Storm-Stricken Rio Grande Valley Receives Relief Aid
Swanson leads U S flotilla to Cuba as relief trains from the north arrive. In Texas, 18 dead confirmed after communication with Brownsville, with earlier toll at 32. Rescue teams set up improvised hospitals and distribute food and water from San Antonio and Corpus Christi.
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Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
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Rio Honda
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Corpus Christi
Milk train crashes into Erie flyer near Binghamton
Fourteen people die and 25 are injured when a milk train plows into a Chicago to New York Erie flyer on approach to Binghamton. The wooden coach is splintered. passengers, many homebound, are among the dead. Investigations begin into signal light status and crew actions.
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N. Y
Chicago
New York
Erie Railroad
Johnson City
Endicott
M. H. King
Elmira
Hornell
Hoboken
Erie
Marines Held At Base For Quick Trip To Islands
President Roosevelt concentrates Atlantic fleet near Cuba to protect lives but contemplates no intervention. Secretary Swanson boards the Indianapolis for a west coast trip toward Cuba. The Mississippi joins four other ships near Cuba as marines move to Quantico base in readiness if needed.
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Roosevelt
Cuba
Swanson
Indianapolis
Mississipio
Guantanamo
Santiago
Quantico, Va
White House
Davidson to Meet Next Year at Davidson College
Greensboro dispatch reports the North Carolina hymnary synod in session decided to meet next year at Davidson College. Bankers oppose federal deposit guaranty. ABA calls for a commission to draft new banking legislation. In New York the Cotton Textile Institute notes blue eagle banners boost demand for cotton goods and provide jobs during a slack season.
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Davidson
Greensboro
North Carolina Hyterian Synod
Davidson College
Chicago
The
American Bankers Association
National Administration
New York
Cotton Textile Institute
Peanut growers plan meeting on price rise in Washington
Chester C. Davis of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration said southern peanut growers will gather in Washington to discuss higher prices for their crop as a hearing on the peanut mill code is slated to begin, though no date is set.
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Chester C. Davis
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Storm Power Hits Charleston With High Winds
A September storm rattled Charleston with a 53 mph gusts and heavy rain overnight. Local reports indicate no major damage despite the powerful downpour and windy conditions.
Virginia Smith killed in hit-and-run on highway
Miss Virginia Smith, 22, was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver near here. B A Barrell of Tarboro surrendered, claiming to be the motorist and was placed under bond.
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Weldon
Virginia Smith
Here
B. A. Barrell
Tarboro
What Henry Ford Might Do and September Buying
A Beverly Hills diary note jokes about Henry Ford and September shopping. The writer predicts Ford will favor labor and notes women with charge accounts will buy in September, then return items in October if they don’t look right. Public tone mirrors a personal newspaper column.
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Cal
Henry Ford
California
Bailey Jail Break Inside Job Report Sparks Arrests
The Dallas Times Herald reports federal investigators believe Harvey J. Bailey obtained a pistol and saw blades to escape the Dallas county jail in an inside job. Two arrests are anticipated as investigators tie Bailey to an insider and an outside collaborator.
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Dallas
Tex
The
Dallas Times Herald
Harvey J. Bailey
Charles F. Urschel
Bailey
Better Beer And Less Tax To Halt Whiskey Drinking
MILES H. WOLF reports Baltimore authority on beer HB Mencken urges cheaper and better beer to curb whiskey drinking described as an unmitigated evil. He argues lowering federal beer tax would increase revenue and drive drinkers to brewers, while high taxes boost bootleggers. He envisions a brewing standards code and hopes to amend the pure food act to remove bad beers.
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Miles H. Wolf
Baltimore
HB. L. Mencken
Anti-Saloon League
Hellenium
Vermont joins repeal parade as 25th state approve
Vermont became the 25th state to approve repealing the 18th amendment by a margin over two to one. Maine among upcoming voters also backs repeal, with tests and dates listed for states nationwide.
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North Carolina Tobacco Growers Pledge Major Crop Cuts
Delegates from North Carolina tobacco farmers voted to cooperate with the government on reducing the 1934 and 1935 crops by up to 30 percent. About 100 representatives from 57 counties and interested growers attended in Raleigh to pledge support for any government plan. J. B. Hutson urged parity prices and urged adherence to final government decisions on flue cured tobacco contracts. Visitors from Georgia, Virginia and South Carolina observed, and no opponents stood.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Assur
J. B. Hutson
Agricultural Administration
Wash
Ington
Crowers
Georgia
Virginia
South Carolina
Johnson Ford talks loom as NRA codes advance
President Roosevelt plans a late meeting with industrial administrator Hugh S. Johnson over Henry Ford's stance on the NRA code for autos. Ford has remained silent on the automobile code, while Johnson reports progress on retail and construction codes and price control aims.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh
Johnson
Roosevelt
Tasue
Henry Ford
Recovery Council
Cuban Provisional President Spent Exile In Hendersonville
Portela Guillermo F. Portela the provisional Cuban president and Havana University professor spent five months in Hendersonville last winter and weeks more in summer. He left Cuba after Machado fell and feared hard days ahead. He spoke of US obligations to Cuba under the Platt amendment and of Cuban sugar troubles.
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Hendersonville
Guillermo F. Portela
Havana University
Cuba
Machado
Portela
Isle of Pines
Portéia
United States
University of Havana
Ford plant revising wages amid NRA ties and talk
Detroit Sept 6 wage revision at Ford Motor Company plant seen as part of Henry Ford push to outdo the NRA while talks continue of a possible accord with the recovery administration Casper B Hughes says differences with Ford may be ironed out Some 10000 of 40000 workers received raises from 4 to 480 daily basic pay remains 4 for eight hours described as a floor not a true minimum and Ford may veto the national automobile code if he stands firm on wage provisions
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Roosevelt
Hugh
Johnson
Henry Ford
NRA
Ford
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Blue Eagle
Dearborn
Casper B. Hughes
Recovery Administration
Huron
Big Bay
Mich
Woman Mortally Struck by Lightning at Church Door
Mrs Roscoe Kellie was killed by a lightning strike as she stood in the door of a church era.
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Troy
Roscoe Kellie
Education Board To Meet Thursday To Talk Salary Scale
Raleigh September 6 Governor Ehringham said he would call a state board of education meeting to set fall salary scales for public school teachers. The board previously delayed approving a scale for 23 000 teachers until the governor could attend. The commission approved 45 to 90 dollars monthly, but Attorney General Brummitt proposes a ten percent boost.
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Ehringham
State Board of Education
Board of Education
State School Commission
Dennis G. Brummitt
Education Board
Commission and Education Board
Pictures of Giovanna and Ruba Found in Wreckage of De Pinedo Plane
In Brooklyn a burned folder from General Francesco de Pinedo's plane recovered two photos of young women named Giovanna and Ruba. The Italian marquis died in the crash while attempting a Baghdad flight. A foreman found the water-soaked photos, one with a kiss inscription to Frank, and rumors tied the aviator to a royal romance with Princess Giovanna of Bulgaria.
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Ruba
Francesco de Pinedo
Floyd Bennett Field
Bagdad
Thomas Loughlin
Bacio Caro
Frank
Tuo
Cara
Victor Emmanuel
Bulgaria
Filer
de Pinedo
Air Atache
Argentina
Eatle
Cuban junta seizes power in Havana second revolution
In Havana a five-member executive commission of professional men took control amid gunfire near a U.S. destroyer McFarland as Cuba enters a second revolution in less than a month. The group seeks order, international recognition, and a path to a constitutional assembly while vowing revolutionary vindications and new democratic governance. The Sturtevant sails from Santiago after violent clashes that killed four alleged Machado loyalists.
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John P. McKnight
Havana
Cuba
de Cespedes
Revolutionary Movement
Students’ Organization
Havana Harbor
U. S
McFarland
Key West
Sturtevant
Santiago
Gerardo Machado
Dr. de Cespedes
Vivid passenger recollections of Erie milk-train crash
Eye witnesses describe the Erie passenger train wreck after a milk train collision near Binghamton New York. Survivors recount terrified moments in shattered cars, with a boy who lost his mother among 14 killed and many injured as rescue crews forced entry through doors and collapsed walls.
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Erie
David Robinson
Nero
Robinson
Arthur Teskey
Arthur Teckey
Busequehanna
Mra
Horrigan O Quehanna
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