Suez Canal to stay open amid sanctions and war fears
Paris reports officials say the Suez Canal will not close even if Italy faces sanctions. Board talks focus on profits with British directors present. Receipts through Sept three weeks rise 10 percent. year to Sept 20 up two percent. France seeks to avoid sanctions while eyeing threats in eastern Europe including Hungary and Poland.
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Paris
Suez Canal Company
Italy
Great Britain
France
League
Adolph Hitler
Hungary
Poland
Austria
Europe
Haile Selassie Warns on Italy War Writeup
Emperor Haile Selassie says Addis Ababa will respond to Italy if the war spreads. He urges self defense and possible general mobilization of Ethiopians as tensions rise over East Africa.
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Addis Ababa
Eperor Haile Selassie
Geneva
Italy
Opia
Miller Captured in Pittsburgh After NY Escape
Federal agents report the capture of rt V. Miller known as The Otto Lustig in Pittsburgh. J Hoover of the FBI announced the arrest following a recent escape from a New York federal house of detention by sliding down a bed sheet.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
V. Miller
Theo” Lustig
Federal House of Fetion
New York
J. Hoover
Federal of Investigation
Lynch Mob Kills 60-Year-Old Harris Near Vienna Ga
A mob lynched Harris, a 60 year old arrested on drunkenness charges, as Sheriff Bos Vin led him away for safekeeping near Vienna Georgia. Reports from Atlanta note a motors carrier rates meeting with the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Vienna
Harris
Bos Vin
Dooly County
Atlanta
Athern Motors
Opera
Interstate Com- Commission
Little TVA project gains backing for Savannah River work
Colonel E. J. Brown Army engineer on the project board reports support from Savannah River area and South Carolina leaders for the dam and power project. President Roosevelt influenced approval discussions during the gathering tonight.
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TVA
Savannah River
South Carolina
E. J. Brown
Army
Roose T
Dynamite Explosion Shakes Banon area
A dynamite stored in a stone barn at West Lebanon, about 30 miles from Banon, exploded tonight with a blast that was felt over 30 miles away. No injuries reported but authorities inspect the site and assess damage.
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Banon
Amite
West
Lebanon
Roosevelt Jr Fails To Appear In Court
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr son of the President and a Harvard junior did not appear in Hampton municipal court to answer a speeding charge. His $15 bail was forfeited after he was stopped September 18 on the Lafayette highway by State Motor Vehicle Officer James F Brown Jr who said he was driving 65 miles an hour.
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Hampton
N. H
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Harvard
Hampton Municipal Court
Young Roosevelt
Lafayette
James F. Brown, Jr
Epping
State Receives Large Allotment for Public Works
Washington announces an allotment of 4.996 million dollars to fund 62 public works projects in North Carolina. The program totals about 6.66 million with 3.0 million for schools and 626 thousand for hospital construction, financed by grants and loans pending Comptroller General approval.
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Washington
North Carolina
Public Works Administration
McCarl
Mussolini Offers Britain Peace Talks Amid Ethiopian Tensions
Geneva September 28 Premier Mussolini signaled a friendly stance toward Britain and said Italy has offered to negotiate accords to ease fears over the Ethiopian issue. He also warned the League to stay hands off while speeding war preparations and pushing a strategic, not peaceful, motive.
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Geneva
Mussolini
Great Britain
Africa
Accelera
Assembly League of Nations
Tr Duce
Britain
Italy
League Assembly
Haile Selassie
Pacific
Eric Drummond
London
Fulvio Sovich
Mediterranean
England
East
Testimony Concludes In American Tragedy Case
Worcester jurors heard Newell Sherman admit an affair with Esther McGill as prosecutors pressed his claim that his wife’s drowning was accidental. Sherman detailed a prior courtship with McGill and a past relationship with her, while acknowledging a meager weekly income and sending money to his wife and to McGill.
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Esther McGill
Sherman
Roosevelt seeds New Deal in 1936 farm campaign
President Roosevelt outlined a $5.3 billion increase in the Agricultural Adjustment Act in a broadcast from Fremont Nebraska. He framed AAA as a unifying government function to aid farmers, citing many factors from monetary policy to drought and rising demand as the cause of farm improvement.
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Fremont
Neb
Roosevelt
Northwest
AAA
Illinois
New York
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Government to issue revised budget amid rising business curve
Washington reports the Treasury has prepared a new up-to-date budget outlook showing a brighter financial condition than January. The revised budget will publish revenue and spending estimates through June 30, reflecting the new tax law and higher business activity. Officials foresee January’s 4.528 billion dollar deficit being reduced.
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Washington
Treasury
Commerce Department
Business Review
Congress
Budget Bureau
Memel Votes Under German Lithuanian Tension
Memel teeters ahead of a planned election as German and Lithuanian factions clash over the 68 000 voters. Berlin accuses Lithuania of violations while Germany seeks to strengthen its grip after World War II era gains. A protest over a 15 year old arrest signals the heated political atmosphere.
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Memel
Baltic
Germany
Lithuania
Antanas Smetona
Nazi Germany
Berlin
Economic Safety Is Meeting Topic
The second annual National Labor Legislation conference will be held October 4 5 in Asheville North Carolina with Secretary of Labor Perkins and Governor Ehringhaus leading the program. Arthur Altmeyer will discuss federal state relations employment exchanges and other issues in setting up economic security programs.
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Washington
Asheville
N. C
Perkins
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
North Carolina
Miss Perkins
Ehringhaus
Reign of Terror Threatens Harlan County in Kentucky
National guardsmen moved into Harlan County after Governor Laffoon described a reign of terror amid labor and political strife. Officials reported no disorder, while the governor cited affidavits from United Mine Workers and calls for troops to protect citizens.
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Frankfort
National
Ruby Laffoon
Harlan County
United Mine Workers of America
Adj
Henry H. Denhardt
Laffoon
Harlan
Eseness
James M Gilbert
Harlan Circuit
Pineville
A. J. Pinko
H. M. Fuson
Kentucky
Denhardt
Theodore R. Middleton
FourYearOld Glover Fatally Struck by Truck in Salisbury
Four year old Ray Glover, son of Mr and Mrs E F Glover of Mt Ulla route 1, died from internal injuries after a truck collision at a Salisbury street intersection. The truck driver R P Smith of Winston Salem was jailed in default of bond. Police blamed inadequate brakes for the tragedy.
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Salisbury
Ray
E. F. Glover
Mt. Ulla
R. P. Smith
Winston-Salem
Woman in Red Claims Credit for Dillinger Tip
Chicago September report says Mrs. Anna Sage known as the Woman in Red claims sole credit for providing information that led to Dillinger’s death. Her lawyers say she told officials about Dillinger, Purvis, and Cowley in exchange for canceling deportation. Sage held on bond as court delays.
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Chicago
Anna Sage
John Dillinger
Dillinger
Thomas J. Johnson
John P. Barnes
Department of Justice
Melvin Purvis
Division of Investigation
Samuel P. Cowley
Department of Labor
Romania
Cowley
Nelson
Purvis
Barnes
U. S
Austin Hall
Fred Schotfeldt
Sage
Johnson
Indiana
Polly Hamilton
Pub
Storm warnings lifted as dangers pass Florida coast
Florida residents breath easier as the tropical disturbance veers offshore. News reports note no hurricane winds reach Miami while Key West and the west coast see warnings dropped. Cuban and Jamaican casualties and damages are updated, with Cuba detailing hundreds injured and widespread destruction to homes and infrastructure.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Cuba
Jamacia
Atlantic Ocean
Fila
Weater Bureau
Jamaica
Atlantic
Jacksonville Weather Bureau
Key West
Florida West Coast
Weather Bureau
Straits
West Palm Beach
Charleston
D. C
Fowey Rocks
Navy
Cienfuegos
Naval
Treasury
Havana
Naval Headquarters
Cassida
Kingston
Tavernier
Lower East Coast
Keys
Miamit
Auto stolen from Greensboro recovered with sample kits
Guilford county officers recovered the stolen auto of W. T. Richardson of Greensboro and three traveling sample kits from the Deep River area seven miles above High Point. Deputies Gray and Wheeless found bags tossed from the car in the river after it had traveled about 100 miles.
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Guilford County
W. T. Richardson
Greensboro
Reedy River
High Point
Dixie Apartments
Pomona
C. L. Gray
W. L. Wheeless
Deep River
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Ethiopia
Worcester
Mass
Newell P. Sherman
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