Roosevelt relaxes NRA price rules for service industries
Washington June 29 President Roosevelt ordered two changes to NRA policies. Bidders may quote prices up to 15 percent below blue eagle figures with filings to code authorities for public access. A second order ends fair practice standards including price fixing for service trades and offers blanket wage and hour agreements for millions of workers while leaving local codes possible.
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America
Today and Tomorrow by Walter Lippmann
The piece recalls 66 years ago when war debt breakdowns and German payments led to a global financial panic and deflation in the United States. It notes defaults on war debts and Germany suspending transfers, praising the U.S. banking system and managed currency as buffers against crisis.
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Britain
United States
Germany
Nudist Wedding at World's Fair Draws Curious Attendees
At the Chicago World's Fair a nude ceremony occurred with a bride and groom from nudist colonies. The bride Joan May and groom Charles Mueller wed behind prehistoric display creatures while witnesses and participants wore minimal or no clothing. The Rev. Percy Ward conducted the rite as onlookers, some clothed, observed behind the exhibits.
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Amarillo
Texas
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Milwaukee
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Ind
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Yvonne Stacey
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Alois S. Knapp
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Max Hilbig
Wisconsin
Dividend Checks of 800 Million to Go Out to Stockholders
New York report estimates mid year disbursements by corporations to investors will total about 800 million dollars. About 1 450 stock issues will issue dividend checks starting tomorrow. Bond interest payments around 550 million and redemptions near 125 million will add to the outflow. Dividend increases and resumed payments will boost total payouts.
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Wall Street
Montana School of Mines Residence Hall Moves Forward
A special city council meeting approved vacating parts of Broadway and Prospect streets and deeded the ground to the state, speeding the $310,000 Montana School of Mines residence hall project. Public works funds are set, and construction bids will be sought at the state education board meeting.
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Prospect Streets
State of Montana
State Education Board
Montana Weekend Forecast Sees Fair Weather
The Montana forecast calls for generally fair conditions on Saturday and Sunday with little temperature change. No significant precipitation is expected and sunny intervals are likely across the state.
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Marines visit Butte with Hell-Diver bombers display
Four Curtis Wright Hell-Diver planes from the Sand Point naval air base swept over Butte at 5 30 landing in column formation at the city airport. First Lieut Joseph P Adams led the squadron which will remain in town today then fly back Sunday morning at 9 30. A crowd of 500 air minded residents witnessed the event. The flyers were ordered not to perform stunts during the trip. The ships dive at about 400 miles per hour and are manned by Marine corps reserves.
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Butte
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Seattle
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Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Marine Corps
Uncle Sam Worries Over Moratorium Note Rush
Washington dispatch reports the state department sped through notes to Germany and received one from England, leaving protocol staff exhausted. Ceremonial officer Charles Lee Cook even relaxed in shirt sleeves as the process wore on.
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England
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Protocol Division
Emmaline
Marie Dressler given three days
Santa Barbara June 29. Marie Dressler rallied tonight and though no official statement was issued, those near the veteran actress felt she might live a day or two longer. More than 300 telegrams of condolences, including one from Mrs Roosevelt, have been received at her cottage where Miss Dressler lies ill.
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Roosevelt set for Sunday cruise after final cabinet talks
President Roosevelt planned a Sunday departure for a Hawaii cruise after signing a WW veterans widows and orphans compensation bill. He completed farm mortgage moratorium and railroad pension actions and held a final cabinet conference, urging recovery campaigners to take vacation. He postponed sailing to await his son James’s arrival and will drive to Annapolis to depart.
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Officials Hold Parley in EfaT on Butte Strike
Washington reports say after a three hour meeting with government and labor officials Secretary Perkins Wagner and union leaders discussed progress toward a settlement of the Butte Montana copper strike. Mediation continued as R C Jacobsen and P W Chappell pursued investigations with no comment offered.
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Anaconda Company
R. C. Jacobsen
Helena
P. W. Chappell
Conciliation
United States Department of Labor
Goveror Langers Sentencing Shocks North Dakota
Gov William Langer and four aides were sentenced in Fargo to prison terms and fines for defrauding the United States government. Langer drew 18 months and a $10,000 fine while co-defendants received 13 months and $3,000 fines. Kinzer Vogel Chaput and McDonald faced varying penalties. McDonald got four months.
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FERA Work Schedules Adjusted for July 4 Holiday
An official notice from the FERA office in Butte states that county work crews will not work on July 4 or on Sundays. The time lost due to the holiday will be made up by methods other than Sunday work.
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Butte
Kennedy named chairman of federal stock exchange board
New York June 29 Joseph Kennedy a New York financier has been named chairman of the federal commission to regulate the stock exchanges. Three other members are understood to have been named by President Roosevelt James M Landis George C Mathews and Robert Healey complete the five member slate with a fifth choice pending confirmation.
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Federal Trade Commission
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Three escape serious injury in Roosevelt drive crash
Three Butte youths escaped serious injury when the car overturned on Roosevelt drive yesterday afternoon. Clark Dickman the driver was partially pinned under the car and suffered a severely bruised arm. Passengers Dorothy Dubie and Catherine McCarthy had slight head injuries. Dickman said another car forced him off the road on the curve.
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Roosevelt Drive
Clark Dickman
Dorothy Dubie
Catherine McCarthy
Dickman
Montana Supreme Court Dismisses Fisher Bond Suit
The petition of H. E. Fisher to stop liquidating an $800000 school bond issue for a new high school was dismissed by the Montana Supreme Court. Attorneys say the decision has no bearing on local action and trustees remain confident while the suit remains pending Kendall suit noted.
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H. E. Fisher
Flyers Are Speeded by West Wind
Two Brooklyn businessmen Benjamin and Joseph Adamowicz aim for a non stop flight from Harbor Grace Newfoundland to Warsaw Poland. They faced a difficult takeoff but lifted off before crashing again. The Bellanca monoplane carried 610 gallons of fuel as they headed west over the North Atlantic.
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Roosevelt Proclaims Arms Embargo on Cuba
President Roosevelt issued an embargo on arms and munitions shipments to Cuba to restore peace after a wave of Havana bombings and disorder. Secretary Hull requested the action, citing gun running from Florida and threats to Cuban and American officials.
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Florida
Eyewitnesses Take Stand in Pierce Slaying Trial
Three eyewitnesses testified in Judge T E Downey's court about an October automobile collision that killed 57 year old John MacFadyen on Grand Avenue near Harrison. The state alleges Joseph Pierce owned and drove the car that struck MacFadyen and fled the scene.
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Former Montanan Named Assistant Farm Secretary
Washington June 29. M L Wilson, a Montana farmer, returns to the Agriculture Department to aid in carrying out the farm act. He was named by President Roosevelt as assistant secretary of agriculture after directing the subsistence homestead experiment and serving as chief of the wheat section of the farm administration. He helped develop the domestic allotment plan to limit production to consumption levels.
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