NRA Code Revisions Discussed at Conference Meeting
Jenny and NRA officials outline twelve code revisions aimed at stabilizing prices, standardizing wages, reducing hours, curbing monopolies, and protecting small businesses. The plan includes a uniform price floor, above cost protection, and stricter buying regulations, with a public hearing to justify changes and a broader national campaign to enforce compliance.
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Jyngton
Jenny
NRA
dudden‘ding
ture
dentind
Tufivellal Industries
Johnson iid
Bursted Water Main Causes Major Local Flooding
A thirty inch water main burst near the intersection of South Street and Erie Avenue, flooding basements and flooding the curb line. Water service was restored within a short hour after the Conan crew opened the line. damage occurred at 1601 Erie Avenue owned by Joseph Braun.
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south street
Erle vren
Conan
wator
Erie avenue
Joseph Braun
Packing House Industry Shows Improvement
Chicago reports a strong month for packing house commodities with output up 18 percent over December and 61 percent above the 1924-33 January average. Payrolls rose 10 percent in hours worked and 4.5 percent in wage payments, while employment declined. Creamery butter production fell 3 percent from December and 16 percent below a year ago, with sales tonnage 8 percent below December yet 9 to 12 percent above last January and the 1924-33 average. American cheese production in Wisconsin rose only slightly from the prior five weeks but was 25 percent below a year ago and about 10 to 14 percent under the 1929-33 average for this time of year.
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Chicago
seventh federal reserve district
Wisconsin
Throw Bottle Through Window Of Shoe Plant
First violence linked to Leverenz Shoe company strike as a milk bottle shattered an office window at the factory around 8 pm. Night watchman could give only a partial suspect description and a board fragment was found beneath another window. Officials held talks with the union and company failed to resolve the dispute. Fresh southwest winds expected, with generally fair weather tonight and Wednesday.
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Leverenz Shoe company
ahoe company
Increases In Benefits Are Voted Increases In Benefits Are Voted
The senate rejected an immediate cash bonus for soldiers while adding over 450 million dollars for veterans benefits to the Independent Offices appropriation bill. Amendments restored service-connected disability rates and former monthly allowances for veterans, with administration resistance fading.
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Washington
senate
house
Kent Roosevelt
Independent offices
La Mollette
R.-Ws
Duffy
DUI
Steiner-McCarran
Senator Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Maryland
Army Fliers Forced Landing At Oconomowoc
An army tri metered plane en route from Galveston to Chicago for air mail duty made a forced landing at Oconomowoc Wisconsin after drifting off course in a strong north wind. Nine crew members including Lieutenant Cobb remained with the craft. lack of cold weather oil and cabin heating hindered takeoff attempts. Water and snow conditions affected operations but fires under the engines were used to warm them. The flight started at 90 degrees in Galveston and arrived in snow at Oconomowoc.
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Oconomowoc
Wis
Galveston
Tex
Chicago
Cobb
Exchange Of Letters Over Wisconsin Insane Hospital Row
A public letter exchange details Dr Peter Bell resigning from the Northern Hospital for the Insane in Oshkosh after accusations of betrayed trust. Board members Col John Hannan and Gov A G Schmedeman approve Dr W F Lorenz as acting superintendent pending a thorough investigation into Schrader death and patient mistreatment claims. Bell cites untrustworthy associates and withheld testimony as factors in his decision.
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Madison
Wis
W. F. Loreng
Northern Hospital for the
board of control
Peter Bell
Winnebago
Schrader
State Board of Control
Schmedeman
Northern Hospital for the Insane
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
legislative investigating committee
Bell
Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute
William F. Lorenz
Lorenz
Northern Hospital
STATE BOARD OF CONTROL OF WISCONSIN
John J. Hannan
John Hannan
vThis
W. F. Lorenz
Legislative
Hannan
Dr. Bell
Col. Harman
bertrayed
legislative committee
Governor appoints survey team to fix hospital abuses
Wisconsin governor A G Schmedeman moves to reform state charitable and penal institutions by naming three physicians to survey all state facilities It aims to create an abuse-free operation Dr William Lorenz to assist in planning The governor plans to implement the interim committee on prison labor report including discharge of Dr Peter Bell and others and prosecution of those implicated
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W. J. BOLLENBECK
Madison
Wis
A. G. Schmedeman
William F. Lorenz
Northern Hospital for the Insane
Gov. Schmedeman
board of control
legislative interim committee
Peter Bell
state board of control
Bell
joint legislative interim committee
Lorenz
Northern State Hospital
Nine Killed Forty Injured In Akron Pittsburgh Wreck
Nine people are dead and forty injured after an Akron to Pittsburgh train plunged from an overhead bridge into a street. Rescue teams continue to recover bodies as engineers and firemen remain missing. Officials reassess causes and identify several victims including W M Shaw and C C Douthitt.
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Pittsburgh
tive
Pittsburgh street
W. M. Shaw
New Castle
C. C. Douthitt
Youngstown
Ohio
R. Dravo
Washington, D. C
Communication Bill Is Before Both Houses
President Roosevelt urged a federal communications commission to centralize transmission by telephone telegraph radio and cable. Senator Clarence C Dill and Representative Sam Rayburn introduced parallel bills in their respective chambers to create a seven member commission appointed by the president and empowered to regulate all communications avenues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
federal communication commission
congress
Clarence C. Dill
senate interstate commerce committee
Dill
Sam Rayburn
house interstate commerce committee
Rasputin Film Sparks Suit By Czar's Niece In London
Princess Irina Alexandrovna, niece of murdered Tsar Nicholas II, sues Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in London alleging libel over portrayal as Princess Natasha in a Rasputin film. She testifies Rasputin wielded court influence and healed, while denying any impropriety in scenes with Natasha and Chegodieff.
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Irina Alexandrovina
England
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Rasputin
Czar
London
Irina Alexandravina
Nicholau I
Yoursoupoff
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Motion Piture
Natasha
lemurevitch
Europe
Sir Patrick Hastings
Uriat
Chegodieff
Youth Suffers 16 Hours Of Agony After Shooting Self
Gustave W. Fricke a 16 year old in St Louis died after a self inflicted gunshot wound. He shot himself Sunday night following a suspension from grade school. The wound was found Monday after he complained of stomach ache and failed to respond to his family. Blood poisoning developed before doctors could treat him.
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LESLIE AVERY
United Press
St. Louis
Gustave W.W. Fricke
Guatave
Gustave
Fricke
Letters Of Dr Alice Wynekoop In Second Murder Trial
In Chicago the state portrayed Dr Alice Wynekoop as financially pressed before the murder of her daughter-in-law Rhela. Bank testimony showed a $6000 loan cut to $3500 with extensions, and letters to David M Sweet depicted an impoverished owner of valuable property. The letters dated Oct 24 and Nov 1 1933 spoke of broken health, broken faith, and requests for more time to pay principal.
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MAURICE EF
COLLIN
Associated Press
Criminal Courts building
Chicago
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Rhela
David M. Sweet
City National bank
Wyneckoop
Dr. Wynekoop
Bweet
Harold
Production In Five Factories Halted Today
Milwaukee reporting halted production today at five factories of four firms in Racine. Beaman Body officials said Nash Motors production is picking up while Seaman workers voted to strike Saturday. Irving Seaman warned strikes at Seaman and Nash plants could drive business out of Wisconsin to Detroit.
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Milwaukee
Strikera
Racine
Fisendrath tannery
J. 7. Case company
Nash Motors company
Os Ler Clipper company
Einendrath tannery
Seaman
Nash planta
Wisconsin
Detroit
Protests On CWA Slashes Being Heard
Delegations from city and local officials protested proposed reductions in Civil Works quotas on Monday afternoon. A large contingent from the Four River Valley voiced complaints, while protests continued as readers were directed to page 23 for further details.
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A. G &chmedeman
city clala
Ae Offle clata
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