Roosevelt tours flood areas and drought regions
President Roosevelt inspects Susquehanna flood damage in Wilkes Barre and Binghamton visiting relief sites and promising western New York flood control funds. He plans a drought states tour, while engineers survey a 66 foot earthen dam at Whitney Point with a projected cost of 1.395 million dollars.
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Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Susque River
Aston
Scranton
Hyden
Susquema
Lackawanna
South
New York
Binghamton
Chengo River
Bugged Pastor Assault Reported In Asheville
Guard posted at a hotel near the room of Dr. Charles Ghn a Los An Christian church minister. he was slugged knocked unconscious entering his room. Police known only Vaughn suspect no arrest. Vaughn described with knot on forehead and bruise. He said a fire started in his room as he entered and recalls being struck with a blunt instrument.
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Asheville
Charles Ghn
Vaughn
Christian Aymen
First Fan Church
National Conference of Men
Coughlin Heads National Union for Social Justice Endorses Lemke
The National Union for Social Justice named Rev. Charles E. Coughlin of Detroit as its first president and endorsed Rep. William Lemke of North Dakota. Dr. Townsend and Rev. Gerald Smith addressed the convention as Coughlin outlined a new organizational structure and mission to serve the people.
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Cleveland
National Union For Social Justice
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
William Lemke
Orth Dakota
Thomas Aries
New Union Party
Lemke
O'Brien
Father Coughlin
Temple
Coughlin
Francis E. Townsend
The
Townsend Old Age Pension Plan
Gerald L. K. Smith
Huey P. Long
Dr. Townsend
United States
Groundwork Lays Basis for Coming Campaign
Roosevelt and Landon leaders focus on taxes spending labor policy and agricultural adjustment administration as Lemke endorsement by Coughlin followers sparks mixed reactions. Morgenthau vows no new taxes while Knox blasts NRA AAA and labor groups push for wage legislation after election.
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Roosevelt
Landon
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Representative Lemke
North Dakota
Cleveland
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
Lemke
Union Party
Morgenthau
Representative Bacon
New York
Republican Congressional Committee
Harrison and Doughton
Senate
House
Frank Knox
West Virginia
NRA
Knox
AAA
Representative Hope of
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Chicago
Alf M. Landon
Wallace
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Labor League
Supreme Court
London Record
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
League
London
Munro Roberts
St. Louis
Masler’s Union
The
International Typographical Union
Records Broken By New Heat Wave in Mid-West
Heat wave pushes Kansas City near 113 degrees with 108 as the day’s peak after late clouds. Across Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma readings exceed 110, while fatalities rise with the toll to 28 in Oklahoma for the week. Cooler lake breezes reach the upper Mississippi Valley as showers bring slight relief.
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Kansas City
City
Kansas Corn and
Wheat Plains
Oklahoma
Mississippi Valley
Milwaukee
Lincoln Neb
Texas
Canada
Missouri
Michigan
Minnesota
Grade Crossing Disaster Kills 22 in Canada
A freight train struck a truck carrying 43 passengers at a grade crossing in Louiseville Quebec. Twenty two people died and twelve were injured, many from the truck’s flames and derailment.
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Canada
Louiseville
Que
Will Rogers memorials and Mary Astor legal case unfold
Hollywood marks Will Rogers anniversary with memorials and a new sound stage while Mary Astor resumes her screen career amid legal battles. George Kaufman fights subpoenas in New York as custody case details surface.
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Hollywood
Point Barrow
Alaska
Arctic
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Rogers
Rupert Hughes
California
National Committee
Saranac
N. Y
Twentieth Century-Fox
Westwood Hills
Mia
Betty Rogers
Santa Monica Canyon
Jimmy
Will Jr
Mary
William Farnum
Hughes
Los Angeles
Mary Astor
Marylyn Thorpe
Will Hays
Miss Astor
Killer Of Labor Leader Is Sought
Rochester police investigated the shooting death of Harry B. Koenir, labor chief of Local No. 16, fatally wounded after leaving a restaurant birthday dinner. An associate of the dead man, Paul Coulcher of Astoria, was questioned and briefly detained before release. Three other victims remained hospitalized.
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Rochester
N. Y
New York
Paul Cou!cher
Astoria
Coulcher
Harry
Koenir
Resaural Workers International Alliance
Charges Withdrawn By WPA Actresses
Three Boston actresses retracted claims they lost WPA jobs for refusing to entertain federal men at a drinking party. Aubrey Williams announced the retraction and said a board would probe possible discrimination in recent dismissals. The hearing in Boston included Ruth Colby and attorney Harry Lewin with state and federal WPA officials present.
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Washington
Boston
Works Progress Administration
Aubrey Williams
WPA
Williams
Paul Edwards
Massachusetts
Ruth Colby
Hary Lewin
Leonard L. Gallegher
Plane Tested for Long Flight to New York and London
Los Angeles August 15. Harry Richman and pilot Dick Merrill tested the $190,000 airliner The Lady Peace at Muroc Dry Lake and reported it ready for a New York to London round trip. Richman plans Atlantic flight after a careful motor break in with safety aids including a device to cast loose the motor and dump fuel.
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Los Angeles
Harry Richman
New York
Muroc
L. B. Cameron
Vultee
Cameron
Atlantic
Richman
London
Governors Convene to Address Cotton Tenancy Problems
Arkansas Governor Futrell leads a southwide conference to study the 70 year old tenancy and sharecropper issues in cotton country. The plan seeks impartial analysis of tenant relations amid calls for reform as Futrell prepares to retire in January.
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Little Rock
Ark
J. M. Futrell
Arkansas
Futrell
Move To Socialize Industry In Spain Amid Rebel War
Madrid reports government moves to socialise key industries including oil and tobacco and to regulate securities and real estate to prevent rebel liquidation. The decree applies to Spaniards inside and outside the country as Francoist forces press battles near Madrid and across northern fronts. Rebels warn of strategic aims while international tensions grow with Portugal and France reacting to the crisis.
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Spain
Manuel Azana
Gament
San Sebastian
Bay Biscay
San Sebast
Madrid War Ministry
Granada
Zaragoza
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Emilio Mola
Bar
Guadarrama
Sigue
Nothern
Estremadura
France
Germany
Lawyers Clash Over Statement In Mayhem Case
Dark-eyed Ann Cooper Hewitt testifies amid murder the mayhem conspiracy trials of Dr. Tilton Tillman and Dr. Samuel Boyd. Her personal attorney Russell P. Tyler rejects claims she is a tool of conspirators seeking her inheritance. Attys spar over alleged extortion by Tyler and others tied to Ann's $10 000 000 estate.
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San Francisco
Ann Cooper Hewitt
Miss Hewitt
Russell P. Tyler
Tilton E. Tillman
Samuel G. Boyd
Maryon Cooper Hewitt
Ann
I. M. Golden
Tyler
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Golden
Tillman
Boyd
Pedar Bruguiere
Hewitt
Brugiere
Florence Slavich
Nebraska Man Arrested in Downtown Incident
High Point police last night detained a Nebraska man named Warren in a taxicab office disturbance. He is to appear before Judge Lewis BE Teague in municipal court Monday morning for explanation.
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Nebraska
High Point
Warren
Lewis BE. Teague
Byrnes says power projects assured if courts approve
Senator James F. Byrnes campaigned in Greenwood accusing President Roosevelt of backing the Santee Cooper and Buzzard Roost power projects. He cited an $11 million start and court battles over constitutionality as pivotal, with the outcome of the Buzzard Roost case likely shaping the Santee Cooper effort. Charlestown opponent Thomas P. Stoney questioned Byrnes on the project’s viability versus political expediency.
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Greenwood
8. C
James F. Byrnes
Roosevelt
Washington
Santee- Cooper
Thomas P. Stoney
Charlieston
Santee Cooper
Weather outlook for North and South Carolina
North Carolina partly Sunday with showers in eastern portion, slightly warmer in the west portion and generally fair day. South Carolina partly Sunday with scattered thundershowers, day and in the south portion Monday.
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South Carolina
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