Louisiana Governor Huey P. Long Quizzed in Irby Fade-Out
Gov. Huey P. Long testified in New Orleans Federal Court about the whereabouts of Samuel Irby and James Terrell as they prepared to file slander suits against him. He said he did not know Irby’s location and had not seen Terrell in over a year, amid a tense session that included a fist fight with reporter William G. Wiegand during service of a subpoena.
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New Orleans
United States Senate
Joseph E. Ransdell
Huey P. Long
Samuel Irby
James Terrell
Shreveport
Wayne G. Borah
E. R. Schowalter
Gov. Long
Irby
Jefferson Parish
Terrell
William G. Wiegand
New Orleans Item
United States
Roosevelt Hotel
Santo Domingo Rescued by Air Aid after Hurricane
In Santo Domingo Dominican Republic on September 8 relief teams from the Dominican army and U S Grebe mine sweeper prevented a food riot as hunger follows a hurricane. Red Cross and government workers distributed rations from impromptu canteens while vessels delivered food and medical supplies to the port along the Ozama River.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
United States
Grebe
Ozama
Red Cross
Ruth Lykes
Ponce
Porto Rico
S. S. Tryton
Europe
Genevieve Lykes
Hurricane ends drought with record rainfall in 1930
The Santo Domingo hurricane inland from the Gulf of Mexico brings rain as drought reports show the year as the driest on record. Meteorologists note rainfall maps validating drought forecasts, with August data tying the 1930 drought to historic periods in 1881 1894 and 1901.
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Washington
Sept
Santo Domingo
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
C. L. Mitchell
J.B. Kincer
Northwest
Corn Belt
Canton Witnesses Brought In For Canton Vice Case Trial
Federal authorities moved to secure eight witnesses for the Canton vice protection ring case. Key figures include ex Safety Director E. E. Curtis and ex Councilman Arthur B. Drunkenbrod, with the trial set to begin early next week.
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Cleveland
Canton Vice
E. E. Curtis
Canton Safety
Arthur B. Drunkenbrod
Canton
Ellis Darany
United States
Wilfred H. Mahon
Samuel Hest
Mahon
Aquor
George
Maralis
Wedded Teacher Question Roils Negro Schools Board
The Cleveland board debates employing married women as teachers amid reports of about 500 unmarried women unemployed. Dr. Roberts calls the issue grave. Dr. Dyer urges merit over marital status. A survey by Dr. Scales will compare practices in other cities as World War rules are reviewed. School census shows 52,962 children enrolled, up 858 from last year. high school gains 874, elementary down 366 with eighth grade cancellation noted.
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Board of Education
J. L. Black
Zion Methodist Episcopal Church
Stowe and Douglas
Ohio
Edward D. Roberts
Cleveland
Frank D. Dyer
William Shroder
Douglas C. Scales
Cincinnati
Roberts
Hall Surrenders To Aid Pal in Bruck Defense
Edward D. Hall of Chicago turns himself in with attorney Arthur Fricke after being linked to the May 1 1929 murder of August Bruck at the Gibson Hotel Newport Kentucky. Plunkett already jailed in Detroit. both claim self defense and refuse comment.
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Hall
Pal
Bruck
Edward D. Hall
Chicago
Joseph Plunkett
August
Augie” Bruck
East Fourth Street
Newport
Gibson Hotel
Emmett Kirgan
Arthur Fricke
Kirgan
Detroit
Cincinnati
Plunkett
Walter Carney
Lottie Bruck
Fricke
Plun
Former Taft Relation Divorces Second Husband in Reno
Mrs Helen Draper Taft Ayer, a Massachusetts heiress and former wife of a Taft nephew, was granted a divorce from Nathaniel Farwell Ayer in Reno District Court. The filing occurred late and the trial was held behind closed doors with sealed papers. incompatibility cited as the reason. The couple wed in 1924 and she had earlier obtained a 1920 decree from Walbridge Smith Taft for desertion.
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Reno
Helen Draper Taft Ayer
Massachusetts
Taft
Nathaniel Farwell Ayer
Boston
Dorgers' Trial Set to Open Here Under Judge Bell
Frank and Clarence Dorger face trial in Criminal Court on Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust Company failures. Judge Bell, a bank depositor, may be disqualified, with Judge Struble supervising preliminary motions if the case remains here.
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Dorgers
Bell
Frank
Clarence Dorger
Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust Company
Charles 8S. Bell
Froome Morris
Dennis J. Ryan
Stanley Struble
Struble
Martial Law Declared After Jail Lynching In Darien
Darien Georgia was placed under martial law after a night of gun battle with a Negro suspect who was lynched in his jail cell following the killing of Police Chief Robert L. Freeman and wounding of Deputy Marshal R. J. Anderson and others. Col. W. R. Neal led troops and Gov. L. G. Hardman issued the proclamation as 118th Field Artillery units arrived to restore order.
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Darien
Nefro
W. R. Neal
Savannah
L. G. Hardman
Robert L. Freeman
R. J. Anderson
John Fisher
J. H. Collings
McIntosh County
George Grant
Grant
Neal
Fred Bryan
Col. Neal
118Th Field Artillery
Eight Die As Oil Vessel Explodes Near Piraeus
In Athens eight people are confirmed dead after an oil laden sailing ship exploded before Standard Oil depots at Drapersonias Harbor near the Piraeus. The blast shattered the vessel, igniting eighteen sailing boats and one steamship while crews jumped into the sea to escape flames. depots remained unharmed.
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Athens
Greece
Standard Oil
Drapersonias Harbor
Piraeus
Bull kills spectator at Madrid bullfight
In Madrid a spectator died when a bull, enraged after the matador struck a fatal wound, hurled the sword over a wall and fatally struck the watcher. Matador Manolo Martinez was arrested by order of the Provincial Governor for immediate trial. In Barcelona Fausto Barajas was gored with serious injuries.
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Madrid
Manolo Martinez
Barcelona
Fausto Barajas
Cannon fails to stop extradition in Buckley murder case
Theodore Pizzano’s habeas corpus request to halt his extradition to Detroit for the murder trial of radio announcer Gerald Buckley was denied by the New York Supreme Court amid the Sept. 8 proceedings.
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New York
Theodore Pizzano
Detroit
Gerald Buckley
Supreme Court
Hoover Welcomes Coste and Bellonte at White House
President Hoover hosts French aviators Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte at a White House ceremony marking their Paris to New York flight. Notables present include Lindbergh Byrd and Rickenbacker with tributes at the tomb Unknown Soldier and several department visits.
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Sam Bledsoe
Washington
Hoover
White House
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Paris
New York
America
Lindberg
Byrd
Rickenbacker
Gen. Pershing
Curtis
Jules Henry
Coste
France
Col. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Mr. Hoover
Murder in Hatred and Revenge Shocks New York Tenement
The body of Mrs Delphine was found in the dumbwaiter shaft of her East 124th Street apartment. A note dated September 6 claimed the murder was for hatred and revenge and described the victim as an old witch who had seen eighty years. Police seek one of three roomers who boarded with the widow, as Mrs Ryan remains missing after four days.
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New York
Delphine
East 124Th Street
Hom
Ryan
Police Department
Smith
Bear attack near Belleville leaves woman bruised
Sept. 8. Mrs. Thomas Reeves was dragged by a mother bear while searching for cows. Her two children screamed, disturbing the cubs. The cubs cried, prompting the mother to release the woman. Reeves reached home where a physician treated her scratches.
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Belleville
Qnt
Thomas Reeves
Methodists End Ohio Conference With Ordinations and Dry Law Backing
The Ohio conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church completed its session in Oxford approving a strong stand against any candidate supporting liquor law modification. Thirty six ministers were ordained, including H. H. Abels and Sarah A. Bowman. The reform committee's birth control report was rejected and tobacco and gambling bans were upheld. The conference backed strict enforcement of dry laws and opposed liquor returning to state control.
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Oxford, O
Ohio
The
Methodists’ Episcopal Church
Edward Blake
H. H. Abels
Chillicothe
Sarah A. Bowman
Portsmouth
C. D. Stearns
Cincinnati
J. J. Richards
Dayton
E. H. Roberts
Springfield
Mayor Wilson Welcomes Nation’s Chemists at Convention
The eightieth annual American Chemical Society meeting opens in Cincinnati with Mayor Wilson welcoming delegates at 8:30 AM in the Hotel Gibson ballroom. President McPherson and University of Cincinnati President Schneider greet guests as symposia on Industrial Fermentations and Non-Aqueous Solutions begin.
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American Chemical Society
Hotel Gibson
Russell Wilson
Cincinnati
Herman Schneider
University of Cincinnati
William McPherson
Gibson
Division of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry
Ward V. Evans
Northwestern University
Columbus
McPherson
Tho&te
Prof
E. J. Fulmer
Iowa State College
A. A. Backhaus
United States Industrial Alcohol Company
Baltimore
J. F. Garrett
duPont de Nemours & Co
Philadelphia
Charles N. Frey
Fleischmann Company
New York
C. L. Gabriel
Commercial Solvents Corporation
F. G. Blanck
Food Control Laboratory
Bureau of Chemistry
Washington, D. C
A. M. Buswell
Indiana State Water Survey
University of Illinois
C. E. May
Labora
Dry Ice and Synthetic Gum Described by Scientists
A report to the American Chemical Society details dry ice use to extend freshness of meat fish and other foods. D H Killeffer explains carbon dioxide atmosphere slows bacteria growth and can preserve foods at higher temps though not a home refrigeration substitute.
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Howard W. Blakeslef
Associated Press
American Chemical Society
D.H. Killeffer
Dry Ice Corporation
New York
Mr. Killeffer
Killeffer
Illinois W C T U Refuses To Indorse Dry Candidate
The Illinois W C T U and six other women's groups decide to campaign for no ballots on the November prohibition referendum and decline to endorse any candidate. They plan to focus energy on urging voters to oppose repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act.
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Illinois
Chicago
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Illinois Anti- Saloon League
Lottie Holman O'Neill
O'Neill
Ruth Hanna McCormick
James Hamilton Lewis
W. C. T. U. Plan
Women’s City Club
The
Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
Democratic Women's Prohibition Enforcement League
Methodist Women’s Home Missionary Society
Chicago Women's Church Federation
Cook County League of Women’s Voters
Helen L. Hood
Illinois W. C. T. U
Catharine Waugh McCullough
Democratic Women’s Prohibition Enforcement League
McCormick
So Much Trouble These Royal Kids in Belgium and England
BRUSSELS Sept 8 infant Prince Baudouin son of Crown Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid received a seventh name adding Leopold after initial reports. His full name is Baudouin Albert Charles Leopold Axel Marie Gustave. The king had Leopold added after parents protested. The child’s mother reports satisfactory progress. London Sept 8 British baby Princess unnamed prompts debate on succession and a possible inquiry by the King after no clear law fixes priority between sisters and brothers. Home Office officials declined to confirm a royal inquiry.
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Brussels
Baudouin
Leopold
Astrid
Baudouin Albert Charles Leopold Axel Marie Gustave
Jony
Duke
Duchess of York
Glamis Castle
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Elizabeth
Britain
Home Office
Buenos Aires Sees Casing of Uriburu Government Amid Violence
In Buenos Aires on September 8 reports say warships fired on government buildings and the Military College was captured by the Eighth Cavalry. Gen. Jose Uriburu took the oath as Provisional President as crowds cheered the new regime while censorship, officials said, spread in the capital.
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Buenos Aires
Military College
Associated Press
New York
Critica
Eighth Cavalry
Jose Evyaristo Uriburu
Hipolito Irigoyen
Uriburu
Owung
U S Gunboat Victorious In Brush With Chinese Reds
The U S gunboat Tutuila repelled an attack by Communist forces on the Yangtse River eighty miles from Yochow Hunan. The vessel suffered no casualties. The Reds fired with machine guns and trench mortars, and the Tutuila responded with three inch rifles and machine guns, silencing the attackers and dislodging them. It was not stated if the Reds suffered casualties.
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Hankow
China
Yangtse
Yochow
Hunan
Temperatures and clouds from Ohio to New Orleans
Regional forecast notes mostly cloudy with showers likely in the Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee areas and variable sun in others. A table lists daily high and low temperatures for cities including Louisville Boston Cleveland New York Detroit Chicago Jacksonville and more with rainfall tenney at several stations.
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
Virginia
Eastport
Louisville
Boston
Albany
Cleveland
N. Yorkau
Detroit
S. Marie
Wash
Chicago
Jacks’ville
Duluth
Atlanta
St. Louis
N. Orleans
Titan
Omaha
Galveston
Pittsburgh
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Wilson
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London
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