Kid Mouthpiece Names James J. Hines in Conspiracy Trial
J Richard Devise the 32 year old nicknamed Kid Mouthpiece testified to paying Tammany District Leader James J. Hines $2000 in October 1952 as part of a Harlem policy racket case. He said he visited Hines at home and with aides, and that Dutch Schultz ordered him to develop Hines for access to money and favors.
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New York
J. ‘Richard
Dinte
Hines
Leo Rosenthal
Rosenthal
Monongahela
Democratic Club
Intorney
Thomas F. Dewey
Davis
Davie
Dewey
Tammany Leader
Central Park Wear
Dutch Schulte
Harlem
Weinberg
Schultz
Joseph Shalleck
Shalleck
Tydings Pleased By Baltimore Victory in Democratic Primary
Aug 31 Baltimore reports Millard Tydings won renomination in a Democratic primary with opposition from Smith of South Carolina and President's endorsement.
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Baltimore
Millard &. Tydings
I Smith
South
Caro
Mellon Wills Estate Value Disclosed in Pittsburgh
W Mellon left a large estate with an appraised value near 5 million dollars disclosed in Allegheny County wills. Details show the Pittsburgh area assessment of the estate and its possible distribution.
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Pittsburgh
W. Mellon
Allegheny County of Wills
Roosevelt to public Friday report on British Labor study
A commission that studied British labor will be released to the public Friday by President Roosevelt. The plan details and scope of the commission’s findings are pending and expected to influence current labor policy discussions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dunn candidate fails in bid for solicitor post
In Raleigh on August 41 4 Young of Dunn failed to compel the state board of elections to appoint him the Democratic candidate for solicitor of the Judicial district.
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Jana Count Raleigh
Rt Young
Dunn
State Board of Elections
Commerce official urges calm amid looming European war
Aug 192? Washington advisory from the American Chamber of Commerce cautions businessmen not to panic over the European war. He backs the view of a possible general conflict and argues it is better to think less about war’s effects.
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Washington
Aug
Jary of
Commerce
Boy Dies After Fall From Waterfall During Pictures
Four year old James May of Her io Pia died in a hospital after slipping at the top of a 1300 mountain waterfall between air and Blowing Rock. He suffered a fractured leg, a broken arm, and other injuries when his footing gave way while pictures were being taken.
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James May
Herio
Pia
Britain warns Hitler Britain may not stay neutral over Sudeten crisis
London reports Britain's ambassador Sir Nevile Henderson boarded a Berlin flight with authority to warn Hitler that Britain might not remain neutral if war erupts in central Europe over the Sudeten crisis. He aims to reiterate that France must honor ally obligations and Britain cannot let France be beaten if war comes.
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London
Britain
Germany
Berlin
Europe
Nevile Henderson
Henderson
Joachim von Rippentrop
Hitler
Chamberlain
Lanark
John Simon
France
Great Britain
Bohemia
Adolf Hitler
Konrad Henlein
Czechoslovakia
Germany waits for British agent amid Sudeten crisis
Berlin reports the German government and armed forces gearing for possible conflict over Sudeten German autonomy in Czechoslovakia. British stand analyzed after Simon Lanark speech as fears of war grow. German press links Czech violence to terrorism while vast military maneuvers proceed. Conscripts in two year training to remain mobilized into October.
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Berlin
Chamberlain
Britain
Czechoslovakia
John Simon
Ecolera
Flier To Meet President Washington
August 31 14 President Roosevelt arranged to receive Douglas Corrigan the wrong way trans Atlantic flier at the White House this afternoon Corrigan arrived here this morning from Norfolk United States capital events noted at the White House with Secretary of the Treasury and other officials in attendance
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Washington
Roosevelt
Douglas Corrigan
White House
Corrigan
Norfolk
Roosevelt predicts Smith victory in South Carolina primary
White House aides report President Roosevelt forecast Senator B D Smith of South Carolina would win the Democratic nomination by about forty thousand votes. Stephen Early said the President, with a smile, retrieved his envelope forecast and wrote out the expected margin yesterday.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
B. D. Smith
South Carolina
Stephen Early
White
Power cut hits 23 towns across Tennessee region
Tennessee Electric Power crews restore service after damage to a 44 000 volt line cuts power to Linden Selmer Lexington and seven key cities. Four men held on suspicion of tampering. weapons recovered. TEPCO line damage blamed on ongoing strike. 30+ incidents reported since last week.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Electric Power Company
von Dodson
Linden
Hohenwald
Waynesboro
Selmer
Lexington
Savannah
Decaturville
Parsons
Dodson
TEPCO
Centerville
TVA
Clarksville
Guard Named Responsible for Prison Heat Incident
Philadelphia authorities identified Guard Sergeant James Hart as the man who ordered steam into radiators at the county prison Klondike isolation building. Superintendent William B. Mills testified at a coroner's inquest that the action was unauthorized and dangerous in August heat, contributing to four convicts' deaths.
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Philadelphia
William B. Mills
James Hart
Philadelphia County
Mills
Hart
Klondike
Fayetteville Bonds Defeated for Auditorium and City Hall
In a special election yesterday Fayetteville voters rejected a $195,900 bond plan to fund a municipal auditorium and city hall. The measure would have been aided by a WPA loan and grant.
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Fayyettevulf
Fayetteville
Johnston And McAdoo Lose Major Tests
Roosevelt backed candidates faltered in key primaries as Eliven D. Smith defeated Johnston in South Carolina and Downey led McAdoo in California. Smith’s win signals strong New Deal support despite Brown’s opposition. Downey's lead tests McAdoo's stance on the program.
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Roosevelt
South Carolina
California
Eliven D. Smith
South i
Isebie
Dea
Olin D. Johnston
Precinete
Smith
Johnston
McAdo
William Gibbs McAdoo
Sheridan Downey
Downey
McAdoo
Edgar A. Brown
Brown
George
Georgia
Tydings
Maryland
Andrews Moves Toward New Labor Standards in Tobacco Industry
Elmer F. Andrews wage hour administrator met tobacco industry representatives in Washington on August 31 to discuss applying the new labor standards act. A two committee plan was floated to guide wage and hour matters for cigarette, tobacco products, and cigar sectors with about 15 industry attendees. Also present were I M Ornburn of the AFL and Ralph Hetzel an observer for the CIO.
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Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
M. A. Braswell
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Wineton-Salem
N. C
Braswell
I. M. Ornburn
American Federation of Labor
Ralph Hetzel
Committee For Industrial Organization
South Carolina Voting Stimulates Georgia Contests
Atlanta observers note the South Carolina vote intensifies Georgia campaigns already fervent in support and opposition to the New Deal. Both sides seek the SC tally as a gauge of Georgia voting sentiment ahead of statewide contests.
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South Carolina
Atlanta
Georgia
Ellison Smith Wins South Carolina Senate Race
In South Carolina Democrats rebuff Roosevelt with a vote sweep for Senator Ellison D. Smith over Governor Olin Johnston. The nationwide political scene notes shifts as other states react to New Deal policies.
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BF. D
Cotton Bd) Smith
South Caro
United States Senate
Olim PD
Johnston
Roosevelt
Smith
Balteee
Washington
South Carolina
Ellison D. Smith
Olin D. Johnston
Maryland
David J. Lewis
Tydings
Idaho
James P. Pope
Massachusetts
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Reston
Preedent
Dies blasts Perkins over Bridges deportation reversal
Texas Democrat on the House Un American Activities Committee says Secretary Perkins dropped deportation proceedings against Harry Bridges of the CIO. He calls it an overstep and accuses Perkins of usurping government functions while urging enforcement of the law despite due process concerns.
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Washington
Chiarman Dies
Texas
House Committee On un-American Activities
Perkins
Harry
Mies Perkins
Dies
Congress
Pridges
Miss Perkins
Lambeth Named President of Lake Junaluska Assembly
The Rev. W. A. Lambeth D D presiding elder of the Winston Salem district is elected president and treasurer of Lake Junaluska Assembly Inc by the board of trustees. He will serve without salary and keep his ministerial post. Katherine Ray of Warnesville was elected secretary to the president and assistant treasurer.
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Lake Junaluska
W. A. Lambeth
Winston-Salem
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Lambeth
Katherine Ray
Warnesville
Tokyo rejects US protest over Canton air attack
The Japanese government rejected all counts of the American protest regarding the destruction of a Chinese American airliner near Canton South China on August 26. Fourteen aboard perished, including seven Chinese. Pilot H L Woods escaped injury. Japan cited differing information from Tokyo and Beijing about the incident.
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Tokyo
Toeaic
United States
Canton
South China
Joseph
Cants Macao
H. L. Woods
Winfield
China National Aviation Corporation
Pan American Airways
Foreign Office
Japan
Woods
Honrkons
Chungking
Paris labor groups urge refusal of 40 hour week decree
The Union of Workers' Syndicates in the Paris region says Germany menaces world peace and urges workers to reject the cabinet's 40 hour week decree for national defense. It calls for a Paris protest, seeking CGT support and a national day of defense for social laws.
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Paris
Chitef Labor Organization
Germany
Edouard Daladier
Union of Workers’ Syndicates
People’s Front
Union of Syndicates
Czecho-Slovakia
Il Duce mocks U S as exporter of sermons and arms
Rome reports Benito Mussolini's August statement criticizing the United States as an exporting country for sermons and arms. The Popolo dItalia echoed the tone, noting Japan’s exposure to American sermons and the related exchanges with Americans as customers.
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Rome
Hull
United States
Arma
America
Tl Popolo U'italle
Editer
Japs Striking On Six Fronts
Shanghai dispatches report heavy Japanese operations across Anhwei and Henan as they aim to sever the Peiping Hankow railroad. Japanese forces advance on multiple fronts near Hankow while Chinese defense and artillery resist across the Yangtze and adjacent fronts.
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Shanghai
Anhwei-Henan
China
Peiping-Hankow
Hankow
Peiping
Liwan
Yehkiatei
Henan
Kusth
Honan
Peiping- Hankow
Yangtee River
Hwangme
Juichang
Yangain
Shahochen
Hwangmei
Juithang
Nanchang
Kiukiang
Julchang
Yangtae
Government forces strike at strong mountain base
Government dispatches say troops attacked strong mountain positions linking the insurgent base at Castuera and advance positions before Cabeza del Buey on the Southwestern front. Barcelona advices report the advance cut the railroad between the points and occupy important positions while insurgent posts claim the government effort failed and casualties exceed 1500.
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Hendayse
France
Castuera
Cabeza del Rbuey
Barcelona
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