Texas legislators rally against Huey Long cotton plan
In Austin on Sept 15, Texas lawmakers denounced Huey P. Long’s cotton prohibition plan as unfounded and unfit for office. Senate and House leaders signaled movement toward cotton curtailment, with a plan to limit planting to one fourth of cultivated area, while a resolution invited former senator T. H. McGregory to brief the Senate.
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Austin
Texas
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
T. H. McGregory
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Anderson and Clayton
Houston
McGregor
Ross S. Sterling
Legion Meet Outlines Unemployment Plans at Detroit
Washington reports the American Legion’s unemployment conference heard many ideas to combat joblessness including beer legalization and a $10 billion federal construction plan. General James G. Harbord warned a relief program must not appear as an empty cup, stressing the danger of ridicule at the Detroit convention. Howard P. Savage led the commission, insisting a proper presentation of the bonus issue will yield the right answer.
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Belize
British Honduras
Diddier Masson
United States
Salvation Army
Washington
American Legion
James G. Harbord
American Expeditionary Forces
Legion
Detroit
Harbord
Howard P. Savage
The
Employment Commission
Hoover Calls National Housing Conference For December
President Hoover outlined a national housing conference to be held December 2 to 5 in Washington. About 1000 citizens from all 48 states will join to discuss home construction, ownership, and related topics including finance design city planning and household management. Planning committees and national associations are represented and private funds will finance the event.
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Washington
Hoover
United States
Farm Hand Held For Criminal Assault Remains In Jail
KINSTON, Sept. 15. Raymond Powell and Will Taylor, Negroes, were released today after being held in connection with the reported criminal attack on Eunice Mae Pollock, 19, of Jones County. Jake Harrison, 35, remains in custody. The girl’s account was altered slightly, though officials will not disclose details of the changes.
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Kinston
Raymond Powell
Will Taylor
Eunice Mae Pollock
Jones County
Jake Harrison
Typhoid Outbreak at State Hospital Takes Five Lives
In Cleveland Ohio the typhoid fever outbreak at the state hospital has claimed five lives and infected 126 inmates among 2350 patients. A corps of 150 doctors and nurses, aided by 18 nurses from other institutions, works to halt the contagion while searches for the source continue without success.
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Cleveland
State Hospital
Death toll rises in Belize hurricane area 2500 feared
W H Shearer reports via amateur radio that J Leland Smith now in Belize says deaths may reach 2500 as streets clear slowly. Villages report starvation, boats scattered, water and food scarce and people fleeing towns. A British warship delivered aid and more contacts are planned.
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Atlanta
W. H. Shearer
J. Leland Smith
Montclair
N. J
Belize
British Honduras
Shearer
Smith
West Indies
Plane minus tail shown by transatlantic flyer Koehl
A tailless airplane designed by Capt. Herman Koehl, the trans-Atlantic flier, was demonstrated before officials from the ministry of transportation in Berlin.
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Berlin
Herman Koehl
Ministry of Transportation
Light plane prize drive fuels French popularity
Paris, Sept. 15. The Air Ministry boosts interest in light two seater planes by offering 12,000 dollars in prizes in a national design competition. The move aims to popularize light planes in the 120 horsepower and under class.
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Paris
France
Air Ministry
Scopes Returns to Dayton Site of 1925 Trial
Dayton, Tenn. John T. Scopes, the former Dayton schoolteacher famed for the 1925 trial over the state anti evolution law, visits the town after six years. He works for New Mexico's state mine bureau, avoids discussing evolution, and revisits old friends. He notes the Bryan Memorial University, built to honor William Jennings Bryan who helped prosecute him and died shortly after his conviction.
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Dayton
Tenn
John Thomas Scopes
Tennessee
State Bureau of Mines
New Mexico
Bryan Memorial University
William Jennings Bryan
Scopes
Fishermen testify as coroner probes Mrs Kane death
In Hampton Virginia coroner jury reconvenes to decide if Mrs Jenny Graham Kane drowned accidentally or was murdered by her husband Professor Elisha Kent Kane. Fishermen testified about clamming near Grandview Beach where her body was found. Kane denies murder claiming she struck her head while diving and was taken to hospital after failed revival efforts. Kane is linked to Dr Evan ONeill Kane and Roanoke College ties.
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Hampton
Jenny Graham Kane
Elisha Kent Kane
University of Tennessee
Grandview Beach
George K. Vanderslice
Kane
Professor Kane
Evan O'Neill Kane
Roanoke College
Salem
Jenny Graham
the Col
Aimee Tells The Faithful Her Little Heart Yearned For Love
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton 38, evangelist, revealed on stage at Angelus Temple that love has entered her life as she spoke after The Iron Furnace act. She described loneness since her first marriage and praised her new marriage to David Hutton 30, a choir singer, whom she wed in Yuma Arizona aboard a plane to escape publicity.
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Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton
David Hutton
Angelus Temple
Los Angeles
Aimee
Aimee Semple Mé¢Pherson-Hutton
Evangelist
Rolf
Roberta
Silver Wings
Flowers Trigger Dowling's Suicide Death in San Francisco
Leo V. Dowling slashed his wrists and throat after receiving funeral flowers with a taunting card. A nurse presented the bouquet and read Better luck next time before he collapsed and died hours later. An inquest will probe the flower sender and handwriting. California law penalizes urging another to kill themselves.
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San Francisco
Leo V. Dowling
Mr. Dowling
Dowling
California
Bank of Beaufort Fails To Open Doors
RALEIGH September 15 The Bank of Beaufort located at Beaufort in Carteret county failed to open for business today. Bank commissioner Gurney P Hood was notified. Audit of July 15 showed resources of 232 826 99 deposits of 190 921 09 and bills payable 22 479 19 W A Mace was president and J A Marnaday cashier
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Raleigh
Bank of Beaufort
Beaufort
Carteret County
Gurney P. Hood
W. A. Mace
J. A. Mharnaday
Blimp Moored To Top Of Empire State Building
A small commercial dirigible carrying two men was moored at the Empire State Building top in New York. The craft, the same one that ran away last week, had no coupling gear and was held by a balcony crew for under a minute before being released.
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New York
Empire State Building
Fifth Avenue
35Th Street
Empire State
Republican Leader Opposes Tax Increase
Representative Tilson of Connecticut, Republican leader in the last congress, said today he was against any tax increases in the next congress if avoidable. He argued that stringent economy could prevent tax hikes that would upset business generally.
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Washington
Tilson
Connecticut
Trial Flight of Giant Zeppelin Scheduled Soon
Akron authorities indicate the first trial flight of the giant Zeppelin may occur as early as next Monday. Goodyear Zeppelin Corp plans to turn the airship over to the navy for final inspection this Thursday.
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Akron
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation
Navy
Railway taxed fight stalls $35000 claim in South Carolina
U S District Judge Ernest F Cochran issued a temporary order halting the South Carolina tax commission from collecting $35000 in additional income tax against the Piedmont & Northern railway. The railway argues the assessment violates due process and hampers interstate commerce as the 20 day deadline for the tax commission to answer nears. A three judge hearing will decide on making the order permanent with named judges to be announced.
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Charleston
8. C
U. S
Ernest F. Cochran
South Carolina Tax Commission
Piedmont & Northern Railway
Tax Commission
Cochran
Gandhi Demands Home Rule at Indian Roundtable
In London Gandhi addressed the federal structures committee urging full self government for India and the granting of Karachi mandate conditions. He spoke for about three quarters of an hour, vow ing to withdraw if he cannot serve his country or England.
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London
Mohandas K. Gandhi
St. James Palace
Palace
America
Gandhi
Federal Structures Committee
Indian Roundtable
India
Karachi
England
Roosevelt to Speak by Phone in Cheraw Highway Opening
Cheraw South Carolina sets a September 15 ceremony for U S highway one opening with a long distance speech by Governor Franklin D Roosevelt via telephone. Mayor R A Rouse says the event will feature E B Jeffress L R Ames and John A Park Raleigh publisher as speakers.
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Cheraw
5. C
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
R. A. Rouse
Roosevelt
U. S
Maine
Florida
E. B. Jeffress
North Carolina Highway Commission
L. R. Ames
John A. Park
Raleigh
Negro Fugitive Eludes Posse In South Carolina Swamps
LOCKHART S C Sept 16 the search for t de Moore a negro farm hand wanted in connection with the shooting of Aubrey Wilburn plantation overseers continued today officers believed the negro escaped in an automobile Bloodhounds trailed Moore to a house on the border of the Broad river swamp near here but the scent was lost where automobile tracks could be seen.
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