Long Murder Trial Opens Amid Tense Courtroom Drama
Baton Rouge reports erupt as testimony cites a fresh mouth cut on Huey P. Long after his hospital arrival with a pistol wound. Dr. Carl A. Weiss is identified as the shooter in the state house incident, while Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith accuses District Attorney Odom of a plot to kill Long, provoking sharp denials from the DA and a charged crowd reaction.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Carl A. Weiss
State House
W. A. Cook
Gaston L. Porteri
Cook
Gerald L. K. Smith
Share-the
John Fred Odom
Senator Long
Smith
John B. Fournet
State Supreme Court
Huey Long
Cal District Attorney
Fournet
Dr. Weiss
Weather summary for Tennessee to Kentucky and Virginia
Weather forecast reports fair conditions across Tennessee and North Carolina with slight warming. Virginia likewise fair tonight and Tuesday with warmer trends in northern and central areas. Kentucky expected fair tonight with slight northeast warming, Tuesday turning cloudy with possible showers in northern and extreme western portions.
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Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
Kentucky
Key West Overseas Railroad Placed Under Receivership
The Key West Overseas Railroad is in receivership as Scott M Loftin and William R Ken Jan act as court-appointed receivers. The court will decide if the line can be rebuilt for the island city, damaged by the Labor Day hurricane. Engineers estimate repair costs at about 3.5 million, total restoration near 3 million plus equipment losses. report filed with U S District Judge Louis W Strunk.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Key West
United States
Fins Islands
Flagler
Tls
F. BE
Veterans
Lifton
U. S
Louis W. Strun
Clyde Beatty Watches His Pets Fight Death
Memphis report on animal trainer Clyde Beatty recounts a deadly bout between a lion and tiger in Sikeaton Missouri. Beatty described the savage 20 minute fight, the tiger named Detroit attacking Alice the tiger, and his failed attempt to separate them with blank cartridges before retreating into the cage. Continued on page eight.
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Memphis
Beatty
Sikeaton
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Alice
Hhe Tiger
Three Die In Auto Accidents In Tenn
In Tennessee over a weekend, three people died in crashes and ten were seriously burned. Ernest Long, 26, died when a car with Amon Bowman overturned near Lexington on Highway 20. Bowman was seriously injured. Richard Everett, 22, from Knoxville, died when a truck returning to CCC camp overturned near Fort Oglethorpe. Gordon Perry was slightly injured. A Memphis bus gasoline tank exploded after refueling, burning ten people including two babies. Foster Sims, 19, was killed near Chattanooga after reportedly sleeping on a railway track.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Ernest Long
W. B. Long
Decatur County
Amon Bowman
Highway 20
Lexington
Bowman
Long
Richard Evertt
Knoxville
CCC
Fort Oglethorpe
Everett
Gordon E. Perry
Jackson
West Tennessee
Perry
Mississippi
Memphis
Foster Sims
Chattanooga
Charles A Epperson
A. J. Sims
Graysville
Dog Commuter Crosses Boundary Between Canada and U.S.
A mongrel dog from Sarnia travels daily across the St. Clair River boundary to Port Huron. It passes through customs in Canada, waits for the first ferry, and roams the city for hours. The dog wears a Sarnia license tag but owners remain unidentified.
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Port Huron
Midh
St. Clair River
Customs and Immigration
Sarnia
Ont
Bey Art
Guffey coal bill gets court test
Washington on September 16 the government asked the District of Columbia supreme court to dismiss the first legal challenge to the Guffey coal stabilization bill contending the act is premature until the national coal commission is formed and no taxes have been levied. James W. Carter, a southern West Virginia producer, filed the suit seeking an injunction against the recently enacted measure. John Dickinson led the government team outlining the legal points.
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Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
James W. Carter
West Virginia
John Dickinson
Owensboro teen confesses to murder in escort shooting
Christine Lanham, 15, of Owensboro Kentucky, confessed to Chief Br Thornberry that she shot Ezra Boarman 35, an oil worker, after he allegedly made improper advances. The incident followed a roadhouse gathering with Rose Stites, 16, and Wayne Richards. Boarman’s body was found in a lane northwest of Owensboro.
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Owensboro
BR. P. Thornberry
Christine Lanham
Ezra Boarman
Here
Richards
Simon Smith
Boarman
Peace keynote opens 36th VFW encampment in New Orleans
Commander-In-Chief James E. Van Zandt urged rapid passage of the soldiers' bonus and cited definite progress on the Veterans of Foreign Wars seven point program. He reported good gains in veteran welfare and dependents' support as thousands gathered in the New Orleans auditorium for the opening session.
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New Orleans
James E. van Zandt
U. S. Veterans of Foreign Wars
Altoona
van Zandt
Veterans of Foreign Wars host 36th encampment with Japanese guests
In New Orleans on September 16, the Veterans of Foreign Wars welcomed a Japanese veterans delegation led by Admiral Isami Takeshita. The group, claiming 3,000,000 Nipponese veterans, aims to foster U.S. Japan friendship as world peace advocates including Senator Gerald P. Nye. Delegates planned sessions on bonus cash payments, hurricane relief investigations, and disability pensions, with Commander-in-Chief James E. Van Zandt projecting about 25,080 attendees by Friday.
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New Orleans
Pacific
Isami Takeshita
Washington
Theodore Rosgelt
Florida
James E. van Zandt
Altoona
Singer's Body Is Claimed by Parents in Funeral Return
The elated parents of Evelyn Hoey, torch singer found shot to death at Henry H. Rogers farm in Pennsylvania, will fly to Downingtown to retrieve their daughter’s body for burial in St Louis. They will skip the inquest set for Thursday, traveling with their son Erroll who arrived from Minneapolis.
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New York
Evelyn Hoey
Pennsylvania Farm
Henry H. Rogers
Lrd
Downingtown
St Louis
Henry J. Hoey
Erroll
Minneapolis
Minn
Plan to Ostracize Jews Is Approved by Hitler Ranks
Nurnberg dispatch reports Adolf Hitler and 600 Reichstag followers voted to bar Jews from citizenship intermarriage and intimate relations with Aryans. The future Reich would separate Aryan citizens from those deemed not belonging to the state amid patriotic fervor as Nazi policy advances.
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Nurnberg
Germany
Reichstag
Adolf Hitler
Third Reich
Hitler
der Fuehter
Polix
Death Probe Centred on Rogers Estate Mystery
Millionaire Henry H. Rogers Jr faces a probe into the death of Evelyn Hoey, musical comedy star, who died at the Rogers country estate. Miss Hoey's parents brought her body to St. Louis for burial.
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Henry H. Rogers, Jr
Evelyn Hoey
Beautiful Country
Rogers
Miss Hoey
St. Louis
Caskie Named New ICC Member With Division Assignments
Washington clash over constitutional grounds colors Constitution Day observances as Marion Maxwell Caskie of Alabama takes post as ICC member assigned to Division No. 7 to oversee the new motor carrier act. He notes the task will be arduous as 325,000 for hire trucks and 400,000 private trucks fall under supervision. He also serves Division No. 2 during Tate’s absence, reflecting broad regulatory duties and a career long in shipping interests.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Marion Maxwell Caskie
Alabama
Joseph B. Eastman
William EB. Lee
Caskie
Motor Carrier
S. C
Hugh M. Tate
Remington
Southern Railway
Mobile
Federal
Atlanta
Roosevelt
John Henry Kirby
Southern Committee
Thomas
Utah
Tomorow
Roper
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
League actions urged as Ethiopia crisis looms at Geneva
Three small states and Haiti urged the League of Nations to act to prevent invasions amid the Ethiopian crisis. Irish Free State President De Valera warned the league must defend sovereignty, while Panama’s Galileo Solis and Haiti’s Alfred Nemours pressed for collective security and peace. The reports cite Geneva assembly debates and Vanishing trust in League principles as tensions rise.
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Rao
Panama
Haiti
New World
League
Galileo Solis
Genéva
la Stampa
Turin
France
Italy
London
Samuel Hoare
Geneva
Great Britain
Paria
Mussolini
Austria
Ethiopia
Wade Werner
Associated Press
Foreign Star
Eamon de Valera
Irish Free State
League of Nations
Oae
Europe
Morgan Stanley Opens As Junior House Of Morgan
Six young bankers moved from J P Morgan and Co to Wall Street to launch Morgan Stanley and Co Inc the junior house of Morgan Four partners had left partnerships last week Henry Sturgis Morgan son of J P Morgan was abroad at the opening Harold Stanley declined to comment The firm will wholesale securities underwrite and distribute as the former Morgan Co operations shifted to deposit banking after the banking act of 1833 The suite overlooked Old Trinity church on Wall Street signaling brighter investment market hopes
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New York
House of Morgan
Wall
Wall Street
Morgan Stanley and Co. Inc
J. P. Morgan and Co
Henry Sturgis Morgan
J. P. Morgan
Europe
Harold Stanley
Morgan
Old Trinity Church
New York Teachers Ordered to Read 174 Progressive Method Books
New York school teachers received a list of 174 books on progressive teaching methods to read at home, outlining required titles and implying a broad shift in instructional philosophy for the district.
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New York
Wallace Pushes Fight Over Meat Packers Price Control
Washington reports Secretary Wallace escalates a long running dispute with major meat packing firms. The 1934 complaint accuses ten firms of conspiring to fix prices from 1927 to 1933, with officials weighing a ruling that could order desistance and send the matter to court. Edwin C. Andrews of Jacob Cold Packing objects that Wallace is both plaintiff and judge. The case hinges on alleged price information exchanges to favor certain buyers and localities.
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Wallace
Anegl
Edwin C. Andrews
Jacob Cold Packing Company
Parkers
Agriculture Department
Packer
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