Jail Break In Blountville Sparks Eight Escape
Seven of eight prisoners who fled Blountville jail were recaptured within hours after overpowering Jailer Sam Feathers at mealtime. Deputy Weaver tracked six offenders east of town, Holt nabbed another two and a posse formed for the last. Sheriff Newland, alerted, joined the search as authorities guarded the remaining inmates.
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Sullivan
Blountville
Jim Weaver
Grand
Sam Feathers
Weaver
C. L. Holt
Mr. Holt
J. D. Newland
Newland
Game of Cowboy Fatal for Youth
In Chattanooga Tennessee a tragic accident occurred when 14 year old Wesley Hillender was fatally shot during an innocent cowboy game. The gun was fired by his 12 year old brother Richard who sobbed I just pointed the gun at him and pulled the trigger. The parents were at work. Survivors include the boy's parents and his maternal grandfather L Lynch of Jasper Tennessee and his grandmother Mrs F Hy Hullenier of Ringgold Georgia.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Wesley Hylander Toda
Homer Edmonson
Richard
Birs
W. M. Hullender
Hillender
L. Lynch
Jasper, Tenn
F. Hy -Hullenier
Ringgold
Monkey Vacation Makes Him Boss at Monkey Island
MEMPHIS Sept 17 A prodigal simian from Monkey Island escaped from the zoo Sunday and was recaptured with help from WPA workers. Superintendent Melroy said the monkey seemed changed after his freedom, returning to quarters and promptly assuming a boss role over the other monkeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Monkey Island
N. J. Melroy
Ilater
Melroy
WPA
Weather notes for multiple states with unsettled patterns
The report outlines weather across Tennessee Virginia Kentucky and North Carolina with cloudy cool conditions and chances of showers. Mentioned are cooler nights and Fridays with rain possible in western and southeastern zones along with increasing northeast winds and high tides in Virginia. Readings show yesterday highs around 92 and lows near 63, with a 7 am observation time.
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West
East
Virginia
Kentucky
North Carolina
Newsman Awarded Italian War Cross in Rome Cable
New York city editor Mark Barron of the Associated Press received a Rome cable announcing his Italian war cross for valor in Ethiopia. The award cites his conduct with General Graziani during the Neghelli operation, where Barron contracted tropical malaria after 47 days of heavy fighting and was evacuated to Mogadishu aboard an Italian hospital ship piloted by Major Antonio Locateli.
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John Evans
Associated Press
New York
France
Leon Blum
Mark Barron
Rome
Graziani
Addis Ababa
Neghelli
Rodolfo Graziani
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Barron
Negh-i Belli
Ras de Taj
Mogadiscio
Amity
Antonio Lo_cateli
Government may back air service
Commerce Department officials disclosed they will submit to the new Maritime commission a proposal for a government subsidized trans Atlantic dirigible service. The commission will administer the ship subsidy law and is expected to be appointed by President Roosevelt within days. Technical studies have been made supporting subsidies for a privately operated trans Atlantic dirigible, with the commission having authority to act under the law.
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William S. Ardery
Associated Press
Washington
Commerce Department
Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
Commission
Business Advisory Council
Germany
Purdue halfback Tom McGannon dies from burns after practice
In Lafayette Indiana Purdue University star halfback Tom McGannon 20 from Evansville died from burns after a shower room gasoline fumes explosion following last Saturday’s practice. Two blood transfusions failed to save him as the team mourns. Carl Dahlbeck and Lowell Decker also suffered burns with uncertain recoveries while Pat Malaska had shown improvement.
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Lafayette
Ind
Tom McGannon
Purdue University
Evansville
McGannon
Purdue
Carl E. Dahlbeck
Lyndonville
Noble Kizer
Lowell Decker
Reading
Mich
Pat Malaska
Crawfordsville
Jim Maloney
Convicts Learn The Perfect Crime In State Prison
Chicago September 17 A Penitentiary chaplain told the American Prison Association Congress that modern prison education produced men skilled in crime who baffled police. Rev Eligius Weir of Joliet argued that recidivism figures show education may trigger unsolved crimes and urged supplementing lessons with moral training.
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Chicago
American Prison Association Congress
Eligius Weir
Illinois State Penitentiary
Joliet
Father Weir
Warnings Hoisted as Storm Fears Grow Coastwide
Weather bureau ordered hurricane warnings from Wilmington to Beaufort N C with noon EST advisories. Storm warnings extended south to Southport N C as a tropical hurricane neared the Atlantic coast. Winds near 75 mph shift northwest at 10 to 12 mph with the center about 400 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Weather Bureau
Wilmington
Beaufort
N.C
Cape Hetteras
Atlantic Seaboard
Manteo
Virginia Capes
Southport
Heartfort
N. C
Mantes
Fis
Capes
Cape Hatteras
Brown Wins Over Ward In Michigan Nomination Race
In a tight Democratic Senate race in Michigan, Representative Prentiss M. Brown defeats Louis B. Ward as early tallies show Brown leading by about 5,000 votes with Detroit reporting few precincts. Unofficial results stand at 119,896 for Brown and 114,793 for Ward as counting continues.
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Brown
Ward
Michigan
Associated Press
Prentiss M. Brown
Louis B. Ward
Washington
Charles Evotes
Detroit
New Deal
Wilber M
War on Soviet soil pledge echoes in Ukraine speech
Russian War and Navy Commissar Voroshiloff declared that if war comes it will not be fought on Soviet soil. He said the USSR would stop invaders at the border and defeat them in the territory they came from, as allied army maneuvers on Russia’s western frontier concluded.
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Kiev
Russia
Kiemii EB
Voroghiloff
Ukraine
Union
Voroshiloff
Whyte Polar Ship Whyte Poisson? No. (Placeholder)
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Teen Testimony Links Father to Murder Plot
In a preliminary hearing at Columbia Missouri 14 year old Jack Bach testified that his father James Bach told him of a plan to kill Clifton Smith a 26 year old WPA worker over Smiths attentions to Jack s mother The murder trial is set for October in Boone County circuit court Central Press
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Columbia,Mo
Jack Bach
James Bach
Clifton Smith
WPA
Dependable Plan Offered by G. O. P. topeka speech
Gov Alf Landon outlined a dependable permanent program to replace stop gap policies affecting farmers. He urged federal state water and soil conservation and a land use plan, and signaled Des Moines and other cities as tour stops to discuss farming needs and markets.
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Topeka
Has
Alf M. Landon
Middle West
Republican Party
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Lake States
Troubled Mother Visits Ailing Son
Victoria Eugenie of Spain arrives in New York with Infanta Beatriz to visit Alfonso Count of Cavadonga heir to a hemophilia afflicted life. Alfonso, 29, rests after blood transfusion as his marriage dispute with Edelrira de Bourbon heads toward alimony court action. The troubled royal family has endured a string of tragedies and exile.
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Edward J. Neil
Associated Press
New York
Alfonso
Count of
Edelrira de Bourbon
San Geronimo el Real
Madrid
Don Gonzalo
Switzerland
Spain
Paris
Toledo Alcazar siege delays executions for surrender offer
Toledo Spain Sept 17 W execution by explosion of 1700 people at the Alcazar was postponed at the last moment to give the besieged Fascists another chance to surrender. The mayor said the Citadel is being mined and the delay may be brief, with the fortress likely to be blown up soon.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Eugene Geonidec
Jean Baptiste Charcot
Admiral Byrd l
France
Geonidee
Copenhagen
Royal Danish Geographical Society
Associated Press
Toledo
Spain
Alcazar
Madrid
Toledos
Angeiént
Francisco Franco
Jerez de la Frontera
Burgos
Oviedo
Salm
Jean de Luz
Fratec
United States
Clauda G. ‘Bowers
Tiree
Carceres
Hortn
Martines Anido
Roosevelt Narrowly Cuts Landon Lead In Poll Across South
The Literary Digest national presidential poll shows Landon at 153,260 to Roosevelt 88,815 with Lemke at 10,374 from thirteen states. New returns from Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi and Iowa indicate Roosevelt leads the South by over three to one in several states as Landon gains elsewhere. A separate Madrid battle report describes fierce fighting near Toledo as Fascists under Franco press government forces and civilians endure sheltering in Alcazar.
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Roosevelt
Landon
Literary Digest
Landen
Lemke
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Towa
Iowa
London
Indiana
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Texas
Maine
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Hoover
New Yorks
Union
Thomas
Ramon Blardeony
Copsright
Fresn
Madrid
Toledo
Roosevelt Date Book Fills Rapidly With Upcoming Speeches
President Roosevelt’s schedule tightens with a Pittsburgh speech on October 1 and a Jersey City medical center dedication on October 2. He will travel via Elkins West Virginia and stop at Harvard’s Tercentenary event in Cambridge. The White House says plans beyond early October are tentative as aides note continued demand for speaking engagements.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Roosevelt
White House
Jersey City
N. J
New York Ball Park
Elkins
W. Va
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
New York
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