Ethiopian Emperor Rejects Any Concessions to Italy
Haile Selassie told the Associated Press in Addis Ababa that Ethiopia will fight to the last man if Italy advances plans and rejects any political economic or territorial concessions. He denied accepting any mandate whether American Italian British or French and defended independence amid League of Nations mediation.
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Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Italy
Addis Ababa
Associated Press
Taly
League of Nations
Geneva
Mussolini
Mussolini Granted Power to Interpret War Code
Italian Premier Mussolini gains sole authority to interpret war code under a decree signed by King Victor Emmanuel III. The measure, issued in the official gazette, established a commission of top commanders to revise entente agreements and guide Italy’s wartime conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Emanuel
Maly
Fay
Emier Mussolini
Mussolini
Italy
Il Duce
League
Southern hosiery industry on boom in the South
Charlotte reports Taylor R. Durham secretary of the Southern Hosiery Manufacturers Association says the hosiery knitting sector in the South is booming with orders being taken for delivery before January 1. Demand grows as silk prices rise and firms demonstrate ability to maintain NRA code hours and wages, overwhelming producers.
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Charlotte
Taylor R. Durham
Southern Hosiery Manufacturers Association
South
Durham
NRA
Stock Market Slump Amid War Fears In New York
Selling waves swept the New York stock market as prices fell one to five points at their worst. Analysts blamed darkening European war clouds and a long overdue technical correction amid heavy foreign liquidation.
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New York
Kennedy Resigns SEC chairman after helping New Deal reforms
In Hyde Park, President Roosevelt announced the resignation of Joseph P. Kennedy, first SEC chairman and close adviser, effective after a Europe trip. He retires to private business, having guided stock exchange supervision and aided the President in financial matters. In Greensboro, defense testimony opened in the High Point criminal assault case, with Ross and a 14 year old witness detailing events surrounding two girls.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Joseph P. Kennedy
Securities and Exchange Commission
Kennedy
Europe
Commission
Greensboro
Sidney Ross
High Point
Ross
Manchester
England
John Phillips
Alma Trivett
Julia Brown
Gulf 10 Atlantic Canal Is Started
Ocala Florida September 20 A small army of relief workers dug today on the Gulf Atlantic ship canal across the Florida peninsula started yesterday to the tune of cheers from a big crowd of onlookers. The project aims to extend a hale blasted out with aid from President Roosevelt to a 14 mile trench 400 feet wide and 15 to 28 feet deep with a 5 million dollar initial allotment. Roosevelt granted the money from the relief fund and pressed the dynamite charge yesterday from his Hyde Park home.
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Ocala
Fla
Gulf Atlantic Ship Canal
Florida Peninsula
Roosevelt
Work Relief Fund
Hyde Park
Reynolds' Home On Wheels Is Stalled During Tour
Senator Robert R. Reynolds of North Carolina on a 9,000 mile motor tour was delayed 24 hours in Reno Nevada due to motor trouble en route from Wells Reynolds plans to visit his daughter Frances Reynolds who set up a Reno home to divorce Le Baron Colt
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Reno
Nev
Robert R. Reynolds
North Carolina
United States
Wells
Frances Reynolds
le Baron Colt
Lawyer Y. Fryd Dies After Brief Illness in Lumberton
LUMBERTON Sept. 20. (PP) 7 w. Y. Fryd, 41, attorney and former Ameri can Legion post commander plus former FHA chairman for Robeson county, died today after a brief illness. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 3 p.m.
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Lumberton
W. Y. Fryd
American Legion
FHA
Robeson County
Governor silent as Louisiana political mutiny unfolds
In New Orleans on September 20 Governor C. K. Allen faced an intra faction revolt as Lieut Gov James A Noe and Public Service Commissioner Wade O Martin announced bids for governor and US senator without Long faction caucus. Allen, stunned, refused comment amid private talks and rebuked the pair in his office.
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New Orleans
C. K. Allen
Huey P. Long
James A. Noe
Public Service
Wade O. Martin
United States
Comote
Noe
Martin
Jimmy
Wade Martin
State House
Seymour Weiss
Long
Long's Last Law Threatens Louisiana Farm Aid
Louisiana farmers may lose federal benefit payments totaling 15 to 18 million dollars as a new state law blocks Agricultural Adjustment Administration contracts. Congressman Numa Montez said the act, effective October 1, bars any federal agent from spending money in Louisiana in violation of the federal constitution, prompting AAA review in Washington. Attorney General Porter has issued an opinion to AAA representative Marcel Voorhies supporting the contract freeze after October 1.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Roosevelt
Louisiana
Numa Montez
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Washington
Montet
Gaston L. Porterie
Marcel Voorhies
AAA
Barrymore Refuses To See His Young Protege In Chicago
Chicago report says John Barrymore 53 avoids meeting Elaine Barrie 20 aboard his Twentieth Century Limited arrival. Barrie pursued him in Chicago by plane and train, calling him Ariel and Caliban, while manager Henry Hatcher and caretaker Cam Cammomill confirm Barrymore wants to see no one.
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Jaine Barrie
John Barrymore
Barrymore
Chicago
Chicago American
Elaine Barrie
Miss Barrie
Twentieth Century Limited
New York Central Railroad
Santa Fe
John
New York
Mickey
Ariel
Caliban
Henry Hatcher
South Ride
Cam Cammomill
Beverly Hille
Mr. Barrymore
Cammomill
Wife Of Preparedness Day Bomber On Witness Stand
Mrs Tom Moneye testified in San Francisco on her husband 66 who has served 19 years of a life sentence for the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing. She recounted that day vividly supporting his claim of innocence and described actions the couple took the day of the attack. The testimony occurred during a habeas corpus hearing before a California referee.
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Tom Mooney
California
San Quentin
San Francisco
Mooney
California Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Fliers Freed in Koenecke Death
In Toronto on September 20, magistrate Douglas Keith dismissed manslaughter charges against William Mulqueeney and Irwin Davis in the death of Brooklyn outfielder Len Koenecke. A coroner's jury found self defense after Koenecke started a fight aboard a plane. the judge cited no criminal intent and acquitted both Detroit airmen.
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Toronto
William Joseph Mulqueeney
Irwin Davis
Len Koenecke
Brooklyn
Long Branch
Douglas Keith
MulQueeney
Irwin
Detroit
Koenecke
Mulpenreer
Keith
Body identified as J F Owens on Lexington trestle
Identified Lexington report states J F Owens a 51 year old Greenville South Carolina textile worker was found on a railway trestle near Lexington. Coroner J R Terry ruled death from a train impact.
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Lexington
J. F. Owens
Greenville
8. C
J. R. Terry
Spanish cabinet resigns under Lerroux in Madrid
Last minute news flashes report Premier Lerroux’s cabinet resigning in Madrid. In Geneva Italian quarters say direct talks between Great Britain and Italy have begun or will begin soon over concerns about an Italian menace to Egypt via Libya.
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Geneva
Great Britain
Italy
Britain
Egypt
Libya
Stock Market Slumps on War Loan and Tax Decision
In Rome on September 20 prices dropped sharply as traders reacted to cabinet decisions to back a large national war loan and levy extra war taxes amid looming conflict with Ethiopia.
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Rome
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie Hosts Largest Banquet Since Coronation
Nearly 100 American correspondents and cameramen were guests of Emperor Haile Selassie at a banquet in the imperial palace. It was the largest banquet since the ruler's coronation, besides some raw meat feasts.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Imperial Place
Four men arrested in Raleigh face burglary tools charges
Raleigh police said four men arrested ten days ago as alleged members of a safe blowing gang would be charged with possession of burglary tools for the purpose of committing a felony and other charges had been lodged against them.
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Poor
Raleigh
Porterle rules Long act not apply to A A A
In Baton Rouge Louisianas attorney general ruled that Huey Longs 1930 special session act barring federal activities in the state did not apply to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, leaving the agency free to operate in Louisiana. The decision locks in a dispute over federal presence in state affairs.
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Baton Rouge
Gaston L. Porterle
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Wallace Declines Raleigh Tobacco Protest Meeting
Zeb V. Williams of Rolesville says Secretary Henry Wallace cannot attend the state wide tobacco protest meeting planned for tomorrow. Williams, chairman of the committee, reported this by long distance call.
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Wallace
Raleigh
Zeb V. Williams
Rolesville
Henry Wallace
Mussolini to protest to League over British Mediterranean fleet
Rome reports Mussolini will formally protest to the League of Nations Council against British naval reinforcements in the Mediterranean. Italy’s Aloisi to urge that Britain’s moves threaten war and violate League principles, while stock markets react with declines in war gear makers Ilva and Fiat.
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Rome
Great Britain
Mussolini
League of Nations Council
Mediterranean
Stock Exchange
Ilva Company
Fiat Company
Ti Duce
Pompeo Aloisi
Italy
League
Councill
Aloisi Fs
League of Nations
Mussolini Protest Report On British Warships Questioned
London officials doubt Rome telegram about Mussolini ordering a protest to the League of Nations over British naval moves in the Mediterranean. They say no official notice or disapproval has reached Britain and insist there is no quarrel with Italy over the Italo Ethiopian dispute.
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London
Rome
Mussolini
League of Nations
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Italy
Weather Summary for Foast and Cape Areas
Forecaster notes fair tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Sandy Mook to Hatteras shows moderate northwest and west winds shifting to southeast or south and increasing cloud with possible showers in the north afternoon. Hatteras to Jacksonville reports gentle to moderate winds from northwest to northeast with overcast conditions tonight and Saturday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Sandy Mook
Hatteras
Jacksonville
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