Small stores condemned as chiselers in retail rows
Washington officials heard claims that small stores with investments under 500 dollars undermine business. Labor leaders and trade groups pressed for uniform 44 hour weeks, with drug stores and furniture retailers urging longer hours to cover costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Recovery Administration
Paul Nystrom
Limited Price Variety Stores Association
Lincoln Wisler
Chicago
I. Teetlebaum
New York Retail Furniture Association
Wisler
Hollowell Quits Job as Warden at Iowa Penitentiary
Warden Tom P Hollowell of the Iowa state penitentiary resigns effective Oct 1 after 13 years in charge. Appointed Aug 16 1920 to fill J R Perkins term, he cites failing health and has been noted for implementing the honor system. Board of Control will consider a successor once resignation is received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
Tom P. Hollowell
Iowa State Penitentiary
Board of Control
Des Moines
Hollowell
J. R. Perkins
W. L. Harding
Gandhi Ends Fast After His Release
Gandhi ends his eighth day fast after being released from custody. The frail nationalist leader was hospitalized at civil hospital after Yeroda jail where he served a one year term for civil disobedience. He protested government denial of privileges for his campaign on behalf of the untouchable class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Yeroda
Roosevelt Takes Day’s Vacation To Scout Camp
President Roosevelt takes a day off for an informal vacation at the Ten Mile River Boy Scouts camp near the Pennsylvania border, returning before nightfall. He spoke with Norman H. Davis and directed him to Geneva to pursue the world disarmament talks, endorsing Britain’s plan to curb offensive weapons and a French proposal for an international police body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Ten Mile River
Pennsylvania
Norman H. Davis
Europe
Geneva
Davis
Miners Strike at Montour No. 10 in Pittsburgh
More than 1,000 miners at the Pittsburgh Coal Montour No. 10 mine walked out in a fourth strike this month after two workers were fired. They accuse the company of discriminating against union activists and have filed complaints with the NRA coal mediation board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh — (P
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Montour No. 10
NRA Coal Mediation Board
SOS Signal From Liner Madison in Distress Off Virginia Coast
Aboard the Madison with more than 90 aboard sent an SOS as a north easter and Bermuda hurricane battered the Atlantic coast. The coast guard rushed to aid off Cape Charles and feared deck loss. Storm damage stretched from Maryland to New Jersey with dozens harmed or missing and coastlines flooded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Bermuda
Atlantic Seaboard
Old Dominion
Madison
Coast Guard
Cape Charles
Coast Wise
New York
Norfolk
Seaboard
Maryland
North Carolina
Mento
New Jersey
Cape May
Atlantic City
New York City
Al Smith Appeals for NRA Backing
Al Smith urges national cooperation with President Roosevelt's NRA program. He argues the plan, though not perfect, has raised wages and aided employment for many who would otherwise be public charges and deserves further trial and support. He likens the president to a physician healing the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Roosevelt
NRA
Luke
Four Big Jobs Before Recovery Administrators
Washington reports four major NRA tasks to finish fair practice pacts for coal and autos, resolve retailers' competition issues, and untangle labor status in the recovery movement. Also at issue is a New York drafted dress industry code by Grover Whalen, an NRA effort to loosen factory controls via the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and Federal Reserve. Fresh credit remains scarce but expected to loosen. blue eagle drives face voluntary compliance efforts, with enforcement only if necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
New York
Grover Whalen
Hugh S. Johnson
Federal Reserve
Reconstruction Corporation
Attendance Grows At 71st West Liberty Fair
The 71st West Liberty fair enters day two with about 4000 on the grounds at noon and up to 10000 expected by night. Winners include Cleo Yoder for grand championship in baby beef, Howard Dean reserve in baby beef, and Edwin Siders grand champion pig litter. A concert by the West Branch band opened the day, with harness races at 1 30 and a 2 14 pace and 2 16 trot for 150 dollars, plus chariot races and Merrill acts. A parade of prize livestock scheduled for 7 15 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal News Service
West Liberty
Cleo Yoder
Wellman
Howard Dean
Nichols
Muscatine County
Edwin Siders
Iowa City
Hampshires
West Branch
Merrill
M. A. Heming
Will Rog Drops Off Item at Hoover Dam
A note from Las Vegas mentions dropping something off at Hoover Dam. The author hopes no additional irrigation expands land used for crops that cannot be sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Nevada
Hoover Dam
Eicher at West Liberty Fair Pledges NRA Support
Congressman Ed C. Eicher addressed a West Liberty fair crowd urging bipartisan backing for President Roosevelt’s recovery programs. He said the NRA and other steps aim to speed prosperity, notably by ensuring farmers earn a reasonably prosperous living to stimulate broader buying and economic recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal News Service
West Liberty
Washington
Ed C. Eicher
Iowa
Eicher
Roosevelt
NRA
Murder Suspects Freed at Aledo
Aledo Illinois July 22 1929 two murder suspects released from Mercer county jail after questioning in the slaying and robbery of Martin Wolz Toolesboro Iowa farmer. Suspects Aledo-Emery Crossland and Kenneth Ambrosius were held on investigation after arrest near New Boston on Tuesday morning. authorities failed to connect them to the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal News Service
Aledo
Emery Crossland
Southern Illinois
Kenneth Ambrosius
Cleveland
Walter Rehm
Mercer County
Martin Wolz
Toolesboro
Farmer
New Boston
Weather Outlook With Local Showers Possible Tonight
The forecast calls for local showers tonight or Thursday with generally fair conditions in the far east. Temperatures remain steady with little change. Mississippi River levels show minor fluctuations from St Paul to Cairo, with several sites rising or falling by tenths of a foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Mississippi River
St. Paul
la Crosse
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
Hannibal
St. Louis
Cairo
Memphis
Hoover Will Not Testify for Probers
Former president Herbert Hoover refuses to travel to Detroit to testify in the banking collapse inquiry. Hoover says he can provide only general, secondhand information and is not sufficient to justify a trip, suggesting investigators seek details from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and federal officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Calif
Detroit
Michigan City
Herbert Hoover
Stanford University
Hoover
Harry S. Toy
First National Bank Detroit
Guardian National Bank of Commerce
Mr. Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Father Coughlin Assails Bankers in Detroit Testimony
The Rev. Fr. Charles E. Coughlin denounced banking methods before a one man grand jury investigating the closing of Detroit’s two national banks. He asserted mismanagement wrecked the banks and predicted depositors would recover 80 percent of their deposits in time, amid a crowded courtroom and dramatic testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Charles E. Coughlin
Michigan
Guardian National Bank of Commerce
Harry B. Keidan
Herbert Hoover
Father Coughlin
United States
James Couzens
William A. Comstock
U S Enters Fight Against Fatal Plague in St Louis
The United States public health service sent a third expert to St Louis to investigate sleeping sickness as fatalities reach 19 with 182 cases. Drs Leake Armstrong and Williams join local authorities to trace a cause carrier or cure amid outbreaks in surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Washington
Wichita
Kas
Kansas City
Warrensburg
St.Louis County
Spokane
Wash
Federal Public Health Service
United States Public Health Service
L. L. Williams, Jr
Lindberghs Take Off in Iceland
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife departed from Eski Fjord in eastern Iceland today bound for the Faroe Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindberghs
Iceland
Copenhagen
Denmark
Charles A. Lindbergh
Eski Fjord
Faroe Islands
Army Officers Exchange Wives for Love in Fort Leavenworth Tale
Two army officers arranged a legal wife swap claiming love between spouses. Captain Bradford and Major MacDonald, with their former partners, pursued 90 day divorce paths in Bentonville Ark. The couples married anew after court decrees and now reside apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Leavenworth
MacDonald
Bradford
Bentonville, Ark
Lee Seamster
Frank Lloyd
Captain Bradford
Major MacDonald
Brad
Pennsylvania
Bradfords
Governor outlines Iowa liquor plan at Rotary talk
Gov Clyde Herring, at an intercity Rotary meeting, unveils a three point liquor control plan. No private profit, rigid state control, and a high state tax to deter bootlegging. He favors state liquor stores and urges delaying action until the 18th amendment is repealed. Illinois likewise postpones until repeal is official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge
Beore
Clyde Herring
Iowa
Herring
Horner
Illinois
Otto Fitchner Dies Here at 81
Otto Fitchner 81 a Muscatine county resident since 1855 died at Hershey hospital at 8 a m after a illness with a complication of diseases. He lived at 1522 Grant street bedfast three weeks. Born Oct 17 1851 in Stubenville Ohio he moved to Muscatine county in 1855 and married Mary Louise Staffellach Feb 7 1882 at Highland Illinois. Surviving are two sons Henry and William of Fairport five grandchildren two great grandchildren three brothers and three sisters. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Saturday at Hoffman Funeral home with Rev S F Schwartz and burial in Greenwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Fitchner
Muscatine County
Hershey Hospital
Grant Street
Mr. Fitchner
Stubenville
Mary Louise Staffellach
Highland, Ill
Frederick
Ernest
John
Lorena
Mary
Ella
Henry Fitchner
William Fitchner
Fairport
Tillie Smith
Rock Island
Lucinda Bennett
Muscatine
Frank Sardam
Fulton
George Fitchner
Anthon
Frank
Courd A Lene
Idaho
Will Fitchner
Iia
Hoffman Funeral Home
F. Schwartz
First ?Methodist Episcopal Church
Green Wood Cemetery
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Labor Advisory Board of the Recovery Administration
Iowa State
State Board
BY Claude Callan
Joe
Publishers Syndicate
Eugenia Rose
Evanston, Il
Cecil Smith
Smith
Gandhi
Virginia
al Smith
Roosevelt Ogral
NRAA
Blue Eagle Drive
Lake Forest Country Club
Eric Scudder
Emily Engelbach King
Albert Cleveland King
Scudder
Will Rog
Yours
Jk Rep
Fae
Trip
Harold Schaab
Wakarusa
Ind
Schaab
U. S
Robert Quillen
Emmie
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