Johnson warns AFL on recovery stakes and NRA role
Washington. Recovery Administrator Hugh S. Johnson told AFL leaders that the national recovery act depends on cooperation among industry labor and government. He warned against a minority threatening recovery and urged responsible action to avoid monopolistic power and a collapse of the program. The AFL convention urged a 30 hour week and called for a six hour five day week by law if needed.
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Washington
Hugh 8
Johnson
American Federation of Labor
Pennsylvania
NRA
Jonson
Executive Council
Deputy Sheriff Slain Battling Murderer in Toledo Shootout
Police hunt Floyd Baldwin, indicted for murder, after a gun battle in Toledo leaves Deputy Sheriff Leon Flanagan dead and Baldwin wounded. Baldwin had been sought since September after John L. Parker was killed during a Sylvania golf course holdup. Officers closed on a house and confronted an armed Baldwin who appeared as they arrived.
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Toledo
Ohio
Floyd Baldwin
Leon Flanagan
Baldwin
John L. Parker
Sylvania Club
Hotel Guest Seized in $500000 Gem Thief Case
St. Louis police arrested a suave hotel guest identified as William Malcom Ritchey. He was wanted in several cities for jewel thefts totaling possibly $500,000. Authorities say his method involved following jewelry salesmen and swapping empty sample cases for their luggage after checkout.
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St. Louis
William Malcom Ritchey
Hunters Urged Not to Shoot Forestry Corps Workers
Boston Mass Maj Gen Fox Connor, commander of First Corps area, appeals to 230000 New England hunters not to shoot 25000 civilian conservation corps members. He urges caution and notes workers will wear plaid jackets and caps to distinguish them from game.
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Boston
Mass
Fox Connor
First Corps
New England
Civilian Conservation Corps
Dairy Farmers Ready to Bolt NRA Milk Policy
Leaders at the National Co operative Milk Producers federation three day convention condemned the government for lax enforcement of the milk code. D N Geyer of the Pure Milk association warned that dairy farmers may reject the AAA if relief plans tax milk and fail to restore buying power. W S Moéscrip of Twin City Milk Producers warned that NRA failure is likely if the AAA does not succeed and farm buying power is not restored.
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Chicago
Farm Adjustment Administration
NRA
National Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation
D. N. Geyer
Pure Milk Association
AAA
Washington
Geyer
Harry Hopkins
Ws Moéscrip
Twin City
Milk Producers’ Association
St. _ Paul
Worried Farmer Kills Son and Daughter Then Himself
In Appleton Minnesota a financially troubled farmer fatally struck his son aged twelve and daughter aged fourteen with a hammer and wounded his wife and another son before taking his own life. The victims were William E. McKeever, 43, and his children.
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Appleton, Minn
William E. McKeever
Here
League Assembly Appoints Jewish Refugee Aid Chief
In Geneva the League of Nations assembly approved a high commissioner to coordinate aid for German Jewish refugees, despite German protests. Delegates who resisted the committees’ measures sat in silence as the assembly acted as final authority.
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Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations Assembly
Ak-Sar-Ben Show to Highlight Omaha Week
Dr. P H Bartholomew Nebraska health director notes measles and chicken pox up this year with 1248 students staying home. smallpox absent. 1890 figures show cycles with Nebraskans deemed among healthiest due to living conditions and broad space.
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Bartholomew
Cale
State Valuations Drop Despite Farm Land Share Rise
Lincoln State Tax Commissioner W. H. Smith reports Nebraska total valuation at 2 073 283 25U with a 450 million drop from 1932. Farm lands and improvements make up 53.3 percent of the total for 1933, town lots rise to 217 104 in valuation, overall livestock grains and other classes show small percentage gains.
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Lincoln
W. H. Smith
Nebraska
Smith
Ak-Sar-Ben Parade to Open Week of Coliseum Event
The Ak-Sar-Ben sixth annual stock show rodeo and horse show, in Omaha, features a November 11 parade recalling national days of old. Old-time rigs, ox carts, buggies, floats prepared by Omaha firms, and a grand preview to the Coliseum exposition run November 11 to 17, with Armistice Day parade Saturday.
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Omaha
Indians Claim Many Millions Omaha
George M. Tunison, president of the Omaha Bar Association, will present a 37 900 000 claim of the Shoshone Indian tribe in Wyoming against the federal government. The suit seeks compensation for about 3 000 000 acres taken from the Wind River reservation dating to 1879 after the Arapahoes were moved there. Tunison spent years gathering evidence and, with ex-Representative A W Jefferis, helped secure a 1927 congressional bill allowing the suit. The case to be heard in the Court of Claims at Washington begins this month.
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Omaha
George M. Tunison
Omaha Bar Association
Washington
Wyoming
Tunison
Wind River Valley
Arapahoes
A. W. Jefferis
Congress
Court of Claims
Bond proposal fails by one vote in city election
A proposal to issue 1000 dollars in bonds to complete a 18000 dollar municipal building fell by one vote after an unofficial tally. The measure had 158 in favor and 116 against, short of the 60 percent required. Omaha reports September livestock at 675,709, up 62 percent from last year, with Packers citing government demand but noting more workers employed. Nebraska teachers plan district conventions October 25 to 28 with speakers from Yale Chicago and Columbia universities. A contract letting for a tow route along the Platte and a Burlington main line overhead crossing at Omaha will be awarded soon as part of highway and rail improvements.
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Finshe
Omaha
Eastburn
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Olong
Platte River
Duala
Nebraska City
Cochran
Chamber ‘of Commerce Highways Committee
Burlington
Oreopolis
Nebraska
Will-Maupin Vet Era Nebraska Broadens Reach
Veteran columnist Will Maupin returns to the public with his Sunny-Side-Up philosophy. He broadcasts three evenings a week and on Sunday morning at 9 30 his Sermon of a Laymah will be heard over KOIL.
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Will - Maupin
Nebraska
Maupin
Will Maerry
Fire destroys Wells Abbott Nieman mill and elevator at Schuyler
A spectacular blaze at the Wells Abbott Nieman mill and elevator in Schuyler caused an estimated $400,000 loss. The mill, unused recently, served as a grain terminal for B. C Christopher Co of Kansas City, with 300,000 bushels stored nearby. most escaped damage. Fire companies from North Bend, Columbus, Fremont and David City aided local crews, sparks sparking small blazes that were quickly controlled. The plant’s capacity was 3,000 barrels per day.
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Wells Abbott Nieman
Schuyler First
B. C. Christopher Company
Kansas City
North Bend
Columbus
Fremont
David City
Schuyler
Nebraska Motor Vehicle Registrations Fall in 1933 Nine Months
Registration data from Nebraska shows 1933 admissions through September nine months that are about 36 400 below the total for all of 1932. Transfers of used cars declined about 50 percent from 28 152 to 14 709. Excluding that item the year runs close to the previous. Passenger cars privately owned and used in Nebraska through September 30 number within 8 000 of 1932 year total while truck counts are down about 6 300 and trailers licensed are down about 2 300. Revenue from license fees will be less than half in 1933 due to legislative cuts.
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Nebraska
Motor Vehicle Registration Bureau
Irrigation Supports D W Taylor's 10 Acre Burwell Plot
D W Taylor farms a 10 acre Burwell tract with irrigation from the North Loup river canal. He grows tobacco peanuts corn and other crops while raising dairy cattle pigs poultry and bees. His operations yield honey, pork, and dairy products for home use and sale.
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D.W. Taylor
Burwell
Taylor
North Loup
Winkler killed to close mouth in Chicago
Gus Winkler, Capone gang aide, was shot down outside the Charles H. Weber Distributing plant after being suspected of talking about the December mail robbery. He died about a half hour later at John B. Murphy hospital. The attack followed the shooting of a key underworld figure as authorities pursue charges connected to eight indicted men and the ongoing probe across cities.
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Chicago
Gus Winkler
Capone
Edgar B. Lehernberger
Lebensberger
Winkler
Ranzland
Agsoviate
John B.murphy
Charles H. Weber Distributing Company
United
States
Green
McLaughlin
Weber
Nitti
Gus _Winkler
Weirton Steel Strikers Return to Their Jobs
Weirton West Virginia Weirton Steel workers began returning to their jobs after a week on strike. The first shift with several thousand employees entered the mill under guard by 50 state police and local officers while a few pickets watched but did not block the resumption. Across the river at Steubenville Ohio about 1000 workers also walked back to work.
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Weirton
W. Va
Weirton Steels Company
Steubenville
Ohio
Labor Leader Nominated for Dearborn Mayor Race
A Detroit-Area labor leader and national vice president of the Auto Workers union, David Jones, is nominated to oppose Mayor Clyde M. Ford in Dearborn. Jones, a former AFL organizer, says he sympathizes with workers but is not a member of any political party, after police labeled him a Communist agitator.
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Detroit
Auto
Workers’ Union
Nearborn
Ford Motor Company
Clyde M. Ford
David Jones
American Federation of Labor
Faulty Auto Light Fails Two Kidnappers
Allen E Powers deputy auditor of Alameda County was kidnapped by two men who stopped a car in Oakland after faulty headlights alerted Highway Patrolman Anthony Enos. The suspects identified as Charles T Boling of Saint Joseph Missouri and Stanley J Cragg of Chicago were held for investigation.
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Oakland
Califf
Allen E.powers
Alameda County
Here
Anthony Enos
Charles T. Boling
St. Joseph
Stanley J. Cragg
Chicago
Engineer Shot Blinded. Fireman Guides Train to Safety
John H. Lynch, 55, a Southern Railway engineer, was taken to a Cincinnati hospital after a shotgun blast blinded him in the locomotive cab near Isham Tennessee. Fireman Walter Wallin steered the freight train into Danville, Kentucky, to safety following the shooting.
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Danville
John H. Lynch
Fiftyfive
Southern Railway
Cincinnati
Isham
Tenn
Walter Wallin
Big Still Raided in New Kent County
Richmond Virginia J C Dillard state prohibition inspector reported to the state prohibition department the seizure of a large distilling plant in New Kent county with a 600 gallon whisky still and a mounted NRA blue eagle.
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Richmond
J.C. Dillard
State Prohibition Department
New Kent County
NRA
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