Huge ship flounders off coast with 450 aboard
The Dutch liner Rotterdam carrying about 450 passengers and 526 crew grounded on Morant Cays 60 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica after a Caribbean cruise. Captain Van Dulken reported calm seas and no danger as Ariguani stood by to aid, boards to Kingston prepared. The ship had departed New York September 21 amid hurricane activity along Jamaica and Cuba.
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Rotterdam
Holland-America Line
Kingston
Jamaica
J. van Dulken
England
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Caracas
Venezuela
Willemstad
Curacao
Morant Cays
Cuba
Haiti
Bermuda
Florida
F. R. Wiersma
van Dulken
Wiersma
Associated Press
Comander
Rothterdam
Caribbean Sea
Jamacca
F. R. Wierdsma
Axe murder charge filed against Mrs Buxton in mother-in-law death
Mrs Thelma Buxton is pictured after arrest facing murder charges in the death of 68 year old Effie Buxton her mother in law. A coroners jury formally accused her following the discovery of the body.
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Thelma Buxton
Effie Buxton
Weather notes for Tennessee and Kentucky region
Weather forecast fragment shows uneven text with possible typos. Forecast mentions fair and warmer tonight, cooler Tuesday, and varying conditions across regions in Tennessee and Kentucky. Includes unclear temperature data and dated references inconsistent in OCR.
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Nwessee
West Portion
Anly Warner
South
Freime North
Strike Imminent Reaches Gulf Ports As New Orleans Braces
Strikes loom at New Orleans Gulfport Mobile and Pensacola with unions and ship lines trading charges. ILA reports 100 percent mobilization while others deny any workers will quit. Wage demands rise from 75 to 85 cents hourly amid warnings of labor racketeers and calls for a broad boycott of ships at Gulf ports.
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New Orleans
Gulfport
Mobile
Pensacola
Holt Ross
American Federation
New Orleans Steamship Association
Jocal Steamship Association
Ross
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I. A
Galveston
Texas
Texas Gulf Ports
Battery Gulf Ports
M. J. Dowyer
Gulf District
International Songs
Boulder Dam Dedication by FDR Highlights Jobs Push
President Roosevelt dedicated Boulder Dam and urged private industry to speed job creation for the unemployed. He cited $165 million in federal funds and praised public works as a driver of recovery, proposing a state power line as a nationwide yardstick and defending ongoing federal projects.
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Boulder City
UPI
Boulder Dam
Roosevelt
America
Colorado River
United States
Nevada
Works Progress Administration
Knoxville Man Is Held for Robbery
Knoxville restaurant operator Ples Bunch, arrest announced by Sheriff R W Smith of Newport, on charges of complicity in the Mars Hill Bank robbery on September 10. Bunch was arrested at his restaurant and taken to Newport. Other arrests: James Carr of Tazewell, Tenn, taken to Asheville, N C. John Cochran of Cocke County and Clay Baxter of Morristown previously detained. one suspect still at large.
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Knoxville
Tenn
RW. Smith
Newport
Ples Bunch
Mars Hill
N.C
Busch
Smith
Knox Royaly
James Carr
Tazewel, Tenn
Tazewell
Asheville
John Cochran
Cocke County
Clay Baxter
Morristown
Van Sweringen Brothers Seek to Regain Railroad Power
The Van Sweringen brothers seek to regain control of their railroad empire with new financial backers. Securities valued around 7 million dollars were entrusted to an auctioneer via J. P. Morgan & Co. and associates to satisfy prior obligations.
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van Swerigens
New York
van Swerigen Brothers
van Sweringen
J. Morgan & Co. and Associates
Lasy
Ithera
Seven Die In Chicago Fire At Three Story Tenement
A three story tenement fire in Chicago left seven dead and nine injured, trapping twenty occupants after a basement explosion blew out the northwest corner. Victims include Pasquelina Cappola, 10, and family members of Joseph Grasso and Virginia Grasso. Frank Vitale, store owner, was questioned by officials as investigators consider possible arson. Fire Marshal Corrigan said evidence suggested incendiary causes.
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Chicago
Frank Vitale
Maxwell Street
Thomas J. Sheehan
John Norton
Planis
Pasquelina Cappola
Philip
Ralph
Joseph Grasso
Virginia Grasson
Rose Angelasane
Rachel Angelasane
Vitale
Anthony
Rose
Michael Corrigan
Troops Deployed to Quell Harlan County Coal Row
In Harlan Kentucky the governor mobilized thirty five National Guardsmen to quell alleged terror in the coal fields. Major Oren Cain commands the force as officials report quiet with wage disputes settled by the Harlan Coal Operators Association and authorized pay increases to take effect tomorrow.
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Harlan
Kentucky National Guardsmen
Ruby Laffoon
Harlan County
Oren Cain
Livermore
Laffoon
Harlan Coal Fields
Harlan Coal Operators' Association
Washington
Cos Opersters
Lierian County
Territorial Diet Election Watched Memel Territory Campaign
Crowds of puzzled voters faced police guards for a second day of Memel territory elections between German and Lithuanian candidates. Delays halted ballots for about half the population, prompting a repeat vote planned for Juknamai amid rioting. election officials and urns were attacked as mobs urged voting rights.
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Memel
Jukimai
Juknamai
Continuidez
Deficit forecast trimmed in Roosevelt budget report
President Roosevelt says deficits will be smaller than previously estimated and criticizes claims that New Deal spending will trigger heavy tax increases. He cites higher tax receipts, a current year deficit of 3.231 billion dollars, and a trend toward lower emergency expenditures, while noting no promised balanced budget for next year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Nation
AAA
Supreme Court
Congress
Sherman case near jury stage in Worcester trial
Worcester Mass September 30 The defense in the Newell P Sherman Sutton Scoutmaster murder trial described the case as a fabrication born of gossip. Attorney William W Buckley argued the confession tainted by gossip would negate any case and urged the jury to doubt the prosecution’s evidence and motives.
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Worcester
Mass
Newell Paige Sherman
Sutton
Counsiel
William W. Buckley
Newell P
Sherman
Buckley
Thomas
Hamra
Juey
Buck
Father Magill
McCray admits perjury in Reece trial in Nashville
Hilda McCray confidant to former state insurance commissioner J. J. Reece pleaded guilty to perjury and sought a suspended sentence, granted as three to five years. She testified for Reece at his grand larceny trial, where Reece received a 7 to 10 year sentence after being found guilty of stealing bonds. Eight indictments were dismissed in a case that largely wrapped up, with several associates also receiving suspended terms.
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Nashville
Misa Hilda McCray
J. J. Reece
Charles Gilbert
Reece
Insurance Department
Hilda
Publisher to be tried in full this fall in Memphis
Federal fraud charges were brought against J. B. Pierce Huntsville publisher and his secretary E. H. Roach for allegedly selling TVA units. They are jailed on $10,000 bonds. Pierce’s son defends the action as legitimate newspaper advertising for a TVA related special edition. Trial timing may slip to November.
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Memphis
William
McClanahan
U. S
J. B. Pierce
Huntsville
Als
E. H. Roach
Jackson
Western District Court
TVA
William H. Pierce
Rosch
District ‘Attorney’s
Violent weekend claims eight lives in Tennessee
Over the weekend eight people died in Tennessee. A man was shot at a church door, two perished in a motorcycle car crash at the negro state fair, and a Columbus Ohio woman and seven others were hurt when a car left a highway near White Bluff and struck a pole. A Boiling Springs church shooting killed Shela Martin, 26, after an argument. Sheriff Burton questioned three suspects.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Clay Welch
Columbus
Ohio
White Bluff
Tenn
Boiling Springs
Cookeville
Shela Martin
Martin
Alex Burton
Marion Ward
George Moreland
Motorcvere
Moreland Ward
Moreland
Ne Stamey
Tellien
Pisirs
Ataliv
Petition for Probe in Death of Evelyn Hoey
Westchester VA Sept 1 William E Farke Chester County district attorney presented a petition asking for a grand jury investigation into the death of Evelyn Hoey Broadway musical comedian and friend of Henry Rogers oil fortune heir The petition also seeks inquiry into conduct of coroner s jury members and others who were in contact with them The inquest verdict had ruled death due to self action Rogers and his cameraman friend were freed pending grand jury action and lawyers accused press of misstatement
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Westchester
William E. Farke
Chester County
Evelyn Hoey
Henry Rogers
Parke
Miss Hoey
Miss Heey
Rogers
Charles W. Amid
William J. Kelley
Ethiopia Moves Toward General Mobilization Amid League Tension
Emperor Haile Selassie signaled eventual Ethiopian mobilization as Italy presses in East Africa. A counselor warned 2,000,000 troops may soon march, while Geneva awaited the League response. Mussolini prepared for a massive offensive with 250,000 Italians and thousands of colonial troops.
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Rome
Ethiopia
Italy
Hostillies
East Africas
Adalberta of Savoy
Bergamo
Victor Emannuel
Eritrea
Massua
Hans Nay
Mace
Hx Jong
Mexico
Renne Etiogy
Wihioy
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