Emergency Bill Passes Billion Dollar Mark in Washington
Federal emergency expenditures surged past one billion dollars for the first three and a half months of the fiscal year. Relief outlays topped 444 million, with total year to date at 1.15 billion after loan repayments and securities profits. Officials warn spending may rise further to meet winter needs while Roosevelt announces a housing program financed partly by federal loans.
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Roosevelt
Reconstruction Corporation
Deposit Insurance Corporation
Civil Works Administration
Morgenthau
Unemployed Pouring Into Sinclair's California State
Sacramento reports daily influx of about 100 unemployed, roughly half the 1849 gold rush pace. State registrar Russell Bevans ties migration to Upton Sinclair’s gubernatorial bid and his end poverty plan.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Russell Bevans
Bevans
James Rolph, Jr
Upton Sinclair
Sinclair
Nations Raise Tariffs Ahead Of Conferences
Washington reports Secretary Hull condemning unnamed nations for raising tariff barriers before international talks to cut them. He warned such moves harm world trade and endanger negotiations. Officials noted Germany and France hints of tariff changes and several nations eyeing increases or quotas.
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Hull
United States
Phillips
Chicago
George N. Peek
Kent Roosevelt
Peek
Germany
France
Life Terrier Sentenced Killer Wife Freed for Mercy Pardon
Ida May Shaw of Parkersburg West Virginia, serving a life term after admitting she offered $1000 to murder her husband Arthur A. Shaw, was freed by a mercy pardon from Governor H G Kump. Shaw, 35, returned home to face death from malignant cancer. Her husband, 49, a railroad worker, was shot June 30 1933 as he came home from a theatre. Prosecution said she plotted the murder with cousin Harley Lemmon and her car owner Eddie Grouch. all three pleaded guilty.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Ida May Shaw
Parkersburg
Wa. Va
H. G. Kump
de Sair
Harrisonburg to Be Focal Census Point in Virginia
Virginia census plans allocate Harrisonburg as the central district with 71 enumerators and 13 counties. Districts at Richmond, Alexandria, Norfolk, Bristol, and Roanoke will employ dozens more, totaling 591 enumerators statewide. Work begins after November 15 with start in January and pay scales from $4 to $5 daily.
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Harrisonburg
Richmond
Alexandria
Norfolk
Bristol
Roanoke
Surgeons Present Tubed Pedicle Flap Skin Detour
Boston reports describe a tubed pedicle flap method by Sir Harold Gillies to detour living skin from one body area to another while preserving blood supply. The technique allows transfer from nearly any site to internal cavities to aid life saving plastic procedures, with a nine week detour period. A rising cancer cure rate is noted by surgeons at a symposium.
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Boston
American College of Surgeons
Harold Gillies
London
Labor Group Calls to Defeat Five Republican Senate Candidates
The American Federation of Labor launched a direct campaign urging organized labor to defeat Republican Senators Reed of Pennsylvania Walcott of Connecticut Fess of Ohio Hatfield of West Virginia and George M Bourquin GOP nominee in Montana. The letters signed by William Green seek mobilization before the November elections.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Senate
Organized
Reed
Pennsylvania
Walcott
Connecticut
Fess
Ohio
Hatfield
West Virginia
George M. Bourquin
Montana
William Green
Adto Organized
Gasoline Price Cuts Continue In Local Market
Major oil firms reduced gasoline prices again today, the third cut in a week. Retail straight gasoline dropped to 16½ cents per gallon, with a local independent dealer reportedly selling at 16 cents.
Robinson Freed From Asylum At Father's Urge
Thomas H. Robinson Jr. was released from a Tennessee state asylum after his father requested rehabilitation. He had been committed for robbery and insanity and was transferred from Central State Hospital in Nashville to Western State Hospital in Bolivar. The release occurred in the summer of 1930 as the father believed a new job and another chance were best.
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Nashville
Tenn
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Alice Speed Stoll
Louisville
Western State Hospital For the
Bolivar
Young Robinson
Central State Hospital
Americans Narrow Gap In Schwab Trophy Bridge Match
London October 18 Americans defending the Schwab Trophy narrowed the gap with Britain to 3 070 points as play resumed. A late spurt by the American team boosted England to 58 690 points while America stood at 55 620 after 300 hands of play.
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America
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