FDR Pressures Black Resignation Amid Klan Allegations
Washington reports President Roosevelt may ask Justice Hugo L. Black to resign from the Supreme Court unless Black denies Klan membership. Rep Fish hints southern leaders in the KKK may be investigated. Boston attorney Patrick Henry Kelly challenges Black's appointment. Other figures urge action and warn of political influence over the court.
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Supreme Court
New Alabaman
Washington Evening Star
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Contest
Hep. Fish RN
Boston
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High Tribunal
Congress
Black Supreme Court Justice Encloses Hotel Suite
Associate Justice Hugo L. Black of the U S Supreme Court fortified his London hotel suite with extra guards to keep reporters away while he refused to respond to charges linking him to the Ku Klux Klan. Police precautions were taken as journalists pressed for comment on the allegations.
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London
Hugo L. Black
U. S. Supreme Court
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Ku Klux Klan
Willie Willis by Robert Quillen
A short humorous gag line from Robert Quillen features Willie Willis remarking that if Sis wears red on her toenails it should be fine for him to sleep with black on his. The quip relies on playful words about clothing color and modesty.
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Cholera Threat Deepens as Japanese Advance in North China
AP dispatch from Shanghai reports rapid Japanese pushes across North China with battles near Peiping and Hankow rail lines. Chinese claim recapture of Lotien near Shanghai as Japanese air and naval forces harass Canton's coast and Shansi targets.
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Japan
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Shansi
Deadly Plague Ravages Japs Chinese Villages Dynamited
Shanghai dispatch reports cholera spreading amid World War II combat with 63 dead and 2,000 ill. Japanese forces destroy villages behind the lines by dynamiting and burning bodies, while Chinese rivermen are pressed into service to dispose of corpses found in the Whangpo river, the city’s water source.
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China
Japan
Presa
Duce Holds Firm On Piracy Stand In Mediterranean
London dispatch reports Italy refusing any role in the Mediterranean anti piracy patrol unless formally equal to Britain and France. The deadlock over naval patrols, tied to the Spanish civil war, intensifies as Britain and France push near wartime concentrations. A Nyon conference on aircraft cooperation offers possible exit, Rome urged to present constructive proposals.
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Mediterranean
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France
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Spain
Russia
Italy
Rome
China Bound Planes Halted in Los Angeles Harbor
SAN PEDRO Sept 14 In a first act of this week’s embargo the government seized on a government owned vessel Wichita bound for Manila to unload nineteen military airplanes and two cases of revolvers to Hong Kong and two cases of cartridges to Saigon. Capt Redmond said cargo was unloaded at his orders from New York. Washington circles suggested China may seek non government vessels to carry planes.
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Los Angeles
Orient
Hong Kong
Saigon
John Valentine Redmord
New York
Washington
Chin @se
China
Four Seek Office As A L Chaplain
New Jersey joins a four corner race for national chaplain of the American Legion. Candidates include Rev. Frederick J. ValTor an of Trenton and three others, Fr. Madoran also listed. The field spans New York Massena Hume and Iowa. The contest mirrors a wider national election process within the Legion.
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American Legion
Frederick J. Val- Toran
Trenton
Sacred Heart Church
Legion
John DB. Bellamy
Massena
N. Y
Frank J. Lawler
Hume, Tl
Patrick N. McDermott
Iowa
Madoran
Army of Faceless Men Among Spanish War Vets
Paris dispatch reports hundreds of Spanish Civil War veterans badly wounded and unrecognizable without plastic surgery. Dr Eastman Sheehan surveyed Franco’s forces and warned of thousands needing reconstructive work from explosive bullet injuries.
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Paris
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New York Polyclinic
Franco
Francisco Franco
Sheehan
Shechen
Borah Urges Uncontrolled Courts to Preserve Liberty
Sen Borah appeals for keeping courts uncontrolled as the safeguard of American liberties. In a Constitution Day speech he rebukes reforms to the Supreme Court and defends the sacredness of the Constitution against rapid changes. He warns against foreign influence and insists courts must interpret laws independently.
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Sen. Borah
R. Ide
Supreme Court
Sprake
Roosevelt
Borah
Develo
America
Germany
Camp Fairhance Drum Corps Seeks Funds for NYC Contest
The Camp Fairhance drum and bugle corps needs 250 dollars by noon in May to attend the National American Legion junior corps contest in New York City. For weeks members have drilled daily as a committee worked late to raise the remaining balance. Charleston attorney Trick D. Koontz volunteered to help.
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American Legion Junie Corps
New York City
Camp Fakehance Corps
Trick D. Koontz
Charleston
Artillery Shells Pound Madrid Amid War Front Offensives
Madrid reports heavy shelling with at least 12 killed and many wounded from aerial and ground bombardment. Nationalist offensives press Belchite sector as Madrid areas endure bombardment from hills west and outskirts. Page 3 Part 1 continues.
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Valencia
Belchite
Here
Hir
New Deal Candidate Triumphs in New York Mayoral Primary
Jeremiah Mahoney, backed by the New Deal wing and Farley followers, defeats Royal Copeland in the Democratic mayoral primary as LaGuardia leads in the Republican race. Returns show Mahoney dominating outside Manhattan, with Copeland conceding only when totals clarified. LaGuardia and Mahoney both claim strong prospects for November, while Copeland faces a heavy loss in GOP lines.
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New York
Manhattan
Jeremiah Titus Mahoney
Royal S.copeland
Tammany
Mahoney
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Bronx
Queens
Richmond
James A. Farley
Retucca
Contedo Copeland
U. S. Peenate
Copeland
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Joseph D. McGoldrick
Newbold Morris
Frank J. Taylor
Max Schneider
Frank J. Prial
Samuel Levy
Farley
Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Bribery Talk Recorded in City Garbage Contract Plot
In Clarksburg six city councilmen faced bribery charges after state trooper Murgrave said he had a full record of conversations over the garbage disposal contract. Posing as contractor C F Grove, Murgrave alleged demands for payments of 7 000 or 1 000 led to meetings. The men were detached from a council session, questioned near Fairmont, and posted 1 000 bond pending Monday hearings. Names listed include Frank Day, M B Crise, Joe A Oliverio and others.
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Reedaman
C. E. Murgrave
Plains
C. F. Grove
Fairmont
Thas
Magisttate
Jesse Jones
Monjay
Frank Day
M. Bo Crise
Reepublican
Joe A. Oliverio
Lay
Enrollment Increase in Kanawha County Schools
Kanawha County white high and junior high schools posted an enrollment rise of a large number of students over the previous year, figures compiled by Rocco d Gorman show. Superintendent Virgil L Glam reports expected gains across Negro and elementary grades as well, with a notable consolidated increase projected.
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Aes
Virgil L Glam
Traffic statute adds church attendance for teen drunk driving
County Judge RoW. Wilson proposes a novel penalty for Harold Shaffer 10 convicted of drunken driving. The judge bars driving for one year and orders weekly church services each Sunday during the punishment, arguing religious instruction may aid reform alongside the law.
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Wilson
Harold Shaffer
Mrs Norton’s Appeal Seeks Judicial Review in Childbearing Injury Case
In Chicago on September 16 Sherman Tucker appeals to the supreme court for judicial review of a $4 verdict won by Mrs Elizabeth Norton three years ago after an accident injury. Doctors testified she would never bear a child and the case hinges on the March 9 prior ruling and damages awarded.
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Chicago
Elizabeth Norton
Sherman Tucker
Tinnis Supreme Court
Norton
Twenty Arrested on Vote Charges in New York Primary
New York voters faced a tense mayoralty primary as election officials prepared to count about one million ballots. Twenty people were arrested, including a Brooklyn transport official Samuel Korn, on charges ranging from intimidation to attempting to vote from false addresses and voting by dead or non residents.
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Mns
Ad Adressen
Samuel Korn
Brooklyn Elece
Gen Johnson attacks Roosevelt in heated Chicago interview
Gen Hugh S. Johnson accused the Roosevelt administration of steering the U S toward dictatorship through bribery and charm. He warned constitutional death unless Americans awaken, blasted President Roosevelt’s court picks and alleged plans for a new form of government.
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Lindy May Quit U.S. Citizenship
A professional source tied to Col Charles A Lindbergh says Lindbergh planned to renounce American citizenship and become a British subject. The informant, unnamed, cited Lindberghs’ preference for England. five years within the last eight are required for naturalization.
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A. Lindbergh
Fiier
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England
French Ku Klux Blamed for Bombings in Paris
Police say a secret French Ku Klux Klan group called the Mooded Band planned and carried out two bombings against commercial firms last Saturday. Four alleged members were arrested after a five day manhunt, yielding a cache of submachine guns rifles and grenades and a trove of documents.
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Paris
New Treatment of Wounds Described to Radiologists
CHICAGO Sept 16 IN S This report to the International Congress of Radiology states X ray irradiation now saves badly infected wounds that formerly required amputation. Dr James F Kelly of Creighton University cites nine years of study proving irradiation best halts gangrene and saves lives.
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Marcelle Declares She'll Get Divorcé in Reno
Marcelle Edwards Manville wife of asbestos heir Tommy Manville returned to Reno and announced she will proceed with divorce action on incompatibility grounds. She will reside with attorney Bartlett and will not return to New York after a two to three week stay. a Ticno attorney represents Tommy Manville.
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Marcelle Edwards Manville
Tommy Manville
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