Break in Coal NRA Code Seen by Roosevelt Scouts
President Roosevelt told New York City scouts the nation will join the NRA in full swing by Labor Day, signaling broad support for the program. Paul Nystrom of the limae price variety stores association urged a 44 hour week with staggered hours to boost reemployment by about one million if stores adopt 40 hours.
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United States
NRA
Scouts of
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Washington
Recovery Administration
Paul Nystrom
Limae Price Variety Stores Association
One Cent
One Dollar Commodity Group
Nystrom
Publisher Wallace Found Slain Near Coshocton
The body of Fred S. Wallace, 61, publisher of the Coshocton Tribune, was found in the Muskingum river two miles from Coshocton. He had been bound with baling wire, a hammer and a plow-point fixed to him, and slugs from printing shops in his pockets. coroners and prosecutors pursued the death as an active case with no clear motive.
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Fred S. Wallace
Muskingum River
F. W. Craig
Russell E. Lyons
Craig
Lyons
Wallace
Coshocton Tribune
Boy Whipped Exiled by Father Prompting Detention
Oklahoma City report says Calvin Bennie Wiles a motherless ten year old was whipped by his father BE W Wiles a junk dealer and taken 15 miles from town two weeks ago after which the boy was found and the father jailed. The father claimed the boy ran away.
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BE. W. Wiles
Calvin Bennie Wiles
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Screen Stars Aid NRA Drive In Hollywood Film
Hollywood stars join the NRA recruitment effort using eight featurettes to depict national recovery. Eight thousand dollars worth of films will promote reemployment and increased buying power with sixteen players under the blue eagle banner, including Constance Cummings Charles Ruggles Jimmy Durante Zasu Pitts Louise Fazenda Lowell Sherman Edna Mae Oliver Dick Powell Alan Dinehart Mary Boland El Brendel Charles Middleton Sterling Holloway Edgar Kennedy Samuel Hines and Slim Summerville.
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NRA
Blue Eagle
Constance Cummings
Charles Ruggles
Jimmy Durante
Zasu Pitts
Louise Fazenda
Lowell Sherman
Edna Mae Oliver
Dick Powell
Alan Dinehart
Mary Boland
el Brendel
Charles Middleton
Sterling Holloway
Edgar Kennedy
Samuel Hines
Slim Summerville
Government to Fix Price Paid for All Milk
The government considers a nationwide blanket agreement to fix fluid milk prices with regional codes. If approved, it could raise consumer costs by about one cent per quart while limiting the middleman's spread to 5 or 6 cents and allowing local appeals for areas with unique conditions.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Gandhi Freed From Custody Ends Fast At Hospital
Indian government releases Mahatma Gandhi unconditionally from custody in Poona. He ends an eight day fast protesting privileges denied to campaign for the untouchable class and is taken to a civil hospital after leaving Yeroda jail where he served a one year sentence for civil disobedience.
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India
Mahatma Gandi
Yeroda
Gandhi
Vittal Darrackersey
West Yellowstone Builds Airport for Winter Mail Service
An airport is being built a mile west of West Yellowstone Montana to carry mail into town three times weekly during winter. Mail will come from Ashton three times weekly and passengers will be taken along, a plan welcomed by residents due to the hard winter trip by dog team and the difficulty of travel during sickness.
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Yellowstone Highway
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West Yellow Stone
Code of fair practice for coal and open shop debate dominates NRA talks
Federal officials push toward a final code for bituminous coal as Hugh S Johnson and President Roosevelt monitor progress. Seamen’s union requests a code for ship crews and harbor workers. Auto industry action may delay while interpretations on open versus closed shop are prepared. NRA cooperates with Reconstruction Finance to aid blue eagle industries and credit access.
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Associated Press
Washington
Recovery Administration
Hughs. Johnson
Roosevelt
Kenneth M. Simpson
Marine Workers’ Industrial Union
A. H. Jones
Baltimore
Johnson
Reconstruction Corporation
NRA
Blue Eagle Industries
Fire Near Tillamook Threatens Oregon Timber
Nearly 2000 men fought a massive forest fire that destroyed thousands of acres of timber and neared Tillamook, Oregon. Crews including CCC recruits battled shifting flames under an east wind, with spot fires spreading from Drift Creek and several workers reporting minor injuries.
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Will Rogers Wires The Tribune
Will Rogers criticizes Hoover Dam irrigation plans in a Las Vegas dispatch. He argues land must not be overused to force crop surpluses and hog killing, tying the issue to Wallace's policy on corn acreage and hog birth control, and praising his ally Blue Boy.
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Utah Forecast Calls for Fair Skies Tonight and Thursday
A general forecast from Utah notes mostly fair weather tonight and Thursday with little change expected in temperatures. No rain or storms are anticipated, and conditions remain dry across the state with light winds.
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Utah
Rattlesnakes Win Decision Over County Invasion
In Chicago on August 23 AP reports Cook county board debated how to handle a rattlesnake invasion near Wheeling forest preserve. Commissioners argued over origin with Byrd claiming born, Ryan saying hatched, Weber noting cab bage patches, while the comptroller noted no funds to exterminate.
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Cook County Board
Forest Preserve
Wheeling
Homer Byrd
Dan Ryan
Charles Weber
Comptroller
Railroads Cut by Board Across Major Assessment Revision
Railroads and public utilities face a uniform 19 to 18 percent reduction in tax assessments after the board of equalization completed a major revision. Key lines like Oregon Short Line Northern Pacific and Great Northern saw 10 percent cuts, while several lines including Spokane Coeur d Alene and Palouse and Gilmore and Pittsburgh received 18 percent reductions. The move follows years of appeals by railroads alleging disproportionate tax burdens and aims to equalize property assessments with other property.
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Board of Equalization
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Oregon - Washington Reailroad and Navigation Company
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Gilmore
Pittsburgh
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Montana
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Craig Mountain
United States District Court
Governor Ross declines Idaho special session for sales tax
Governor C Ben Ross said he will not call a special session to enact a sales tax to match federal funds. He reached an agreement with Pierce Williams relief director to apply credit money spent on local highway work to match federal allotments at a 2 to 1 ratio, securing 180000 dollars of federal funds for the present quarter and sufficient state and local support to continue relief work this winter.
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C. Ben Ross
Pierce Williams
Western States
Idaho
Relief Administration
Price boosts tied to new jobs under NRA policy
General R H Wells of Bannock county states any price rise under the NRA must be paired with added employment. He condemns increases aimed solely at higher consumer prices and plans to address such cases to curb unemployment. Eleanor Holm plans marriage to New York singer Arthur L Jarrett, age 19 and 25 respectively, with intentions filed.
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R. H. Wells
Bannock
Wells
Los Angeles
Eleanor Holm
New York
Arthur L. Jarrett
Government Experts Rush to St Louis to Battle Disease
Government scientists converge on St Louis to study sleeping sickness outbreaks in the region. The epidemic has killed 19 and sickened 182, with 145 cases in St Louis County and 37 in the city, as federal public health officials deploy a third expert to investigate transmission and origins.
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Wichita
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Muskogee
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Brewers Still Work in Homes
CHICAGO August 23 The Siebel Institute says 3.2 percent beer has not replaced home brewing. May taxes from malt syrup manufacturers totaled 624000, more than half the four prior months. Price rather than taste drives ongoing use, and high local taxes on the legal brew dealers keep home brewers busy.
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Chicago
Siebel Institute
Rev Coughlin Attacks Detroit Bank Closings
In a Detroit testimony before a one man bank investigating jury, Rev. Fr Charles E. Coughlin denounced alleged mismanagement that he said wrecked Michigan banks and led to the closing of Detroit’s two national institutions. He predicted depositors would ultimately recover 80 percent of their funds, though only 40 percent had been paid. He also referenced a telegram from Herbert Hoover and discussed prior contact with Governor Comstock before the banks closed.
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William A. Comstock
New York City
Berger claims league homer lead with 24th in Braves win
Wally Berger of the Boston Braves hit his 23rd to tie then his 24th homer in the sixth, tying Chuck Klein for the National League home run lead. The Cardinals-Braves game ended 4 4 to 2 in favor of Boston after a 3 6 inning. Rain postponed several games with doubleheaders planned for tomorrow.
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Wally Berger
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Chuck Klein
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Klein
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Carleton
Johnson
O’farrell
Betts
Hogan
Hurricane damage spurs estimates Along Virginia coast
A storm labeled hurricane battered Virginia Beach and Willoughby with about 1 million dollars in damage, uprooted trees, disrupted communications, and swelled tides. The storm moved inland toward Washington, possibly reaching the capital before nightfall, while the Indianapolis stood by to aid.
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Heiress to Seek Divorce After Sudden Marriage
Janet Snowden, 19, heiress to oil wealth, announced she would seek an annulment or divorce from Prince di Siriggnano Don Francesco Caravila after a six day marriage described as a mistake. She and her maid left the couple’s quarters, saying she did not love him and the union was not for love.
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New York
Janet Snowden
Prince di Siriggnano
Francesco Caravila
Educator Calls for School Role in National Recovery
John W. Condie state superintendent urges placing public education within Roosevelt era recovery plans at a child welfare conference in Twin Falls. He likens recovery efforts to explorers venturing into uncharted seas and stresses balance so education participates in the national program.
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Twin Falls
John W. Condie
American Legion and Auxiliary
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Officers shoot plotter in ambush over extortion bid
In Rhinelander Wisconsin a trap set by a sheriff's posse killed Robert Rogers 44 and captured John Stokie 38 after they tried to take a package containing 5000 dollars left on a highway. The men had demanded money from George Goodreau mercer hotel owner.
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Robert Rogers
John Stokie
George Goodreau
Mercer
Goodreau
John Farmen
Oneida County
Stokie
Electric Power Output Rises In Latest Week
New York reports a 15.2 percent year over year gain in electric power output for the latest week, with production at 1,650,205,000 kilowatt hours versus 1,627,339,000 the prior week and 1,431.9 billion in the same period last year. The Edison Electric Institute notes a continued upturn from the previous week.
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Edison Electric Istitute
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