New Deal Agencies Wield Growing Power Across Nation
Washington observers note the expanding reach of New Deal bodies from relief programs to bank oversight and stock regulation. The article highlights Hopkins relief rules, RFC influence in bank boards, FDIC loan monitoring, and NRA code impacts on credit terms. It also discusses forest policy and a looming clash between the Federal Trade Commission and NRA codes as powers shift in the federal system.
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Washington
United States
Harry Hopkins
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Chicago
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NRA
Graphic Arts Industries
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Johnson
General Johnson
White House
Unica
Trench Aviators Fly the Atlantic
French pilots Joseph Le Brix Paul Codes and Maurice Rossi completed a Paris to New York leg in the jet the 3.7 X mile silver craft facing fuel leaks and a risky landing at Floyd Bennett Field They aimed for a Paris to San Diego nonstop record and a government prize but ended with a New York landing and a failed long distance record attempt.
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New York
Joseph le Brix
Floyd Bennett Field
Paul Codes
Maurice Rossi
Paris
San Diego
Calif
Atlantic
Kennett Field
Rayak
Syria
Wild Bill Cummings Captures 500 Mile Indianapolis Race
Indianapolis crowds watched Wild Bill Cummings win the 500 mile classic in a record 4 hours 46 minutes 25.21 seconds at an average of 104.865 mph. Mauri Rose of Dayton finished second in a duel that culminated in the final 100 miles.
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Indianapolis
Bill
Cummings
Lou Meyer
Mauri Rose
Dayton
Ohio
Rose
California Women in War on Crime
A San Diego born movement led by a growing secret committee of women fights vice and lawlessness. Inspired by Mary Roberts Rinehart, the effort aims to form statewide branches through the California Federation of Women's Clubs and the San Diego Women's Civic Center.
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San Diego
Calif
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Five Daughters Born to Canadian Couple
In Corbeil Ontario Mrs Oliva Dionne gave birth to five girls, each weighing up to three pounds four ounces, at their farm home two miles from Corbeil. The newborns join a family of six children, including Ernest, the eldest at seven. The couple's previous child died after their September 1925 marriage.
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Corbeil
Oliva Dionne
Ernest
Strikers and Troops Clash as Riots Rage in Toledo
In Toledo Ohio about 6000 rioters fought 10 Ohio National Guard companies near the Electric AutoLite plant. Two gun deaths occurred as troops fired after bricks and tear gas were used against them. Troops pushed rioters back but the strike spread, prompting two more guard companies.
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Toledo
Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Electric AutoLite Company
Henderson
Minneapolis
Minn
National
Abtor Board
Gary Floyd Olson
National Guard
A.G. Bainbridge
C. A. Lyman
Francis H. Shoemaker
U S offers reward for Gang of Seven
The federal government posts a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of five men and two women named as members of a gang blamed for a recent series of major crimes in Middle Atlantic states. The group includes William Davis, an escaped convict, John Kendrick, another escaped convict, Herbert Myers, Robert Mais, Arthur Misanas, Barbara Kendrick, Marie McKeever, and Barbara Kendrick.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
William Davis
Herbert Myers
Robert
Mais
Arthur Misanas
John Kendrick
Barbara Kendrick
Marie McKeever
Two Miami Students Die in Auto Accident
Oxford Ohio police report two Miami University sophomores died after an automobile ran into a ditch five miles south of Oxford. The victims were Mark Ferris, nineteen, of Cleveland and Robert W. Perry, nineteen, of Greensburg Indiana. Three other students were injured in the crash.
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Oxford
Ohio
Miami University
Here
Mark Ferris
Cleveland
Robert W. Perry
Greensburg
Ind
Textile workers threaten broad strike over NRA cut
United Textile Workers vice president Francis J. Gorman warns a 300000 worker strike will follow an NRA order cutting cotton textile production by 25 percent. He says many mills could close within two weeks, while NRA officials defend the move, citing data and a six to twelve week enforcement plan tied to hours and reporting.
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Washington
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers of America
NRA
Gorman
Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Works
Ross Whips McLarnin for Welterweight Title
Barney Ross of Chicago defeats Jimmy McLarnin in a 15 round decision before 65 000 at the Long Island bowl to claim the welterweight world title. The victory follows Ross’s three world titles in under a year including lightweight and junior welterweight crowns won last June.
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New York
Barney Ross
Chicago
Jimmy McLarnin
Long Island Bowl
Ross
Tony Canzoneri
Chicago Stadium
Barney
McLarnin
Clover, Veteran Journalist, Is Dead
Los Angeles based veteran journalist Samuel Travers Clover dies at 74 six weeks after his wife’s death. Former editor of the Chicago Evening Post and later editor publisher of Los Angeles Saturday Night, he reported Indian uprisings in 18 and 1891 for the Chicago Herald and witnessed the ghost dance led by Sitting Bull as the last white man reported to see the chief alive.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Samuel Travers Clover
Chicago Evening Post
Clover
England
Dakotas
Montana
Wyomin
Chicago Herald
Sitting Bull
California Golfer Wins British Amateur Title
W Lawson Little a 23 year old San Francisco golfer defeated James Wallace 14 to 13 in the 36 hole final at Prestwick Scotland to claim the British amateur title. He became the third native American to win the honor and set course records with a 66 in the final.
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Prestwick
Scotland
San Francisco
James Wallace
Carpenter
Little
Crown Bridgeton Tragedy Drowns Two Boys in River
In Bridgeton New Jersey two boys Edward Davis eleven and Alexander Parsons nine drowned when a rope supporting a river swing snapped and dumped them into the Cohansey river. The accident occurred while they played on the improvised swing near the shore.
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Bridgeton, N. J
Cohansey River
Edward Davis
Alexander Parsons
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Roosevelt
Congress
Trench
California
Wild Bill” Cummings
Women In
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National Labor Board of the
U. S
Ross Whips McLarnin
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