Horrors of War and Religious Hatred Across Empires
The piece discusses war atrocities through Shaler’s lens and Goya’s imagery, linking them to the spread of hatred from political to religious sects. It recounts the Algiers murder of Mohammedan mufti Ben Dell Mahmoud Ben Dali Mahmoud, noting extremist attacks and the brutal death of the mufti as a symbol of sectarian violence.
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Shaler
Goya
Atel Hermant Suggesta
Samme
Algiers
Mufti Ben Dell Mahmoud Ben Dali Mahmoud
Young Party of Ulemas
Ulema Party
Mohammed
Heaven
Alborak
Louisiana department of American Legion elects Hawkins commander
Ernest L. Hawkins of Shreveport was elected state commander by acclamation at the Louisiana American Legion annual convention in New Orleans. Monroe was chosen as the 1937 convention city with Lafayette offering to host next year, and Pattie Hulin of Bunkie was named auxiliary president.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Department of the American Lemon
Ernest L. Hawkins
Shreveport
Monroe
The
Legion Auxiliary
Pattie Hulin
Bunkie
L. L. McCormick
Destrehan
Hawkins
Edwin L. Meyer
Thibodaux
FM. Lafitte
Crowley
Meyer
Daniel F. Desmond
Alexandria
George J. Ginsberg
Roland Cocreham
Haweins
Pike Hail
WF. Chisholm
Louis Bowers
William Harvey
Algiera
M. M. Marchive
Baton Rouge
Lafayette
Vatican says Spain turns to religion amid revival vows
Vatican radio reports a religious revival spreading across Spain with churches and monasteries burned in some areas yet crowds praying and priests honored in others. Salamanca churches fill as Cadiz soldiers recite the Angelus and Seville hosts receive the sacrament amid war. Zaragoza marks a procession as air bombs fail to explode.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Spain
Salamanca
Cadiz
Seville
Zaragoza
Interdiction sought for New Orleans lawyer Theard
In New Orleans on August 29 a petition filed in the fifth district court by his aunt Miss Mathilde Theard asks that Delvaille H Theard be cited to show cause why he should not be interdicted for insanity and a guardian appointed to care for his person and affairs. Theod was accused of embezzling 85000 while attorney for the Phoenix Homestead association and several suits allege misappropriation of funds entrusted to him.
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New Orleans
Delvaille H. Theard
Eive
Mathilde Theard
Theard
Phoenix Homestead Association
Mississippi Governor Schedules Special Session for September
Governor Hugh White announced plans to convene the legislature in an extraordinary session on September 22 at 2 p.m. He noted a possible date change and said he would limit recommendations to his industrial program and highway bond act amendments, while already ordering special elections for Copiah and Neshoba vacancies.
D MEN ARRESTED IN GAMING COUNT
Six men were arrested in Ouachita parish on charges of operating slot machines and violating state lottery laws. Bonds were set at 1000 dollars each before release. District Attorney Hawthorne led raids across the parish with Sheriff Coverdale, seizing 64 machines valued at about 50,000 dollars.
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Quunchita Parish
Sheriff's Department
Frank W. Hawthorne
W. RK
Billy Bryan
Alvin Tippit
S R. Montcalm
W. C. Singley
Gerody Prophit
J. O. Pilcher
Ater
Hawthorne
Ouachita Parish
Milton Coverdale
Shreveport Doctor Volunteers Blood for Dying Boy
Dr. D A Huckaby of Shreveport offers his blood to save Phillip Levitt a 15 year old suffering from a rare blood poisoning The doctor plans to ship a blood sample to Chicago for typing and comparison with a donor who has recovered from the same disease The sample would go by air in ice to Dr Morris Fishbein secretary of the American Medical Association
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Shreveport
D. A. Huckaby
Vhicaga Bev
Phillip Levitt
Huckabay
Chicago
Levitt
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association
Disabled veteran charged in Tex. auto death
In Gilmer Texas Thomas D Hilbert a New Orleans disabled veteran faces drunken driving charges after T L Thompson 65 was killed when Hilberts car struck a curb and crushed him against a church wall. The case goes to the grand jury on September 14 with bonds set at 150 dollars.
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Gilmer
Tex
T. L. Thompson
Big Sendy
Thomas D. Hilbert
New Orleans
M. G. Melt
Hilbert
Thompson
L. G. Baird
Mell
Cattle Rustling Charged to Pair
Sheriff Milton Coverdale announced the arrest of two men in Ouachita parish for cattle stealing chicken thefts and cotton larceny across multiple parishes. Martin Robertson 52 and Leslie Smith 45 both residents west of West Monroe are held with Robertson charged on two cattle theft counts and Smith facing several counts.
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Milton Coverdale
Ouachita Parish
Martin Robertson
Leslie Smith
West Monroe
Robertson
Three flogging victims sue in Arkansas amid sharecropper dispute
Miss Willie Sue Blagden of Memphis leads a federal suit claiming she was flogged in June near Earle Arkansas during a visit to investigate a death in the sharecropper struggle. She seeks 15000 damages from five Crittenden County residents, with similar suits filed by a second woman and a man. The Southern Tenant Farmers Union is linked to the broader case.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Willie Sue Blagden
Memphis
East
Arkansas
Federal District Court Today
Crittenden County
Miss Blagden
Earle
Claude C. Williams
Ross Dulaney
Earl Cherry
Ernest Richards
Tony Thompson
Percy Magnus
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
East Arkansas
Air Force gas aid helped Italians avert Ethiopian defeat
War correspondent Edward J. Neil recounts how Italian aviators in Ethiopia used gas to blunt Ethiopian forces and save Italy from a potential strategic disaster. He notes the strategic chaos under Marshal Badoglio, the overextended lines, and the perilous front near Makale as December ends.
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Neil
Air Force
Ethiopia
Edward J. Neil
Associated Press
Italy
Africa
Pietro Badoglio
High Command
Marshal de Bono
Makale
Eritrea
Negus
Roosevelt Ends Second Phase of Personal Survey
President Roosevelt concluded the midwest drought survey at Pierre with a conference aboard his train with Governors Berry of South Dakota and Miller of Wyoming. Senators Bulow and O Mahoney and Carey joined the talks along with WPA head Hopkins and CCC Director Fechner. Reports said 500 to 600 drought families’ children might join Wyoming CCC camps if spots are available.
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Bulow
South Dakota
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Carey
Wallace
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
CCC
Robert Fechner
Drough
Berry
Long’s Admirers to Pay Tribute on Huey P. Long Birthday
Louisiana admirers of Huey P. Long will honor his birthday with a memorial by World War veterans. Governor Leche and Mayor Maestri have proclaimed Monday a holiday, closing state and city offices. The Huey P. Long post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a grave ceremony at 1 p.m. on the statehouse grounds.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Long
Winn Parish
Richard W. Leche
Robert S. Maestri
New Orleans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Statehouse
Pleads Guilty in Auto Theft Case at Sulphur
UPA man William Pitt, 22, of New York City, pleaded guilty to stealing an automobile at Sulphur. Judge Thomas F. Porter sentenced him to one to three years in the state penitentiary. Pitt was arrested in Jennings after an auto accident with minor injuries.
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Lake Charles
UPA
William Pitt
New York City
Thomas F. Porter
Jennings
Girl Back Home After 19 Years in Hernando
Mary Bledsoe returned to Hernando Mississippi at dawn after 19 years away to marry Jesse Greer. Greer, now 40, had forged checks totaling 995 dollars on his father W C Greer’s account and was arrested in Louisville before being jailed in Hernando. Sheriff Sid Campbell supervised Greer’s capture as the family faced an emotional reunion.
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Hernando
Miss
Mary Bledsoe
J. T. Bledsoe
Mary
Mrs. Bledsoe
Jesse Greer
Greer
Louisville
Sid Campbell
W. C. Greer
Heat Wave Broken Here By Showers
Rain and drizzle cooled the Twin Cities after a 97 degree afternoon. The 24 hour high and low reached 97 and 76 degrees, with a cool night aiding sleep. The New Orleans weather bureau forecasts cloudy skies for Sunday.
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Twin Cities
First Soviet envoy to Spain presented credentials in Madrid
Bombing of Madrid by rebel air force wounded many and shattered windows including at the Bank of Spain and post office. Government planes repelled the attack as crowds sought shelter. The event followed the arrival of Spain's first Soviet ambassador at the presidential palace.
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Madrid
Associated Press Bureau
Burgos
Cuatro Vientos
Villalba
War Ministry
Bank of Spain
Spain
Nation honors George Dern at funeral services
Washington August 29 The nation paid respects at the funeral of George Henry Dern secretary of war with Cabinet officers and General Malin Craig as pallbearers at Mount Pleasant Congregational Church. The service spoke of Dern's life devoted to a just social order and peaceful world. A guard of honor stood by the coffin as troops lined the exterior.
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Washington
George Henry Dern
Malin Craig
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
Russell J. Clinchy
Clinchy
Third Cavalry
Bat
Jail Breaker Thumbs Sheriff and Escapes Jail
Tupelo Mississippi August 20 AP A jail escapee, Broad Barnett, and a black prisoner slipped through a defective coal chute. Barnett hitched a ride with Sheriff L A Ford and was returned to jail on grand larceny charges while the other inmate remains free.
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Tupelo
Miss
Barnett
L.A. Ford
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S. Leighton Frooks
Dorothy Frooks
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