New Cuban elections scheduled February 24 1934
Provisional President De Cespedes dissolves Congress and nullifies Machado era actions. New general elections set for February 24, 1934, with a return to the 1901 constitution and mandatory observance of international obligations. Eight-point decree ends Machado rule and appoints a consultation commission.
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Havana
de Cespedes
Machado
Congress
Gerardo
United States
Sumner Welles
Carlos Saladrigas
Supreme Court
Dr. de Cespedes
Cuba
Law and Justice and Order
Inside story of Hoover era bank troubles for Michigan banks
U.S. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg testifies before a Detroit bank inquiry recounting February 9 White House talks on a Reconstruction Finance loan and Hoover's warning that Michigan banking trouble must be checked at any cost. He describes Longley and Walsh seeking aid for Union Guardian Trust and a preholiday panic.
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Detroit
Washington
Michigan
United States
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Herbert Hoover
Vandenberg
Charles E. Coughlin
White House
Clifford B. Longley
Union Guardian Trust Company of
Col
James Walsh
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
James Couzens
Walsh
Longley
Couzens
Vardenberg
Hoover
Senator Couzens
Charles Miller
The
R. F.C
Ogden L. Mills
the Treasury
First National Bank
Guardian National Bank of Commerce
Mary Howard Tests for Ingenue Lead in Roving Motion Picture
Mary Howard daughter of Will Rogers competes for ingenue lead in her father’s next film. She plans to quit college to pursue acting full time. Associated Press Photo shows the pair amid production talk.
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Mary Howard
Will Rogers
Associated Press
Monore service station owner loses five fifty over tire autopsy
A Monroe service station owner fixed a blowout, then discovered a tire repair error led to further trouble. Pliers and a hammer were found between tube and tire. The bill totaled 5.50 and left the repairman sad. The column also covers local crime, a new home loan office, and post office blue eagle collectors.
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Monroe
Autaist
Five Die When Train Hits Car Near Columbia
Five people from Columbia were killed and another seriously injured when a Pennsylvania Railroad inspection train struck their automobile at Brooms Landing near the Susquehanna River. The victims were Mrs. Harriet Gilbert, her infant John Jr., Helen Billett, Mary Greenawalt, and an unidentified man Dale Urich. The train carried officials including F. R. Girard on an inspection of storm damage.
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Lancaster
Pennsylvania Railroad
Brooms Landing
Susquehanna River
Columbia
Harriet Gilbert
Gilbert
John
Helen Billett
Mary Greenawalt
Dale Urich
F. R. Girard
Philadelphia
Port Deposit
Prosecution Sought of Alabama Sheriff by U S
A group of lawyers asked the federal government to prosecute Sheriff R L Shamblin of Tuscaloosa county Alabama for negligence or collusion in a lynching. Allan Taub described the event, saying a mob seized three black men from officers transporting them for trial and killed two, with one escaping. The lawyers presented their case to Attorney General Cummings.
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Washington
R. L. Shamblin
Tuscaloosa County
Ala
Cummings
Allan Taub
International Labor Defense
Taub
Three Shannons Ordered Removed by U S Judge
Federal Judge James Wilson ordered R G Shannon Mrs R G Shannon and Orman Shannon removed immediately to Oklahoma City. He reduced bonds to 15000 25000 and 5000 and held Mrs Shannon most involved in the kidnapping case.
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Fort Worth
Tex
James Wilson
R. G. (Boss) Shannon
Orman Shannon
Oklahoma City
R. G. Shannon
Thomas presses for stronger Fed action amid crisis
Washington reports Senator Thom as of Oklahoma urged the Federal Reserve to take bolder steps after last week’s 35 million dollar open market purchases. He warned of inevitable disaster without action and urged issuance of non interest bearing treasury notes to aid relief.
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Washington
Federal Reserve System
Thomas
Democrat
Oklahoma
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Eugene R. Black
Federal Reserve Board
Wall Street
Young Man Shot by Stepfather Near Crescent Bend
Claude Moore, 20, was shot twice by his stepfather Anderson Warlick, 45, at the Warlick home in Crescent Bend. Moore was rushed to Bendel Wright and Vaughan clinic in serious condition after the kitchen shooting. Warlick was arrested and jailed awaiting results.
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Claude Moore
Bendel- Wright and Vaughan
Anderson Warlick
Warlick
Crescent Bend
Young Moore
New York Comptroller Berry Faces Removal Charges
Formal charges filed with Governor Lehman seek removal of New York City Comptroller Charles W. Berry for alleged prodigal inefficiency over taxation and racketeering. Associated Press photo note accompanies the item.
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Lehman
Charles W. Berry
New York City
Associated Press
Boss Shannon Testifies in Urschel Kidnapping Case
R G Boss Shannon testifies he helped guard oil magnate Charles Urschel under threat of death. He names George Machine Gun Kelly as the man who threatened him. Kelly, husband of Shannon's stepdaughter, is a fugitive. Urschel was abducted from Oklahoma City July 22 and released after a 200000 dollar ransom. Shannon fights extradition to Oklahoma City with his wife and son Armon.
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Fort Worth
Tex
R. G
Boss
Shannon
Kelly
Albert Bates
Deiing
Ursched
Urschel
Oklahoma City
Armon
Harvey Bailey
NRA ready for Blue Eagle drive next week across the nation
The NRA reported readiness for next week’s Blue Eagle push as it presses for a coal industry accord and shapes new fair practice terms for retail trade. Hugh Johnson and President Roosevelt push cooperation amid a stalled auto code and drug trade concerns while non union mines meet to discuss terms with UMW leaders.
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Washington
NRA
Blue Eagle
Hugh Johnson
Eoal
Roosevelt
United States
Arthur D. Whiteside
Johnson
United Mine Workers
State Tax Load Facts for Louisiana Readers
The News-Star and Morning World publish a series on state tax matters each Tuesday Thursday and Sunday. An experienced writer explains how the state and agencies collect and disburse revenues from taxes licenses and more.
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Louisiana
News-Star
Morning World
Effort to Get Insull Pressed
A suppressed indictment charges Samuel Insull Sr and 10 others with bankruptcy law violations. The United States seeks his extradition from Greece, with the State Department and Athens officials coordinating efforts after a prior Greek refusal. Chicago prosecutors are gathering new evidence to strengthen the case.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull, Sr
U. S
Dwight H. Green
United States
Athens
Greece
Washington
Samuel Insull
State Department
Department
Justice Department
Sleeping sickness outbreak spreads across U.S. region
In St Louis the sleeping sickness outbreak shows multiple fatalities from Ohio to California. Dr. Harold K. Knapp cites six encephalitis deaths in the last month and numerous cases. The state health board reports a Richmond California death and other fatalities in Kansas Oklahoma and Texas. St. Louis authorities list twenty eight local deaths since July 30 as three U S public health service experts join local physicians to study containment.
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ST. Louis
Ohio
California
Harold K. Knapp
Cleveland City
Richmond
Calif
State Board of Health
Berkeley
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
United States Public Health Services
Encephalitis Strikes Jackson Area Killing Three
Encephalitis claimed the lives of three Black patients at Charity Hospital in Jackson over the last 24 hours, according to hospital physicians. The outbreak prompted officials to monitor the situation and investigate potential sources or exposure.
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Jackson, Miss
Charity Hospital
Paramount to Resume Full-Time Operations
The Paramount theater will operate continuously starting September 1 after three months of a three day week. Manager Harry Rice said doors open at 1 p.m. on weekdays and at noon on Saturdays and Sundays, returning from an 11 a.m. start. Labor troubles in Hollywood, now settled, caused the earlier part-time schedule.
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Paramount Theater
Harry Rice
Paramount
Rice
Hollywood
Pioneer Beaumont merchant killed by train
Max Feinberg, a pioneer merchant in Beaumont, Texas, was killed instantly Friday after being struck by a freight train. He had recently turned his stores over to his sons and was about 60 years old.
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Beaumont
Tex
Max Feinberg
Floods devastate eastern seaboard as death toll rises
The severe storm left northern New York to North Carolina flooded with heavy property damage and at least 47 dead. The Coast Guard hunted the Solarina off the Carolinas, while smaller craft may be missing near Virginia. Philadelphia and surrounding areas faced widespread flooding, with hundreds homeless and Philadelphia airport submerged.
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Associated Press
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
North Carolina
Coast Guard
Solarina
Carolinas
Winyah Bay
S. C
Southport
South Carolina
Virginia
Philadelphia
Achoach
Godeffory
N. J
Port Jervis
New Jersey
Nova Scotia
Gulf of St. Lawrence
New Yor Ca
Pennsylvania
Maryland
York
Reading
Catskill
Fleischmanns
N. Y
Switzerland
V. Munley
Mt. Tremper
Norfolk
Pocomoke Sound
Chesapeake Bay
Wate
Potomac
Crescent Limited
Al Smiths NRA Speech Praised In Beverly Hills Letter
A Beverly Hills reader lauds Al Smith for delivering the best speech on the NRA. The writer cites Al Smith’s clear reasoning and hopes for practical use of the fellow’s common sense. McCormick of Chicago notes Germans in war spirit plus women’s role in larger wars.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
al Smith
Bes
NRA
Mos
McCormick
Chicago
Germany
Chicago Tribune
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Seeees
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Cincinnati
Sereere
Cairo
Serteerer
Detroit Banking Inquiry
Jes’ Ramblin
Green
Angola
Jesse Curry
Rhode Island
Neville High School
Ouachita Bank
Robert Breard
R. P. Webb
Sheriff Coverdale
Guy Banister
James RK. Wooten
Alabama
West Point
Bowen
Insull
Jackson
Rogers
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