Roosevelt keeps touch on bomb reports during drought trip
President Roosevelt travels to Salt Lake City to attend the Dern funeral while maintaining contact about the Kane bombing off the Spanish coast. He plans a Des Moines meeting with Landon and governors, with drought talks paused until Thursday. Resignation of Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde to allow her daughter of W. J. Bryan to campaign as a private Roosevelt supporter.
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Roosevelt
Salt Lake City
Utah
Kane
Washington
George H. Dern
Alf M. Landon
Des Mines
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Des Moines
Sidney
Neb
Julesburg
Cole
Hull
Rapid City
S. D
Mount Rushmore
Black Hills
Gutzon Borglum
Thomas Jefferson
Owen
Marvin McIntyre
McIntyre
Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde
Denmark
Willam Jennings Bryan
Obliging Officer Refuses Ball Game Tickets
In Kansas City on August 31 a cyclist was stopped by a motorcycle officer who said he was heading to a ball game. The rider joked about a ticket and asked for a ticket for his friend. They received two tickets, but not for the ball game.
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Kansas City
George Lyner
Ener
Nudist Camp Operator Laughs at Problem of Nudism
Marty Ferrec, 61, former operator of a nudist camp near Denver, Coto, says the biggest problem with nudism is practical: no pockets to put hands in and no suspenders or vests to tuck thumbs in. He notes initial awkwardness but calls it a minor issue in embracing nudism.
Drought Ends in Raymondville and Rio Grande Valley
Rain带 measured nine inches in 34 hours soaking Raymondville and other Rio Grande valley towns. Water stood three to four inches in business buildings but moisture benefited corn, fodder, and truck crops. In Laredo the six weeks drought broke with 1.25 inches recorded.
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Raymondville
Tex
Rio Grande Valley Paints
Laredo
Weather outlook fair and warmer across states
Readings show fair conditions tonight with warmer temperatures expected Tuesday across Tennessee and North Carolina. Interior highs rise while recent 24 hour data indicates milder warmth, with morning temperatures around 7 am reported and yesterday’s highs noted.
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Tennessea
Bomoch
North Carolina
Inerior
Compensation Sought for Man Cleared After Escape
Asheboro North Carolina August 31 A petition circulates asking the legislature to compensate Gus Langley 33 a former prisoner now in Morris New Jersey for three years in prison and for painting wardens quarters while detained Langley was convicted in Asheville four years ago of a holdup murder and while facing execution won a reprieve then was freed after officials found he could not have reached the crime scene in time Witnesses at an informal hearing in Wilmington supported his claim that he was in Wilmington the day before the murder and an actual test confirmed he could not have traveled to Asheville in time The case led to a push for compensation and release of Langley by executive actions by Governor Edwin Gill.
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Asheboro
N. C
Gus Langley
Langley
Morriss
N. J
B. F. Brittain
Asheville
Wilmington
Edwin Gill
Demones
Peace Ab Surd Shouts Are Duce Against Creed Arms Race
Premier Mussolini claims to be able to mobilize 8,000,000 men and positions his warning amid European rearmament. Diplomats link his remarks to Hitler and Stalin moves and broader fears of rising socialist influence in France and Spain. He cites Ethiopia victory and rejects the absurdity of eternal peace.
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Charles H. Guptill
Associated Press
Avelling
Italy
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Il Duce
France
Spain
East
Africa
Pence
Ethiopia
Landon pushes lower rate plea for drought freight
Governor A M Landon, preparing for a drought conference with President Roosevelt, urged railroads to adopt joint emergency freight rates for Kansas drought areas. He said farmers lose the rate advantage when shipments cross carrier lines and invited state officials and guests, including North Dakota Governor Walther Welford, to review the situation.
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Kansas
William H. Bale
Topeka
Kas
Roosevelt
A. M. Landon
Des Moines
Sees Welford
Landon
Walter Welford
North Dakota
More Electricity at Lower Rates Urged by Economist
Washington reports urged by economist Dr Harlow Derson of Rural Electrification Administration. A world power conference paper criticizes the U.S. utilities industry as timid in expanding service. It calls for a balance between production and purchasing power to prevent inflationary costs and maintain rising living standards.
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Washington
Aus
Etretei Ey
Ecolon
Ero Severi Nations
Harlow
Derson
Renauh
Joan Crawford to try stage work in England
Hollywood August 31. Joan Crawford will make her first stage attempt in England with a provincial tour. Leslie Howard urged the plan, and Franchot Tone has a London offer. they will go next summer.
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Hollywood
Joan Crawford
England
Leslie Howard
Franchot Tone
London
Secretary's Foster Son Die In Suspected Self Inflicted Wound
Wilmarth Ickes, 37, foster son of Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes, was found dead at his Winnetka home on the first anniversary of his mother's death. Police said death by self-inflicted pistol shot, with a .38 on his chest, hours after learning of tuberculosis. Secretary Ickes flew to Chicago. family details and killings noted amid questions about his mother's death in New Mexico.
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Chicago
Wil- Marth Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Winnetka
Anna Wilworth Ickes
Harald Lewis
Ickes
Interior Department
Washington
Velarde
N. M
Teles
Wilmarth Ickes
Elizabeth Dahlman
Milwaukee
Donald
Anna
Barbara
Eric Magnuson
Wilmarth
James Westphal Thompson
University of Chicago
Magnuson
State Executive Board to Meet in Nashville
A. B. Broadbent of Clarksville emerges as likely chairman of the new Democratic state executive committee meeting in Nashville to organize. Retiring chairman Henry R. Bell and secretary Carmack Cochran remain in post as the panel swears in new members and elects officers.
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Nashville
A. B. Broadbent
Clarksville
Gordon Browning
Democratic State Executive Committee
Henry R.peg) Bell
London
Carmack Cochran
Broadbent
Gfth
W. BD. Hudson
Cochran
Mechanized cotton picker seen as threat to small farmers
In Stoneville Mississippi on August 31 government cotton specialist Oscar Johnston joined state agriculture leaders to observe a demonstration of a mechanical picker by John and Mack Rust of Memphis. He warned successful machine harvesting could spell the end of the small farmer, highlighting fears for the South’s agricultural balance.
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Stoneville
Miss
South
Oscar Johnston
dJohnston
Washington
John and Mack Rust
Mem
Choir Boy Confesses Hammer Slaying in Robbery
Thir teen year old Roland Munroe admitted to officials he killed widow Agnes Roffers in her Chicago home during a robbery that yielded eight dollars in jewelry. Prosecutors say he claimed the act was to avoid her suffering, describing a calculated assault with a hammer after she sought advice about her valuables.
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Thicago
Roland Munroe
Richard Devine
Agnes Roffers
Devine
Gors
Apartment Marine
William Whiting Called By Death
William Fairfield Whiting 72 former Secretary of Commerce died at his Holyoke home after a long illness. A noted paper manufacturer he served in Calvin Coolidge's cabinet from August 21 1928 to March 4 1929. He was Amherst class of 1886 and a longtime Coolidge ally who never sought elective office. Born Holyoke July 20 185?4 continued on page eight.
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Holyoke
Mass
William Fairfield Whiting
Whiting
Herbert Hoover
Commerce Department
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge Whiting
Amherst College
Robert Lansinng
Coolidge
Whiling
Worthampton
William and
Anna Maria Fairfield Whiting
Baseball Scout Aids Boy in Blood Disease Case
Clifford Crawford baseball scout for the St Louis Cardinals offered to help seven year old Philip Levitt of Chicago who suffers a serious blood disease. Crawford is in Kingsport running a baseball training camp to develop prospective material for the Cardinals.
Baseball Scout Offers Blood for Stricken Boy
Pat Crawford ace scout for the St. Louis Cardinals offered his blood today to help Philip Levitt seven son of Mr and Mrs Levitt of Young Levitt suffers viridans type streptococci a fatal infection per Dr Morris Fishbein editor AMAs. Crawford made the offer after physicians appealed for blood from a recently recovered donor. Dozens offered aid have poured in from across the country. Crawford, conducting a baseball training camp, said he recently recovered from the same infection after nine months in bed and fourteen transfusions.
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Pat Crawford
St. Louis Cardinals
Philip Levitt
Camp Crawford
Black Legion Men Brought to Court in Detroit Trial
In Detroit on August 31, the court prepared extensive precautions to keep Black Legion members off the jury for the trial of 11 men charged with kidnapping and killing Charles A Poole. Judge Moynihan postponed opening until Tuesday and planned to ask jurors if they have ever belonged to the Black Legion or any militant group. Defense questions included potential prejudice against Black Legion members.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
Order
Wayne County
Gircvit
Joseph A. Moynihan
Moynihan
Floyd
Graham
Poole
WPA
Cabinet Shake-Up in Romania Seen Amid Nazi Pressure
Observers say strong Nazi influence pressured Romania to realign its cabinet. Prime Minister George TULARescu resignations and King Carol II’s recall aimed to avert threats, with foreign minister Titulescu dropped amid anti Nazi sentiment and unrest. The National Peasant Party clashed with the government as peasant army reliability and agrarian concerns resurfaced.
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Associated Press
George Tularescu
King Carn
Somesoares
Nicholas Titulescue
Americans Clash With Planes Near Spanish Coast
Naval officers say destroyer Kane acted to defend itself after a tri motor plane dropped two bombs and later more near the ship about 40 miles off Spain. President Roosevelt and Hull urged Madrid and Franco to order air crews to avoid further incidents while evucing Americans from the area.
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Madrid
Navy Department
Spanish
Spain
Roosevelt
mid-West
Hull
Francisco Franco
Kane
State Department
J. J. Alvis
Gibraltar
Bilbao
Pling
Sens
Ameviesy
United States
Cilix
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Browning
Don Whitehead
William Whiting
Secy. of Commerce
U.S
Morris Levitt
Clifford
Pat) Crawford
St Louis Cardinals
Philip
Crawford
Kingsport
Black Hooded
Eichty
Romania
Keelaina Bie
Settee
Pia Opatiedewishual
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Shake-Un
Burcharest
National Peasant Party
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