Mediterranean Tensions Rise as Italy Britain Mobilize Fleets
Western observers warn a tinder for a wider conflict in the Mediterranean exists as Britain and Italy mobilize ships aircraft and troops around Suez Gibraltar and the Sudan amid Italy’s dispute with Ethiopia. Official silence remains on strategic aims while air and naval reinforcements surge.
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London
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Italy
Suez
Gibraltar
British Air Ministry
Royal Air Forces
Ethiopia
Admiralty
Suez Canal
Egypt
Sudan
Air Ministry
Hancock Calls End to Boondoggling in Relief Funds
Representative Frank Hancock of Oxford North Carolina urged an end to boondoggling in federal relief spending. He criticized President Roosevelt and Hopkins for spending the four billion dollar appropriation and preferred Public Works projects over Hopkins plans. Hancock met with Public Works and Works Progress officials to discuss district projects.
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Washington
Frank W. Hancock
Oxford
N. C
Roosevelt
Works Progress
Harry L. Hopkins
Kins
Ickes
Hancock
Public
Hopkins
Public Works and
League hears Jew's protest against Nazi policy
The League of Nations assembly was appealed to by Rabbi Stephen S Wise of the Committee of Jewish Delegations. He protested anti Jewish laws proclaimed after the Reichstag session in Nurnberg, calling them a medieval regression and a breach of equality and civilization.
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Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
Eduard Benes
Assembly
Stephen &. Wise
Nurnberg
Germany
Third Reich
Europe
Reynolds Seeks One Month Session Of Congress In 1936
Salt Lake City report notes Senator Robert Reynolds of North Carolina urged Congress stay in session for only 30 days next year. He said the new session should fix flaws in past laws and consider deporting aliens who refuse citizenship and paying the soldiers bonus. Reynolds and Leo Cadison planned a 30 day national tour.
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Salt Lake City
Robert RK. Reynolds
North Carolina
Congress
United States
Reynolds
Leo Cadison
Asheville
N. C
F D R To Begin Stumping In Talmadge Front Yard
President Roosevelt plans a southern campaign speech in Atlanta during Thanksgiving week. The event frames a clash with Governor Eugene Talmadge as Georgia weighs a presidential primary and delegate selection for the 1936 Democratic convention.
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Talmadge
Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Roosevelt
Georgia
Middle West
Atlanta Constitution
Warm Springs
Profit Taking on Stock Exchange
Heavy profit taking unsettled the New York market with losses of 1 to 3 points in leading issues. Wheat jumped to the limit on crop damage fears while cotton improved modestly and government securities remained quiet. The dollar firmed as devaluation fears eased and other currencies moved with the market.
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New York
Winnipeg
Chicago
U. S
Tokyo Stock Market Sees Wild Session Amid War Scare
Tokyo and Osaka exchanges extended trading to 6 30 p m in a wild bull market with record turnover, 1 183 000 shares in Tokyo and 1 174 000 in Osaka, as Italo Ethiopian crisis drew sympathy displays.
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Tokyo
Osaka
Ethiopia
Polish Balloon Wins 27th Gordon Bennett Race
The Polish balloon Polonia appeared to win the 27th Gordon Bennett International Balloon race landing in Stalingrad province after 1054 miles from Warsaw. The American Navy craft piloted by Lieut Raymond F. Tyler and navigator Lieut Howard J.P. Orville covered 620 miles.
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Moscow
Polonia
Stalingrad
Caspian Sea
Warsaw
U. S. Navy
Raymond F. Tyler
Howard JP. Orville
Noe and Martin Enter Long Plan for Louisiana and U.S. Senate
Lieutenant Governor James A Noe of Monroe announced his bid for the January gubernatorial primaries under Huey P Long plan. Wade P Martin public service commissioner announced a U S Senate run on the Long platform for a full six year term beginning January 1937. They spoke after a Roosevelt hotel meeting with Rev Gerald L K Smith Share Our Wealth organizer who warned state administrations must align with the movement.
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New Orleans
James A. Noe
Monroe
Huey P. Long
Wade P. Martin
Public Service
United States Senate
Long
Roosevelt Hotel
Gerald L. K. Smith
Share-Our-Wealth Clubs
New Potato Control Plan Predicted by AAA
Secretary Wallace signaled the AAA may abandon compulsory potato controls for a voluntary scheme with potential benefit payments if funds are lacking. He noted the next Congress might be asked to modify the potato act, which taxess excess production and imposes penalties on sellers and buyers.
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AAA
Washington
Ers
Senator Long
Congress
Treasury
May Probe Jail Death in Raleigh
In Raleigh spy coroner L. M. Waring delayed a formal inquiry into Henry W. Williams a 60 year old man who died in the city jail from a skull fracture and hemorrhage after an arrest for drunkenness. Officers said he fell on the street before his arrest and had head abrasions. Dr W W Stansfield declared the prisoner’s condition critical and Williams died before transfer to hospital.
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Raleigh
L. M. Waring
Henry W. Williams
Williams
W. A. Gattis
J. J. Bynum
State relief chief holds Lamar Stringfield resignation
Raleigh reports that Thomas O Berry state relief administrator said she had not accepted Lamar Stringfield resigning as director of the state symphony orchestra but would take definite action immediately.
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Raleigh
Thomas O'Berry
Lamar Stringfield
State Symphony
Bank Books Scan Clue To Motive In New Jersey Triple Murder
Newark police exam of bank books tied to deposits around 30000 dollars as they probe motive for Charles Geary 43 who killed his brother John Geary 42 and Orlando LeVan 60 and Benjamin LeVan 65 before shooting himself. Investigators traced accounts linked to Mia Kate Le Van wife of Orlando who died weeks earlier.
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Bank Books
New Jersey
Newark
N. J
Charles Russell Geary
Patrick McNamara
Bend
South 20Th
McNamara
John 8
Geary
Charles
Orlando Levan
Orlando
Benjamin
Charles Geary
Mia
Kate le van
Easton
Believe Ethiopia Will Like League Compromise Plan
In Geneva on September 19 Salvador De Madariaga chairing the Italo Ethiopian committee said he believed Ethiopia would accept the league plan for a compromise with Italy though he could not predict Italy's response. He noted Mussolini had spoken by long distance telephone with Baron Aloisi since the plan was sent. An Italian delegate rejected it as unacceptable for negotiation.
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Geneva
Salvador de Madariaga
Spain
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Italy
Great Britain
France
Poland
Turkey
Baron Pomhpeo Aloisi
Mussolini
de Madariaga
Baron
Mediterranean
Giornale D'Italia
League
Pompeo Aloisi
Rome
West Indies
Aly
Welsh Premier Warns of Impending War
Bradford England September 19 Prime Minister David Lloyd George warned the region that war is near within a week or a fortnight and compared it to Germanys attack on Belgium He criticized peace makers for delays as Italy moved toward war and pressed for action to avert catastrophe.
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David Lieyd George
Fogland
Bradford
Eng
David Lloyd George
Great Britain
Council For Action For Peace and Reconstruction
Germany
Belgium
Lloyd George
Italy
Construction Industry Is Making Substantial Gains
Washington reports government statisticians say idle carpenters bricklayers and other skilled workers are moving into private home construction. The Housing Administration notes initial data showing a definite rise in building activity with mixed signals on heavy industries. Isador Lubin calls conditions clearly on the rise.
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Washington
America
Isador Lubin
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Tobacco Growers Talk Prices In Raleigh Meeting
Tobacco growers from eastern North Carolina arrive in Raleigh to discuss actions to bolster dropping prices. Governor Ehringhaus, tied to the 193? tobacco holiday, is asked for input while a five man committee weighs plans for a state wide meeting at the News and Observer building. Many market towns planned to send representatives as uncertainty over timing lingers.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Ehringhaus
Wendell
fiVeman Committee
News and Observer
Squalls Off Coast of Carolinas Report
Weather bureau warns of a slight disturbance moving northeast off the Carolinas. Senior meteorologist Walter J. Bennett says the system brought only a squally condition and has not reached storm proportions with no indication of increasing intensity.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Atlantic
Carolinas
Walter J. Bennett
France's elder statesman Jules Cambon dies at 90
Vevey Switzerland AP Jules Cambon former French ambassador to Washington and Berlin aged about 90 has died after a career spanning 1870 to World War I Cambon was a prominent elder statesman in France whose long service included key diplomatic posts.
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Vevey
Switzerland
Jules Cambon
Washington
Berlin
France
Cambon
William T. Reed, Virginia financier and tobacconist, dies at 70
William T. Reed, 70, head of Larus and Brother and Reed Tobacco, died at his Goochland county estate from a heart attack. A prominent tobacconist, financier, and philanthropist, he had extensive ties to Virginia state politics.
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Richmond
William T. Reed
Larus and Brother
Reed Tobacco Companies
Goochland County
Virginia
Duke University Women’s College Opens Formal Exercises
Duke University founder Duke B. Duke is enrolled in the women’s college which held its formal opening exercises this afternoon.
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B. Duke
Duke University
Woman's College of
Fliers Hope Inquest Will Bring Freedom
Two Detroit airmen charged with manslaughter in the Len Koenecke death await the coroner's inquest. The three day investigation ends tonight with the verdict potentially exonerating William Mulqueeney and Irwin Davis. Attorneys argue Koenecke's death was justifiable homicide and the Crown faces an uphill case.
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Toronto
Detroit
Len Koenecke
Brooklyn Dodgers
William Joseph Mulqueeney
Irwin Davis
E. J. Murphy
Fliers
Koenecke
Liner Dixie Is Again Floated
The Morgan liner Dixie refloated at 1 a m after running aground on French Reef south of Miami during the Labor Day hurricane. Captain B B W Sundstrom confirmed the refloat, but details on salvage tugs and process were unavailable.
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Miami
Fla
Dixie
French Reef
Florida Keys
B&b. W
Sundstrom
Associated Press
Britain Fleet Moves Threaten War as Italy Sees Provocation
Italian newspapers accuse Great Britain of provoking war with Mediterranean naval buildup. Giornale d Italia cites an open menace of war while Italy expands military readiness with a million mobilized forces. Geneva signals doubt over Italo Ethiopians talks as Mussolini risk rises.
Hauptmann Denial On Commutation Offer In Lindbergh Case
Attorney C Lloyd Fisher denies reports Hauptmann was offered commutation to life if he named alleged co conspirators in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. He says no such offer was made to the defense or state officials and Hauptmann remains innocent in their view.
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Trenton
N. J
C. Lloyd Fisher
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Associated Press
Hauptmann
Fisher
North and South Carolina Weather: Clouds and Showers Expected
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with little temperature change in North Carolina. South Carolina faces mostly cloudy conditions through tonight and Friday with possible showers on the north coast. Winds vary from moderate southwest to northwest in the north and northeast to northwest along the coast. overcast skies and occasional showers expected tonight and Friday. Offshore winds from Sandy Hook to Hatteras shift to west or northwest, while winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville remain mainly northeast onshore, with scattered showers across the region.
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South Carolina
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
North Portion
South
Jacksonville
North
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