Wind, Rain Storms, Eastern States Youths Arrested
Bend Oregon Aug 11 Jack Duckworth eighteen is held on charges of attempted extortion and threats against State Game Commissioner Dr J G Vandervert. Police say he sought five thousand dollars under threat of death in a note directing money to a gravel pit. Clarence Parsons fifteen was arrested at the pit after grabbing the package and says he was hired by Duckworth. both brothers-in-law are held.
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J. G. Vandervert
Duckworth
Clarence Parsons
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Three States Seek Votes on Amendment Repeal
Aug. Hl. Governors of Kentucky Louisiana and Utah moved to ensure their states will vote on repealing the Eighteenth Amendment before year end. This brings to 39 states voting this year with 38 needed for repeal. Twenty one states so far have favored repeal.
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Washington
Kentucky
Louisiana
Utah
Roosevelt Packing Bags for Return to Washington
President Roosevelt packed his bags Aug 11 for a trip back to Washington. He departs tonight by a special train, passing through the capital to Virginia, then returning, with visits planned to several OCC Camps. Etta and Dorothy Richter of Skagway arrived on the Sakina for a brief Juneau visit and are staying at the Zynda Hotel.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Washington
Virginia
Etta
Dorothy Richter
Skagway
Sakina
Juneau
Zynda Hotel
NRA to Apply to Contracts and Public Works
President Roosevelt issued an executive order making all government contracts subject to the National Recovery Act. The move ensures shorter working hours and higher wages for workers on public works projects and requires supplies to come from NRA affiliated concerns bearing the Blue Eagle emblem.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Klondike Kate Returns South To Settle Up
Klondike Kate, once queen of the dance halls, arrived from Dawson to wind up business affairs in the region. Married in Vancouver to Yukon miner John Matson, she is known locally as Aunt Rockwell and plans to stay through the winter. neighbors anticipate her presence. Florida’s topography notes 30,000 lakes.
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Bend
Oregon
Klondike
Kate
Dawson
Vancouver
John Matson
Yukon
Rockwell
Flies Up-Side-Down Sets Near 47 Minute Record
In Los Angeles Milo G. from Long Beach reportedly held a dangerous 125 mile tailspin record attempt ending with 38 minutes 59 seconds to set an Italian record or similar milestone. The event took place offshore near San Diego with a strong technical showing by the pilot and team.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Eee Ceesee
San Diego
Milo G.ann Tee Fr Burcham
Long Beach
Washington’s New Deal Dominates National Scene
Byron Perce assesses the sweeping scope of the National Recovery Administration. He notes the administration’s vast campaigns from currency expansion to an immense public works program, and how the press fixates on General Johnson and the unfolding code system as industries parcel themselves into distinct sectors.
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Washington
National Recovery Administration
Johnson
Bomb explodes in Cuba amid Machado pressure
A large bomb exploded on a trolley car in Havana wounding one policeman and injuring others as efforts to oust President Machado intensified. The Liberal Party contemplates modified mediation by U S Ambassador Sumner Welles and a counterproposal may have Machado surrender to General Alberto Herrera. In Pennsylvania, coal talks stall with operators rejecting open shop removal and pressed for government action while the UMW fuses for a 35 cent daily wage.
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Cuba
Machado
Liberal Party
United States
Sumner Welles
Welles
Alberto Herrera
Pennsylvania
Washington
United Mine Workers Union
National Recovery Board
Cuba program outlined as State Dept seeks end to warfare
Hyde Park Aug 11 the outline of the State Department plan for Cuba was disclosed as the president awaited an early reply to a declaration to halt political warfare there. The plan calls for a sugar production quota debt reorganization on a lower basis land development reforms and a reciprocal tariff.
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Hyde Park
State Department
Cuba
Recall Move in Milwaukee Lively Fight
Aug 11 MilwaUkee reporter notes Fortney Stark once seven and now 25 launches a bid to recall Mayor Daniel Hoan. Stark leads the Recall Campaign amid a volatile political climate, aiming to oust the veteran socialist leader after 15 months of tumult and Hoan’s enduring control of City Hall.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Fortney Stark
Daniel Webs
Hoan
Milwall
Pe Hoan
Department stores gain during July on the Pacific Coast
Reports from department stores across the Pacific Coast show July sales rising over 1932 for the first time in years. Dollar values and sales up 28 percent. Dallas district up 16 percent. Los Angeles up 19.4 percent. San Francisco up 15 percent. Seattle up 9.2 percent. Ohio ranked fourth in births in 1932.
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Cal
Pacific Coast States
Wales
Dallas
Texas
Los Angeles
Seattle
Ohio
Yellow River Rampages as Death Toll Rises
The Yellow River, dubbed China's sorrow, surged ten feet in North Henan today, breaching dikes and flooding thousands of miles of farmland. Officials warn the death toll will reach into the thousands as the disaster devastates the region.
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Shanghat
Yellow River
China
Henan
Two Hundred Farmers Arrested Amid NY Milk Strike Tensions
Reports from Syracuse on August 11 describe a widening milk strike with more than 200 farmers arrested for rioting and unlawful assembly. Parallel dispatch from Palo Alto notes local repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and Hoover ties. A Ketchikan council meeting sought a special election on buying public utilities and realty taxes.
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Syracuse
New York
Tt 45
Ketchikan
National Guard Camps Levelled in Two States
In Delaware and Maryland a wind and rain storm levelled National Guard camps this afternoon. The Cascade Beach camp in Delaware was razed with injuries among Guardsmen, not fatally. In Cascade Maryland the camp was razed by heavy weather. A 75 foot wide wind path struck Lewiston Maryland as streams overflowed their banks, raising fears of casualties.
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National Guard
Delaware
Maryland
Cascade
Beach
Cascade Maryland
Lewiston
Postmaster General Sees Flight to Lift Public Mood
New York on August 11 reports Postmaster-General Parley visiting as airplanes prepare to deliver NHA badges to eastern cities. He said the public will be pulled out of a terrible low mood before Labor Day.
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New York
Parley
Monroe Doctrine Declared Outworn by Senator Pittman
Nevada Senator Key Pittman returning from the London World Economic Conference declares the Monroe Doctrine an outworn policy. He says the United States should announce a policy of noninterference to reassure Latin America and counter any perceived European threat.
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London
New York
United States
Key Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
Latin-Americ AG
Carry-Over of Canned Salmon Changes Hands in Seattle
Seattle observers report the first postwar turn of the canned salmon carry-over into distributor and consumer hands. Buyers have snapped up Alaska pack as it becomes available, while the pink run in Puget Sound did not appear by yesterday as expected.
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Alaska
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