San Sebastian Falls to Fascist Occupation
Fascist forces completed their seizure of San Sebastian and established a civil administration headed by the Pamplona governor. Water and electric services were restored as Moorish legionnaires entered the city, with about 10,000 civilians and foreigners reported as having fled. Basque nationalists regrouped at Azpeitia while insurgents warned ships to avoid Bilbao and Santander after midnight.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Pamplona
Navarre
Azpeitia
Corunna
Bilboa
Santander
Talavera
Madrid
Holy Father Urges World Stop To Communism
Pope XI appealed worldwide for a militant defense against Communism warning it threatens order culture and civilization. He pardoned Spanish clergy killings and urged nations to oppose evils with all remedies while acknowledging risks of overzealous action. Five hundred Spanish refugees heard the address at the Papal Villa as Vatican radio broadcast it globally.
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Associated Press
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Italy
Pope XI
Spain
Papal Villa
Vatican
Europe
Richman and Merrill Return Flight Cross Atlantic Rescue Sighting
Harry Richman and Dick Merrill on the Lady Peace began a return flight from London to New York when they made a forced landing near Musgrave Marsh Newfoundland at 2 20 p m EDT. Radio reports said they were sighted off Cape Race Newfoundland at 12 05 p m EST with uncertain status. They had started from New York at 9 30 p m EST yesterday and planned to land at Floyd Bennett field after a transatlantic run.
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Harry Richman
Lady Peace
Dick Merrell
England
New York
Musgrave Marsh
Newfoundland
Associated Press
Floyd Bennett Field
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Dick Merrill
Cape Race
New Foundland
Richman
Brooklyn
N. Y
London
America
Southport Beach
Liverpool
McMahon Told Fantastical Plot Tale and Prison Sentence
In London on September 14 the Old Bailey heard a bizarre tale of a foreign power plot to assassinate King Edward VIII. George An McMahon was convicted of firing a revolver near the King's procession and sentenced to one year of hard labor. He claimed the plot involved a government payoff and warned of empire-wide repercussions. The court called him a guided person and noted his claims did not harm the king.
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Old Bailey
Edward VIII
George An McMahon
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Mahon
John Hutchinson
Sir Somervell
MoMt
McMahon
Empire
Atr
Donald Sam McMahon
High Point honors Olympic athlete Harry Williamson at banquet
More than 200 people gather at the Sheraton to honor Harry Williamson North Carolina's first Olympic athlete. The 1936 Berlin competitor, who ran the 800 meters to finish sixth, is celebrated with talks by Grover H. Jones, Robert A. Fetter, and Charlie Spencer.
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Harry Williamson
High Point
North Carolina
Harry
Berlin
Germany
High Point High School
University of North Carolina
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Robert A. Fetter
Charlie Spencer
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H. V. Koonte
Pope Pius XI Warns Radio Audience on Communism Threat
Pope Pius XI, in a radio address, warned the world of the dangers of communism and said chaos would spread unless steps are taken to halt it. He urged nations to unite against the spread of revolutionary activism.
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Pope Pius XI
Leaders Study Farm Program for 1937 Soil Plan
Washington reports the agriculture department weighs next year’s program with Secretary Wallace urging fields to keep core goals. The AAA announces community meetings to shape the soil conservation plan focusing on erosion control soil fertility and land use while debating crop insurance and limits on payments.
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Congress
Irving Thalberg Dies at 37 Noted Producer and Norma Shearer Husband
Irving G Thalberg 37 noted motion picture producer and husband of Norma Shearer died in Santa Monica California His wife and his parents were present at the end Lobar pneumonia was given as the cause of death by Dr Phillip Newark who attended the film executive He contracted a slight cold on vacation at Del Monte a week earlier and his condition worsened over the past two days
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Irving G. Thalberg
Norma Shearer
Lobar
Phillip Newark
Thalberg
del Monte
Germans stage war maneuvers at Nurnberg convention
Reports from Nurnberg say Nazi Germany displayed its new compulsory army for Hitler’s rally guarding private enterprise. The spectacle featured rifle fire artillery, 400 warplanes overhead, 100 tanks advancing through barbed wire, and formations from Hindenburg squadrons and Richthofen escadrilles.
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Associated Press
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Germany
Nazi Germany
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Zeppelin Meadow
Hindenburg
Horst Wessel
Richthofen
Immelmann
Detroit Bishop Attacks Lemke Monetary Plank
The Most Rev. Michael J. Gallagher, bishop of Detroit, told Catholic study clubs that Lemke’s money plank in the National Union for Social Justice platform is dangerous and would nationalize credit. He favored Coughlin’s teachings but said the plank clashes with church views and could implicate the Catholic church. Rep. William Lemke is the party’s presidential candidate.
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Detroit
Michael J. Gallagher
Lemke
Roosevelt
Dakotas
Charles BE. Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
Fr. Coughlin
Trol Lemke
Union Party
Coughlin
William Lemke
R.N. D
Chuch
Maine Election Spotlight Signals National Pulse
Maine voters joined a nationwide political moment as primaries opened and forecasts swirled about the presidential race. The Maine focus centers on Governor Louis J. Brann versus Senator Pallace H. White Jr for the Senate, with other state offices including governor and Congress up for grabs.
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Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Portland
Louis J. Brann
Pallace H. White, Jr
Congress
Morrow
Massachusetts
James M. Curley
Robert ®. Greenwood
Fitchburg
Marcus A. Coolidge
Thomas C. O’brien
Union Party
O’brien
Senate
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Alonzo B. Cook
Guy M. Gray
New Hampshire
M. Styles Bridges
George H. Moses
Henry W. Keyes
William J. Callahan
Holding Company Act Faces Major Federal Court Test
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a brief in the Southern District of New York challenging Electric Bond and Share for not registering under the Holding Company Act. The firm serves about 10 percent of US power customers and argues constitutional issues. The commission accuses the company of unclean hands and seeks an injunction to stop interstate commerce until registration is completed.
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New York
Securities and Exchange Commission
Electric Bond and Share Company
Southern District Federal Court
United States
Electric Bond
Congress
House Committee
R. Inch
Electric Bond and Share
Japanese Rioters Halt Japanese Commission at Pakhoi
Soldiers from the 19th Route Army barred a Japanese commission from landing to probe the reported killing of a Japanese citizen by Chinese rioters in Pakhoi. The act stirred fear and prompted about ten percent of the city’s population to flee, as nerves recalled the Shanghai war scare of 1932.
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Hong Kong
19Th Route Army
Pakhoi
Chinese agitation over Japanese investigators in Pakhoi sparks new destroyer departure
Chinese protests against disembarkation of Japanese investigators at Pakhoi prompted another Japanese destroyer to hurry south to the China coast. Reports from Shanghai claim Chinese demonstrators blocked officials sent by Tokyo to probe the reported killing of a Japanese national.
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Shanghai
Pakhoi
South China District
Tokyo
Delegates Agree On Weed Compact
Delegates from 10 tobacco producing states agreed unanimously that uniform compact legislation to control leaf production should be administered by state commissions chosen by growers. They will ask their legislatures to allow producers to nominate growers to then be named by each state governor to form the commissions.
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Washington
Ben Kilgore
Louisville
Farm Bureau Federation
Nagano Holds Talks on Pakhoi Crisis and Chinese Objections
Admiral Osami Nagano and naval officers discussed the Pakhoi situation caused by Chinese objections to a Japanese inquiry into a Japanese national's death. Japanese papers say leaders urged drastic action to clear the 19th army from Pakhoi and pressed for the use of force.
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Tokyo
Osami Nagano
Pakhoi
Browder Speech Hindered in Tampa by Locked Hall
Earl Browder, Communist party presidential candidate, was prevented from speaking in Tampa when the rented hall doors were chained and pad locked. Police had warned of arrest for any Communistic utterances after he traveled from Atlanta. Browder planned to proceed to Norfolk, Virginia for a political address.
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Fila
Earl Browder
Norfolk
Communist Party
Atlanta
T. O. Sturdivant
Browder
Spanish Plot to Assassinate Azana and Largo Caballero Foiled
Madrid reports anti-espionage police thwarted a fascist plot to kill President Manuel Azana and Premier Francisco Largo Caballero. Nine people were arrested, including six alleged ringleaders. One suspect, Juan Loring, is described as a grandee's nephew.
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Madrid
Manuel Azana
Francisco Largo Caballero
Juan Loring
Juan Lavia
Barcelona
Russia Laughs At Hitler Dreams in Soviet Press
Moscow dispatch notes the Soviet press mocking Hitler for grand schemes to seize Ukraine Urals and Siberia. Report cites editors comparing his ambitions to seeing his own ears and referencing the five pointed Red Star as a symbol of communism.
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Moscow
Hitler
Ukraine
Urals
Siberia
Nurnberg
Russia
College ready to begin year at High Point campus
Old students arrived as High Point College readies for registration. Upperclassmen register Tuesday, freshmen Thursday, classes start Friday. Freshman class expected near 125 with 120 advance registrations. total enrollment projected at 325, the largest in school history, according to President Dr. G I Humphreys.
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High Point College
G. I. Humphreys
Narcotics Stolen in Goldsboro Drugstore Theft
Federal agents expected to investigate a sizable narcotics theft from a Goldsboro drugstore on September 14, with authorities to examine the scene and pursue suspects.
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Goldsboro
Rescue Parties Search For Victims Of Big Landslide
Rescue teams comb Lake Loen in Norway after a massive rock slide and flood wiped out Bodal and Nesdal villages. Authorities report 74 dead and many missing with survivors receiving hospital care and aid from Bergen and Oslo medical teams.
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Norway
Bodal
Nesdal
Rogne
Trotsky Seeks Residence In Barcelona Reports Say
Lisbon radios reported Soviet exile Leon Trotsky asked the Catalan government in Spain to permit him to live in Barcelona. The exile, recently accusing Stalin’s government of plotting terror, had been interned in a house by a government authority.
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French Morocco
Lisbon
Leon Tro
Spain
Barcelona
Trotzky
Stalin
Way
North Carolina and South Carolina Weather Update
North Carolina sees mostly clear night with scattered showers in the north portion. South Carolina reports Partly cloudy night and Tuesday with fewer showers in the northwest on Tuesday.
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