Senate fights to stop debate on anti lynching bill
Washington August 12 Administration forces in the senate moved to halt debate on anti lynching legislation and push ahead with pre adjournment business. Senator Wagner used a parliamentary lapse to call up his bill. The chamber defeated a motion to set aside the measure 35 to 27. Southern senators argued constitutional limits and states rights with Idaho Republican Borah backing that view.
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Washington
Senate
Wagner
New York
Garner
Barkley
Borah
Idaho
Evidence Offered in Attack Trial
Albert Dyer faces a possible death sentence in Los Angeles for the sex murders of three Inglewood girls. Chief Deputy DA Eugene Williams outlined the case showing Dyer allegedly lured Melba Everett 9 Madeline 7 and Jeanette Stephens 8 to their deaths and confessed to choking them with a clothes line and violating their bodies. The jury heard the testimony as Dyer wept during the presentation of the charges.
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Los Angeles
Albert Dyer
Inglewood
Eugene Williams
Dyer
Melba Everett
Madeline
Jeanette Stephens
Williams
Handleless Body Discovered in Unused Tomb
In Raceland Louisiana authorities investigate a dismembered man found in an unused tomb. Coroner Charles Barker to hold autopsy and inquest while Sheriff Armand Danes had ordered disinterment. a prior abandoned Oklahoma-licensed car linked to the case is considered a clue.
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Raceland
LaFourche Parish
Charles Barker
Max Dupre
Armand Danes
Oklahoma
Grand Isle- Thibodaux
Raceland Graveyard
Caesarean infant progressing well in Atlanta hospital
An infant girl delivered by Caesarean section minutes after her mother Mrs Minnie Conner Parker died of a heart attack is progressing well. She was placed in an incubator after artificial respiration and two blood transfusions were given. Father Leroy Parker said his sister-in-law would care for the baby when she can leave the hospital.
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Atlanta
Minnie Conner Parker
Leroy Parker
Louisiana Highway Bid Lets 1 364 Mile Route
The Sullivan Long and Hagerty Construction firm of Bessemer Alabama submitted the low bid of 61935 72 for 1364 miles of the parallel boulevard between Baton Rouge and Louisiana State University. Central Construction of Monroe was second with a bid of 53705 07.
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Baton Rouge
Sullivan, Long & Hagerty Construction Company
Bessemer
Ala
Louisiana State University
Highway Commission
Central Construction Company of
Monroe
Woman blamed in deaths of four elderly men
A 31 year old woman, Mrs Anna Filser Hahn, is held on fugitive warrants charging murder and grand larceny as authorities probe the deaths of four elderly men. Police report she admitted benefiting from estates and sought to collect from two others. Autopsy tests in Colorado Springs are exhaustive while investigators pursue other related illnesses and linked cases.
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Cincinnati
Anna Filser Hahn
Colorado Springs
Colo
George Obendoerfer
Walter Hart
Obendoerfer
J. Thomas Coughlan
Hahn
George W. Schuttle
Chinese Central Army Attacks Shanghai War Zone
Chinese central forces pour into the Shanghai danger zone by rail and road to seize control as Japanese warships and transports reportedly push toward the city. Troops converge from Hangchow, Soochow, Wushih and other interior points, isolating foreign residents. Japanese marines and 2000 bluejackets move down the Yangtze from Hankow and Japan aboard ships arriving yesterday.
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Shanghai
China
Hangchow
Soochow
Wushih
Shanghai-Hangchow
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Hankow
Japan
Famed Tchoupitoulas Street Paved in New Orleans
In New Orleans on August 12 the historic Tchoupitoulas street, a 219 year old earthen trail linking Bienville’s settlement with the Tchoupitoulas village, was paved with concrete. Merchants and residents celebrate with flags, bunting, a band, and speakers marking the long road’s transformation from riverbank trail to city artery. The event notes the street’s role from indigenous path to trading route and premature start to urban growth.
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New Orleans
March of Progress
Bienville
France
Mississippi River
Theupuoulas
Tchoupitoulas
Mississippi
Ken
Six Injured in Heintz Strike Riot in Philadelphia
Six workers at the Heintz manufacturing plant were injured in a clash with a larger group of men who arrived by car. The workers, members of the United Automobile Workers, have been on strike since July 14. Foreman Anthony Bernard described baseball bats and lead pipes used in the confrontation.
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Philadelphia
Heintz
United Automobile Workers of America
Anthony Bernard
Fire destroys Italy's prize hospital ship Helouan
Naples reports a huge blaze at 4 am destroyed Italy's prize hospital ship Helouan as crowds watched. The fire killed one firefighter and left the vessel, used to evacuate wounded from Ethiopia and Spain, towed burning and sunk in Naples harbor.
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Naples
Italy
Ethiopia
Spain
Tenant faces murder and four indictments in Mississippi
J E Barnett a tenant farmer in Humphreys county Mississippi faces four indictments including murder for the death of his 11 year old son Jordan who was found in a cotton patch near the family home. He also faces charges of bigamy unlawful cohabitation and assault and battery. He denies the bigamy claims and says the death was a mystery. The county attorney says Barnett will not reveal marriage details or location.
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Belzoni
Miss
J. E. Barnett
Humphreys County
Jordan
Barnett
J. A. Mortimer
Myrtle Barnett
Jordon Barnett
Levoid
Mortimer
Huntsville
Ala
Mrs. H. Koerner Dies in Oak Grove La
Mrs. Herman Koerner 82 a longtime Oak Grove resident died Thursday morning after several weeks illness. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm Rev Earl B Emmerich to officiate with interment in local cemetery. She was born Caroline Sandman in 1855 and moved to Oak Grove in 1909. Surviving children include Mrs A C Monroe Charles Koerner and Mrs E J Mielke two sisters and two half brothers seven grandchildren.
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Oak Grove
Herman Koerner
Earl B. Emmerich
Oscar Blaus
South Shore
S. D
Qwen McCleary
Monroe
Charlie Chan Sued in Separation Plea in Santa Barbara
Edith Oland sues Warner Cland known as Charlie Chan for separate maintenance in Santa Barbara filing. She seeks an accounting and division of community property estimated at over 275000 dollars and asks for alimony totaling 3500 dollars monthly on a 19 year marriage.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Charlie Chan
Warner Cland
Edith Cland
Oland
Immediate Confirmation To Position Blocked By Two Objections
President Roosevelt named Senator Hugo Black of Alabama to the Supreme Court to replace Willis Van Devanter but Senate objections from Burke of Nebraska and Johnson of California blocked immediate confirmation. The nomination, kept secret at first, caused a senate stir with mixed labor reactions from CIO head John L. Lewis and AFL president William Green. Ashurst pressed for rapid Senate approval.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugo Black
Alabama
Supreme Court
Burke
Nebraska
Johnson
California
Willis van Devanter
White House
Senate
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Black
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Ashurst
Arizona
Judiciary Committee
Farm tenancy criticised by official in Louisiana
T Roy Reid regional director of the resettlement administration told a Louisiana audience that farm tenancy harms soil and communities. He said 31 percent of Louisiana farm workers lived on their farms less than a year and overwork depletes land. He cited the Bankhead Jones bill to finance tenants buying land over 40 years and noted 42 percent of farm families do not own their tillage land.
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Baton Rouge
T. Roy Reid
Resettlement Administration
South
Louisiana
Reid
Bankhead-Jones
Congress
New Orleans Officer Held After Fatal Slaying
Francis Walters, 41, a New Orleans police officer, is in custody without charges in connection with the death of Lawrence Fitzpatrick, 37, a bartender. Fitzpatrick died after a gunshot in Walters' home following a three hour drinking party and a struggle over alleged advances to Walters' daughter Marie Louise.
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New Orleans
Francis Walters
Lawrence Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Walters
A. L. Hattier
Marie Louise
Alberr B. Granzin
Hattler
Bricks Collapse in Staten Island Tenements Killing Dozens
A violent storm toppled three Staten Island brick buildings trapping residents under 30 feet of muddy water. At least 19 dead, four injured, three missing. Patrolman Joseph McBreen died while heroically rescuing a child. the disaster marks a severe local tragedy as thunderstorms lash the area.
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New York
Staten Island
Long Island
Wallace seeks crop loan control to curb surpluses
Secretary Wallace told the Senate Agriculture Committee he favors loans only if borrowers promise to restrict production and argues for a surplus control program for cotton and possibly wheat and corn. Administration officials expect a plan next year, while Congress signals delay until 1938 session.
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Washington
Wallace
Senate Agriculture
Congress
Roosevelt
Woman dies after train strikes auto near Talbott
Mrs. Robert Hunter 65 of Talbott Tenn died in a Knoxville hospital from a fractured skull after the car she rode in stalled on a railway crossing and was struck by a train. Two other Talbott women Mrs Kate Hall and Mrs Paralee Baker escaped with minor injuries. Passengers W F Ball and Ralph Altom were uninjured and said they had attempted to push the car off the tracks when the collision occurred.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Robert Hunter
Talbott
Talbcott
Kate Hall
Paralee Baker
W. F. Ball
Ralph Altom
Ball
Altom
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