Orleans
New Orleans
George Reyer
State Tax Load Series Promises Insight This Week
Readers are urged to follow a weekly series in The News-Star and Morning World on state tax matters. Written by a veteran expert, the articles explain how Louisiana collects and uses revenues from various taxes and licenses, helping every resident understand fiscal policy.
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Louisiana
News-Start
Morning World
News-Star
Science Rallies to War Against Sleeping Malady
An intensified fight against sleeping sickness unfolds in St Louis as 18 die and 182 fall ill in the area. A government expert arrives from Washington to study possible insect transmission while cases spread to Wichita Kansas City and Warrensburg Missouri and related encephalitis is diagnosed in Maryville and Muskogee.
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ST. Louis
Science
Washington
Wichita
Kas
Kansas City
Warrensburg
Maryville
Muskogee
Okla
St. Louis County
Spokane
Wash
City of
United States Public Health Service
Editor Fred S. Wallace Found Dead in Muskingum River
The Coshocton publisher Fred S. Wallace, 61, was found bound and weighted by a hammer and plow-point two miles from Coshocton in the Muskingum River. Coroner Dr. F W Craig took charge as prosecutors investigate his disappearance from the Coshocton Tribune office.
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Coshocton, O
Fred S. Wallace
Muskingum River
F. W. Craig
Russell E. Lyons
Wallace
Coshocton Tribune
Special Ranger Fatally Shot at Kilgore
Oran Biggs special ranger and Humble investigator was found fatally wounded at a Pistol Hill oil plant near Kilgore Texas. The shot to the chin penetrated the brain and the death was ruled a personal safety related wound. Biggs formerly sheriff of Albany and jailer of Gregg county, had been stationed at Gladewater and went to Pistol Hill Tuesday night. He walked 75 yards to a bath-house after the shooting and tried to wash away blood by turning on two faucets.
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Kilgore
Tex
Oran Biggs
Humble Company
Oil Company
Pistol Hill
W. H. Compton
Biggs
Albany
Gregg County
Longview
Temporary Sensation From Scarecrow Bomb At Strand Theater
Memphis police inspector Will T. Griffin called the bomb found in the Strand theater a scarecrow device. He noted one wire was disconnected and said it would not have caused great damage, possibly tied to labor tensions after the theater hired non union operators.
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Memphis
Tenn
Strand Theater
Main Street
Will T. Griffin
Griffin
Trade balance favorable to United States in July
Washington reports July exports at 145 million and imports at 143 million, yielding a 2 million dollar favorable trade balance. For the year to July, exports total 814.3 million while imports reach 735.2 million, leaving a 79.1 million surplus, with gold and silver movements noted during June and the year.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
France
Red Activities Alarm Cuba as Executions Pressure Iran
Reports from Havana indicate rising communist activity in eastern Cuba with daily demonstrations in Santiago and speeches against the provisional government led by Carlos Manuel de Cespedes. Handbills blamed de Cespedes for imperialistic aims and urged a march on the presidential palace. The Supreme Court will later rule on a deposition seeking extradition of former President Gerardo Machado and others from exile on charges including murder and malfeasance.
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Cuba
Machado
Santiago
Oriente
United States
Sumner Welles
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Br. de Cespedes
Supreme Court
Gerardo Machado
Recount Faults Show Shifts in Orleans Ballot Boxes
In New Orleans a second open court recount of 16th ward precincts for amendment No. 5 altered totals. District Attorney Eugene Stanley plans to examine 30 boxes Thursday and aims to recount 60 to 80 boxes daily while preparing to try election commissioners for fraud.
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New Orleans
16Th Ward
Eugene Stanley
Stanley
17Th Ward
State Board of Liquidation
Louisiana State University
Huey P. Long
Storm near hurricane strength bears in on Washington from Virginia capes
A tropical disturbance off the Virginia capes whipped toward Washington on a northwesterly course. Weather officials warned it could pass the capital by nightfall with near hurricane force winds, disrupting lines of communication from Virginia to Maryland. The cruiser Indianapolis stood by to aid amid reports of damaged lines and distress signals from the Madison near Cape Charles.
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Washington
Naval and
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Virginia Capes
National Capital
R. H. Weightman
Virginia Coast
Tropics
Cape Hatteras
Navy Department
Bureau of Aeronautics
Virginia
Maryland
Madison
Cape Charles
Coast Guard
Indianapolis
Roosevelt
Campobello
N. B
Hampeton Roads
Navy
Norfolk
Twiggs
Naval
West Indies
South Sea
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Virginia to vote on repeal of Prohibition October 3
Richmond report states the Virginia General Assembly approved a referendum on repealing the eighteenth amendment for October 3. The measure directs voters to decide whether Prohibition should end in the state.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Maestri Seeks Freedom From Mental Hospital
Judge orders state to show cause why Paul Maestri Jr. should not be declared sane and released from East Louisiana hospital for the insane in Jackson Louisiana. Maestri, 29, was committed July 6 1932 after being arrested on charges of shooting Lydia Yancey former Charity hospital nurse. Yancey recovered from wounds. the shooting occurred New Year’s Eve 1932.
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New Orleans
William O'Hara
Eugene Stanley
Criminal District Court
Paul Maestri, Jr
East Louisiana Hospital For Insane
Jackson
Maestri
Lydia Yancey
Charity Hospital
Yancey
Roosevelt forecasts 130 million to join NRA pledge
President Roosevelt told the Ten Mile River Boy Scout Camp that the 130,000,000 people of the United States are going to belong to the National Recovery Administration. He spoke in New York City and affirmed national support for the New Deal program.
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Ten Mile River
N. Y
Roosevelt
United States
NRA
Scouts of
New York City
Rogers Has His Say On Hoover Dam Protest
A Las Vegas letter comments on Hoover Dam irrigation plans and criticizes Mr. Wallace’s hog destruction scheme. The author alleges efforts aim to control corn acreage and hog births, framing it as a conflict with an old friend nicknamed Blue Boy.
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Las Vegas
Hoover Dam
Mr. Wallace
Comepanion
Blue Boy
Wallace
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