FDR To Speak In Charlotte As Labor Policy Stirs Debate
President Roosevelt, touring Tennessee and North Carolina, plans a Charlotte address after Knoxville and Asheville stops. He urges cooperation from employers to restore jobs and warns against labor curbs that could foster class dissension and dictatorship. He notes drought relief and announces two and a half million dollars to boost employment services.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charlotte
N. C
Tennessee
North Carolina
Knoxville
Tenn
Great Smoky National Park
Asheville
Farmers of
World Power Conference
Sept 15 Set as Start Date for New Driver Licenses
In Columbus the issuing of the new automobile driver licenses is postponed from Sept 10 to Sept 15. Deputy registrars to be appointed later this week and forms for registering drivers will follow after their selection.
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Columbus
U.P
Frank West
Registrar of
Motor Vehicles
Cincinnatians Honored as Veterans Association Leaders
Clifford H. Sommers and Mrs Grace Hetzel of Cincinnati began their duties as presidents of the 37th Division American Legion Veterans Association and its auxiliary. They were elected at the close of the 18th annual reunion in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Clifford H. Sommers
Grace Hetzel
A. E. F. Veterans’ Association
Association
Landon Returns to Kepka Desk Ahead of National GOP Meet
Governor Alf M. Landon is back in Kepka Kansas preparing for a busy week. The highlight will be Friday's gathering of young Republicans from across the nation at the local meeting.
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Landon
Kepa
Kan
U.P
Alf M. Landon
Woman Trapped in Coal Cellar Rescued in Buffalo
A woman shopper, left in a store basement at closing, grope d toward a coal chute shouting for help. A passerby heard her, removed the coal-hole cover, and freed her, sparing her from danger though staining his new suit.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Decisive Battle Looms in Spanish Civil War Southwest
United Press reports Spain’s loyalist government marshaling forces to crush rebels in Talavera region as Toledo’s Alcazar resists with heavy bombardment. Rebels push toward Toledo and Madrid while San Sebastian faces enclosure and internal strife over burning or dynamite destruction.
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Talavera
Madrid
Toledo
Alcazar
Talavara
San Sebastian
Race Winner Denies Plane Cost Million
Michel Detroyat, the French racer who won the National Air Race championship, defends his entry against claims it cost $1,000,000 or was government built. He says the Caudron-Renault craft cost $35,000 and was built by private enterprise. Detroyat plans to race for the Shell Cup next, then ship the plane back to France.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Michel Detroyat
France
Detroyat
Thompson
Col
Roscoe Turner
America
Bolshevism Chief Topic At Nazi's Convention
In Nuremberg German Nazis meet to rubber stamp next year’s program. Jews fear new business and capital restrictions while the convention signals focus on Bolshevism as the main issue.
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Nuremberg
Germany
U.P
1936 Cotton Crop Larger Than Last Year
Washington U P A forecast by the agriculture crop reporting board puts the 1936 cotton crop at 11 121 000 bales based on Sept 1 conditions. A month earlier the estimate was 12 481 000 bales. The total is higher than last year's 10 638 000 bales but below the 14 667 000 bale national average.
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Washington
U.P
Agriculture Crop Reporting Board
GOP charges politics tainted Roosevelt drought tour
The Republican National Committee says President Roosevelt used a drought inspection tour for political gain and claims the New Deal delayed relief. It accuses Roosevelt of adopting Governor Landon's 1934 drought relief measures and notes the Great Plains Drought Area Committee reported to the President on August 27 before the tour.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
New Deal
Landon
Great Plains
Princess Juliana Engaged to Prince Bernhard of Lippe
The Hague report confirms Princess Juliana heir to the Dutch throne is engaged to Prince Bernhard of Lippe Germany. The announcement names the couple and notes Lippe ties as part of the engagement.
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the Hague
Netherlands
U.P
Juliana
Bernard of Lippe
Germany
Two Youths Die in Plane Crash at Ashland Airport
George Riebel 22 OSU junior and John Andrews 16 Ashland HS student died when a plane crashed and burned at Ashland Airport as Riebel attempted to land. The double holiday total across Ohio included seventeen traffic deaths and one drowning.
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Ashland
Columbus
Ohio
George Riebel
Ohio State University
John Andrews
Riebel
Robert Kinser
Cleveland
Chagrin River
Chagrin Harbor
Plan for New Boom by Use of Electricity
Three thousand delegates from 52 countries at the world power conference joined the United States in pursuing peace through electricity. Cordell Hull opened the session asking whether brains should ease human burdens or fuel war, with plans for affordable living via home air conditioning, farm electrification, highway lighting, and industrial electrification to save labor. Harlow Person of New York outlined power’s social role, calling for coal industry stabilization and resource preservation amid oil and natural gas industries.
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Washington
U.P
America
Cordell Hull
Harlow
Person
New York City
New Deal
Rural Electrification Administration
Five States and Alaska Hold Primaries Today
Washington Arizona Colorado Vermont and South Carolina voted in primaries with Alaska as the territory. The vote serves as a rough barometer ahead of next Monday's Maine election though observers saw limited immediate significance.
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Washington
Alaska
Maine
Arizona
Colorado
Vermont
South Carolina
Roosevelt and Landon rally as campaign pace quickens
President Roosevelt prepared a major Charlotte speech while Alf Landon spoke in Wichita to the American Legion on unity for higher living standards. Frank Knox campaigned in Alma charging the Roosevelt administration fomented labor strife. Theodore Roosevelt urged voters to back the President and Ding Darling criticized drought relief progress.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Charlotte
N. C
Alf M. Landon
Topeka
Kan
Wichita
American Legion Convention
Frank Knox
Landon
Alma
Mich
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Old Orchard Beach
Jay N. “Ding” Darling
Bureau of Biological Survey
Haste in Building Norris Dam Cited by Congress Delegates
Washington U P delegates to a large dam congress say Norris Dam was poured at speeds far above proven crack-proof standards. Barton M. Jones notes concrete was placed nearly twenty times faster than the maximum that experience suggested would prevent cracks.
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Washington
U.P
Tennessee Valley Authority
Norris Dam
TVA
Barton M. Jones
Monday Creek Bridge Falls in Ohio Road Detours Imposed
Mrs Bessie Simona and three companions escaped injury when the Monday Creek bridge on Williams Road collapsed dropping their car 20 feet into the stream. A wreck crew lifted the vehicle after hours and the road is closed until a new bridge is built forcing detours via Greendale to New Straitsville.
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Logan
Bessie Simonas
Monday Creek
Williams Road
Joe Farbearn
Logan-New Straitsville
Greendale
New Straiteville
Mansfield man kills himself after shooting at police
Peter Kerknap 51 near Mansfield fired twice at officers after threatening his estranged wife then killed himself on a street in view of two patrolmen.
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Mansfield
U.P
Peter Kerknap
Typhoid Hits Columbus State Hospital as One Dies
A typhoid fever outbreak at Columbus State Hospital for the Insane killed Otto Winters, 47, of Marion and sickened 10 others while 37 more are under observation. All 2,900 patients will be inoculated. officials suspect a carrier amid clean water and milk supplies.
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Columbus
Columbus State Hospital
William H. Pritchard
Otto Winters
Marion
Pritchard
30 Hour Week Fight Pledged by Labor Leaders
President William Green of the AFL and John L. Lewis of the CIO spoke in radio addresses pledging vigorous effort to win a 30 hour work week. Green warned the rift with Lewis–led unions remains unrepaired while Lewis noted only about 4 million of 30 million eligible workers are CIO or allied union members.
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Washington
Ll.p
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Knoxville
Tenn
Green
Lewis
Labor
Portuguese Sailors Revolt Surrenders After Bombardment
In Lisbon harbor the crews of two Portuguese warships revolted but surrendered after the fort bombarded the ships. The sloop Alfonso De Albuquerque of 2 1 percent tons and the destroyer Day of 1 282 tons lay in the Tagus River together at the time.
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Lisbon
Portuze
Alfonso de Albuquerque
Day
Tague River
Plane Crash Kills Two Near Miami Airport
Two people identified as Sam Cooper and Mary Bell Brubaker died in a private airfield crash at All-American Airport on the city’s outskirts in Miami Florida.
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Miami
Fla
Sam Cooper
Mary Bell Brubaker
All-American Airport
Alcazar of Toledo Under Terrifying Bombardment
1200 rebels inside the Alcazar of Toledo withstand weeks of bombardment by loyalist rifles artillery aircraft and dynamite despite dire food shortages and constant blasts. Miners mined the hill and a catastrophic explosion shook the plaza while the defenders remained unyielding.
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Toledo
Alcazar
Tagus
Soviet Warns Stalin's Foes In Massive Army Maneuvers
Soviet War Commissar Klementi Voroshilov warned enemies at home and abroad that the Stalin regime would fight. He described Russia's western border as fortified by subterranean defenses likened to a Maginot Line.
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Minsk
U. G
Red Army
Stalin
Russia
Germany
Italy
Truckload of Pipe Stolen Near Logan
A theft report says a truckload of pipe was stolen from Route 31 near the Smith Tourist Camp between Thursday and Saturday. The pipe was unloaded there when a trailer broke down, and Sheriff Joe Far bearn is investigating.
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Logan
Route 31
Smith
Joe Farbearn
Logan A. B. Pastor Is Appointed Third Time
Southeast Ohio United Brethren Conference at Westerville announces Rev. John A. Toy to Logan pastorate for a third year and named superintendent of the Lancaster Logan District. Local assignments include W. H. Long Enterprise A. P. Cohagan Union Furnace L. W. Tuttle Logan Circuit M. W. Holcomb Gore J. R. Love Rockbridge Fred Koster Laurelville EB. Robinett Murray City L. W. Green Brem
Auto Mishaps Highlight Labor Day Toll Across Nation
A Labor Day weekend disaster tally rose to about 239 deaths across 30 states with forecasts it would exceed 300. A Pittsburgh area airplane crash killed 10, while other incidents including car train collisions and beach drownings added to the losses.
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United Press
Michigan
Porterville
Cal
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Horace Adamay
Hayward
Jent Whetstone
Brooklyn
Wis
Jacksonville
Fla
Canada
Scotstown
Quebec
Glouster Man Struck by Car Near Railroad Crossing
George Williams eighty was struck by a northbound car on High Street near the railroad crossing Monday night. He suffered a fractured skull and was taken to a Columbus hospital in serious condition. Driver Leo Oskey and passenger Tom Anderson, both of Jacksonville, said they did not see him until in front of the car. Witnesses stated Oskey slowed and stopped shortly after the collision. Williams, longtime Glouster resident, is grandfather of Mrs Ray White and Mr Lawrence Colbert.
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Glouster
George Williams
High St
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Mr. Williams
Leo Oskey
Jacksonville
Tom Anderson
Oskey
Williams
Ray White
Lawrence Colbert
Prefers Joint Wisdom To One Man's 'Daring
Walter Lippmann, former editor of the Democratic New York World, endorses Governor Alf M. Landon for president. In his Today and Tomorrow column he argues problems will be solved by representative government, not the personal brilliance of a single leader.
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New York
U.P
Walter Lippemann
Democratic
New York World
Alf M. Landon
Lippmann
Landon
Richman and Merrill Delay Return Flight
London reports that Harry Richman and Richard Merrill may delay their return flight to New York by a day or two due to a headwind of about 40 to 50 miles an hour across the Atlantic, affecting most of the journey.
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London
Harry Richman
New York
Richard Merrill
Atlantic
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