Roosevelt orders broad action against kidnapers and racketeers
President Roosevelt opened a special inquiry with Prof. Raymond Moley to study kidnapping and racketeering and pledge full federal cooperation with states. Moley, allied with crime research, may stay at the State Department and could take up new duties later. Rumors swirl about tensions with Secretary Hull while Woodin’s resignation is speculated.
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Building on coast grows
Building on coast grows in San Francisco and other cities as Pacific Coast builders report more than doubling the construction rate in the past seven months. In related trade data, United States carriers moved about half of Canada's grain exports in 1929, but only a fifth in 1932.
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Policeman Slain Chicago Court
New York уж Aug. 2 The stock market closed firm after a listless session with a late rally led by mining and alcohol issues. Coalitions of leaders rose from one to several points The day saw 1 600 000 shares traded. Major gainers included American Telephone and Telegraph National Distillers Western Union and Bethlehem Steel among others in a broad closing quote list.
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Babies Banned Marriage Dissolution Ties Senator’s Daughter
Los Angeles reports the annulment of Janet Sheppard Graves and William A Graves, a New York real estate broker, after she claimed he refused to let her bear children. Graves, a former dramatic art student and Miss Shepard, daughter of Senator Mortis Sheppard, met in New York. The case, disclosed in Superior Court, ties to her Hollywood film ambitions and a prior November 25, 1932 agreement to rear a family.
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Nude dancing halted at Chicago fair after mayor's edict
Nude dancing at Century of Progress and in Oriental village shows has been stopped by concessionaries following an order from Mayor Kelly. He toured the fair at night and witnessed nude performances, including a woman riding a camel, prompting action to end such displays. Also noted is the Reynolds family attending the University of Missouri 1883 golden reunion in Columbia.
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S. B. Reynolds
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University of Missouri
Senator Johnson's Son Dies in Suicide Over Divorce
Archibald M. Johnson, 42, a lawyer and sportsman, shot himself in Hillsborough California. He was the youngest son of United States Senator Hiram W. Johnson. The act followed a bitter note blaming his wife who had recently divorced him and married another.
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Operation on Clark Gable
Hollywood Aug. 2 Clark Gable well known film actor underwent an appendectomy yesterday. His condition is reported good.
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Trotzky Fails To Secure Aid In Paris
Aug 2 Leon Trotsky reportedly failed in his desperate bid to obtain Soviet foreign commissar Maxim Litvinoff's help to return to Moscow. Kansas state inspectors unify fire marshal and hot weather duties into a single department to save costs.
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Iove Has Flown Aimee Is Home David Isn’t
Los Angeles dispatch notes a fortnight of public weeping as Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton returns home and ends her romance with David Hutton. She says she still loves him though that love may die soon. Hutton not present to greet her. Governor Rolph approves San Francisco tidelands grant for airport.
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Acting Governor Takes Over as Troy Crosses Into Canada
E. W. Griffin, Secretary of Alaska, becomes Acting Governor while Gov. Joan W. Troy travels into Canada. Griffin will serve about four days. The Acting Governor role ends when the Governor is outside the Territory again at Forty Mile on the Yukon River, next Friday or Saturday.
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Woman's cure for world needs more women running things
Report from the International Congress of Women notes women are capable of managing money and governance. Copenhagen activist Mrs Thit Jensen urges birth control advocacy to prevent war, arguing overpopulation drives conflicts and expansion. The piece blends with Roosevelts Alaska trade data and July export figures showing government operations and deficits.
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Plane Fire In Alaska Forces Water Landing
Anchorage dispatch details pilot Art Woodley reporting a seaplane blaze caused by a passenger dropping a cigarette. Strong wind compounded the fire. passengers reached shore as the craft burned. Woodley heads to Seattle via Aleutians to purchase a new plane.
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Monthly financial totals show large deficit buildup
Total receipts reached 3,163,213,576 while expenditures totaled 195,617,968. Emergency outlays were 57,352,744, producing a month end deficit of 107,757,140.
Miners Strike Expands as Violence Flares in Pennsylvania
In Browntown Penn Aug 2 violence rises as 30000 plus miners join the walkout over union recognition. Disputes cause one death and many injuries while National Guardsmen remain on patrol amid ongoing efforts for a settlement.
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Bishop Hugh Burleson Dies in South Dakota
Rt Rev Hugh Latimer Burleson age 68 former Bishop of South Dakota and recent staff member to the Bishop of the Church dies at Camp Remington Black Hills South Dakota Aug 2 He was born to a missionary father and rose to the churchs top councils Known for his work with the Red Men people and his long service as assessor to three presiding bishops His death leaves a notable vacancy in Episcopal leadership and he was often called to preside in the bishops absence Continued on Page Seventeen.
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