Johnson seeks new credit to back industry recovery
Washington reports recovery administrator Hugh S. Johnson urging huge new credit facilities for private industry to back the recovery program. He warned merchants against price gouging and said chiselers would be driven out, noting talks with the federal reserve board and Reconstruction Finance Corporation but no final plan yet.
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Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Federal Reserve Board
Reconstruction Corporation
Davis 10 Return to Amg Parley for Last Effort
Roosevelt sends Norman H. Davis back to Geneva to push for elimination of offense weapons and an international arms control commission. Davis reports a hopeful but cautious mood after a three hour discussion with the president as he aims to align with the French plan with some modifications.
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Roosevelt
Norman H. Davis
Geneva
International Armaments Control Commission
Mr. Davis
Europe
Davis
United States
Oregon Fires Sweep Unchecked in Forest Area
Great clouds of greenish smoke rose from massive fires along the Oregon coast as about 2,000 men fought the Wilson River blaze between Tillamook and Washington counties. In addition, several hundred men pressed three incendiary fires between Coos and Douglas counties amid the gale.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon Coast
Wilson River
Tillamook
Washington
Coos
Douglas
Family Men Get First Chance at Government Jobs
Washington Aug. 22. Married men will have the first opportunity for public works jobs as the enlarged public employment service acts as a labor filter. Miss Perkins says older men should get priority for positions created by federal public works expenditures while forest conservation workers may seek private jobs in their home districts.
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Washington
Perkins
Public Employment Service
Miss Perkins
Butte NRA Council Opens Headquarters for Unemployment Plan
Senator T J Walker of Silver Bow county NRA opens headquarters at Finlen Hotel to form an executive committee and assign colonels majors and captains. The aim is to remove 6 000 000 unemployed by September 1 by urging businesses to shorten hours to create new jobs.
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Johnson
Finlen Hotel
Butte
Roosevelt
T. J. Walker
Silver Bow County
Walker
Montana Standard
Standard
Hoover declines to testify at Detroit bank probe
Former President Herbert Hoover says he will not attend a Detroit grand jury hearing about bank closures. He cites his wartime and early New Deal associations and pledges to provide detailed information only through former Reconstruction Finance Corp officials.
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Palo Alto
Cal
Herbert Hoover
Detroit
James Couzens
Prosperity
Harry Toy
Dasolt
Reconstruction Finance Car
Montana Weather: Wednesday and Thursday Fair and Warm
The forecast calls for generally fair weather in Montana on Wednesday and Thursday with warmer temperatures in the eastern portion on Wednesday.
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Montana
Irish Free State bans blue shirt national guard and forms military tribunal
The Irish Free State government proclaims a ban on Gen Eoin O'Duffy's blue shirt national guard and establishes a military tribunal to try members for alleged threats. Col Francis Bennett presides, with a panel similar to Cosgrave era. Death penalty possible in the cases brought before the court.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
William T. Cosgrave
O'Duffy
National Guard
Itses
Blue Shirt
Main
City Library Fund Under Review At Board Meeting
The municipal board and a volunteer committee discussed the library’s finances to avert closing. County commissioners set Sept 22 for a public hearing on establishing a county library fund driven by petitions from over 6000 taxpayers seeking a one mill levy. Several plans for financial aid were discussed.
Portable iron cage proposed for Urschel kidnapper Bailey
Special Assistant U S Attorney General Joseph B Keenan recommended a portable iron cage for Harvey J Bailey when brought to trial for the Charles Urschel kidnapping and the Kansas City Union Station massacre The plan includes a cage at the counsel table and a guard with a gun ready to shoot if needed Bailey is jailed in Dallas awaiting trial
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U. S
Joseph B. Keenan
Harvey J. Bailey
Charles Urschel
Kansas City Union Station
Dallas
Keenan
Bailey
Medalie Requests Probing Tammany Crime Link in New York
The New York grand jury ordered an aggressive inquiry into possible ties between Tammany politicians and underworld figures. U. S. Attorney George Z. Medalie was questioned for two hours and the panel weighs appointing a special prosecutor. Medalie has led investigations showing crime and politics interrelations in the city.
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U.P
Tammany
U. S
George Z. Medalie
Croker
Medalie
United States
New York City
Sleeping sickness epidemic claims seventeen lives in St. Louis
The death of an elderly woman and a man tonight raised the toll to 17 from the sleeping sickness outbreak in St. Louis. Mrs. Fidelia Walker, 78, died at Missouri Baptist Hospital after an autopsy diagnosed encephalitis. Raymond Picquet, 65, of Kirkwood, is the latest victim.
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Fidelia Walker
Missouri Baptist Hospital
Raymond Picquet
Kirkwood
Grain parley progress shown by committees in London
At the world wheat conference committees reported progress after a day of talks on creating an international wheat advisory board and steps to implement importers agreements to raise prices. The full conference resumes to hear government replies with several delegates expecting definite results this week. The United States Canada Argentina and Australia submitted the agreement to importers and agreed to a pact reducing acreage and limiting exports.
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London
United States
Canada
Argentina
Australia
Mexicans Push Pan American Commercial Union at Montevideo Talks
Mexican delegation signals a plan to propose a new Monroe doctrine of commerce to the Montevideo conference. The aim is economic unity across North Central and South America to create a self supporting Americas and ease foreign debt burdens.
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U.P
Montevideo
Uruguay
United Press
Americas
Austria faces renewed frontier fear amid exile movements
News from Paris reports six to eight thousand exiles along the Austro German frontier amid tension over Nazi agitation and Dollfuss plans to boost Austria’s army from 22 000 to 30 000. Britain Italy may back the move while a 300 million schillings loan eases trade and aids revival pending talks.
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Austria
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Germany
Hiter
Dollfuss
League of Nations
Trustees Convert Ten Half Time Teachers To Full Time
District No. 1 trustees voted to move ten half time teachers to full time following City Superintendent Ragsdale’s recommendation. The action, paired with salary changes, aims to align staffing with school openings. The board set Sept 5 to meet again for pre opening preparations. Sarah Lynch resigned, affecting two positions tied to Jefferson and Blaine school plans.
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District No. 1
Ragsdale
Blaine
Jefferson
Sarah Lynch
Coroner's jury rules fatal crash unavoidable
A coroner's jury ruled the Saturday fatal crash that killed Charles W. Hogart a preventable act. Driver C. J. Kirtley faced a manslaughter charge. arraigned and pled not guilty. bonds set at 1000 dollars. 17 witnesses testified during the inquest led by Coroner Don Murphy.
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C. J. Kirtley
Kirtly
Justice Court
Kirtley
Justice of the Peace
J. J. McNamara
Don Murphy
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