Eclipse expeditions report mixed success in clouds
Clouded skies spoiled many major eclipse expeditions while a few enjoyed perfect views. Reported highlights include a radio discovery on the Kennelly Heaviside layer and a two minute total eclipse seen through a rare hole, with Japanese teams noting mixed outcomes and Bartlett, New Hampshire impacted by clouds.
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Boston
Mass
Island Pond
Radio Discovery
Kennelly
Cunrise
Fearth
5. L. Boothroyd
Cornell University
Newport
R. C. Williams
Cornell
G. B. Sabine
Tokyo Imperial Observatory
Okuroh Oikawa
Bartlett
N. H
Alfred
Earth
Portland
John O. Lunt
The
Weather Bureau
Celestial Express
Frederick Slocum
Wesleyan University
Center Conway
Roosevelt Keeps Campaign In Public Eye Strategy
Albany Sept. 1 AP Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt plans a western speaking tour twelve days hence as part of a rapid campaign strategy. Since July he has been in national focus with a series of major addresses and a high public profile. Roosevelt’s camp compares his early active pacing to past nominees, noting his roles as candidate yachtsman and Walker case judge while preparing Herbert Lehman for the gubernatorial race.
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Albany
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
Roosevelt
James J. Walker
Columbus
Sea Girl
N. J
Herbert H. Lehman
Walker
W Nider Resigns Minister Post as Canada Envoy
President Hoover accepted Han ford MacNider's resignation as American minister to Canada and praised his role in the St. Lawrence waterway treaty. MacNider said he left to attend to private affairs, with the president noting notable service and a likely completion of his objective.
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Washington
Hoover
Hanford MacNider
Canada
St. Lawrence
Pole Resigns as U S Comptroller
John W. Pole awaits word from President Hoover to quit as comptroller of the currency. He asked to be relieved at the earliest convenience. Hoover is considering a successor. Pole declines to discuss his resignation. Pole was appointed comptroller November 20, 1928 by Coolidge after a long banking examination career in multiple districts.
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Washington
John W. Pole
Hoover
White House
Pole
Coolidge
Ohioan
National Bank
Federal Reserve District
National Bank Examiners
Joseph W. MclIntosh
Wet Battles Day in S C Primary
In South Carolina Democratic primary results, E D Smith leads with 92 491 votes and Cole L Blease trails with 74 806 amid calls for prohibition repeal. Ashton H Williams anti prohibitionist and Leon W Harris prohibition defender also trail as runoff looms on September 13. Incumbent Representatives Dominick and Stevenson lose, paving the way for John C Taylor and John P Richards respectively.
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Columbia
D. C
South Carolina
Senate
E. D. Smith
Cole L. Blease
Smith
National Party
Blease
Ashton H. Williams
Florence
Leon W. Harris
Anderson
Fred H. Dominick
Third
John C. Taylor
W. F. Stevenson
Cheraw
John P. Richards
Lancaster County
John G. Richards
Canning College Students Run Farm and Plant
Canning College Madisonville Tennessee reports student run programs include a campus canning factory where over 4000 gallons of produce are processed from college farm crops. Three acres are slated for broom corn with a student operated broom factory to be installed. Other students work in a college laundry pressing plant and manage a herd of 45 cows.
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Madisonville
Tenn
Hiwasse College
France's speed record challenged by flying trio at Cleveland
Major Doolittle James Haizlip and James Wedell powered three fast racing aircraft in Cleveland to beat France's 278 mph land speed mark set in 1924. Doolittle's unofficial 293.193 mph run occurred on a kilometer course before barographs and formal notice were filed for an official record attempt.
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Cleveland
France
James H. Doolittle
James G. Haizlip
James R. Wedell
Bennett
Doolittle
Federation Apernautic Internationale
Federal relief funds discussed in Tennessee meeting
Nashville reports a conference at the Tennessee state capitol with Thad Holt of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to plan distribution of federal relief funds. Commissioner George Dempster noted a Knoxville loan request of 1 million dollars for junior high construction and Knox County unemployment aid of 547 thousand dollars. Holt would also meet Nashville leaders to gauge local needs for federal aid.
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Nashville
Thad Holt
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
State Capitol
Tennessee
George R. Dempster
Finance and Taxation
Wallace Edwards
Horton
Tennessee Committee For Federal Aid Relief
R. H. Faker
Dempster
Knoxville
Knox County Unemployment Committee
Holt
Showers and Cooler Fronts Move Through Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee sees showers tonight and Friday with cooler air Friday especially in the west. Virginia forecasts generally fair tonight then mostly cloudy and cooler Friday with chances of showers. Yesterday’s high 101 and low 65, both above the year ago figures. August averages show high 89.1, low 61.7, and a 75.4 mean temperature with 3.25 inches of rain for the month. readings taken daily at 6:00 p.m.
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Tennessee
West
Virginia
Redistricting Act Faces Court Test in Tennessee
Nashville, Sept 1. Dr John R Neal Knox ville attorney plans federal suit to test the 1931 Tennessee redistricting act. He says the action will be filed within days to block a districts plan he calls unfair to ten years and politically designed by bosses. He argues the districts must be fairly compact under federal law.
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Nashville
John R. Neal
Neal
Tennessee
Tropical Storm Anette Abates Over Southwest Alabama
Tropical Storm Anette moves inland along the southwest Alabama Gulf coast with diminishing intensity. Government observer reports a 29.47 inch barometer and 30 mph winds as tides feared flood coastal low lands. Twenty five families relocate from Herron Bay amid the storm’s decline.
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Alabama
Mobile
Ala
United States
Bahamas
Florida
Alabama Gulf Coast
E. W. Holcomb
Herron Bay
Germany presses for equal armament with Paris allies
Germany renews in a loose aide memoire its demand to revise the Versailles treaty to allow parity in land and sea forces with Europe’s other nations. Paris discusses the move as Britain stays informed under the Franco British consultative pact, with no immediate participation noted. General Kurt von Schleicher warns of possible replies if equality is rejected.
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Germany
Europe
Paris
Junker
Resto del
McAdoo to Battle Tubbs for Senate Race
San Francisco dispatch reports Democrat William Gibbs McAdoo will face Republican Tallant Tubbs in November for California's Senate seat, succeeding Samuel Shortridge. With 336 precincts left, Tubbs appears nominee, McAdoo also secured the Democratic nomination amid high voter participation. Tubbs advocates repealing the 18th Amendment, while McAdoo runs on the Democratic platform. Tubbs is 35.
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San Francisco
William Gibbs McAdoo
Woodrow Wilson
Young Tallant Tubbs
California
Senate
Samuel M. Shortridge
Tubbs
McAdoo
Sh Tridge
H. E. Barbour
Glenn M. de Vore
Secret Six and State's Attorney Spy on Each Other in Chicago
In Chicago on September 1, the Cook County State's Attorney's office and the Secret Six anti-crime group faced mutual spying. Wire tapping was admitted by both sides and involved three investigators, with the Secret Six claiming eight months of investigation into a political criminal cabal linked to the state's attorney's office. Col. Robert Isham Randolph dismissed the notion as a joke, while Mrs. Shirley Kub emerged as a noted figure amid the inquiries.
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Chicago
Cook County
Secret Six
State
John A. Swanson
Secret
Gordon White
James H. McQueeney
Frank
Carroll
Swanson
Alexander Jamie
Jamies
Jamie
Shirley Kub
Randolph
VFW Condemns Bonus Army Rout in Capital
The thirty third encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars denounces the July Washington rout of bonus seekers as criminally brutal. A unanimous resolution protests the use of charging cavalry sabres and tanks against unarmed veterans amid hunger and unemployment and urges moderation of Prohibition enforcement policies.
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Sacramento
Calif
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Washington, D. C
United States
Joseph Carl Thomson
New York City
New York
Harold D. Decos
United States Army
Nine Day Truce In Farm Strike Ends Hostility
A nine day suspension ended farm strike hostility as farmers’ protests continue in midwest. Milo Rego of the National Farmers' Holiday Association ordered the pause to occur before a midwestern governors conference at Sioux City. Clashes occurred in Omaha and South Sioux City with truck blocks and injuries. authorities promised safety and open highways.
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Des Moines
Midwest
Milo Rego
National Farmers’ Holiday Association
Sioux City
Warren Green
South Dakota
Olson
Minnesota
Turner
Iowa
Bryan
Nebraska
Reno
Omaha
C. B. McDonald
South
Neb
fYon
Wayne County
Pottawattamie County
Clinton
Cherokee
Meni
Cherokee County Association
Anthon
Farmers Holiday clash prompts deputy guard at courthouse
In Cherokee Florida on September 1, reports say 200 farmers’ holiday adherents planned a march toward town to confront five men blamed for shooting 14 pickets. Sheriff Tilton deployed 75 armed deputies at the courthouse to prevent trouble as farmers accuse assailants of firing on them with shotguns in a dawn incident.
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Cherokee
Fla
Walnut Grove
Tilton
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Canning College
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Wedell
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