Race war fears and Mussolini Ethiopia crisis loom
Wednesday's papers note the League of Nations gridlock over Ethiopia as Mussolini presses to override Haile Selassie. Analysts warn a European war could involve America, while observers see dangers of race clashes and broader conflict amid Paris talks and global tensions.
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League
of Nations Council
Geneva
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Geneva Council
Haile Selassie
Sarajevo
League of Nations
Congress
Uncle Sam
Hitler
Britain and Italy clash as Ethiopia dispute escalates
London summons Cabinet for emergency talks as Mussolini defies the League. Italy signals it has expelled Ethiopia and declares Africa needs peaceful governance, while Aloisi brands Ethiopia a world outlaw and boasts evidence of alleged slave trading.
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Geneva
Italy
League of Nana
Ethiopia
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Kellogg
Africa
Council
Sthateitaly
Aloisi
Mussolini
Eritrea
Somaliland
Fokker Induced To Testify At Probe
Anthony Fokker an aircraft maker was subpoenaed by the senate munitions investigating committee and agreed to testify in Washington soon. He was found aboard his yacht off Montauk by the coast guard after evading the committee for days.
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Montauk
Long Island
N. Y
Anthony Fokker
Senate Munitions Investigating Committee
Washington
Fokker
Coast Guard
Senate Committee
Worcester widower to wed nurse per dying wife wish
In Woonsocket, Rhode Island, William Henry Hayden 81 of Worcester obtained a marriage license to wed Mrs. Ethel Darling Hemenway 47, widow and former nurse, honoring his late wife's request.
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Woonsocket, R. I
William Henry Hayden
Worcester
Ethel Darling Hemenway
Wealth sharing and the meaning of true riches
A 1935 reflection argues that wealth is not money alone but a mix of lands machines work credit and goodwill. It warns against forced equal distribution and stresses learning to share life education religion and insight rather than concentrating wealth on money.
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Henry Ford
Fellowship of Religion
Two Men Held in Seizure of Licor Seals Case
Des Moines Iowa officials say two men, Charles Morasco and Mike Mercurio, were arrested in a raid over 5 844 liquor seals. Chief Akers calls the defendants merely peddlers backing a possible counterfeiting operation. If seals are counterfeit, the case could reach a major counterfeit plant. Federal and state officers cite $5 000 000 in related stamps seized in Milwaukee.
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Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Des Moines
Manley
The
Liquor Commission
INS
W. W. Akers
Iowa Liquor Commission Investigation Staff
Akers
Charles Morasco
Omaha
Mike Mercurio
Milwaukee
Wis
Iowa
Bernard Manley
Lquor Commission
Wallace Coins New Word Sees Campaign Issue
Secretary Wallace said 85 percent of farmers would favor changing the Constitution if the AAA program is Schechtered by the Supreme Court. He noted Republican leaders foresee farm welfare plans as a substitute and predicted the issue will gain or fade with the 1936 campaign. Wallace spoke after a West trip and in Athens Ga warned of renewed Farm program debates.
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Washington
Wallace
AAA
Supreme Court
Associated Press
Robert H. Lucas
Pr. National Committee
Supreme” Court
Schechter Poultry
West
Athens
Agriculture
Department Extension
Adjustment Administration
Feuling Silent on Democratic Party Accounting Demand
Des Moines Iowas J Feuling of New Hampton former state chairman acknowledged receipt Tuesday of a resolution by the state central committee demanding a proper account of the party finances during his administration. He said nothing when contacted and did not indicate when he would file the report of contributions for March 1 to August 1, 1934.
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Des Moines
J. Feuling
New Hampton
Democratic Party
State Central Committee
Feuling
Wegman Defense Draws On Timeline In Sioux City Perjury Case
In Des Moines the Wegman perjury case centers on a disputed timeline as defense seeks to show the state treasurer did not sign a resolution for the executive council probe until Aug 13. Wegman testified he was in Washington Aug 8, while the council approved Aug 6 and read a Geil affidavit Aug 12.
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Des Moines
Leo
Geil
Wegman
Washington, D. C
Sioux City
Executive Council
Ross Ewing
Ofz
Executive “Council
Defense
Fae
Vgrand
Oro
Washington
Herring
Alex Miller
Astors and Friends Escape Yacht Explosion
Mr and Mrs John Jacob Astor III and guests on the Placidia survived a boiler blast northeast of Gould Island Narragansett Bay. Sixteen aboard including Miss Lesley Bogert and Beverly Bogert and William DeForest Manice were rescued by New York Yacht Club boats as the party’s second pleasure cruise continued.
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Newport
William DeForest Manice
Old Westbury
N. Y
New York, Yacht Club
Astor
el Jen “Tucky
Supreme Court to hear Joe Siegel appeal on Sept 26
Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on September 26 in the appeal of Joe Siegel the Sioux City nightclub operator sentenced to eight years for fatally shooting Glenn Cross Siegel was found guilty of manslaughter in the Valley Gardens incident and faces perjury and nuisance indictments by the Woodbury County grand jury Maurice E Rawlings county attorney amended abstract contests the high court filing demanding substitution for the district court record.
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DES Moines
Joe Siegel
Sioux City
Glenn Cross
Iowa Supreme Court
Maurice E. Rawlings
Woodbury County
Siegel
High
Rawlings
District Court
Woodbury County Grand Jury
Valley Gardens
Cross
Sioux City Officials Face Testimony Refusal in Probe
District Judge W. W. Scott upheld the refusals of Max Duckworth and Muriel Hanford to testify in the removal action against Sioux City mayor W. D. Hayes. Havner pressed questions about possible self incrimination as the graft grand jury reconvened for a two day session.
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Sioux ‘City
W. W. Scott
W. D. Hayes
Sioux City
Max Duckworth
Muriel Hanford
Peacock
Duckworth
H. M.havner
Scott
F. H. Rice
Woodbury
Peacock Inn
Havner
Stanford
Havnett
Fred Free
Hayes
Hanford
Rice
Woman leaps to death at Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls police say a woman took her own life by leaping into the swift river above Niagara Falls Tuesday night. Her body went over Bridal Veil Falls and has not been recovered.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Five Masked Bandits Hold Up Philadelphia Payroll
Five masked bandits robbed the Scott Brothers trucking firm in south Philadelphia and fled with a $4,950 payroll. No injuries reported as police investigate the bold daylight theft.
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Philadelphia
Scott Brothers, Inc
Joan Blondell Granted Interim Divorce From George Barnes
Hollywood star Joan Blondell won an interlocutory decree against cameraman husband George Barnes on grounds of cruelty. The decree frees Blondell from the marriage while further proceedings continue in Los Angeles court.
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Los Angeles
INS
Hollywood
Joan Blondell
George Barnes
Dixie Liner Dixie Transfer Delays As Rescue Continues
Coast Guard cutter Carrabassett reports transfer of passengers from the grounded liner Dixie ceased at 7 p.m. after 126 had been moved, due to a stronger southwest wind. Rescue boats worked in hazardous seas near the Florida coast as other vessels, including United Fruit lines, stood by ready to assist.
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Jacksonville
Finnias
Coast. Guard
Cutter
Carrabassett
Dixie
Imiami
Fla
Morgan
Florida
Navy
el Mundo
Morgan Line
York
United Fruit
Repleas
United
Fruit
French Reef
New ‘York
Jay
New York
E. W. Sundatenin
Surviving the Florida hurricane at Matecumbe Key hospital scene
A veteran describes the Matecumbe Key camp during a late day hurricane. He recounts hanging to a telephone pole to avoid being blown away, smashing his hand on a railroad tie, and watching the hospital be lifted and crushed. Screams and destruction filled the night as relief trains arrived and departed.
Death toll rises from Florida keys hurricane disaster
The Miami Florida hurricane devastates the Florida keys. Estimates place deaths from 200 to 500 with many injured and massive property damage. Rescue teams, Red Cross and federal aid mobilize as Cedar Key evacuations begin and shelters open.
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Miami
Florida, Keys
Peninsula
St Petersburg
Cedar Key
Gulf
Thompson
Key Wes
Florida
Florida East Coast
Islamicrad George
Jack Comba
Keys
Red Cross
Guard
Senda
Ald
Alee
Keya
Lasser Alexander
Veterans’ Camps
Matecumbs Key
Snake Creek
Thia
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Verne “Marshall
France
Britain
Europe
America
Standard Vacuum Oil Company
State Department
Hull
Soldier Field
Father Coughlin
Chicago Park Commissioners
Chicago
Park
Bulletin
London
Benito Mussolini
Stanley Baldwin
Aix-les-Bains
Paris
Neville Chamberlain
Folkstone
Boulogne
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Lossiemouth
Scotland
Deek
WORD
George Mills
Jows
Astors
Blaston
Niagara ‘Falls
Simon ‘Launches
Harry Gaskin
United Press
Fera
Florida ‘Keys
Erca
Ville
Atro
Coast
Atlantic
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