Debates on labor recovery and foreign debt policy in Washington
In Washington Roosevelt and AFL leader William Green stressed unity to rebuild the economy. The article surveys NRA and AAA performance, labor–business tensions, and possible debt renegotiations with Britain and other nations, noting congressional resistance to full debt cancellation and the need to maintain exports.
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Roosevelt
Gormpers
United States
William Green
Bir. Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Hugh §. Johnson
NRA
American Federation of Leber
Intermountain Region Sees Jobs Aid And Relief Moves
Utah and Idaho communities report new public works funds and relief efforts. Utah counties estimate five hundred unemployed in Sar pete. 180000 pounds of galt pork distributed under state relief, with a second shipment planned. Workers added at smelter in Tooele. Utah wheat growers pursue national allotment program.
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Film Stars Salaries Under Scrutiny In Depression Era
A resident urged General Johnson to investigate movie star and director salaries for reasonableness and to take action to reduce them. Johnson delegated the inquiry to Soe A Rosenblatt, NRA movie administrator, as dispatches from Nollywood signaled industry nerves about hidden pay scales.
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TVA to Use Civil Service for Valley Project Hiring
Dr Arthur F. Morgan chair of the TVA says hiring for the Tennessee Valley project will use civil service exams for all positions from laborers upward. He notes exams will be businesslike and reduce administrative costs while relieving local relief burdens and curbing political influence.
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Clyl Gervics Testa
Navy Department
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Ite
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee
Explosion Crashes United Air Lines Plane Over Indiana
A United Air Lines transcontinental passenger plane bound from New York to Chicago exploded near Chesterton Indiana. The craft broke apart and fell a thousand feet, bursting into flames on a farm. Seven people died including four passengers two pilots and a stewardess. It was United’s first fatal passenger loss in seven years.
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New York
Chicago
Government agency to fix prices via Cotton loans plan
The Commodity Credit Corporation will raise prices by loaning government funds to cotton farmers to hold the year's crop at 10 to 15 cents a pound. It has 3 million dollars initial capital and will secure loans with the commodities held, with other commodities to follow.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
IFC
Charges and acquittals in federal lottery case in New York
Ce James J. Davis of Pennsylvania and Theodore G. Miller of Aurora NL faced federal lottery charges linked to charity ballots. A New York jury found Miller not guilty after nearly four weeks of trial. Dayla and Davis were noted in connection with the case.
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Pennsylvania
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New York
Dayla
Theodore G. Miller
Aurora
Florida Joins Repeal Vote Push On Prohibition
Florida voted to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment by about four to one, joining 33 states backing national prohibition repeal. Only three more states are required to end nationwide prohibition.
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Florida
Tension Deepens as Japan Russia Strain Rises Over Railroad
Moscow charges allege Japan plots to seize the Chinese Eastern railroad to Manchuria. Japan denies the tale. Tokyo observers doubt imminent war, but an armed clash with the Soviet Union may come soon, unsettling League of Nations leaders in Geneva.
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Tote
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Atlantic pact signed by Latin republics curbs aggressive war
Six Latin American nations Argentina Brazil Chile Mexico Uruguay and Paraguay sign a formal agreement in Rio de Janeiro outlawing war of aggression forbidding seizure of territory and establishing a conciliatory mechanism to supplement the Kellogg Island pact.
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Brazil
Chile
Mexico
Uruguay
Paraguay
Police Break Up Kheaki Shirts Plan to Install Roosevelt
Philadelphia police dismantle a plot by the Kheaki Shirts of America to march on Washington and install Roosevelt as dictator. Leader Art J. Smith fled with about $25,000 of funds. raid on Shirts HQ uncovered small arms. Authorities not alarmed by the scheme.
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America
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Roosevelt
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