League faces deadlock as Italy and Ethiopia refuse talks
In Geneva on September 5 the League of Nations council paused the Italo Ethiopian dispute for private talks. Italy calls Ethiopia barbarous and refuses equal footing while Ethiopia says Italy seeks to settle without civilized standards. Labor groups weigh a boycott independent of League action.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Wade Werner
Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations Council
International Federation of Trades Unions
Mussolini
Europe
Weather Summary for Tennessee Virginia North Carolina and More
Fair and cooler conditions extend across Tennessee with fair tonight and Friday, northeast areas may see some fog tonight. Virginia expects rain tonight ending Friday morning and cooler tonight. North Carolina faces rain tonight and Friday morning, with generally fair conditions in the west and cooler interior tonight and Friday. Kentucky shows fair tonight and Friday with possible rain in the extreme southeast, cooler tonight. Readings at 6:00 p m show yesterday's highs and lows with year ago comparisons.
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Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
West
Kentucky
Man and Wife Found Dead in Oak Grove Store
Geneva Alabama September 5 AP a man and his wife who operated a small store in Oak Grove were found beaten to death today by customer John W Foxworth who discovered the bodies in their home The sheriff said robbery appears the motive and the bedroom showed signs of a struggle with uncertain ransacking.
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Geneva
Ala
Oak Grove
John W. Foxworth
Will Grantham
W. W. Boswell
Grantham
Foxworth
Boswell
Storm column recounts hurricane damage in Florida keys
The Miami Daily News and Associated Press piece by Jack Bell vividly records the hurricane's aftermath in the Florida keys. Descriptions detail hospitals filled with the injured, survivors staggering from wrecked homes, bodies found along shattered roads, and the perilous crossings by makeshift boats as residents scramble for safety and aid.
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Florida Keys
Miami Daily News
Associated Press
Jack Bell
Daily News
Wester
Keys
FDR Moves to Weaken Emergency Agencies in Budget Office
President Roosevelt orders placing all emergency agencies under the budget bureau amid election campaign speculation. He says the national emergency has passed and outlines reductions in staff and consolidation. Critics call powers dictatorial as January Congress debate looms. A September 12 deadline was set for money applications.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Budget Bureau
Hyde Park
N. Y
Congress
Veterans Meet to Plan Next Confederate Reunion
AMARILLO Tex sept 5 veterans of the United Confederate veterans gather to choose a 1936 meeting place and officers as age weary ranks argue they will meet as long as three remain. A grand parade closes the gathering with a colorful ball and dances to Marine Band music.
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Vestel Lott
Associated Press
Amarillo
Tex
Old South
Rice A. Pierce
Union City
Tenn
United Confederate Veterans
Chooxwe
United States Marine Band
Lee
Lie detector shows painful complexes not lies
Ann Arbor reports on lie detector tests presented by Dr. Verne Lyon to the American Psychological Association. In 100 real case sessions with juveniles, painful complexes surfaced when words like car or steal were used. Explaining the complexes often clarified whether responses were truthful.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Ann Arbor
Mich
American Psychological Association
Verne
W. Lyon
Chicago
Money Found Hidden in Old Chair in Salisbury
J A Blades of Vienna Md paid one dollar for a chair at a Salisbury used furniture store. While reupholstering the chair two weeks later he found $340 in cash and a gold watch stashed in the cushion. The bills are old elongated specie dated 1904. The store operator, P W Parsons, said he bought the chair two years ago at a Philadelphia warehouse.
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Salisbury
J. A. Blades
Vienna
Blades
P. W. Parsons
Philadelphia
Cunard Liner Doric Damaged In Sea Collision At Dawn
The British liner Doric collided in fog with the French ship For_migny near land at about 3 am. Seven hundred thirty six passengers were taken aboard two other British liners, Orion and Viceroy of India, and later reached safety by 7:15 am. The voyage home from the Mediterranean resumed with songs and thanks giving aboard the rescue ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Doric
Formigny
Mediterranean
Tipperary
Orion
Viceroy of India
Roosevelt Directs Rapid Help for Florida Hurricane Survivors
President Roosevelt ordered immediate federal relief to Florida disaster areas and an investigation into why veterans in Work Relief camps were not rescued promptly. He named Frank T. Hines and Harry Hopkins to lead aid efforts, with Colonel George E. Sjums as their representative.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Florida
Hines
Red Cross
Arlington National Cemetery
Florida Keys
Army
Navy
Coal Guard
Mooty
Carahee Colony
Snake Creek
Matecumbe Kays
Shultz
Georgia
Plerida Rescus Corps
Keys
J. Hardin Peterson
Lakeland
Harry L. Hopkins
FERA
Motecumbe Keys
Miami Chamber of Commerce
Coral Gables
American Legion
Peterson
Sheriff says he has solved dynamiting murder in Harlan
In Harlan Kentucky Sheriff Theodore Middleton told Judge James Mc Gilbert he had solved the dynamiting slaying of his cousin Attorney Elmon Middleton. He asked the grand jury be kept in session to hear evidence to be presented this afternoon. A 70 man National Guard detachment was on duty.
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Harlan
Theodore R. Middleton
James MC Gilbert
Harlan Circuit Court
Elmon Middleton
Gilbert
Sheriff Middleton
Middleton
National Guardsmen
Memphis Girl Recalls Dixie Liner Rescue
Miss Harriet Sternberger, 17, and her family were rescued from the grounded liner Dixie near Memphis. She told the Commercial Appeal by phone from Miami that there was no panic until rescue, and her mother sustained a bruised hip and muscle strains. The party was taken to Miami aboard the rescue liner El Occidente after a night crash and days without food.
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Memphis
Harriet Sternberger
Dixie
Miami
Occidents
el Occidente
Jeritza greeted in Unterach with brass band reception
Opera star Maria Jeritza arrives in Unterach Austria with a brass band welcome and old friends. The Austrians question American divorce rumors from Arkansas claiming she wed American film executive Winfield Sheehan. Baron Popper von Padrogy, her Viennese husband, reportedly seeks a financial settlement as authorities consider the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield Sheehan
Austria
Die Stunde
Arkansas
Jeritza
Sheehan
Baron Popper von Padroghy
Dixie stranded on reef near Florida Keys survives
Passengers of the Dixie are removed in a swift, orderly evacuation after a hurricane drove the liner onto the French Reef. The last of 143 marooned travelers were rescued in under three hours as the ship lists to starboard, while Captain EB W Sundstrom remains aboard with a skeleton crew. The vessel may never float again, and coast guard craft are standing by no longer required.
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Associated Press
Miami
Ila
Dixie
French Reef
Florida Keys
Jacksonville
John Laycock
Baton Rouge
Aten
Coast Guard
H. C. Perkins
State Department of Health
Matecumbe Keys
Trench Reef
Deadline Tonight WPA Applications Hit 65 Million Target
Nashville September 5 The Public Works Administration expects a heavy last minute rush before midnight to push total project costs past 65 million. State PWA head Kenneth Markwell says they will work all night if needed. Yesterday twenty eight applications raised the count to 164 with costs to 59,861,776 including a 822,000 University of Tennessee college of education project and a 325,000 Paris municipal power system.
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Nashville
State Public Works Administration
Kenneth Markwell
PWA
University of Tenessee
College of Education
Paris
Dixie Passenger Tells of Wreck
An eye witness aboard the Dixie recounts the grounding off the South Florida coast and the miraculous rescue of all passengers. John Laycock, passenger from Baton Rouge, describes the storm as the most violent yet seen, with 40 foot waves. The report, filed for the New Orleans States and AP, notes the ship's destruction and survival as extraordinary.
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South Florida
New Orleans
Associated Press
John Laycock
Baton Rouge
Fimes- Picayune Publishing Company
Miami
Praise for Dixie crew after Caribbean wreck
Passengers of the Morgan liner Dixie praised the crew for calm leadership after the ship struck a reef near French Reef during a hurricane. They recounted donning life belts as lights failed, endured 24 hours of crackers and apples, and expressed relief as rescue vessels approached. Names cited include Mrs. J. G. Fister, Mrs. Lyda L. Starr, Morris Hartman, Miss Winifred Indge, and Mrs. F. C. Scott.
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Miami
Fla
Dixie
French Reef
J. G. Fister
New Orleans
Lyda L. Starr
Newark
N. J
Morris Hartman
Winifred Indge
Montreal
F. C. Scott
Los Angeles
Morgenthau Confirms Treasury Within Roosevelt Budget
Secretary Morgenthau said the treasury is within the president's budget after reviewing the first two months of the fiscal year. He noted recoverable loans from government agencies reduce the July August deficit, with net two month deficit at 427 million and projected year total near 2.51 billion if sustained. He added the more you examine early figures, the better it looks.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Comprodity Credit Corporation
Reconstruction Corporation
Public Works Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
RFC
Storm kills hundreds as hurricane hits Georgia and Florida
Miami dispatch estimates death tolls from 200 to 590 with warnings it may reach 1,000 as the tropical storm sweeps from the Florida Keys into Georgia. Governor Sholtz tours wrecked areas while relief crews rush to recover bodies and aid survivors.
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Georgia
Bush Relief
Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Florida Keys
W. BP. Mooty
Dave Sholtz
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