Ickes pushes $1 billion in public works projects
As head of public works, Interior Secretary Ickes pushes toward $1 billion in authorizations within a month. He targets fast starts with high labor needs, aiming to prevent favoritism while directing funds to roads naval construction dam projects and subsistence programs across the nation.
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Scries
Washington
U.P
Secretary of Interior
Ickes
Civilian Conservation Corps
Grand Coulee Dam
Washington State
Casper-Alcora
Wyoming
Upper
Mississippi
Forest Service
Expenditures for Defense to Set New Mark
Japanese army and navy chiefs presented defense expenditure estimates for 1934 35 larger than any in history and 45 percent above the current year. Naval construction and modernization funds were requested with a budget draft under the finance ministry. The 680 000 000 yen naval estimate marked a 30 percent rise from 1921 22, reflecting aims to match Western naval power and influenced by Manchurian tensions and League of Nations exit. Navy maneuvers began with over 100 ships in Pacific waters south of Japan.
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Tokyo
Finance Ministry
Navy Ministry
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Washington
Roosevelt
League of Nations
Board Votes To Protect Superintendent Salary In Budget Fight
Trustees of district No. 1 rejected the budget board effort to cut the 4200 appropriation for Superintendent Jesse G. Ragsdale, keeping Blaine Jefferson Schools open while Washington is closed. A separate resolution approved a janitor wage increase to 65 dollars a month. The five to two vote ended the dispute as commissioners pressed the cut.
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Board of County Commissioners
County Superintendent of Schools
Jesse G. Ragsdale
Gun battle ends in Perry death after hotel slaying
In St Louis a hotel clerk George Perry killed former employer Samuel Murta, a wealthy hotel owner, then barricaded himself at the Erie hotel. Police responded with riot squads and machine guns, tear gas, and a fire as Perry was shot four times and died at City hospital. No officers were wounded.
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ST. Louis
U.P
George Perry
Samuel Murta
Murta
Perry
the Erie
City Hospital
Marta
Morgenthau mobilizes federal staff for farm mortgage refinancing
Henry Morgenthau Jr. announced creation of a nationwide force of federal employees to speed refinancing of farm mortgages under the $2 billion program. He plans up to 2500 to 3000 appraisers at 12 land banks, with crews to reach counties and evaluate about three farms per appraiser in two days. Mortgage activity has surged with 114,000 applications for over $400 million since May.
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Washington
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Farm Credit Administration
Morgenthau
Congress
Banks urged to back Bay 10 work drive
Washington August 1 The Reconstruction Finance Corporation chairman Jones asked banks nationwide to expand credit to support the back to work movement with President Roosevelt and the treasury fully approving. He cited loan repayments totaling 710 million dollars as proof the country is inherently sound and recovering.
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Washington
Roosevelt
The
Treasury
Jones
Reconstruction Corporation Tonight
Recovery drive kicks off with 600 business leaders
President Roosevelt called more than 600 business leaders to service to push the national recovery program as the five month emergency re employment drive opens. Hugh S Johnson announced state and district boards will organize, code hearings for coal and autos are set for mid August, and enforcement actions will be swift.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh 8. Johnson
Eea ~ R. A
Windows
Examinations Scheduled for Eighth Grade Students
Examinations for seventh and eighth grade students to complete spring work and for those in summer school will be held August 21 and 22. County superintendents will conduct the tests as announced by Miss Elizabeth Ireland state superintendent of public instruction.
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Helena
Elizabeth Ireland
Roosevelt milk price program tested in U S court
An association of independent Chicago milk dealers asked a federal judge to halt prosecutions for not meeting the 10 cent a quart milk code. They plan to continue cash and carry at 6 1/2 cents as Judge Wilkerson delays ruling until next Monday. The group supplies about a quarter of Chicago's milk through 102 dealers.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
James H. Wilkerson
Washington
Wilkerson
Escaped Kansas convicts sought in Urschel case
Oklahoma City August 1 UP two ringleaders in the decoration day convict break from the Kansas state prison were hunted as suspects in kidnapping Charles F Urschel Wilbur Underhill and Squint Eye Brady are linked to the crime by Bureau of Investigation agents They are also sought in the June 17 Union Station killings and for disguises used to elude officers Urschel and his party remained silent on ransom figures after the demand was met.
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Oklahoma City
Decoration Day
Kansas State Prison
Charles F. Urschel
Wilbur Underhill
Brady
Quere
Lionaire
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Underhill
Kansas City Union Station
Urschel
Frank J. Gone in critical condition after crash
In Helena on Aug 1 4 Frank J. Cone 56 of Hamilton remained in critical condition after a collision near Elliston. Doctors said weeks of confinement lie ahead due to chest trauma and multiple fractures including pelvis arm and collarbone. The other drivers James M Brown Missoula and Mrs F E Riley Helena suffered minor injuries.
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Helena
J. Frank Cone
Hamilton
Elliston
The
State Senate
Cone
James M., Brown
Missoula
F. E. Riley
Beer license receipts exceed 180000 in Montana
Helena Aug 1 state board of beer control issued 15 beer licenses bringing total receipts to over 180000 dollars. The 180000 plus total reflects funds from licenses issued and recorded today in the Montana beer control program.
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Helena
State Board of Beer Control
Kidnapper Holds Nat Bass for 25000 Ransom
Nat Baskowitz known as Nat Bass, 35, kidnapped in Brooklyn Monday night and held for 25000 dollars. Three armed men forced him into a car as he arrived at a friend's home. police were uncommunicative and family could not confirm details. Arthur Bass, a partner of Humbert Pugazy, was notified of the ransom demand.
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New York
Nat Baskowitz
Nat Bass
Brooklyn
Bass
Arthur Bass
Humbert Pugazy
Peery Leads In Virginia Democratic Governor Nomination
Reports from 1 200 of 1 685 precincts tabulated show George C Peery with 78 531 votes to 20 381 for Deal and 20 459 for W Worth Smith in the Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nomination race at Richmond. George C Peery ahead as final tallies near.
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Richmond
George C. Peery
Joseph T. Deal
Norfolk
Perry
W. Worth Smith
Louisa
Balbo Ready To Start Ocean Hop From Shoal Harbor
Weather favored dawn takeoff for Balbo’s 24 plane seaplane fleet from Shoal Harbor Maryland toward Valentia Ireland. General Italo Balbo ordered motorboats prepared at dawn to maneuver the aircraft into optimal positions for the departure.
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Balbo
Sailor Adrift Survives Sharks Lands But Is Arrested
Jack Y. Davis and companion William Wallace Bell drifted two weeks across the Gulf of Mexico in a disabled sloop before reaching Port Aransas Texas. Bell is dead and both men face theft charges over the sloop. Davis is hospitalized after rescue and exposure.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Jack Y. Davis
Port Aransas
William Wallace Bell
Gulf of Mexico
Panama City
Fla
Davis
Bell
Kissimee
Harry Page
Coast Guard
Ruth Nichols Aims for Record Flights Across Nation
Ruth Nichols, the Rye society aviator, announced she will depart Los Angeles Thursday night to attempt a record-breaking flight across the United States, aiming to set a new distance record.
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Los Angeles
Ruth Nichols
the Rye
N. Y
Tate Recovery Board 10 Meet in Helena Today
The first meeting of the industrial recovery state commissioners James E. Murray Peter Peterson and Raymond M Hart will be held in Helena. The session will be informal as they arrange for organization and await Washington instructions. They will decide on expenditures of over 10 million dollars in the state.
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Industrial Recovery State
James E. Murray
Butte
Raymond M. Hart
Billings
Peter Peterson
Glasgow
Helena
Washington
Signatures Needed to Secure Library Tax Levy Operation
A petition drive seeks 3000 more names to reach 5200 required for a special levy for library operation and maintenance. George A. Hill chaired a meeting with nearly all workers present. Petitions must reach the chairman by Friday night.
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George A. Hill
Four Communists Hurt in Berlin Beheadings
In Berlin on August 1 four communists were severely harmed with a battleaxe after sentences dated June 2. The beheadings followed convictions on charges connected to civil unrest during a Nazi storm trooper incident at Altona on July 1, 1832.
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Berlin
Altona
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