Leader Needed For Dictator's State In Louisiana
Baton Rouge, La. Sept. 12. With Huey P. Long buried, Longites struggle to soothe rifts as tensions rise over Longist policies. Reports say associates seek Washington compromise amid income tax probes and indictments. No clear successor, Allen and others named, while critics push to end dictatorship and probe Long’s assassination.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Long
Roosevelt
Comprose
Huey
O. K. Allen
Seymour Weiss
Aen Wilender
House of Representatives
George Wallace
Allen
Weather notes and temperature contrasts across states
Weather briefs report warmer conditions in Tennessee for tonight with variable northwest warmth. Virginia and North Carolina see fair weather through Saturday with little temperature change. Kentucky forecasts slight warming tonight in the extreme west. Historical temperature notes compare yesterday and the same date last year, with readings from 6 o clock.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Kentucky
Millionaire Play Boy in Jail After Hoey Murder
Francis A Jamieson reports from Westchester Pennsylvania that Henry Huddleston Rogers III, heir to oil fortunes, sobs in a jail cell as authorities weigh murder charges in the Evelyn Hoey death. A nurse of wealth, he pleads for a gun to kill himself while the scene at Lyndell estate unfolds. Investigators say evidence points to suicide.
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Francis A. Jamieson
Associated Press
Westchester
Henry Huddleston Rogers
Rockefeller
Evelyn Hoey
Rogers
Rogers Farm
Lyndeli
Miss Fivey
William J. Kelly
New York
Huey Long Burial In Concrete And Copper Tomb
The Huey Long funeral at Baton Rouge drew crowds at dawn as guards kept souvenir hunters ten feet from the tomb. Long was not buried in earth but sealed in a double copper coffin, encased in copper, beneath a garden setting with chrysanthemums and other flowers. The site sits on an elevated plot between sunken gardens, with plans for a tombstone and ongoing dedication by the Louisiana Democratic Association. Continued on page eight.
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Ralph Wheatley
Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Huey Long
Creete
Louiana
Huey
Long
Louisiana Democratic Associat
First Movie Seen By 74 Year Old Gen Gates
KNOXVILLE Sept 13 AP Gen Charles T Gates Jr 74 veteran Knoxville attorney and former Tennessee attorney general has seen his first motion picture They report he chose Steamboat Round the Bend Will Rogers film about steamboating days and cheered during the thrilling race He said it was splendid and his only regret is not seeing a picture sooner but he never felt the urge to do before
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Knoxville
Charles T. Gates, Jr
Tennessee
Will Rogers
Widow denies husband plotted murder of Huey Long
In Opelousas Louisiana on September 13 1935 Mrs Carl Austin Weiss Jr the widow of the physician denies her husband participated in any plot to kill Senator Huey P Long She tearfully recalled their Sunday and said she did not know he went to the statehouse She challenged Earl Christenberry secretary to Long who claimed Weiss drew the short straw in a lottery to slay the senator
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Opelousas
Carl Austin Weiss, Jr
Huey P. Long
eWins
Statehouse
Six hour day praised by Senator Norris at Norris Dam
Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska touts a six hour workday as practical citing Norris Dam as proof of higher efficiency and morale. He lauds the dam as impressive and grand and notes TVA workers and town are named for him while planning speeches in Knoxville and Chattanooga.
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Norris
Tenn
Norris Dam
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Clinch
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Public Power League
Chattanooga
No Trace Found Of Aviator And Friends In Alaska Search
Alaskan airmen race against approaching winter for missing ship and four occupants with Pilot Werman Lehrdahl unaccounted after last contact during a night flight. Four other pilots return from a separate search mission for Arthur Hines and three passengers lost August 1, with three searchers injured and a plane wrecked.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Werman Lehrdahl
Lehrdahl
Circle Hot Springs
Hines
John F. Lenz
Alton Nordale
Dawson
Y. T
FDR Defines WPA Policy to End Dissent
President Roosevelt outlined orders for the Works Progress Administration under Harry Hopkins to assume relief duties until the permanent public works program under Ickes increases employment. He said a six week plan adds 85 million dollars for direct relief, bridging a funding gap until permanent structures peak next June.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Ickes
Public Works Plan
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Mr. Roosevelt
Waters Injured As Locomotive Crushes Toes In Kingsport
James A. Waters of Old Kingsport was seriously injured at 10:15 am today when his right foot was crushed by a locomotive during switching at the Tennessee Eastman Corporation yards. He received an ankle and four toes amputated at Community Hospital. Waters, a brakeman, had worked for Eastman since 1933 after time at Kingsport Brick, and officials said he narrowly escaped a more serious injury after missing a step and being dragged.
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James A. Waters
Old Kingsport
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Mr. Waters
Waters
Eastman Corporation
Kingsport Brick Corporation
Tobacco markets open December likely first Monday
Judge John T. Cunningham of the Eastern Dark-fired Tobacco Growers Association said the marketing season at Clarksville and Springfield would probably open the first Monday in December. He noted a $2,000,000 revolving fund loan application and possible government funding delays until January. The association asserts funds may be found to operate the grading service if needed.
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Clarksville
Tenn
John T. Cunningham
Cunningham
Springfield
McAdoo to Wed Public Health Nurse Doris Cross
Washington reports former treasury secretary William Gibbs McAdoo, 71, will wed Doris Cross, 23, a Public Health Service nurse. Staff confirm plans are tentative. Cross, a Santa Barbara native and hospital graduate, is the bride-to-be per official statements.
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Washington
William, Gibbs McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Doris Cross
Mary Addison Ingte
Miss Cross
California
Public Health Service
Santa Barbara
Senator’s third marriage noted for nurse wedding
The article references a senator who has married twice before and mentions Miss Cross, a former Santa Barbara resident, with continuation teased on page eight. It also notes bankers delaying action on railroad business and a collateral sale valued at 3.4 million in securities of Allegheny and Vanessa corporations, with details continued on later pages.
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Santa Barbara
Miss Cross
Allegheny Corporation
Vaness Corpora
Cigit
Laval Pushes Covenant Obedience Amid East Africa Tensions
Paris signals France would enforce League covenant with sanctions against Italy if it attacks Ethiopia, while Laval urges adherence as Britain, Ethiopia, and South Africa warn of racial and regional fallout. Italy pushes arms and troop movements. Haile Selassie mobilizes 75 percent of government workers.
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France
League of Nations
Italy
Ethiopia
Paris
Geneva
Premier Laval
League Assembly
Laval
League
Great Britain
East Africa
Haile Selassie
Wade Werner
Associated Press
Russia
Europe
Lealene of Nations Assembly
Rome
South Africa
Charles Theodore Te Water
Union of South Africa
Africa
Te Water
Trans-Country Record Set by Laura Ingalls
Laura Ingalls set a women's west east transcontinental nonstop record in a Lockheed monoplane, 13 hours 34 minutes 5 seconds from Los Angeles to Floyd Bennett Field. A faulty radial compass caused a overshoot and forced a detour to Mitchel Field. Amelia Earhart Putnam offered congratulations and did not plan a challenge. Ingalls flew mostly between 10,000 and 12,000 feet, with a banana as her diet.
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New York
Laura Ingalls
Floyd Bennett Field
Los Angeles
Frank Hawks
Columbus
Floyd Bennett
Mitchelffield
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Miss Earhart
Lindbergh
Commission Will Aid Coal Business
Harrisburg reports the Public Service Commission will probe private fortunes to uncover how differential freight rates favored Southern producers and harmed Pennsylvania coal operators. Richard Beamish, counsel, says a Washington hearing on October 8 will examine inside deals and the impact on railroads and fortunes, with Potter and Cotterill joining the case before the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Harrisburg
Public Service Commission
Pennsylvania
New England
Richard J. Beamish
Washington
Potter
Mark Potter
Pennsylvania Coal and Coolie Company
C. &. Cotterill
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Coal and Cole Company
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Norfolk
Pennsylvania Company
Skeystone
Beamish
Pennsylvania Railroad
Union Planters Bank transfers $1 million to surplus
Memphis Sept 13. Union Planters National Bank & Trust Co. announced directors authorized transferring 1,000,000 dollars from undivided profits to the surplus account. President Vance J. Alexander said the move reflects betterment in business and confidence in favorable conditions.
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Memphis
Union Planters National Bank & Trust Co
Vance J. Alexander
Roosevelt endorses Hull on Kellogg pact amid war fears
President Roosevelt at a press conference endorsed Secretary Hulls appeal for adherence to the Kellogg peace pact by foreign nations. He stressed the US neutrality law and embargo on arms, noting the government and public concern over overseas tensions. Hitler calls Reichstag to meet in Nurnberg during the Nazi convention to hear a government declaration, with foreign office saying the party and state are identical.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Hull
Congress
Berlin
Nurnberg
Hitler
Flying millionaire Hughes sets near record then crashes
Howard Hughes, famed producer and pilot, conducts six attempts to break the land plane speed record near Santa Ana California. Officials say his time was around 250 mph. In the sixth run the monoplane went off course and damaged the aircraft on a forced landing. Hughes escaped uninjured.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Howard Hughes
Here
National Aeronautics Association
Hughes
Paul Mintz
Amelia Earhart
Hughee
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Francis Grubb
Kingfish
Hubby
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FDR
Public Works Program
Dark-Fired Tobacco Growers Association
Brothers May
Sen. McAdoo
Cechdity Cate
Jlumitt Sale
Wall Street
van Sweringens
Rader
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O. BP
M. J. van Sweringen
Bankera
Brothers van Sweringen
William Gibbs McAdoo
Britain
Suez Canal
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