Democrats Sweep Maine Governor and Two House Seats
In Portland Maine on September 13 Democrats won the governor’s race for the first time in 18 years and captured two of three Maine seats in Congress. Louis J Brann led Burleigh Martin by 1387 votes while Carroll L Beedy won the lone Republican seat. Prohibition was the only major issue. The White House declined to comment on the Maine results as Democratic leaders gathered in Washington.
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Ferguson Nominated Governor by Texas Democrats
In a tense Texas Democratic convention at Lubbock Miriam A Ferguson secured the party nomination for governor, with James E. Ferguson applauded. The platform promised major tax cuts and urged unity while Sterling avoided the hall amid protests. In Austin, Sterling sued to contest Ferguson's nomination, claiming thousands of illegal votes and demanding a court hearing.
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Democrats Adopt Ferguson 10 plank Platform at Texas Convention
Texas Democrats at the state convention in Lubbock adopted a Ferguson crafted platform built around 10 planks that form the core of Miriam A. Ferguson’s gubernatorial run. The document avoids the liquor question, pledges party unity, and endorses the national Democratic platform and nominees while backing agriculture and public expenditures restraint.
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Resolutions Committee
W. K. Hopkins
Leas
Rutledge Cleared Of Assault Charge In Family Case
A 47th District Court jury found O. O. Rutledge not guilty of a statutory assault offense involving his 11-year-old daughter. The defense claimed the 51-year-old man was the target of an attempted "fame-up" by his 21-year-old wife. State witnesses included Rutledge’s daughter and son, while defense witnesses were neighbors, relatives, and local adults.
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Doumer Killer Is Doomed
Paris authorities prepared for dawn execution of Dr. Paul Gorguloff the Russian physician who assassinated President Paul Doumer after his appeal was rejected by President Albert Le Brun. The attorney and Gorguloff’s wife urged insanity as a defense, while the prisoner kept writing memoirs in a small cell as final days passed.
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France
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Hurley Leads Legion March In Portland Demonstration
In Multnomah Stadium Pat J Hurley led a large American Legion peace march amid applause and catcalls. He shouted his Oklahoma war cry from the reviewing stand before departing for Huron South Carolina to speak. A resolution condemning Hoover for eviction of bonus marchers was to be unfavorably reported and a cash bonus payment urged.
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Washington, D. C
J. J. Deighan
Pennsylvania
Eight States Vote in Intra Party Primaries
The Associated Press reports eight states held primaries for offices from U S Senator to constable. In South Carolina E D Smith led over Cole L Blease with over 80 percent of precincts in the Democratic run off. Louisiana Long backed Overton led Broussard in the Democratic Senate race. New Hampshire Republicans show H Moses far ahead for the Senate with write in Rich ards far behind. Gov John G Winant leads Republican renomination against Haselton.
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Maine
E. D. Smith
Cole L. Blease
South Carolina
Pri
Smith
Long
John Overton
Edwin
Broussard
Louisiana
Senate
New Hampshire
H. Moses
Joseph L. Richards
John G. Winant
George L. Haselton
Fred H. Brown
Nonstop air mission honors Florence Nightingale
An American Nurse flight from Floyd Bennett Field headed east toward Rome with Dr. Leon M. Pisculli Miss Edna Newcomer and pilot William Uldrich aboard. The plan included a parachute descent at Florence Italy and a tribute to Nightingale as the plane passed Provincetown and Cape Cod.
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Rome
Leon M. Pisculli
Yonkers
N. Y
Edna Newcomer
Williamsport
Willam Uldrich
Mineola
Floyd Bennett Field
Dr. Pisculli
Miss Newcomer
Florence
Italy
Florence Nightingale
Flying Lab Aboard Plane Observed Near Atlantic Route
The S S Winnebago reported sighting an eastbound airplane at 41.54 N 52.54 W about 1,000 miles east of Boston on the southern Europe route. The flight features ideal conditions and experiments aboard the nurse ship nicknamed the flying laboratory with Dr. Pisculli monitoring long distance flight effects on the body and carrying a woodchuck mascot to test cabin gas theories.
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S. S. Winnebago
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Boston
Europe
Pisculli
Uldrich
Miss Newcomer
Belief Robins in Eastern Section Stirs Search
Chicago report says Col. Raymond Robins, a Hoover associate and anti bootlegger foe, may be in the east. Dr Daniel A Poling led a conference with Graham Taylor and Harold Ickes for a final canvass. Poling planned to leave for New York that night.
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U.P
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Raymond Robins
Hoover
East
Daniel A. Poling
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Poling
Graham Taylor
Harold Ickes
Colonel Robins
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas and New Mexico
Fair conditions for Amarillo and surrounding areas with a mix of sun and clouds. West Texas sees partly cloudy to unsettled weather while New Mexico remains fair with little temperature change. Hourly readings from yesterday show peak highs around the mid nineties and temperatures easing through the day.
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Rescue of Flying Family After Greenland Crash
After a two day search along the east Greenland coast aviators and seamen found the Hutchinson Flying Family on a beach near Green land. The eight aboard including George R Hutchinson his wife and two daughters were rescued by the British trawler Lord Talbot which had been acting on an SOS.
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Bank suspect shot after chase near Mountain Air
Armed men guard Jack Sullivan 25 of Portales New Mexico in a hospital after a gun fight with Texas and New Mexico officers near Mountain Air. His companion Mary Cuban 18 of Gonzales Texas was wounded. Sullivan linked to Orion Texas bank robbery. officers fired about 25 shots with fourteen bullet holes found in the fugitives car.
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Ferry blast toll rises to five dead in East River
New York reports 11 more bodies found in the East River, bringing the total dead from last Friday's labor ferry explosion to five. Search teams continue work along the river as investigators review the scene.
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East River
Coupon Tickets For Tri State Fair Available To Merchants
Merchants can obtain books of 25 coupon tickets for Tri State Fair attractions including rodeo auto races pageant and siege. Tickets are charged only if collected at the gate and orders should be placed today by telephone at 8878. Secretary Avery Rush announces.
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Avery Rush
Rush
Texas Legislature moves to repeal tax relief law amid overreach
The Texas Legislature began repealing last weeks tax relief law after discovering it applied to all delinquent taxes not just real estate. A revised bill to limit relief to real estate delinquencies was filed and may be rushed through the House. A separate conference on highway bond payments remains deadlocked over whether counties should pay right of way bonds. Adjournment pressure tightens as lawmakers race to act by Friday noon.
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Texas
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Dewey Young
Wellington
House
Senate
R. 8. Sterling
Gandhi Faces Dental Fitting Amid Hunger Strike
In Poona, India, Gandhi endures dental work in prison as he weighs a fast until death over British election plans. Reports say Simla officials may move him to Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
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Simla
Sabhamati Ashram
Ahmedabad
Democratic Split Deepens as Ferguson Contests Governorship
A Texas Democratic convention left the party badly divided over the governor race. Miriam A. Ferguson is named as the nominee amid pro Ferguson enthusiasm while Gov. Ross Sterling vows to press his contest with a team of Dallas lawyer M. M. Crane and others. The split cuts across who appears on the ballot and whether Ferguson or Sterling secures the nomination. The dispute turns on the ultimate control of the governorship and reflects broader citizen concerns beyond individual candidates.
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Ferguson
Alvin Owsley
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George Nalle
Stewart Watt
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T. E. Johnson
Lubbock
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Ross
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas
M. M. Crane
Democratic Party
European group to buy 50 million bushels of U S wheat
A European grain cartel of French English and American middlemen said it is ready to buy 50 000 000 bushels of wheat from the United States Farm Board for European distribution. Officials added the Farm Board is negotiating for larger purchases. The International Commodities Trading Corp announced that France would swap 1 000 000 bushels of Farm Board wheat for Indo Chinese zinc.
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