Spain Faces Rebel Advance and Prieto Critique Across Europe
The article reports on Spanish civil war developments as Franco’s rebels push toward Madrid while the Madrid government seeks aid, Prieto denounces France and Britain for inaction, and fears grow over potential concessions such as Balearic Islands. It notes France’s neutrality stance, Italy and Germany backing the anti-government pact, and possible shifts in Mediterranean power dynamics.
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Associated Press
Spain
Madrid
Ethiopia
Emilio Mola
Lozoya
Iran-San Sebastian
Indalecio Prieto
France
Great Britain
Burgos
Malaga
Parliamentary
Socialist Party
Germany
Italy
Portugal
Francisco Franco
Balearic Islands
Mediterranean
Prieta
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Weather Summary for Regions Kentucky to North Carolina
Fair and warm conditions in Kentucky and Tennessee. Generally fair, with tonight and Friday in Virginia and North Carolina showing local showers and little temperature change. North Carolina: partly cloudy with scattered showers in the eastern portion tonight or Friday, warmer on the south coast tonight, cooler in the North Central region Friday. High yesterday reached 93, low 66, rainfall 1.86 inches. Readings taken at 7 a.m. daily for the preceding 24 hours.
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Tenne
Virginia
North Carolina
North
South Coast
North Central
Uniform Labor Law Debate at American Bar Convention
A Boston report details the American Bar association convention where a special committee led by James A Simpson recommended opposing the Federal Child Labor amendment and urging adoption of uniform state labor laws. Debate arose over ratification amid calls to postpone until voters assess federal employment control.
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Uniform Labor Secretary of War
Nation
BAR
Boston
American Bar Association Convention
James A Simpson
Alabama
Death of Secretary of War George Dern at Walter Reed
George Henry Dern 64, Roosevelt era Secretary of War, died in Washington after a prolonged illness from cardiac and kidney complications following influenza. He died at 10:55 a m at Walter Reed Hospital with six family members present. Roosevelt notified as orders to lower flags, mourn gun salutes, and plan his funeral were drafted. His body reportedly to be taken to Utah for burial.
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Washington
George Henry Dern
Roosevelt
Walter Reed Hospital
Bismarck
N. C
Freedom of seas insistence by U S in note to Spain
The United States warned Spain it cannot pay merchant ships from rebel ports unless Spain enforces an effective blockade. Secretary Hull said simply labeling coastlines as war zones does not meet international law. The note emphasizes the need for an actual blockade to bind.
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Stanley P. Richardson
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Madrid
Hull
Negro confession revealed by Gill in Asheville slaying case
Edwin Gill, North Carolina commissioner of prisons, released a stenographic report claiming Martin Moore, a 22 year old black man, confessed to killing Helen Clevenger at a fashionable Asheville hotel on July 16. Moore, convicted and sentenced to die October 6, was grilled for three hours after being moved to death row. The report begins with his account of entering the room.
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Raleigh
N. C
Edwin Gill
of Peoples
Martin Moore
Helen Clevenger
Asheville
Moore
Gill
Truffle Hunts Move Toward U S Sport Status
AP report details USDA interest in cultivating edible French truffles in the United States and notes three approved methods to locate them. Dragnet training uses hogs and dogs, with flies also aiding detection. truffles grow 2 to 6 inches underground and are rare delicacies. States involved include Leesburg Virginia Auburn Alabama State College Michigan Knoxville Tennessee.
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Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
RE. R. Lambert
Lambert
France
United States
Machine Gun Stutters Ethiopians in War Horrors
Edward J. Neil recalls grim Addis Ababa nights as Ethiopian civilians endure a line of hundreds chained by fear. Blackness, gunfire, and brutal restraint color a battlefield memory from decades past, with men and women pressed into vigil under harsh lights.
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Edward J. Neil Copricacht
New York
Addis Ababa
Federal experts to report to FDR on drought plan
Federal drought experts who surveyed nine Great Plains states prepared to present their prescription to President Roosevelt. The Great Plains committee, led by Morris L. Cooke, met privately to finalize details and planned to brief Roosevelt after his train arrival. The committee indicated unity on the investigation and will disband after reporting.
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Vincent Hoyman
Associated Press
Bismarck
N. D
Roosevelt
Great Plains
Morris L. Cooke
Cooke
Miles City
Mont
Greer Bound For Grand Jury In Involuntary Ruin Slaughter
Ira Greer of Lenoir North Carolina was ordered to await grand jury action on involuntary ruin slaughter after a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Rex D. Pierce. Bond set at 500 and posted. The incident occurred on a highway near Johnson City when Pierce’s car collided with two motorcycles, injuring three of four riders.
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Johnson City
Ira Greer
Lenoir
N. C
Rex D. Pierce
Pierce Yenrerd
Greer
Pierce
Here
Trespassing Case Hearing Delayed in Great Smoky Park
Pharis Trentham mountaineer faces a preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner J Pike Powers on charges of trespassing on federal lands in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A related dispute over park shrubbery is not part of the current hearing. Trentham claimed a large Elkmont tract inherited with two brothers from his father who died last February, while park officials assert government title. A fence dispute sparked the prior hostilities and arrests, with a temporary truce arranged by the commissioner. The article notes a continuation on an adjacent page.
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Knoxville
Pharis ‘Trentham
Great Smoky Mountains
U. S
J. Pike Powers
Trentham
Elkmont
Park Service
Dems and GOP Set Campaign Dates in Tennessee
Tennessee Democrats and Republicans met in Nashville and certified nominees for the November election. The Democratic and Republican state executive committees established September 1 and September 10 meeting dates respectively to unite party plans. J Will Taylor to outline Landon campaign in state. intra party disputes surfaced, with Guinn winning the Republican nomination over Knoxville after a late protest ruling. Democrats settled four contests while a fifth was deemed fraudulent and not nominated.
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Nashville
Tennessee
J. Will Taylor
Goverthe Nor Landon
Roosevelt
Henry R. Bell
Democratic
J. Arthur Knoxville
Charles C.g.guinn
Benton
Knox
London
Monroe
Polk
Guinn
Atchley
Achley
Polk County
Knox accuses FDR of evading key issues in Philadelphia address
Republican nominee Col. Frank Knox delivered a rebuttal to Franklin D Roosevelt criticizing the Philadelphia acceptance speech. He accused the administration of shadow boxing with economic royalists and ignoring money, credit, budgets, agriculture, industry, trade, labor, relief, and recovery while proposing vague plans and large central schemes. He contrasted Ford and the administration as harming the small manufacturer and warned against reliance on government remedies. The speech also attacked currency plans and feared government overreach, urging preservation of free enterprise.
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Hampton Beach
N.hs
Frank Knox
Republiec
Roosevelt
Kean
Dent
Knox
Rockingham County
Republican Club
Philadelphia
Jinox
Big Business
Washington, D.C
Henry Ford
Kentuchky
Kentucky
Supreme Court
Tien
Alf
Landen
Landon Heads for Home Visits Tomb and Lincoln
Gov. Alf M. Landon rode the campaign train toward Topeka after a day of speeches in Illinois decrying New Deal waste and high taxes. He urged repeal of the law taxing corporations on withheld income and warned youths face debt under the administration. Continued on page two.
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C. A. Martin
Associated Press
Landon
Topeka
Kas
Alf M. Landon
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
East
Buffalo
N. W
Landau
Politics Injected Into Ouster Suit
Governor Lehman refused to dismiss removal charges against Brooklyn District Attorney William F. Geoghan. The ruling centered on whether misconduct, if any, occurred in a prior term, and noted the case would discuss charges and evidence rather than merits. The hearing highlighted New York City's political feud and party tensions surrounding the Fusion party and Brooklyn Democrats.
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Morgan M. Beatty
Associaty Press
Albany, N
Lehman
William F
Geoghan
Lieyd Paul Stryker
King's County
Albany
New York City
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Economic Rehabilitation of Reich May Halt Militarism
Paris August 27 Dr Hjalmar Schacht Nazi finance minister told French authorities that German economic rehabilitation is the best way to check militarism. He and Reichsbank officials said prosperity would reduce threats and that expanding German trade could shift focus from armaments to commerce. French sources noted Germany aimed to ease unemployment through longer military training and to use economic links to secure peace with Russia as a stabilizing factor.
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Hjalmar Schacht
France
Germain
Reich
Russia
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