White House conference outlines credit plan to aid NRA and farmers
At a White House gathering with Secretary Woodin Wallace and Attorney General Cummings, President Roosevelt's advisers sketched a plan to release funds from closed and rural banks to back NRA industries and raise farm prices. The scheme would involve the RFC, farm credit, home loan, and deposit guaranty bodies to strengthen banks, while PWA announced 1.3 million man weeks of employment and substantial project spending. NRA chief Hugh Johnson aims a blue eagle campaign to boost hiring and wages, though coal code delays persist.
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Richard L. Turner
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
White House
Woodin
Wallace
Cummings
Blue Eagle
Farm Credit and
Home Loan
Deposit Guaranty Corporation
Public Works Administration
Treasury
Hugh 8. Johnson
Johnson
Bear sails from Boston for Byrd Antarctic voyage
The Bear, first of two ships for Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd s second Antarctic expedition, cleared Boston with Byrd aboard as farewell crowds gathered. Terrence Keough leads the crew with Captain Bendek Johanssen among the pilots for the two year mission aiming for the South Seas and ice fields. The voyage expected to reach Dunedin New Zealand in about 60 days.
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Boston
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
South Seas
Admiral Byrd
Outer Harbor
Terrence Keough
New York
Hole
Bendek Johanssen
Palas
Dunedin
New Zealand
Will Rogers on farm strike threat and Roosevelt
Will Rogers comments from Santa Monica criticizing a potential strike by Iowa farmers and questioning President Roosevelt's ability to guarantee passage of the Frazier mortgage refinancing bill. He argues for practical needs over conflict, noting that both stockholders and the unemployed deserve consideration.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Iowa Farmers Holiday Association
Frazier
Storm Drives Martial Law in Tampico After Toll of Drowning
From Tampico, Mexico, a tropical storm yesterday caused numerous drownings prompting authorities to declare martial law. Charles Drayton, pilot of a Pan American Airways plane, reported the city’s peril by wireless.
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Mexico
D. F
Tampico
Charles Drayton
Pan-American Airways
Boss Shannon blames Bates and Kelly in Urschel kidnaping case
R G Boss Shannon testifies at the Urschel kidnaping trial, accusing Albert Bates and George Kelly of pressuring him to participate. He describes a Texas farm family drawn into crime by threats, while Judge Vaught dismisses charges against Peter Valdez and Charles Wolk is freed.
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Shannon
Bates
Kelly
Urschel
William Voigt, JR
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
R. G
Charles F. Urschel
Wise County
Tex
Albert Bates
George Kelly
Bats
Kath
Shandel
Edgar Vaught
Peter Valdez
Minneapolis and
St. Paul
Charles Wolk
Union Pacific official shot to death in North Carolina
Thomas Price 65 year old Union Pacific rail executive from New York was shot dead on a trail near Waynesville North Carolina by a group led by Dewey Potter 30. Potters son 14 and brothers Clarence 35 and Eric Ledford 22 jailed. Potter had earlier been fined for hunting without permission on the Price estate. Price known philanthropist and director of several companies affiliated with Union Pacific.
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Waynesville
N. C
Thomas Price
New York
Here
Union Pacific Railroad
Price
Dewey Potter
Clarence
Eric Ledford
Wayne Potter
Dewey
Potter
Wrexham
Wales
America
Union Pacific
Mdivani names Insull in suit
Prince Serge Mdivani of Georgia filed for divorce from Mary McCormic in Los Angeles accusing her of prior ties with Samuel Insull. The complaint cites meetings in 1931 and 1932 and asserts she described Insull as her business manager before marriage and that she attacked him physically on occasion.
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Los Angeles
Samuel Insull
King
Mary McCormic
Prince Serge Mdivani
Georgia
Insull
Miss McCormic
Miss
Utah Weather Outlook Heavier Showers North and East
Unsettled tonight with showers in the north and east, cooler air and frost in the southwest and higher elevations if skies clear. Tuesday looks generally fair and warmer in the northwest portion.
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Utah
Northwest
Idaho
Cincy Police Trade Cough Syrup For Baby Medicine Bottle
Cincinnati police exchange a cough syrup bottle for a medicine container so Patrolman Frank Duncan can carry medicine home for his baby. Sergeant Arlington Beebe offers the bottle after a humorous remark about finishing the syrup.
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Cincinnati
Frank Duncan
Arlington Beebe
Governor Arthur Seligman Dies in Albuquerque
Governor Arthur Seligman of New Mexico died in a Albuquerque hotel after arriving for a meeting of the New Mexico State Bankers association. Physicians cited an angina pectoris attack following acute indigestion earlier that morning.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Arthur Seligman
New Mexico
Santa Fe
New Mexico State Bankers Association
War threat looms as League Parley opens in Geneva
Premier Mowinckel of Norway warned that the possibility of war hangs over the world at the opening of the League of Nations assembly in Geneva. He said the four power peace pact among Germany Italy France and Britain could aid a torn Europe. Charles te Water was elected president of the assembly, defeating Francisco Castillo Najera.
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Geneva
Johan Mowincker
Norway
League of Nations Assembly
Mowinckel
Th League Council
Germany
Italy
France
Britain
Europe
Charles Te Water
London
Francisco Castillo Najera
Mexico
Agreement Reached On Sugar Stabilization Pact
A complete sugar stabilization agreement was reached with approval from President Roosevelt and the State Department. Secretary Wallace’s signature was nearly final, detailing a three year pact retroactive to July 1 and a weekly domestic raw sugar cap around 7 million tons. A sugar reserve corporation could absorb market excess as quotas change.
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Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
Wallace
John Lee Coulter
Tariff Commission
Cuba
Coulter
Farm Act
Five Hundred Men Given Idaho Jobs
A report from Roise shows slightly more than ten percent of Idaho workers registered for re employment have secured jobs. Of 5 271 registered, 550 have been placed on public works projects and related work. Additional reports were anticipated to raise the total at work.
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Roise
Federal
Idaho
Baseball results and wheat reduction extension announced
National League game scores show Brooklyn defeating Philadelphia 7 to 2 with strong pitching by Beck Lopez Hansen Moore and Davis. Separate notes cite Washington’s report of an indefinite extension for a campaign to secure farmer agreements to reduce 1934 wheat plantings by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
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Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Beck
Lopez
Hansen
Moore
Davis
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Smith and Grace
Walker
Washington
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Dr Henry Suzzallo Dies in Seattle at 58
Dr Henry Suzzallo internationally known educator died in a Seattle hospital from a heart attack. He was 58 and had been ill a week after leading the Carnegie foundation tour. A former president of the University of Washington and a Columbia alumnus, his career shaped higher education and international understanding.
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Seattle
Henry Suzzallo
Carnegie Foundation For Advancement of Teachings
Suzzallo
Carnegie Foundation
University of Washington
Roland H. Hartley
Columbia
Columbia University
University of Ien
Instituton
Ean
Colonel Roscoe Turner Sets New West-East Air Flight Record
Col. Roscoe Turner, renowned flyer, established a new west to east transcontinental record by completing the trip in 10 hours 54 minutes at times 315 miles per hour. He landed at 11 43 a m EST after weather and fog forced him to abandon a return attempt. Turner previously held the New York to Los Angeles record of 11 hours 30 minutes set last July using the same aircraft.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Roscoe Turner
Turner
James Haizi
Ickes Delivers Sharp Reprimand to Idaho Governor Ross
Secretary Harold Ickes writes Governor C Ben Ross a pointed rebuke over Idaho road funding delays. The Sept 21 letter details federal status of Idaho projects, stalled feeder road plans, and unemployment relief tied to highway department support, noting eighteen projects released by Sept 15 totaling about 1.2 million dollars.
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Ickes
Ross
C. Ben Ross
Harold J Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works
Idaho
Tekes
T. C. Coffin
Boise
Washington
Special Board For Public Works
Public Works Administration
Judging Starts Wednesday for Bannock County Bathing Beauty Contest
Retail bureau members met at noon and completed plans for a bathing beauty contest to be held September 27 to 30 in connection with the Bannock county fair and style show. Contestants from county communities. cars provided by local auto dealers. high school band leads parade. judging begins 8 pm Wednesday at the Dance Gardens. Miss Idaho chosen Friday night with second and third places as ladies in waiting. Saturday, Miss Idaho crowned at the Bannock county fair with daily contestant introductions during the event.
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Bannock County
Pocatello
School Boy Fades Away In Okla Weight Loss Tragedy
In Ponca City Oklahoma Isaac Gilbert a 17 year old junior high school student is losing weight rapidly. He now weighs only 8 76 pounds while his father weighs 140 and his mother 128 pounds.
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Ponca City
Okla
Isaac Gilbert
Idaho Plans Begin Soon on Two Railroad Underpasses
Idaho state officials authorize immediate work on two railroad underpasses at Idaho Falls and Pocatello costing about 400000 dollars. The Pocatello project replaces a viaduct over Oregon Short Line yards with a 30 foot roadway and 14 foot overhead clearance. Construction to start within six weeks and run through winter, employing many residents.
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Boise
Idaho Falls
Pocatello
Joseph Stemmer
Idaho
Oregon
Stemmer
Robert Hamilton
Pocatello Subway
First Avenue
Sally Rand Continues Fan Dance Despite Jail Sentence
Sally Rand defies a one year jail term for obscene dancing, performing at a Chicago theater and a Century of Progress show. The case on appeal, theater manager defends the act while noting millions have seen the dance with no complaints.
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Chicago
Sally Rand
Sally
Captain Hernandez Visits Havana Meeting Cuban Leader
Captain Juan Blas Hernandez met President Ramon Grau San Martin at the presidential palace to deny revolting against the government. He said the affair was a misinterpretation and presented himself with four men. Batista accompanied them as they posed for photos shaking hands. The scene followed reports of opposition leaders seeking action against Grau.
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John P. McKnight
Havana
Juan Blas Hernandez
Cuba
Ramon Grau San Martin
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