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August 4, 1934

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Headlines from August 4, 1934

Brooklyn Man Getting $1,359 Relief Seized; Police Say He Has a Farm and 7 Race Horses

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P Mucciolio arrested on charges brought by Bklyn Home Relief Bur

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FOES OF LONG MAP CONTEMPT ACTION TO REMOVE TROOPS; But Walmsley Parley at New Orleans Is Deadlocked on Details of Plan. MILITIA HEAD DEFIES WRIT Senator Says He Asked Governor to Recall Soldiers and Got Reply, 'Go to Hell.' LONG'S FOES PLAN CONTEMPT ACTION

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Gen R H Fleming, comdr of Natl Guard, to ignore order to end martial law; orders troops to fortify positions; Walmsley and advisers confer; conf deadlocked; Long says he asked Gov Allen for recall and received refusal; Gov said to base order on charge that city administration planned to keep dummies registered and corrupt Cong election

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Government Plans Help.; MANCHESTER BARS SALES TO GERMANS

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

On commercial debts owed Brit exporters by Germans

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By the Associated Press

Glenns Ferry, Idaho, baker cuts price of bread on Sen Borah's promise to provide counsel in case of prosecution for defying NRA code; compliance officer says baker is within rights

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MANCHESTER BARS SALES TO GERMANS; Yarn Mills Forced to Close Because There Is No Hope of Receiving Pay. DEBT IS PUT AT 500,000 Government Is Said to Plan to Act on Unpaid Credits -- Schacht Worries Dutch.

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

MANCHESTER, England, Aug. 3. -- After hearing a gloomy report on Germany's ability to pay for materials for her factories Lancashire mill owners decided today to suspend all exports of cotton yarn to that country.

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1934Dallas Green, American baseball player and manager (died 2017)^[†]

George Dallas Green was an American professional baseball pitcher, manager, scout and executive in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played big league baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators and New York Mets, from 1960 through 1967. A man of towering stature, at 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall and 210 pounds (95 kg), Green achieved notoriety for his blunt manner. He possessed a booming voice and achieved many successes over a baseball career that lasted over 60 years.

Headlines from August 4, 1934

Brooklyn Man Getting $1,359 Relief Seized; Police Say He Has a Farm and 7 Race Horses

FOES OF LONG MAP CONTEMPT ACTION TO REMOVE TROOPS; But Walmsley Parley at New Orleans Is Deadlocked on Details of Plan. MILITIA HEAD DEFIES WRIT Senator Says He Asked Governor to Recall Soldiers and Got Reply, 'Go to Hell.' LONG'S FOES PLAN CONTEMPT ACTION

Government Plans Help.; MANCHESTER BARS SALES TO GERMANS

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MANCHESTER BARS SALES TO GERMANS; Yarn Mills Forced to Close Because There Is No Hope of Receiving Pay. DEBT IS PUT AT 500,000 Government Is Said to Plan to Act on Unpaid Credits -- Schacht Worries Dutch.

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