Two Million More Men Go On New Jobs Under NRA Blue Eagle
A surge of about 2,000,000 workers went to jobs today as NRA codes for five key industries were approved by Hugh S. Johnson. The move promises higher purchasing power through shorter hours and increased pay, with codes covering Electric Light and Power, Gas, Telephone, canning, and construction firms. Temporary wage and hour rules were issued for paper and pulp, fruit flavoring and syrup, garter and belt, and belt marking companies.
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Washington
NRA
Blue Eagle
Hugh S. Johnson
Lynching After Jail Escape Near Tuscaloosa
Aug 14 Tuscaloosa Alabama three black men indicted for killing a white woman were seized by a mob while being moved to Birmingham for safekeeping. Two bodies, Dan Pippen Jr 18 and A T Harden 16, found riddled with bullets. Elmore Clark 26 missing. Authorities report the jail attack plan followed rumors.
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Tuscaloosa
Alamada
Dan Pippen, Jr
Elmore Clark
A. T. Harden
Pippen
Harden
Clark
Repeal clash erupts in Washington as debates loom
In Seattle the wets and drys clash during the first week of Washingtons repeal program. Clarence True Wilson challenged former Gov Roland Hartley to a debate, Hartley silent while H C Her boson agreed to debate Wilson. Both sides plan street meetings as August 29 statewide repeal vote nears.
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Seattle
Clarence True Wilson
Roland H. Hartley
Hartley
H. C. Herbson
State Association Against the
Methodist Seminary
Wilson
Washington
Actress Kathryn Carver Divorced From Adolphe Menjou
Los Angeles August 14 Kathryn Carver film actress was today granted a divorce from Adolphe Menjou They were married in Paris in 1928 and separated last May
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Los Angeles
Cal
Kathryn Carver
Adolphe Menjou
Paris
Dimond Secures Alaska Public Works Funds Promise
Washington dispatch reports Delegate Dimond secured assurances that Secretary Ickes will release Alaska public works funds soon. Funds, already allocated, will be available after inspection and signature. Delays stem from Public Works Administration reorganizations and jurisdiction, but Alaska will receive its preliminary share like other states, with highway funds unaffected.
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Washington
Dimond
Ickes
Alaska
Congress
Public Works Administration
Hawaii
Machado flees Havana as regime falls in Cuba
Cuban president Gerado Machado resigns amid army mutiny and mob violence in Havana killing at least twenty one and wounding over two hundred. Manuel de Cespedes becomes de facto leader. Orestes Ferraro flees to Miami. Roosevelt orders warships to protect Americans amid disorders.
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Havana
Cuba
Gerado Machado
Bahamas
Manuel de Cespedes
United States
Orestes Ferraro
Miami
Machado
Cuba stabilizes after strikes as new president forms cabinet
In Havana on August 14 Cuba moves toward reconstruction as general strikes end and mobs quiet. President Carlos Manuel de Cespedes begins picking his cabinet while Gen Alberto Herrero, Machado's former war secretary, flees with his wife and two sons on the Quirigua to Jamaica. Army and U S envoy escort them to the steamer. Navy dispatches Richmond and three destroyers to Cuba to protect American lives. Portable gold mills are being moved into remote mining areas of northern Ontario and other Canadian regions.
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Hoosevelt
Cuba
United States
Land Office
Thorne
Arm
Ketchikan
Joseph Hamblet
Havana
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Alberto Herrero
Machado
United Fruit Company
Quirigua
Jamaica
Herrero
Evens
Wabs.nven
Navy
Richmond
Swanson
Ontario
Oter
Canada
Stock Prices Drift Lower Amid Dull Trading in New York
Aug 14 The stock market drifted lower as incentives for immediate gains were lacking. Losses of a point or more appeared across many issues with no single group under pressure. Closing prices showed a dull day with about 1,100,000 shares traded. Notable moves included Homestake up about 15, Allied Chemical up five, American Can down two, and mixed results for GM, U S Steel, Bethlehem Steel, Western Union, Chrysler, and others. Alaska Juneau mine listed at 27 1/2, with assorted quotes across major issues.
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Winnipeg
Manors
New York Central
General Motors
Western Union
Bethlehem Steel
United States Steel
Westinghouse
Chrysler
Alaska
Juneau
ASA
American Power and Light
Iz Anaconda
Calumet
Hecla
American Telephone and Telegraph
American Smelting
International Harvester
Kennecott
Mixcourt Pacific
Packard Motors
Radio Corporation
Standard Brands
Pacific Yukon Highway Feasibility Report Declared
Seattle Aug 4 The International Highway Commission submitted to President Roosevelt a report declaring the proposed Pacific Yukon Highway between Washington State and Alaska is feasible The cost is estimated at 14 million dollars with Alaska about 2 million and British Columbia about 12 million It would stay open in winter for essential traffic and serve as a tourists route April to October Financing to be worked out between the United States and Canada.
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Seattle
International Highway Commission
Rooseveltt
Washington State
Fairbanks
Alaska
Columbia
United States
Ovorrnerer
Pleads Not Guilty on Aan in Stock Exchange Tear Gas Indictments
New York August 14 Daniell Hugenez Jr aged 28 Boston lawyer pleaded not guilty to two indictments linked to the tear gassing of the New York Stock Exchange on August 4. He was remanded to Tombs Prison in default of 5000 bond. Indictments charge malicious mischief as a felony and assault in the second degree.
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New York
Hugenez. Daniell, Jr
Boston
New York Stock Exchange
Tombs
Troy Connors Party Plans Change For Nome to Fairbanks
Gov John W Troy and James J Connors remained in Nome due to cloudy weather and planned an early week return to the coast by air route. A radiogram from Nome indicated departure for Fairbanks yesterday with arrival expected last night. The party aims to sail from Seward on the Aleutian for Juneau and will visit McKinley Park and Anchorage on the way to Seward.
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James J. Connors
Customs
Nome
Fairbanks
M. S. Whittier
Asst
Rally Road
Seward
Mt. McKinley National Park
Juneau
McKinley Park
Anchorage
Heat wave continues on Pacific coast and Yellow River floods
Heat wave remains across California with record temperatures in Los Angeles and Sacramento and heat deaths reported in Stockton. In China, Yellow River floods spread across North and Central Provinces, with dikes breached in western Shangtung and villages submerged, risking thousands of drownings.
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Yellow River
San Francisco
Cal
Dalles
Oregon
Los Angeles
Stockton
San Bernardino
Sacramento
Portland
Seattle
Shanghai
Shangtung
Property Line Drawn In Otlroy California
A warehouse owner at Otlroy had to relocate his loading platform back an inch and an eighth after it had stood in use for 47 years due to a railroad discovering it encroached on its property.
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Otlroy
Calif
Hunted man captured by federals in Texas
Harvey Bailey, Kansas convict, wanted for the slaying of four officers and Frank Nash in Kansas City on June 17, was arrested on a farm 50 miles from Dallas. He led a Memorial Day break from the Kansas Penitentiary where he served 10 to 0 years for a bank robbery.
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Dallas
Texas
Department of Justice
Harvey Bailey
Kansas
Nash
Kansas City
Bailey
Kansas Penitentiary
Washington
Harvey Salley
Charles Urschel
Oklahoma
Batley
Mid- West
Frank Nash
Harvey i
New judge for this division en route to Alaska
Judge George F. Alexander, a Portland attorney appointed to the Federal bench in Alaska, travels with his daughter Jane aboard the steamer Aleutian, sailing from Seattle. He will assume duties on arrival and had planned the trip as a tourist before the assignment.
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George F. Alexander
Portland
Alaska
Jane
Seattle
Judge Alexander
Territory
U S Sets 7 Million Gallons Medicinal Liquor for 1934
Washington Aug 14 The Bureau of Industrial Alcohol sets medicinal liquor production at 7,000,000 gallons for 1934 the largest allocation since prohibition due to prescription depletion Officials note 11,000 gallons remain on hand and restrictions were relaxed to supply needs In Alaska red salmon waters the territory and private packers have appropriated 24 500 to exterminate trout
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Washington
Bureau of Industrial Alcohol
Alaske
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Sitka
Washington National Bank
Hamble
Treasury of the United States
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John B. Denny
Stincuton
Recovery Administration Advisory Board
Industrial Advisory Board
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Hartsville
S. C
Gerard Swope
General Electric Company
Walter C. Teagle
Standard Oi! Company of
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Louis E. Kirstein
Edward Stellinius
General Motora
James A. Moffett
Standard Oi
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Robert L. Lund
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Henry H. Heimann
National Association
T. Austin Finch
Thomasville
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Baby Lotts- Teldt
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R. L. Carlle
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