Final break in forecast as Roosevelt snubs league
Washington dispatch reports rising speculation over a rift between Franklin D. Roosevelt and the American Liberty League as a New York meeting of the league's executive committee looms. The issue centers on property rights and the league's stance, with past ties to Alfred E. Smith and others under scrutiny and hints of renewed friction with the White House.
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Edward J. Duffy
Washington
Damon and Pythias
Frank
New York
American Liberty League
Roosevelt
League
Alfred E. Smith
John W.davis
James W. Wadsworth
Igoucett Shouse
Mr. Roosevelt
Smith
White House
Petty
al Smith
Icage
Homecoming at Irondale a big success
The Irondale homecoming yesterday drew many attendees including old residents from 45 and 50 years ago. Col Nemage and Morgan Orr chaired events while Y Miller spoke, recalling boyhood days in the Irondale community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irondale
Trondale Furnace
Lake Michigan
Ondale Furnace
Llay Miller
Col. Nemage
Morgan Orr
Y. Miller
Mr. Miller
le Irondale
A. Davis
Ed Howe Breaks Silence on Roosevelt and the New Deal
Renowned Kansas editor Ed Howe, aged 81, breaks a long silence in The Country Home saying he dislikes the Roosevelt era. He criticizes New Deal politics as risky and wasteful, mocks do-gooders in Washington, and argues relief schemes burden farmers and the nation. Continued on page two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Howe
Kansas
New Deal
National Farm Journal
Rooevelt
Washington
Dogood
Hoover
Alway
Henry Wallace
Monoplane Prepared for Byrd Return Flight
A monoplane is ready for a flight to the Antarctic weather base where Rear Admiral Byrd recuperates from illness after nearly five months of solitary vigil. Conditions near the base are not favorable for a landing, and it is not yet certain if the hop will occur. If flown, Byrd would return in the plane, leaving new observers at the post.
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America
Antarctic
Byrd
Rev P J Null Reappointed At West Virginia Conference
The Rev. Perry J. Null was re appointed to the local Methodist Protestant church for the coming year after the West Virginia Conference met in Clarksburg. Clyde Richman of the city acted as secretary as the six day session closed with business. The conference adopted three resolutions opposing the annulment of the state dry law and pledged to vote against it in the November election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry J. Null
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Clyde Richman
C. D. Tharp
Five Youths Drowned When Cable Car Falls
Revelstoke B C Aug 27 Believed to have drowned when a cable carrying a little used passenger cage across the Columbia river snapped and plunged them into the water five young men relief camp workers were in the water today and one man Blondie Mason swam to shore after testing the cage yesterday on their day off.
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Revelstoke
B. C
Columbia River
Blondie Mason
Banned American Writer Greeted On Paris Arrival
Dorothy Thompson, American writer and wife of Sinclair Lewis, arrived in Paris after being invited to leave Germany. She depicted Hitler as a religion rather than a man and called expulsion part of a terrorism campaign against foreign correspondents.
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Paris
Dorothy Thompson
Germany
Hitler
Miss Thompson
Sinclair Lewis
Berlin
Fry
der Fuehrer
Ickes Defends Oil Policies at Drake Memorial
Interior chief Harold L. Ickes defended permanent federal interest in oil at a Drake Memorial in Titusville attended by about 50,000. He urged cooperation with the industry while hinting at reduced government control. Axtell J. Byles of API warned against relying on magic or fixed profits as the national recovery act nears expiration.
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Titusville
Harold L.ickes
Axtell J. Byles
American Petroleum Institute
Col
Edward Drake
Bank Robbery In Three Springs Shuts Vault Spill
Two shabbily dressed men robbed the First National Bank in Three Springs Pa. Aug. 27, firing on the cashier and teller. They stuffed between 2000 and 3500 into an oil cloth bag and fled into the mountains in a small blue car. Cashier L Allen Cutshal, 73, and teller Charles E Rotz, 40, reported the robbers took all cash on hand except some change.
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Three Springs
First National Bank
L. Allen Cutshal
Charles E. Rotz
Attackers Kidnap Bride and Groom in Texas
Tyler reports a 19 year old, J. D. Willis, accused of kidnapping a bride and groom and attacking the bride. The couple, Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Herring, identified him in Palestine. He was moved to an undisclosed city amid threats of mob violence. The bride was forced to disrobe and tied to a tree. the groom bound, clothes stolen, wedding ring hidden by the bride in her mouth. Police found engagement ring and valuables in the stolen car. He denied the assault. Continued on page six.
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Tyler
Texas
J. D. Willis
Palestine
Maxwell Herring
Herring
Berkeley County Man Held on Explosive Attempt Charge
Martinsburg August 27 Davis Parmalee Crim 33 of Berkeley County held on 2000 bond on attempted murder charge after discovery of an unexploded dynamite charge in a window sill at Mr and Mrs Harry Easterday home. Police said fuse burned close to detonator but went out. Easterdays slept nearby. motive linked to a dispute between Crim and the couple.
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Martinsburg
Davis Parmalee Crim
Berkeley County
Harry Easterday
Dedication of Preston County Court House At Kingwood
Kingwood Aug 27 With West Virginia Red Cross head John Barton Payne delivering the dedicatory address before about 2000 people the new Preston county court house was formally opened. Payne recalled practicing law here in 1878 and contrasted old and new court facilities while praising local service and history.
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Kingwood
West
Preston
Crogan
Payne
Tri County Airport project underway near Bridgeport
Work begins on a 60 acre two runway airport one mile east of Bridgeport on Route 50. Taylor Harrison and Marion counties provide labor under FERA with 15 workers plus foreman now, 80 from Harrison and Marion each planned, total welfare labor to finish by October 1 at an estimated cost around 25000 dollars. The site along the U S airmail route will link to Fairmont and Clarksburg with road improvements planned this fall.
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Tri-County
Bridgeport
Taylor, Harrison
Marion Counties
Simon J. Priedman
FERA
Taylor County
Harrison County
Marion County
Garrett Farm
Grafton
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Ernest L. Bailey
NRA troubles mount as leaders row over reorganization
The Associated Press reports deepening internal strife within the NRA as General Hugh S. Johnson resigns after a White House conference over a planned reorganization. Johnson, seeing the plan as a path to retirement, walked out and reconsidered only after assurances from President Roosevelt. The dispute centers on Donald Richberg and Frances Perkins proposals.
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Associated Press
Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
White House
Pres. Roosevelt
Donald Richberg
Frances Perkins
Labor
Johnson
Bicycle Relay Teams Set New Transcontinental Record
Riders from Los Angeles and San Francisco completed the cross country relay in seven days two hours and 51 minutes, and seven days six hours and 18 minutes respectively, beating the 1896 record by over six days.
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New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Black man hunted after killing two white men in Missouri
Charleston dispatch reports an itinerant Black cotton picker accused of slaying Jess Coffer and his nephew Dan Coffer near Wolf Island south of the Mississippi River. Enraged residents and officers scour the hills as four Black workers walk to the plantation store and describe the public safety incident naming Mose Hurley as the new employee involved.
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Charleston
Missouri
Wolf Island
Here
Jess Coffer
Dan Coffer
Pynearson
Mose Hurley
Crazy Drunk Youth Jailed After Tear Gas Rampage
Staunton Virginia August 27 19 year old Odie Weaver staged a miniature insurrection on Green Street with six officers and volunteers needed to subdue him. He was sprayed with tear gas and then placed in Staunton jail after the chaotic incident described by police as a "crazy drunk" rampage in a family home.
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Staunton
Odie Weaver
Green Street
Eeu
Railroads seek $77 million freight rate boost nationwide
Washington Aug 27 The large railroads petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission to authorize a $77,000,000 increase in the national freight bill arguing rising costs will jeopardize many railway systems. They request a general rate rise up to ten percent on first class freight and smaller hikes on grain coal coke cotton tobacco and other products, with early hearings planned.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Many Back At Work In Last Year Report
Washington reports President Roosevelt received 9 reports showing employment rose by 4,120,000 since taking office. Donald R. Richberg led the executive council in presenting figures that NRA aided a broad business upturn and that 40,180,000 were employed in June 1934.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Donald R. Richberg
Executive Council
NRA
Nira Creatt
United States
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F.D.R. Smith
American Liberty League Organization
Ed. Howe
Showman
F. Ray Power
Mercer County
Admiral Byrd
P. J. Null
M. P
Petroleum Institute
U. S. Control
Uncle Sam
Bride
Berkeley
Judge Payne
Taylor Countain
Friedman
Harrison and
Mrs. Fess Suddarth
F. 8. Suddarth
5. W. Price
Scarbro
Erle T. Harmon
McDowell County
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