Collision trials claim lives in two Southwest plane crashes
Eight people die in two training plane accidents. In San Antonio two pursuit planes collide above Randolph Field killing one instructor and two cadets while a fourth man survives with a broken ankle. A second crash near Clovis New Mexico involves a tri motored Western Air Line craft with three passengers and two pilots aboard.
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Associated Press
Randolph Field
San Antonio
Texas
Clovis
N. M
Western Air Line
Fliers Die As Two Planes Crash At Randolph Field
At Randolph Field Texas three fliers died in a mid air collision during pursuit training. An instructor Lieut Harley R Grater and cadets William Pasche and H R Sandberg were killed while Lieut Louis K Vaupre parachuted to safety with a broken ankle after leaping from his plane. The altimeter reportedly showed 500 feet before the crash.
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San Antonio
Texas
Randolph Field
West Point of the Air
Harley R. Grater
Lebanon
Ind
William Pasche
Chicago
Ill
H. R. Sandberg
Denver
Colo
Louis
Our New Deal for Thomasville Industry Unity and Growth
The article argues for united action in the Thomasville League to boost local industry, attract factories, and build a sustaining home economy. It stresses tangible support, low taxes, borrowing capacity, and patronage to turn humble beginnings into lasting prosperity, acknowledging time and steady effort.
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Thomasville
Thomasville League
Mam
Barnett Fight With Board Left Up To Jury Today
Captain J W Barnett's bid to chair the state highway board was left for an eleven man jury in Haralson county court. The trial in Buchanan, Georgia, also covered Barnett's alleged abandonment of the office and questioned his salary and expense claims as head of the highway department.
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Buchanan
J. W. Barnett
State Highway Board
Haralson County
J. A. Bagwell
Barnett
J. J. Mangham
Highway Board
Mangham
Talmadge
Mr. Mangham
Captain Barnett
Judy Hutcheson
Yeomans
Highway Department
Arnold
Washington awaits settlement before paying funds
The U S Department of Agriculture will hold Georgia’s $10 million federal road allotment until the Georgia highway controversy is settled in court. Governor Talmadge and the highway board face an ouster action challenging the commission’s legality, with Secretary Wallace backing MacDonald’s view that court action should come first.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Highway Department
Talmadge
Highway Board
Wallace
Thomas H. MacDonald
Roads ‘Bureau
Council fixes 1933 tax rate with 20 mills
The city council set the 1933 tax rate with a seven mill school fund, three mill general fund, and ten mill sinking fund, the highest ever for bond retirements. The digest showed a nearly half a million dollar decrease in property value and the board was praised for its handling and cooperation.
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H. W. Hopkins
Judge Hopkins
CUMMING INVESTIGATES SLEEPING SICKNESS IN ST LOUIS
Surgeon General Hugh S. Cumming announced a government study into the sleeping sickness outbreak in St. Louis with 42 victims. He ordered two additional physicians to assist and summoned Dr. W T Harrison and Dr. Cornelius B Philip to join local and federal scientists in a comprehensive investigation seeking the disease’s cause and a cure.
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St. Louis
Hugh S. Cumming
United States Public Health Service
The
Health Service
W. T. Harrison
Washington
Cornelius B. Philip
Hamilton
Ont
Cummings
Sleeping sickness claims twenty seven lives in New York City
The New York Department of Health reported twenty seven deaths from sleeping sickness in New York City and fourteen new cases since January 1. Health officials noted no comparable figures from normal years. In 1923, the outbreak totaled 523 cases for the year.
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N. Y
New York
New York City
Department of Health
Treasury receipts and expenditures report for August
Washington reports the treasury position as of August 26 with receipts of 4 189 337 82 dollars and expenditures of 3 227 878 98 dollars leaving a balance of 1 200 481 110 26 dollars. Custom duties for the month reach 27 766 994 33 dollars. First year receipts total 328 660 017 32 dollars against expenditures 560 334 113 75 dollars, including 204 994 797 06 emergency expenditures, leaving an excess of expenditures 231 674 096 43.
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Washington
Treasury
Huey Long creates uproar at Veterans of Foreign Wars convention
At a Milwaukee event on August 29 1947 Senator Huey Long blasted Milwaukee newspapers and expelled photographers while denouncing Wall Street and Roosevelt era policy. He called government traitor for payroll cuts and pledged to back redistribution of wealth as he praised Roosevelt.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Convention of the Veterans
United States
Huey Long
Louisiana
Pu Hshers
Long
Long Island
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wall Street
Rockefellers
Morgan
Baruch
Roosevelt
America
Chicago
Embargo Lift Allows Sale of New Mined Gold
Hyde Park, N Y August 29 President Roosevelt lifted the gold embargo to permit sales of new mined gold abroad and tightened restrictions against hoarding. Two executive orders give the secretary of the treasury full authority to license all gold sales abroad and all holdings of gold in the country.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Tragic Golden State Limited Train Wreck near Tucumcari
A derailment on the Golden State Limited near Tucumcari New Mexico killed at least six and injured about forty as the train plunged from a washed out bridge into a water filled arroyo. Engineer C J Crost and five passengers died. Many passengers remain missing or seriously hurt.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Golden State Limited
Los Angeles
Chicago
Here
C. J. Crost
el Paso
Amiarillo
Southern Pacific
Rock Island
Cr. J. Crost
James Randall
Pacific Coast
T. F. Weelock
Billions Roused for Roosevelt Recovery Machinery
Dollar by dollar billions assembled to fuel the Roosevelt recovery machine move to energize trade and agriculture. The Public Works program tops the list with 2.3 billion, while the NIA receives 225 million. Treasury holds daily over 1 billion for recovery and operating costs as the program readies.
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Don Kirkley
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
NIA
Treasury
Public Works Administration
ABA gathers to address racketeering and tax fraud
Grand Rapids Michigan hosts the American Bar Association session with State Bar officers to discuss crime racketeering kidnaping and organized crime. Attorney General Pat Malloy urges new legislation to halt manipulation of income taxes by the wealthy and calls for redistribution of tax burdens.
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Bar Association
Grand Rapids
Mich
Amis
American Bar Association
Fmo
Pat Malloy
The
Mineral
Malloy
America
Senate
J. P. Morgan
Cotton crop control meetings set for September 5
Washington announces control plan discussions for 1934 cotton crop to be held September 5 in Atlanta, Memphis, and Dallas. Secretary Wallace notes plans offered. attendees include producers, cooperatives, lawmakers, and industry reps.
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Washington
Atlanta
Memphis
Dallas
Wallace
Congress
Commissioners of Agriculture
Administrator Sees Major NRA Code Hurdle Cleared
Washington August 29 Hugh S Johnson reports the last big obstacle to nationwide codes of fair competition for all industries is behind him He convened city NRA chairs to promote cooperation and speed up codes for ball and shoe retailers and grocers and druggists The coal code settlement supports smoother path ahead with President Roosevelt already briefed on general terms
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Recovery Administration
NRA
Johnson
Appalachian
Roosevelt
Beot and Shoe
Arthur D. Whiteside
NRA Works Swiftly To Clinch Coal Code
The NRA moved quickly to secure a permanent coal industry code after a compromise with major coal fields and Appalachian non union areas. President Roosevelt praised Johnson as the code progressed toward binding form as unions and retailers push toward broader retail codes amid the blue eagle campaign.
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NRA
James Cope
Associated Press
Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Industrial Control
Appalachian
Roosevelt
Johnson
Weather outlook for Southeast states with scattered showers
South Carolina and Georgia expect likely showers tonight and Wednesday. Florida forecast calls for fair tonight and Wednesday with local thundershowers. Alabama sees partly to mostly cloudy skies with local thundershowers in the north and central areas through Wednesday. Northwest Florida reports partly cloudy to cloudy with local thunder showers tonight and Wednesday.
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South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
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Ington
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National Recovery Administration
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Sausalito
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Taft
Henry Jennings
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Indianapolis
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Philadelphia
Herbert J. Tiley
George W. Rosseter
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Kansas City
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