War shadows loom as Ethiopia Crisis widens Europe risk
The August 81st letter from the Administrative & Research Corporation outlines Britain's stake if Ethiopia falls, fearing Suez and Nile control by Italy, while France seeks League stability. It warns of renewed German moves, American neutrality, and rising arms builds that threaten global peace and trade.
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Great Britain
Italy
Osays
Ethiopia
Suez Canal
Nile
Egypt
Sudan
League of Nations
France
Geremany
Nazi
Germany
Austria
Mary
Labor Forecasts Stout Support of Roosevelt in 1936
Labor leaders in Washington urged support for Franklin D. Roosevelt for president in 1936. William Green of the AFL and John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers backed the president, while Frank Morrison cited four new laws enacted with allies in Congress. Some party factions urged opposing views as debates continued nationwide.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Frank Morrison
Friends
Ji Hous
Senate
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Henry Breckinridge
Woodrow Wilson
New York
Niles
Jap Protest Also Declined by Russia
Soviet officials said Tuesday that objections to the activities of the Congress of the Third International had been promptly rejected. By its directing Monday night the Japanese government stood with the United States, England, Italy, and Latvia.
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Moscow
Russia
United Stes
England
Italy
Latvia
Belgium Buries Its Auto Victim Queen
In Brussels Queen Astrid of the Belgians was interred Tuesday in a royal crypt at Lueken, with tens of thousands watching as King Lespokl walked behind the coffin, marking a solemn national moment amid a day of mourning and tribute.
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Belgium
Brussels
Belgiuan
Astrid
Lueken
Lespokl
English Speedster Beats Own Record on Desert Course
Sir Malcolm Campbell, English speed king, improved his world land speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats Utah to 299.875 mph. The 60 year old in Bluebird described the salt course as splendid and planned to push further. thousands watched as he hit 230 mph on the mile stretch and topped 240 mph during the run.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Malcolm Campbell
England
Booneville Salt Flats
Campbell
Daytona Beach
Fie
Clevel
Malcolm
Louie Baer
Max Baer
Sir Malcom
Jools
American Automobile Association
Roosevelt Plans Tour This Month
President Roosevelt vetoed seven measures and approved one from the recently passed congress. He will sign no more bills until after his tour this month, continuing to press for policy changes as indicated by the pile of legislation sent to him.
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Hyde
N. J
Congress
Roosevelt
Toll of 283 Dead On Labor Day Holiday Roads
AP reports fewer than 200 auto fatalities during the triple Labor Day weekend in the United States. Rain reduced deaths. initial Tuesday tally stood at 283. Highway crashes across major cities, including New York and Brooklyn, claim several lives as officials implement street and highway safety measures.
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Associated Press
United States
National Safety Council
New York
Astrid
Harold L. Ickes
Auth Crishes
Tekwile Uf
Tatorior
Wis
Kec
Vieting
Sani Fe
Frank Allen
New Yord City
de P.m
Brooklyn
Me Goodman
Edwin
Durham
Willows
U Street
Allany
CCC
Salamanca
New Deal in Washington Faces Wheeler and Wagner
In a forthcoming Congress, Montana's Burton K Wheeler and New York's Robert F Wagner are singled out as the two most influential liberal leaders. Wheeler chairs the Interstate Commerce Committee and pushed key measures, while Wagner helped craft social welfare acts and railroad pensions. The piece notes other powerful figures waning in influence and hints at broader political shifts shaping the White House plan.
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Washington
Congress
Burton K Wheeler
Montana
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Wheeler
Far West
Interstate Commerce
Wagner
Tamia
Prace
Ica
White House
Lodge
Underwood
Sbiin
Sit
Cannan
Penrose
Langworth
Roughess
1.27 Inch Rain Is First Major One Since June 18th
Hempstead county saw its first significant rainfall since June 18 as 1.27 inches fell over Monday and Tuesday. The 24 hour total through Tuesday noon brings July and August rainfall to 1.46 inches, with July at 0.41 and August at 1.05 inches. Tall, early garden crops and feed crops benefited from the soaking.
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Hempstead
Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station
Hope High School 1933 Football Team Starts Practice
Thirty five candidates reported to Coach Fay Hammons for the first practice of the season at 3 p m Monday. An additional squad is expected Tuesday. The schedule lists open dates and away games with locations including Carmelo, Russellville, E Dorazio, Arkadelphia, Texarkana, Nashville, Prescott, DeQueen, Malvern, and Hot Springs.
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Hope High School
Fay Hammons
Hammons
Carmelon
Russellville
E Dorazio
Arkadelphia
Texarkana
Nashville
Prescott
Bdequeen
Malvern
Hot Springs
Rising Living Costs Help GOP Says Knox in Chicago
CHICAGO 44 Col. Frank Knox, publisher of the Chicago Daily News, warned that higher living costs and taxes would aid a Republican victory in 1926. He cited rising prices and falling real wages, urging Republicans to frame the issue as a pivotal economic stress that could mobilize voters at the polls next November.
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Chicago
Frank Knox
Knox
Chicago Daily News
Grouery
Republemas
Roosevelt
Ewan Pyaghan Ges
Ewan Pyaghan Ges Would Pi the Wey
Bailey Silent on Welfare Wage Case in Arkansas
In Little Rock attorney general Cen tral Cah declined to comment on statements issued by Governor Futrell and Comptroller Smith about a ruling involving county welfare board workers. The decision affects wage policies and who must participate in payments.
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Bailey
Little Rock
Ethiopian Troops Entrain for Front Amid 75,000 Total
Addis Ababa reports 20,900 picked Ethiopian troops entraining for the eastern frontier while Emperor Selassie reportedly has 75,000 on the front and 50,000 in reserve. Geneva diplomats dispute Ethiopian aggression with plans to establish sovereignty and possibly refer disputes to The Hague. Paris and London seek a middle path as Eden, Laval clash over League of Nations responses to the Italo Ethiopian crisis.
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Emperor Selassie
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Italy
Paris
France
Nicholas Politis
Politis
Geneva
Reuters
Permanent Court of Justice
The
Hague
Pierre Laval
Britain
Anthony Eden
League of Nations
Laval
Eden
London
League Council
Aix Les Bains
Stanley
400 Projects for State to Capital
LITTLE ROCK Floyd Sharp, assistant state WPA administrator, leaves Tuesday for Washington with 400 additional proposed WPA projects for Arkansas. The list will go to the Federal Allotment Board, with an effort to secure early action. Roosevelt sets aside 696,364 in work relief funds to cover 45 percent of eight non-federal PWA projects, including three Arkansas allotments for sew wage systems.
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Little Rock
Floyd Sharp
WPA
Washington
Arkansis
Federal
Wallington
Roosevelt
Public Works Administration
PWA
Arkansas
George Brown Receives Insurance Promotion in Paw Bluff
George Brown, formerly an Mupe ian assistant superintendent with Metropylaan Life Insurance in Paw Bluff, was last month named secretary of the entire Fine Bluff district. He began with the company as a fay in Hope, and his first promotion was to an assistant superintendency in Jefferson county city. Forty-eight percent of patents submitted to the U S Patent Office in the last 12 years have been turned down. In the tropics sea water is so green that corals 40 feet below the surface can be reached.
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Congress
Mary
Ethiopia
America
George Brown
Mupe Ian
Metropylaan Life Insurance Company
Paw Bluff
Secaml Wi Yoni Lanund
Fine Bluff
Besa
Fay “Eh
Hope
Jefferson County
U. S. Patent Office
Tropics
Driver Exonerated in Negro Death Near Hope
J L Broadway of Waco Texas was exonerated after investigation showed Willie Washington a Hope Negro stepped into the path of his automobile on the Hope Putton highway three miles west of Hope. Coroner J WM Weaver said the man acted in self defense as a passing train distracted the victim. Deputies R O Robins Reginald Bearden and C C Mitchell aided in the inquiry. The negro died shortly after the accident with injuries to the right side and lower limb.
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J. L. Broadway
Waco
Texas
Willie Washington
Hope-Putton
J. WM. Weaver
Hope
Weaver
Broadway
Wwlepham
Dixie Liner Dixie on Rocks Near French Key
Rescue efforts continued for the steamer Dixie grounded on Caryabasset reef with 363 aboard. The Limon reported reaching the stricken ship as hurricane churned seas and several tankers and Coast Guard crews worked to aid the grounded liner near the Everglades.
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French Key
Miami
Associated Press
Fla
Holdt
Limon
Morgan Lnet
Cary's Reef
Reaper
Watertown
United
Coast Guard
Tor Caryabasset
Everglades
Long May Speak at Crossett Ark Revival Service
Crossett Arkansas reports a revival service led by Reverend Long May Speak, with Huey Long organizer Gerald Smith advising that Long may accept an invitation to speak at several events planned for September. The speech planned for the height of September 3 was mentioned as a possible date.
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Long
Crossett, Ark
Four Shot in Tampa Polls Riot During Municipal Vote
Four men including three city firefighters and a special policeman were shot and slightly wounded as rioting erupted at polling places in Tampa Florida amid a highly heated municipal election.
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Florida
Tampa
Fla
Final War Bonds Called in by U S Treasury
The U S Treasury announced a $1.75 billion financing plan to swap $1.25 billion of Fourth Liberty bonds for new 10 to 12 year securities or cash, saving the last of World War I debt while seeking $500 million in new money. The operation aims to remove about $25.1 billion in war titles from records, leaving roughly $15 billion of war costs in the public debt and setting the stage for the final redemption.
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Bys
Treasury
Morgenthau
Libert Indy
Mongsanarkel
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