Longs side door note signals 1936 run and GOP talk
A front page notice outlines political maneuvering as Senator Long hints at a 1936 presidential bid while Columbus Knox leads GOP support chatter. Roosevelt schedules Ohio governor Davey talks amid debate over a possible special election to fill a vacancy.
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Washington
Long
Louisiana
Ohio
Roosevelt
Davey
Truax
Democrat
Hoover
New York
Knox Strong
Ohio Governor Opposes Special Election For Truax Seat
Governor Martin L. Davey, before a White House meeting, signaled opposition to a special election to replace Congressman-at-large Charles V. Truax but stopped short of a firm denial. Cleveland’s George H. Bender vows legal action if no election is ordered, and says he will sue in the Ohio Supreme Court to compel it.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Roosevelt
Charles V. Truax
Myrna Smith
George H. Bender
Cleveland
Truax
State Supreme Court
Bilbo warns Long to stay out of Mississippi politics
New Orleans Aug 13 Senator Theodore Bilbo Mississippi fiery orator warned Senator Huey P Long to stay out of Mississippi. Bilbo charged Long with influence over the August 27 run off primary nominating Hugh White over Paul B Johnson and called it a plot. He said Mississippi would not be a Louisiana province and Long’s alleged plots were attempts at publicity. He mocked Long’s presidential bid and said Long has never spoken to him since the flood march.
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New Orleans
Theodore Bilbo
Mississippi
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Bilbo
Washington
Long
Paul B. Johnson
Hattieshore
Hugh White
Huey Long
United States
Sennet Conner
United States Senate
Senator Long
Dam Burst Kills Hundreds in Italian Town of Ovada
A hydro electric dam collapse near Alessandria, Italy triggers flash flood on the Orba river. Rescue teams estimate 690 to 1,000 dead with many injured and hundreds homeless as towns like Ovada, Rocca Grimalda, Casalto and Cermelli suffer widespread destruction.
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Turin
Italy
Ovada
Orba
Alleasandria
Rocca Grimalda
Casalto
Cermelli
Obra
Aged Man Admits Perjury in Mooney Bombing Case
In Baltimore the 1917 testimony of John MacDonald, a paralyzed elder, admitting he perjured identification of Mooney as the bomb timer was given. The statement, recorded for review, may influence Mooney's habeas corpus bid. The hearing before a California referee could last two more days.
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Baltimore
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
Mooney
John MacDonald
Baltimore City Hospital
Mooney Hope
California Supreme Court
QUDDEN REVERSAL ON TAX MEASURE
Washington observers report a direct Roosevelt influence on the Senate finance committee reversal of the tax bill. Senator Hastings says the measure reflects the president and Democratic party aims. Barkley plans a Monday meeting to rewrite the bill per the president’s desires. Lafollette may reoffer small income amendments amid further floor votes. Democratic leaders expect rejection of higher taxes on small incomes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
Hastings
Delaware
Senate
Finance Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
Lafollette
Progressive
Wisconsin
Movies To Be Made Of Works Progress
Relief workers may appear in a motion picture record of the Works Progress Administration program. Sydney MacKean said the project will document the 4.0 trillion dollar effort to create 3.5 million jobs and will become government property for potential use by political groups. Three cameramen are at work, with goals to film before and after scenes and the first footage from 5,000 Alabama workers.
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Washigton
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
Sydney MacKean
MacKean
Young Republican
Young Communist
Alabama
Signal Corps
Methodist merger moves toward united church
Leaders of three Methodist branches completed preliminary talks on uniting the Methodist Episcopal Church North South and Protestant. A plan committee at Evanston drafted a constitution for a six conference structure with bishops, and a united church of 7 to 8 million members could form if conferences ratify next year.
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Chicago
Methodist Episcopal Church North
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Methodist Protestant Church
North Shore
Evanston
United Church
United States
Edwin H. Hughes
Washington
D. C
D. Mouz x
Charlotte
N. C
J. ©. Broomfield
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Police raid seven drug stores over liquor without prescription
Charleston police conducted raids on seven drug stores in Charleston West Virginia on August 13 charging sale of liquor without prescriptions. Lieutenant Mack Streagle reported confiscation of liquor worth several hundred dollars.
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Charleston
W. Va
Mack Streagle
Diplomats Ready to Tackle Border Dispute Accord
Emperors under pressure as chiefs urge action. wild tribesmen push for progress. Rome expects little from Paris talks to slow Africa program before rainy season ends.
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Tagkle
Rome
Paris
Africa
Paris Trinity-power plan for Africa crisis set to start
Paris readies a Tri-power effort as Anthony Eden arrives to lead Britain. Addis Ababa endures pressure from wild chieftains while Haile Selassie seeks action as the rainy season ends. Rome extends East Africa troop movements and officials expect Paris talks to not derail Africa policy. London cautions clear speech to avoid repeating past blunders in the Italo Ethiopian crisis.
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Paris
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Rome
East Africa
London
Lord Cecil
Bethiopa
Paris Seeks Peace in Italo Ethiopian Crisis Talks
Anthony Eden arrives in Paris to present plans for influencing Mussolini while Laval Aloisi and Eden prepare to meet Friday and Thursday to smooth France and Britain positions. Haile Selassie faces pressure from chieftains but vows restraint and readiness to lead if war breaks out.
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Paris
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
League of Nations
Eden
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Rome
Italy
Pierre Laval
France
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Laval
Aloisi
Haile Selassie
Tecla Hawariat
England
Ants in His Pants Wanderer Arrested in Pa
Wilkes Barre Pa Aug 13 Michael Parench 68 of Scranton told Hanover Township police he had ants in his pants and was not joking He wandered from Scranton in search of work and said the ants crawled into his trousers when he slept in a field He added no way to scare them out so he took his pants off
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Wilkes-Barre
Michael Parench
Scranton
Hanover Township
Arthur Lewis
Parench
Procter and Gamble Declares Extra Dividend
Cincinnati August 18 Directors of Procter and Gamble announce an extra dividend of 25 cents a share on common stock payable September 25 for stockholders of record August 30. They also set September 14 as the payment date for 1.25 dollars per share on the 5 percent preferred stock for holders of record August 23.
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Cincinnati
Procter and Gamble Company
Doctor balks at plan for human icicle experiment
Hollywood reports Dr Ralph Willard a Russian born chemist faces criticism for a proposed human icicle experiment. Hollywood writer Stephen Simkhovitch offers to be frozen then revived while medical experts call the idea preposterous and warn of legal risk. Willard says he will withdraw if the law bans the experiment.
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Hollywood
Ralph Willard
Stephen Simkhovitch
Dr. Willard
Imkhovitch
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Journal
Iago Galdston
New York Academy of Medicine
Clipper Arrives at Wake Island on Pacific Flight
Pan-American Airways Clipper seaplane lands at Wake Island after completing the Alameda to Wake segment via Midway. Eight crew and 3,000 pounds of cargo reach Midway in under nine hours, with Wake Island ahead for further tests and a regular Honolulu to Midway schedule planned. Captain Sullivan notes a three to four day layover before continuing toward the Orient.
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Midway Island
Pan-American Airways
Alameda
Calif
Wake Island
Honolulu
Atoll
Midway
Pan-American
Honolulu-Midway
California-Orient
R. C. D. Sullivan
Orient
Wake
Pan- American Airways
Messengers Return to Work After Strike in Charleston
E F Phillipe manager of the Charleston Western Union office said messenger boys will resume work tomorrow after a several days strike. They sought longer hours and higher pay tied to telegram deliveries with promised uniformed increments in rates and adjusted working hours.
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Charleston
W. Va
E. F. Phillipe
The
Western Union
Letter Found After Six Years in Sistersville Post Office
A letter mailed December 19, 1929, at 4 30 p m in Sistersville was delivered today to C M Knowlton. Postmaster J C Archer said the letter was found in a book at the postoffice, apparently having fallen there six years ago.
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Sistersville
W. Va
C. M. Knowlton
J. C. Archer
Three Party Girls Killer Pal To Get Life Sentences
William Lee Ferris and three former burlesque dancers were convicted of the $134 holdup murder of Howard Carter Dickinson by a Detroit recorder's court jury. Judge John A. Boyne set life imprisonment in all four cases, with a mercy recommendation for the women. The women Florence Jackson Loretta Jackson and Jean Miller were carried from the courtroom amid emotional outbursts. Ferris declared the rage a terrible mistake and said an appeal would follow.
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Detroit
William Lee Ferris
Recorder’s Court
Howard Carter Dickinson
John A. Boyne
Michigan
Florence
Loretta Jackson
Jean Miller
Ferris
George S. Fitzgerald
Duncan C. McRead
Miller
Utilities Mogul Faces Possible Contempt Count
Howard C. Hopson, chief stockholder of the Associated Gas and Electric system, evaded a Senate subpoena after a weeks long chase. He testified on the building of the holding company and defended a constitutional right to privacy while denying reports of profits. A confrontation with Joseph McCarthy occurred as Hopson left the committee room.
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Senate
Associated Gas
Mammoth Holding Company
Washington
Howard C. Hopson
Associated Gas and Electric System
Senate Investigating Committee
O'Connor
N. Y
House Lobby Committee
Will-O
House
Hopson
Spring Lake
N. J
Birmingham
Associated Gas and Electric
Joseph McCarthy
Roosevelt Signs Veterans Bill
President Roosevelt signed the Spanish-American war veterans pension bill restoring all pensions for Spanish-American war Boxer rebellion and Philippine insurrection veterans and dependents at an estimated 45.6 million dollars yearly. About 50,000 people return to the rolls and widows gain around 6 million dollars. The measure averts automatic enactment as law if not signed by midnight and contrasts World War I care with the earlier wars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Veterans Administration
Congress
State Delegation Votes To Support Guffey Coal Bill
Washington August 13 delegates support the Guffey coal bill in a state delegation meeting. A separate incident injured two women when an electrical transformer exploded near the Washington Post building blowing a sidewalk panel and causing smoke and glass injuries.
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Guffey
Washington, D. C
Washington Post
Columbus Faces General Strike Amid Citywide Labor Disorder
Franklin County suffers a wave of labor action with 500 Columbus Packing workers on strike and Hercules Clothing plant closed. A. Z. Larsson warned of a possible general strike as Hill Cab drivers join picket lines and taxis pull back. Union seeks recognition and higher wages while firms cite shifts to 44 hour weeks.
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Columbus
Franklin County
Columbus Packing Company
Hercules Clothing Company
A. Z. Larsson
Columbus Federation of Labor
Hill Cab Company
Cabe
Pat Miller
Taxicab Drivers’ Union
Hills Company
Packing Company
Kidnapper Suspect Held in Charleston
Tupelo Mississippi sheriff Will M. Kelly said he will pursue extradition of a man held by Charleston West Virginia authorities for alleged bank robbery and kidnapping Tupelo taxi driver K B Chism six weeks ago. The suspect, who gave the name Luther C Boggs, admitted kidnapping and was found driving Chisms stolen auto. Chism was forced to drive tied and gagged several miles east of Tupelo, robbed of ten dollars and watch, then left.
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Tupelo
Miss
Will M. Kelly
Charleston
W. Va
K. B. Chism
Luther C. Boggs
West Virginia
Chism
Catch Fugitive in Wheeling Chickens Thief
Three deputy sheriffs chased Will McGinster through a cornfield to capture him after he allegedly stole twenty five chickens from J. W. Pahl of Springdale. Warning shots failed to stop the fugitive before he was caught.
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Wheeling
Will McGinster
J. W. Pahl
Springdale
Guffey coal bill moves through House amid cross party support
The Ways and Means Committee voted to report the Guffey coal stabilization bill favorably and push it through within days. West Virginia delegates pledged unanimous support while Pennsylvania Democrats organized to rally for the measure. Senator Guffey predicted passage as coal operators and miners view the bill as restoring NRA principles.
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House Ways and Means Committee
Washington
House
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ways and Means Committee
Guffey
West
NRA
AFL Urges End to State Sales Taxes
Atlantic City and Philadelphia reports note the American Federation of Labor urged immediate abolition of all state sales taxes. President William Green was instructed to push repeal at upcoming legislative sessions and to oppose new or expanded taxes. Green highlighted the burden on laboring people and the unemployed as taxes rise. The AFL also signaled possible action to organize steel industry workers into federal unions under its authority.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Fed— of Labor
Executive Council
William Green
Green
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