Hoover Declares Vital Principles in Constitution Plans
Former President Herbert Hoover spoke on Constitution Day in San Diego asserting that federal actions threaten liberty by centralizing power and eroding local government. He framed the Bill of Rights as safeguards against coercion and praised division of powers as essential to the American system.
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San Diego
Calif
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Congress
United States
Mr. Hoover
Weather Forecast Fragments From Long Ago
Fragmented weather notes show generally fair conditions with slight temperature changes across regions including Tennessee Kentucky Virginia and North Carolina. Some entries mention warmer conditions Wednesday and high temperatures yesterday with year-ago comparisons and rainfall readings.
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Kentucky
North Carolina
North Portion
Filipinos vote in first presidential ballot in transition toward independence
The Associated Press reports Filipinos cast votes for their first president and a vice president along with members of the national assembly as the new commonwealth government begins. In New York, district fights for Tammany Hall and the county GOP prompted unusual security. Pennsylvania faces New Deal reforms and a Philadelphia mayoral race. New Jersey votes focus on repealing the state sales tax, with Hoffman's tax program under fire. New Mexico ballots consider five state issues including veterans tax preferences.
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Associated Press
Philippine Islands
National Assembly
New Commonwealth
New York
Tammany Hall
New York County
Republican Organization
James Farley
U. S
William E. Borah
Pennsylvania
Earle
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Harald G
Hoffman
New Mexico
Federal probe urged in death of Huey P Long
Citizens linked to Share the Wealth movement press for a federal inquiry into the assassination of Senator Huey P Long. A Baton Rouge coroner's jury failed to establish a motive after the slaying by Dr A Weiss Jr. Rev Gerald Smith renews charges of murder conspiracy and appeals to President Roosevelt. Resolutions from Stamford Connecticut urge U S Attorney General to investigate. Text of Smiths telegram to FDR demands action.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Washington
A. Weiss
Gerald L. K. Smith
New Orleans
Roosevelt
Stamford
Conn
U. S
Homer
Cummings
Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Society of America
Senator Long
Talmadge speaks to veteran group in New Orleans
Governor Eugene Talmadge of Georgia addressed the Veterans of Foreign Wars in New Orleans. He praised Huey P. Long as a champion of the poor and oppressed and urged preservation of the constitution. He urged the audience to return to democracy and fight for liberty.
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Huey P. Long
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Long
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Talmadge
Louisiana
Louisiana Which Senator Long
Huey Long
Machado
Grace Liner Rammed Lightship in New York Narrows
The Santa Barbara collided with Ambrose Channel relief lightship near Quarantine in New York Bay at 7:23 am. Both vessels were damaged but no injuries occurred. Santa Barbara headed to North River pier while lightship returned to Staten Island depot. Lightship Captain Gustave Lane and Santa Barbara Captain Jens Neilson led operations as repairs followed.
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New York
Ambrose Channel
New York Bay
Santa Barbara
North River
St. George
Staten Island
Brooklyn
San
Ta Barbara
Santa Barbers
Jens Neilson
South America
Panama
Gustave Lane
Women to Sentences in Wife Beating Cases Rule Set
Swainsboro Georgia September 17 Judge Alfred Werrington Jr of the city court rules that wives may suggest sentences in wife beating cases. A 35 year old black farmer pled guilty to a misdemeanor carrying a maximum 12 months hard labor. The judge stated he cannot find a sentence satisfactory to the wife and will let the wife propose the sentence before he issues the judgment. The defendant faces a 12 month term on the chain gang, six months in jail and a $3000 fine.
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Swainsboro
Alfred Werrington, Jr
Sysinsboro
Herrington
Neutrality laws planned by group
The Senate munitions committee lays groundwork for broader neutrality legislation in the next Congress. Members say investigations show commercial interests influenced U S entry into World War I. Senator Bone notes studies will push to bar American loans to warring nations.
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Washington
Senate Munitions Committees
Congress
America
Bone
D-Wash
Senate
United States
Walter Hines Page
Great Britain
Wilson
Bishop Gailor Celebrates 79th Birthday in Tennessee
SEWANEE Tenn Sept 177 Bishop Thomas F Gailor chancellor of the University of the South and Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee celebrated his 79th birthday and the 55th anniversary of his ordination today Surrounded by flowers the veteran churchman stayed quietly at his summer home receiving telegrams and felicitations from friends nationwide He planned an Oct 12 address honoring General Robert E Lee at Stratford Hall and has long received honors including chairmanship of the Episcopal House of Bishops in 1916
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Episcopal Church
Robert E. Lee
Stratford Hall
Stratford
Thomas F. Gailor
Episcopal House of Bishops
Nazi Germany Seen as Formidable World Power at Nuremberg
At the Nuremberg party congress observers view Nazi Germany as a rising world power. The gathering focused on anti Semitic goals and anti Bolshevik rhetoric. Speakers argued a twofold mission to spread racial doctrine and to avert communism, culminating in the race law enacted at the end of the convention.
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Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Nurnberg
Germany
Adolph Hitler
Nazi Germany
Hitler
Educators Meet at Camp Clement on Parent Teacher Roles
Educators gathered at Camp Clement Tennessee for a five day state superintendents conference. Mrs L W Hughes vice president of the Tennessee congress of parents and teachers urged unity between schools and PTAs noting the national group has 1 727 763 members while Tennessee has 37 719. She argued public opinion formed by PTAs sustains educational programs and resists attacks on public education. The program featured Dr Walter D Cocking state education commissioner and Bruce Overton N Y movement director along with P H Moore R H White A Rankin W A Bass and others. Luther Dickson county superintendent was elected conference chairman with J R Miles Covington schools named vice chair.
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Camp Clement
Tenn
L. W. Hughes
Arlington
Tennessee Congress of Parents and Teachers
Parent-Teacher Association
Walter D. Cocking
Bruce Overton
National Youth Movement
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Mrs. Hayes
Tennessee
Pabe
Hughes
America
P.H. Moore
State Education Association
R. H. White
Tennessee Department of Health
A. &. Rankin
Hamilton County
W. A. Bass
State Association
Ww. N. Luther
Dickson County
Baseball Star Killed Fights Pilot in Plane
Detroit airmen William Joseph Mulqueeney and Irwin Davis faced manslaughter charges in the Brooklyn major league player Leonard Koenecke death after a midair fight above the Long Branch race track. Mulqueeney said Koenecke struck at controls, leading to a struggle and the fatal blow with a fire extinguisher. He claimed Koenecke became unmanageable and endangered everyone aboard. The men flew from Detroit toward Buffalo when Koenecke allegedly grabbed at the controls and fought Davis, prompting the altercation that ended with Koenecke dead.
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Toronto
William Joseph Mulqueeney
Irwin Davis
Detroit
Leonard Hkoenecke
Brooklyn
Long Branch
Mulqueeney
Koenecke
Davis
New
Buffalo
Mulqreeney
Page
Finish Monument for Kreis Grave in Knoxville
An eight ton marble monument at Asbury cemetery near Knoxville commemorates Pete Kreis, who died testing a car in Indianapolis on May 26, 1934. The piece features a racing car over a track wall with the inscription the last lap, a Kreis head in a helmet, and a starter with flags, replicating the Indianapolis speedway.
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Knoxville
Pete Kreis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Speedway
Kreis
Pete
Ida Kreis
Asbury Cemetery
WPA Applications Revision Ordered by Ickes in Washington
Secretary Ickes announced extensive revisions to thousands of Works Progress Administration applications to meet the new criteria. He said over half of 10 600 on file fail the Roosevelt yardstick, with deadlines set for December 15 and projects finishing within a year. He noted possible direct approval if board time runs out and outlined funds for remaining WPA, housing, and public works.
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Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
Works Program Allotment Board
Men Questioned In Death Of Oliver In Tennessee
Memphis dispatch reports renewed questioning of two men Paul Alford and L C Thedford as investigators pursue a Gibson county axe slaying. Herbert Oliver, about 40, was found hacked to death near his Milan home and moved to the highway to appear as a traffic death. Oliver's widow Annie Oliver, 35, remains in custody at Trenton. three others are sought. Oliver was said to have been drinking Saturday night and his companions took him home around midnight amid conflicting stories.
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Memphis
Gibson County
Herbert Oliver
Milan
Tenn
Jones
Paul Alford
L. C. Thedford
Asherman
Walnut Log
Lake
Trenton
Oliver
Annie Oliver
Italy Britain Fleet Maneuvers Near Italo Ethiopian Crisis
Italy and Great Britain mobilize naval forces as League of Nations council prepares to decide the Italo Ethiopian dispute. Mussolini recalls two 12 inch gun battleships, orders Mediterranean units into compact groups, and British home fleet sails for secret maneuvers near Scotland. Emperor Haile Selassie hosts 8000 troops on raw meat before front frontier departure. Greek ports to host British ships arriving from Portland. The Italian delegation signals willingness to negotiate if the council's report is reasonable, naming Laval and Eden as potential negotiators.
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Associated Press
Italy
Great Britain
League of Nations Council
Mussolini
Scotland
England
Alexandro Lessona
Associated Prose
Cuba
Portland
Gibraltar
Renown
Hood
Neptune
Achilles
Orion
Exchange
Athens
Grek Ministry of Marine
Greek
Argostoli
Corfu
Navarino
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
East Africa
Wade Werner
Associated Press Foreign Staff
Geneva
League of Nations
League Council
Rome
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