Maverick Defends New Deal Amid Publican Attacks in Texas
In Austin, Sept 25 UP three rival liquor regulation plans moved to the Texas House floor after a liquor traffic committee reported unanimously. The session featured voices from a Methodist bishop, Baptist preacher, restaurant operators, hotel spokesman, and city attorney while Cong. Maury Maverick defended the New Deal amid constitutional criticisms.
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Austin
Texas
House of Representatives
Texas Hotels
Texas League of Municipalities
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
Texas Senate
Maverick
Roosevelt
South
Andrew Jackson
Railroad Commission
Fort Worth
Conde Hoskins
Gonzales
J. C. McConnell
Palo Pinto
Demand for withdrawal of recognition of Soviet Russia
The American Legion's Americanism committee urged immediate withdrawal of recognition of Soviet Russia. The convention adopted the report with applause and backed anti subversive federal aid, school focus, and continued opposition to subversive tendencies in the United States. It also called for 10 years of immigration cessation and deportation measures for aliens, fingerprinting programs, and neutrality as per Congress. The delegation also approved sending condolences to King Leopold III over Queen Astrid's death.
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ST. Louis
U.P
Soviet Russia
American Legion Convention
Americanism Committee
Moscow
America
Legion
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Congress
Legionnaires
Leopold III of
Belgium
Astrid
Picket Threat Enters Soft Coal Wage Talks
Washington U P Sept 25 Threat of militant picketing by striking miners entered soft coal wage talks as 400000 miners on a three day walkout faced a possible shift toward work stoppage. A four two sub committee debated through the day with little progress as both sides anticipated a near settlement before President Roosevelt’s westward departure.
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Washington
U.P
United Mine Workers
Baer-Louis
Roosevelt
West Coast
Oil Trucks Allegedly Carry Hot Oil From East Texas Field
Representative Lew Alsup of Carthage charged that hundreds of loads of hot oil were moved from the East Texas field to Shreveport Louisiana and that truck operators were laughing at the railroad commission and the oil conservation agency.
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Austin
Lew Alsup
Carthage
East Texas
Shreveport
Railroad Commission
Oil Conservation Agency
ILA considers renewal of gulf coast ship labor pact
The International Longshoremen's Association committee on the gulf coast weighs a renewal proposal from coastwise steamship operators for another year. A deadlocked dispute over a new deep sea contract was also discussed as operators refused a fresh agreement and offered only to renew the current deal expiring next Monday.
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Houston
International Longshoremen’s Association
Gulf Coast
Coastwise Steamship Operators
Coastwise
Sheppard to Run Again for Senate Seat
Senator Morris Shepard of Texas announced today he would seek re election. The Democrat has the longest continuous congressional service among living legislators and would start his fifth Senate term if re elected. He authored the prohibition amendment and has been a key figure since his first election to the Senate in 1913.
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Washington
Morris Shepard
Texas
Sheppard
Senate
House of Representatives
New Texas Dam Plans Approved Near Port Arthur
The War Department approved a dam across Taylor's Bayou in Jefferson County Texas about three miles above the bayou mouth and four miles west of Port Arthur. It will replace the existing dam at the site.
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Washington
U.P
War Department
Taylor's Bayou
Jefferson County
Texas
Port Arthur
Clearer skies end two day rainy spell in Texas
Weather reports show showers ending a two day spell with more light rains possible tonight. Temperatures rose from 61 to 73 as statewide moisture totals reach about .90 inch for September with parts from Dalhart to Strat ford receiving up to three quarters of an inch.
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H. T. Collman
Panhandle
North Plains
Fiter
Okla
Stratford
Dalhart-to-Texline
Amarillo
Texico
Pampa
Clovis
Shamrock
Wellington
Denver
Claude
Clarendon
Vernon
Wichita Falls
Turkey
Quitaque
West Texas
North
New Mexico
Hat makers urge public to wear headgear in Vienna
The Vienna Hat Manufacturers association urges residents to wear hats, saying seven of ten men go hatless in summer and winter. A new air cooled hat style is promoted to coax men back into headgear as summer heats fade.
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Vienna
Vienna Hat Manufacturers Association
Jury Deadlock in Branson Case After Day of Deliberation
Twelve jurors in the Marvin Branson fatal stabbing trial reported an eight to four deadlock at noon with no clear majority on conviction or acquittal. Judge Nelson directed the jurors to resume deliberations after reporting the impasse. Dority’s killing occurred four months ago at the Tri-State Fair race track.
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Marvin Branson
47Th District Court
Raymond
Swede” County
EF. C. Nelson
Dority
Tri-State Fair
Millions Offered To Make Rocket Propelled Ships
Guggenheim foundation pledges massive funding to Dr. Robert Goddard for rocket research at Clark University to develop self propelled rockets for meteorological data and potential flight, with Col. Lindbergh as adviser as experiments continue in Roswell New Mexico.
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Roswell
N. M
U.P
Harry F. Guggenheim
Cuba
Guggenheim Foundation
Guggenheim
Robert H. Goddard
Clark University
Worcester
Mass
Goddard
Dr. Goddard
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Daniel Guggenheim
Earth
Big Exposition Coming Bigger Than Chicago in 1939
Arthur Brisbane predicts a world exposition to be held in New York in 1939. Mayor LaGuardia backs the plan as a progress expo that will draw millions of visitors and substantial national and international investment. The piece notes Europe’s tense buildup and England sending a naval fleet near Gibraltar as global context.
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New York City
LaGuardia
Board of Estimate
New York
Chicago
United States
Europe
England
Mediterranean
Rock of Gibraltar
Arkansas Cotton Pickers Strike Expands in East Arkansas
More than 4,000 cotton pickers have gone on strike in eastern Arkansas following the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union call. H. L. Mitchell, union executive secretary, said the action became effective yesterday.
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Memphis
Tenn
U.P
Arkansas
H. L. Mitchell
Roosevelt links NRA fate to industry action at press conference
President Roosevelt, in his final pre trip press conference, placed NRA’s future on industry behavior toward alleged chiselers. He cited rising private sector CCC employment, set CCC enrollments at 500000 after October 1 and proposed a permanent level of 300000 by July 1. He aims to allot the 4 billion works fund and plans to trim NRA staff to about 2500 as codes were struck down by the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Pacific Coast
Civilian Conservation
Supreme Court
Death Shift to High Gear on Texas Highways
Texas launches a war on reckless driving as eight four traffic deaths in Dallas County since January top a grim toll. Drunken driving is a major target with murder charges increasingly used. Dallas citizens form the T Men to warn violators, while Fort Worth and Amarillo report deadly counts and rural crashes claim multiple lives.
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Dallas
Texas
Dallas County
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Hull to quit cabinet post for old place
Secretary of State Cordell Hull plans to leave the Roosevelt cabinet and return to the Senate in 1936. Memphis Press-Scimitar and Tennessee observers say Hull prefers his old Senate seat, vacated in 1933, to head the New Deal cabinet.
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Memphis
Tenn
U.P
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Senate
Memphis Press-Scimitar
Washington
Tennessee
Hull
Mexican Catholics To Boycott Chihuahua Fair
Eighty thousand Catholics in Chihuahua sign petition demanding freedom of worship and vow to boycott the fourth regional fair in Chihuahua City from September 28 to October 13. The boycott follows a legislative decision resisting changes to Mexico's restrictive religious laws governing priest numbers.
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EL Paso
U.P
Chihuahua
Mex
Chihuahua City
Barrymore Not Talkative Returns to California in Grim Mood
John Barrymore arrives in Pasadena amid autograph seekers and reporters. He declines to discuss Elaine Barrie, Dolores Costello, or any romantic ties. He apologizes briefly after snubbing questions and refuses to address a possible reconciliation or divorce.
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Pasadena
Cal
John Barrymore
California
Elaine Barrie
Dolores
Dolores Costello
Unfair Says Rogers of Hoey Inquest Finding
Henry H. Rogers, heir to Evelyn Hoey, calls the coroner jury verdict in Hoey death an unfair discrepancy. He claims the open verdict lacks evidence to counter testimony that the actress may have acted by her own hand and demands an investigation.
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Rogers
Hoey Inquest
Philadelphia
Evelyn Hoey
Henry H. Rogers
Western Candidate Urged for Gor
Washington a rush to pick a Republican presidential candidate from the West dominated the party executive committee meeting. Names mentioned include Alf Landon Frank Knox William Borah Herbert Hoover and Ogden Mills as possible picks with calls to build a 2 million campaign fund for a 1936 race against Roosevelt.
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Washington
U.P
West
the Alleghenies
George A. Ball
Indiana
Alf Landon
Kansas
Frank Knox
Chicago
William F. Borah
Idaho
Herbert Hoover
Mooney and Billings Reunite Ahead of Habeas Hearing
In San Francisco on September 25 War ren K Billings traveled from Folsom prison to testify for Thomas J Mooney in his habeas corpus case over the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing. Mooney and Billings, both convicted of murder, embraced after nearly twenty years. Billings spoke of hope for Mooney and his own ultimate freedom as Mooney challenges perjury in testimony.
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San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
Warren K. Billings
Billings
Folsom Prison
Mooney
California Supreme Court
San Quentin
California
SOS from Greek ship Ellin after Lisbon collision
A radio station at Casablanca picked up an SOS from the Greek steamer Ellin reporting a collision with the Athapia near the entrance to Lisbon harbor. The message gave Ellin’s position and requested immediate aid.
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Paris
Ellin
Athapia
Lisbon
Casablanca
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New Texas Dam
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Arthur Brisbane
King Features Syndicate, Inc. International
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