A Colombo, formerly cashier, testifies to initialing false entries in depositors' accounts under orders from Harriman, and says Harriman signed duplicates later

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NRA LEADERS ASK HOUR CUT, PAY RISE TO SAVE PROGRAM; Policy Board Brief Calls for Reducing Work Time 10% Without Lowering Wages. INDUSTRY DECLARED READY Gains in Profits Under Codes Are Cited in Report Designed to Spur Johnson's Campaign. BUYING POWER STRESSED Recovery Now Held to Depend Upon Larger Labor Income Spent on Goods Produced. NRA LEADERS ASK HOUR CUT, PAY RISE

By Louis Stark.special To the New York Times.by Louis Stark

quoted in NRA recommendations on 10-10 plan

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1934Ruskin Bond, Indian author and poet^[†]

Ruskin Bond is an Indian author and poet. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, published in 1956, received the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Bond has authored more than 500 short stories, essays, and novels which includes 69 books for children. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.

1934Jim Lehrer, American journalist and author (died 2020)^[†]

James Charles Lehrer was an American journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. He was the executive editor and a news anchor for the PBS News Hour on PBS and was known for his role as a debate moderator during U.S. presidential election campaigns, moderating 12 presidential debates between 1988 and 2012. Lehrer also wrote numerous fiction and non-fiction books that drew upon his experience as a newsman, along with his interests in history and politics.

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1934Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.^[†]

Zveno, Politicheski krag "Zveno", officially Political Circle "Zveno" was a Bulgarian political organization that was founded in 1930 by Bulgarian politicians, intellectuals and Bulgarian Army officers and was associated with a newspaper with the same name.

Headlines from May 19, 1934

League Jurists Find Way To Make Embargo Legal

Police Guard Printing Of Darrow NRA Report

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HARRIMAN LINKED TO FALSE ENTRIES; Cashier Admits Initialing the Transfer Slips, but Insists Bank Head Ordered It. HID THEM IN DESK LATER Aide Testifies the Defendant Himself Signed Duplicates of Depositors' Tickets. HARRIMAN LINKED TO FALSE ENTRIES

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