Nine Die As Plane Crashes Over Pittsburgh Flight
A tri motor sightseeing plane crashed in Buttermilk Hollow near the Allegheny County fair resulting in nine deaths. Linda McDonald of Miami survived. pilot Eric Beckley and several Pittsburgh residents died. The aircraft from Pittsburgh Skyways, Inc. carried ten aboard. two others remained unaccounted for.
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Buttermilk Hollow
Linda McDonald
Miami
Fla
John
Allegheny County Fair
William Leeny
Edward Helm
Helm
Eric Beckley
South Park
Beckley
John A. Powers
Miss McDonald
Ruth Ellinger
Marie Dennison
Phelan McShane
Open Warfare in Labor Ranks Across U S Unions Clash
The American Federation of Labor declares war on the Committee for Industrial Organization as ten unions led by John L. Lewis exit the AFL to pursue aggressive organizing across coal, steel, garment, textile, automobile, rubber, metal mine, flat glass and oilfields. 1,100,000 workers represented. The move signals a major labor history clash over union membership.
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American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization Today
United States
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
William Green
A. F. of
Green
Federation
A. F. of L
Lewis
Rebels Prepare for Attack on Loyalist Forts in Spain
Fascist rebels, controlling Irún, closed the international bridge to Hendaye to cut off fleeing government troops and prepared to assault forts at Fuenterrabía and Guadalupe. Government forces held small detachments. captor forces reported enemy hostages and possible executions, with hundreds believed detained.
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Associated Press
Trun
Spain
International Bridge
Hendaye
France
Iran
Fuenterrabia
Guadalupe
Sastan
San Sebastian
Cotton Picker Inventor Comments On Mechanical Pickers
Memphis Tenn Sept 5 Mack Rust in Memphis said a claim that mechanical cotton pickers will save labor is mistaken. Rust and co inventor spoke at Stoneville Mississippi where Edward H P of Shelby County politics and Crump ally argued machinery is destroying America and that cotton picking gear is needed. Continued on page three.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mack Rust
Stoneville
Miss
Edward H. ‘ P
Shelby County
Tennessee
Crump
America
Landon Hoover Plan Labor Day Conference in Topeka
Gov Alf M Landon proclaimed Labor Day a day of goodwill in Kansas and planned a campaign conference with Herbert Hoover. Landon urged unity and free labor organizing without government coercion and hoped Hoover would join him in Kansas after his eastern trip.
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Topeka
Eas
Alf M. Landon
Herbert Hoover
Kansas
Hoover
San Francisco
Landon
Woman Spans Atlantic But Wrecks In Landing
Mrs Beryl Markham completed a perilous Atlantic crossing from England to New York in a monoplane but crash landed in Baleine Cove Nova Scotia. She escaped with minor injuries and a cut forehead needing stitches after fog and bad weather forced a blind approach.
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Nova Scotia
Louisburg
Beryl Markham
England
New York
Baleine Cove
Here
America
Politics Speed Up After Labor Day in 1932 Campaigns
Washington reports a faster campaign pace expected after Labor Day with Roosevelt promoting national economy themes and criticizing federal power limits. Col Frank Knox and other Republicans warn against overreach as Garner and Hoover may speak later this month. Roosevelt opens fall with a drought survey radio report amid Des Moines talk.
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Col
Frank Knox
Garner
Hoover
White House
Landon
Des Moines
Minneapolis WPA strike threatens city projects
In Minneapolis a wage protest holiday and possible general WPA worker strike loom as state administrator Victor Christgau warns projects may suspend indefinitely. The workers alliance cites about 6000 abstentions, while truck drivers reach a union-backed agreement with a major firm amid ongoing industry labor disputes.
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Minneapolis
WPA
Victor Christgau
Workers Alliance
Holliday
Women Capture Air Race Show in Los Angeles
Women fliers led by Betty Browning of Wichita win the Amelia Earhart trophy race, with Louise Thaden and Laura Ingalls taking first and second in another event. Harold Neumann sets a Shell race record at 223 mph earning top prize, while a parachute jump contest is canceled due to high winds after a fatality.
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Los Angeles
Western Hemisphere
Betty Browning
Wichita
Kas
Amelia Earhart
New York
Louise Thaden
Bentonville
Ark
Laura Ingalls
Browning
Harold Neumann
Kansas City
J. Whittman
Oshkosh
Wis
Art Chester
Glenview
Ill
Lee Miles
Earhart
Miss Browning
Gladys O'Donnell
Long Beach
Calif
Genevieve Savage
Coronado
Jeanette Kempke
Bay City
Mich
Seer Love
Boston
Mass
L. C. Faulkner
San Diego
Department of Commerce
Child Struck by Car. Driver Held on Reckless Driving Charge
Ruth Brown three year old daughter of Howard Brown was seriously injured when struck by an automobile late today in Winston Salem. Fred Charlies age 36 was arrested on reckless driving charges and released on 200 bond.
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Winston-Salem
Ruth Brown
Dahier
Howard Brown
Fred Charlies
Body of Man Found in Field Near Fay's Station Alabama
Wesley D. Amott federal resettlement investigator and former Mormon missionary was found dead with a crushed head in a chinaberry dump by a cotton field in Fay's Station. Frank Greene was arrested in Demopolis driving Amott's car after a high speed chase following a gas station dispute. Police identified the victim by dental work and laundry marks, noting wallet and coat were missing. Amott had disappeared after leaving Birmingham to investigate a resettlement project near Montgomery.
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Fay's Station
Ala
Wesley D. Amott
Salt Lake City
Frank Greene
Dempolis
Amott
Greene
Birmingham
Amnott
Demopolis
Walter K. McAdory
State Highway Patrol
Montgomery
Roosevelt Seeks Federal Aid in Drought Tour
In Indianapolis during a drought survey, President Roosevelt promised continued federal cooperation with state and local governments to ease midwestern fire droughts. He met Governors Chandler, Davey, Fitzgerald, and McNutt and plans a national radio address from Washington.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Roosevelt
Washington
Indiana
Indianapolis Athletic Club
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Frank D. Fitzgerald
Michigan
Paul V. McNutt
Fair Grounds
Capitol
Officers Engage In Running Gun Battle
In Winston-Salem on September 5, James H. Call, 22, was arrested on assault with a deadly weapon and liquor law violations after a 25 mile running gun battle with Deputy Sheriffs H. A. Morris and C. A. Flynt. Call, found transporting fifty gallons of whiskey near Bethania, exchanged shots with officers. a bullet pierced the car windshield, narrowly missing the deputies.
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Winston-Salem
James H. Call
Guy Scott
Call
H. A. Morris
C. A. Flynt
Bethania
Here
Scott Said
Flynt
Morris
Policeman Shot To Death With Own Gun
In Tullahoma Tennessee Sheriff J A Barton reports James L Filippo a 60 year old officer was shot by Norris Hobbs 30 who grabbed the gun from Filippos holster as he was taking him to jail after a street fight Hobbs was booked on first degree murder and is being held in Manchester Coffee County.
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Tullahoma
Tenn
J. A. Barton
James L. Filippo
Barton
Norris Hobbs
Coffee
Manchester
Hobbs
Flippo
Mrs. Markham Becomes Seventh Solo Atlantic Flyer
New York reports Mrs. Beryl Markham completes a solo North Atlantic crossing, landing at Baleine Cove, Nova Scotia. The passage follows a long lineage of pioneering flights from Lindbergh to Waitkus, with Markham’s voyage timed at about 24 hours and 80 minutes.
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New York
Beryl Markham
Baleine Cove
Nova Scotia
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Harbor Grace
N. F
Londonderry
Ireland
James A. Mollison
Portmarnock
Irish Free State
Pennfield Ridge
New Brunswick
James Mattern
Norway
Wiley Post
Berlin
Felix Waitkus
Ballinrobe
London
Electric firms seek injunction over municipally owned power plants
Alabama Power and Texas Utilities petition the Supreme Court seeking to block government use of PWA relief funds for city owned electric systems in Plainview Texas and several Alabama towns. District court dismissal stood as the companies press for review to argue against NRA and 1935 relief provisions for local plants serving no national purpose.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Alabama Power Company
Texas Utilities Company
PWA
Plainview
Tex
Florence
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Decatur
Hartselle
Guntersville
Russellville
Aubama
United States
Diplomats Try to Humanize Spanish Civil War Efforts
Foreign diplomats in Saint Jean de Luz report Madrid's socialist government rejected mediation proposals to exchange hostages instead of executions. They planned to renew talks with the rebel Junta at Burgos if prerequisites exist as Franco-British efforts seek an international neutrality committee. The United States continues non intervention policy and Claude G. Bowers did not participate.
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Saint Jean
Madrid
Burgos
Mansilla
Germany
United States
Claude G. Bowers
Diplomata
Roosevelt Targets Living Wage As National Goal
President Roosevelt via a Labor Day message outlines a national objective of a living wage that insures workers and dependents decency and self respect. He notes wage growth and payroll gains in recent years and calls for action to maintain a living wage aligned with American standards of decency and happiness.
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Kent Roosevelt
White Ho
White House
Labor Day
Roosevelt
Fed
America
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