Soviet Warning Threatens Force Over Mediterranean Piracy
The Red Army press declares the Soviet government will use force if peace talks fail to secure redress from Italy for the sinking of two Soviet freighters. It accuses Mussolini of ambitions and calls for all necessary means to compel Italy to meet Moscow’s demands, amid broader European tensions and naval incidents in the Mediterranean.
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Moscow
Red Army
Red Star
Italy
Russia
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Deriet
Weather Mostly Cloudy Across Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia
Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Central regions expect slightly warmer conditions tonight across Virginia and nearby areas.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Broad Street Parkway Removal Given Okeh
A violent case in Iselin involving Margaret Drennan, a Perth Amboy student, sees her charged with murder after authorities say she shot Paul Reeves when he threatened to reveal past trysts. Reeves, 25, and Myra Reeves, his wife, were connected to the incident as officers describe the scene and motive. The girl, 20, appeared at arraignment denying the crime and awaiting grand jury action.
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Iselin
UPA
George E. Keating
Paul Reeves
Woodbridge
Margaret Drennan
Perth
Reeves
Arthur Brown
David J. Stepacoff
Keating
Sit Down Strikers Lead Knox County School Bus Feud
Knox County superintendent Brickey arranged a special bus for sit down strike children aged 1 to 10 at a one room schoolhouse near Knoxville. Sixteen pupils refused to ride a bus to the larger school 4.5 miles away, packing books and lunches before returning home. Brickey cited state law requiring 15 average daily attendance, saying the old school was closed for low enrollment while misinformed parents faced the longer ride.
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Knoxville
Brickey
Knox County Schools
Cradé
Negro confesses slaying flagman in Lynchburg case
Jasper McNeil, 27, a North Carolina Negro, is jailed in Lynchburg on charges of shooting and killing Southern Railway flagman C B Styres, 47, near Monro, Va. Styres died from two abdominal wounds after spotting a man on an opposite car. McNeil reportedly confessed after being subdued by Orange County officers, claiming escape from a North Carolina road force two years ago and admitting an earlier daylight bank robbery in Raedensboro, N C.
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Lynchburg
Jasper MecNeil
North Carolina
C. BP. Styres
Spencer
N. C
Southern Failway
L. A. Thomas
Washington
Southern Railway Police
Neil
Styres
Lynecaburg
Monros
McNeil
Orange County
M. M. Myers
L. V. Douglas
Thomas
Bradensboro
Record Cotton Crop Reaches New High for Year
Washington reports government estimates raise this year’s cotton crop to about 16.1 million bales, a gain over August forecasts. Yield per acre would be the highest on record at roughly 228.5 pounds, with abandonment at a record low 1.3 percent. Increases appear in Texas Mississippi and Arkansas, while Oklahoma and the Carolinas see declines. New York futures slide nearly a dollar as the report shows record yields and revised production outlook.
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Washington
Sept
Federal Crop Board
Crop Report Board
Oklahoma
New York
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Train Crash Kills One Injures Five Near Fort Wayne
A Wabash derailment bound for St Louis from Detroit near New Haven leaves one dead, five injured as locomotives plunge into a ditch. About 2000 spectators gather while over 50 feet of track are torn up and rail traffic halted for hours. Names include David Karicofe 85 Detroit KIA. Fireman Robert Miller 39 Detroit critically injured. Louis Frough 40 Detroit chest injuries. Ora Jacobson 33 Fergus Falls Minn severe lacerations. Clayton Brosher 43 Fort Wayne mail clerk possible skull fracture. Ralph Hoffman 44 Fort Wayne injured. Continuous updates expected.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
St Louis
Detroit
David Karicofe
New Haven
Robert EB. Miller
Louis Frough
Ora Jacobson
Fergus Falls
Minn
Clayton K. Brosher
Ralph Hoffman
Woman executes bond for attack in Tennessee
Daisy Forman posted a 3000 bond and awaits a preliminary hearing for felonious assault in Sullivan County Tennessee. She had surrendered after shooting her husband A E Forman outside a vehicle near Muddy Creek. He is recovering at Appalachian hospital. The incident prompted authorities to file charges and set the hearing before Squire H H Massengill in Blountville.
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Daisy Forman
Squire H. H. Massengill
Blountville
Forman
J. D. Newland
Sullivan County
A. E. Forman
Johnson City
Apalachian Hospital
Link Jones
Muddy Creek
Sherif Newland
Germany to Refer Mediterranean Parley to Non-Intervention Board
British and German dispatches from Nurnberg report Germany will reply to an Anglo French invitation for a Mediterranean anti piracy conference by proposing the issue be referred to the European non intervention committee.
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Moscow
Mary
Germany
Spain
London
Mediterranean
Harpa
North Africa
Lloyd's
Matthane
Fern Tunis
Port Said
Egypt
Nurnberg
Adolf Hitler
European Non-Intervention Committee
New Plan Formed To Block Repeal Votes On Liquor
Nashvill e September 23 referendum challenged in court by three taxpayers led by Upr Jay G Stephenson. They file for a Supreme Court review after Chancellor Howell upheld the act and dissolved the injunction. An appeal bond is filed. petition timing hinges on justices available after summer recess.
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Nashville
Upr
Jay G. Stephenson
Nashvi'chirney
Supreme Court
R. B. C. Howell
Stephenson
Chancery Court
Ain
Thirteen Escape Horrors of War in China Flight
A group of 70 foreigners led by American missionaries fled from Mokanshan to Shanghai avoiding blockading Japanese ships. The long route spanned about 250 miles from Ningpo aboard a Chinese steamer, with trips by motor buses and an ambulance, as bridges and ferries were destroyed by bombing. Among evacuees were Br. Jack Roberts and Miss May Barker who compared the ordeal to an adventure, while preserving the risk of danger in the Sino Japanese conflict.
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Shanghai
Sept
Steen
Mokanshan
Cheklang Province
Ningpo
China Sea
Jack Roberts
Alexandris
Wasih
May Barker
Oklahoma City
China
Peiping
Soochow
Mioanshan
Oklahoma
Stephen Goddard
Richmond
In. CG. Britton
Jacksonville
Fla
E. L. Hale
Boston
Helen Yates
E. H. Hamilton
Atlanta
Four gunmen sought after Gulfport patrolman slaying
Gulfport Mississippi police and officers from two states hunted three men armed with pistols and a machine gun who fled in a stolen car after fatally wounding Pa patrolman J O Wolff. A fourth man was also sought. Two Texas men linked to the gunmen were jailed pending the manhunt outcome. Federal agents had tracked the fugitives for months.
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Gulfport
Miss
J. O. Wolff
Gladwater
Tex
Louisiana
Mississippi
Midwest
Edward van Zandt
Wolff
van Zandt
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fugies
Gulport
Jack Woodward
Morris Gibson
Jackson
Vivian
Five Railroad Cars Blasted At Sungkiang Station
A Japanese bombing raid near Shanghai killed at least 30 Chinese civilians and injured about 250 as five refugee cars were blown from the tracks at Sungkiang Station. The disaster gutted two second class and three third class coaches with many crushed. Eight explosives also hit foreign yachts upriver, raising foreign peril and prompting warnings to identify ships.
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Shanghai
Sungkiang Station
Sungklang
Hankow
Red Cross
Jase Shainghai
Sungkiang
China
Kiyoshi Hasekawa
Third Fleet
Pootung
Whangpoo River
International
Chinese Foreign Ministry
Iland
Minghong
War notes show no plan for conflict between Mussolini and Stalin
In a heated exchange, Mussolini’s son in law and foreign minister Ciano replies to Soviet charges that an Italian submarine sank Soviet ships. The notes deny aggression and hint leaders intend no war as Italy and Russia trade sharp rhetoric amid Mediterranean tensions.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
New York
Italy
Russia
Mediterranean
Messrs
Mussolini
Stalin
Count Ciano
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