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August 2, 1933
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Headlines from August 2, 1933
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BLUE EAGLE DRIVE OPENS OFFICIALLY; Johnson Notifies the Citizens Drafted to Lead Campaign Throughout the Nation. PREDICTS FULL SUCCESS Declares Violators of Accepted Codes Will Be Prosecuted to Full Extent of Law. BLUE EAGLE DRIVE OFFICIALLY OPENS
H S Johnson creates Cotton Textile Industry Planning and Supervisory Com to settle disputes: L Wolman and N Slater on bd
ROOSEVELT MAPS WAR ON KIDNAPPING WITH MOLEY'S AID; Racketeering Also to Meet Federal Attack Under Powers of NIRA. CONFERS AT KRUM ELBOW Moley, Denying He Is to Quit State Department, Will Be Special Anti-Crime Adviser. O'CONNELL CLUES HERE Marking of Final Ransom Cash Disclosed -- Urschel Tells of His Nine-Day Captivity.
Roosevelt discusses problem of racketeering and kidnapping with R Moley; Moley likely to be special anti-crime adviser
Notable Births
1933Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Defence[โ ]
Ioannis Varvitsiotis is a Greek politician and a former government minister of Greece. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for New Democracy from 2004โ2009, part of the European People's Party. He was defense minister of Greece from 2 July 1989 till 7 October 1989 and from 11 April 1990 till 13 October 1993. He was member of the Hellenic Parliament from 1974 until 2004.