Poles Rebuked Over Minority Treaty Stance at League
Britain France and Italy reproved Poland for denouncing the minority treaty and warned that such action could threaten Russia’s admission to the League of Nations. Sir John Simon Barthou and Baron Aloisi urged Poland to honor treaty obligations while Beck faced scrutiny for his unilateral stance.
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Joseph E. Sharkey
Associated Press
Geneva
Great Britain
France
Italy
Poland
Russia
League of Nations
Sviet Union
League Council
John Simon
Towis Barthou
Baron Pormnee Aloisi
Salian
Fragale Sy
Joseph Beck
Toren
League
John
Levy
Barthou
Beck
League of Naions
Assom
Volurnt
Becks Ded
Barthow
Aloisi
Ale
Reck
Warsaw
Switzerland
Geneva Journal
Maxim Litvinoff
Fovei Contussar
Ship shooting testimony in Moore Castle disaster inquiry
Louis Perrine of Pennington New Jersey testified he saw a sailor shot by an officer during the Moore Castle disaster confusion. Perrine said he witnessed the sailor dying on deck with an officer nearby holding a pistol as reporters listened to the federal grand jury inquiry in New York.
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New York
Federal
Evand Jury
Moore Castle
Louis Perrine
Pennington
N. J
Perrine
Ueck
Weather Outlook Tennessee and Virginia With Temperatures
Weather notes cover Tennessee and Virginia. Tennessee sees mostly cloudy skies with showers tonight and Saturday, turning cooler by Saturday night. Virginia expects partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Yesterday’s high reached 97 and low 60 in Tennessee. Virginia figures similar with no rainfall recorded. Readings taken at 6200 p.m. daily for the preceding 24 hours.
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Tennessee
West
Virginia
Negroes to face electric chair after clemency delay
In Nashville on September 14 authorities prepared for two executions set for August 15 after Shelby County criminals James Pillow, 25, and John Deal, 80, were affirmed by the state supreme court. Governor McAlister granted a one month stay to study clemency requests. he found no grounds to change the sentences. Pillow killed a Chinese grocer So Ke Lum, while Deal were responsible for the murder of Mrs. N. L. Summerfield in a home where he was employed as a servant. In a separate item, a fire at Barklett Springs, Lakeport, Galit destroyed four hotels and many buildings, with losses around 6600.
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Nashville
Memphis
McAlister
James Pillow
John Deal
Shelby Criminal Court
State Supreme Court
Pillow
So Ke Lum
Deal
N. L. Summerfield
Lakeport
Galit
Madbarklett Springs
Fireman Smells Smoke On Morrow Castle At Midnight
New York City fireman John Kempf testified that as early as 12 45 a.m. last Saturday he smelled smoke aboard the Morro Castle and later observed little crew presence on deck. His timing aligns with the start of the fire before the ship burned, while M. L. Methany, a passenger, said he was the only person in the lifeboat he boarded. The inquiry head, Dickerson Hoover, called Kempf expert and valuable.
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New York
New York City
John Kempf
Huer Morro Castle
Dickerson N. Hoover
Department of Commerce Board
Hoover
Kempé
Kempf
M. L. MeEthens
Plat N. JL
Morre Castle
Metheny
Meilhenyde
Yellow River Rips Dykes as Flood Inflicts Widespread Damage
Descriptions from Henan and Hopei outline a catastrophic flood from the Yellow River. Dikes costing millions to maintain are breached, thousands of farmers faced inundation up to ten feet, and drownings are reported as the river widens to about fifty miles across the valley.
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Associated Press
China
Yellow River
Henan
Kaifeng
Hopei
Colonel Lindbergh and Lady Invade Oklahoma Farm
Colonel Lindbergh and his wife visit an Oklahoma farmhouse near Woodward bringing a calm air to a sudden crowd. They helped in kitchen duties with host Homer Aitkens and praised the landing as smooth. Lindbergh wandered fields and avoided attention until crowds swelled, then remained courteous despite eager fans requesting photos. A mechanic and relief plane from St. Louis were expected later.
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Woodward
Okla
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ina
Oklahoma
Lindbergh
Hove
Homer Aitkens
St. Louie
Government loss figured on loans
Government officials say they will recover 1,043,986,602 of the 44.7 billion public works funds tied to the nation’s vast spending program. The figure breaks down into loan and grant allotments to public bodies 486,460,690 loans only to public bodies and some private business 64,548,612 railroads 199,607,800 subsistence homesteads 25,000,000 for federal irrigation and hydroelectric projects 139,805,000 and for federal low cost housing and slum clearance 127,604,500.
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Douglas B. Cornell Washing
PWA
Hyde cites moral decay in nation at Bella Upsilon dinner
Kansas City September 14 Arthur M Hyde former secretary of agriculture warned of moral decay saying the nation has inverted in four years. He argued debt avoidance has shifted to beating debts and economic security is unclear. He cautioned that while bankruptcy may come without lasting harm destroying moral responsibility would take longer.
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Kansas City
Arthur M. Hyde
Bella Upsilon Fraternity
Hoover
China Used Wheat Loan to Buy Guns and Planes Probe Says
Senate munitions committee has evidence that a ten million dollar U S wheat loan to China was used to purchase guns and airplanes, as hearings focus on Du Pont. Nye declined to name suppliers and notes the loan also covered cotton purchases. He also mentions official Japanese circles claim wheat financed munitions, while the Mexican ambassador protests naming Mexican officials in hearings.
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Charles P. Nutter
Associated Prosentaff
Washington
Nye
Senate Munitions Committee
Chine
United States
du Pont Company
China
Rodriguez
Grocers oppose Tennessee relief commissary plan
Nashville officials and D A Affleck, president of the National Retail Grocers Association, rallied merchants against a Tennessee relief commissary system. They warned a national issue could arise as Federal Emergency Relief Administration plans to open food depots drew grocer protests. The association plans protests and telegrams to pressure the national administration, arguing the program infringes private enterprise.
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Nashville
National Retail Grocers Association
Hau
Tennessee
D. A. Affleck
National Association
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Knoxville
H. G. Peterson
National Grocers Association
Harry L. ,Hopkins
Textile strike sparks guard action in Burlington mills
North Carolina National Guard used tear gas and bayonets to disperse pickets at E. M. Holt weave mills in Burlington and keep mills operating. More troops arrived after urgent reinforcement requests. several injured and four arrested. Rhode Island unrest grows as Gov Green defers federal aid. two dead and many wounded amid two days of fighting. Over 400000 textile workers idle nationwide, with 155000 idle in New England. Maine National Guard placed on standby near textile areas as industry leaders warn about potential spread of the strike and government confrontation.
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North Carolina National Guardsmen
E. M. Holt
Burlington
Rhode Island
Gov. Green
Providence
Green
New England
Roosevelt
Dern
Fox Connor
First Corps
Maine National Guard
New York
National Manufacturers Association
NRA
Indust
Convict Jack Hensley Captured Near Grenada
Memphis detectives and Mississippi officers raided a lonely farmhouse ten miles from Grenada to seize Jack Hensley, an escaped Arkansas convict and bank robbery suspect, who slept with a pistol by his side. A man described as a former Memphis freeman aided the escape attempt but was captured. Hensley faces questions about West Tennessee kidnap robberies.
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Memphis
Tenn
Missippi
Grenada
Miss
Jack Hensley
Arkansas
Arkansas Tucker
Little Rock
West Tennessee
Jackson
John Dover
Col W S Goover Dies In Tyersburg Tennessee
Tyersburg obituary reports Col W. S. Goover honorary president of the Dyer County Bar Association died at his home late yesterday. The death closes a longtime legal career and community service in Dyer County with many colleagues paying tribute.
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Coover
Tyersburg
Tenn
Col
W. S. Goover
Dyer County Bar Association
Revenue Cutters Chase Japanese Fishing Boat Huyun Maru
Two United States revenue cutters pursued the Japanese fishing boat Huyun Maru after a report that crew members attacked and wounded three Filipino peace officers. Officials said the men were beaten or slashed, robbed, and thrown overboard before being rescued, while logbooks were seized. Coast guard vessels Banahaw and Avayat were ordered to pursue the craft as Philippine authorities investigated incursions by Japanese vessels.
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Manila
P. I
United States Revenue
Higinio Mandoza
Palawan
Philippines
Philippine
Coast-Guard
Banahaw
Avayat
Fight to Finish in Textile Strike Tests Union Strength
Labor and capital mobilized as the textile strike becomes a nationwide test under the National Recovery Act. Some mill owners privately resist arbitration while fearing a broader wave of strikes across industries if demands by the United Textile Workers are not met. William Green of the AFL orders full support to striking textile workers, calling the struggle a critical test for organized labor.
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Donald Cameron
Associated Press
Washington
Texile
American Federation of Labor
Cotten Mil
President's Mediation Board
United Textile Workers
William Green
Isbor
Pege-Aix
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Groeer
Morrow Castle
Colonel
Aristid von Groten
Aristid von Grosse
University of Chicago
von Grosse
American Chemical Society
Cleveland
Secretary of Agriculture
Probe Group
U. S
Chile
E. I. du Pone de Nemours Corporation
Irenee du Pone
England
Simpson
Pat
National Guard
Saylesville
B. In
The
Walter L. Simpson
FERA
Federal Relief Administration
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