Escaped Felon Nabbed in Texas and Nationwide Raids
Federal raids in St Paul Denver and Paradise Texas nabbed Harvey J Talley an escaped convict and ten others linked to two major crimes The Urschel kidnapping and the Kansas City Union Station gang slayings Were charged as opening moves in President Roosevelts war on gangsters The cases involve Touhy McFadden Sharkey Schafer and others with Lindbergh law indictments potential in Wisconsin and Minnesota locations across the Midwest and Plains states
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Harvey J. Talley
St. Paul
Denver
Paradise
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Kansas City Union Station
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Bailey
Urschel
Albert L. Bates
George Bates
van Buren
Paw Paw
Mich
Werner Hann
United States Bureau of Investigation
Sam J. Kronick
Charles Wolk
William Nelson
Minneapolis
Sam Rozberg
Minn
Roger Touhy
Chicago
William Hamm, Jr
St. Paul Brewer
Wisconsin
Hamm
United States
Touhy
Edward McFadden
William Sharkey
Gustav Schlacher
Gloomy
Gus Schafer
Balbo and His Mates Decorated by Mussolini in Rome
Mussolini lauded Balbo and the air fleet after a triumphant roman procession under the arch of Constantine. He named Balbo air marshal and promoted each aviator, then kissed Balbo as the squadron presented its grand report on the transatlantic voyage to Chicago and back. King Victor Emmanuel greeted the aviators before the march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balbo
Mussolini
Rome
Italy
America
Continents
Constantine
Italo Balbo
Chicago
Victor Emmanuel
Must Pay in Advance at Dayton Hotel for NRA Chief
General Hugh S. Johnson, head of the NRA, arrived in Dayton with no luggage after a storm halted his air trip. A hotel clerk demanded advance payment, and Johnson left, while another Dayton hotel accepted him without issue.
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NRA
Dayton
Ohio
Hugh 8. Johnson
Johnson
St. Louis
Washington
Kathryn Carver Divorced From Adolphe Menjou
Los Angeles film actress Kathryn Carver was awarded a divorce from actor Adolphe Menjou after testifying he flew into fits of rage. Menjou denied the charges in his answer and allowed the case to proceed by default.
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Kathryn Carver
Menjou
Los Angeles
Calif
Adolphe Menjou
Miss Carver
Lightning Kills Three Boys Shelter Under Tree
Burgettstown Pa Lightning killed three farm boys who sought shelter under a tree during an electrical storm. The tragedy highlights dangers of seeking shade during lightning events.
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Burgettstown
Two Slayers Electrocuted in Ohio Robbery Killing
Two Cincinnati men Joseph Murphy eighteen and James Murphy twenty four were executed in the electric chair in Columbus for the murder during a robbery of Harry Friedhoff a Silverton bank cashier.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cincinnati
Joseph Murphy
James
Harry Friedhoff
Silverton
Wallace Signals Possible Wheat Export Subsidies
Secretary Wallace said the United States is ready to subsidize wheat exports or use the farm act powers to avoid price depressing surpluses if major exporters fail to reach a global agreement. He denied dumping, proposing subsidized exports to restore normal export levels while awaiting an August 24 consensus among Canada Australia and Argentina.
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Washington
Wallace
United States
Henry Morgenthau, Sr
Geneva
London
Morgenthau
Canada
Australia
Argentina
Widow Denies Role in Rockford Torch Murder
Mrs May Hanson thirty eight year old widow denies involvement in the murder of her ex husband Earl Hanson. His flaming car and body were found after he returned their daughter Jane to his wife. Authorities say the crime involved gasoline carried in a porcelain water bowl found near the scene.
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Rockford
May Hanson
Earl Hanson
Hanson
Jane
Sarazen Captures Pro Championship at Milwaukee
Gene Sarazen, 32, defending United States and British Open winner, won the 1933 Professional Golfers' Association title at Blue Mound Country Club Milwaukee defeating Willie Goggin of Salada Beach California in the final round. Sarazen claimed his third PGA Championship since 1922 and collected a $1000 prize.
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Sarazen
Milwaukee
Gene Sarazen
Professional Golfers’ Association
Miami-Biltmore Country Club
Miami
Fla
Willie Goggin
Salada Beach
Calif
Blue Mound
Nebraska Faces 60 000 Unemployed In State Strain
Nebraska officials warn local governments to tap all resources as 60 000 families lack employed members, about 17 percent of the total. Federal highway work may create about 5000 jobs this month, with Governor Bryan aiming for 10 000 by fall. county managers named in Omaha Lincoln Beatrice Grand Island North Platte and Norfolk will coordinate relief and re employment efforts.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
George Hodge
Hodge
Floyd A. Atkins
Hodges
Bryan
George Bickley
Omaha
Municipal Employment Service
Federal Loan Bank
State Board of Educational Lands
Douglas County
4 H Clubs Busy As Fair Nears in Nebraska State
L I Frisbie reports 4 H clubs across Nebraska are preparing for the September state fair. Boys show baby beef in top condition as ribbons and the state champion for 1933 loom, while girls finish handicraft dress entries. The 4 H building on the fair grounds is readied for club exhibits with judging, demonstrations, style shows and song contests planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
L. I. Frisbie
Frisbie
Nebraska University Agricultural College
Nebraska
Nebraska Receives $12632 Federal Employment Grant
The state learns it will receive 12632.51 from a 1.5 million federal fund for a federal employment service. Nebraska must provide 5000 of its own money to cooperate in placing job seekers. The legislature had 6691 unspent in the labor commissioner's funds for unemployment combat. This may enable Nebraska to participate in the federal allotment for the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Omaha
Nebraska
Congress
Hall
National Employment Director’s Office
State Labor Commissioner’s Office
Cattle headcount in Nebraska climbs to 2.78 million
State Tax Commissioner W. H. Smith reports 2,776,843 cattle in Nebraska as of April 1, the highest in four years. The tally rises from 2,572,905 last year and 2,604,990 in 1931, with 2,274,206 in 1930, though valuations drop from 95.27 million dollars four years ago to 48.15 million this year based on county assessors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincolna
Nebraska
W. H. Smith
Smith
Nebraska Hog Totals Decline in 1933 Assessment Figures
State Tax Commissioner W. H. Smith reports Nebraska hog totals dropped from 2,040,266 in 1932 to 1,908,728 in 1933 with value down from 7,995,779 dollars to 7,254,257 dollars. The per head value fell from 3.92 to 2.63.
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Nebraska
W. H. Smith
Nebraska Potatoes Make Gains After Losses Last Year
A. E. Anderson, state and federal statistician, notes Nebraska potato growers are profiting this year after last year’s losses from selling costs. Freight charges to Chicago then exceeded the shipment price. Early harvest in the Kearney district brings over $2 per hundred pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Chicago
Kearney
President Roosevelt pushes codes for coal steel and oil
Roosevelt intervened to speed codes for coal steel and oil amid recovery delays. Johnson, Green and Googe brought updates and complaints as tensions rose in the coal regions and within labor and recovery agencies. Ogburn resigned from the consumers advisory board after policy clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Consumers’ Advisory Board
National Recovery Administration
W. F. Ogburn
University of Chicago
Rumsey
BE. H. Harriman
Roosevelt
Washington
St.ouis
NRA
Hugh §. Johnson
White House
Johnson
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Steel
Recovery Administration
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
William F. Ogburn
Ogburn
Mary Rumsey
Commerce
Roper
Central Statistical Board
George L. Googe
Atlanta
Southern
Edward F. McGrady
Recovery Agency
Googe
Favors Cost Druggan Five Months in Prison
Chicago beer baron Terrence Druggan lost 150 days of good behavior time and faced segregation after a Department of Justice action following privileges at Leavenworth annex. Deputy Warden Kearney suspended. Chaplain Ording, Wahler, Swearingen dismissed. Warden Hudspeth censured but not blamed beyond carelessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Terrence Druggan
Chicago
Atlanta
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Department of Justice
Department
P. J. Kearney
James A. Ording
Lester M. Wahler
Vernon R. Swearingen
Robert H. Hudspeth
Annex
Michiganteenager pleads to manslaughter in mother killing
Balfe MacDonald seventeen pleads guilty in Circuit court to manslaughter after admitting he killed his mother Grace MacDonald in Flint Michigan on May 27. Judge James S. Parker sentences him to 10 to 15 years in Jackson state prison.
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Michigan
Flint
Mich
Balfe MacDonald
Grace MacDonald
Jackson
James S. Parker
Tobacco Strike in Puerto Rico Settled
San Juan report says a tobacco strip workers strike involving over 5000 people ended after Governor Gore visited a strike center and workers cheered. The settlement grants 30 percent wage increases for workers earning under 75 cents daily and 20 percent for those earning above that threshold.
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Puerto Rico
San Juan
Robert H. Gore
John H Waters Dies After Conference Collapse
John H Waters seventy four president of the National Radiator Corporation and of the United States National Bank at Johnstown Pa died in a hospital after collapsing during a treasury conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Waters
Washington
National Radiator Corporation
United States National Bank
Johnstown
Treasury
Medical Educator Dr John M Dodson Dies in Chicago
Dr John M Dodson, longtime editor of Hygeia health magazine and noted medical educator, died at his Chicago home from uremia at age seventy four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John M. Dodson
Hygeia
Bulgaria A land of farms and rising modernity in transition
The article surveys Bulgaria as an agricultural nation with strong peasant conservatism and thrift, noting Sofia as a historic crossroads, the rise of education through American and private schools, and a growing labor corps. It highlights Varna as a developing seaside resort, Tirnovo’s historic defenses, and the Rose Valley attar industry dominating the economy, with co operatives challenging old firms in the rose oil trade.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU Service
Danube
Macedonian Mountains
Sofia
Trajan
Constantinople
Constantine
Balkan
Byzantium
Orient Express
Orient Arrow
Paris
le Bourget
Strasbourg
Nurnberg
Prague
Vienna
Budapest
Belgrade
Bulgaria
Maud Miller
American Farm School
Tirnovo
Luxembourg
Varna
Black Sea
Dobruja
Romania
Sol
Mesemvriya
Jahangir
Nur Jahan
Delhi
Attar
Balkans
Middle Mountain
Aphrodite
Rosalie
Diana
Agricultural Bank
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U.S
State News
Lincoln County
Fritz Green
Meek
Eagle Creek
Mr. Green
C. A. Ross
State Railway Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ross
Nebraska Commission
Favors
Druggan
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