Proposal for Strike Truce Is Big Thing
A Roosevelt backed truce proposal from the National Industrial Recovery Administration urges industry and labor to avoid strikes and lockouts during the recovery program. President Roosevelt calls the plan essential to economic peace and recovery, while Senator Wagner heads a seven man board to organize the national peace effort in Washington. The declaration appeals to workers and capital to act fairly and to use arbitration for unresolved disputes.
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Hyde Park
National Industrial Recovery Administration
Washington
Roosevelt
Samuel Gompers
Wagner
New York
Labor Authority
Johnson
Arbitration Board
Mine strike not settled in Pennsylvania delay continues
Balked by miners demands for more time to study President Roosevelt truce the State Labor management sought an amicable end to the great coal strike. Reopening of the soft coal district mines was postponed until tomorrow.
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Brownsville
Penn
Roosevelt
Juneau Girl Prize Winner Heads to Fair
Ten year old Carol Z Hanson of Juneau Alaska, youngest in a national easy contest, departed with her mother and 10 month old sister Ella for a visit to the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. They left Seattle last Saturday night for the trip.
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Seattle
Carol Z. Hanson
Juneau
Alaska
Chicago
Miss Hanson
Ella
Guardsmen Halt Kidnap Plot At Camp In New Hampshire
National Guardsmen surround a girls camp at Lake Kezar to prevent the kidnapping of Betty Downes, 15, daughter of James Downes of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Threats and a large ransom demand prompted authorities to deploy guards and secure the site.
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North Sutton
New Hampshire
National
Lake Kezar
Betty Downes
Pennsylvania Railroad
James Downes
Downes
Philadelphia
Repealists Missing in Arizona Nominating Convention
In Arizona fourteen counties hold a convention vote with no anti-repeal candidates nominated. Each county will elect one delegate, leaving fourteen seats to fill. any anti-repeal nominee must be written in as none were nominated, blank spaces left for dry names.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
English firm tests vitamin extract to cut sick days
London August 7 A British company is giving a daily dose of vitamin extract to a section of its office staff to fight colds. President Lord Leverhulme reported to the Congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health that colds and flu cause about 30 percent of industrial absenteeism in an average year.
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London
Congress of the
Royal Institute of Public Health
Lord Leverhulme
Consumers Board Watches Recovery Program Costs
The Consumers' Board is monitoring the recovery program and has begun analyzing cost increases from higher wages and shorter hours to ensure the buyer pays no more than his share.
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Washington
Consumers' Board
Roosevelt Quiet at Hyde Park Amid Conference Postponement
President Roosevelt kept the Hyde Park schedule quiet after postponing a conference with Professors George Warren of Cornell and James Rogers of Yale who studied financial conditions. Luncheon guests included Chinese delegate Ty Soong and Chinese Minister Alfred Sze.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
George Warren
Cornell
James Rogers
Yale
Ty Soong
London
Saoke Alfred Sze
Cubans of All Ranks Now on Great Strike
Havana faced widespread hunger as strikes shut down transport and industries. Government warned troops may be used to restore order after street fights left one dead and many injured. Federated Physicians and National Pharmaceutical Association join the action, signaling a broad passive revolution and possible Machado resignation.
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Havana
Cuba
Winbanmasite
United Railways
Federated Physicians Organization
National Pharmaceutical Association
Machado
Wage boost granted to 15000 Western Electric workers
New York August 7 The Western Electric Company announced today an 11 percent raise for 15 000 employees effective August 1 All hourly workers and those earning under 3 240 annually are affected
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New York
Western Electric Company
Turkeys Dine on Grasshoppers to Save Wheat Crop
LANDER Wye Aug 17 The farmers of Fremont County have put their turkeys to work in the wheat fields as grasshoppers raid the crop. Thousands of turkeys are turned loose to feed on the pests, avoiding poison grains which harm pheasants and poultry.
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Lander, Wye
Fremont County
Halibut Fleet Hit as Coastwide Season Is Closed
International Fisheries Commission ordered closing of the halibut season north to Cape Spencer Light as of August 25. Local fishermen face mass unemployment, with about 100 Petersburg Wrangell Ketchikan boatmen affected. Larger west of Cape Spencer may continue briefly. Area Two exceeds 4,000,000 pounds by July 31 versus 1932.
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Pacific
Cape Spencer
International Fisheries Commission i
The
Empire Today
I. Goldstein
Petersburg
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Commission Area Three
Western District
J. B. Babcock
Kentucky Primary Elections Trigger Fatal Shootings Across State
Reported during last Saturday's Kentucky primary election events, five men were killed and several wounded in separate affrays. National Guardsmen were deployed in Harlan County and other hotspots as machine guns and dynamite were referenced. Victims named include Robert Roark, Joe Lee, Gilbert Buttry, Estill Spurlock, and Brown Strong.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Nation
Harlan Couly
Reng
Robert Roark
Joe Lee
Gilbert Buttry
Estill Spurlock
Brown Strong
Plane Makes Mysterious Visit To Westward
DUTCH HARBOR Alaska Aug 7 an aircraft was heard overhead near Sarichet Light Unimak Pass traveling westward with engine not firing visibly. Dense fog prevented sighting and the craft appeared to circle two miles from Saunchef then taxied and halted abruptly leaving its status unaccounted for.
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Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Sarichet Light
Unimak Pass
Saunchef
Stocks Drift Through Dull Session on Aug 7 in New York
The New York stock market opened a dull session with traders on the sidelines. Most leading issues moved within a narrow range and the close was irregular. Transfers ran about 700000 shares. Grains and cotton eased while bonds mixed and the dollar rose. Notable names included United States Steel and Chrysler with declines for Western Union and Standard Oil of New Jersey.
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New York
United States Steel
United Eelcraft
Commercial Solvents
Montgomery , Ward
Chrysler
American Can
Allied Chemical
Western Union
Standard Ol
New Jet
Balbo Held Up by Weather at Shoal Harbor
Gen Italo Balbo and his Thalian armada remain at Shoal Harbor Newfoundland as weather delays departure. Balbo said he hopes to sail Wednesday if conditions improve.
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Balbo
Icy Strait gets another four day fishing lift
The U S Bureau of Fisheries extended the commercial fishing season in Icy Strait District by four days to 6 pm August 10 announced by L E Wingard Alaska agent. The move follows reports of a pink salmon run and may extend to other southeast Alaska districts if conditions allow. Wingard stressed ensuring escapement to seed spawning beds and said decisions will be based on ongoing field surveys and conditions in each district. Reports from Tey Strait Upper Chatham and near Cape Ommaney indicate growing catches as the run begins in these waters.
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Tey Strait
L. E. Wingard
Alison
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Toy Strait
Icy Strait
Alaska
Wingard
Bureau
Chatham Strait
Cape Ommaney
French Aviators Set Nonstop Air Record Across Atlantic
Rossi and Codos left New York and crossed the Atlantic aiming to beat 5340 miles. They landed at Rayak Army Air Field near Damascus after about 5900 miles in 34 hours 19 minutes with fuel still in tanks. They intended to push on toward Aleppo or Baghdad before landing early due to a fuel leak. The flight surpasses the Hayford Nicholetts record from Cranwell to Walvis Bay.
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Damascus
Syria
Rossi
Codos
New York City
Rayak Military Air Field
Here
New York
Lieut
Maurice Rossi
Paul Codos
Atlantic
Rumania S
Aleppo
Bagdad
Miers
Karachi
Idla
Royal Air Force
Oswald R. Hayford
Gilbert E. Nicholetts
Cranwell
England
Walfish Bay
Africa
Mutilation Mystery Cleared Up in Cal
In San Diego a boy Dalbert Aposhian was found dead after a playmate said the child drowned while playing near him. Medical experts believe the mutilation on the body was likely caused by crabs. The boy’s playmate Jackie confars telling the truth.
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San Diego
Cal
Dalbert Aposhian
Ed Cooper
Jackie Confar
Jackie
Price of Red Salmon Is Set for 1933 Pack
Salmon packers announce the opening price of the 1933 red salmon pack at $1.75 a dogen tall cans number one fancy Alaska, up from $1.45 last year. Effective as of last Saturday. Prices for pinks and other varieties will be announced later. Pinks are now $1.20 a dozen spot.
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San Francisco
Cal
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Harry Blunt
David Looff
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Consumers Board
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Jacob Astor de Anz
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John Jacob Astor
Astor
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Philip Rhinelander
Donna Christana Torlonia
Prince Torlonia
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