Nation responds to Roosevelt plea for action
The Nation answers President Roosevelt's call for united action to boost employment through shorter hours and higher wages. Businesses and workers rush to sign agreements as recovery drives aim to set a minimum wage of 15 a week for industrial labor and 15 for white collar workers amid warnings against laggards.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Cooperande
Urschel Kidnap Inquiry Halted as Family Seeks Safe Return
Oklahoma City July 25 The Urschel kidnapping probe paused after the family asked police to pursue only the safe return of Charles F. Urschel. U S Bureau of Investigation chief R H Colvin ordered a 24 hour recess while Mrs Berenice Slick Urschel urged no prosecution, seeking communication from abductors. Deputies went on a secret errand as trustee Arthur A Seeigson handles negotiations for the oil fortune.
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Oklahoma City
Charles F. Urschel
Urschel
R. H. Colvin
United States Bureau of Investigation
Berenice Slick Urschel
Bill Eads
Eads
Arthur A. Seetigson
Tom B. Slick
Monroe delegates report at Chicago world fair satire
A Monroe delegation returns from the Chicago world fair with anecdotes about the Streets of Paris and a nudist colony attraction. misread menus spark a chicken versus pork dinner dispute at a downtown cafe. VFW post forms a quirky unit for Milwaukee events. local baseball photos from 1907 1968 are preserved. a fish wearing underwear tale circulates. a man with sales drive ends with a motor boat title business.
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Monroe
Chicago
Paris
Heavy Rain Sets Monroe Shreveport Route Flooded
Over the past 48 hours Monroe saw 6.37 inches of rain with the Ouachita River rising about 1.2 feet in 24 hours ending Tuesday morning. The storm, tied to a gulf coast tropical disturbance, left lower Monroe and West Monroe inundated while roads out of town remained passable except toward Shreveport. Drivers faced widespread water on highways as Tri-State Transit reported near normal schedules between Monroe and Shreveport.
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Monroe
Katie Key
Gulf Coast
West Monroe
Shreve
Chamber of Commerce of
Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Tri-State Transit Company
Ouachita
Engineer Hurt In Derailment Near Winnfield
Lee Hays, a Shreveport engineer for the Louisiana and Arkansas railroad, was injured when a train from New Orleans derailed three miles north of Winnfield due to a track washout after heavy rain. All other crew and passengers escaped. Senator Cecil Morgan was uninjured. The line from Minden to Winnfield is out of commission while service resumes via the old L R N route.
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Shreveport
Lee Hays
Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad
L. and A
New Orleans
Winnfield
Cecil Morgan
Howell Morgan
Alexandria
Mr. Morgan
Hays
L. R
Minden
Public Works Chieftains To Be Named Soon
Washington July 25 Secre tary Ickes organization promised early announcement of regional and state public works administrators who will cooperate with the central agency in selecting worthy projects for the re employment program. Indications pointed to announcements possibly being made soon.
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Public Works
Washington
Ickes
Honor Badge of Recovery Labeling Cooperation with Nation
The article explains a red and blue badge to be shown by shops and factories indicating cooperation with the National Recovery Administration. It notes the sign signifies adherence to administered working conditions and urges the public to patronize cooperative businesses over those that do not comply.
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National Recovery Administration
Move to Hinder Fluctuation of Markets Urged
Congressional demands for an immediate investigation of last week’s market deflation were paired with proposals to curb abnormal market movements. Senator Steiner urged swift action to stop bear raiding and called for a plan to reduce volatility, noting the impact on wages and commodity prices, while the administration held off on market meddling.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Capitol Bill
Steiner
Oregon
Ferdinand Pecora
Senate
Senate Stock Market Investigation
Balbo Leads Air Fleet Toward Shediac From Jamaica Bay
General Italo Balbo and a 24 plane armada lifted from Jamaica Bay at 9 01 a m on a return flight to Italy with Shediac, New Brunswick as the destination 650 miles from New York. Engine trouble caused a brief delay before takeoff. Balbo piloted the lead plane as the formation formed a trailing group along the coast. Boats from Rockland Seaplane Base aided the crew after their landing near Rockland Harbor.
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New York
Italo Balbo
Jamaica Bay
Italy
Shediac
N. B
Rockwood and Firm Suspended From Board of Trade
Chicago July 25 Roscoe Rockwood and the firm Roscoe Rockwood and company of Bloomington NL were suspended from the board of trade for failure to fulfill contracts.
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Chicago
Roscoe Rockwood
Roscoe Rockwood and Company
Bloomington, NL
Board of Trade
Bruton Dawkins Ends Life in Park Tragedy
Bruton T. Dawkins a 45 year old Alexandria attorney shot himself in his car near City park natatorium. A note to the public said his act arose from nervous strain and his affairs were in good shape. He leaves a widow Sarah Blackman and two children. born in Monroe and long known in the area.
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Alexandria
Bruton T. Dawkins
City Park
Calhoon
Dawkins
Sarah Blackman
Bruton Dawkins
O. C. Dawkins, Sr
Monroe
Bove Jury Deliberations Continue In Homicide Case
In Vicksburg Mississippi a circuit court jury sat through ninety hours of deliberation on Dominick A. Bove Jr. charged with slaying his sister in law Billie Harring. Judge Brien called the case unique and indicated the jurors may reach an agreement. Bove remained jailed and his wife vigil in court as the state pressed the theory the injuries were caused by a blunt instrument.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Dominick A. Bove, Jr
Billie Harring
Circuit Court
E. L. Brien
Brien
Bove
Miss Harring
State Institutions Lack Funds and Pay Still High
This article reports Louisiana state finances for the year ended June 30 showing that humane, educational, technical, correctional and negro institutions had maintenance and construction funds withheld totaling nearly 1.5 million dollars. Only $10,000 of a $200,000 building appropriation could be spent due to lack of funds while salaries at state houses remained intact and scrip appeared at some institutions.
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Tol
State University
Ruston
Natchitoches
Lafayette
Statehouse
Attorney General's Office
Alice Lee Grosjean
EB. A
Bob) Conway
Allen
Sal
Settlement hinges on treatment of Americans in Germany
Natchez Mississippi July 25 open court Chancellor R W Cutter said he would name a commissioner to study the German claims to a $50 000 estate left by Karl Krueger an eccentric recluse who died penniless and was buried in Potter's field German kinsmen claim the wealth and the judge will consider how Americans are treated in Germany before ordering payments If mistreatment is proven he may escheat the funds to Mississippi.
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Natchez, Miss
Germany
R. W. Cutter
Karl Krueger
Jefferson County
Krueger
Potter's Field
St. Louis
California
Cutter
Mississippi
Plowing Under Cotton Starts In Dixie States
In the Dixie area farmers began plowing under cotton to cut production under a federal program. Georgia plans and Alabama Mississippi areas started permits for destruction and compensation totals about 100 million dollars for 10 million acres reduced and options on over 2 million bales.
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Dixie States
Atlanta
Dixie
Georgia
West Texas
West
Tennessee
J. Phil Campbell
The
Georgia Extension Service
S. V. Sanford
University of Georgia
Walton County
Paul Burson
Burson
Campbell
Monroe
Mississippi
Alabama
W. S. Starr
Loachapoka
Carolinas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
United States
Grain price fluctuation limit agreed by exchanges
Pari administrators and grain exchange representatives reached a tentative five cent daily price fluctuation limit for wheat and other grains. The two day conference approved four marketing changes and will submit the limit to business conduct committees of the Chicago board of trade and related exchanges for final action.
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Washington
Chicago Board of Trade and Exchanges
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Duluth
Chicago
Judge orders ballot box reopening for recount in New Orleans
Presiding Judge Alexander C. O'Donnell grants a petition to reopen ballot boxes from last November's general election and recount state constitutional amendment votes under court supervision. The action follows fraud charges, a grand jury probe, and a dispute over who controls the inquiry. August 2 set for first box openings. three election supervisors must testify.
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New Orleans
Alexander C. O'Donnell
Criminal District Courts
O'Donnell
Honest Election League
O’donnell
Stanley
Orleans Parish
Grand Jury
Gaston L. Porterie
Citizens’ Committee
Richard W. Leche
Allen
C. S. Barnes
Maurice Hartson
Louisiana Relief Changes Pay and Hours For Work Crews
Under instructions from Harry Hopkins, the emergency relief administration of Louisiana said effective August 1 workers on relief projects will be paid 30 cents an hour for six hour days, not exceeding 35 hours weekly. The plan, part of the national recovery effort, does not change total relief levels for Louisiana and aims to reduce daily hours while increasing hourly pay. Farmers and laborers will not receive relief during the lay by season amid crop conditions and price considerations.
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New Orleans
Harry L. Hopkins
Emergency Relief Administration For
Louisiana
Louisiana Executive Committee
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