Runaway Grand Jury Tied to Hines Indictment Fight
Witness in the Hines trial says the 1935 grand jury bolted over jurors wishing to indict Tammany leader James J. Hines. Lyon Boston testified that Dodge aides advised no valid evidence existed. Dewey was later appointed to prosecute. Boston linked the move to Gov Lehman and noted foreman Lee Thompson Smith doubted enough evidence.
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Dantell
New York
Lyon
Boston
William Copeland Dodge
Hines
Tammany
James J. Hines
Dodge
Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert H. Lehman James PD. C. Murray
Dutch Schultz
Martin Mooney
Newpapermean
Jimmy
Mooney
Lee Thompson Smith
Smith
Dodke
Charles Anderson Boston
American Bar Association
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Tammany Hall
British Government Views Conveyed To Germany
British sources said there is every reason to feel assured that the views of the government have been fully conveyed to Germany in the proper quarter. The update comes from London on September 10 via AP.
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London
Germany
Benes Urges Readiness for Any Sacrifice in German Crisis
President Eduard Benes addressed the Czechoslovak nation in a calm broadcast urging preparedness for any sacrifice in the Su deten German crisis, signaling determined resistance amid rising tensions in Prague.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Dewey Reprimanded for Courteous Court Etiquette
District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey was rebuked by Justice Pecora for lounging in his chair while objecting to a defense question. The judge reminded him it is courtesy to stand when addressing the court.
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Dewey
New York
Thomas FE
James J. Hines
Germany denies troop massing on frontiers says DNB
The official German news agency DNB denied reports of German troop concentrations on frontiers. The statement called such reports unfounded. The London Daily Express had claimed British cabinet members viewed confidential reports detailing troop movements on the Czech frontier.
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Realan
DNB
Germany
London Daily Express
Czech
British Fleet Begins Autumn Cruise From Malta
The British Mediterranean fleet led by battleship Warspite sailed from Malta on the autumn cruise to Greek and Egyptian ports.
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Valetta
Malta
Warspite
Japs Claim Near Breaking Of Line
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese forces near severing the Peiping Hankow railway south of the Yellow River. They claim a surprise attack from Sunghai zone in North Henan Province has pushed to within 45 miles of the Peiping Hankow line, aiming 65 miles south of Chenghow to cut the junction near Lughai.
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Yellow River
Sunghai
Henan
Peiping-Hankowne
Chenghow
Lughai
Hungerford Urges Votes for Lewis Over Tydings
Maryland Democratic Senate hopeful Arthur E. Hungerford asked supporters to give second choice votes to Rep. David J. Lewis rather than Sen. Millard E. Tydings. Hungerford warned Tydings would block New Deal policies and harm Maryland if elected.
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Baltimore
Arthur E. Hungerford
David J. Lewis
Millard E. Tydings
Hungerford
Lewis
Tydings
Roosevelt
Maryland
Maryland PWA bridges urged for rapid approval
New York AP report states Col Maurice Gilmore, regional PWA director, was instructed by Harold L Ickes to expedite federal grant applications for two Maryland highway bridges. The Susquehanna at Havre De Grace and the Potomac near Morgantown were prompted by President Roosevelt’s remarks. The Potomac bridge may cost about 3 million dollars and both projects await regional office action.
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New York
Maurice Gilmore
PWA
Harold L Ickes
Maryland
Roosevelt
Morgantown
Ickes Vl
Gilmore
Ickes
Congressional Candidate Shot Near Hammond
James H. Morrison, Democratic candidate for Congress in Louisiana's sixth district, was shot in the left arm at his summer camp seven miles east of Hammond. He was treated at a local infirmary for a .32 caliber wound and shock but is not believed to be seriously hurt. Morrison planned to resume campaigning with a Hammond rally and parade despite the attack.
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New Orleans
James H. Morrison
Congress
Louisiana
Hammond
Morrison
J. K. Griffith
Richard W. Leche
Hitler calls for annexation of Czech Germans
Nurnberg dispatch reports Goering praising the air force and asserting Hitler will demand outright annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudeten Germans. He urges unity, claims Germany is invincible, well supplied, and ready to endure a long blockade if needed.
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Europe
Continent
Nevile Henderson
Am Ior
Germany
al Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Goering
Henderson
Nuremberg
Louis P. Lochner
Nurnberg
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Labor Front
Nazi Party
Czechosloovakia
Hitler
Fuehrer
Attacks Continue On Local Defense
Insurgent forces press the Government lines in Eastern Spain amid heavy rain causing operational disruption. Government reports claim repeated attacks with cavalry infantry and tanks repelled, while insurgent messages assert resistance along the Ebro front has fallen and five fortification lines captured. In southwestern Spain, fighting over Cabezuela Hill persists four days as insurgent guns guard a salient toward the Almaden mercury mines.
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Hendaye
France
Spain
Salamanca
Ebro
Cabezuela Hill
Almaden
Threat Of War Slows Market
New York trading opened on war fears as investors sold stocks with several leading issues retreating about two points. Volume reached about 400 000 shares as broad selling broadened near the close though some support appeared. Market sentiment remained cautious amid abroad tensions and reports of possible Nazi demands in Czechoslovakia.
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New York
Hitler
Sudeten
Czechoslovakia
Furthe
No Moral Link With European Democracies
President Roosevelt rejects the idea that the United States is morally linked with European democracies in a stop Hitler movement, calling such interpretations 100 percent wrong. He criticized press framing of foreign policy while en route to Rochester for his son James’s gastric ulcer operation and noted support for repealing state poll taxes.
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Roosevelt
Rochester
Minn
United States
Hitler
Hyde Park
Mayo Clinic
James
Bulitt
France
Bullitt
Paria
Hull
Brooks Haye
Arkansan
Democratic National
International Typo graphical Union Opens 2nd Convention
In Birmingham Alabama on September 10 the International Typo graphical Union opened its 2nd annual convention with proposals including a universal 5 day law. The plan would require all future contracts to specify a 40 hour work week while not altering existing agreements.
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Birmingham
Ala
International Typographical Union
Great Britain and France push sanctions in League battle
In Geneva Britain and France push to keep roads open as sanctions loom in the Czechoslovak crisis. Scandinavian and Belgian diplomats demand clear authorization for broad sanctions while major powers lean toward using punitive measures in future conflicts.
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Geneva
Great Britain
France
Netherlands
Begium
League Assembly
Britain
Gordon Gray Poised To Lead North Carolina Young Democrats
Gordon Gray of Winston-Salem appears virtually certain to win the presidency of the Young Democrats club of North Carolina at the Durham meeting. George Hampton of Greensboro and Mrs. Charlies White of Gastonia withdrew, leaving Gray as the leading candidate.
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Gordon Gray
Winston-Salem
Young Democrats Club of
North Carolina
Durham
George (. Hampton
Greensboro
Charlies White
Gastonia
Philadelphia Mayor Indicted on 49 Counts of Misconduct
Philadelphia Mayor PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10. Mayor PHILADELPHIA, 57, indicted on 49 counts for misbehavior in office tied to failing to suppress gambling and obstructing witnesses. Four top police officers charged with neglecting gambling suppression. Bail set for Mayor at $10,000 and $5,000 for officers. 142 unidentified co defendants named. The indictments stem from a yearlong probe into vice and gambling led by a special grand jury.
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Philadelphia
S. Davis Wilson
Wilson
Pennsylvania
James E. Clegg
Robert Callahan, Jr
Ernest Holmes
George J. Kronbar
Roosevelt son James hospitalized with large stomach ulcer
Mayo Clinic reports 80 year old James Roosevelt, son of President Roosevelt, has a large ulcer at St Marys hospital in Rochester. He rested well after a comfortable night and faces planned surgery Monday to remove the ulcer, doctors say it is likely benign.
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Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
St. Mary's Hospital
Bailey presses Southern solution to problems without federal interference
Senator Josiah W. Bailey urged at a North Carolina Young Democrats convention that the South be allowed to handle its economic social and racial issues in the Southern way without federal meddling He attacked Roosevelt era policy and warned against northern politicians and “professional uplift ers” influencing Southern affairs.
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Durham
N. C
Josiah W. Bailey
South
North Carolina
Roosevelt
Batley
Social Security Administration Explained at Meeting
Arthur J. Altmeyer, chair of the Social Security Board, spoke to state labor officials about the administration of the Social Security law. He noted the labor board's system is still developing but progress has been made, and he cited the large list of workers by common surnames as part of the program. He added that posting 97 percent of employer reports was possible after IRS verification, despite initial errors.
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Charleston
8. C
International Association of Governmental Labor Officials
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
Altmeyer
Jones
Johnsons
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Jehovah's Witnesses Long Distance Convention
The Charlotte Jehovah's Witnesses convention will be connected by direct trans Atlantic telephone with London at 2 p m for an address by Judge J F Ruth erfro The Charlotte meeting is part of a world wide program with simultaneous meetings in 23 U S cities five in Canada six in Australia and three in New Zealand The Charlotte delegates come from the Virginias the Carolinas and Georgia The three day meeting opened yesterday
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Charlotte
Jehovah's Witnesses
London
England
J. F. Rutherfro
United States
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Virginias
Carolinas
Georgia
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