Master Code Arranged for Coal Industry Negotiations
The recovery administration eyed reactions to the comprehensive NRA soft coal code drafted by Hugh S. Johnson. The master agreement, shaped after months of dispute, drew scrutiny from coal operators and miners who had until Saturday to file objections. Prices for coal may rise as a marketing agency mechanism is allowed, with hopes to restore retail levels from years ago.
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Washington
Recovery Administration
Hugh S. Johnson
Roosevelt
Johnson
Ickes
Montana
Alabama
NRA Complaints Body Completes Muscatine County Panel
Mayor Herman B. Lord announced that Muscatine county completes its five member complaints committee with Charles J. Mackey and Dr. V. O. Muench joining prior appointees Herman Zeug Jesse A. Rehmel and H. F. Lauser. The group awaits state board instructions from Des Moines to define its authority before taking action.
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NRA
Herman B. Lord
Charles J. Mackey
West Liberty
V. O. Muench
Nichols
State Recovery Board
Muscatine
Herman Zeug
Jesse A. Rehmel
H. F. Lauser
Wilton
Lord
State Board
Des Moines
Iowa miners strike continues despite new mining code
Iowa coal miners and operators clash over the coal code proposed by General Hugh Johnson. Five hundred Scandia miners resume work while 13 Polk county mines stay idle. Pickets halt work near Williamson. Wage differential dispute centers on 95 cents daily between Appanoose Wayne fields and other Iowa mines. The strike began last Friday at Williamson with demands for a $5 basic wage and a six hour day.
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Des Moines
Hugh Johnson
Iowa
Scandia Coal Company
Madrid
Boone County
Polk County
Williamson
Lucas County
Iowa Fuel Company
Chariton
George Heaps, Jr
Operators’ Association
A E Wheeler 87 Dies Suddenly in South Dakota
A E Wheeler known as Dad Wheeler and the last Civil War veteran of Ainsworth died at Bigstone South Dakota at 5 am from a heart attack. He had been in failing health for years. His son S T Wheeler reported the death. The body will be returned to Ainsworth with funeral plans incomplete.
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Journal News Service
Ainsworth
A. E. Wheeler
Dad” Wheeler
Bigstone
S. D
S. T. Wheeler
Wheeler
Burton Wheeler
Weather outlook for Iowa and Midwest
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight in northwest and north central Iowa. Saturday unsettled and cooler except extreme southeast. Illinois and Missouri remain fair and warm tonight and Saturday with unsettled conditions forming in parts of the region. Temperatures show slight rises and falls across St Paul Keokuk St Louis with small changes in after midnight readings.
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Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
St. Paul
Keokuk
St. Louis
Cuba Confronts Dual Governments As U S Ships Probe
Cuban board members from all factions meet to study the nation’s crisis amid two rival governments. US Coast Guard cutters, including the Unalga and Gresham, deploy to Cuban shores near Havana as tensions rise and intervention fears grow.
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Havana
Cuba
de Cespedey
Revolutionary Commission
de Cespedes
United States
Aurelio Alvarez
Aurelio Hevia
Union Nacionalista
Martinez Fraga
Menocalistas
Miguel Mariano Gomez
Ramon Martinez Saenz
ABC Secret Society
Crazy Man Kills Three and Himself in Belfast Maine
A deranged man Adrian Jones opened fire on Main street near the Masonic temple killing Herbert Ellis 65 and W. W. Blaisdell 75, wounding Raymond Blaisdell 40 and R B Stanhope, then killed himself in a blacksmith shop after a police siege.
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Belfast
Maine
Adrian Jones
Main Street
Masonic Temple
Herbert E. Ejilis
Ellis
Jones
Washington Street
W. W. Blaisdell
Raymond
R. B. Stanhope
Blaisdell
Stanhope
Burlington Bank to Pay Out 430000 in 10 Percent Depositors
Des Moines reports state banking officials prepare checks totaling 430000 for about 9000 depositors of American Trust and Savings bank of Burlington. Checks, dated Sept 15, will be distributed once a court order arrives. first payment on deposits at 10 percent.
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Des Moines
American Trust and Savings Bank of
Burlington
State Banking Department
G. S. Krouth
C. L. Bosier
Bosier
Settlement Reached In Embroidery Strike After Night Conference
New York city officials announced a settlement ending a strike by 15,000 embroidery workers. The accord grants a 35 hour five day week and minimum wage, with improvements cited by NRA mediator Grover A. Whalen. Forty percent work from home and tenements are noted, while production stoppage could have affected up to 100,000 workers.
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New York
NRA
Grover A. Whalen
NRA City
Whalen
Chicago Killer Ross King Faces Death Sentence
A 29 year old, Ross King also known as Kenneth Smith, was sentenced to death in the electric chair for killing Policeman Harry Edlich. King’s accomplice, John Bangiorno, 30, drew 199 years. The death penalty was the third in Chicago for killings of police officers amid a city anti crime push.
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Chicago
Ross King
Kenneth Smith
King
Harry Edlich
John Bangiorno
Crown Prince Ghazi Crowned King of Iraq
An official dispatch from Bagdad says Crown Prince Ghazi, son of the late King Feisal, was crowned in Bagdad as successor after King Feisal died early today in Berne of a heart attack.
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London
Bagdad
Ghazi
Feisal
Iraq
Berne
Actress to Charge Read and Wife With Collusion in Suit
In Los Angeles an alienation of affections case involves actress Miss Windsor and plaintiff Mrs Marian Read. Read and his former wife allegedly conspired to prosecute the suit for mutual benefit and place any judgment in trust for their children.
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Read
Los Angeles
Marian Read
Alfred Read, Jr
Claire Windblond
Miss Windsor
Alfred C. Read Jr
Peres SS Eee Eeswer
Diplomatic role in starting war questioned by reader
Beverly Hills reader cites Viscount Grey as key to Britain’s prewar aggression through dozens of conferences and communications. Mentioned are Lloyd George and published records noting Grey’s involvement in arranging the conflict.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Germany
Belgium
Viscount Grey
Britain
Ol. House
Grey
Lloyd George
Weather and river stage update across Iowa and Mississippi
Dry hot weather kept temperatures near ninety across southeastern Iowa. Davenport reported a river level near low water with a small rise and barges hampered by the Mississippi's low stage. Dam use at Dubuque and Illinois coffer dam aided passage through locks and raised upstream river levels two to four and a half feet. Forecast calls for cooler conditions in northern Iowa with unsettled Saturday.
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Iowa
William Molis
Associated Press
Davenport
Dubuque
Keithsburg
Ill
Illinois
Rock Island
Moline Locks
Parkhurst Dies Voice of Reform Foe of Tammany
The Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst longtime crusading minister died at 91 after falling from his home roof in Ventnor New Jersey He had sparked a national anti Tammany Hall campaign in the 1890s influencing reform mayors and police chiefs His death followed a brain concussion skull fracture and broken leg suffered in the fall Survived by relatives in New York and New Jersey His wife had died three years earlier.
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Ventnor
N. J
Charles H. Parkhurst
Tammany Hall
New York City
Grace Moore Parkhurst
Winthrop Parkhurst
Atlantic City Hospital
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Tammany
New York
Roosevelt
Willim L. Strong
Theodore Roosevelt
Strong
Robert A. Vanwyck
Parkhurst
Seth Low
Malcolm Kingsley
Helen Parkhurst
Gertrude Parkhurst
Thayer Adams Smith
Short Hills
Wilton Plans No Tax Levy for 1934
Wilton will not levy any tax for 1934, a record said to be unique in the county and state. County Auditor Kenneth Coder notes increasing levies elsewhere as he sent notices requiring tax certificates by September 13. Town clerk F H Miller confirms the decision and the auditor considers formalizing the document.
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Wilton
Kenneth Coder
F. H. Miller
National Relief Appeal Voiced By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt opened the White House mobilization for human needs conference urging nationwide contributions to aid the destitute. He criticized regions not sharing adequately and said Americans can support charity more now than in earlier years. Kellogg, standing in for Baker, announced a nationwide campaign of surpassing importance for human needs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Kellogg
Frank B. Kellogg
Newton D. Baker
Relef
Roosevelt compares U S to a climbing train at relief event
President Roosevelt told a relief conference that the nation resembles a railroad train climbing a long hill. He stressed the need to build momentum, noting the train is starting and running about 20 miles per hour and should reach 40 to guarantee getting over the grade.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Street Car Strike in Cleveland Averted by NRA
A mass street car strike in Greater Cleveland was postponed after the NRA and city officials intervened. Nearly 3,000 workers were to walk out, potentially halting public transport for 500,000 riders. Union leaders will reconvene Saturday to decide further action.
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NRA
Cleveland
Greater Cleveland
National Recovery Administration
Cleveland Railway Company
Hugh S. Johnson
National Labor Board
Ray T. Miller
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