Primary results show Harrison Byrnes lead in early returns
Early returns from South Carolina and Mississippi give Pat Harrison a commanding lead over Sennett Conner in Mississippi and James Byrnes leading a three man field in South Carolina. Nebraska’s James Quigley cites George Norris as likely independent candidate in coming days.
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Associated Press
Senate
South Carolina
Mississippi
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Sennett Conner
Harrison
Conner
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Thomas P. Stoney
Charleston
W. C. Har- Nee
California
Townsend Old Age Pension Movement
Townsend Organization
Alf M. Landon
New York
Buffalo
Delaware
Daniel OQ
Hastings
James Quigley
Nebraska
George W. Norris
Ihs
Norris
Roosevelt
Glass Supports Roosevelt Ahead of Drought Tour
President Roosevelt moves west for drought inspection with a pledge of backing from Senator Carter Glass. An air cooled special train will take him to Bismarck North Dakota for talks with federal officials and 18 state governors. Governor Alf Landon attends a conference in Des Moines with governors from Town Nebraska and Oklahoma.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Carter Glass
Bismarck
N. C
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
State House
Des Moines
Town
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Arissouth
Glass
Virgindan
Mamma Leaves Note for Boy About Breakfast
Willie Willis recalls a note from his mother directing a sensible breakfast. He mentions eating sardines bacon and cheese crackers and Coca Cola as part of the meal.
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Aunt Jane's
Flashes of Life In These U.S. Flashes of Life
In Kansas City on August 25 Joseph Centimang aged 24 was found sitting on a curb with a stream of public water from a fire hydrant. He wore a puzzled expression and claimed water was public water while declaring he was a taxpayer. He was ordered to report to the water commissioner.
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Kansas City
Joseph Centimang
Commissioner of Water Collections
Tragic Alley Incident and Wife Beating Sentence
A parked car rolled across a street, killing nine month old Edward Ford Jr as he slept on a lawn, while in Chicago Michael Pitowar admitted striking Elsie Pinowar. the judge gave him ten days in jail after he explained he believed she was his wife and that a divorce had not yet occurred.
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Hardy
Alton, II
Edward Ford, Jr
Chicago
Mchael Pitwowar
Harry MM. Fisher
Elsie Pinowar
Ludge Fisher
Pinawar
Convict Riot at Milledgeville Prison Ends With Deaths
Milledgeville prison guards killed one convict and wounded fifteen others during a five hour riot led by former Alcatraz inmate T A Burrus. Superintendent RH Lawrence said the disturbance began on the second floor dormitory as rioters battered windows and set mattresses afire.
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Milledgeville
i—State Penitentiary
Alcatraz
Lawrence
T. A Burrus
Burrus
Milledgeeville
San Francisco Bay
Gnvernment
Charles Searing
Folsom Prison
Califereniy
Secretary of War Dern Rushed to Hospital in Critical Condition
Secretary of War Dern lay gravely ill at Walter Reed General Hospital after heart and kidney complications. aged 64, Dern was recalled from Chicago as officials said his condition remained alarming, while President Roosevelt received frequent updates and visited him before tours of flood areas.
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Dern
Walter Heed General Hospital
Jong Hiness
War Department
John Dern
Chicago
White House
Roosevelt
Hoepital
Hfe
Pennsylvania
New York
Red Baiter Regent Named at Kansas College Race
New York Post staffer Haven Roberts surveys Governor Landon’s Kansas record across relief, hiber, civil service and other issues. A ten part series reports shocks on figures from the state treasury, labor department and welfare boards with detailed findings.
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Landon
Kansas
New York Post
Haven Roberts
Kansas State Treasury
Kangua Labor Department
Kansas Welfare
Landon’s Kansas Image as Liberal Yet Friendly Candidate
In Kansas, Alf Landon is seen as a liberal but approachable figure with a readable mind. Friends recall his interest in books such as The Coming American Revolution and discuss his shift in thinking after conversations with university colleagues and classmates.
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Raven Roberts
New York Post
New York Poet, Inc
al Landon
Kansas
Hoover
Lawrence
Alf Landon
George Soule
The
New Republic
Rexford G. Tucwell
Landon
Topeka
University of Kansas
John Ise
University
Ife
Ine
Hearst
Liberty League
Republican Qld Guard
Alt
Weasel
Democratic Regime Reaches State Fiscal Renaissance
A twenty part series notes Vermont's state government under the Conley administration. Townsend reports a $430 403 67 general fund balance at June 30 after March 128 start but a $662 900 62 overdraft by year end. He blames revenue declines, notably a drop in gross sales tax, and property value reassessment impacts.
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AY Quinn
State General Fund
Conley
Marcel
T. C. Townsend
Townsend
Nstead
Fingerprint test confirms Harry Woods as missing veteran
War Dept verifies fingerprints of a Kanawha River body. identity established as Harry Woods 43 formerly of Clendenin. Lester, a World War veteran and investigating officer, traced laundry marks and bank deposits, halting the inquiry with positive identification and noting possible robbery motive.
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Kanawha River
Robert Lester
War Department
Harry Woods
Clendenin
Washington
Lester
Woods
Park Drive
Toslice
W. A. Tully
Oratory
DuPont
Attmust
Herbert Quick
Mar
Justien School
Pittsburgh
Thy
Landon Discusses Strategy in Upstate New York Tour
In Buffalo area on August 35 1a0 Gav AIM Landon halted his eastern campaign train. He met with local party leaders and Theodore Toorevest Jr discussing motion for winning New York electoral votes. Security and patrols accompanied the four mile drive through Hillfala streets as onlookers watched.
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Hupfalo
N.Y
Landon
New York
Theodore Toorevest, Jr
Hillfala
Secret Executions Praised as Bold Move by Papers
Moscow papers praised secret executions after 16 conspirators were executed for plotting to overthrow the Soviet regime at Leon Trotsky's alleged urging. Trotsky supporters vowed vengeance as workers meetings echoed calls for punishment and a feared return of power to Russia.
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Moscow
Ren
Gadges
Leon Troteky
Russia
Tavis
Trotsky
Maves Mance
State Labor Men Sanction Lewis Union Drive
Six hundred members of the State Federation of Labor endorsed John K. Lewis in a drive to organize steel workers into an industrial union. The resolution praised the Roosevelt era gains and condemned Senator Rush D. Holt while pledging to stay with the federation and noting ties to the United Mine Workers.
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Roosevelt
Republi
Bittner
SU Ba
United Mine Workers Union
One Big Steel Union Demands at Carnegie Steel
In Pittsburgh on August 25 the Carnegie-Illinois Steel unit reevaluated its stance to recognize a one big steel union. Five Chicago and Gary Indiana plant workers elected by employee representation groups backed the move for collective bargaining. The delegation, sans president, presented demands to vice president L. Y Thurnett amid disputed support from Gary workers. They seek an independent wage scale committee and a 40 hour week with wage increases to resolve injustices.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegw-Minais Steel Corporation
Ls, Steel
Lourehalt
Gary
Benjamin Fairtess
Canadia Minals
L.Y Thurnett
Uage
France Presses to Match Nazi War Machine Threat
Paris officials warn Germany plans to grow army to 1,000,000 by October while France cites Bolshevist peril and contemplates extending military service. Deputies seek emergency talks as Madrid reports insurgent push into the capital and rising casualties.
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Madrid
Paris
Nazi Germany
Adolf Hiteler
Russian
Ukraine
Perio
Hitler
Germany
Ceremany
Reich
Fuvar
Franca
Rhineland
Fernand Laurent
Chamber of Deputies
Guy la Chambre
Leon Archimbaurd
Nazis Increase Army Strength Amid Expansion Decrees
The German regime announced boosts to armed forces including 102000 new infantry barracks and extended compulsory service. Reichsführer Adolf Hitler presides over decrees expanding army navy and air force manpower, adding youth labor service and a storm troops target of 200000.
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Tergaus
Germany
Reichsfurhrer
Adolf Mitler
Army
Navy
Air Furer
Serye Uitler
Aid of Powers Sought To End Atrocities
London dispatch reports Britain seeking help from other powers to curb alleged atrocities in the Spanish civil war. Foreign diplomats based in Madrid allegedly discussed concerted action to prevent further massacres of hostages and civilian killings amid rising tensions in western Europe.
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London
Great Britain
Wiesernes
Hendaye
France
Madrid
Kanawha Budget Approved by State Auditor Fox
Kanawha county budget for the coming year totals 528390 and was approved by state auditor Fred L. Fox. John Blackwood of the county court announced the action which preserves the court from having to levy maximum rates. The plan includes about 200000 for public welfare, up roughly 60000 from last year, and relies on 1926 welfare act provisions to ensure state aid. Pearl E. Poteet led an investigation into county needs before levies are decided, with final court review set for the next session.
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Kanawha
Fred L. Fox
John €. Blackwood
Fox
Blackwood Palnird Mutt
Hody
Kanawha County
Whckwood
Pearl E. Poteet
County Welfare Department
Judge Threatens To Bouncelawyers In Cleveland Hearing
A Cleveland hearing revealed Dr. Francis Townsend detailing the finances of Old Age Pensions Ltd. He said the pension movement would fracture without his leadership as Attorney Charles Hubbell named Ben Sacharow as attorney for Rev. Alfred Wright and demanded a $100,000 accounting against the group. Hubbell spoke for Townsend interests.
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Cleveland
Lawurty
Francis Townsend
Old Age Pensions, Ltd
Hubbell
Towne
Mabert
Clements T
Problem Child Mary Belle Spencer Wright Marries Self
In Indiana, Mary Belle Spencer Wright defies authority by eloping with James Edward Wright and marrying without parental consent. The event follows years of her asserting independence, prompting family reaction and a statewide note on self-ruled marriages.
Duce Witnesses First Test Of New Italian Field Gun
In Avellino Mussolini in uniform watches alpine war games. He stops to inspect and load a brand new field gun being tested at the front. The weapon had not fired before and came from the factory ten days earlier.
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Avellino
Italy
Mussolini
Alps
Duce
Mussalini
Veiled atrocity report from Spain shocks Vatican
Vatican reports claim a river steamer at Cambrilla Spain carried dozens of monks nuns and students who were shot or drowned by Red forces after being forced aboard The Vatican appeals to Italian Catholics for aid to refugees and to rebuild churches ravaged in the turmoil
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Spain
Vatican
Cambrilla
Osservatore Romano
Holy See State Department
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