Roosevelt Seeks to Solve Drought Amid Dust Bowl Tour
President Roosevelt continued his drought tour by train and car, touring Jamestown Aberdeen and Bismarck to assess crop damage in the Great Plains. He praised North Dakota residents for maintaining hope and said the nation would win the drought battle, while a drought committee report urged land and water conservation measures.
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Mantour
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Walter Welford
Dakota
Elmer E. Holt
Montana
Ar Dern
Salt Lake City
Madrid Rebels Storm Main Defense Near Francos Border
One thousand Spanish rebels pressed a desperate assault on a government held city near the Franco Spanish border in a bitter hand to hand battle Friday. The violence underscores Madrid's plights amid ongoing civil conflict and external pressure from government forces.
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Wet counties protest interference in alcohol control plans
North Carolina's 17 legally wet counties demand to be left alone in enacting new liquor rules. They cite gains in enforcement and finances under Pasquotank and New Hanover acts and oppose municipal profit sharing with cities.
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B. J. Williams
Wilson County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Commissioners’ Association
Dern Funeral Plans In Washington After Secretary of War Dies
Washington August 28. Saluting guns mark funeral honors for George Henry Dern secretary of war. Mrs Dern and the three sons and two daughters arrange rites as the body lies at Walter Reed hospital. Roosevelt orders mourning nationwide with services planned at Mount Pleasant church and a burial in Salt Lake City.
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George Henry Dern
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Army
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Ashington
Galt Lake City
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William H. Standley
Trotzky and wife ordered interned in Norway
Oslo reports say the Norwegian Justice Ministry ordered Leon Trotzky and his wife interned and two secretaries expelled. The couple will be confined at Hoenefoss while a new domicile is found, amid disputes over government conditions and Trotzky's pledge to abstain from revolutionary activity.
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Ethiopians Driven Back From Addis Ababa Attack
In Rome an official report states twelve thousand Ethiopian troops were repelled from the assault on Addis Ababa with about 200 dead. Italian forces suffered fifteen killed and forty wounded with multiple regional casualty estimates provided.
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Ickes Attacks Landon Draw Quick Republican Response
Washington reports quick Republican backlash to Secretary Ickes who linked Governor Landon and Hearst in a broad cast speech. He cited a court memorandum said to come from Hearst to Harding, prompting Harding to respond with a sharp quip about his own speeches.
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Landon
George F. Harding
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Roosevelt Bar Association split over constitutional critique
The American Bar Association debated a committee report accusing the Roosevelt administration of detouring the Constitution. The vote was four to three to keep the report, while a separate decision to form a special committee to oppose the federal child labor amendment drew further debate among delegates.
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Polish miners hunger strike continues after collapse
In Beuthen Upper Silesia on August 28 300 miners in a fifth day without food protested for back wages. A death head was raised at the shaft head signaling dire conditions as several strikers collapse from hunger. Authorities promised partial payment but the hunger strike persisted.
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Upper Silesia
England And Egypt End Long Period Of Strife
London reports a newly public Anglo Egyptian treaty ending fifty years of tension. The pact ends British military occupation in Egypt, creates mutual representation via ambassadors, and seeks Egypt’s League of Nations membership under British guidance. It runs twenty years with revision possible after ten, and avoids conflicting commitments.
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Bold League Reform Scheme Proposed By Soviet Russia
The article notes a standstill at the W. H. Snider Hosiery mill after a conference among Mrs. Snider, labor conciliator W. R. Taliaferro Jr., and AF of Hosiery Workers representative Henry S. Adams. Workers struck over wage increases and a 40 hour week. no mill operations have occurred since last Saturday. The piece also covers Soviet Russia proposing rapid military sanctions within a three day council protocol and three day decision process for punitive measures, tied to a mutual assistance framework for war situations.
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W. H. Snider
W. R. Taliaferro, Jr
Charlotte
Department of Labor
Henry S. Adams
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
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Russia
League of Nations
League Council
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Catholics See Germany Going Way of Spain
Berlin dispatch reports Roman Catholic bishops plan to read a pastoral letter this Sunday warning that Germany may follow Spain into conflict with Nazism. The letter condemns the Nazi Weltanschauung based on blood soil and race while urging peace between Catholicism and Nazism and defending Catholic education of the young.
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Berlin
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Spain
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Whitley Guilty In Murder Trial
Concord dateline reports Willis Whitley, 21, convicted of second degree murder in the July 13 death of Paul Faulkner at a Cabarrus County beer garden. Judge P. A. McElroy sentenced Whitley to five to seven years in State's Prison after a jury verdict delivered around mid morning amid a self defense plea. The state sought second degree conviction.
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Cabarrus County
Willis Whitley
Paul Faulkner
P. A. McElroy
Whitley
Smoke Screen Is Charged To Hitler
Soviet organs warn Hitler plans a new surprise to drag Europe toward slaughter. Javestia and Pravda describe anti Soviet attacks as a smoke screen for a foreign political adventure. They claim German fascism is arming and Germany faces food shortages and possible famine as war preparations intensify.
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Kicked by son, man dies after kitchen quarrel
In Piqua Ohio on August 28 Harry Kiser 49 died hours after a quarrel with his son Robert 20 over whether he would help his mother wash dishes. Police Sgt. Robert McNeal described the dispute as the motive.
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Bribes In Drukman Murder Case Mentioned In Hearing
Governor Lehman said testimony in District Attorney Geoghan removal hearing includes bribe offers tied to the Drukman murder. Grand Jury minutes reveal Carmine Anzalone offered a $100 bribe to a juror. later Anzalone pled to tampering as indictments followed.
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William F. X. Geoghan
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Carmine Anzalone
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Anzalone
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Brooklyn
Luckman Brothers
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Fred J. Hull
Lady Peace Groomed For Transatlantic Flight
Broadway actor Harry Richman flew from Newark at 11 30 A M in the plane Lady Peace piloted by Ralph Powell of Eastern Airlines to Floyd Bennett Field Brooklyn to prepare for a proposed transatlantic flight He planned to pick up Richard Merrill his regular pilot at the field and have the craft refueled and readied upon arrival
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Eastern’ Airlines
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Richard Merrill
Landon Pleased With First Tour In A 2,000-Mile Swing
Governor Alf M. Landon said he was deeply gratified by his first presidential campaign tour a 2,000 mile swing through eight states with three major speeches and over 50 rear platform appearances. He arrived in Topeka after midnight and plans a second tour in the Midwest farm belt with aides hinting at September dates. He will rest before attending a drought conference of governors in Des Moines called by President Roosevelt.
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Alf M. Landon
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Colorado
Des Moines
Roosevelt
Night Rider Floggings Probe Likely Delayed
Whiteville reports a grand jury investigation into reputed night rider floggings may be delayed until next week. Victims include Mrs. Bertha Fowler and her daughter Inez plus Lihue Fowler and three Fitz teen daughters, Grace Glenn Carolyn, with Grace and Glenn Fowler jailed on immorality charges. Witness Bertha Fowler testified after being assaulted, revealing a head-shorn scalp. Authorities pursued Pink King on related charges. he was acquitted previously on a harsher count.
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J. J. Burney
M. W. Barnhill
Burney
Bertha Fowler
Inez
Lihue Fowler
Grace
Glenn
Carolyn
John Cribb
Glenn Fowler
Gastonia Toay
Pink King
Lightning Claims Father and Daughter in Escape Attempt
In Gastonia North Carolina a man identified as Monroe and his daughter Mrs Brittain 20 died when lightning struck the home of Willis on an exposed hill while they sought shelter from a Thursday storm. Willis the elder and his son Willis were killed instantly. Mrs Willis and two grandchildren survived but were injured. A double funeral is planned at Knobs Creek Methodist in Cleveland County on Saturday.
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Knobs Creek Methodist
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Ming
Weather brief for North and South Carolina
North Carolina shows partly scattered showers in north central areas with slightly warmer temperatures in the extreme north. South Carolina anticipates unsettled conditions with possible showers in the northwest region tonight and Saturday.
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