Public Works approves $40 million more for nine states roads
The Public Works Administration authorized $40,000,000 in road funding across nine states, bringing total road allocations to $166,532,000 from the $40,000,000 fund. Idaho Montana Maine New Hampshire North Dakota West Virginia Delaware Louisiana Florida each receive shares as schedules prove satisfactory. West Virginia splits 45 30 25, others 50 25 25 for federal aid highways and feeder roads. Louisiana receives $5,828,591 across 56 of 64 parishes and Florida $5,231,834 in 52 of 67 counties.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Idaho
North Dakota
Maine
West Virginia
Delaware
Louisiana
Florida
New Hampshire
Montana
Roosevelt
Budget Bureau
Cabinet Board
First Fed eral construction projects listed
Washington July 18 The first list of federal construction and improvement projects to be financed by the relief and reconstruction act is announced U S government plans and funding details to be continued on the second page with additional listings and descriptions of project scopes and locations
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Washington
U.2
Tugwell Announces Louisiana Highway Projects Boost
Louis iana highway commission chairman A P Tugwell said federal approval of a 5 828 591 highway allotment will start work in 56 of 64 parishes within 30 40 days creating thousands of jobs. Key items include a 1 200 000 Bonnet Carre spillway bridge and improvements to the New Orleans eastern outlet from Chef to Rigolets.
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New Orleans
A. P. Tugwell
Louisiana Highway Commission
Louisiana
Highway Commission
Jefferson Highway
Bonnet Carre
Baton Rouge
Tugwell
Chef and
Rigolets
Bayou Bienvenu
Orleans-St. Bernard Parishes
Franklington
Mississippi Line
Help Plea Written Upon Postal Card
A Chicago post card delivered to a mail carrier sparks a kidnapping hoax. The card claims a prisoner in a Buick sedan with license 240723, names John Waldo from Texas, and says to notify police and meet at 461 Milwaukee Avenue at 11 p.m. July 18. The card lacks any identifiable giver.
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Chicago
John Waldo
Texas
Milwaukee Avenue
Motorman Holds Up Shadowed Night Car Believed A Bold Haul
A hijacker tried to rob six sleepy motormen on a Lee avenue streetcar but failed as Big Boy Anders balked the escape with five dollars. The incident followed a false alert about a bold holdup man, leaving the crew shaken and the city agency wary. Notable other items include wasp mischief at the natatorium and memory of Gettysburg broadcast by Uncle Dan Breard. Billy Higginbotham returns to the office, and Pete Lamkin notes Dr J P Brown’s rising wealth.
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Lee Avenue
Harrison
Yegg
Anders
Natatorium
Bill
Gettysburg
Monroe
Dan” Breard
Billy Higginbotham
Tulane
Pete Lamkin
J. P. Brown
Price increases mean 2 billions to U S farmers
Booming commodity prices lift cash returns on cotton, corn, wheat and oats by more than 2.15 billion dollars since March 1. The gains, driven partly by the Roosevelt recovery program and poor crop reports, would nearly match half the year's farm income and exceed 1932 crop earnings.
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The
United Press
Washington
Grain delegates making progress at London meet
London July 18 Progress in wheat export limiter talks balanced by a fresh setback in silver discussions at the world economic conference. The big four Argentina United States Australia and Canada reached an accord with four Danubian nations to cap exports at 54000000 bushels this year and 50000000 next year. Negotiations with Russia and other importing nations were set to resume. India objected to the proposed silver quota while Spain opposed monetary restrictions. Italy resists expanding silver use. The Dutch team plans a proposal against further coin debasement.
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London
World Economic Conference
Argentina
United States
Australia
Canada
Russia
India
Spain
Italy
Key Pittman
Customs Official Moyle Sworn In As Commissioner
Washington July 183 Moyle James H Moyle of Salt Lake City former assistant secretary of the treasury was sworn in Tuesday as a customs commissioner. He took the oath with President Roosevelt's approval and succeeds Frank X A Eble who resigned last February to become treasury attache in Berlin.
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Washington
James H. Moyle
Salt Lake City
the Treasury
Customs
Moyle
White House
The
Treasury
Roosevelt
Wilson
Frank X. A. Eble
Berlin
Times-Picayune Buys The States in New Orleans
Announcement that The Times-Picayune Publishing Company has purchased The New Orleans States from the heirs of Col. Robert Ewing. The six day paper will continue, with Sunday editions merged with the Times-Picayune. Key staff will remain with the States under new ownership.
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New Orleans
Col
Robert Ewing
Times-Picayune Publishing Company
New Orleans States
States
Times-Picayune
James L. Ewing
Henry P. Dart
Harriman Bond Forfeited After Court Action
Federal Judge Francis G. Caffey ordered the $25,000 Harriman bond forfeited after banker Joseph W. Harriman vanished from a Manhattan nursing home while awaiting trial on falsification charges. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest as questions about his mental fitness were to be reviewed. Harriman, 68, reportedly tried twice to jump from ferries into the river after escaping.
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New York
Francis G. Caffey
Joseph W. Harriman
Liberty
Harriman National Bank and Trust Company
Caffey
Harriman
John W. Johnston
Jersey City
Manhattan
Lindberghs Hampered by Dense Fog in Labrador Flight
The Lindberghs aerial mapping expedition faced foggy conditions over Belle Isle strait and dull weather in lower Labrador, delaying flights from Cartwright. A four hour interior Labrador flight yielded an excellent view near North West River before returning at seven p.m.
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ST. John’s
N. F
Strait of Belle Isle
Charles A. Lindberg
Cartwright
Lower Labrador
Lindberghs
Labrador
Greenland
North West River
Police Renew Rush To Solve OConnell Kidnap Case
Albany investigators press a fresh push into the high profile abduction of John J. OConnell Jr. They hold only one firm fact, the July 7 kidnapping for a 250000 dollar ransom, while weighing escape theories and tracing likely suspects.
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Albany
N. Y
John J. O'Connell
O'Connell
Dan
Italian Airmen Plan to Leave Chicago for Italy
General Italo Balbo and 96 companions who crossed the Atlantic in mass flight will depart Chicago at 8 am Wednesday. Their route includes the Great Lakes to Albany New York then down the Hudson to New York City where a three to four day stay is planned. The 24 flying boats will be moored at Jamaica Bay near Floyd Bennett Field and Balbo and his officers will visit Washington during a brief American flight.
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Chicago
Italo Balbo
Atlantic
Italy
Great Lakes
Albany
N. Y
Hudson River
New York City
New York
Jamaica Bay
Floyd Bennett Airfield
Balbo
Washington
Labor chieftain seeks inquiry over shorter work week
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor said he will demand investigations of employer discharges tied to the shorter work week. He cited cases where workers lost jobs under the reduced schedule and urged scrutiny of non union favoritism in lay offs.
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LABOR
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Federation
Two Dixie States Vote On Repeal Of Prohibition
In Arkansas Upper Hill township Prairie county cast 44 for repeal and 1 against by 10 30 AM reporting the first complete precinct tally. Alabama counts from three counties and a small Dallas county box showed 105 for repeal 59 against with Morgan county 2 to 1 for repeal and DeKalb 4 to 1 against Sumter 21 apiece. Repeal forces aim for Christmas progress while prohibitionists push back.
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Little Rock
Ark
Upper Hill Township
Prairie County
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Dallas County
Morgan County
DeKalb
Mountain
Sumter
Associated Press
Arkansas
Special Levies Add to Huge Tax Load Borne by Louisiana Citizens
A Louisiana tax analysis outlines how state taxes and special levies drive up public costs. It notes 1932 ad valorem revenue of $8,687,954.63 and estimated 1932 special taxes at about $4.87 million annually, excluding the beer tax and 1933 provisions. The piece lists levies such as tobacco, corporation, insurance premium, electric power, kerosene, and soft drinks taxes with respective receipts estimates.
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Louisiana
Nua
Estimated Annual Receipts of Special Levies Reach 4 870 000
The administration estimates the annual receipts from special levies at four million eight hundred seventy thousand dollars. It notes that dairy product and gasoline taxes are included, with other levies based on actual collections. some taxes like malt are negligible, while shrimp oyster and sulphur taxes are omitted but expected to swell aggregate conservation and severance tax totals.
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Commissioner of Conservation
Rumors Woodin May Quit Cabinet Amid Health and Stock Scrutiny
Washington July 18 Williams H Woodin secretary of the treasury faced renewed cabinet resignation rumors despite official denials. Some cite his health as a possible trigger while others point to disclosure of his Morgan stock purchases as a political motive. Three men named as potential successors were Senator James Couzens Frank Walker and another coordinator.
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Washington
J. P .Morgan and Co
Woodin
New York
James Couzens
Michigan
Frank Walker
Man Arrested In Store Robbery In Ouachita Street Rescue
F. H. McLelland, 35, allegedly robbed Sur Wa Store No. 1 on Jackson Street near Ouachita Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. He allegedly had a taxi haul groceries to 400 Washington Street. A dispute over fare led taxi driver Troy T. Bussey to take McLelland to the police station where officers recovered the groceries and found store keys on the suspect.
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F. H. McLelland
Sur Wa
Jackson Street
Ouachita Avenue
Washington Street
McLelland
Troy T. Bussey
Bussey
F. H. Ham
Southern Kraft Workers Are Given Wage Increase
Major John Friend of Southern Kraft Corp announces a ten percent wage increase for all employees. Affects workers in Camden Arkansas Bastrop Louisiana Moss Point Mississippi Plateau Alabama and Panama City Florida plants. The spokesman did not specify if this is restoration for past wage cuts.
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Southern Kraft
Mobile
Ala
John Friend
Southern Kraft Corporation
Camden
Ark
Bastrop
Moss Point
Miss
Plateau
Panama City
Fla
Wiley Post Nearing Hop Off Point In Siberia Flight
Wiley Post, American round the world flyer, landed at Novosibirsk and planned a late evening takeoff toward Irkutsk. Bad weather forced a stopover delaying his jump toward Khabarovsk as he pursues the record route from New York.
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Irkutsk
Siberia
Wiley Post
Moscow
Novosibirsk
Novorsibirsk
Khabarovsk
Ural Mountains
Harold Gatty
Plow Up Cotton Plan Revealed
Washington July 18 farm administrators disclose a plan allowing cotton farmers who signed output curtailment agreements to plow up parts of their fields without waiting for formal acceptance. County agents will issue emergency permits to destroy cotton for immediate feed crop planting, but no destruction may occur before permit approval.
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Washington
Couzens Opposes Action On Debts At World Conference
Senator James Couzens of Michigan urged during the London talks that intergovernmental debts including war debts be outlawed from any indebtness measures. The move marked the first flareup since Prime Minister MacDonald raised the issue in week one. The drafting panel adopted a debt resolution with Couzens’ amendment excluding intergovernmental debts.
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London
James Couzens
Michigan
World Economic Conference
Ramesay MacDonald
Drafting Committee On
International Debts
Couzens
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