Validity of Cotton Measure Challenged in Cannon Bank Probe
Senate campaign funds committee identifies $5,000 in Cannon notes paid off by Bishop James Cannon Jr from a Virginia bank. Tests show a personal Cannon account carried political deposits for the anti Smith campaign with more than $65,000 in funds from E C Jameson of New York.
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Senate
Washington
Virginia
James Cannon, Jr
anti-Smith Committee
E. C. Jameson
New York
John A. Booker
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Blackstone
Southern Methodist
Nye
Edward Cannon
Booker
Dill
Raymond Robbins
Ida L. Burroughs
Virginia anti-Smith Committee
Robus
Bishop Cannon
Blackstone Bank
Newspaper Supply Company of
Richmond
Judge Dupre Attacks Longs No Crop Bill in LSU Court Fight
A Louisiana House sub committee plans amendments to Governor Longs no cotton bill with a 4 PM report back. Judge Dupre objects to the contingent clause. the measure aims to curb cotton growing in 1932 amid low prices. Governor Long remains active in the session as talks continue.
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Judge Dupre
Baton Rouge
Long
House Agriculture Committee
Louisiana
Sidney Marchand
Ascension Parrish
Gilbert Dupre
St. Landry Parish
House
House Committee On Agriculture
Huey P. Long
House of Representatives
Coin Harvey Adopts New Party Platform in Arkansas
In Monte Ne Arkansas on August 26 followers of W H Coin Harvey adopted his revolutionary platform for a new party named Liberty. Harvey called the money issue paramount and urged postponing other matters until government is reclaimed and people secure free government.
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Coin Harvey
New Party
Monte NE
Ark
U.R
W. H
Coin
Harvey
William Jennings Bryan
Rambling Town Notes On Drought Dogs And Dizzy Tales
Local column reflects on the dog days of August with old time definitions from July 3 to August 11 and Sirius. It also records social antics as T. T. Webb shows a black eye after a night at Edgewater, a blindfolded driver misadventure, oil-town chatter about derricks near Monroe, and a Louisiana man fishing tale with a whiskey soaked minnow. Firemen FE Murrell and O B Morton stop a grass blaze at the public library curb market.
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T. T. Webb
Edgewater
Crowd greets Lindberghs in Tokyo after Pacific flight
Large crowds, police clash with bystanders at Ueno station as Colonel Lindbergh and wife arrive in Tokyo after landing at Kasumigaura base completing a 613 mile leg from Nemuro. Admiral Abo and Ambassador Forbes greet the famous couple and praise the voyage. Lindbergh notes a Pacific air route is possible with demand.
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Tokyo
Charles A. Lindbergh
Kasumigaura Naval Base
New York
Ueno
Lindberghs
Lindbergh
Kasumigaura
Nemuro
Abo
W. Cameron Forbes
Admiral Abo
Pacific
Japan
United States
Boy Admits Slaying Girl as Mob Forms in Mississippi
Clifton Smith a Philadelphia community farmer reportedly confessed last night to killing Mrs. Frank Waite 22 of Philadelphia Mississippi with a shotgun. A mob of several hundred followed him as witnesses said he made the confession after being spirited away from the Neshoba county jail in Oxford. Mrs Waite was shot through a window while playing bridge. jealousy is cited as a motive by her father Tom Hale.
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Miss
Clifton Smith
Philadelphia
Neshoba County
Oxford
Frank Waite
Smith
Union
Mexican deputy killed in pistol fight in Mexico City
In Mexico City a deputy was killed and two wounded in a gun ambush linked to Governor Ignacio de la Mora’s partisans during a congressional session. Ismael Lozano, president of the chamber, said followers of De la Mora occupied exits as the shooting began, targeting accusers of the governor. Deputy Manuel H. Ruiz died defending the governor, while Este bon Garcia de Alba was wounded.
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Mexico City
Ignacio de la Mora
Jalisco
Chamber of Deputies
Congressional
Ismael Lozano
Chamber
de la Mora
Manuel H. Ruiz
Esteben Garcia de Alba
Sebastian Allende
German flying boat DO X leaves Charleston for New York
The DO X, then the world’s largest airliner, departed Charleston at 7 35 am bound for Norfolk and on to New York. It spent the prior night in Charleston after arriving from Miami. Two teenage stowaways were removed before the takeoff and later released by coast guards without being named.
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Charleston
S. C
Norfolk
New York
Miami
Cooper River
Coast
Long praises Mike Conner election as Mississippi governor
Governor Huey P. Long praised Mike Conner's selection as Mississippi governor, saying the people chose wisely. He added he has no interest in Mississippi politics and commented on past electoral outcomes.
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Baton Rouge
Mississippi
Huey P. Long
Mike Conner
Long
White
Rebellion Flare Fails Against Carmona Regime in Lisbon
A brief uprising in Lisbon against President Oscar Carmona’s administration failed to gain traction. The revolt sparked today but collapsed without achieving objectives or broad support.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Oscar Carmona
Conner Wins Mississippi Gubernatorial Runoff Title
Mike Conner leads Hugh White in Mississippi runoff, with early tallies showing Conner ahead by about 17 880 votes as 1335 of 1590 precincts report. Observers expect the margin to grow, amid Huey Long endorsement and Democratic nomination status.
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Jackson
Miss
Mike Conner
Seminary
Mississippi
Hugh White
Columbia Millionaire
Conner
White
Martin Sennett
Mike) Conner
Hugh L. White
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
State Supreme Court
Greek L. Rice
Hall Establishes Record on Gotham to Orleans Flight
Captain James Goodwin Hall and Andre De Coppet landed in New Orleans at 10 15 a m after leaving New York at 4 01 a m in a non stop flight of seven hours and 14 minutes. Hall said he believed the flight set a record between the two cities despite stormy weather. The return trip is delayed by rain and weather conditions.
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New Orleans
James Goodwin Hall
New York
Andre de Coppet
Hall
Hambone's Meditations Poem Fragment by J. P. Alley
A fragment from Hambone's Meditations presents dialect poetry dated by J. P. Alley. The text features rural speech about hardship and resilience with a humorous tone.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Tammany Breaks With Roosevelt on Probe Issue
Albany Aug 2 Franklin D Roosevelt and Tammany Hall split over a proposed immunity granting Hofstadter committee. Senator Dunnigan and Assemblyman Steingut vow to resist the governor backed measure while criticizing the bills as unfair and despotic. Roosevelt says the door to upstate probes is closed.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Tammany Hall
Upstate
John J. Dunnigan
Irwin Steingut
Roosevelt
Hofstadter Committee
New York City
Senator Dunnigan
Hofstadter
Steingut
Another Killing Spurs Police in Anti Crime War
A gang killed Theo dore Naddi, 29, at a Bronx speakeasy on East 148th Street as police and federal agents intensified a crime crackdown. Three gunmen escaped while detectives arrived. about 100 arrests were made, most released after brief formalities. Federal officials plan indictments via special grand juries.
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New York
East 148Th Street
Bronx
Theodore Naddi
Naddi
Amelior Brooklyn
Medalie
Man Kills Wife Then Takes Own Life in California
In Los Angeles Waldemar van Eicks 31 shot and killed his wife Lola 26 a prominent radio singer and former Burbank society girl then fatally shot himself The couple s two year old child slept in an adjacent room during the tragedy
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Los Angeles
Waldemar van Eicks
Lola
Burbank
Cal
Today
Senate Debates Move to Repeal Prohibition Law
Baton Rouge news reports the Louisiana senate debating a joint resolution to memorialize Congress to call a constitutional convention to repeal or modify the eighteenth amendment. Senator Labbe argues public submission is proper. Senator Anderson questions repeated attempts and cites ongoing supply and demand concerns.
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Senate
Baton Rouge
Labbe
Lafayette
Woods
St. James
Congress
Louisiana
House
J. L. Anderson
Grant Parish
Anderson
O'Donnell Maintains Lead in Air Derby Flight
Roswell New Mexico August 26 Mrs Gladys ODonnell of Long Beach California led the national air derby fliers into Roswell from El Paso in one hour 12 minutes 25 seconds. Phoebe Omle of Memphis was third with a time of one hour 13 minutes 30 seconds.
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Roswell
N. M
Gladys O'Donnell
Long Beach
Cal
el Paso
Phoebe Omle
Memphis
Southern split on Longs plan for cotton holiday
Atlanta's Aug 26 report notes mixed reactions in the south to Louisiana legislature debates over a 1932 cotton growing prohibition plan. Governor Long forecasts passage with other cotton states accepting it, while Texas leaders discuss acreage reduction and possible special sessions as bankers push for drastic cuts.
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Atlanta
South
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Louisiana Assembly
Texas
Ross Sterling
John E. McDonald
Dallas
Lea's Son’s Sentence Reduced by Asheville Judge
Asheville North Carolina August 2 Judge M W Barnhill reduced Luke Lea Jr's sentence from a 25000 dollar fine to two to six years in prison or 25000 dollar fine with prison suspended on payment The younger Lea son of Col Luke Lea of Nashville Tennessee former US senator was convicted with his father and Wallace B Davis president of the Central Bank and Trust company which failed last fall The change avoided requiring a bond to guarantee payment of the fine during appeal to the state supreme court
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Asheville
N. C
M. W. Barnhill
Luke Lea, Jr
Central Bank and Trust Company
Lea
Col
Luke Lea
Nashville, Tenn
United States
Stringent Regulations In Texas Oil Field Seen
Austin August 26. Texas railroad commission members, empowered by legislative action, will press for stricter regulations to prevent waste in the East Texas oil field. They questioned oil leaders to gather technical data for forthcoming proration orders due to take effect September 1.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Railroad Come Mission
East Texas
August Weather Cooler This Year Than Last
Weather records show August this year cooler than last August with lower highs and lows. Miss Kate Key notes lower rainfall this August and explains first 25 day averages compare unfavorably to last year’s August.
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Kate Key
Government Weather Recorder
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