Final "victim" on purge list facing voters
A presidential bid to unseat House Rules Committee member John J. O'Connor dominates New York primaries. O'Connor faces James H. Fay on the Democratic side with Fay on the November ballot via the American Labor party, while Allen Dulles runs on the Republican ticket. Wisconsin and New Jersey also hold senate nominating contests.
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Associated Press
John J. O'Connor
House Rules Committee
New York City
East Side
O'Connor
Roosevelt
House
New York
Ersey
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
South Carolina
Georgia
Maryland
FDR
Fay James H. Fay
Fay
American Labor Party
Allen Dulles
State Department
Rules Committee
Park Avenue
East River
Midtown Manhattan
Wagner
Copeland
New Jersey
F. Ryan Duffy
Ely
William H. Ely
John Milton
W. Warren Barbour
Philip LaFollette
Prog-Wis
Charles F. Hurley
D-Mass
Poles Order Cars To Czech Border
FREE CITY OF DANZIG Sept 20 The Polish railroad commission controlling the Danzig railway ordered 1 600 empty cars dispatched at once to Warsaw and the Czechoslovak border The move aims to strengthen the Polish border guard ro i
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Free City OF
Danzig
Polish Railroad Commission
Warsaw
Weather Gaps Persist in Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia
Weather continues cool across Tennessee and Kentucky with generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday. Virginia sees cloudy skies with rain likely tonight into Wednesday morning, heavier along the coast, with cooler air following.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Dickerson Bound Over for Slaying in Gate City
Conley Dickerson, charged with the murder of App Payne at his home during a drinking party on September 10, was bound over to the October term of Scott county court. Henry Willis testified Payne was unarmed and that Dickerson struck Payne before the shots. Willis said Mrs. Maxie Dickerson tried to restrain her son from firing. Dickerson could not post bond and was jailed. The shooting followed another nearby altercation where a person was wounded.
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Gate City
Conley Dickerson
App Payne
Scott County Court
Henry Willis
Payne
Dickerson
Willis
Maxie Dickerson
Fairview
J. E. Quillen
Mrs. Lula Divine Free of Murder Charge in Brief Trial
In Jonesboro on September 20 Mrs Lula M Divine a prominent social figure and former postmistress was acquitted in Washington County Circuit Court after a 1.5 hour trial. Four state witnesses testified and the jury deliberated about ten minutes. The defense offered no witnesses and the judge suggested the defense theory that the death resulted from an accident.
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Times
Jonesboro
Lula M. Divine
Johnson Cillan
Washington County Circuit Court
Reginald Randall
Ben Allen
Allen
Randall
Mrs. Divine
Prison Officials Charged in Heat Deaths at Philadelphia Prison
A Philadelphia grand jury indicted 10 prison officials and guards over the August heat deaths of four convicts in the Philadelphia County Prison. Principal figures include William B. Mills the superintendent and Frank A. Craven the deputy warden. Several guards face murder and manslaughter charges.
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Philadelphia
William B. Mills
Frank A. Craven
James McGuire
Francis J. Smith
Alfred W. Brough
Robert Morrow
William Staines
Thomas Cavanaugh
John
Mulherin
Sylvester Weaver
Frank Comadeca
Henry Osborne
James McQuade
Joseph Walters
Czechoslovakia Division Tied to Treaty Change
U S experts say if Sudeten territory is ceded to Germany the five month old reciprocal trade pact with Czechoslovakia would need revision. Possible changes include blacklisting Sudetenland, adjusting immigration quotas, and further shifts if minorities in Czechoslovakia break away. President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull monitor the crisis. leaders weigh neutrality law revisions.
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Washington
United States
Czechoslovakia
Sudeten
Germany
Czech Republic
Prague
Austria
State Department
Sudetenland
Roosevelt
Hull
Senate
Barkley
D-Ky
Congress
Nye
R-Nd
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tragedy in Southwest Virginia Claims Carter Countian
Lamar Stewart 25 of Carter County died from injuries after a plane crash near Bristol on a Legard farm. He was hospitalized in critical condition after a transfusion failed. Stewart was not licensed but well experienced as an aerial enthusiast with hours of solo flight.
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Lamar Stewart
Bristol Hospital
Virginia
Carter County
Elizabethton
Bristol
W. J. Legard
Stewart
Kings Mountain Memorial Hospital
F. C. Stewart
Trains Crash Kills Ten. Sixty Hurt in Calif Pacific Route
Ten people died and about sixty were injured when a Southern Pacific passenger train collision occurred at Tortuga, California. Faulty switch reportedly funneled the Argonaut into the California, with seven aboard perishing in a telescoped car. Rescue work proceeded as frightened passengers were evacuated and relief trains took the injured to Yuma and other towns.
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Southern Pacific
Tortuga
Here
Florence A. Tator
Rhinebeck
N. Y
E. W. Hall
Loma Linda
G. A. Hall
Robert N. Richardson
Argonaut
Los Angeles
P. E. Martin
Californian
H. R. Parsons
S. C
Happy) Mason
Martin
Yuma
Aziz
India
Double Collision Involving Taxi and Trains In Knoxville
A taxi collided with two Southern passenger trains in Knoxville injuring the driver and a woman. Reports state the incident occurred today as the vehicles were involved in a triple impact near the railway lines.
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Knoxville
Southern
Mussolini Declares Italy Ready for War in Udine
In Udine Mussolini vowed Italy is prepared for war amid the Czech crisis, proclaiming the Fascist march unfinished and that Italy will be feared. He attacked foreign criticism, saying many foreigners preferred another era and that Italy’s purpose is not to entertain others.
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Udine
Italy
Mussolini
Czechoslovakia
Il Duce
War fears fall stock market rises in New York
World money centers loosened from war fears and bought stocks and bonds in relief. In New York trading, shares rose about $1 to $4 as investors bet on a partition plan for Czechoslovakia. London Paris Amsterdam cues guided US market. gold prices fell as optimism grew for ongoing recovery.
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Wall Street
Czechoslovakia
London
Amsterdam
Paris
United States
Soviet Promise to Aid Czechoslovakia Threatens Peace Plan
Geneva reports say Soviet Russia promised support to Czechoslovakia if Germany seeks the Sudetenland while Romania balks at allowing Soviet troop movements. Prague and London weigh diplomacy as border clashes escalate and France and Britain seek a peaceful settlement amid uncertain guarantees.
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Czechoslovakia
Germany
Sudetenland
Rumania
League of Nations
Moscow
Prague
Russia
Poland
Petrescu Comnen
Eduard Heidrich
France
Bucharest
Berlin
London
Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Paris
Warsaw
Great Britain
Sudeten
Hungarian leaders meet Hitler at Berchtesgaden retreat
Premier Bela Imredi and Foreign Minister Koloman Von Kanya of Hungary confer with Reichsfuehrer Hitler at Berghof Obsersalzburg. Ribbentrop attends as the only other official. The talks follow a British prime minister summit and signal Hungary's role in future European settlements.
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Berchtesgaden
Germany
Bela Imredi
Koloman von Kanya
Hungary
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Czechoslovak Frontier Customs Houses Hit by Cross-Border Attacks
Three attacks on frontier customs houses were launched from Germany using machine guns grenades and pistols. At Klein Aupa a customs house burned and two Czech officials were wounded. At Eberdorf attackers briefly seized the post office and fighting left six officials wounded. A third incident at Neusorge involved 15 men bombarding the customs house with grenades.
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Prague
Germany
Klein- Aupa
Aussig
Eberdorf
Friedland
Ebersdorf
Neusorge
Braunau
Gigantic Parade Displays Might Of American Legion
In Los Angeles the American Legion showcases its strength with posts from all states and overseas. About 40,000 veterans in blue caps march 20 blocks to Memorial Coliseum for review by National Commander Daniel J. Doherty and guests. The Army Air Corps feature includes 200 planes under Brig. Gen. Delos Emmons circling a 150 mile triangle from March Field to Long Beach and back.
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Los Angeles
American Legion
Memorial Coliseum
Daniel J. Doherty
Army Air Corps
Delos C. Emmons
First Wing
Air Force
Army
March Field
Coliseum
Seacoast
Long Beach
Legion
Legion Parade
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