Evacuation Underway As War Fears Grips Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa faces tense evacua tion as nerves rise over imminent hostilities. Prices for scarce food soar while Italy moves archives to Djibouti and seeks international zone protection for legations. Emperor Haile Selassie boosts imperial guard to 6,000 and city police to 5,000 amid a crackdown on spies.
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Haile Selassie
France Sends Troops to Rhine in Fortified Regrouping
Paris reports French troops move toward the Rhine as part of a regrouping of northeastern fortifications. The redeployment follows a law extending military service to two years and reorganization of regiments. Seven WWI regiments have been reformed amid discussions of coordinating with Italy and defending Austrian independence.
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Willie Willis by Robert Quillen summarizes a rural anecdote
A humorous quip by Robert Quillen features Willie Willis remarking that they were not harming the rooster as it lost a fancy tail feather and they were merely admiring it from a distance.
Mussolini summons cabinet as war games near Brenner intensify
Il Duce orders an extraordinary cabinet meeting in Bolzano after leading large scale maneuvers near Brenner pass. ministers, many in town for war games, expect talks on Italo Ethiopian crisis and possible British Mediterranean fleet actions near Suez. Mussolini, in good humor, oversees public works and honors Cesare Battisti. Fascists greet him in Bolzano.
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Justice of Peace and Constable Held in Slaying
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Justice of Peace James J. Westwood of McKees Rocks and Constable Tim Drexler were arrested in connection with the slaying of Westwood’s wife Martha. County Detective Walter Monaghan said both face murder charges. Westwood held at McKees Rocks station before transfer to the county detective bureau.
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Tim Drexler
Martha Westwood
Walter Monaghan
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Drexler
Soviet Envoy Strikes Back After Protest
Alexander Troyanovsky the Soviet ambassador answered United States protests by saying American remarks are insignificant next to US anti Soviet propaganda. He added Moscow will not interfere in US internal affairs. Father Walsh accused Communists of drafting a plan to overthrow the American government at the recent Moscow world congress. Capitol Hill demanded action as the State Department awaited a Soviet reply to its protest note.
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Foreign Relations
157 Projects For Schools Planned
School superintendents of 24 counties announced plans to submit 157 projects to the Works Progress administration. The proposals cover painting repairing and construction of bus stops as part of year round employment for the idle. Counties named include Montana Randolph Tucker Hampshire Grant Pendleton Jefferson with multiple building and repair aims and a total outlay of 383500.
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Il Duce Plans Peace Offer On Africa Colonies
London reports Mussolini may tell the League of Nations on September 4 that Italy will halt its invasion of Ethiopia if other powers concede African colonies. Diplomatic chatter links Hitler and Neurath to making the colonial issue an international concern as Britain prepares for the Geneva council and assembly sessions.
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Work or Jail policy proves effective in Gotham
New York reports the relief program enforcing work or jail produced rapid results. Observers note applicants swiftly taking PWA jobs with about five thousand laborers moved into jobs by day’s end. Officials including General Johnson and Mayor La Guardia warned refusals would lead to loss of relief and potential prosecution for failure to support dependents.
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Works Program Deadlines Set by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt ordered a series of deadlines to speed the $4.9 billion work relief program aiming to have all allotments available by September 24. The plan tightens dates for applications final form and final committee meeting, signaling a push to accelerate job creation amid slow progress to date.
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Harry In
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Kanawha Receives 20054 For Sewers And Sidewalks
President Roosevelt approved 173 925 for West Virginia Works projects with sponsors adding 515 086 for various locations including Kanawha Charleston Weirton Clarksburg Martinsburg Berkeley County Greenbrier Hancock and Mason counties plus towns like Fayett Meadow Bridge Benwood McMechen and Monongah. Projects cover sidewalks paving grading and street improvements funded largely by federal money with local sponsor contributions.
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Utilities Bill Becomes Law As FDR Signs
Washington August 26. President Roosevelt signed the utility holding company bill, imposing rigid federal regulation of interstate utilities and banning many holding companies. The measure, fiercely fought on Capitol Hill, will be supervised by new authority over issuance, sales, and operation of holding companies across state lines. Foes vowed campaigns to contest the law in coming elections.
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Charter Granted To Auto Union
Detroit Green, presenting an AFL chart, urged about 250 delegates to recruit a quarter million workers into the open shop auto industry. The AFL president declared that a decent annual wage is a major objective of the new union and vowed to change executive salaries and bonuses. The Craft Unions to Stand Green described the union as historic in the progress of the craft labor movement and aimed to enroll all production workers in autos, but not existing craft unions.
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Paris
Council Called To Study Bridge
The city council will hold a special meeting at eight tonight to study a proposed Soil Side bridge as a WPA or PWA project. Mayor Dawson and city officials discuss funding options with state officials, with no bond issue favored.
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Dawson
M. L. O'Neale
Chist
State Public Works Administration
Congress Adjourns Amid Long Filibuster On Third Deficiency Bill
Washington notes that Congress adjourned as Senator Long's filibuster blocked action on the third deficiency bill. The piece highlights how the new Utilities Regulation Law strengthens federal oversight of large electric utilities, detailing bans on certain holding company structures, required registrations with the SEC, and constraints on profits and investments within holding subsidiaries.
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Louisiana Solon Blocks Key Social Security Deficiency Bill
Louisiana senator long conducted a five and a half hour filibuster to kill the deficiency bill carrying funds for the aged and crippled, forcing the halt of a $76 million social security package and altering talks on cotton loan plans amid Senate pressure and administration warnings. President Roosevelt stayed up late reviewing bills as the House closed its first session of the 74th Congress.
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Highway Work Funds Sought Amid Union Delay Debates
The state canvassed requests for 31.3 million dollars in federal highway funds after a WPA review flagged delays and misapplied relief. Governor Kump and Road Commissioner Seupeon argued grants could be made despite limited state and local sponsor support, with earlier projects approved by Roosevelt totaling nearly 298 thousand dollars.
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Lili Kump
Burr Seupeon
Youth Confesses Starting Fires in Four Days
Denver reports 17 year old Warren Cramer of Oakland admits setting 24 fires in four days. Blazes hit three Catholic churches a city hall, police HQ, and other sites, but no serious injuries occurred. Cramer, described as psychopathic, has a prior record and was arrested on a tip from a woman of the underworld.
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Senator's Wife Dies From Heart Attack
Mrs. Tom Connally, 34, wife of Texas junior senator, died of a heart attack in the Senate office building. After a shopping trip she visited the Capitol to watch adjournment, grew tired, rested, and collapsed in an elevator. Attendants and Dr. George W. Calver attempted revival, but she died about ten minutes after the senator arrived.
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Future Admirals Return From Cruise Await Leave
Eleven midshipmen return to Annapolis after a 12 000 mile cruise aboard Arkans and Hight with two battleships anchoring off the academy. Disembarkation begins at 0 30 a m as 335 second class midshipmen head to aviation studies and destroyer work. North Carolina cadets cheer quarantine bans lifting, while one student remains for case review. Rear Admiral Hayne Ellis calls the voyage highly successful with calls in Oslo Copenhagen London Paris and Berlin. kings of Norway and Denmark greeted the ships.
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Deficiency Defeat Halts Key New Deal Legislation
Washington authorities said the $100,000,000 third deficiency bill may delay agency program start until January. The measure funds social security, the holding company bill, bus control law, the Guffey cost bill, and federal alcohol control. Officials doubted funds from work relief could be diverted to run these laws, though some agencies might start unofficially pending reimbursement.
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Ional
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Senator Lewis Faces Filibuster Farce In Senate
In Washington August, Senator Lewis of Louisiana engages in a tense scene as colleagues filibuster during remarks about ending the session. Lewis notes he is “preventing the senate from going home” and asks colleagues where they want him to go, provoking laughter with no clear reply from Long.
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