M Alister to Be Asked to Debate With Lewis Pope
Nashville dispatch reports Lewis S. Pope and backers call for a joint debate with Hill McAlister, the Democratic governor nominee, as Pope endorses the straight Democratic ticket including Roosevelt for president Garner for VP and Pope for governor. Pope accuses Crump and Howse machines and pledges to challenge McAlister publicly. He claims turnout irregularities and cites Shelby county primary results to argue McAlister trails by under 9,000.
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Nashville
Hill Mc Alister
Lewis S. Pope
Maxwell House
Tennessee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John N. Garner
Fraucis
Hill McAlister
Democrats of
Crump-Church
Memphis
McConnico-Howse
McAlister
Crump
Howst
Luke Lea
Gibson County
Shelby County
Hamblen
Jackson
Democratic Party
McKee Seen as Roosevelt Candidate for Mayor in November
New York dispatch reports Edward J. Flynn’s cancellation of a west tour might signal Mayor Joseph McKee as Roosevelt ally candidate. McKee, elevated after Walker’s resignation, focuses on economy and salary cuts while Tammany delays naming its pick. Walker’s ex-administration faced a Roosevelt inquiry as McKee shuns a bodyguard. Walker maintains protection with Captain O Connor.
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New York
Edward J. Flynn
Bronx
Roosevelt
West
Joseph McKee
Flynn
McKee
James J. Walker
Tammany
John F. Curry
Tammany Hall
Walker
Thomas O’connor
Both Parties Launch Drive for Congressional Control
Tennessee weather outlook notes fair and warmer in extreme west tonight with clouds and showers expected Friday night. Virginia forecast says fair and cool with coastal cloudiness tonight and slightly warmer Friday. Readings show yesterday highs around 79 and 90, and lows near 49. No rainfall recorded on both dates at 6 p.m.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported
Treasury receipts for September 6 totaled 11.60 million dollars with expenditures of 21.18 million and a balance of 322.63 million. Customs receipts for the first six days of September amounted to 4.62 million.
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Washington
Treasury
Southern construction boom seals record contracts
Report shows the south awarded construction contracts totaling 112 million dollars in the past month, the highest monthly total since 1929. Projects include roads and bridges, city and state buildings, sewers, and highways across 16 states, with notable gains in church building and levee work.
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South
North Carolina
Virginia
Mississippi Valley
University of Florida
Norfolk
Lexington
Campaigns for congressional control loom after presidential drive
Washington reports a new push to win control of Congress as leaders from both parties confer with top figures. Senator Swanson of Virginia met with James Farley in New York and planned reviews with Governor Roosevelt in Albany. Republican leaders Watson and Hatfield discussed coordination with Hoover, singling Indiana Illinois and Ohio as battlegrounds. Congress remains split by its closest wartime margin.
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Sept
Capitol Hill
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Virginia
Democratic Campaign Committee
New York
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Albany
Roosevelt
Watson
Hatfield
Hoover
Capitol
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Bulkley
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt Back Plans West Trip and Vermont Visit
Governor Roosevelt returned to Albany after a Vermont swing and quick packing for a three week western tour. He will motor to Hyde Park for Sergeant Earl Miller and Ruth Belinger's wedding before resuming his campaign in Albany. He touted Democratic strength in Vermont and claimed to break campaign precedents in campaigning there.
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N. Y
Vermont
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Ohio
Illinois
New Jersey
St. Paul
Minn
Rhode Island
Stonington
New England
Boston
Chicago
Berns Brother and Wife Talk Inquest Slated
Colorado Springs dispatch reports George G Clarken insurance adviser says Paul Bern was secretly married a decade ago and never divorced from a woman in a New York sanitarium. Los Angeles conference between Jean Harlow and Henry Bern ends without a statement as authorities continue to probe the star's husband Paul Bern death.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Paul Bern
George G. Clarken
Los Angeles
Bern
New York
Jean Harlow
Henry Bern
New Rocheli
N. Y
Henry
Harlow
Paul
Rio Grande Flood Inundates Mexico and Texas Levees Hold
Floodwaters from the Rio Grande slash levees on both sides of the border but the protective system largely holds. Mexican lands flood while American levees avert major damage. no deaths reported locally. Breaks near Mission McAllen and Alamo disrupt travel as Hidalgo is cut off briefly. Airport at McAllen inundated. boats ferry provisions to reluctant-area families. Several hundred residents flee to higher ground around Rio Grande City.
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Brownsville
Texas
Rio Grande
Winter Garden
Gulf of Mexico
Mission
McAllen
Alamo
Hidalgo
Hidalgo County
Rio Grande City
Lone Farm Group Blocks Roads
A lone group of farmers blocked highway 75 in Sioux City to protest low prices as midwestern governors prepared for a conference on agricultural relief. They planned a parade tomorrow with 5 000 to 20 000 participants while city officials arranged for crowd control. Governors and state representatives discussed Minnesota's role and broader loan moratorium proposals.
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Highway 75
F. B. Olson
Minnesota
Shafer
North Dakota
Gov. White
Ohio
Murray
Oklahoma
Bryan
Nebraska
Congress
Hitl er May Be Cause of Another Election
Parchman Mississippi prison escape leaves six inmates missing after overpowering guards and stealing weapons. Among the escapees is Rouey Eaton serving a life term for deputy marshal Clyde Rivers’s death. Also fleeing are O B Winters Andrew Andrew Clifton Smith Tom Dear and J P Conner. National guardsmen joined the manhunt as authorities label Eaton a moonshine gang leader.
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Miss
Rouey Eaton
Prentiss County
Mississippi
Eaton
O. B. Winters
Memphis
Andrew Andrew
Johnstown
Clifton Smith
Lafayette County
Tom Dear
Roger Warren
Warren
Clyde Rivers
United States
Boonsville
Winters
Rivers
Hill McAlister Favored by Knox County Women’s Club
Knox County Women’s Democratic Club unanimously endorsed Hill McAlister as the official Democratic nominee for governor with resolutions adopted at a recent meeting. The endorsement was announced on September 8.
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Knoxville
Hill McAlister
Knox County Women’s Democratic Club
Gene Tunney May Run for Senate Compromise Candidate
Eastern Point Conn Sept 8 Delegates at the Democratic state convention focus on a three cornered race for the U S senatorial nomination. Gene Tunney’s name surfaces as a possible compromise candidate as factions name their preferred congressmen at large. The retired heavyweight champion theater not fully shown, the report notes.
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Eastern Point
Conn
Gene Tunney
Odors and pain briefly sharpen sight for tests at Cornell
At Cornell University the American Psychological Association heard George W. Hartmann of Pennsylvania State College report that a pleasant odor or the pain of a pinch on the hand can temporarily improve eyesight. He linked sight to the unity of senses and noted parallels with brain training in animals and human eye microfluctuations.
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N. Y
American Psychological Association
Cornell University
George W. Hartmann
Pennsylvania State College
K. S. Lashley
University of Chicago
Milton Metfessel
University of Southern California
Wichart
Dr. Metfessel
Legal Fight Over Custody Heir to Bradford Fortune
Texas seeks the return from Kentucky of 10 year old Hugh Bradford Jenkins, heir to a fortune, and his father Hubert Jenkins, who allegedly took the boy from his grandfather guardian. Dallas officers carry a kidnapping warrant to Louisville while Governor Sterling pursues requisition papers for extradition and a swift hearing in Frankfort.
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Tex
Texas
Kentucky
Dallas County
Louisville
Hubert Johnson Jenkins
Hugh Bradford Jenkins
T. L. Bradford
Bradford
Ross S. Sterling
Dexter Hamilton
Frankfort
William McCraw
Austin
Jenkins
Addie Keating Bradford
Knoxville records check in Smoky Mountains Park office
Nashville accountant Thomas McIntyre acting as governor Henry Horton's personal representative arrived in Knoxville to inspect Smoky Mountains National Park records. He did not disclose the purpose or information sought.
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Knoxville
Thomas McIntyre
Nashville
Henry Horton
The
Smoky Mountains National Park
Cotton Breaks as Crop Forecast Moves Market
New York on September 8 reports cotton prices breaking by $3 to $4 a bale as government crop forecasts show higher than expected yields. Prices slid heavily at market reopen following the release. In New Orleans similar session, cotton fell over $4.50 from morning highs after the forecast estimated 11,310,000 bales.
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New York
Orleans
Cotton Crop Forecast For 11,310,000 Bales By Ag Department
Washington forecast a cotton crop of 11,310,000 bales for this year based on conditions as of September 1, with last year at 17,096,000 bales. The September 1 condition stood at 56.6 percent of normal, acreage remaining for picking 35,611,000 acres, and an abandonment of 1.5 percent since July 1. State breakdown follows.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Von Papen Faces Struggle On Eve Of Reich Session
Berlin Sep 8 AP Adolf Hitler arrived to take charge of negotiations for a Nazi Centrist coalition before the Reichstag meets Monday. President von Hindenburg backs Von Papen, with dissolution looming if coalition fails.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
National Socialist Party
von Hindenburg
Heinrich Bruening
Reichstag
Hitler
Ninus Battle
W.m.e
Neudeck
East Prussia
Rabid Cat Slams Erwin Citizens Awaiting Serum
A black cat that attacked in Erwin Tennessee tested mad after death at state labs in Johnson City. Sixteen residents waited for Dr. J Lawrence Cochran to return from Nashville with anti rabies serum. Cochran is Unicoi county health officer.
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Tenn
J. Lawrence Cochran
Nashville
Cochran
Unicoi County
Johnson City
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