Dewey Accepts Republican Bid for New York County D A
Thomas E. Dewey announces acceptance of the Republican nomination for district attorney of New York County with support from Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, who runs for re election as a fusionist. La Guardia is portrayed as a reform mayor hampered by Tammany influence in key posts.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
New York County
Fiorello H. Laguardia
Dewey
la Guardia
Differences Found Over Housing Bill Arbitration Looms
A Senate and House committee took the lead to reconcile differences in the administration housing bill while other measures moved. The tax bill tightening personal holding company rules passed the House with no tally and awaits conference.
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Washington
House
Senate
Local thundershowers and showers hit Tennessee Kentucky Virginia
Weather notes show fair conditions tonight in Tennessee and Virginia with Friday local thundershowers or showers and little temperature change. Kentucky expects partly cloudy skies with local showers Friday and in the west tonight, with minimal temperature change.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
West Portion
Virginia
Possible successor to Senator Black named Bibb Graves wife of Alabama governor
Among those named as a possible successor to Senator Hugo L Black, nominated to the U S supreme court by President Roosevelt, is Mrs Bibb Graves wife of the Alabama governor. Black's unexpired term lasts only until 1938.
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Hugo L. Black
U. S. Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Black
Central Press
Senate Passes Wheeler Johnson Child Labor Bill
The Senate approved the Wheeler Johnson child labor bill by unanimous consent and sent it to the House. It bars interstate trade of goods made by children under 16 and prohibits hazardous work for those under 18. The same language was added to the wage and hour bill, which passed the Senate, though that measure remains shelved for the session.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Congress
Honey Blonde Denies Wedding Plans in NYC Report
New York Aug 19 Honey Johnson of Bronxville denies plans to marry David Mdivani and rejects sensational cable reports. She says stories tying her to the Georgian prince are unfounded after returning from Venice where she met him and danced with him on multiple occasions.
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New York
Honey Johnson
Bronxville
N. Y
David
Mdivanis
Venice
Mae Murray
Mdivani
Boyish suspect charged after plane hijack attempt in Houston
In Houston on August 19 a 19 year old job seeker named Hamerly allegedly abducted pilot Bob Hunt during a flight with about 2 000 feet of altitude. He allegedly forced Hunt to fly toward Laredo to find work while Hunt saved the aircraft and landed safely. The preliminary hearing is set for Monday.
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Houston
Texas
Jack Hamerly
Hamery
Billy Ray
Bob Hunt
Arch Spradley
Ira Williams
Hunt
Hamerly
Laredo
Cincinnati Woman Denies Mass Murder Connection
Joseph Houdin pleads not guilty in a case tied to the poison death of Hahn a 31 year old from Cincinnati Ohio and linked to a diary of George Gsellman 67. Mrs Hahn pictured in court with her attorney insists on innocence as prosecutors call the probe a major mass murder inquiry led by Dudley Outcast.
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Hahn
Cincinnati
Joseph Houdin
George Gsellman
Anna
Sistent
Governor’s Wife Seen as Possible Senator Appointment
Mrs. Dixie Graves 55 wife of Alabama Governor arrived in Washington to discuss a potential appointment to fill the Senate vacancy created by Hugo L Black’s resignation. Governors may call a special election to finish the term, with timing at Graves’ discretion. Alabama officials expect her to be named.
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Washington
Dixie Graves
Alabama
Graves
Montgomery
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Atlanta
Congress
Senate
Hero of Cassin Steam Explosion Dies a Fire Room Hero
W T McCallum water tender second class aboard the Cassin died from burns after rushing into a steam filled fire room to shut a broken valve. Survivors praise his courage as eight others were scalded and six civilians killed in the incident at the Philadelphia navy yard during a steam line test. A naval board investigated the burst that occurred after repairs and a pressure test.
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Philadelphia
W. T. McCallum
United States
Cassin
Navy Yard
McCallum
Naval Board of Inquiry
U. S
Waitress Freed of Murder Charge in Knoxville Shooting
Mabel Valentine a 21 year old Knoxville waitress was released from murder charges after the fatal shooting of Tom Brown a 25 year old restaurant operator at a South Gay Street rooming house on the night of August 7.
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Knoxville
Mabel Valentine
Tom Brown
South Gay Street
FDR Returns to Capital After Campaign Speech
President Roosevelt arrived in Washington to wind up a stubborn Congress and launch a fresh campaign against what he described as Tory opposition. The trip follows his keynote speech framing the political battle ahead.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Crash studied after two airmen die in Maiden crash
Army air corps officials from Bolling Field in Washington examined the charred wreckage of a two place attack plane in Maiden Virginia to explain the crash that killed two airmen.
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Maidens
Army Air Corps
Bolling Field
Washington
Roosevelts Roanoke Speech Highlights Party Split
President Roosevelt presses liberal agenda as party fractures in Congress. Black appointment shifts leadership as Senate tilts toward younger, more liberal members. Democratic majority narrows from 76 to 75 amid internal divides over Roosevelt proposals.
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Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Harrison
Mississippi
Byrnes
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Barkley
Kentucky
Schnellenbach
Washington
Minton
Indiana
Black
Portugal breaks ties with Czechoslovakia over arms order
Lisbon reports severing diplomatic relations with Czechoslovakia after an unfilled machine gun order. Portu gal blames Prague for taking orders from an eastern power and cites Spain’s civil war as influence. Diario de Noticias calls Czechoslovakia the Soviets' central European base.
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Portugal
Czechoslovakia
Lisbon
Republic of
Diario de Noticias
Iberian Peninsula
Europe
Praha
Spain
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Fates of Battle Help Mill Hands
Shanghai August 19. War tides lift 409 Japanese cotton mill workers into luxury as Astor House hotel suites are allocated to the low paid workers. With occupation of the International Settlement north of Soochow Creek Japanese authorities requisition the Astor House for refugees shifting from royal suites to humble occupancy.
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Shanghai
Astor House
International Settlement
Soochow Creek
New Rescue Crew Will Seek Soviet Polar Aviators
Sir Hubert Wilkins leads a Soviet search from the 17 ton Guba flying boat leaving Long Island Sound to establish a base on the Arctic edge. The crew aims to locate Sigismund Levsneffsky and five others after their pole to Moscow flight.
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New York
Arctic
Long Island Sound
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Herbert Hollick-Kenyon
Wilkins
Toronto
Lake Ontario
Arctic Ocean
Richard Archbold
American Museum of Natural History
San Diego
Sigismund Levsneffsky
Lindbergh
Russia
North Pole
Moscow
United States
Archbold
New Guinea
Arctic Circle
Barter Island
Fairbanks
Alaska
Bob Randall
Randall
Point Barrow
Jimmy Mattern
California
Joe Crosson
U. S
Roberts Founder Dies at 75 After Monthlong Illness
James C. Roberts founder and president of the Roberts Undertaking Company dies at his Knoxville home aged 75. He established the undertaking business in 1913.
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Knoxville
James C. Roberts
The
Roberts Undertaking Company
Undertaking Establishment
Grand jury recesses without findings in Tipton lynching case
Covington Tennessee city calm as grand jury adjourns to September 1 after a two day inquiry into the plow line lynching of Albert Gooden 35 accused of killing Marshal Chester Doyle. Jurors heard witnesses claim shots were fired but did not identify the six masked night riders.
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Covington
Tenn
Tennessee
Tipton County
Albert Gooden
W. J. Vaughan
Steady Chinese Drive Pushes Japanese Toward Water
Chinese infantry advanced toward the Whangpoo River in eastern Shanghai driving Japanese lines back amid air and naval bombardment. Reinforcements from Japan reached the area as Chinese forces sought to isolate Marines in the Hongkew sector and threaten a wider withdrawal of Japanese positions along the international settlement.
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James A. Mills
Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Ward Road
Yangtzepoo Road
International Settlement
Kiangwan
Hongkew
Whangpoo
Soochow Creek
Astor House Hotel
Japan
Whangrao
Yangtze
Liuho
Yangtz
Here
Chapu
Chekiang Province
Nanking
American Southern Baptist Mission
Chapei Quarter
Namtungchow
Kiangsu
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