Britain Faces Mediterranean Tensions as Fleet Moves Rise
London reports intensified British vigilance as Italy readies extensive maneuvers amid a bristling Mediterranean. Mussolini order apparent counter moves to Britain’s growing fleet, while Japan seeks colonial access and immigration rights. Masawa incident unsettles foreign offices ahead of Geneva League talks. British drills continue quietly in western England.
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London
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Great Britain
Britain
Italy
Eritrea
Suez Canal
Japan
Germany
Sun
Daily Herald
Netherlands
Othe
Far East
Samuel Hoare
Anthony Eden
League of Nations
Council of the
Geneva
Ethiopia
League
Foreign Office
Masawa
Aden
Arabia
Massawa
England
Italy's Indictment By Powers Is Up to Laval
Paris reports that a British plan to indict Italy for aggression in Ethiopia was presented to Premier Laval. The plan would substitute sanctions for treaty violations, while French officials quoted Ambassador Clerk saying England would treat armed Italian intervention as war, not a colonial campaign.
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Italy
Powers
Paris
Ethiopia
Pierre Laval
Clerk
Great Britain
Laval
England
Bitter Vote Ends Bitter Battle in Mississippi Governor Race
In Jackson on August 27 Mississippi Democrats held a second primary to choose between Paul B. Johnson of Hattiesburg and Hugh L. White of Columbus. The campaign featured strong attacks involving President Roosevelt Huey Long and Theo G. Bilbo. A record turnout was anticipated as the Democratic nomination effectively decided the governorship.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Paul B. Johnson
Hattiesburg
Hugh L. White
Columbus
Roosevelt
Huey Long
Bilbo
Theo. G. Bilbo
White
Long
Johnson
Louisiana
Probation Granted for Two Drunken Driving Cases
Magistrate Ona Jefferys’ drunken driving cases ended with Judge H W Dent granting probation for William Hershman and L Carl Kines. Each received one year probation, excused from a one day county jail term, and fines of 25 dollars with licenses rookked for six months and cars impounded. Attorneys W P Samples and Francis Warder represented Kines and Hershman respectively.
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Jefferys
H. W. Dent
Circuit Court
J. C. Holt
William Hershman
L. Carl Kines
Dent
W. P. Samples
Kines
Francis Warder
Hershman
Two Divorce Orders Entered by Judge Dent
Judge H W Dent issued two matrimonial orders in divorce actions. Clyde Barcus must support his wife Mrs Leslie Barcus with 15 dollars monthly during the suit and his three children 10 dollars each, plus 50 dollars to attorney Eugene Sommelle for costs. The court also dismissed a second suit brought by Ward C Wilcox against his wife Winnie G Wilcox, with costs of 20 dollars docket fee paid, without prejudice to the former plaintiff bringing another suit later.
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Clyde Barcus
Lessie Barcus
H. W. Dent
Barcus
Eugene Sommeille
Dent
Ward C. Wilcox
Winnie G. Wilcox
Relief at a Low Cost Constitutional Treatment Claim
An advertisement touts a low cost constitutional treatment claimed to ease malarial troubles, summer colds, hay fever, and a range of associated symptoms such as aches, pains, bad appetite, and constipation affecting the whole system.
Kaisers Face Justice Jefferys For Sentence
Mr and Mrs Charles Kaiser stand trial before Justice Ona C Jefferys at 2 PM on charges of operating an alleged house of ill fame Two women nabbed in the Royal hotel formerly run by the Kaisers are to be tried before Mayor E O Waugh on loitering charges A court order may dissolve a temporary injunction requiring the Kaisers to leave the county and refrain from business here again
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Charles Kaiser
Ona C. Jefferys
Royal Hotel
Kaisers
E. O. Waugh
Martinsburg Woman Dies After Car Crash Near Waterboro
Martinsburg West Virginia resident Mrs. Anna Agnes Roberts Bowers died after an automobile driven by her husband J. W. Bowers overturned near Waterboro South Carolina. Bowers suffered a broken leg a scalp wound and possible internal injuries.
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Waterboro
S.C
Anna Agnes Roberts Bowers
Martinsburg
W. Va
J. W. Bowers
Bowers
Enforcement Way Sought For Hawker License Law
Charleston August 27 Col P D Shingleton state police superintendent seeks enforcement solutions for the hawker and peddlers license law He plans a conference with H I Smith revenue division chief and William Skees secretary of the West Virginia Wholesale Growers association to address exemptions and false swearing prosecutions in obtaining them
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Charleston
Col
P. D. Shingleton
Shingleton
H. I. Smith
Revenue Division
Tax Department
William Skees
West Virginia Wholesale Growers’ Association
Peddlers Face Fee Schedule Under Farm Peddling Law
The claim notes pack peddlers must pay a fee of 10 dollars while peddlers and light trucks are charged a sliding scale starting at 20 dollars. The law imposes these charges as part of licensing and regulation of mobile sellers.
Newfoundland Storm Claims Known Dead
In St. John s Newfoundland the weekend storm death toll rose to eight as reports arrived of a captain and his son perishing in a drifting schooner at Hazel Cove. The battered Annie Anita brought ashore two bodies, Capt Walsh and his son, after being sighted off Cape Pine. Six others were lost aboard the Schooned Walter.
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N. F
Newfoundland
St. John’s
Hazel Cove
Annie Anita
Cape Pine
Walsh
Walter
Hospital Kitchen Roof Fire Damages Weston State Hospital
Fire on the kitchen roof at Weston State hospital caused about 4000 dollars in damage, according to hospital officials. The blaze was reported August 27 and prompted brief evacuations of nearby areas.
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Weston
Weston State Hospital
Adjutant General Denhardt Posts Bond in Harlan Co
Adjutant General Henry H. Denhardt disclosed from Frankfort his $10 000 bond for appearance in Harlan circuit court ten days later. He would not discuss the case beyond noting his presence in Louisville and Frankfort recently. Denhardt was indicted for criminal contempt of Judge Gilbert s order and for unlawfully interfering with the August primary by leading 700 national guardsmen into Harlan to supervise voting.
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Frankfort
Henry H. Denhardt
Harlan County
Harlan Circuit
Louisville
Denhardt
James M. Gilbert
Harlan
Holt Delayed Address At State Labor Convention
Senator Rush D. Holt of West Virginia cancelled an engagement to address the State Federation of Labor convention in Beckley. The delay affects the planned remarks and local labor leaders anticipate new scheduling details.
Bittner Pledges Reelection of Neely at Labor Meet
Van A. Bittner state head of the United Mine Workers addressed the State Federation of Labor in Beckley urging reelecting Senator M. M. Neely Democrat. He critiqued Governor Kump and praised the Guffey coal bill and social security act while acknowledging WPA appointees in six districts. The convention will hear from union representatives this afternoon.
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Roosevelt
Bilmner
Kump
United States
Neely
West Virginia
M. M. Neely
Bittner
WPA
Revision of WPA Rules Sought by M'Cullough
The Justice Department filed in the supreme court a petition for review of the Hoosie Mills case, potentially inviting a final ruling on the constitutionality of the AAA program.
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M’cullough
Washington
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Hoosie Mills
AAA
Mines Reopen as Strikes End in Eastern Pa Work Restart
Morrisburg Pa August 27 more than 20000 miners returned to work as collieries reopened across eastern Pennsylvania. Glen Alden Coal and Wilkes Barre Hazleton areas led the resumption with 4000 to 12000 workers back. A 7 000 miner dispute at Ashland over equalization continued unresolved alongside Silk Throwing at Pottstown and Wide Awake Shirt workers settlement at Reading.
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Morrisburg
Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County
Collie
Glen Alden
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Fittston Company
Hudson Coal Company
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Ashland
Pottstown
Wide Awake Shirt Company
Reading
Rumor Plant to Shut Officials Won't Talk
Reports said the Hazel Atlas Glass Company plant in town might suspend operations tonight with no official comment. Robert Knotts, plant head, refused to confirm or deny the rumor and directed inquiries to Wheeling.
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Hazel Atlas Glass Company
Wheeling
Robert Knotts
Knotts
The
Sentinel
Nazi Crackdown on State Enemies Reported in Berlin
Berlin reports reveal the Nazi regime’s mounting arrests of state enemies. Local papers note warnings issued in provincial towns and “protective custody” taken by secret police after placard takedowns, while Berlin press largely avoids these accounts.
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