Board Control For NRA Soon To Be Worked Out
Washington August 15 plans to reorganize the NRA under a board within three months were outlined by Hugh S Johnson and Donald Richberg. A possible agency to harmonize NRA and the Federal Trade Commission on anti trust laws would be created, with submission to the President and Congress next. Johnson stressed the plan is not a one man job and noted bridging anti trust and NRA policy while curbing throat cutting price competition in forthcoming reviews.
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Associated Press
Washington
NRA
Hughs. Johnson
Federal Trade Commission
Johnson
Donald Richberg
National Emergency Council
Roosevelt
Congress
Federal Trade Commission and Organization
Richberg
National Executive Council
Hugh 8. Johnson
Blue Eagle
Department
Chicago Grain Market Prices Highlight Daily Quotations
The Star presents closing quotations from Chicago and Baltimore markets. Wheat futures show Chicago Sept 1.01, Dec 1.0356, May 1.065. Baltimore spot wheat 96. Winchester spot wheat 90. Corn quotes Chicago Sept 75.5, Dec 73, May 83. Winchester delivered 80 cents per bushel and $4.00 per barrel.
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Chicago
Baltimore
The
Star
Associated Press
Detroit Gangs Not Suspected in Labatt Case
The Labatt disappearance case is not linked to Detroit gangs, as publicist Hugh Shums refuses to comment further. He confirms no ransom has been paid and asks newspapers not to report on his police conference.
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Hugh
Toronto
Ontario
Johnson Opposes Restoring Eagle at Harriman Hosiery Plant
Washington August 15 Hugh Johnson announced he would not approve the NRA settlement restoring the Blue Eagles to the Harriman Hosiery Mill. He warned any second removal would depend on a fresh violation of the hosiery plant rules.
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Washington
Hugh
Johnson
NRA
Blue Eagles
Harriman
Market in Stocks Shows Builders Benefit From Home Campaign
Market desks note a shift toward building related stocks as home renovation drives gains in American Radiator Johns Manville and Celotex while U S Steel and General Motors hold steady. Transfers reach about 600000 shares with total New York sales near 575000. American Telephone advances after declaring a $2.25 quarterly dividend. rails rise and non ferrous shares retreat amid mixed commodity signals.
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Ing
Union Pacific
American Telephone
Johns Manville
New York
Liverpool
Rotterdam
American Radiator
Celotex
Bethlehem Steel
Sears Roebuck
U. S. Gypsum
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Allied Chemical
American Can
American “Smelters
American Tel & Tel
Atch
Topeka & S. Fe
Market Report on Local Wholesale Flour and Livestock Prices
The page lists prices for short patent and patent flour by bag size, shelled and cracked corn, mixed and dairy feeds, creamery butter, screenings, middlings, and corn meal. It also includes bids for cattle categories and pork, with varied bag weights and per barrel rates.
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Brean Weiss
Pang
Ccccee
Ace Ieee Ea Mae Broilers
Teplantati Ae
Éesses
Abebaveses
Esessee
Livestock And Produce Market Summary From Baltimore and Philadelphia
Livestock and produce market reports from Baltimore list cattle at steady to higher ranges with various grade prices for steers cows and calves, plus hogs and sheep with specified weight bands. Philadelphia reports live poultry dressed poultry and dairy items with price ranges and current receipts, noting slight firmness in some categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baltimore
Philadelphia
U. S. Dept
Hindenburg Testament Endorses German Empire Under Hitler
The document notes that when the German military collapsed the rock of the empire would endure. Von Hindenburg’s son delivered the testament to Hitler via Von Papen, dated January 30 1933, expressing peace in the fatherland’s future and a union under the nation.
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Reischkanzler
Col
Oskar von Hindenburg
Reichpresident
von Papen
von Hindenburg
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
National Socialist Party
Storm Troopers
Reisch
Germany
Byrd plans for Antarctic flight with medical aid details
New York reports Lin coln Ellsworth may alter plans to fly to Little America and bring Dr Francis Coman to treat mild dysentery among Byrd’s explorers. Admiral Byrd’s rep says no medical request or outbreak is confirmed and Ellsworth has not informed officials. The Sun cites private sources on the arrangements.
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New York
Lincoln Ellsworth
Antarctica
Little America
John McNeil
Richard E. Byrd
the Sun
Ellsworth
Francis Coman
Baltimore
Byrd Base
Coman
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Hawaii
McNeil
Last of Marine Corps Quits Haiti
United States Marine Corps evacuated Haiti with the last detachment sailing at 9 p.m. aboard the transport Argonne and the U S S Bridge from Port au Prince.
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Marine Corps
Haiti
Associated Press
Port-Au-Prince
United States Marine Corps
Argonne
U. S. S. Bridge
Bryarly Community League Meets Friday Evening
The regular monthly Bryarly Community League meeting will be held at 8 o'clock Friday evening at the schoolhouse. Reverend Preston O. Sartelle will address the gathering with remarks following the session. Community members are urged to attend.
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Bryarly Community League
Preston O. Sartelle
Cubans watch potential duel between Saenz and Batista
Havana reports intense public interest as former secretary of the treasury Joaquin Artes Saenz challenges Colonel Fulgencio Batista, army commander, to a field of honor. Batista’s reply is awaited with no word forthcoming, while both men are described in starkly contrasting terms and tied to Cuba’s anti Machado era.
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Associated Press
Havana
Cuba
Joaquin Artues Saenz
the Treasury
Fulgencio Batista
Saenz
Batista
Satva
Second Political Society
Gerardo Machado
Prospect 40 foot road on Berryville Ave seeks VERA project action
City council discusses funding for VERA projects including indexing council records and providing location and utilities for relief offices. Treasurer reports show 1934 year totals and delinquent tax list to be posted by August 31 with tax sales within 60 days. Department reports note minor crime, meat and milk inspections, and highway work on Route 50 Millwood avenue in the city.
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Rosenberger
Marshall
Barr
Baker
Miller
Grand
State Highway Department
Millwood Avenue
Berryville Avenue
Native of This City Is Brought Here For Burial
Mrs. Betty W. F. Clack, 63, of Germantown Philadelphia, died August 13 from a cerebral hemorrhage. She was buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery after services in Germantown. She was linked to Virginia civic and political life through the Fauntleroy Conrad and related families. Survived by husband daughter and three sisters and three brothers. Funeral services were held at the Germantown home before interment. Revered by relatives and Washington connections attended the graveside.
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Betty W. F. Clack
Germantown
Philadelphia
Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Clack
Gerantown
Archibald M
Sallie Conrad Fauntleroy
Winchester
Staunton
Judge Fauntleroy
Thomas T. Fauntleroy
Supreme Court of Appeals of
Conrads
McGuires
Hunters and Jones
This City
Sallie Conrad Clack
Chaarles M. Fauntleroy
Charleston
D. C
Archibald M. Fauntleroy
United States Navy
Anne M. Fauntleroy
Washington, D. C
William Channing Johnson
Washington, D. Is
Katharine Fauntleroy
Miller
New York
Robert B. Nelson
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Carter
Augusta Conrad
Washington, D. Cc
Chicago Area Is Drenched In Terrific Storm
A powerful electrical storm swept the Chicago area early today lasting over an hour. It spawned fires and caused at least three deaths, with 1.95 inches of rain soaking the city and flooding basements. Fatalities include Henry Westerhoff, 72, struck by lightning at Hawthorne race track, Edward A. Schrader, 25, killed at Camp Grant, and Edward T. White, 22, fatally injured in a street crossing.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Henry Westeerhoff
Hawthorne Race Track
Edward A. Schrader
Camp Grant
Ill
Edward T. White
Expert Canning Demonstration Berryville Fun
Mrs Helen Snyder of Ball Brothers Company will lead a canning demonstration at Berryville High School for subsistence garden volunteers and gardeners. They will can vegetables including corn lima beans squash and tomatoes with Miss Elizabeth Russell noting prior demos in Clarke county and Wycliffe.
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Helen Snyder
Ball Brothers Company
Berryville High School
Elizabeth Russell
Clarke County
Wycliffe
Annie Johnson
Blue Ridge Mountains
Paris
Johnson
Waldo Newcomer Estate Divides Wealth Among Heirs
The will of Waldo Newcomer filed in Orphans' Court in Baltimore allocates about 525000 to his three children share and share alike. Beneficiaries include Mrs Victor P Noyes of Long Green Mrs Morris K Barrell of Chestertown and Benjamin F Newcomer of Baltimore. Executors named are Safe Deposit and Trust Company and his son. An aid and a maid receive smaller gifts. The decedent died on vacation in Honolulu after a sudden heart attack.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Waldo Newcomer
Old Baltimore Trust Company
Victor P. Noyes
Long Green
Morris K. Barrell
Chestertown
Benjamin F. Newcomer
Newcomer
George W. Williams
Emilian Bauer
Ellen Johnson
Son
Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Senator Bankhead urges tax suspension and cotton price peg
Senator Bankhead of Alabama recommended to President Roosevelt a suspension of all processing taxes and pegging the price of cotton at 13 cents. Aug. 15. The proposal aims to ease economic stresses during the wartime era.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Senator Bankhead
D-Ala
Noted Financier's Wife Wins Divorce in Akron Court
Mrs. Cyrus Eaton, wife of prominent financier Cyrus Eaton, was granted a divorce in common pleas court Akron Ohio. Neither appeared in court as both were out of the United States.
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Associated Press
Akron, O
Cyrus Eaton
Common Pleas
United States
Indians Present Corn Invitation To President
Four teen Indian braves in red and blue loincloths entered the White House Blue Room and delivered three grains of white corn as an invitation to the four nations celebration at Old Fort Niagara, New York, starting September 3. They spoke with President Roosevelt who said he would attend if possible, though he already indicated he could not go due to other business.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Old Fort Niagara
New York
Upper New York State
Sitting Beaver
Infant dies from electric shock in Keiser home
Thomas Mills Dorsey, nine months old and son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dorsey, died when an exposed electric wire fell to the floor and the infant grasped it after his mother tried to reattach it. The accident occurred in Keiser West Virginia. The family also includes triplets.
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Keyser
W. Va
Thomas Mills Dorsey
Robert Dorsey
Howell Sees U. S. Out of Next War
Rome August 15 Clark Howell chairman of President Roosevelt's Federal Aviation Commission declared that if another war develops in Europe the United States will be on the outside and will stay out of it.
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Rome
Clark Howell
Roosevelt
Federal Aviation Commission
Europe
United States
Ex-League Pitcher Walter Morrison Found Dead
Walter Guy Morrison, 37, a former major league pitcher for the Giants Pirates and Braves and the 1929 director of physical education for Grand Rapids, was found with a bullet wound to the head. Dr Harmon Wolfe said death by self-inflicted action was indicated. Morrison, born in Hinton West Virginia, starred at West Virginia Wesleyan and served 18 months as a WWI physical director at Camp Knox.
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Associated Press
Grand Rapids, Mich
Walter Guy Morrison
Grand Rapids
Harmon C. Wolfe
Morrison
Giants
Pirates
Braves
Hinton
W. Va
West Virginia Wesleyan
Camp Nox
Rattler Killed Crossing Road in Gore
Local attorney Joseph B. Newlin reports he struck a rattlesnake three feet long while driving through Gore. After inspecting the carcass he used a club to kill it, discovering seven rattles and a button while displaying the snake at his office.
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Gore
Joseph
Newlin
Pirate and a Minister Samuel Speed enters clergy after piracy
Bible parable husks are identified as a Mediterranean legume known as St. John’s bread with sweet edible pulp. The note contrasts Speed once a Caribbean pirate with later church service as a Church of England clergyman.
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Samuel Speed
Caribbean
Death by own action of Niagara Falls deepens
The article notes Niagara Falls erodes upstream as rock from Horse Shoe Falls on the Canadian side crashes into the gorge 160 feet below leaving a 100 yard by 15 to 20 foot cavity. It describes ongoing erosion and occasional large breaks altering the falls’ contour referencing 1931 American Falls change.
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Horseshoe Falls
Niagara
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Berryville
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Paul von Hindenburg
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Professor Phorak
Gilpin
Henry B. Gilpin
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U. S
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