Cuban Revolution Tied to British Plot in Official Report
A confidential administration briefing attributes Cuba's revolt to British agents with Sergeant Batista, aiming to disrupt the Roosevelt New Deal and Pan American ties. The report cites pay cuts, unemployment, and entrenched wealth as prime movers, while some advisers doubt outside influence. Roosevelt sent war ships and labeled Swanson’s Cuba visit as incidental, amid inflation fears and labor protests.
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Washington
Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Latin America
Roosevelt
Cuba
Russia
Claude Augustus Swanson
Swanson
Pacific
Indianapolis
Claude Augustus
White House
Claude
Alabama Cotton Farmers Suffer Two Heavy Blows
Alabama farmers face two major pressures with heavy rain delaying picking and a government forecast showing a 100000 bale increase over July. Despite a rising national crop estimate, Alabama's tally falls short, limiting sales and depressing prices while forecasts suggest continued challenges if rains persist.
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Alabama
Auburn
Ala
Washington
Birmingham
Tuscumbia Road Among Projects
The state highway department announced the first group of fall paving projects funded by federal money to relieve unemployment. A 7.5 mile link from Tuscumbia east to the Lawrence county line will be asphaltic limestone at a cost of 170000 dollars. Bids are invited with a September 26 contract target and hoped start of work by October 1.
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State Highway Department
Tuscumbia
Lawrence County
Dr. N A Barrett Ill in McGlathery Addition
Friends of Dr. N A Barrett formerly of Birmingham learn he is seriously ill at his brother's home in the McGlathery addition.
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N. A. Barrett
Birmingham
McGlathery Addition
Flood Tragedy Claims Eight Lives on Crow Creek Reservation
Heavy rains produced a 12 foot wall of water on Soldier Creek sweeping away homes and drowning members of two Indian families on the Crow Creek Reservation. Denver area floods left two dead and possibly three missing amid a million dollar damage toll.
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Crow Creek
Soldier Creek
Denver
Colorado
Platte River
Maner Rites Held For Ellen Maner Of Trinity Route 1
Mrs Ellen Maner 69 died at her rural home on Trinity Route 1 after a long illness. Survived by three sons H R Maner W J Maner and Prof S O Maner and two daughters Della Braswell and Tressie Pannell. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at Caddo with interment there. priest in charge.
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Ellen Maner
Trinity
Caddo
One Hurt As Truck Goes Into Ditch
Tom Long of Guntersville was injured when the truck he rode in overturned in a ditch on the Decatur Moulton highway about four miles west of Decatur. He was treated by Dr. A M Roan for a side injury. Long was en route from Cullman to Mississippi when steering apparently failed. Other occupants were uninjured.
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Tom Long
Guntersville
Decatur-Moulton
Here
A. M. Roan
Mr Long
Morgan Petition for School Fund Set for Hearing
Alabama public works board schedules hearings on loans and grants over 300000. Sessions run Tuesday in Montgomery then Birmingham, with state engineer Dr George J Davis in charge from the Federal building.
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Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham
Alabama Public Works Board
George J. Davis
Dallas
York
Brockton
Escambia County
Brewton
Tuskegee
Jefferson County Board of Education
Fairview
Cullman County
Athens College
Athens
Morgan County Board of Education
Marshall County Board of Education
Boaz
Milton Fies
Frederick Thompson
Mobile
W. Alldridge
New York Mob Seeks Lynching After Subway Assault
In New York a mob captures a man after an attack on a West Side subway woman in a rest room. Police identify the suspect Alvin Alfred 25 tallies with a Central Park marauder. Patrolman Peter Conway aided in the arrest amid threats. Bertha Carroll 32 is hospitalized with shock bruises and lacerations.
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New York
West Side
Central Park
Alvin Alfred
Peter Conway
Alfred
Bertha Carroll
Eleven Convicts Escape Amid Gunfire At Louisiana Prison
Eleven heavily armed inmates seized a visitor's car at the Sugar Cane camp near Angola and fired on guards during a jailbreak. Three slain, several wounded, and two escapees believed wounded as they fled into the cane breaks toward Baton Rouge. guards cut communications to aid pursuit.
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Angola
Ttn
Baton Rouge
Weaver Injured In Automobile Accident
Felix Weaver sustains a broken collar bone and Charlie Charles a sprained wrist when a Chevrolet coupe is sideswiped near Sherman street and Sixth avenue. Johnny Harvey escaped injury. Weaver is taken to Benevolent hospital in Brown's ambulance with satisfactory condition reported. The Carlisle car also damaged.
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Felix Weaver
Charlie Charles
J. H. Carlisle
Sherman Street
Sixth Avenue
Johnny Harvey
Mr. Weaver
Brown
Benevolent Hospital
Carlisle
Conor
Wrights Views From East Tour On Decatur And Alabama
Ernest Wright, manager of Schwarzenbach Huber mills in Decatur, writes of encounters in eastern cities about Alabama. He notes outsiders’ assumptions from Scottsboro case attention, contrasts rough mountain trails with paved roads, and recalls being asked about shows. He says Southern stereotypes as gun carrying brutes persist.
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Ernest Wright
Schwarzenbach-Huber Mills
Alabama
Scottsboro
Decatur
Plane Crash at Auburn Proofs Fatalities and Injuries
At Auburn Alabama Polytechnic Institute a plane crashed at the airport during a demonstration. Fatality J R Streetman a freshman from Marianna Florida. Injured Glenn Middlebrooks a freshman and Prof Solon Dixon a mechanical engineering instructor. Dixon arm injuries and lacerations. Middlebrooks concussion with poor recovery prospects. The crash occurred during a short flight by Dixon as spectators watched. the cause was not yet known. Streetman died four hours after the accident.
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Auburn
Als
Shre
J. R. Streetman
Alabama Polytechnic Institut
Marianna
Fla
Glenn Middlebrooks
Solon Dixon
Institute
Middlebrooks
Dixon
Streetman
Masked Bandits Hit Express Office in St Paul Robbery
Eight masked robbers seized two large cash boxes outside a railway express office near Union Station in St Paul. They forced two employees to the wall while others loaded the boxes onto a sedan and drove off. Loot was reported as cash checks and non negotiable vouchers totaling between 60 000 and 100 000 dollars.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Railway Express Company
Union Station
Minneapolis
Malone Scores In Scottsboro Talk
Judge B L Malone Morgan County candidate for Congress spoke to a large crowd in Scottsboro. Observers said the Morgan man drew much greater applause than his predecessor A B Carmichael in the campaign finish.
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B. L. Malone
Morgan County
Scottsboro
Malone
A. B. Carmichael
Morgan
Malone campaigns across Morgan Lawrence for first primary
Judge Baynard L. Malone Morgan county candidate for the unexpired term announced he would campaign to quitting time and finish the windup in Jackson county. He toured Morgan and Lawrence counties visiting voting centers and spoke at Penn school Ryland Huntsville Cedar Grove and Decatur expressing confidence of leading the first primary tally.
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Congress
Baynard L. Malone
Morgan County
Jackson County
Judge Malone
Morgan
Lawrence
Malone
Paint Rock Valley
Penn School
Ryland
Madison County
Huntsville
Lincoln
Cedar Grove
Decatur
James W. Gillespie of Knoxville Dies After Illness
James W. Gillespie longtime Decatur resident died at 6 05 p m Saturday at Fort Saunders Hospital Knoxville after a brief illness. His body returned to Decatur for burial in Decatur cemetery with services at 3 p m conducted by Rev E N Hart and Rev Arthur H Nabors. He was survived by his widow four children his mother Mrs Mary E Gillespie a sister Miss Katie Gillespie sisters Goldie Etta Mae Lora and Zeta Staten and many in laws and business associates.
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James W. Gillespie
Decatur
Knoxville
Tenn
Fort Saunders Hospital
Gillespie
Brown
Mary E. Gillespie
Bee Line
E. N. Hart
Arthur H. Nabors
Decatur Cemetery
Katie Gillespie
Flora Comer
Henry, Gomer
Paul Comer
Guinn and Buchanan
Lora
Etta Mae
Goldie
Katie
Zeta Staten
Taken Sudden Illness in Henderson Woman
Mrs Bar Henderson of 1308 Fourth Avenue South was taken suddenly ill with appendicitis this morning at 1:30 and was taken to Benevolent Hospital.
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Bar] Henderson
Fourth Avenue South
Attitude of Roosevelt Hinges on Cuban Support
President Roosevelt indicated his stance toward Cuba's new government under Ramon San Martin would depend on popular backing there. Navy forces remained off Cuba ready to protect lives if outbreaks occur, with no immediate U.S. intervention planned given current conditions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Ramon San Martin
White House
Cuba
Eholos
Dibiad
Contias Igs
Minister And His Wife Are Murdered
Ripley West Virginia September 11 Reynolds Eddy pastor Rev A M Eddy and his wife murdered. Neighbors found Eddy shot in bed after being beaten. Wife wounded fled to neighbor then was shot while running for help.
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Ripley
West Va
A. M. Eddy
S. Eddy
Eddy House
Man Struck by Train Near Flint Discharged From Hospital
Henry Blankenship was brought to Benevolent Hospital Friday night after being struck by a train along the right of way near Flint. He recovered enough to be discharged today, hospital attendants said. Authorities noted he was walking when the train hit him but he was not seriously injured.
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Henry Blankenship
Benevolent Hospital
Flint
Blanketship
Eight Fined in Police Court Drunk Petit Larceny Disorder
Eight individuals appeared in police court this morning with four charged as drunkards, two for petit larceny, one for disorderly conduct and one for fighting.
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George Sunday
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Sunday
South Dakota
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Weaver
Wright
Earth
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U. S
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