Huey P Long Assassination Shocks Baton Rouge
Highlights from the life of Huey P. Long, slain senator, who died in a Baton Rouge hospital after a Sunday night shooting in the state capitol corridor. The attacker, Dr. Carl Weiss, was the senator’s foe by marriage and was killed by Long’s bodyguard moments later.
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Huey P. Long
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State Capitol
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Louisiana
C. A. Weiss
Pension payments halted in Ohio amid fund shortage
Ohio's old age pension payments for 81 058 beneficiaries stopped with 22 000 awaiting August checks totaling 335 293 dollars. The auditor reports funds exhausted and checks withheld pending a special legislative session expected around Sept 24 to authorize extra funds and release liquor profits set aside for pensions. The session also addresses state welfare building needs and the 1935 36 budget with a federal aid plan.
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Columbus
Muskingum
Davey
General Assembly
Treasurer of State
Federal Public Works Administration
Death Claims Dan Bray 80 Former Railroader
Dan iel Bray 80 retired railroader died at his Gallagher Avenue home at 11 30 p m He worked about 18 years for the Hocking Valley and C and O railroads as a tire inspector His survivors include his widow Aman a Bray two sons Harley and Alva one grandson Walter Bray, a second grandson Eugene Bray has died Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p m at the home with Dr W N Shank of the First Methodist Church officiating Burial will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery by Henry Smith of Vinton County
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Gallagher Ave
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Hocking Valley
C. and O. Railroads
Ohio
West Virginia
Virginia
Amana Bray
Harley
Alva
Logan
Walter Bray
Eugene Bray
Pearl
Vinton County
W. N. Shank
First Methodist Church
Oak Grove
Henry Smith
Sparnon Named Deputy U S Marshal by Southern District Official
Major R Kenneth Kerr announced the appointment of Stanley Sparnon of Logan as a deputy U S marshal effective October 1. Sparnon, a Democrat, won Senate approvals and will work from the Columbus office under Kerr. He is a former Hocking county chief deputy sheriff and Logan Clay Products employee who served in World War I and attended Ohio State University.
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Southern
R. Kenneth Kerr
United States
Southern District of
Ohio
Stanley Sparnon
Logan
Goodrich Rubber Co
Akron
Logan High School
Sparnon
Ohio State University
Regrettable comment on Long's death by Father Coughlin
Father Charles Coughlin told the Albany Evening News that Senator Huey P. Long's death was "the most regrettable thing in modern history." He said in a democracy bullets should not settle political disputes, and that the motto must be "ballot, not bullets."
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Barrington
Mass
Michigan
Darrow Expresses Sorrow Over Huey Long Death
Clarence Darrow, famed lawyer, said he admired Huey Long and was deeply moved by the Louisiana senator's assassination. He called Long a man of strong character who stood for what was right in politics and called the event unfortunate.
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Clarence Darrow
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Huey Long
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C. K. Allen
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America
Norris
How Kingfish Got His Title
Huey Long acquired the nickname Kingfish from a radio program as friends adopted it and called him Kingfish Long. He resisted the title insisting he preferred a regal name like lion or tiger, but the moniker stuck despite his remarks.
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Kingfish Long
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Woman Is Third Victim Of Blast In Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on September 10 AP reports Anna Wolf aged 72 is the third person to die from a house explosion last Thursday. Her son Edward 34 had died earlier and said he caused the blast by turning on a light after finding his father August 80 unconscious from gas. August Wolf's body was found among the wreckage. Edward believed he had tried to kill himself.
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Cincinnati
Anna Wolf
Edward Wolf
August Wolf
Wolf
Weiss not related to Huey Long ally Seymour Weiss
AP reports Dr. Claude Austin Weiss Jr who fatally wounded Senator Huey P. Long was not related to Seymour Weiss, the late senator’s close friend. the two Weilss are from different lines and communities.
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Baton Rouge
Claude Austin Weiss, Jr
Huey P. Long
Seymour Weiss
Ohio counties to take over relief load as federal aid shrinks
Ohio faces a shift as 1.1 million unemployed will lose federal relief next Sunday and county agencies assume care. Ten counties start the transfer with a statewide plan to hand all relief by November 1. Officials warn of financial and administrative hurdles as Governor Davey contemplates a special legislative session.
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Ohio
Columbus
Davey
Officers Face Murder Charge In Holter Case
Pomeroy Iowa Sept 10 AP Sheriff Roscoe Fowler and Deputy Hank Young were freed on 500 bond each after pleading innocent to murder charges in the Aug 11 death of Herschel Holter who was shot as he fled during a raid on a still. Fowler said his gun discharged accidentally. Young aided a transfusion for Holter.
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Pomeroy, CO
Roscoe Fowler
Hank Young
Herschel Holter
Holter
Fowler
Young
Bobbie Burchard Dies at 67 Former Minor Leaguer
John Bobbie Burchard 67, a minor league baseball player from fifty years ago, died Monday in a charity ward in Urbana Ohio. He played in Springfield Zanesville Mansfield Dayton and Columbus and was born in Cincinnati. Funeral services set for Wednesday.
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John “Bobbie” Burchard
Ina Charity Ward
Springfield
Zanesville
Mansfield
Dayton
Columbus
Cincinnati
Death of Huey Long Leaves Louisiana Machine Rudderless
New Orleans reports Huey P. Long's assassination leaves Louisiana's political machine without a clear leader. Gov. C. K. Allen and Long lieutenants Seymour Weiss Abe Shushan Lieut. Gov. James A. Noe and others face factional caucuses to determine succession and influence. The loss unsettles state politics.
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Louisiana
James A. Noe
Allen Vellender
George Wallace
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Huey Long Dies After Assassination In Baton Rouge
Senator Huey P. Long died at 4 06 A M CST in Baton Rouge after an assassin shot him. Abe Shushan announced the death from the Orleans Levee Board building. Mrs Long and their three children were escorted from the hospital. she appeared strained and calm amid the tragedy.
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Orleans
Powers Watch Maneuvers In Inland Ocean
Naval movements in the Mediterranean shaped the Italo Ethiopian crisis as Britain rushed two aircraft carriers to Alexandria and massed warships near Suez while Italian forces maneuvered between Sicily and Africa. Mussolini prepared a one day total mobilization involving millions of fascist supporters and youths.
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Ethiopia
Great Britain
Orient
Alexandria
Suez Canal
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East Africa
Sicily
Africa
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Fascist Party
Local Men Attend Road Hearing Across Ohio
Representative Harry H Wright along with Boyd V Wright and Barton A Hall led Hocking county delegation at an Ohio Highway survey committee hearing in Marietta. Other speakers included Rep Samuel M Frakes Rep Lloyd S Stacy Rep Thomas Christy and state officials and legislators. The session reviewed highway construction needs and gas tax revenue distribution.
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Harry H. Wright
Boyd V. Wright
Barton A. Hall
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Hocking County
Ohio Highway Survey Committee
Marietta
Hotel Lafayette
Wright Holl
Wright
Holl
Samuel M. Frakes
Noble Co
Lloyd S. Stacy
Washington Co
Thomas Christy
Monroe Co
John Jaster, Jr
Harley Calvin
John R. Davis
Paul R. Gingher
John R. Hayden
William J. McGraw
D. W. Galehouse
Cemetery lot sellers face 30 day probe by securities division
Columbus Ohio secretary of state securities division official announced a new 30 day review into companies selling cemetery plots. Several firms, which were cautioned recently, are reported as complying with regulations.
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Columbus
State Securities Division
Grief Across Sides After Huey Long Assassination
Washington observers from both allies and foes react to the death of Senator Huey P. Long. Officials condemn political violence while predicting the 1936 race shifts. Morgenthau calls for law and order as Norris notes regrets yet some praise for Long’s intent.
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Washington
White Named to Northwest Territory Commission
Former Governor George White is named a member of the Northwest Territory Commission. The panel plans a 1937 celebration marking the 150th anniversary of the Northwest territory settlement. White was appointed by President Roosevelt.
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Marietta, O
George White
Northwest Territory Commission
Northwest Territory
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Roosevelt
Wittentern College Athletics Director Resigns for NCU Move
A four member faculty committee assumed duties today after Oliver K. Cornwell resigned as director of athletics at Wittentern College to head the physical education department at North Carolina University.
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