Coal's Reaction to NRA Plan Watched as Codes Move
Washington observers monitor soft coal industry reaction to Hugh S Johnson's NRA code with a deadline for objections. The code aims to lift coal prices to levels from three to four years ago, with price filing marketing agencies allowed. Oil production budget also takes effect under NRA rules, signaling broader price and credit controls.
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Washington
The
Recovery Administration
NRA
Hugh S Johnson
Roosevelt
Johnson
Ickes
Ford's Vacation Nearing Its End
Henry Ford plans to return from Michigan's upper peninsula to Detroit Monday morning with Ford Motor Co officials deciding whether to remain uncooperative or sign the national automobile code. A Huron mountain camp member said Ford hesitated over technicalities in the code though sympathies align with some NRA aims, while decisions may affect supplier relations.
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Henry Ford
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Ford Motor Co
Big Bay
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Cooperative Recovery Movement
Huron Mountain
Ford
NRA
Ford Company
Rambling Tales From Tidy Town Chronicles
Original back to the land advocate A V Miller boasts ten dollars and ten acres can’t starve him. Mrs T L Tippit presides at a mass meet. Dr R W Faulk recalls 1870s days at LSA barbecue. Ki Ro Li camp girls fear a burglar but an old bay mare frightens intruder away. Mac the amateur detective helps neighbors in distress.
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T. L. Tippit
R. W. Faulk
R. W. McFarland
Gordon Avenue
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Ki-Ro-Li
Methodist Church
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Morpheus
Lucyle Godwin
Lake Providence Girl Drowned While Wading
Ida Pearl Brunswick of Lake Providence Louisiana drowned while wading in the river near Rosh Edwards ferry. She could not swim and ventured too far out in the water. The incident was reported to the Vicksburg Herald.
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Acting Postmaster Named in New Orleans
Washington Sept 8 Charles A Stevens was appointed acting postmaster at New Orleans.
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Charles A. Stevens
New Orleans
Medical science marshals attack sleeping sickness spread
Army doctors at Jefferson Barracks lead a large study using rabbits monkeys and thousands of mosquitoes to test insect transmission of sleeping sickness as 85 deaths in the St. Louis area prompt nationwide reports. Major Simmons and Major Cornell oversee experiments while cases appear in Minnesota Dublin Ontario and Wisconsin. Patricia Maguire of Oak Park NL remains in prolonged sleep.
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Simmons
Minnesota
A. J. Cresley
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Dublin
Kenosha
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London
Ont
Patricia Maguire
Oak Park
Building Reaches Peak in August Construction Volume
Southern construction contracts rose to a 1933 peak of 29.351 million in August per Manufacturers Record. Industrial plant awards totaled 16.151 million with brewers mills refrigeration and rayon expansions. residential contracts 1.521 million. government projects 2.405 million. Total on book future contracts 46.859 million.
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Bulletin
Geel Ue
Warren Harding's Sister Injured In Auto Accident
Mrs Carolyn Harding Votan sister of Warren G Harding is treated for nervous shock after a collision on highway 70 between Brownsville and Stanton She and her husband the Rev Heber H Wotan were returning to Washington after visiting relatives in Oklahoma Two nieces were with them and were uninjured
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Tenn
Haywood County Memorial Hospital
Carolyn Harding Votan
Warren G. Harding
Heber H. Wotan
Stanton
Washington
Oklahoma
Feisal of Iraq Dies in Berne After Heart Attack
King Feisal of Iraq a scholar and desert warrior who helped win a kingdom with Lawrence of Arabia died in a Berne hotel at 48 from a heart attack. He had been gravely ill after traveling from Baghdad and was angered by reports of a massacre of Assyrian Christians. Feisal, born 1885 in Taif, led Arab revolts with Allenby and Lawrence and became Iraqi ruler in 1921 after a plebiscite. He was in Switzerland for treatment and died amid funeral arrangements led by his brother Ali.
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State Tax Load Series Guides Louisiana Readers
The News-Star and Morning World publish a series on state taxation every Tuesday Thursday and Sunday. The articles explain how the state and its agencies collect and spend revenue from diverse taxes and licenses.
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News-Star
Morning World
Wide search for two missing balloons in Bennett race
In Chicago a broad search is under way for two missing balloons from the James Gordon Bennett balloons race. The Goodyear IX piloted by Ward T. Van Orman and the Polish entry captained by Francizek Hynek may have drifted toward the Atlantic. Naval, coast guard, army, and Canadian authorities join the search after all four other balloons landed, including Lieut. Commander T. G. W. Settle’s naval balloon, winner if the missing craft are not found.
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Ward T. van Orman
Francizek Hynek
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Army
Cliff Henderson
Curtiss-Wright
T. G. W. Settle
Long Island Sound
Torrents surge into Rio Grande amid flood fears
Muddy torrents from the Mexican watershed push the Rio Grande toward dangerous flood levels as relief efforts proceed in the hurricane ravaged lower valley. With 22 dead and hundreds injured, damage estimates reach about 10 million dollars, citrus crops wiped out, and cities along the border brace for higher water as dyke systems hold.
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Reynosa
Mexico
Azana Cabinet Resigns in Madrid Formation Talks Begin
Premier Manuel Azana's cabinet resigned today as President Niceto Alcala Zamora announced immediate talks to form a new government.
Unidentified man fatally struck by train near depot
An unidentified white man, about 37, was fatally injured Friday morning when struck by Missouri Pacific No. 116 near the depot on Jackson Street. He died at the hospital after initial consciousness, with a crushed shoulder and chest, leaving no identification despite a clothing search. Police and coroner officials seek leads or fingerprints to identify him.
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Price of Newly Mined Gold Set at 29 60 An Ounce
The treasury announced daily prices for newly mined gold. Federal reserve banks may sell to the arts and crafts sector and to foreign buyers at 29.62 dollars per ounce. This establishes the daily price as directed by President Roosevelt’s order.
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The
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September U S cotton output forecast at 12.414 million bales
The U S Department of Agriculture estimated this year’s cotton production at 12 414 million bales of 500 pounds gross weight down from last month s 12 314 million and below last year 13 002 million The September 1 crop condition was 67 5 in the normal range with an indicated yield per acre of 197 8 pounds Virginia and eight other states are listed with their conditions and expected production amounts
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Boy Confesses Kidnapping Hoax in Monroe
J. R. Bagwell, 16, of 700 Georgia Street, admitted to Monroe police that his reported kidnapping was a hoax. He claimed he borrowed his father's car Thursday night, got home after 5:30 Friday, and invented the tale to excuse his late arrival. He described two white men as abductors and stated a sleep-inducing substance was used. He later told investigators the incident was false.
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L. V. Tarver
Monroe
Bagwell
Columbia Road
American details revolt in Cuba and US role
Coast guard cutters were dispatched to Cuban shores as fear rose for American lives. Charles E. Fenner, arriving from Havana, described a communist uprising threatening foreigners and Cubans essential to Cuba’s economy, urging US intervention while noting Soviet agitators in Havana. He warned of imminent bloodshed and the vulnerability of Americans in the city.
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New Orleans
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Cuba
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U. S
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National Hotel
Malecon
Conciliation Talks Begin Among Cuban Factions
In Havana on September 8, six men and a woman met with leaders from all political strands to study Cuba's problems. A secret session signaled possible reinstatement of provisional President De Cespedes and the formation of a coalition cabinet to replace the five-man junta as tensions with the United States and threats of intervention loom. Delegates, guarded by troops, convened in the presidential palace to pursue a peaceful settlement.
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Revolutionary Commission
Diplomats and war blame in early 20th century view
In Beverly Hills a reader argues that Britain’s Viscount Grey and colleagues arranged the war through numerous conferences over weeks rather than a single moment of decision. He cites official records and Lloyd George’s writings to support the claim that diplomacy played a crucial role in triggering the war.
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