Mussolini Warns Britain as Italy Prepares for War
The Italian cabinet pledges to avoid infringing British imperial rights while outlining plans to attack Ethiopia at the League of Nations council session. It reveals military measures including fleet movements to Suez and air concentrations in Sicily and southern Italy, plus economic decrees to finance a potential war.
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Andrue Berding
Associated Press
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Italy
Great Britain
League of Nations Council
Ethiopia
Il Duce
Suez Canal
Sicily
Maltai
Britain
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Weather showers and temperature notes across states
Cloudy with likely showers tonight and minor temperature changes in Tennessee Kentucky Virginia and North Carolina. Central and southern Virginia show showers Friday with minimal temp shifts. Regional readings taken daily at 6 as weather data, with past date comparisons noted and rainfall expectations uncertain.
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Tennessee - Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
Hamilton's Body Found in Grave
Oswego reporter details a coroner's jury verdict that the body recovered near Oswego is John Hamilton known as "Three Fingered Jack." The inquest held that death resulted from gunshot wounds by unknown assailants, while agents linked the shooting to a Flight from sheriffs in 1934.
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Fare Ayeroid
Associated Press
Oswego
John
Three Fingered
Jack
Hamilton
Bureau of Information
Department of Justice
Sheriffs
South St. Paul
John Dillinger
Homer van Meter
E. J. Connelley
Chicago
Justice Department
Bureau of Investigation
Connelley
Will Rogers Will Filed In Probate Court In Los Angeles
Will Rogers widow Betty Blake Rogers is named as sole beneficiary in the two day old will filed for probate in Los Angeles. The simple 275 word document states all property goes to Betty with the probate value listed as over 10 000. A September 6 hearing will finalize the will process in superior court.
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Los Angeles
Will Rogers
Betty Blake Rogers
Wiley Post
Alaska
Betty Rogers
Wisconsin Solons Remain in Session
Wisconsin's eight month legislature endures as the longest in the nation among state bodies. Since January 3 eight farm delegates and nine others faced snowbound starts and a series of special elections. Gov. La Follette urged changes to state taxes and a dividend levy to fund social programs and a proposed fifty million dollar biennial budget amid a tight fiscal climate.
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Wisconsin
Congress
Philip la Follette
Three Drown In Flood Trapped Bus By Water Wall
Three persons drowned when an eight foot wall of floodwater trapped a bus at a railway underpass. The victims, about 25, a nine year old girl, and an elderly man, were believed to have died after the bus rolled over and was submerged. Twenty one survivors were taken to Willcox.
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Pragoon
Avi. Aig
BMP
Ull
Sevlin
Chicsgo
Fattman
Rottman
Willcox
First Treasury failure to sell guaranteed securities
Washington reports its first ever failure to sell the allotted unconditionally guaranteed securities. Only 85.6 million dollars of bids came in for 100.6 million of four year bonds for the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation. Morgenthau blamed timing and a weak market.
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Washington
Treasury Today
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
Morgenthau
Treasury
Gordon Browning Accepts Farm Credit Post
Gordon Browning former Tennessee representative announced plans to return to Washington next Tuesday to assume duties as special assistant to the FCA governor. He arrived in Huntingdon after a week in the capital and said the post carries no strings. Browning’s duties will be assigned by FCA governor W. I. Myers. no White House contact role is expected.
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Huntingdon
Tenn
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Washington
Farm Credit Administration
National Capital
Browning
FCA
Charles West
Interior
White House
Congress
W. I. Myers
Nathan L. Bachman
FDR Signs Farm Mortgage Moratorium Bill to Shield Land
President Roosevelt signed the Frazier Lemke three year farm mortgage moratorium bill to protect farmers in debt. It allows court ordered moratoriums up to three years with land kept in possession and a fair rental set by the court. At moratorium end value re appraisal, failure to pay may lead to public sale. bill passed swiftly after farm state support.
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Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Capitol
Senate
Lemke
R-Nd
Norris Dam visit highlights TVA push by Maverick
Congressman Maury Maverick of Texas toured Norris Dam and urged immediate action on the Tennessee Valley Authority program. He warned that without conservation efforts, large areas could become desolate in 50 years, and he argued TVA will pay for itself through soil erosion control and reforestation. Maverick supported federal action, disputing critics who say TVA harms coal, noting living standards rise with increased coal product demand. In a separate item, Doc Crawford, 23, drowned after muscles cramped during a swim at a lake near Springfield, Tennessee.
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Norris
Tenn
Maury Maverick
Texas
Tennessee Valley Authority
Norris Dam
Washington
A. E. Morgan
TVA
Maverick
May
Kentucky
White elected Mississippi governor in unofficial tally
Hugh L. White led Paul B. Johnson as returns from 1640 of 1650 precincts showed White with 181302 votes to Johnsons 171192. The result, seen as a formality for White's Democratic nomination, followed a sharp campaign with Bilbo backing White and Long accused of backing Johnson. Snider widened his lead for lieutenant governor, surpassing Taylor by about 11,000 votes.
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Rey F. Long
Johnson
Bilbo
White
Long
Mississippi
Mark J. Snider
Walter N. Taylor
Sentiment Divided on Robinson Plan
Washington Aug 29 The Senate remains split over Senator Robinsons proposal to outlaw one man filibusters The plan revives a 100 year old issue with some senators believing it could pass while others warn of dangerous limits on free debate Idaho Senator Borah leadership against the measure calls controlled debate a national disaster Norris Neb predicts limited debate could still end one man filibusters with close adjournment dates The long history of attempts at limiting debate continues since 1840 with few successes despite prior efforts
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Nathan Robertson
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Robinson
Long
D-La
Borah
R-Ida
Idaho
Tydings
D-Md
May
Norris
R-Neb
Henry Clay
Hearst backs Alfred 3B Smith as potential 1936 candidate
William Randolph Hearst declared Alfred E. Smith a powerful candidate for president and called him the accredited leader of the genuine Democratic party. He suggested a Jeffersonian Democratic faction and mused that Roosevelt could be the nominee of a future party, noting uncertainty about party alignments and a possible Republican alternative.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Alfred
Smith
Weilliam Randolph Hearst
New Yorker
Washington
Hearst
Herbert Hoover
Democratica Party
Chicago
William Gibbs McAdoo
United States
California
John Nance Garner
Roosevelt
Ritchie
Byrd
Talmadge
Weil
Queen Astrid Killed in Swiss Car Crash Near Iussnacht
Aug 29 1930s AP report from KUSSNACHT Switzerland describes King Leopold of Belgium and Astrid dying after a touring car swerved off a road near Vierwaldstätter See. The king survived with facial injuries. the chauffeur and attendants were seriously hurt. Astrid's death is detailed with scene, reaction, and immediate aftermath.
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Belgium
Associated Press
Switzerland
Leopold
Vier Waldstatter See
Hastihorn
Ase Trid
Popuige Plesort Wussgardt
Vier Waldsstaller See
William ‘Tell
Gessler
Steinegger
A. Deachers
Grace Moore Returns From England Triumphs Told
Opera star Grace Moore returned to the United States describing her England tour where she sang for Queen Mary at Covenant Garden and drew crowds seeking tickets. Scotland Yard guarded her. she credited England’s warmth to fans who shouted, We want Gracie, as she prepared to travel to Hollywood with husband Valentino Parera and Columbia Pictures.
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Grace Moore
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England
Covenant Garden
Gracie
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Tenn
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London
Iso
Valetino Parera
Will Fermin
Hollywood
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Columbia
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