Bombs and Bibles Hit Two Lines in Senate Probe
Washington reports the munitions inquiry widens as a Christian Alliance missionary in Ecuador, Paul Young, is linked to gas bombs made by his brother in Pittsburgh. Senator Bone exposes a preacher and salesman image, while the gas bomb maker objects to the portrayal as his letter to him is discussed.
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Washington
Senate Munitions Committee
Ecuador
Pittsburgh
Bone
Wash
Paul Young
Christian Alliance
John W. Young
Federal Laboratories, Inc
Kineman
Renatar
Kidnap case linked to Hauptmann arrest claim
Hindheigh kidnapping case linked to the Bernard Richard Hauptmann arrest in New York. Washington considers impartial labor relations board to handle strikes while a Senate committee probes tear gas deaths of two babies. Meisner surrenders in London Ontario kidnapping case. Negotiations resume over a large sum for settlement. Farmland eviction follows mortgage moratorium ruling. Madrid grants martial authority to crush revolt plot. Japan shows military display amid Manchoukuo dispute. League of Nations to include war veterans as police for Saar plebiscits. Litvinoff seen pushing Franco Russian alliance.
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New York
Hindheigh
Bernard Richard Hauptmann
Washington
Senate
Netroli
David Meisner
John Labatt
London
Ont
Baltimore
Madrid
Teriorm
Saarbrnecken
Germany
League of Nation
Saar
Genevi
Maxim Litvinoff
Farmer Ejected After Mortgage Act Ruling
Baltimore September 20. Within 24 hours of a federal judge ruling the New Deal mortgage moratorium unconstitutional, deputy sheriffs evicted Charles A. Compton and dumped his furniture on the roadside. Attorneys said they would appeal to the Supreme Court. The judge found the moratorium unconstitutional for favoring bankrupt farmers and discriminating against mortgage holders. The case also tied to the Frazier-Lemke act and foreclosure sale ratification.
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Baltimore
Charles A. Compton
Carroll County
Compton
W. Calin Chesnut
High Court
C Arried
Supreme Court
Associated Press
Chesnut
William W. Bradford
Belair
Bradford
King Snow Captures Borkiey in Rockies Weather Siege
Denver reports Old King Snow seized the Borkiey as moisture spreads from the east slope of the mountains. Ranchers plagued by drought and city folk weary of heat welcome the storm as seven inches of snow blankets Sheridan and surrounding areas, with high mountains remaining unaffected.
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Denver
Snow
Sheridan
Frange and Russia May Become Allies in League Pact
Geneva reports Maxim Litvinoff Russia’s foreign minister and rising League player sought to tighten ties with France. Observers foresee a de facto alliance within the League covenant as Litvinoff met with Louis Barthou, French foreign minister, amid Moscow and Paris diplomacy.
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Geneva
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
League of Nationalage
France
Meneva
Louis Barthou
Will Resume Parley Over Russian Debts
Washington, Sept 20. Soviet ambassador Alexander Troyanovsky authorized to resume talks with the state department on the $600 million in debts and claims after negotiations collapsed when Roosevelt rejected $200 million in loans and credits. A meeting will be arranged as soon as possible.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Alexander Troyanovsky
State Department
Farm Holiday Strike Threat Flares in Iowa Meetings
In Des Moines on September 20, two farm organizations debated a potential farm strike. Iowa Farm Union President Glen R. Miller summed up his group’s stance with the remark that he had nothing to strike on, signaling a cooling of the strike threat.
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Des Moines
Glen RB. Miller
Iowa Farm Union
Japan Demonstrates Military Might Over Manchukuo
Tokyo reports 78 bomber planes crossed 450 miles from Darien to Hamking in Manchukuo while Japan’s fleet conducts maneuvers off Darien. The flight appeared to honor Pu Yi’s coronation as Manchukuo confronts Moscow over boundary claims near the Amur and Usuri rivers, triggering Russian counterworkings.
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Tokyo
Manchoukuo
Russia
Japan
Battis
Darien
Hamking
Manchoukuan
Asahi
Pu- Yi
Hainking
Moscow
Amur
Usauri
Manchowknane
Tranchon
Labor Board Faces Court Tests in NLRB Case
Ames Baldwin Wyoming company of Parkersburg West Virginia challenges the constitutionality of the act creating the National Labor Relations Board. The petition seeks to set aside the board order for a secret ballot to choose bargaining representatives among the company's employees. The case, transmitting to Senior Circuit Judge Parker in Charlotte, is described as the first to contest the board's authority.
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Richmond
National Labor Relations Board
Ames Baldwin Wyoming Company
Parkersburg
W. Va
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Labor Board
Parker
Charlotte
N.C
Bourquin Opens Campaign in Helena with Militant Speech
Republican candidate Judge George M. Bourquin launched his Helena campaign with a fiery address at the Shrine temple. He attacked the Democratic administration for unfulfilled promises and blasted Wheeler, Turner, Wallace and others as undermining the Constitution. He ridiculed Wheeler’s 12-year Senate record and claimed no major constructive laws or leadership.
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Bourquin
Helena
Shrine Temple
George M. Bourquin
Lewis and Clark County
Turnell
Wallace
Little Brothers of
Trotzky and Lenin
Speci
B K Wheeler
Wheeler
Wall Street Gang
Morgan Bang
Body of Drowned Divine Recovered on Flathead Lake
The body of Rev. R. C. Edgington former Montana Methodist church official was found washed ashore today on Wild Horse Island Flathead Lake four hundred yards south of where he drowned yesterday while tying boats during a squall. Funeral plans await word from his sons Ralph Edgington of Los Angeles and William Edgington of Chicago.
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R. C. Edgington
Montana Methodist Church
Wild
Horse Island
Flathead Lake
Ralph Edgington
Lou Angelen
William Edgington
Chicago
Modern Manners booklet advertised by Washington bureau
An attractive 32 page handbook titled Modern Manners promises up to date etiquette guidance on dress, behavior, entertaining, correspondence and social conduct. The Washington Information Bureau offers it for ten cents postage and handling, with orders to Washington D C. sent by mail.
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Washington Information Bureau
Etquarter
California GOP Platform Adopts Merriam Hatfield Ticket
Sacramento report says the Republican convention adopted a platform calling all citizens to unite in electing Frank F. Merriam governor and George J. Hatfield lieutenant governor. It urges an active campaign of Americanism against a purported communist threat to California.
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Sacramento
Sinclair
Frank F. Merriam
George J. Hatfield
California
Unis
Ite
Textile strike muddied by Roosevelt aides sit down
In Hyde Park on September 20 President Roosevelt and labor secretary Perkins examined the Winant board report on the textile strike. Roosevelt ordered publication of the report while hinting at resolution steps as the United Textile Workers weigh their next move this week. The Winant board backs a mediation path and awaits UTW executive council decision as the strike persists.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Francis Perkins
Board of Inquiry
Winant
New Hampshire
Washington
Winant Mediation Board
United Textile Workers
State of Alarm Possible in Spain
Madrid Sept 20 The cabinet, led by President Alcala Zamora, granted Interior Minister Rafael Salazar Alonso power to declare a state of alarm or war to meet an alleged extremist uprising. Alonso described plans tied to American gangsterism and Leon Trotzky's Fourth Internationale as the basis for emergency decrees to be drafted and used if needed.
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Mrarid
Rafael Salazar Alonso
Spain
Leon Trotzky
Alonso
Alcala Zamora
New Deal Lauded by Postmaster General Farley
Postmaster General James A. Farley praised the New Deal as placing the nation on the road to recovery in an address at Sioux Falls South Dakota. He urged South Dakota voters to support Roosevelt administration incumbents in the November election.
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Sioux Falls
3. D
James A. Farley
South Dakota
Roosevelt
Gold Rush Fever Grips Jellicoe District
Jellicoe Ont Sept 20 The lure of gold drew prospectors geologists and the colorful mining crowd into the Sturgeon river belt. A 66 mile by 16 mile area saw about 240 square miles staked as hundreds depart daily from Jellicoe, the jumping off point for the new field.
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Jellicoe
Ont
Sturgeon River
Chlet
Disaster Strikes Japan as Typhoon Kills and Destroys
A central and eastern Japan typhoon wreaked havoc with 200 casualties, dozens of deaths feared as a school collapsed near Kyoto, trains overturned, and 2,000 homes flooded. Osaka and Gifu reported heavy loss, with more than 150 schools damaged nationwide.
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Tokyo
Kyoto
Japan
Rengo
Momoyama
Fukura
Kobe
Gifu
Osaka
Asari
Curley Wins Mass gubernatorial Primary Against Cole
Boston voters in the Massachusetts Democratic primary show James M. Curley leading General Charles H. Cole by about 18 000 with 628 of 1 716 precincts reporting Curley 53211 Cole 35036 Goodwin 5812 Walsh renominates over Barry Donahoe 5689 Republican Gov Bacon leads Goodwin and other GOP nominees with 91 776 to 45 783 incumbents Cook and Warner seek reelection as secretary of state and attorney general respectively.
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Boston
James M. Curley
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Charles H. Cole
Joseph B. Ely
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Curley
Cole
United States
David I. Walsh
Edward P. Barry
Gasper G. Bacon
Frank A. Goodwin
Goodwin
Walah
U. S
Demoocrant
Republcan
Robert Morris Washburn
United States Senate
Republican Club of
Walsh
John W. Hargis
Greenfield
Frederick W. Cook
Somerville
Joseph EB. Warner
Cook
Warner
Japanese Protest Over Arizona Acts Reaches State Dept
Tokyo reports Japanese Charge dAffaires Fujii holds instructions from Foreign Minister Hirota to lodge further representations with the U S State Department about alleged anti Japanese acts in Arizona. A foreign office spokesman urged fairness and justice from American authorities to curb the lawless suffering of Japanese in the state.
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Tokyo
Suspect in Lindbergh Case Taken
New York dispatch reports that Bruno Hauptmann, the Lindbergh ransom suspect, was handed to Bronx authorities after a statement by Police Commissioner O'Ryan and top federal officials. Officials then disappeared from public view amid speculation of new developments in the high profile case.
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New York
O’ryan
Col. Schwartzkopf
New Jersey State Police
J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Justice
Bruno Hauptmann
Bronx
Isada
Hauptmann
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Carpenter
American Yacht Victor In Exciting Race At Newport
Harold B. Vanderbilt and Rain Bow battled T. O. M. Sopwith’s Blue Bolt Endeavor in Newport. Rain Bow surged from a seven minute deficit at 16 miles to win by 3 minutes 26 seconds, halting a 2 to 1 series lead for Endeavor as Sopwith requested a rest day.
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Newport
R. J
Harold B
Harold
Mike” Vanderbilt
T. O. M. Sopwith
Bolt
Great Britain
Vanderbilt
Sinclair's Epic Program Gains California Platform Backing
Sacramento reports the Democratic platform committee endorsed Upton Sinclair's broad Epic program. It calls for unemployed on idle lands and in factories under state supervision to produce necessities. It projects a California deficit rise and proposes tax reforms including repeal of the state sales tax, plus new income taxes and higher bank and inheritance levies.
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Sacramento
Upton Sinclair
Sinclair
California
Edinburgh Letter Portrays Hospitable Scots and Grouse Hunt
In Edinburgh on Sept 20 the writer praises Scots as liberal and friendly despite needing an interpreter. He notes renting a castle and drivers to guide grouse, says grouse are shot with locals aware, and claims a joint racket where Scots, English, and Americans share costs, ending with a signoff.
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Edinburgh
Groun
Stotlam
Veterans to guard Saar during ballot as plebiscite nears
German capable veterans join the League of Nations police effort to shield Saar voters on January 13. The force, drawn mainly from Switzerland, Luxembourg, Scandinavia and Czechoslovakia, aims to prevent clashes between Nazis and anti Nazis during the Saar plebiscite. The Saar residents will decide on league mandate France joint status or reuniting with Germany.
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Associated Prosa
Saarbruecken
Saar
League of Nation
Switzerland
Luxembourg
Scandinavia
Czechoslovakia
League
France
Germany
Headless girl found in Chicago suburb shocks town
The headless body of a teenage girl, found in a fashionable Chicago suburb, prompted initial guesses it was Ruth Olson 17 of Highland Park who also used the name Weber. Carl Olson, her father, identified the body as not his daughter. Zigmund Rogodjinsky of Evanston was questioned and released after doubt arose.
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Chicago
Zigmund Rogodjinsky
Evane‘ton
Miss Olson
California
Misa Olson
Tte
Hank Weber
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