Roosevelt names Richberg to head NRA restructuring
President Roosevelt outlines major changes in the National Recovery Administration by naming Donald R. Richberg as chairman of the new policy making board. Ickes Perkins Hopkins and Davis are named members with a fifth seat awaiting a chairman. The plan expands the board to set administrative policy and manage personnel. Johnson will step aside October 15 after completing final report.
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G. Hugh
Johnson
NRA
Donald R. Richberg
New Deal Management
Roosevelt
Richberg
Ickes
Perkins
Harry L. Hopkins
Chester Davis
Clay Williams
Reynolds Tobacco Company
Arthur D. Whiteside
Dun & Bradstreet
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Leon ©. Marshall
Walton H. Hamilton
Yale
Blackwell Smith
Leon Henderson
Department of Justice
Justice Brandeis
Supreme Court
Brandeis
Washington
United States
New Deal
Federal Advisory Council
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reboard
Geerang
Interior
Icees
Federal Public Works Administration
Chicago
Federal Court
PWA
Moscow
Vienna
Federal Housing Corporation
Grace Abbott resigns as director of the children's bureau
Grace Abbott leaves the children’s bureau after years of faithful service. She will join the University of Chicago as professor of public welfare administration and serve as editor of the Social Service Review, prompting regret among colleagues and allies.
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Grace Abbott
Children’s Bureau
Washington
Miss Abbott
University of Chicago
Social Service Review
Sopwith Loses Cup Challenge In U S Regatta
British challenger Sopwith sails Endeavour home defeated after Rainbow skippered by Harold Vanderbilt wins four straight to retain the cup. A protest over a foul claim is dismissed by the racing committee, leaving resentment among sailors and fans.
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United States
T. 0
Sopwith
Roosevelt calls end to textile strike and panels new board
President Roosevelt urged an end to the great textile strike after a mediation report, with union leaders ordering workers back to mills. A textile disputes board chaired by Walter Stacy Henry Wiley and James Mulleneaux will investigate wages hours and conditions, reporting to government agencies as needed. Queen Mary christening at Clydebank sees Queen Mary launched by Queen Mary.
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Roosevelt
Special Mediation Board
John G. Winant
New Hampshire
Maine
Alabama
Steel Labor Relations Board
Walter P. Stacy
North Carolina
Henry A. Wiley
James Mullenbach
Chicago
National Labor Relations Board
Textile Board
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers
Wages Rise Across Four Chicago Packing Firms
Four major Chicago packing houses Swift Armour Wilson and Cudahy grant wage boosts totaling over 10 million dollars annually after negotiations with plant labor conference boards. Boards include equal worker and management representation. In Japan a catastrophic typhoon hits Osaka Kobe Kyoto killing over two thousand and causing vast damage.
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Chicago
Swift
Armour
Wilson and
Cudahy
Japan
Osaka
Kobe
Kyoto
Russia Seeks Permanent Peace Conference At League
AXIM LITVINOV told the League of Nations assembly that Russia hopes for a permanent peace conference with the United States as a participant to consolidate peace movements. He asked the league council to obtain a report on resuming the world disarmament conference with a chance of success.
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Axim Litvinov
League of Nations Assembly
Russia
United States
League Council
Hauptmann Linked to Lindbergh Kidnapping Grand Jury
A New York grand jury indicted Bruno Hauptmann on extortion in the Lindbergh baby case. Col onel and Mrs. Lindbergh testified after flying from Los Angeles. Evidence cited included a ransom note handwriting match and $18,750 found in Hauptmann’s garage. Police and prosecutors anticipate arrests of two alleged accomplices. New Jersey officials expect Hauptmann to face trial as the kidnapper and killer.
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Vioence
New York
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Los Angeles
John F. Condon
Jassie
Hauptmann
Isidor Fische
Germany
Beavers
Europe
New Jersey
National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart
Washington analysts project Democratic gains in the Senate and House ahead of the 1982 elections as they aim to extend a two thirds majority. Republicans face a tough task to break the Democratic strangle hold while talks of a new third party gain momentum on the western prairies.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Republican High Command
New Deal
Maine
Wisconsin
Senate
Frederick Hale
Mr. Hale
Hale
Ohio
Simeon D. Fess
Republican National Committee
Maryland
West Virginia
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Missouri
Indiana
Delaware
Connecticut
Michigan
Pennsylvania
David A. Reeds
St. Lawrence
Republican Party
Western
Prairies
Mississippi
Theodore G. Bilbo
Louisiana
Huey P
Kingfish
Huey Long
Long
Cole Blease
South Carolina
Tom Heflin
Alabama
South
Bilbo
Senator Long
Bankhead
Senator Bankhead
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Lempke-Frazier
W. Calvin Chestnut
Baltimore
Roosevelt
Congress
Western Newspaper Union
United States Leads World in Soap Consumption
New figures show world soap production rising with 4.7 million tons in 1932. The United States produced 1.8 million tons and consumes about 11.5 kilos per person annually, ranking highest among nations while Poland Yugoslavia Romania and Bulgaria average two kilos or less.
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Europe
United States
Africa
Asia
Australia
New Zealand
America
Netherlands
Denmark
Great Britain
France
Poland
Jugoslavia
Rumania
Bulgaria
China
Germany
Australian bans song over distress signal misuse
An old song was banned from all Australian broadcasting after its phonograph signal resembling the SOS of a ship caused a general alarm at sea when broadcast recently. A ship picked up the signal and mistaken it for a distress call triggering nautical alert.
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Cradle of the Deep
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General Johnson
NRA— Textile Industry Board
Edward W. Pickard
Donald Richberg
Ditions
Federal Reserve
Ueen Mary
England
King George
Prince of Wales
Clydebank
Scotland
Gov. Winant
OFAR
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Canada
Texas
McCarl
Middle West
Bruno
William Bruckart
Progressive Party
Robert M. la Follette
Phil
National
la Follette
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Phillips
Phillips’ Milk
Billy
Smith’s Weekly
TRL
Tay
Stambard
Ea Mekiculs Les
Burlington
Compound Co
Larned
Kansas
Coon
Opossum
Fox
Rabbi Dette Eoatehi
Bette Abime
WWNU
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