Farmers Union Pledges Support for Nationwide Strike Action
The National Farmers Union delegates meet in Reno and approve a resolution calling for farmer solidarity and the right to organize. They oppose subsidized programs and warn against political manipulation in agriculture while discussing the scope of a potential nationwide strike.
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National Association Today
Reno
Convention Farmers Union
National Farmers Ton
AAA
Lution
Iowa
Death Probe in River Involves Walker Street Incident
Sheriff searches into the death near Walker Street Ath, as body recovered from the river Tuesday morning. Mitchell and Dawson are held. Robinette seen near the river Saturday. pocket piece identified by Mrs. Dawson ties to the case.
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Oliver Tip
Harry Mitch
Walker Street
Mitchell
L. Dawson
Robinette
Dawson
Fire destroys home in Vinton County blaze
A fire at a Vinton County residence caused by Sam Beckley destroyed the structure and caused an estimated loss of $25,000, with reported damage around $15,000. The Sept 20 incident prompted response from the local fire department.
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Vinton County
Sam Beckley
Athens Air Show to Dedicate New Municipal Airport
Athens citizens prepare for a two day air show with stunt planes by Mougey and Mackey and a parachute jump by Mast. Army planes from Selfridge Field will participate along with local high school athletes handling bleachers and ticket sales.Tickets cost 25 cents for adults 10 cents for children and include parking. The event runs Saturday and Sunday with public rides and demonstrations throughout the weekend.
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Athens
Court Street
American Legion
Legion Drum Corps
Legionnaires
Athens High School
High School Athletic Association
Taylor
Mast
Mongey
Mackey
Taylor Mast
Fred Smith
Columbus
Selfridge Field
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Ape Man Sought After Terror in Chicago
Two police women chase the so called Ape Man a short stocky 24 year old who has terrorized northside districts by dropping from trees and attacking women with a pen knife. Marie Griffin 19 was slashed and required stitches as investigators deploy decoys to catch the suspect.
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Chicago
Marie Griffin
John Horan
Pole Hole Is Still Covered
Camden New Jersey September 20 1930s. Elsie Barnabie a mother of six camps over a pole hole to stop Public Service Gas and Electric Company workers from installing a new pole until she is paid 500 dollars and supplied firewood. After 37 hours she yields to her husband and they take turns while neighbors watch and bring food and blankets.
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Camden
N. J
Elsie Barnabie
Public Service Gas and Electric Company
Electric Company
Mine 255 Mines Sets Yearly Operation Record
GLOUSTER Ohio Sept 2 Mine 255 of Ohio Collieries Co is operating today for the fourth straight day, the longest run this year. More than 500 men are employed at the mine.
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Glouster
Ohio Collieries Co
Imine
Ohio River Tow Burns Crew Leaps To Safety
The veteran towboat Gerald Kline was burned to a blackened hulk after a fire in Manchester Ohio River last night. The crew escaped. a dock crew cut the Kline loose so it could drift to midstream where it burned for hours. Home port listed as Point Pleasant West Virginia.
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Manchester
Gerald Kline
Kline
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Father of Eleven Dies After Freight Train Fall
Henry Castle, 50, father of eleven and relief worker, fell from a freight train in London on September 20. He suffered fatal injuries with both legs amputated.
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London
Henry Castle
Luther Denies Germany Buying U S War Goods
German ambassador Hans Luther dismissed as nonsense the claim that Germany was purchasing military airplanes and munitions in the United States. He spoke after a conference with Secretary Hull and said discussions covered all aspects of German American relations. The hearing also revealed Japanese inquiries into American inventions and a Texas based firm selling gas bombs and arms to Cuba this year.
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Washington
Hans Luther
Germany
Hull
Senate Munitions Committee
Luther
John W. Young
Federal Laboratories
P. M. Smoot
Hawaii
Federal
Japanese Air Fleet Flies 450 Miles To Manchukuo
A batch of 78 Japanese military airplanes covered 450 miles from Darien to Hsinking Manchukuo landing at 3 35 p m The move followed a Manchukuo protest to Soviet Russia and was denied as a response to Soviet tensions officials called it a gesture of friendship to Emperor Kang Teh for his enthronement staged March 1.
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Tokyo
Darien
Hsinking
Manchukuo
Asahi
Soviet Russia
Kang Teh
Mint Vaults Receive $95,000,000 Shipment
A $95,000,000 gold shipment from the San Francisco mint was moved into Denver mint vaults. A heavily armed security detail including police, postal inspectors, U S Secret Service and soldiers guarded the transfer amid reports of gang activity nearby.
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Denver
San Francisco
U. S Secret Service
George
Baby Face
Nelson
John Hamilton
Grouse and Scotsmen Team Up in Hunters’ Bill
A Will Rogers letter from Edinburgh describes Scots hospitality and a grouse hunting scheme. He jokes that renters supply castles and drivers to stage hunts while Americans and Englishmen foot the expenses. He notes the Grouse as Scotland’s main export and implies a racket between locals and visitors.
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Scotland
Will Rogers
Await Decision In Coal Code Violation Case
In Gallipolis six Cheshire miners oppose fixed district coal and mine labor prices as NRA Coal Code case proceeds in Common Pleas Court Judge W R White will rule after briefs are filed The case names several defendants but some were dismissed for not operating mines while others continue mining despite an injunction The trial covered mine access road shapes coal quality and mine locations
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Gallipolis
NRA
Common Pleas Court
W. R. White
Cheshire
Gallia County
R. M. Sigman
Laad
Wilbur Darst
W. H. Siders
Douglas Darst
M. K. Swisher
Bert Scott
Attorney General's Office
Waa
White
Housing Loans Explained Under National Housing Act
Athens Chamber of Commerce luncheon outlines provisions allowing property owners to borrow 100 to 2000 dollars from banks for building improvements. Architect William Davis and banker F D Forsyth explain eligibility requiring steady income tax compliance and good credit. loans issued by Bank of Athens and Athens National Bank with notes repayable over three years.
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Athens Chamber of Commerce
William Davis
Columbus
F. D. Forsyth
Bank of Athens, N. B. A
Athens
Bank of Athens
Athens National Bank
Cortland Brothers Report Truck Hijacking in New York
Thomas and Randolph Denman of Cortland Ohio said they were hijacked by four men in New York. The thieves took their truck valued at 7500 dollars and 7500 dollars worth of drug sundries.
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Cortland
New York
Thomas and
Randolph Denman
Ohio
Depression not justify abrogation of Constitution says Senator Fess
Lima reports Senator Simeon D. Fess, seeking re election, told a fourth district Republican rally that depressions in U S history never prompted suspending constitutional principles. He warned the New Deal era marks a shift away from Hamilton and Jefferson toward Marxist socialism, urging defense of law and government.
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Hamilton and
Jefferson
Lima
Simeon D. Fess
Mherry
Republican Constitution Club
Allen County
Hamilton
Karl Marx
Spain Checks Revolution Tipped To Start at Dawn
Madrid reports a planned uprising timed for daybreak failed to launch as Trotzky linked plot alarms, with authorities arresting Francisco Ordonez and seizing documents. Government forces patrolled Madrid guarding buildings while plans for a proletarian state and munitions seizure were noted.
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Spain
Trotzky
Rafael Salazar Alonso
France
Catalonia
Madrid
Francisco Ordonez
University of Madrid
Phantom Killer Indicted for Triple Murder in Steubenville
Steubenville report says David D Ascanio nicknamed Danco, 48, charged with three counts of first degree murder for fatally striking three Wheeling Steel yard workers and wounding a fourth during the night. Police found a gun and items suggesting a paranoid motive and staged gear linking to a popular thriller tale. The victims are Fred Meisheimer 45 Ray Knockendarfer 34 and William Messer 36. James Barnett 28 survived injuries.
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Steubenville
Jefferson County
David D'Ascanio
Tlius Danco
Wheeling Steel Company
D'Ascanio
Fred Meisheimer
Ray Knockendarfer
William Messer
Wife Swap Case Scrapped by Judge in Missouri
In Harrisonville Mo on September 2 194? a circuit judge ruled a wife swap between Cass County farmers Roy Hart and Lou E Oliver and their spouses invalid. Judge Leslie A Bruce described the divorce actions as deliberate collusion and canceled the decrees, restoring the marriages.
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Harrisonville
Cass County
Leslie A. Bruce
Bruce
Roy Hart
Lou E. Oliver
Kansas City
Hart
SOS Was Sent Only After Pleading Alagna Says
Federal board hearing on Morro Castle disaster heard First Assistant Radio Operator George L Alagna claim acting Captain W F Warms ordered an SOS only after strong pleading during Alagna's fifth bridge visit. He described the bridge as unintelligible and confused and said Warms paced and may not have recognized him.
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New York
Federal Board
Morro Castle
George L Alagna
W. F. Warms
Alagna
British Sloop Leads Rainbow at Half Mark
Off Newport on September 20 the defender British sloop Argo led Rainbow by about 1,100 yards at the halfway point of the 30 mile leeward course in the America’s Cup third race.
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C. G
Newport
Rainbow
Distelhurst Missing Child Sparks Tennessee Search
Nashville police and volunteers continued the search for six year old Dorothy Distelhurst who vanished yesterday while returning home from school, prompting authorities to issue alerts and canvass nearby areas.
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Nashville
Tenn
Dorothy Distelhurst
Ohio opens first self help pottery in East Liverpool
Ohio’s first self help pottery will open in East Liverpool Tuesday with F H Johnson of Johnson China Company as manager. Relief workers will be paid.
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East Liverpool
Ohio
F. H. Johnson
Johnson China Company
Supreme Court test looms after farm moratorium ruling
The farm mortgage moratorium amendment passed Congress and was approved by the president yet faced constitutional challenges. A Maryland district judge in Baltimore ruled the amendment unconstitutional in two farmer petitions, a decision seen as signalling a path to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
United States
W. Calvin Chesnut
Baltimore
Maryland
High Court
Special Meeting of Legion Here Tonight
The K. T. Crossen Post of the American Legion will hold a 7 o'clock meeting at their post rooms. Plans for participation in the Athens Airshow will be outlined and all members are urged to attend.
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K. T. Crossen
American Legion
Legion
Athens
Brothers Arrested For Selling Liquor In Athens County
Two brothers Ralph Young and John Young of Sharpsburg were arraigned in Athens County Common Pleas Court on selling intoxicating liquor without a license. Ralph pled guilty, fined 100 dollars and costs. John pled not guilty, held to Grand Jury under 300 dollar bond.
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The
State Liquor Control Board
O. F. Rowland
Athens ‘County Common Pleas Court
Ralph Young
John Young
Sharpsburg
Ralph
John
Mildred Shafer Sues for Divorce in Athens County Court
Mildred Shafer files for divorce from William Shafer in Athens County Common Pleas Court alleging neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. She seeks custody of a nine month old child and restoration to her maiden name Mildred Coulson. The couple married in 1932 at Gallipolis.
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Mildred Shafer
William Shafer
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Mildred Coulson
the Shafers
Gallipolis
Textile crisis looms as White House talks urge settlement
President Roosevelt and Frances Perkins meet with Governor Winnant at Hyde Park to avert a mass textile strike threatening 100000 workers. Violence flares in Belmont and Lexington as vigilante groups patrol towns and troops guard mills, while Woonsocket Rayon reopens after rioting left two dead last week.
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Hyde Park
White House
Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
John G. Winnant
New Hampshire
Textile Mediation Board
Nent
Labor
North Carolina
Ernest K. Riley
Belmont
N. C
Lexington
Howitzer
Waterville
Lockwood Manufacturing Company
Cot
Woonsocket Rayon Co
Woonsocket
R. L
Peresons
Bombs Hit Japanese Farms in Salt River Valley
In Phoenix on September 20 dynamite damaged irrigation ditches near Japanese farms, flooding twenty acres and injuring no one. The home of R. Sugino was lightly damaged while Rev. Junio A. Kashtitani urged protection of Japanese life and property as anti Oriental agitation grows. Consul General Tonokazu Hori in Los Angeles was notified.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Salt River Valley
R. Sugino
Junio A. Kasthitani
Tonokazu Hori
Los Angeles
No Poison Found in Captain Willmott’s Body
Bellevue Hospital toxicologist Alexander O. Gettleer announced that the charred remains of Captain Robert Willmott, master of the Morro Castle, showed no trace of poison after the ship was destroyed. The death occurred several hours before the vessel burned.
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New York
Alexander O. Gettleer
Bellevue Hospital
Robert Willmott
Morro Castle
Fifty Cent Murderer Escapes Chair Death
In Cincinnati a mercy recommendation by eight men and four women spared William Tibbs 21 from the electric chair for the fifty cent murder robbery of taxi driver Edward Strady. Co-conspirator Rudy Ashbrook 19 already faces death on December 12. They retrieved one dollar from Strady’s pockets after the shooting, each blaming the other for the killing.
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Cincinnati
William Tibbs
Edward Strady
Rudy Ashbrook
Strady
Ashbrook
Commonweal Petition Fraud Admission Shocks Columbus
Grand jury action against two men who circulated petitions for the Commonweal Party was promised after Prosecuting Attorney Donald Hosking said the men admitted 40 to 60 percent of the names on the petitions were fraudulent. Charles Kirk and John R. Bennett were released on their own recognizance.
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Columbus
Donald Hosking
Charles Kirk
John R. Bennett
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Joseph Mackey
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A. H. Ss
Ohio River
Manchuria
Edinburgh
Gallia
Leon Trotzky
Russia
Phantom Man
Miss Perkins
Associated Press
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Maine
National Guard
Capt. Willmott
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