Ethiopia War Fears Rise as Haile Selassie Refuses Italian Guards
In Addis Ababa on September 10 Emperor Haile Selassie refused permission for the Italian legation to bring colonial troops into Ethiopia, signaling rising tension. Officials warned of war within two weeks as foreign diplomats noted pessimism and safety measures spread among governments and expatriates.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Legation
Ethiopia
India
League of Nations
Geneva
Italy
Djibouti
Somaliland
Huey Long Death Sparks Louisiana Power Vacuum
Leaderless Louisiana reels after Huey P. Long is assassinated. Gov. O K Allen and Long loyalists including Seymour Weiss Abe Shushan James A Noe and others scramble to secure the machine. Anti Long figures move to claim drifting political material as factions jostle for control.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Louisa
Huey Long
O. K. Allen
Barebey
Winn Parish
Allen
Long
Governor Allen
Seymour Weiss
Abe Shushan
Orleans Levee
Silver Shirts Leader Pelley Enters Presidential Race
William Dudley Pelley founder of the Silver Shirts Legion announces candidacy for president on a For Christ and the Constitution platform. Pamphlets received in Asheville promote his bid as standard bearer for the National Christian Party he aims to build into a major political force within 14 months.
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Asheville
N. C
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts Legion
Pelley
National Christian Party
Internal Strife Feared In Greece
In Athens riots between Republican officers and monarchist guards disrupt a cabinet meeting. General Panagiotacos and his republican deputy brother were bayoneted during arrests, raising fear of a new civil conflict as tensions spread through the capital.
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Greece
Athens
Panagictacos
Panayoti Tealdaris
George
George Kondylis
Panagiotacos
Bank Robbery At Mars Hill Leaves One Wounded
Four men robbed the Citizens Bank of Marshall branch at Mars Hill. Two entered the building and gathered cash while two others watched outside. Shots were fired as the bandits fled in a black sedan, seriously wounding Miss Dorris Senderlin, a Mars Hill College freshman. Police pursued the suspects after the heist.
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Mars Hill
Citizens Bank of Marshall
Dorris Senderlin
Mars Hill College
Cme
Woman Found Hanged at Farm Near Ellenboro
The body of Mrs. Flay Wright, 40, was found hanging to a rafter in the smokehouse of her Rutherford County farm near Ellenboro yesterday. Neighbors say she had been in ill health for some time.
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Rutherfordton
Flay Wright
Ellenboro
Capital Weighs Reaction Of Huey Long's Passing
Washington observes Huey P. Long's death with regret and denounces the assassination. Officials and lawmakers call for law and order while noting the race implications for the 1936 presidential contest. Senators Norris Bone and Donahey, and Father Coughlin, urge ballots over bullets.
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Huey Long
Washington
Huey P. Long
America
Morgenthau
Norris
R-Neb
Bone
United States
Senate
Donahey
P-Ohie
Voice From Clouds Aids S C Swamp Search For Missing Man
A loudspeaker equipped airplane flies over the Santee River swamp near McBee to guide rescuers in locating C B Coward 67 missing since Friday. Weather and thick growth hinder direct sighting, but directions from the air are expected to help find him within five miles.
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Columbia, &. C
C. B. Coward
McBee
Santee River
Coward
Cotton tax on excess cotton restrained in Georgia
Macon Georgia September 10. On petition of Governor Eugene Talmadge the six cents a pound tax on cotton above Bankhead act allotments was restrained temporarily by U S District Judge Bascom Deaver.
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Macon
Eugene Talmadge
United States
Bascom Deaver
Bankhead Cotton Act Faces Court Constitutional Test
In Macon Georgia on September 10 the Bankhead cotton production control act was challenged in U S court by Governor Eugene Talmadge and other petitioners. The suit seeks an injunction against enforcing the six cents per pound penalty for cotton above individual allotments, arguing the penalty is not a revenue measure but part of an unconstitutional scheme.
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Macon
AAA
Bankhead Cotton Production Control Act
United States Court
Middle District of Georgia
Bascom
Denver
Eugene Talmadge
Monroe County
State Group Plans Method of Protest in North Carolina
Governor Ehringhaus and other North Carolina officials convened to plan a protest over PWA allotments. They aimed to present the complaint to Harry Hopkins and seek the proper share of federal funds for the state.
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Washington
Ehringhaus
North Carolina
PWA
Senator Bailey
R. L. Coughton
H. G. Baily
Clyde A. Erwin
Bailey
Coughton
Martin Proposes School Consolidation to End Local Politics
Le Roy Martin retiring as executive secretary of the State School Commission urges removing local political influence from school operations and proposes consolidating at least half the state high schools. He cites inefficiency in two and three teacher schools and argues larger schools better offer vocational courses and manage 18 classes daily.
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Raleigh
LeRoy Martin
State School Commission
Martin
State Board Rejects Bell Tax Reduction Request
RALEIGH September 10 The state board of assessments denied Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company a reduction of its 12 million dollar tax valuation.
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Raleigh
State Board of Assessments
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Lena Huey Long Dies From Assassin’s Bullet
Lena Huey Long, builder of a political empire in Louisiana, died today in Baton Rouge from an assassin’s gunshot. The shock end to a dominant political figure of Louisiana politics follows months of tense activity around the Long dynasty.
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Huey P. Long
Kingfish
Louisiana Statehouse
Baton Rouge
Lena Huey P. Long
Louisi
Ickes Plans Final Showdown With Hopkins Over WPA
Secretary Ickes will seek a final showdown with Harry Hopkins on the $4 billion work relief program. He will meet with President Roosevelt and undersecretary Charles West at Hyde Park, as the allotment committee delays. Long, Louisiana leader Huey P. Long, died after being shot by C A Weiss Jr at the state capitol. The Louisiana funeral plans and state honors were announced with Governor Christenberry organizing services.
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Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
Herry L. Hopkins
Hyde Park
Charles West
Calle
Icke
Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
WPA
Long
Louisiana
C. A. Weiss, Jr
House of Represen
Weiss
Ley Weiss
Tser
O. K. Allen
Ilana
State University
Allen
Huey P. Leng
Amics
Lou
America
Lousiana
All America
Earl J. Chriatenberry
Lena
Jen. Christenberry
Weiss Earl Long
Tor
Gove
Er Long
Kingfish Title Not Fit Huey Long Despite Jokes
Huey Long adopted the radio joke nickname Kingfish as authority in Louisiana politics. Friends gathered the label, Long disliked it, once preferring a title with lion and tiger. He died with the name still attached.
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Baton Rouge
Huey Long
Louisiana
Kingfish Long
Long
Kingfish
Kingfish” Long
Senate Committee Quietly Approves Bills After Huey Long Death
The Senate finance committee swiftly approved bills today, acting with precision while Huey Long lay dead at an undertaking parlor. The scene underscores a pivotal moment as lawmakers move forward amid the senator’s death.
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Baton Rouge
Senate Finance Committee
Huey
Long
Jewish Children Ousted From German Schools Decree
Prussian culture and education minister Rust announced that Jewish children aged 6 to 14 must leave all German schools by Easter 1936. Special Jewish schools will open if a community has at least 20 eligible children, while Volks Schulen will be freed of non Aryans after Easter.
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Nard Rust
Howeer
Rust
Cereus
North Carolina and South Carolina Weather Update
Rain and cooler conditions forecast tonight with cloud cover in North Carolina. South Carolina expects rain tonight with Wednesday morning arrival, followed by a mix of northerly to northeasterly winds and overcast skies, especially in the extreme south around Sandy Hook to Hatteras.
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South Carolina
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Charlotte
Weather Bureau
L. RT
Asheville
Atlanta
Augusta
Birmingham
Charleston
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Evaneville
Steee
New York
Sparcanbure
Wilmington
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CC. A. Weiss
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