Resignation Talk Amid Black Ku Klux Klan Controversy
Washington rumors circle over a possible presidential request that Justice Hugo L. Black resign from the Supreme Court amid growing criticism of his alleged Ku Klux Klan membership. The talk follows a push for a full investigation into southern Democratic leaders and questions about Black’s appointment legality.
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Denial Emerges Over Klan Membership Link
In a brief reply from Speaker Bankhead to Vint, Bankhead denies ever being a Ku Klux Klan member. The statement follows New York hints that a broader probe could reveal southern congressmen tied to the organization.
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Borah presses uncontrolled courts in Constitution speech
In Washington on September 16 Senator Borah urged preserving unchecked courts as essential to safeguarding liberties. He recalled last winter’s clash over reorganizing the Supreme Court and warned against a theory that economic security requires sacrificing personal freedom. Roosevelt planned a Constitution Day address the next night.
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Black’s Klans Record Available to Senate
Omaha dispatch reports Senator Edward Burke of Nebraska says information and documents show Supreme Court Justice Black’s Ku Klux Klan membership and a stenographic copy of an address to Alabama klansmen could have been presented to the Senate before confirmation. Burke says the choice to reveal was made but nothing was done.
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Birthday of the Constitution Raises Constitutional Questions
Dorothy Thompson surveys how long standing constitutional questions surface as Congress wrestles with New Deal reforms. She notes public opinion, party dynamics, and fears of expanding executive or legislative powers, questioning whether Supreme Court authority and due process provisions will endure.
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Wheeler Demands Probe of Blacks Klan Affiliations
Senator Turton Koo Wheeler wired from Chicago calling for an impartial board to investigate Justice Black's alleged Klan membership. He urged the president or Senate to pursue the charges, stating if true, resignation should follow. He recalled opposing the Klan in 1924, defended his stance, and criticized partisan haste in judicial confirmation.
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World News In Gist From A Turbulent Capitals Row
A compact synopsis of global unrest and political moves: calls in Washington for justice and free courts, Roosevelt-era rent disputes, and Black Borah pressure. Col. Lindbergh linked to potential trials in New York. liner shipments restrained by presidential order. New York hosts party primary nominations. in Asia Japan reports rapid advances in North China. Italy resists joining a Mediterranean anti piracy patrol. France experiences Valencia bombing and Spain sees Madrid fighting.
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Lindbergh to renounce citizenship rumor stirs New York
A professional source tied to Col Charles A Lindbergh alleged he planned to renounce U S citizenship and become British subject while informant declined to be named The claim could not be independently confirmed The report also notes a German accident near Cologne where a grandstand collapse at a military parade spared the American consul general and his wife.
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British Vessel Possibly Lying At Sixth Bottom
Four coast guard cutters hunted the Atlantic off Nantucket for the British racing sloop Endeavour I, believed in danger after a gale parted its towline from the convoy yacht Viva. Chelan and Cayuga departed the coast guard station. Harriet Lane and Tahoe were ordered to join the search along the Massachusetts coast. Captain Wallace Grint of Viva reported the towline failure as the cruiser tale continued.
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Qpanigh Battles on Many Fronts Across Spain Warfronts
Reports from Hendaye to Valencia and Madrid describe intensified Civil War clashes. Insurgent air raids on Valencia and Portbou threaten key routes while government forces strike Aragon and the Biscay coast. Casualties include 22 dead and 60 wounded, with 5 insurgent planes bombing near the French border as Franco's forces push toward Gijon.
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Three veterans vie for Legion commander post in three cornered race
In New York on the sixteenth, a three cornered American Legion race for national commander emerged. Candidates Daniel Doherty of Woburn Massachusetts Ray Kelly of Detroit and Stephen Chad whele Sears contest the position. Seattle also sees a candidate Mrs Malcolm Douglas opposing Mrs A H W Hoffman of Des Moines for auxiliary presidency.
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Seattle
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Just a Minute with Arvin S. Cobb
Santa Monica, Sept 16. Irvin S. Cobb riffs on bores from class B to super A types who rely on psychic power and avoid physical contact. He recalls Wilson Mizner quips about bourbon infused breath and windmills in old Dutch paintings, ending with a caricature of literary bravado.
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Copeland Not Conceding In New York Mayoral Primary
New York early today showed a rising Mahoney lead in the pro New Deal camp over Tammany backed Copeland, with Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Richmond followers boosting Mahoney. Copeland said returns were too meagre to concede and predicted a clearer result by noon as LaGuardia led in the Republican side with Muhoney in line.
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Italy Stands Pat Over Mediterranean Piracy Patrol Plan
London and Paris report Italy refusing participation in the nine power Nyon plan until it includes Britain and France. Diplomatic deadlock persists as Italy's stance blocks joint patrols to curb submarine piracy in the Mediterranean. The Nyon conference looms as an avenue for compromise amid warnings from Turin press about provoking an "explosive bomb."
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U S Invited to Consider China's Appeal to League
Washington faces a pivotal decision as the United States is invited to join the League of Nations in addressing China's latest complaint against Japan. The invitation recalls the 1931 Manchurian precedent as Mull assesses the policy shift while Chinese and Japanese tensions loom in the Far East.
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Constitution Day Broadcasts Tagged Across Networks
Addresses from President Roosevelt and Senator Vandenberg are to be carried by AML networks today. Roosevelt’s speech starts at 7:20 p.m. and Vandenberg’s at 7:45 p.m. Also scheduled are broadcasts from Senator Wheeler and other constitutional day programs across WOR MBS and Cas.
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Japanese advance deepens in north China fronts
Shanghai dispatches report rapid Japanese advances sweeping across 2000 miles of front. Tokyo said forces pushed into Shanei province and threatened the Hopeh defense line while Chinese forces claimed recapturing Laotian and repelling some attacks. Casualty counts and specific gains were inconsistently reported amid heavy fighting along the Shanghai front.
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Munitions of War Taken From Ship in California
San Pedro Calif Sept 14 authorities seized aboard the government merchantman Wichita nineteen military airplanes two cases of revolvers to Kong Kong and two cases of cartridges to Saigon French Indo China. The cargo was unloaded to a ship bound for Manila at which time Captain John Valentine Redmond stated the action followed orders from the New York home office.
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Flood threatens oil plant as Seward endures surge
Seward Alaska Sept 16 About 150 amen battled a flood today to prevent the Standard Oil company plant being undermined. A week of heavy rains and high tides sent Lowell creek glacial waters to back up and inundate the Alnaki railroad and the city power plant. Seward was without electricity as the storm raged, and workers piled debris against the fast spreading waters.
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Internal Revenue Bureau Split by Policy Dispute
Morrison Shafroth of Denver and Russell J. Ryan of Indianapolis resigned from the Internal Revenue Service legal corps amid a policy dispute over publicizing names of alleged tax evaders. They opposed the administration plan and said they faced an unfair public exposure burden, signaling possible court action.
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