Higher Up Charged Over Philadelphia Prison Heat Deaths
Coroner Charles Hersch named a higher up responsible for the oven cell deaths of four hunger striking inmates at Philadelphia County Prison. He said the official ordered heat in punishment cells where inmates were baked alive and vowed to arrest four to sit guards and officials. Autopsies showed heart and organ dehydration with temperatures near two hundred degrees in the cells.
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Philadelphia
UPA
Philadelphia County
Charles H. Hersch
Hersch
Herech
Francis Smith
Alfred W. Brough
Smith
Martin R. Crane
Yugoslav Cabinet Members Resign After Conference
Three Yugoslav cabinet members including War Minister General Lyubomir Marich resign as the Regency Council accepts the move following the Little Entente conference granting the right to rearm. Also stepping down are Milan Urbanich Commerce Minister and Vekoslav Militic Minister of Physical Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Regency Council
Lyubomir Marich
Milan Urbanich
Vekoslav Militich
Smith warns both parties on revamped constitution
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith urged Republicans and Democrats in Albany to let voters study the revamped constitution in as many units as possible. He warned that delaying action could invite political consequences and a costly mistake.
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Albany
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
Committee Returns to Knoxville After TVA Hearing
The congressional committee investigating the Tennessee Valley Authority returned to Knoxville today after three days in Chattanooga. Testimony aimed to show private power interests sought to thwart public power through propaganda.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Congressional Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Chattanooga
Wheat Export and Domestic Relief Purchases This Week
Government purchases allocate wheat for export and domestic relief this week and on Monday. Agencies coordinate with exporters to supply shipments and ensure distribution to relief programs.
Two Electrified Fatalities Reported On Dallas Farm
Aug 26. A. A. Willis a prominent Dallas farmer and Kelly Plemmons a neighbor were electrocuted while attempting to repair a down rural electric line on Willis' farm during a Wednesday storm. Their deaths were reported early this afternoon.
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Gastonia
A. A. Willis
Dallas
Kelly Plemmons
Willis
Advocates Law To Halt WPA Political Fundraising
Senator Sheppard D of Texas urged a new federal rule to bar soliciting WPA workers for political money. He cited the Workers Alliance plan to raise fifty thousand dollars for a campaign fund and argued using such funds to aid a candidate would breach the spirit of the law. Davis Lasser of the Alliance contended they would not contribute directly to any candidate.
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Washington
Sheppard D
Tex
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
WPA
Workers Alliance
Relief Workers
Sheppard
Alliance
Senate
House
Davis Lasser
Freeze Is Given 20 to 30 Years for Slaying Auto Man
In Concord on August 26 Judge Frank H. Armstrong sentenced 62 year old Jack Freeze to 20 to 30 years after a Cabarrus county jury found him guilty of second degree murder in the May 24 slaying of fellow auto salesman Roy Lentz. Defense lawyers urged mercy while witnesses argued Freeze was not mentally normal at the time.
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Concord
N. C
Frank H. Armstrong
Jack Freeze
Cabarrus County
Roy Lentz
Freeze
R. Furman James
C. M. Llewellyn
Lentz
Lents
Berlin Plots Closer Economic Ties With Hungary
Groundwork for closer economic ties between Germany and Hungary is being laid during Regent Horthy’s state visit. Bela Imredy, Hungarian premier, met yesterday with Walter Funk German economics minister and Rudolf Brinkmann secretary of state to discuss the accord.
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Berlin
Germany
Hungary
Hunary
Nicholas Worthy
Bela Imredi
Horthy
Walter Funk
Rudolf Brinkmann
Riding Master Testifies Pair Rode Together During Trial
A Fairfield Connecticut riding master Dudley Brothwell testified that James J. Hines and Dutch Schultz associate Schulte- head rode together at his stables in August 1935. Brothwell described Schulte as an eager horseman and noted Lola Rosenkrang as part of the pair. The witness, a beer hater, spoke amid courtroom titters as Hines’ conspiracy trial continued.
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Daniel
New York
King
Arthur
Dutch Schultz) Flegenheimer
Tammany District
James J. Hines
Fairfield
Schultz
Mr. Hines
Liord Paul Stryker
Brothwell
Schulte
Leutenant
Lola” Rosenkrang
Connecticut
George Weinberg
Hines
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Mr. Brothwell
Rebels Attack Around Gandesa in Ebro Front Push
Government dispatches report insurgent troops pressing north and south of Gandesa in eastern Spain as the Ebro front sees intensified fighting. Corbera lies on the Gandesa Mora de Ebro highway amid main assaults north of Gandesa, with southern actions along the Canaleta toward Pinel de Bray. In Estremadura front, government counterattacks near Almaden mercury mines gain momentum.
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Hendaye
France
Gandesa
Ebro
Spain
Corbera
Mora de Ebro
Canaleta
Pinel de Bray
Cherta
Estremadura
US Consulate Hit by Bullet Fragment in Canton
In Canton, the US consulate near Shameen was struck by a fragment from an anti aircraft shell during a Japanese raid. Twelve bombs fell in the Wongsha station district with one death and extensive property damage. no consulate personnel were endangered as a window was damaged in servants' quarters.
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Canton
China
United States
Shameen
Wongsha Station
Smith Reappointed to National Labor Relations Board
President Roosevelt reappointed Donald Wakefield Smith of Pennsylvania to the National Labor Relations Board for a five year term. The White House said discussions touched on the term's expiration and that no objections were raised against Smith.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Donald Wakefield Smith
Pennsylvania
National Labor Relations Board
Smith
Green
NLRB
Agreement Reached on Consent Election at Continental Furniture
Fred N. Tate of Continental Furniture Company and United Furniture Workers of America leaders announced a consent election to determine a bargaining agent. Union members voted for a strike prior to the agreement, while Tate noted tentative consent with the National Labor Relations Board and awaited a Labor Board supervisor to conduct the vote in High Point.
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Fred N. Tate
Continental Furniture Company
United Furniture Workers of America
C. E. More Tha Eines Mannhnenmea Netive T Furniture Workers of America
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Board
High Point
Baltimore
U S Protest to Japan Over Airliner Attack
The United States delivered a formal protest to Japan after a Japanese war plane attacked a Chinese commercial airliner, killing 14. Ambassador Grew in Tokyo conveyed the note under Secretary Hull urging respect for civilian airliners on regular routes, citing public U S concern and noting American pilot Hugh L Wood was among the survivors.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Hull
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
United Sates
Hugh L. Wood
Field
Kans
Tobacco prices hold near 24 dollars at eastern markets
Eastern North Carolina bright belt markets opened with prices around 24 dollars per hundred for primings and mixed lots. Official averages for day one hovered near last year’s opening level, with the crop reporting service noting some gains in pricing for higher quality lots and widespread blockages across multiple markets.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Bright Belt
Rocky Mount
Williamston
Kinston
Wilson
Federal Crop Reporting Service
Wendell
Smithfield
Goldeboro
Greenville
Washington
Tarboro
Ahoskie
Robersonville
Wallace
Farmville
Bomb Kills 16 Arabs in Jaffa Market
A large bomb in Jaffa market kills 16 Arabs and wounds many as ambulances ferry victims to hospitals. Arab crowds attempt arson at Jewish Anglo Palestine Bank until police and troops restore order. Roads into the port are closed and Jenin punitive actions are noted amid escalating Arab Jewish clashes.
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Jaffa
Palestine
Anglo-Palestine Bank
Tel Aviv
Jenin
W S$. Moffat
Holy Land
Times-Mirror to Appeal Contempt Conviction
The Times-Mirror company publisher of the Los Angeles Times faces a contempt conviction on five counts for editorials about court cases. Counsel T B Cosgrove said an appeal is filed and the case could reach the United States Supreme Court to defend freedom of speech and the press.
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Los Angeles
Times-Mirror Company
Los Angeles Times
The
Times
Emmet Wilson
T. B. Cosgrove
United States Supreme Court
Farley Roosevelt Break Text: Roosevelt says he and Farley in complete agreement on issues
President Roosevelt stated at a press conference that he and James A Farley were in complete agreement about political conditions in states where the New Deal is at stake. Farley pressed for Roosevelt to campaign in Maryland against Senator Millard Tydings, but no comment was given beyond noting two engagements for patriotic observances.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Farley
Maryland
Millard Tydings
Poughkeepsie
Chattanooga
Tenn
Workers Alliance
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Civilians Aid in Eastern NC Air War Games
Raleigh August 26 Brig Gen Fulton Gardner announces a wide Civilian warning net for October 3-17 observing enemy planes attacking a Fort Bragg air base. Nine leaders appoint county chiefs who divide into eight mile squares with observation stations. Training by National Guard and Army signal corps. Stations manned October 10-15.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Fulton Q. C. Gardner
Atlantic
Fort Bragg
War Department
United States
Elizabeth City
Wilson
Siler City
Rockingham
Wilmington
National Guard
Regular Army Signal Corps
Mills in North Carolina face premature teen layoffs
Greenville South Carolina leaders call plans to lay off workers aged 16 to 18 immature. Dr William P Jacobs of Cron Manufacturers Association says Claudius T Murchison of Cotton Textile Institute notes the Labor Department bureau does not classify the textile industry as hazardous and has testified that it is not hazardous.
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Greenville
S. C
South Carolina
North Carolina
William P. Jacobs
Clinton
Cron Manufacturers’ Association of
Claudius T. Murchison
Cotton-Textile Institute, Inc
Jacobs
Murchison
Children’s Bureau
The
Department of Labor
Berlin presses other nations on Sudeten crisis
Praha reports Berlin has made diplo efforts in capitals about the Sudeten crisis and Praha concessions to its autonomy while warning of possible action by other powers if delays continue Germany claims its approach is peaceful and cites neutrality during the Russia Japan war as proof.
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Praha
Choslovak
Germany
Runciman
Bri
Soviet
Russia
France
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Japan
Heavy fighting rages on Poyang Lake front
Intense combat on the west shore of Poyang Lake draws heavy losses for both sides as Japanese and Chinese forces pour reinforcements. Japanese troops pursue a thrust toward Nanchang and Hankow, while Chinese fighters claim to hold Juichang despite bombardment and ongoing clashes nearby.
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Shanghai
Poyang Lake
Nanchang
Hankow
Juichang
Kiukiang
Yangtze Valley
Radical-Socialists Back Daladier in 40-Hour Week Push
In Paris the Radical-Socialist deputies pledged unconditional support for Premier Edouard Daladier as he campaigns to shorten the 40-hour week. Daladier argued national defense needs justify moving away from longer hours and pointed to the United States as already failing to reach the 40-hour ideal.
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Daladier
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Edouard Daladier
United States
France
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Olin D. Johnston
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Counser
James T. Hines
Hersh
Knoxille
Dewey
U. S
Labor Relations Board
Continental
Cioss
U.S
Holy City
Sudeten
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