Federal public works programs accelerate recovery drives
Washington July 24 US federal projects under a 3.9 billion public works program will hire about a million men as spending reaches up to 600 million from an available 3.4 billion. Projects include naval construction housing river harbor work flood control and reclamation efforts like Boulder Dam, health instruction and agricultural department activities.
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Washington, D. C
Horbors
Agricuture and
Interior Departments
Nixon's Nixaderm Skin Cure Claims Quick Healing
An advertisement touts Nixon's Nixaderm for skin irritations ringworm pimples and itching. It promises rapid relief and a guaranteed money back return if healing does not occur, claiming a famous English skin specialist discovered it and that it works fast externally.
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Nixon
National recovery act funds boost US employment programs
The document outlines Liberated commerce department activities and several bureaus including aeronautics, fisheries, lighthouses, navigation, steamboat service, and the bureau of standards. It prioritizes projects with the most employment and highlights large expenditures for navy, rivers and harbors, flood control, and reclamation. A national highway system is to be built for hundreds of thousands of workers at about 400 million dollars. An additional 59 million is set aside for roads in national parks forests and reservations.
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Commerce Department
Aeronautics Development
Bureau of Fisheries, Lighthouses, Navigation and Steamboat Service
Bureau of Standards
Navy
B C Pills Claim Fast Relief For Menstrual Pains
An old ad claims B C Pills relieve period pain in minutes and soothe headaches fever and nerves. The copy touts non habit forming use and a low price per package, with references to tablets and dosage instructions.
Talks on wage code face sharp labor manufacturer clash
The initial session on the wage and hour code exposed deep rift between labor and manufacturers over minimum wages and hours. President Green presented an AF of L agreement to Johnson, while officials conduct a broad review of industry proposals, weighing a 36 hour week and 40 hour week plans as negotiations continue. Co operation pledges pour in as shipbuilders are called to council and the public drive to promote reemployment grows. The schooner Bugle arrives to be shown at the Century of Progress exhibition.
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Nenl
Organized Labor
Roosevelt
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Johinson
Green
Johnson
Karl Howard
Rooevelt
Charles F. Horner
White House
The
Recovery Administration
Kidnapping case grips Urschel family as clues mount
Federal investigators control the probe into the Urschel kidnapping amid uncertainty over the suspect’s identity. Reported details describe the abductors as swarthy foreigners, with one dubbed Floyd. Urschel, his wife Betty Slick Urschel, and other relatives recount tense moments and efforts to identify the captors while safeguarding the family’s oil fortune.
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Harved
Floyd
Wistbel
Urschel
J. A. Frates
Tulsa
Slick
St. Louis
A. A. Seeligson
Flared Stick Urschel
Charles F. Urschel Jr
Tom Blick Jr
Hetty
Earl
Texas
Urechel
Seeligsons Aid In Kidnap Negotiations In Oklahoma City
Former District Attorney Lamar Seeligson and Arthur Seeligson flew from San Antonio and Asheville to Oklahoma City to aid in negotiations for the safe return of Guaries R. Ursehel, a kidnapped trustee of the Slickoff estate. Ursehel, an outdoorsman, had visited San Antonio twice yearly and is a hunting companion of the Seeligsons and Jedd Rae. A separate incident in Neosho Falls involved three suspects later arrested after a bank burglary led to $95,000 in stolen Liberty bonds recovered, including $10,000 from the local bank. In Philadelphia, Frank A. McGlatchy died after being shot during a ransom attempt to abduct him.
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Oklahoma
Arthur Beeligson
Drachel
Ursehel
San Antonio
Seeligsons
Jedd Rae
Thin City
Neosho Falls Bank
Philadelphia
A. McGlatchy
Mew
McClatchy
Tate
Walsh
Five masked gunmen raid stylish club in Chicago
In Chicago on July 24 masked gunmen terrorized 82 guests at the Olympic golf and country club dance, escaping with 30000 dollars in cash and 14000 dollars in jewelry after forcing guests to the floor and threatening them. Police and city authorities joined suburban officers in pursuing the assailants.
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Chicago
Olympic Golf and Country Club
Elevers
Veterans' Bureau Seeks Shingle Bids For Legion Project
The Veterans' Bureau calls for bids to furnish asbestos shingles for Lyerans of the post at Legion Texas part of the federal administration. Bids will be opened in Legion July 28. Shingles must be second red.
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Lyerans
Pos Offici
Legion
Vexas
Vetérans’ Bureau
One Dead Two Held in Bank Robbery Near Millbrook Bank
In Yorkville three men raided the Millbrook Bank. A deputy sheriff shot and killed one gunman who ignored orders to halt. The other two raiders were captured after an all night vigilante pursuit. one remained unidentified.
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Yorkville
Millbrook
Rayon Industry to Create Code
Texas industrialists seeking a code for the rayon industry were notified Monday in a public letter to the post office. Representatives wired Washington Monday and will send a reply to all concerned. hearings will be held in Washington Tuesday.
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Rayon Industry
Texas
Washington
Missia
Hentings
Abe's Music Box Pilfered for Two Dollars in Tin Pot Theft
A confusing OCR item reports a theft at Abe's Music Box involving a two dollar pilferage. Names and places are garbled, with references to a suspect possibly Charles Levine and a prior $900 amount mentioned elsewhere. The readable fragment notes theft action and a return of $2 or related restitution, but details are unclear.
Strike Breakers Sought by Picture Studios
Hollywood July 24 studios advertise for men to replace 665 sound technicians who struck Saturday midnight to avert halting of film production. Sound is core to movies, threatening a large portion of the 27,000 workers. the strike centers on contract terms and uniform wages.
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Picture Studios Hollywood
Geckilie & Contract
Nazis in Control of German Churches
Berlin July 24 Nazi government extends control over German Protestant churches after general church elections. About 490,000 elders and governing board members will name provincial synod delegates who will pick delegates to a hierarchical synod for nominating a new bishop. Also on July 24 Jose Orne y Cells, president of the Mexican Confederation of Chambers of Commerce, left for Chicago to attend the Century of Progress exposition for about three weeks.
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Berlin
Heller
Rebcs
FATR
Mexico
D. F
Jose Orne Y Cells
Mexican Confederation of Chambers of Commerce
Chicago
Century of Progress Expositioln
Mite 6 reads messages in Tight Classifieds
Employment ads feature in the Tight Classifieds read by Mite 6 as they scan the sales connection messages. The note highlights the ongoing practice of parsing job listings for contact and placement details.
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Mite 6
Baldness remedies urged to combat constipated scalp
The ad warns that constipated scalp causes hair loss more than any disorder and urges daily massage with Frank'n Hair Beat Oil and Krank's Hair Root Oil to clear dry skin and deposits. It claims products open clogged tubes, promote growth, and improve hair lustre, urging readers to ask at drug counters.
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Lyon
Krank
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Pretty Day
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