Hopkins warns of stronger relief if plan fails in Louisiana
Harry L. Hopkins, federal emergency relief administrator, told a New Orleans gathering that if current relief measures do not yield results stronger actions may follow. He noted relief rolls dropped from 5 million to 3.75 million and urged job creation to avert another winter of destitution.
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Louisiana Emergency Relief Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Emergency Relief
Mr. Hopkins
Charles A. Stair
State Relief Organization
O. K. Allen
T. Semmes Walmsley
England
Dole
Stair
Louisiana
United States
Europe
Hopkins
Child Found Tied to Bed Removed to Asylum
A three year old girl Joan Lester was found tied to a bed post by her mother Virginia Lester and companion Walter Kuntz. They were arrested on cruelty to children charges and to be heard in juvenile court. In Utah, the Uinta national forest planted ponderose pines and Douglas firs for experimental purposes.
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New Orleans
Joan Lester
Virginia Lester
Walter Kuntz
Uinta National Forest
Utah
Prophet poet from 1910 foresees airline schedules
William E. Wortzman of California wrote a Kansas home folks poem in 1910 predicting modern airline routes and timetables. Now 71 and ill, he cannot accept a free cross country trip offered by a transcontinental airline, yet his prophetic verse is validated by today’s schedules.
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William E. Wortzman
California
Kansas
Anaheim
Cal
Wortzman
Three Ordered Removed There by U S Judge
Federal Judge Edgar S. Vaught set bonds at 100000 for Urschel kidnapping suspects and denied bail, with custody kept until trial. The Shannon case involved Bailey and the Shannons captured August 12, and federal proceedings tested Wilton’s actions. Shannon denied Bailey’s involvement and said no payment was received for Urschel’s stay at his house.
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Urschel
Oklahoma
Bailey
Shannon Farm
Oklahoma City
Edgar S. Vaught
Ursche
Belic
James C. Wilson
Shannon
J. B. Keenan
United States
Kelly
Catherine
Young Man Shot by Stepfather Arrest Follows
A man identified as Warlick shot a young man and was arrested by officers L G Parker R J Goza and D J Bedsole after the attack. The wounded youth was rushed to a clinic with internal hemorrhage and brain concussion but has a guarded recovery outlook. The victim’s mother expressed confusion over the sudden attack.
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Lance
Police
L. G. Parker
R. J. Goza
D. J. Bedsole
Warlick
Vioore
Obituary notes from Louisiana towns include Titone Ward and Hester
Obituary notices report Jasper Titone of Lake Providence died in New Orleans after a long illness. Survived by wife Lucy Salemi, a four year old son, and extended family. Also noted Nan Ward of Farmerville died at 13 from heart failure. service led by Rev. J. D. Smith and burial at Taylor cemetery. M. A. Hester of Downsville died at 79. four children survive, with interment in the family cemetery.
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Jasper Titone
Lake Providence
Hotel Dieu
New Orleans
Mr. Titone
Lucy Salemi
John Salemi
Farmerville
Nan Ward
James A. Ward
Taylor Cemetery
J. D. Smith
George W. Ward
Overton
Tex
Perry Ward
Hale Ward
Walter Ward
Union Parish
Jessie Aulds
Ollie Henderson
Janie Crow
Bessie Taylor
Cecil Sawyers
Velma Boggs
California
M. A. Hester
Downsville
E. T. Hester
J. B. Hester
Joe Hester
Texas
A. D. Green
West Monroe
Held On Murder Charge In Shreveport Slaying
Shreveport Louisiana August 25 officers detained Jim Abbott in connection with the death of Ballard Barley 28 pending a coroner inquest Friday.
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Shreveport
Ballard -Barley
Jim
Abbott
Bay
Floods Threaten Eastern Areas As Madison Recovers At Norfolk
Passengers aboard the eastern steamship liner Madison prayed amid a hurricane rage. The damaged ship with two lives lost limped into port at Norfolk on Thursday after heavy damage and peril.
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Madison
Norfolk
Wrecking crews halt Crescent Limited cleanup after fatal rail crash
WASHINGTON Aug 25 Two wrecking crews near floodlight night work report near complete cleanup of the Crescent Limited wrecked early Thursday when a bridge on the Pennsylvania lines collapsed over the Anacostia river. Two men died and several injured remain under care. Inspectors from the Interstate Commerce Commission and railroad officials will determine cause with preliminary blame on a weakened bridge under flood pressure.
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Washington
Crack Crescent Limited
Anacostia River
Pennsylvania
Southern Railway
New York
Myer Blackman
Philadelphia
Benjamin Johnson
Crescent Limited
Casualty
William H. Brown
Baltimore
A. H. Myers
Thurmont
Charles S. Kenny
Westminster
Anthony Swane
Claude Smith
Wading River
L. I
Smith
Myer
A. H. Bryde
J. H. Faye
Perryville
Bryde
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boy Heroism in Piney Point Rescue At Flood
Leonardtown Md Aug 25 The story of a crippled boy Robert Hedrick 20 Falls Church Va who braved rising flood waters to rescue a woman and five children at Piney Point and guide 23 hotel guests to safety is told. Hedrick swam from tree to tree towing a boat and tying a rope to his waist. Two local men Kendall Morgan and Zeke Briscoe assisted in rescuing the guests from Tolson's hotel amid the flood.
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Leonardtown
Piney Point
Robert Hedrick
Falls Church
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
Hedrick
Kendall Morgan
Zeke Briscoe
Tolson
Recount Opens 31 Ballot Boxes in New Orleans Amendment Vote
Judge Frank T. Echezabal oversaw the opening of 31 ballot boxes in the New Orleans constitutional amendments recount led by District Attorney Eugene Stanley. The rapid 30 boxes per day audit reduced the amendment 5 majority by an average of 94 votes per box across 65 boxes, with notable discrepancies in precincts tied to Senator Huey P. Long and Mayor T Semmes Walmsley.
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New Orleans
Frank T. Echezabal
Criminal District Court
Eugene Stanley
Huey P. Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
Hastings Return From Tennessee After Revivals
Rev L T Hastings and Mrs Hastings arrived home Friday from Tennessee where they visited relatives and held revivals in a country church near Petersburg. They also traveled to Mars Hill, N C, where they placed their son Brownlow in Hill College. The family occupies a local Baptist church.
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L. T. Hastings
NRA Attack Sparks Violence at St Louis Restaurant
Max Kromen owner of a small St Louis restaurant was severely beaten and forced to press his lips to the NRA blue eagle emblem. He denied cursing the NRA and said he was preparing to sign. The assailant was arrested.
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NRA
Max Kromen
St. Louis
Kromen
Thomas Demands More Action by Federal Reserve
The article notes Hugh Johnson proposing more credit and Reserve officials discussing open market operations. Congress members urge Roosevelt to issue more currency, with Roosevelt contemplating open market purchases as part of ongoing fiscal policy talks with Lewis Douglas and Woodin at Hyde Park.
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Hugh §. Johnson
Congress
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Lewis Douglas
Secretary Woodin
The
Treasury
Farm groups seek cost impact of processing tax on cotton textiles
Washington reports farm administrators plan an informal hearing on September 7 to examine how the 4.2 cent per pound processing tax and the NRA code affect cotton textile costs and consumer prices. They will assess claims mills shut down due to recovery measures and probe profiteering implications.
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Washington
South
George N. Peek
Farm Act
56 Hour Week Not Approved by NRA Counsel
Donald R. Richberg, NRA counsel, told a hearing on the retail drug code that there was no implied approval of the 56 hour work week compact. He said NRA officials had not reviewed the code and would object to provisions if examined. He urged codes be pre read by NRA before hearings to avoid false impressions of tentative approval.
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Washington
Donald R. Richberg
The
Recovery Administration
Richberg
NRA
Treasury head assures Roosevelts on $3B public works plan
Secretary Woodin told President Roosevelt the treasury is healthy enough to handle the $3,000,000,000 public works program and denied inflation or resignation talk. The talks covered financing timing for public works, plans to enforce the gold definition, and refinancing ahead of next month’s quarterly issue.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Woodin
Roosevelt
Treasury
White House
Stephen T. Early
Public Works Administration
New York
Washington
Lewis Douglas
William C. Bullitt
Sleeping disease spreads in U S
A wartime style report notes a form of sleeping sickness, with three deaths among Black residents in separate localities. Dr. H C Ricks cautions Mississippi not to fear an epidemic, while hospital officials link symptoms to encephalitis though post mortems were blocked by relatives.
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Sicians
H. C. Ricks
Lindberghs Extend Stay In Shetland Islands
Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife will remain in the Shetland Islands until Saturday after arriving from the Faeroe Islands. They are continuing their north Atlantic air making flight.
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Lerwick
Shetland Islands
Charles A. Lindbergh
Shetlands
Faeroe Islands
North Atlantic
New Legations to Seal Japan Afghanistan Pact
Tokyo reports that Afghanistan will send an Afghan minister to Tokyo after Japanese approval. The Japanese government will seek Diet funds to establish a legation in Kabul. A commerce and amity treaty linking Japan and Afghanistan was signed two years ago on the Indian frontier.
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Afghanistan
Tokyo
Kabul
India
Chile Takes Half of Guano Profits in New Plan
Chile cancels all guano concessions along the coast by decree. A government plan to exploit the deposits is being drafted, including a rule that the state will receive 50 percent of profits. The move aims to keep guano from competing with nitrates in export markets.
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Arica
Chile
Blood Poisoning Fatal for Algiers Youth
New Orleans report states a youth from Algiers died of blood poisoning after an injury from a fall from a fence two weeks earlier while at play.
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Algiers
New Orleans
Algiers Youth Edward Sutherland Dies After Illness
Edward Sutherland 16 of Algiers died Friday after a blood transfusion failed to save him. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Sutherland.
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Edward Sutherland
Algiers
Arthur Sutherland
Freeman in Shreveport pool accident hospital bound
George Freeman 24 an oil company employee was hospitalized in Shreveport with a broken neck after diving into a swimming pool Friday night. He is the son of Mr and Mrs O L Freeman of Kerrville. Also note Salt Lake City schools have replaced two-thirds of outdated geographies with new textbooks in the past year.
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Shreveport
George Freeman
O. L. Freeman
Kerrville
Salt Lake City
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