Fear program of WPA may be split in half
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt plans to trim the $4.88 billion work relief effort amid Ickes Hopkins conflicts. Officials expect selective funding of about $425 million for public works with Hopkins’ authority limited, while 2,000 projects faced rejection or delay and prospects of further congressional funding next year are discussed.
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WPA
Washington
Roosevelt
Ickes
Harry L. Hopkins
PWA
Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
Works Relief Fund
Congress
Disney
D-Okla
Lawrence Westbrook
Works Progress
Relief fraud trial in Floyd county ongoing in Kentucky
After the seventeenth defendant testified Judge Ford adjourned the second week of the Eastern district court relief fraud trial. Twenty two defendants face charges of using the mails to defraud government relief funds in southeastern Kentucky.
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Catlettsburg
Floyd County
H. Church Ford
Eastern District Court
Kentucky
W. L. Stumhao
Arthur Is Carter
Prestonsburg
Otto Fannin
George Woods
Wendell H. Nichols
Herbert Saulisbury
Harry Sandidge
Gordon George
Boone Hatcher
Floyd Counts Relief Organization
Curtis May
Kroger
James W. Preston
Roscoe Fannin
J. D. Macy
J. J. Boyd
Maude Howard
Burl Spurlocts
William Smith
J. Franks
Glge Freston
J. D. Old
James Cyphers
Floyd
Norman B. Martin
Floyt
Lexington
Wiliam H. Chapman
Fred W
Man Becomes Human Torch In Gas Tank Explosion
DYERSBURG Tenn Sept 14 Byron Robb 40 year old fireman was fatally burned when a gasoline tank truck exploded at the city dump. Firemen were battling a burning street department truck when the tank burst and drenched him in flaming liquid. Robb fled as flames enveloped him and was smothered by fellow firefighters. he died several hours later in a hospital.
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Dyersburg
Tenn
Byron Robb
Robb
U S Apologizes for Bremen Incident
The United States expressed regret to Germany for the Bremen incident and condemned Magistrate Louis Brodsky for offensive remarks. Secretary Hull said the statements did not reflect U S policy and noted no federal jurisdiction over state officials. The protest followed Germany’s complaint over Nazi flag treatment in New York.
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Washington
United States
Bremen
Hull
Louis B. Brodsky
New York City
Germany
Rudolf Leitner
State Department
Brodsky
Bronsky
Hudson River
Hans Luther
William Phillips
Seek to Avert Coal Strike In Appeal to FDR
Washington Sept 14 Howard F McGrady labor department mediator plans a last minute appeal to President Roosevelt to avert the looming Appalachian soft coal strike. He urged the industry and United Mine Workers to form a joint committee and discuss by phone with Roosevelt while hoping for another presidential plea for a truce. Union leaders condemned the 15 day extension with retroactive wage clauses as a defiance of the government.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Howard F. McGrady
Labor Department
McGrady
Labor
United Mine Workers
G. W. Savage
Ohio
United States
Death by Own Action Theory Strengthened in Hoey Case
Fingerprints found on the pistol used to kill Evelyn Hoey bolster the theory the Broadway chanteuse committed suicide. Chester detectives note three clear prints from Hoey's right hand on the weapon, with inquest set for next Wednesday and authorities awaiting coroner’s inquiry results.
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Evelyn Hoey
Westchester
Bertillon
Charles Dunlap
Chester
Dunlap
Ray B. Reed
Francis Grubb
Henry H. Rogers
Standard Oil
Dowingtown
It Can Be Done President Reaffirms At Highway Dedication
President Roosevelt, at the Lake Placid highway dedication, lauds the wartime esprit de corps saying it can be done. He recalls World War I mobilization and quotes Four words as inspiration for the million man and broader national effort. He spoke after observing state conservation work and noted the highway memory honors World War heroes.
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Lake Placid
Roosevel
White Face Mountain
United States
Washington
France
England
Wilson
Joffre
America
State Conservation Department
Italy defies Europe by refusing compromise in Ethiopia trouble
Louisiana politics swirl over January elections with a senator and governor race shaping up. The district attorney resumes inquest into Huey Long assassination Monday as Long’s machine fractures into conservative and liberal wings led by Martin Ellender and Noe Fournet.
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Italy
Europe
Ethiopia
Ralph Wheatley
Associated Press
New Orleans
Louisiana
Long
Huey Long
O. K. Allen
Wade O. Martin
Allen Ellender
House
James A. Noe
John B. Fournet
State Supreme Court
Ellender
Noe
Veterans say Florida Keys deaths linked to bonus push
New Orleans Sept 14 Commander James B. Van Zandt of the Veterans of Foreign Wars claims many Florida Keys hurricane dead were sent to key camps from Washington to stall a bonus demonstration. He and other delegates predict hurricane deaths will dominate floor talks at the 36th VFW convention opening tomorrow. The Florida group seeks a wider hurricane death probe and preventive recommendations. Certificates payable irony noted as veterans who went to Washington to back the bonus die there, making their bonus certificates immediately payable.
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New Orleans
James B. van Zandt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Florida Keys
Washington
National
van Zandt
Florida
Congress
Hitler Proclaimed a New German Religion at Mass Rally
Nurnberg Germany September 14 A Nazi party convention signals a new German religion with Hitler as its Mahomet as 20 000 workers voiced devotion. Leipzig leader Baldur von Schirach praised Hitler while 50 000 youths gathered. In Rome Georgia gunfire erupted at Rome Store and Range Company during a labor dispute. one worker fatally shot, three wounded, several arrested.
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Louis P
Reich
Ebaldir von Schirach
Hitler
der Fuhrer
Germany
Gertrude Scholz
Kinkreich
God
Rome
Fred Reid
Cleveland
Tenn
Eugene Talmadge
Jnst
McAdoo's 71 and 26 Year-Old Bride Wed in Colonial Style
Senator William Gibbs McAdoo, 71, married Miss Tooris I Cross, 26, in a Bealls Pleasure Maryland ceremony described as a colonial living room wedding. Guests entered through a Bealls Pleasure home as the Mendelssohn march played and vows were read by Rev Russell J Chlinchy.
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Bess Furman
Associated Press
Washington
William Gibbs McAdoo
Bealls
Maryland
Tooris I. Cross
Public Health Service
Bealls Pleasure
McAdoo
Brice Clagett
Veear
Maryland Woods
Italy Will Not Retreat in Africa Faces Possible League Exit
Rome reports cabinet states Italy will not compromise on East Africa plans and hints at withdrawing from the League of Nations if its membership hinders goals. Mussolini presides as cabinet cites intensified east African military buildup and stronger Libya defenses amid tension with Britain and allied powers.
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Charles H. Guptill
Associated Press
Rome
Italy
East Africa
Europe
League of Nations
Mussolini
Libya
Geneva
Samuel Hoare
Pierre Laval
France
British fleet believed ready for emergency
British diplomats expect up to 400 warships to be concentrated in the Mediterranean amid the Italo-Ethiopian crisis. Reports place more than 75 battle ships at Alexandria Port Said Malta Gibraltar Port Sudan Haifa with 25 at sea and a Portland fleet of about 25 ships. Additional units shift from Portland to the Med in three to five days as air forces and troops concentrate in Egypt Gibraltar Malta and Malta for reinforcement.
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Charles P. Nutter
Associated Press
London
Mediterranean
Il Duce
Alexandria
Port Said
Malta
Gibraltar
Port Sudan
Haifa
Portland
Egypt
India
North Africa
Mystery Fleet
British Admiralty
Hood
Renown
Orion
Achilles
Cairo
Political Leader John Jordan Dies at 63 in Somerville
John Thomas Jordan, 63, long time Fayette county political figure who never lost an election, died tonight in Somerville Tennessee. He served as sheriff for three terms and as trustee for five terms and is survived by a son and four daughters.
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Somerville
Tenn
John
Thomas Jordan
Fayette County
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