NRA withdraws Blue Eagle over child labor breach by Missouri mom
The NRA snatched down its first Blue Eagle in a case involving child labor violations. A Missouri mother was found to have her son under 16 working more than three hours daily, prompting a unanimous National Compliance Board decision. Administrator Hugh S. Johnson prepared to oppose a proposed 30 hour work week before a House committee, signaling tension over industry payroll costs and labor reform. Johnson indicated a shorter week may be needed, possibly 36 or 32 hours in some codes, as he heads to the Labour Committee hearing with Chair Connery. William Green of the AFL and others were invited to testify alongside Perkins and Albert Dean of GM Holding Co. The article also notes continued discussions on a 30-hour week and code re absorption of unemployment.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh
Johnson
House
National Compliance Board
Lugena
Hannibal
NIRA
House Labor Committee
Connery
Mass
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Perkins
Albert Dean
General Motors Holding Company
With
Winter Still Holds Its Grip In Early Morning
Winter maintained its grip with a 10 degree temperature in the morning, five below yesterday's low. By 9 o'clock the mercury rose to 22 with a distinct tingle. Yesterday's low was 15 and 29 marked the high. At sundown the reading was 23 as snow and ice still covered some roads though traffic remained open in all directions.
Tupelo First City Electrified by TVA Power Deal
Tupelo Mississippi witnessed TVA power go live at one minute past midnight marking the launch of the Tennessee Valley Authority into the power business. Officials say the city will have the cheapest southern rates with an estimated 60 percent overall savings and substantial reductions for households and businesses.
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Tupelo
Miss
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee Valley Authority
South
Slain circus performer Alice Martin identified near Derby
Alice Martin a former circus trap eze performer was found slain on her Derby Indiana farm. Farm hand Ernest Wright confessed to killing after a wage dispute over 2.75 dollars for wagon damage. He buried the body in a shallow grave and later admitted the murder when fingerprints on the club matched his.
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Alice Martin
Derby
Ind
Ernest Wright
Wright
Local Manis Being Sought Contempt Case in Frederick
Richard E. House, said to reside in this county, faces contempt of court in Frederick for not complying with a December 12 alimony order while a suit for absolute divorce proceeds. He must show cause by February 13 why he should not be punished. The sheriff and wife’s Middletown residence are noted.
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Richard E. House
Frederick
House
Frederick County
Middletown
Fire destroys Holy Trinity Slovak church in Sweyerville
In Wilkes Barre on February 7 7am a fire wrecked the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Slovak church at Sweyerville causing an estimated $75000 in losses. The church had been completed in 1916 to replace a building destroyed by fire two years earlier.
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Wilkes-Barre
Holy Trinity
Sweyerville
Icebound Baltimore Harbor Delays Shipping
A ten day accumulation of ice in Baltimore harbor and the Chesapeake Bay slowed operations. The Tolchester Boat service was suspended and a tug bound for Philadelphia via the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal turned back to port due to the ice.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Harbor
Chesapeake Bay
Philadelphia
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Rail line plans sinking fund for bond retirement
Wastington Feb 7 The Chicago and Northwestern Railway informed the Interstate Commerce Commission it will create a sinking fund to retire its bonds, becoming the first railroad to adopt the Roosevelt backed plan to provision for debt payments.
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Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Fire kills Daniels family in Frankfort blaze
A Frankfort fire destroyed the Daniels home early today killing Frank Daniels his wife and their fourteen year old daughter Mary. Sons Albert and Fred Daniels aged 18 and 17 were severely injured and investigators cited an overheated chimney as the likely cause.
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Frankfort
N. Y
Frank Daniels
Mary
Daniels
Albert Daniels
Fred Daniels
Devalued dollar effects seen later says economists
New York February 7 Economists warn the devalued dollar will raise prices gradually across goods and services. Some say shoes would cost about 1.60 while gold value shifts require time to transmit to wages. Recent data show gold and commodity prices both rising about 56 percent in late 1933, with wages edging higher as firms adjust profits.
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New York
NRA
United States
Billion to Farmers in 1934 Planned as Benefit Payments
Washington reports the farm administration plans about a billion dollars in 1934 benefit payments to farmers for production control and loans. Officials estimate totals by program: corn hogs wheat cotton tobacco and corn loans, with an emergency beef and dairy fund. Payments slated across months with most to corn hog farmers in the Midwest.
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Washington
The
Farm Administration
House
Senate
Wallace
Mid-West
Calls Farley A Real Democrat
Washington feb 7 ring up another title for James A Farley postmaster general and chairman of the national and the new york democratic committees the new one is Democratic Democrat He earned the award in the barber shop across the street from the post office building where he goes for a shave Leonard Heinecken who came to the united states from Munich 24 years ago says other postmaster generals have been autocratic democrats or republicans but Farley is different He walks in waits for next like any body else He barbered postmaster generals since the first Wilson administration this was the razor and scissor man's verdict on the present incumbent high hat no stove pipe hats for him he wears a derby.
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Washington
James A. Farley
New York
Post Office
Leonard Heinecken
United States
Munich
Germany
Farley
Heinecken
Daladier
Lebrun
Camille Chautemps
Stavisky
Chautemps
Chamber of Deputies
Gaston Doumergue
Doumergue
Paris
Tournefeuil
France
Bourse
French Stock Exchange
Edouard Herriot
Camille Rolland
Madeleine Church
Joseph Paul-Boncour
Albert
Sheriff Will Help Enforce Game Laws
At the request of local sportsmen Sheriff W. Bruce Downin ordered deputies to cooperate with county game wardens in enforcing state and county game laws. Alleged widespread violations prompted the move, with plans for a state survey to re stock the county. Hunters say game is now unusually scarce.
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W. Bruce Downin
State Game Department
U S Stock Of Gold Growing
The U S gold stock rose to a new high of 7 030 146 124 dollars as of today with a half million increase from the prior day The government’s profit on dollar devaluation also rose from 2 805 720 439 to 2 805 956 014 The rise likely reflects hoarded metal additions at the old price of 20 67 an ounce and Treasury officials withheld comment on Paris developments and potential world money effects.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Paris
Fay Webb Valeee rejects Scandals offer in May New York
Fay Webb Valeee, facing poor health and marital troubles, will not pursue a theatrical career. Speaking through her lawyer Ben Coher, she commented on George White after a role offer in his upcoming musical Scandals due in New York in May.
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Los Angeles
Fay Webb Valeee
Ben Coher
George White
New York
Johnson illness stalls 30 hour bill hearing
Washington February 7. Hugh S. Johnson NRA administrator is ill causing Chairman Connery to delay until tomorrow the House Labor Committee hearing on the 30 hour week bill.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Connery
House Labor Committee
Denton Lawyer and Official Lawrence Towers Dies
Lawrence B. Towers former state senator from Caroline county and former collector of internal revenue for the port of Baltimore died at Emergency hospital in Easton last night abbreviated report notes his public service and death in Denton Maryland February 7.
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Denton
Lawrence B. Towers
Caroline County
Baltimore
Easton
Taxi Strike Nearing End In New York City
New York rush hour shows taxi fleet cars rolling from garages amid incomplete union ratification vote. Disorder breaks out as strikers clash with vehicles at an East Side corner. police arrest two. At Pennsylvania Station, no pickets, traffic moves normally.
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New York
East Side
Pennsylvania Station
Saved Officer Is Made Heir
BELLEVILLE Ont Feb 7 A large legacy reported to be 250000 awaits Master Mechanic William Mintz today because he saved the life of a Scottish officer during the World War The story of Mintzs good fortune was brought here by Provincial Constable Price Morris of Bancroft The constable could not confirm the amount but said the mechanic would leave for Edinburgh Scotland to receive it in the spring Mintz who lives at Monteagle valley 90 miles north of here rescued the Scottish officer during action.
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Belleville
Ont
William Mintz
Mintz
Price Morris
Bancroft
Edinburg
Scotland
Monteagle Valley
Here
She Visits First Hubby Heir to a Family Web of Marriages
Hollywood report records James De Tarr, warned severely ill in a private clinic. His ex wife Harryette Post De Tarr, twice married to his brothers Beverly and Noble, visits with him along with Beverly and Noble. Harryette, from a Denver family, has remarried after each divorce. The writer patient shows nervous breakdown but doctors expect recovery.
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Hollywood
James de Tarr
Harryette Post
Denver
Colo
Beverly de Tarr
James
Beverly
Noble de Tarr
Harryette
Noble
de Tarr
Buying Power Holds Steady in January Retail Sales
Washington reports the national buying power barometer, from the Survey of Current Business, shows January sales held steady for the month. December sales rose in dollar value though not physical volume, while January preliminary reports suggest a less than seasonal decline, halting a several month recession trend.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Showdown in Kidnapping Near for Edward Bremer Abduction
In St Paul the threat of a large manhunt looms as Adolph Bremer, father of abducted banker Edward Bremer, demands contact from the kidnappers within three days. With noon deadline passed and no word, speculation grows on police involvement.
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ST. Paul
Edward Bremer
Adolph Bremer
Bremer
Girl Dies After Sledding Accident Near Annapolis
Jane Brown a 13 year old visitor from Baltimore died at Union Memorial Hospital after a sled struck mail boxes while she sleighed at Round Bay near Annapolis on Sunday. She lived on University Parkway, Baltimore, and was visiting Mr and Mrs M M Scofield over the weekend.
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Annapolis
Jane Brown
Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
Round Bay
University Parkway
Murr M
Scofield
Daladier resigns after violent riot in Paris
Paris reports show Premier Daladier quit after seven hours of rioting that left at least twenty dead and more than a thousand wounded. Authorities halted violence as crowds clashed amid protests in the capital.
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Edouard Daladier
France
Paris
Republic
Daladier
Insull denounced and praised in midwest case
A Chicago report details Samuel Insull Sr being called a cowardly crook by Samuel A Ettelson while Arthur Anderson praised him as superbly courageous during Judge Walter C Lindsey's probe into alleged fraud in the insuit receiver ship. The narrative contrasts two views amid a broader financial inquiry.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Walter C. Lindsey
Lindsey
Samuel A. Ettelson
Arthur Anderson
Middlewest Utilities
Ettelson
Insull
Anderson
Fairbanks and His Mary May Make Up
Hollywood reports a possible reconciliation between Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Motion picture producer Joseph M. Schenck said he believes the pair remain deeply in love. Pickford said she felt aggrieved but open to Doug wooing her anew to resume marriage.
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Hollywood
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
Joseph M. Schenck
Schenck
Mary
Doug
Miss Pickford
New York
Pairbanks
Faculty Skunk Mystery Disrupts Hagerstown High Day
At Hagerstown High School yesterday a strong odor of skunk disrupted classes as faculty hunted for the source. Officials narrowed suspects after an all day check, with two youths spending most of the afternoon in the principal's office, though details were not released.
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Ponce Avenue
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