Republicans Stage Big Indiana Rally To Open Campaign
In Washington Indiana on August 27 AP reports Republicans opened a national drive to gain Congress and boost the 1940 presidential bid. Homer Capehart hosted a 120 acre tent city festival with 25 bands and fried chicken as 25 000 attendees heard James Wadsworth and John Hamilton attack the New Deal and Roosevelt.
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New York
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Roosevelt to Campaign in Maryland for Lewis in Labor Day Rally
President Roosevelt expected to speak in Maryland to aid Rep. David J. Lewis in a bid against Senator Millard E. Tydings. The trip would highlight bridge projects on the Susquehanna and Potomac and Bay area, with tensions rising over the political maneuvering and cross county campaigning.
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FDR Backed Candidate Trails in Texas Vote
Unofficial returns from Texas show Beckworth leading Gentry in the third district with 24 463 votes to 21 391 as results draw from 8 counties. In the 13th district Ed Gossett leads McFarlane 27 073 to 24 696 Wichita Falls attorney, allied to Roosevelt, trails in another race.
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Roosevelt
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Wichita Falls
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Naval Battle Near Gibraltar Ends With Losses
A government destroyer the Jose Luis Diez arrived at Gibraltar bearing news of a dawn naval engagement. The ship reports 32 killed including 26 insurgents, 20 more victims aboard the rebel ships, and 10 wounded among its crew.
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Hurricane winds threaten Texas coast in early reports
Spanish Warships-See Page 4 De HURRICANE WINDS ROAR IN TOWARD TEXAS COAST Brownsville Texas Aug mt Hurricane winds roared the Texas Mexican coast trapping at least 10 Texans and threatening to move inland over sparsely settled NE Mexico. Lowering clouds extended along the Gulf coast from 400 miles to the southern tip of Texas. Apprehension for 10 Texans marooned on the Mexican coast 75 miles below Brownsville.
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New British Ocean Airliner Wrecked In Freak Accident
London reports the new British trans Atlantic airliner the Albatross was wrecked during a late test flight at Hatfield airdrome. The four engine low wing monoplane broke in two on landing with no one aboard injured. The sister ship nearing completion was to begin trans Atlantic service in September. Authorities could not explain the cause.
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Eyston Sets 240 MPH World Land Speed Mark
Captain George E. T. Eyston of England drives the Thunderbolt at Bonneville Salt Flats Utah to 345.49 mph and raises the world land speed record to 34.07 mph per hour. He says he will not return to London immediately as John Cobb plans to challenge the mark with Railton.
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Pageton Woman Dies in Suspected Self Inflicted Gun Incident
Mrs. Ethel Long a 20 year old Pageton resident was found dying on the floor with a .22 rifle beside her about 5 30 yesterday afternoon. A police inquiry found she died moments later and investigators noted a earlier argument with her husband Everett Long who said he had removed a lever from the rifle and left for work to disable the weapon.
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Ex convict nailed to cross refuses to name accomplices
Reno police press Ed Collins to identify two men named Swede and Joe after the 27 year old ex convict was found bound to a crude cross on a roadside. He forgives them and says he acted to pull a job but will not name them.
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Debut Dream Defied by Evalyn McLean Daughter
Washington society eyeing the McLean household as Evalyn Walsh McLean bans a traditional debut for her nearly 17 year old daughter. The mother supports a designer track over a court presentation calling a debut an auction block.
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Britain warns Hitler on Czechoslovakia war risk
Britain grave warnings to Germany over Czechoslovakia crisis. The Foreign Office urged restraint and praised Prague's conciliatory stance while Prime Minister Chamberlain and Sir John Simon warned a European war could not be ruled out. The Home Fleet prepared for autumn maneuvers starting September 6 as wartime tensions rose. Churchill warned that a Czech crisis could threaten peace and civilization.
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South Carolina Senate Race Narrowed After Candidate Withdraws
In Columbia, Edgar A. Brown withdrew from the Democratic primary, leaving a two man race between incumbent Cotton Ed Smith and Governor Olin D. Johnston. Brown cited his view he was the third man and avoided a runoff. The stumping tour ended with about 5,000 at Columbia, as eight governor candidates and five congressional races also faced a record 422,000 enrollment.
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Olin D. Johnston
Roosevelt
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Barnwell
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Harlan Coal Operators Sign With Mine Union
Carter Glass terms Ickes attack a wanton falsehood as Virginia senator condemns secretary’s remarks about PWA grants. Glass says he opposes federal grants and accuses Ickes of malice, insisting he has faced Washington officials to represent constituents.
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Policy raids and legal shifts cloud Hines trial
New York Aug 27 police raided two policy gambling dens arresting 24 as Hines the Tammany leader faces bribery charges. Witnesses Willianna Hammond and Leslie Ware held on $1000 bail. Thurman Arnold urged four changes to strengthen the Sherman Act citing oil price fixing cases. Dewey keeps witness plans secret.
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Leslie Ware
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Dutch Schultz) Flegenheimer
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Swiss Army Planes Crash in Fog Near Schwyz
Four or five Swiss army planes flying to a Lugano air show crashed into a mountain in dense fog near Schwyz. Six flyers were killed and two seriously injured. An Alpine search party found wreckage and injuries among occupants as crews investigated the other planes.
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Indian Prince Defies Sultan For Tailor's Daughter
An Oxford tale of romance as Prince Mahmud, age 20, defies the Sultan of Trengganu by refusing to return home unmarried to wed Joyce Blencowe, a 20 year old Oxford tailor's daughter. He vows to stay in England, facing Malay and British resistance while offering to work abroad if needed.
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Peace Presaged After Long War in Harlan County
Cincinnati August 27 AP an agreement presaging peace in bloody Harlan county Kentucky was signed by United Mine Workers of America attorneys and the Harlan County Coal Operators association The national labor relations board will dismiss all Wagner act violation charges against 16 coal companies The pact sets a seven hour day five day week basic pay five sixty per day improved conditions and a check off effective Sept 1 1938 to March 31 1939 It affects an estimated 13500 to 15000 miners and follows a tentative Tate Springs Tennessee agreement signed last week The operators and union form a pool to arrange reemployment of violators before any new case We are overjoyed Phillips said that the act has been complied with in Harlan The signers included Forney Johnston and Charles I Dawson for operators and James Golden and Earl Hauck for the union The named companies include Clover Fork Harlan Collieries Crummies Creek Splint Southern Mining Creech Co Tway Cornett Helen Mahan Ellison Har Cen tral Harlen Buel Hardo Blue Diamond Berger and Three Point Coal
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Tate Springs
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Splint
Southern Mining
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Cornett- Helen
Mahan-Ellison
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Three Point Coal Companies
Deposed TVA Head Clarifies Charges
Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, ousted TVA chairman, renews accusations of dishonesty in public office against two remaining directors while stating he did not accuse them of personal graft. He defends ethics in public life and explains misjudgments amid the feud with Lilienthal and Morgan.
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Congressional Investigating Committee
David E. Lilienthal
Harcourt A. Morgan
Francis Biddle
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