Government to wipe out gangs and boost jobs say NRA aided recovery
Government officials credit the NRA with large August employment gains as 5,000 workers return to Ford and other plants. Henry Ford shuts Chester plant amid labor tensions while Wagner notes NRA struggles with employer refusals to operate. Recovery chief Hugh S. Johnson works on NRA’s reorganization.
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Ashington
William Green
Henry Ford
NRA
Green
James H. Roy- Yale
Kent Roosevelt
Hugh
Rogers
Chester
Wagner
Ational Labor Board
Ford
Hugh Son
Johnson
Ford Factory Closing Question Tackled by Officials
Detroit September 28 Ford Motor company officials declined to admit any sign of significant closing at the Chester assembly plant where an undetermined number of men were on strike. They explained that the interlocking production units mean the absence of a few key workers could halt all operations though only a few hundred were believed on strike.
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Eetroit
Ford Mo Company
Chester
Ford
Monroe crowd marvels at Cooley's new Michigan car
Captain G B Cooley returns from Michigan with a large impressive car drawing attention on DeSiard street and in downtown Monroe. Local singer Frank Campbell hides from a sudden public moment while Missouri Pacific ticket office is briefly spotlighted.
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G. B. Cooley
Michigan
DeSiard Street
Monroe
Captain Cooley
John McCormick
Hotel
Virginia
Missouri Pacific
Frank Campbell
Three Killed and Three Injured In Wichita Falls Explosion
An explosion and fire at the Taxman refinery in Wichita Falls Texas killed three men and seriously injured another. Victims named include Ralph Spettel Clyde Holland and Bob Finley. Fred Arbuckle Clyde Griffin and C B Ward were injured with Arbuckle possibly fatally. Damage listed at 250000 dollars.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
Taxman
Ralph Spettel
Clyde Holland
Bob Finley
Fred Arbuckle
Clyde Griffin
C. B. Ward
Arbuckle
Thieves Take Large Swag in Postal Robbery at Boston
A daylight heist at Boston South Station nets three sacks of registered mail with payrolls and valuables estimated between 190000 and 200000 dollars. The thieves fled in two cars, abandoning one after transfer to a second vehicle. Police and postal inspectors pursue suspects as details emerge about the coin bag bound for Cape Cod and sacks destined for Taunton and Newport.
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Boston
South Station
Cape Cod
Taunton
Mass
Newport
R. I
Post Office
John Lucey
New England Postal District
Frank S. Childs
Nellie Nice
East Newton Street
Swansea
Cuban troops move inland as labor unrest grows
Government machine gun units head to Camaguey province to defend sugar mills amid worker attacks. Hershey sugar operations suspend in Matanzas and Havana, a Matanzas factory clash injures a woman, and strikes spread with mediators failing to halt unrest. President Grau San Martin reports rising treasury collections.
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Havana
Camaguey
Hershey Sugar
Matanzas
Hershey Electric
Ramon Grau San Martin
Attorney Re-Admitted To State and Federal Practice
Carl Marshall, prominent coast attorney, was re admitted to both state and federal court practice. He had been disbarred over alleged involvement in the $30,000 Warrenite scandal and took the oath before Judge F R Holmes in federal court yesterday, with latest state bar re admission also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi
Miss
Carl Marshall
F. R. Holmes
Shifting Toward Traditional Aids Seen At Capital
Washington reports a shift from new economic ideas to traditional recovery aids. Skepticism grows toward NRA public works and agricultural acts as paths to prosperity. officials privately share patience. Roosevelt focuses on direct relief, expansion of food aid, steel rail orders, and RFC credit offerings to bolster recovery.
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Raymond Clapper
The
United Press
Washington
NRA
Public Works
Roosevelt
Local Chamber Plans Campaign to Enlist Members
A Monroe West Monroe chamber committee convened to launch an intensive drive inviting business and professional interests to cooperate with chamber activities tied to the NRA program. A large merchant meeting is set for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. on the Hotel Virginia roof to hear civic leaders and NRA committee chairs outline the effort.
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Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
West Monroe
Hotel
Virginia
NRA
W. C. Feazel
Fifth Congressional District
A. V. Miller
Pat Tugwell Shows He Is A Dutiful Son
In a Winnfield setting author examinees how state taxes and government costs are handled in Louisiana. The piece notes Jones street ending at the Tugwell home of A P Tugwell and describes local highway work affecting property. Continued on Seventh Page.
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Pat’ Tugwell
Louisiana
Winnfield
Jones
Louisiana Highway
Jones Street
Winn Parish Court House
Dugdemona Road
R. W. Tugwell
A. P. Tugwell
Louisiana Highway On
Tugwell
State Registration Fees and Vehicle Taxes Highlight Louisiana
The National Highway Users Conference reports Louisiana has among the highest license charges and gasoline tax receipts per vehicle. Louisiana's average license tax per car is 17.29 dollars, above many states. 1932 gasoline tax per vehicle reaches 35.73 dollars, only Florida and Georgia higher, while the U S average is 158.65.
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National Highway Users Conference
Washington, D. C
Louisiana
States of the Union
Texas
Mississippi
California
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
Tennessee
Missouri
Back at crime scene Neu confesses to two killings
Louis Kenneth Neu returns to New Orleans in custody, admits killing Lawrence Shead of Paterson New Jersey and Sheffield Clark of Nashville Tennessee. He declares he has killed two men and is ready to face consequences. Prosecutors plan grand jury action for an indictment and early trial. Extradition to Louisiana granted with return to New Jersey if needed.
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New Orleans
Louis Kenneth Neu
Clark Gable
Lawrence Shead
Paterson
N. J
Sheffield Clark
St. Nashville
Neu
Louisiana
New Jersey
Clark
Eugene Stanley
Ferguson Under Fire At Inquiry In Texas
James E. Ferguson defends himself as Frank W. Chudej testifies he delivered 22000 dollars in currency over seven months to Ferguson and deposited it in an Austin bank. Lawrence Westbrook notes Ferguson presided at relief commission meetings where Miriam Ferguson serves as ex officio chair. Ferguson denounces the attack as an attempt to smear his character.
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Austin
Texas
James E. Ferguson
Ferguson
Frank W. Chudej
Senate
Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission
Chude
Lawrence Westbrook
Relief Commission
Miriam A. Ferguson
Secretary Wallace to Visit South Louisiana Fair
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace plans a Louisiana trip to the South Louisiana fair in Donaldsonville between October 8 and October 15. Fair officials said they were informed that the secretary intends to make the visit.
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Wallace
Louisiana
New Orleans
Donaldsonville
Machine Gun Kelly confesses partial Urschel kidnapping
Federal agents report George Kelly has admitted a role in the Urschel kidnapping of Oklahoma City oilman Charles Urschel, naming Albert Bates as partner in the abduction to Paradise Texas. He denies involvement in the Chicago bank robbery and the Kansas City Union Station massacre.
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Verne Miller
South Dakota
Kansas City Union Station
Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank
Associated Press
Memphis
George
Kelly
W. A. Rover
Department of Justice
Southwest
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Urschel
Kansas City
Paradise
Tex
Rover
Frank Nash
Nash
Oklahoma
Harry B. Anderson
Jackson
Tenn
Kathryn
John M. Keith
Kellys
Keith
Roosevelt at Hyde Park Plans for Rail Aid and Steel Bids
President Roosevelt rests at Hyde Park as he hints at a forthcoming statement on expanding credit for agriculture and industry. He says federal rail aid will seek best prices for equipment and steel rails through competitive bids, and he will attend a Methodist centennial and a cousin’s wedding at the end of the week.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
New York
Washington
Methodist Church
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Navy
Herbert Hoover
Robinson
Widened kidnaping plot outlined in Urschel case trial
Assistant U S attorney general Joseph B Keenan opened final arguments in the Urschel kidnapping case describing a nationwide conspiracy with four linked groups of defendants across five states He stressed the nation faces between government rule of law and gangsters and noted efforts by money changers and extortionists to launder ransom money.
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Oklahoma City
Joseph B. Keenan
U. S
Charles F. Urschel
Keenan
Albert Bates
Harvey Bailey
George Kelly
Memphis
R. G
Boss
Kennan
Union
Urschel
Texas
Joplin
Kansas City
Minnesota
Oklahoma City Man Learns He Faces Trial in Urschel Case
Sam Kronick of St. Paul says he did not know he stood trial in the Urschel kidnapping case until five days into proceedings. Kronick believed he was summoned to testify about counterfeit money and cried when informed he was a defendant. Kronick, born in Russia, ran a small cosmetic business in St. Paul. his cousin Sam Kozberg was among his few friends.
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J. W. Smith
Judson
Monroe
Oklahoma City
Sam Kronick
St. Paul
Urschel
Twin Cities
Isadore Blumenfeld
Cliff Skelly
Barney Berman
Minneapolis
Kronick
America
Russia
Sam Kozberg
Rogers Says Limit Rumor Broadcasts Not Power
Beverly Hills reader complains about radio rumors broadcast without facts and urges limits on gossip rather than kilowatts. He suggests lawsuits would curb reckless broadcasting and notes a NYSE move affecting taxes on streetcar and subway riders.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
New York Stock Exchange
Tammany
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Turner
Roscoe Turner
Floyd Bennett Field
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Desperado
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