Push to form NRA county advisory councils
Des Moines reports a drive to select county advisory councils for the national recovery program. J. J. Hughes of the state recovery board urges town committees to name delegates by Saturday night, with county, district, and state councils formed through Chambers of Commerce and commercial clubs.
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Des Moines
J. J. Hughes
Amn
State Recovery Board
Hughes
Chambers of Commerce
Statehouse
State Board
Gandhi's Fast Under Way In Poona India
Mahatma Gandhi began a new fast after refusing his evening meal Wednesday. H G Haig, member of the legislative council, said Gandhi was informed of government concessions in the afternoon and initially declined to fast before telling the jail superintendent he had changed his mind.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
H. G Haig
Legislative Council
Haig
Gandhi
Mahatma
Believe Drive on Kidnapers Ended
A police mobilization of 300 officers in LaGrange ended as 50 armed detectives returned from Wisconsin saying they searched numerous gangster hideouts in resort districts and found them deserted. John Factor, the millionaire market plunger, remained under heavy guard for safety after his role in the failed kidnapping trap.
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Chicago
LaGrange
Wisconsin
John Factor
Chicago Company Contract Extended to October 15
The state board of control extended to Oct. 15 the Dearborn Company of Chicago contract for output of furniture from Fort Madison penitentiary. The extension, announced today, shifts the original Aug. 15 expiry to allow use of leftover materials before the agreement ends.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
Dearborn Company of
Chicago
Ft. Madison
Miners Strike After Local Union Leader Is Dismissed
In Waukee Iowa 350 coal miners walked off the job after the Shuler Mining company discharged union president John Baker of Des Moines. Officials cited reasons for the firing and urged a new president be elected, but workers refused to return until Baker is re employed.
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Waukee
Shuler Mining Company
John Baker
Des Moines
Baber
Collectors Receive First NRA Stamps in Muscatine
Muscatine stamp collectors today received first day covers of the new national recovery act stamps issued in Washington. The stamps, a 3 cent denomination, feature four figures one man and one woman representing varied industries, with an NRA eagle on official envelopes marking the event.
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Washington, D. C
NRA
Attorney Denies Clark's Claims in Insurance Merger Suit
Des Moines Kansas City attorney W R Baker rejects assertions by E W Clark counsel about charges in a Scott county suit over the merger of the Independent Order of Foresters and the Modern Brotherhood of America. Baker asserts the allegations regarding the merger are supported by records in Clark's office and seeks to correct perceptions from Clark's counsel. He sent a June 29 1933 letter to Governor Herring the attorney general and executive council.
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Des Moines
W. R. Baker
Kansas City
E. W. Clark
Scott County
Independent Order of Foresters
Modern Brotherhood of America Insurance Companies
Clark
Baker
Government Chiefs to Use Air Mail for Most Messages
A Roosevelt issued bulletin directs heads of all executive agencies to use air mail for all but the most urgent government messages, circulating today by the authority of the president's executive council.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Executive Council
Dubuque Seeks Public Works Projects Plan Approval
Dubuque officials work on plans for proposed public works totaling around 132000 dollars for county roads and river channel improvements. The initiative aims to reduce flood danger at a Maquoketa river site while a winter reforestation camp is relocated. The group includes Thomas E. Byrne Edward McEvoy Ardel Thompson city commissioner Charles Landon Legion commander and emergency relief members William Clemens and Paul Nauman.
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Dubuque
Maquoketa River
Thomas E. Byrne
Edward McEvoy
Ardel Thompson
Charles Landon
American Legion
William Clemens
Paul Nauman
Emergency Relief Commission
State Highway Jobs Awarded To Local Contractors
Contracts totaling 753 220 81 dollars for paving grading gravel and crushed stone on Iowa highways were announced today after bids opened Tuesday. Four paving projects awarded to Magee of St. Paul Mets Construction of Clear Lake J S McLaughlin Sons of Des Moines for Clay Osceola Carroll Humboldt counties with project miles and sums listed.
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Ames
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Clay County
US. 71
Peterson
Walter W. Magee
St. Paul
Osceola County
Sibley
No. 21
Magee
Carroll County
Manning
U. S. 71
Mets Construction Company
Clear Lake
Humboldt County
Webster County
Humboldt
J. S. McLaugh
End Sons
Deg Moines
Butter Prices to Be Raised by Emergency Action
Washington officials consider emergency steps to cut butter surplus and lift prices. Dairymen groups press for quick price stabilization and favor a one cent per pound levy on butter fat to fund treasury-backed dairy support.
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Washington
Wallace
Farm Administration
Department
Treasury
Iowa Brothers Drown at Picnic at Ledges State Park
A Sunday school picnic at Ledges State Park Boone ended in the drowning of two Prole boys Ralph Johnson 11 and Hugh Johnson 13. Four others were with them in the Des Moines river. all could not swim. Roscoe Hunger a Prole farmer and superintendent of the Prole Methodist Sunday school led the 15 youth group.
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Hunger
Prole Methodist Sunday School
Melvin Johnson
Prole
Burlington Barber Violates NRA Rules
Burlington barber shop displaying NRA emblem was daubed with yellow paint as enforcement of the NRA code began. Owner G. H. Moeller says he complies with NRA hours but advertises prices below the code limits.
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Burlington
NRA
G. H. Moeller
Osceola Man Killed When Hit by Train
Chester Rough 22 of Osceola was killed early today when struck by a Burlington train while walking along the tracks east of the town.
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Osceola
Chester Rough
Burlington
Rough
Here
Cuban envoy Manuel Marquez Sterling named ambassador to Washington
Dr. Manuel Marquez Sterling, former Cuban ambassador to Mexico, accepted President Carlos de Cesspedes’s offer to serve as ambassador to Washington.
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Washington
Manuel Marquez Sterling
Mexico
Carlos de Cespedes
Jobless Will Get Chops and Bacon
President Roosevelt approved a program to slaughter 5,000,000 hogs under the agriculture department plan to aid unemployed farmers by killing unfeedable porkers. The federal relief administration will distribute the meat and farmers will receive payments funded by a tax on those converting live hogs into marketable pork. Secretary Wallace will outline details in Chicago Friday. Manx cats have bobbed tails.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Federal Relief Administration
Wallace
Chicago
Four Men Arrested After Farm Raid East of Remsen
Sheriff R E Rippey said four men Henry Marx George Art Francis Golden and Bert Bollinger with prior penitentiary or jail time raided Ray Tritz farm near Remsen. Tritz and Martin Spieler drove them into a cornfield with shotgun fire and deputies recovered two jugs of liquor. The men were held to the grand jury on breaking and entering charges.
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le Marne
R. E. Rippey
Ray Tritz
Remsen
Henry Marx
South Dakota
George Art
Fort Madison
Francis Golden
Bert Bollinger
Rippey
Tritz
Martin Spieler
Roosevelt and Ickes Agree on New Public Works
President Roosevelt and Secretary Ickes announced today they have agreed on a group of new projects to be started immediately under the employment program. Ickes will unveil the proposals later.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ickes
Public Works
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