Prayer Parents Refuse Aid To Child In Fort Payne Case
Fort Payne Alabama August 27 Parents Wallace Doyle Sharp and wife continue to refuse medical aid for their infected son's leg after warnings of possible fatal outcomes. Deputies and a doctor warned of immediate surgery but the family insists on faith cure. Over 150 neighbors gathered at the Sharp home to pray as court action looms to gain custody and force treatment. The boy was spirited away to seek faith healing but was returned to Fort Payne as officials push for hospital care.
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Fort Payne
Ala
Wallace Doyle Sharp
Gadsden
Als
Sharp
Rufus Smith
R. J. Guest
Ing
Holiness Church
Dutton
Jackson County
Guest
Smith
A. EB. Hawking
Gust
Hawkins
Ne ‘Kalb
Proyer
Probate
Ann
Wallace Doyle Sharp Jr
Peerl Sharp
Here
Homer Elrod
Hellness Church
James Miller
Weather overview for Tennessee and Virginia
Weather report notes general fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Virginia follows a similar pattern with fair conditions and warmer in the west. yesterday's high was .84 and low was 57 with rainfall reported in India. Readings taken at 6:00 p.m. daily for the preceding 24 hours.
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Tennessee
Virginia
West Portion
India
Inside Story NRA Chief Resignation Exposed
Washington Aug 27 The Associated Press reports the NRA crisis centers on General Hugh F Johnson who resigned after a White House conference. Roosevelt urged a pause and Johnson later stayed on as administrator possibly to chair a future NRA board while Donald Richberg and Frances Perkins face unclear roles. Johnson’s rise and tensions with Richberg are detailed with notes of a power struggle within the agency.
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Associated Press
Washington
INRA
Hugh F. Johnson
Last Manlay
White House
Roosevelt
NRA
Donald Richberg
Frances Perkins
Labor
Johnson
Europe
Hyde Park
Richberg
Richbert
Jane
Tennessee Senate Fight Overshadows Fusion Move
Tennessee campaign posters and speeches feature fierce criticism between Senator McKellar and former Governor Hooper over a fusion bid amid a Tennessee political battle. Hooper defends the fusion as a matter of government for the people while McKellar denounces it as a repudiated party’s effort.
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Nashville
Tennessee
United States
Senate
Ben W. Hooper
Lewis. Pope
Hill McAlister
Senator McKellar
Washington
Democratic Party
Knoxville
Ernor Hooper
McKeller
Death investigation into college girl's killing in Birmingham
The Birmingham grand jury was convened to probe the killing of Faye New, 19, a Howard College coed. Harold Taylor, charged with murder, claims she left his car after a dispute and walked home. her body was found later miles from the car, with Taylor denying any injury at that time. The panel aims to conclude within about two days.
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Birmingham
Ala
Faye New
Howard College
Harold Taylor
Miss New
Taylor
Cigar Worker Dies by Self-Inflicted Hornet Attack
Ramon Perez, a 41-year-old Tampa cigar worker with no work, sought death by hornets after attempting suicide in a river. He later sat amid a nest of swarming hornets for about ten minutes before dying at a hospital despite medical intervention. Firemen used smoke to drive thousands of hornets from the area.
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Tampa
Fla
Ramon Perez
Nede
Perez
Cigar Ymuikar
Hillsborough
Fire Department
Developments in Long Walmsley Feud Meager in New Orleans
New Orleans January 27 a group of voters sought court action to restore their names to the registration rolls while Huey P. Long pressed for an election swing and Walmsley offered no official communique about a graft probe. The feud’s weekend silence was broken by court actions and ongoing political maneuvering in the city.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
Lone
Walmsley
Long
Richard J. Gregory
Rails Seek Boost in Freight Rates
Washington Aug 27 The larger railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to authorize a 170 million dollar increase in the nation freight bill. They cited mounting costs and urged a general rise on every commodity and class of freight up to 10 percent for first class freight. They warned that a 1935 cost increase of 293 million would harm solvency of many railways unless relief is granted. The petition, filed by the Association of Railway Executives, covers all class carriers and products including manufactured goods farm products and forest and mine outputs.
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Washington
Interstate Com/ Mercs commission
The
Association of Railway Executives
Two Pike County Men Die In Beer Garden Duel
Pikeville Kentucky August 27 1940 two men Stallard Dye 28 and Joy Fleming 26 were killed in a beer garden duel at a roadhouse in Toler By after friendly plans to meet in Pikeville Fleming employed at the beer garden and Dye a mechanic. Fleming was unmarried and Dye survived by his widow Goldina Smith Dye and their six year old son Sonny. Coroner John W Cellsaid said both were shot with Fleming hit by six and Dye by three bullets. Witnesses could not determine who fired first.
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Pikeville
Pike County
Stallard Dye
Joy Fleming
Virgie
Toler
Fleming
Dye
Dyeing
Goldina Smith Dye
Sonny
John W. Cell Seid
Vigilantes patrol as onion union leader taunts foes
Aug 27 report from IMCGUFFEY details vigilantes patrolling Scioto marshlands pledging no retaliation for strike violence. onion workers union leader Okey Odell offered 500 dollars for any captured assailant.undeterred, he names suspects and questions Lindbergh kidnap law applicability while federal officials consider action.
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Imcguffey
Scioto
Okey Odell
Agriculture Workers Union
Odell
Department of Justice
Escaped Plans Foiled at Tennessee Prison
Nashville report states a former Kansas convict Ernest Wilson, 82, was jailed on pistol smuggling charges as warden A W Neely announced a six inmate escape plot at the Tennessee State Penitentiary. The plan aimed to kidnap the warden and his 18-year-old daughter, with six men to participate: Ed Bell, Herman Sadler, Andy Mitchell, Sam Walden, Homer Smith, and Jack Heady. The scheme was thwarted about an hour before the breakout.
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Nashville
Kansas
Tennessee State Penitentiary
A. W. Nelly
Neely
Ernest Wilson
Wilson
Frome Wilson
Ed Bell
Herman Sadler
American National Bank
Andy Mitchell
Western Union
Sam Walden
Homer Smith
Tipton County
Jack Heady
Jackson County
Cotton Strike Aimed to Include Silk Wool
The city of St Paul Minnesota is losing its gangster reputation after the slaying of Homer Van Meter of the Dillinger mob. Chief of Detectives Frank Cullen and detectives Tom Brown and Tom McMahon are credited with uncovering the information that led to the ambush in which Van Meter was killed.
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St Paul
Minn
Homer van Meter
Dillinger Mob
Frank Cullen
Cen
Ter
Tom Brown
Tom McMahon
van Meter
Liberty League May End in FDR and AI
Washington Aug 27 The capital wonders if the democracy’s Damon and Pythias figure are splitting or just having a dispute. Tomorrow’s New York meeting of the American Liberty League executive committee may reveal the answer amid talk of Roosevelt Smith and property owners alliances.
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Washington
Tox
Damon
Pythias
Frank
Val
New York
American Liberty League
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
John W. Davis
James W. Wadsworth
Jowett Shouse
Smith
Mr. Roosevelt
Forum For
White House
al Smith
Chicago
Roosevelt Visits West Point on Hudson Drive
President Roosevelt dedicates today to touring West Point and nearby schools Walkill and Warwick as he travels the Hudson by motor. The White House force sets up in Poughkeepsie to stay in touch while Mrs Roosevelt plans a picnic lunch and possible luncheon stop en route.
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Walkill
Warwick
Hudson
White House
Marvin H. McIntyre
Poughkeepsie
West Point
Academy
Roosevelt
Washington
May soon travel in auto airplane hybrid says Mrs. Omlie
Washington Aug. 27 Mrs. Phoebe Omlie special assistant for all intelligence of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics says John Citizen may soon fly in a combination auto and airplane. She reports touring 10,000 miles to study 35 aircraft designs and 15 engines and notes interest in a practical affordable light plane with self landing devices and parachute protection. Her work with Air Commerce Director Eugene Vidal aims to promote low cost light planes to win back 2,600 licensees who dropped out last year.
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Bess Furman
Washington
John Gitizen
Phoebe
Omlie
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Ollie
Combina
Air Commerce
Eugene Vidal
Thert
Textile union plans general strike across fabrics
Washington reports the United Textile Workers poised to walk out in cotton silk rayon and woolen industries with a date set for September 4. Gorman says simultaneous action is likely and the National Labor Relations Board moves to intervene as leaders estimate up to 800,000 workers could be affected.
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Washington
United Textile Workers
Francis J. Gorman
National Labor Relations Board
National Strike Committee
Exp
Newts
National Labor Board
Gorman
Supreme Court’ of Labor
Lloyd Garrison
Garrison
South
Charlotte
N. C
Southeast
Carolinas
John Peel
Greenville
S. C
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Associated Press Foreign Staff
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Will
Joseph B. Keenan
Criminal Division
Justice Department
Robert Fox
Perkins
State Penitentiary
Paul
Detective Brown
Chief Callen
Detective McMahon
Liberty League
Edward J. Duffy
Hyde Park Home
Mator
West Point Military Academy
John Citizen
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