Roosevelt campaign stirs Democratic primaries on coast
President Roosevelt's liberal ticket push surfaces in Democratic primaries from Atlantic coast to California. Senator Ellison Smith of South Carolina and Senator William G. Doe of California seek renomination with Roosevelt's indirect backing. Johnston and Brown clash as party lines pour over the contested court bill and voter loyalties.
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Roosevelt
Atlantic
Ellison D. Smith
Smith
Senate
Ita
Prnes
Georgia
Land
Tors George
Tydings
Johnston
Edgar Brown
Brown
ENN Linemen Strike Continues in Tennessee
About 150 linemen of the Tennessee Electric Power Co. strike in Chattanooga and Nashville areas, demanding talks only with AFL affiliated union. A 154000 volt transmission line near the state line was dynamited around 2:30 am, the first Nashville area violence linked to the dispute.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Ten- Electric Power Company
Ing
Ion
Nashville
Alabama Power Pany
State Line
Nastle
Chattaga
Knoxville
Lupe Velez View Resigns in Holman Clash
On Broadway the volatile row between Lupe Velez and Libby Holman disrupted rehearsals for Never Know. Director Rowland Leigh walked out and said he would not return until the actresses settled their fees. The dispute arose when Holman added two new cast members and Velez resisted the plan.
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Lupe Velez
Holman
New York
Pe Veles
Libby Holman
Rowland Leigh
Cole Park
Miss Velez
Corrigan Welcomed At Greensboro High Point Airport
Douglas P. Corrigan greeted by thousands at the Greensboro High Point airport as he lands at 4 15 pm aboard his $900 crate. The famed flyer jokes about fame and fortune, saying he prefers four million friends to a million dollars, while local officials from High Point speak on his arrival.
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Grover H. Jones
Grayson
Douglas
Corrigan
Greensboro High Paint
North Carolina
Greensboro-High Point
Douglas P. Corrigan
Greensboro
Norfolk
Grover Jones
High Point
C. S. Grayson
Frank J. Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
C. E. Kearns
Tom Kearns
Paul Ingle
Cor
TVA Personnel Director Seeks End to Employee School System
Gordon Clapp of TVA testified that the authority hopes to eventually deliver itself of school administration, replying to a GOP claim that TVA run schools for employees’ children is another federal socialization effort. The Knoxville bulletin notes the Aug date and the congressional TVA investigating committee context.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Congressional
TVA
Gordon Clapp
Corrigan Takes Off From Greensboro for Norfolk Flight
Douglas Corrigan launched from Greensboro Point airport at 12 40 p m heading to Norfolk Virginia in the trans Atlantic crossing plan noted as the wrong way flight yet to be completed with expected route over coastal airways.
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Greensboro
Douglas Corrigan
Greensboro Point
Norfolk
Chinese planes claim down six Japanese bombers near Shuikwan
Nineteen Chinese aircraft were said by Chinese officials to shoot down six Japanese bombers near Shuikwan on the Canton Hankow railway in northeastern Guangdong province. The flight, first reported in some time, attacked at high altitude and surprised 30 enemy bombers and pursuit ships during a raid.
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Canton
Shuikwan
Canton-Hankow
Kwangtang
Otidtala
Five Insurgent Seaplanes Raid Alcade Port
Five insurgent seaplanes raided the port of Allicante on Spain's Mediterranean coast today killing three workers and destroying two warehouses. Government anti-aircraft guns drove the invaders off.
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Madrid
Alicante
Spain
Mediterranean
Seversky Says Air Record Won’t Stand Long
Alexander P. De Seversky declares his New York to Los Angeles record of 10 hours 3 minutes 7 seconds will be surpassed soon by an army pursuit ship. He notes the Bendix dash monoplane can fly 3 000 miles without refueling and discusses convoyed bombardment aircraft and future 400 mph planes. Roscoe Turner plays down the record, saying he wanted to test conditions.
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Los Angeles
Alexander P. de Seversky
New York
Jacqueline Cochran
Spain
China
Seversky
Roscoe Turner
Blame Sought in Four Convict Bake Deaths Inquiry
Governor George H. Earle vows drastic action by Coroner Charles H. Hersch at an inquest into the Philadelphia county prison bake deaths. He hints punishment for the guilty and orders weekly inspections of 70 county prisons and 500 local jails to expose and correct inhumane conditions.
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Philadelphia
George H. Earle
Charles H. Hersch
Earle
Calcutta
State Police
Welfare Department
Commonwealth
State Welfare Department
Berry accuses Hopkins of clouding WPA Tennessee dispute
Senator Berry charges WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins with attempting to cloud the issue in the Tennessee controversy over alleged WPA political activities. Hopkins retorts that Berry's claims are untrue and notes prior protests against partisan WPA conduct.
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Washington
Berry
D-Tenn
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Tennessee
Hopkins
Sheppard
D-Tex
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Works Progress Administration
A. T. Stewart
A. B C
Senate
Aubrey Williams
Harry RE. Berry
Rheton Clift
Demoted After Raids Claims N Y Policeman Testifies
New York police officer Raymond B. Stilley testified in the James J. Hines conspiracy trial that after raiding a Schultz controlled policy bank he was demoted from plain clothes to uniform duty and lost 240 a year. Prosecutors allege Hines used influence to shift raiders to outlying districts and reduce the squad’s effectiveness. The defense plans to argue that Connecticut witnesses identifying Hines with Schultz in 1935 may have mistaken Larry Carney for the mob trigger man known as the deacon.
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E. C. Daniel York
New York
Dutch Schultz
Tammany
James J. Hines
Hines
Schultz
Raymond B. Stilley
John J. O'Brien
George Weinberg
Schults Racket Combine
Connecticut
Schultz Mob
Larry Carney
Gunmen Die in Fierce Indianapolis Gunfight
In Indianapolis, two gunmen were killed after opening fire on three deputy sheriffs who stopped a taxicab. Deputies were uninjured. The men claimed to be Fort Lindsay and William Davis, from Council Bluffs, Iowa. A hat bore the name A V Bradshaw of Beggs Oklahoma.
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Indianapolis
Robert Harritt
Fort Lindsay
William Davis
Council Bluffs
A. V. Bradshaw
Beggs
Okla
Arkansas
Iowa
Harritt
Waene Schull
Doctor Charged With Killing Wife In Laclede
Dr William F LeMance the town’s only physician is charged with murdering his wife Ella LaMance 29 after her body was found in a fruit cellar August 15. He claims to be puzzled and suggests she may have taken poison during a quarrel over his drinking.
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Laclede
Wiliam F. LeMance
John J. Pershing
Ella la Mance
Roosevelt and Hull Confer on Central Europe Crisis
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull met in Washington to discuss the central European crisis amid German-Czechoslovak tensions. The briefing noted a looming peak around Nazi party events at Nuremberg, with diplomats updating the State Department on developments and global responses.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
Europe
White House
State Department
Nuremburg
Flood Toll Rises After Dam Burst In Northwest India
A mountain dam failure in Tehri state sent a flood down the Nima river in the Himalaya foothills. Early reports say 30 people are dead and scores remain missing as the disaster sweeps through villages.
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Lucknow
India
Tehri
Nima
Himalaya
Reductions in UCC Budget Cost 40 Jobs in N C
Raleigh says by chairman Powell that the Unemployment Compensation Commission will discharge 40 temporary employment service workers due to a ten percent cut in operating funds from the Federal government. The terminations take effect tomorrow as the agency seeks to balance its budget.
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Ucc
N.C
Raleigh
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Charles G. Powell
Navy to seek $290 million boost in funding
Admiral William D. Leahy announced after meeting with President Roosevelt that the Navy plans to urge Congress to approve an extra 290 million dollars in addition to the regular appropriation of about 546.87 million. The aim is to fund the fleet expansion program approved this year and cover higher second year costs for warship construction.
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Washington
William D. Leahy
Roosevelt
Navy
Congress
Leahy
Army and Navy Journal
United States
Bridges Deportation Demanded by House Panel
Washington dispatch says Chairman Dies of the House committee on un American activities urged Secretary Perkins to resume deportation proceedings against Harry Bridges of the C I O on the west coast. Dies cited witness depositions and evidence that the Communist party aims to overthrow the U S government.
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Washington
Dies
D-Tex
House Committee
Perkins
Harry Bridges
Communist Party
Miss Perkins
Labor Department
Communist Party of the United States of America
United State
Supreme Court
Joseph G. Strecker
Hot Springs
Ark
James L. Houghteling
Bridges
New Orleans
Strecker
United States
Cabinets Back Democracies Move In Czechoslovakia Crisis
British and French cabinets unite in emergency action to curb German pressure on Czechoslovakia. They approve measures already set by foreign ministers and vow firm, calm demand Germany halt hate campaign and aid minority rights. Kennedy visits Downing Street for U S briefing as tension rises after a Czech complaint to the German army.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
France
Europe
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Britain
Joseph P. Kennedy
Downing Street
Neville Chamberlain
Nevile Henderson
Berlin
Kennedy
French Riviera
Ienitsa
Sel
Textile Leaders Plan Committee Work With Wage Hour Chief
Washington August 30 Representatives from the textile industry discussed forming a committee to work with Elmer F Andrews wage hour administrator. Ten employers and employees attended an informal session to define scope including cotton silk rayon and possibly knit wear. Officials estimate about 80000 knit wear workers. Andrews said membership will be discussed after scope is set.
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Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
Andrews
Andrewe
New Speed Mark Assault Delayed At Bonneville
John Cobb, London fur broker, tested his Railton on the 12 mile Bonneville course twice, then postponed pursuing the world land speed record. Unofficial outward speed neared 300 mph. return run about 25 mph. Cobb trails Eyeston’s 345.49 mph mark as he plans further tests.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
John Cobb
London
Cobb
Railton
George HB. T. Eyeston
Freston
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