Huey Long Made Dictator as Allen Official King
In Baton Rouge on August 18, Senator Macy V. Long assumed near absolute power in Louisiana. The legislature empowered him as commander, elections controller, tax overlord, crime prosecutor, and more, while Governor Allen remained legally supreme. Tense scenes, clashes with Mayor Walmsley and a continuing New Orleans standoff colored a swift sweep of 27 bills, with one defeated on a truck rule. Long’s men held the voter list as national guardsmen remained in city operations to guard polling sites for the September 11 congressional primary.
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New Orleans
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Aot Sa
T. Serames
Walmsley
New Orlenans
Zor Ae
Red
Huey Long
Aithis
Lousiana
Kingfish
Longe
City Hall
Heras
Weather outlook Tennessee and Virginia showers cooler
The section forecasts showers and cooler conditions across Tennessee with scattered thundershowers Sunday and Monday, partial cloudiness in the west and central areas, and eastward showers. Virginia expects partly cloudy skies with showers at night and in the west on Sunday, fair and slightly warmer Sunday in the east, cooler Monday. Temperature trends note Friday readings and year-ago comparisons, with rainfall listed.
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West
Virginia
West Parten
Fiend Strangles Girl Found Dead in San Diego Backyard
In San Diego on August 18 Celia Cota, 14, was found dead in her backyard. An autopsy showed she was criminally attacked and strangled. Hairs clutched in her hands were sent for analysis as detectives questioned acquaintance Steve Rivera. The Cota family had moved from Los Angeles years earlier amid a pattern of similar young female deaths in the region.
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Cal
Celia Cota
Edward Cota
Esther
Colla
Ward Stoler
Leo Magone
Steve Rivera
Celia
Cota
Los Angeles
Pasadena
Irginia Brooks
Louise Seuber
Black Mountain
Here
Hazel Bradshaw
W. D
Diamond Dolly
Germany goes to polls for Hitler Germany goes to polls for Hitler
Germanys one sided election campaign closed with a plea for approval of Hitlers seizure of the Reichs president functions. Hitlers 100 minute speech was broadcast again by phonograph records to ensure all 43 600 000 voters heard it. Polls open 8 am to 6 pm. Col Oskar Hindenburg urged unity behind the Fuehrer from Tannenberg. A Templehof demonstration marked Hitlers arrival from Hamburg. A Catholic bishop urged faithful to vote. Sixty seven leading scientists endorsed a manifesto backing the regime.
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Germany
Paul von Nindendure
Adolf Hitler
Jute Reichspresident
Hitler
Oskar Hindenburg
Tannenberg
Col von Hindenburg
Fuehrey
Hamburg
Templehof
Berning
Osnabrueck
Wick Confesses Slaying Woman
Frank Wick, a former deserter, confessed to the beating and dragging death of Mrs. Clara Toeger near Gonzales Texas. He described drinking with the widow, an argument in a parked car, a fight outside, and dragging her body to the roadside before fleeing as dawn neared.
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San Antonio
Tex
Matey
Gonzales
Frank Wick
Randolph Field
Clara Toeger
Wieck
Yoakum
O T
Wick
Johnson City Soldiers' Home Not Civil Service Exempt
Washington reports that Johnson City Tennessee Soldiers' Home staff were not hired on a competitive basis and did not require civil service exams. The home, once under classified service, moved to Schedule A in 1931, ending exams. Other Hoover era blanket civil service exemptions included Commerce Department staff.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Veterans Administration
Hoover
Veterans’ Hospitals
Civil Service
Commerce Department
Kentucky State Senator Involved In Street Fight
Covington August 18. Kentucky state senator John T Murphy a Democrat and Ohio fugitive from justice engaged in a street melee with his political foe Ben Castleman a Republican employee of the state Tax Commission. Murphy suffered a deep chin laceration and a bruise near the ear and was treated at St Elizabeth Hospital. He filed an assault with intent to kill charge against Castleman. Both men gave conflicting accounts of the fight near the Covington post office.
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Covington
Aus
John T. “Murphy
Kentucky
Ohio
Ruby Laffoon
St Elizabeth Hospital
Ben Castleman
State Tax Commission
Dem
G.O.P
Castleman
Murphy
Prison Riot in Illinois State Reformatory Ends in Death
One prisoner died from bullet wounds during a prison riot at the Illinois State Reformatory in Pontiac. The unrest injured 22 convicts and three guards as a battle raged for over an hour before guards regained control with rifle fire. Damage to the print shop reached about 25000 dollars. Two hundred seventy inmates were confined to cells after authorities restored order.
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Pontiac
Ave
Vison
St. Nicholas
Springfield
Burt A. Davenport
Roy Shepherd
H. K. McClintock
McClintock
Davenport
Nashville preacher’s abduction story questioned
Nashville Tenn Aug 15 Questions insinuating that R H Askew a four square gospel evangelist from Goldsboro NC has imagined being kidnapped by three men at Raleigh and held four days were asked him. Chief detective Elkin Lewis said Askew may have suffered a nervous breakdown. W A Borer special agent of the justice department in Nashville gave no comment. He was questioned all day and taken to detective headquarters late in the day.
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Tenn
R. H. Askew
Goldsboro
N. C
Raleigh
Askew
Elkin Lewis
Lewis
W. A. Borer
Department of Justice
Detective Headquarters
Fear Grows for Pond and Sabelli Flight Crew
Anxiety spread across London Dublin and other cities as no word was received from George Pond and Gesare Sabelli who departed Rome for New York on a Rome to New York attempt. It had been 17 hours since takeoff at 7:02 am Rome time and authorities reported no wireless contact or trace from their plane.
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Gesare Sabelli
Rome
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Strasbourg
Berne
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Pond
Sabelli
May
Ireland
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Tal. Guiseppe ‘Valle
Jair
Hollywood Stars Named in Red Suspect Inquiry
Sacramento report notes Lupe Velez Dolores Del Rio Ramon Navarro and James Cagney among names tied to Hollywood figures in an anti radical inquiry led by District Attorney Neil McAllister. He seeks a superior court injunction to bar Cagney from aiding or funding communism and may extend action to others if Los Angeles police evidence confirms radical ties.
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Lupe Valez
Dolores del Rio
Ramon Navarro
James Cagney
Sacramento
Calif
Lupe Velez
Ramon, Navarro
Neil McAllister
Velez
Business slump blamed on F D R
Senator Hastings of Delaware, co chair of the Republican committee, blamed the 1983 economic downturn on President Roosevelt's alleged failure to cooperate with Herbert Hoover during the bank crisis. Speaking at a Republican meeting in Bridgeport, Hastings said conditions bottomed near 1982 and began to improve until Roosevelt's election. He cited confusion and uncertainty due to fear the Democratic party would not uphold a strong currency plank.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Aus
Hastings
Delaware
Senatorial Congressional Committee
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Democratic Party
Johnson Will Stay At Helm
Washington August 18 Hugh S Johnson will continue as NRA administrator for an indeterminate period after a White House meeting with President Roosevelt Johnson said he would work to de personalize the governments industrial machine and draft a board led reorganization plan aiming to harmonize NRA with anti trust laws The plan envisions a nine member board with Johnson likely to serve as chair as a part time post while NRA reforms proceed toward a unified policy amid federal trade commission concerns
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Johnson
Roosevelt
White House
Hait
Tie
Blue Eagle
Donald R. Richberg
National Emergency Council
Nras
NEA
Federal Trade Commission
Planned changes in Tennessee school system
Nashville August 19 AP Dr Walter D Cocking commissioner of education announced the state educational commission will soon release a report proposing immediate steps for school improvements and a long term program spanning 20 to 23 years. The plan covers kindergarten through university, with recommendations on teachers, school size, administration, salaries and finances and discusses school consolidation.
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Nashville
Walter D. Cocking
Education
State Educational Commission
Tennessee
Seca
Cock ‘Ing
Spport
Kindergarden
Jthe
Sleeping sickness linked to flu says Dr Pritchard
Columbus August 18 Associated Press staff writer John Frye reports Dr William H Pritchard superintendent of Columbus State Hospital nationally known medical authority notes a mysterious link between the 1917 18 influenza epidemic and later sleeping sickness encephalitis He says many cases followed the war era flu though some occurred without prior influenza The reason for the association remains unclear and the illness is incurable by the medical profession
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John Frye
Associated Press
Columbus
William H. Pritchard
Aolumbus State Hospital
St. Louis
Pritchard
Wheat Market Rises As Mills Buy For Bread Needs
Chicago August market reports brisk price jumps with wheat up about 2 1/2 cents on strong mill demand for immediate breadstuff needs. Frost fears in Canada and heavy flour shipments to eastern bakers boosted buying. Barley hit year high while corn and oats rose and provisions gained modestly.
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Canada
Prairie
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