Disturbance Lingers as Storm Impacts Florida Coast
Strong winds and heavy rains sweep Palm Beach and the Everglades region. Evacuations occur in Pahokee as about 2,000 farm laborers seek shelter in public buildings. crop damage is minimal with Redland and Homestead fruits mostly spared. Miami reports 10.23 inches of rain in 24 hours. communications partially down south of Fort Myers.
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Pahokee
K. C. Alston
Belle Glade
Everglades
Palm Beaches
Palm Beach
Fort Myers
Sarasota
Miami Weather Bureau
American Fruit Growers Association
Redland
Homestead
Chandler
J. M. Holsenbeck
International Fruit Growers Corporation
Redland-Homestead
Miami
Absentee Voting Opens For Upcoming Parish Election
First votes in the primary will be cast Saturday with absentee ballots available at Mr Scholars office on call. Absentee voting closes midnight Saturday September 10 for those away from the parish, and ballots must be sworn for absence. Secret voting is maintained for both absentee and regular ballots. A list of polling places and election officials appeared in Saturday's legal advertising columns.
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Midnigh
Scholars
News-Star
Magnolia Petroleum Company Holds Meeting in Hotel Frances
Representatives of Magnolia Petroleum Company from Northeast Louisiana met at Hotel Frances today with strong attendance. They outlined plans for handling fall business and discussed upcoming operations and coordination.
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Magnolia Petroleum Company
Louisiana
Hotel Frances
Gall Stone Colic Advice and Home Treatment Promotion
An advertisement from Home Drug Co., Minneapolis, promotes a home remedy and prescription guidance for liver and gall bladder issues. It claims 28 years of results, a money-back guarantee, and urges clipping the ad for access to a recognized specialist’s prescription.
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Write Home Drug Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Cotton Stabilization Fund Aims To Hold Market
The farm board plans a 50 million dollar fund to back loans up to 25 dollars per bale for as many as two million bales of cotton, intended to suspend sales and stabilize prices. Officials declined to comment, but indicated the policy will keep selling stabilization stocks limited to market conditions.
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Cotton Cooperative and Cotton Stabilization Corporations
Jones
Farm Board
Carl Williams
Cotton
Williams
Murray
Oklahoma
American Cotton Cooperative
Court Upholds Gov Roosevelt Removal Power
A New York judge affirms Governor Roosevelt’s removal authority, saying he serves the people and his conscience, not the courts. The decision limits wholesale use of investigating committee testimony in removals, holding the mayor only removable for cause tied to official misconduct or public trust violations, with charges to be properly presented.
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Walker
Hofstadter Committee
Roosevelt
Justice Staley
Staley
Mayor Faces Removal Hearing Over Past Term Actions
The Seabury conclusions cited by the committee of 1,000 are challenged as personal rather than official, with most financial dealings in the mayor’s first term. Curtin calls it a victory for the mayor while noting the court’s lack of interference. Hearing resumes Friday at 12:30 PM after a pause for a family bereavement.
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Seabury
John W. Curtin
Walker
Justice Staley
Roosevelt
Congress body hears more on federal board
Testimony before the committee accuses the farm board of mismanagement and losses. Bass of Baskin cites slander and urges audits while Roussel of New Orleans Coffee Association opposes further grain to coffee swaps. He warns such moves dampen Brazil coffee imports and supports gradual release of stock.
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Putnam
Norman
Geren
Farm Board
United States
William A. Roussel
New Orleans Coffee Association
Federal Farm Board
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Brazil
Roussel
Texas county conventions near as vote tally suspended
The article notes that count would not be available before county conventions next Saturday, with precinct tabulations locked and undisturbed until then. Both candidates remained in Austin, confident the official tally would favor them as the governor convened the legislature into a special session. The election bureau expected to release the next tabulation at 2 p.m.
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Austin
Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
Vallee Near Separation Amid Longtime Love Claim
Rudolph Vallee traces a near split with his wife while asserting his love strengthens daily. Once a Maine soda clerk turn singer and bandleader, he remains famed for ballads and love songs including A Little Kiss Each Morning and This Is the Missus.
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Vallee
Maine
Eclipse of Sun Draws Nation’s Curious Gaze
News notes the total solar eclipse visible across New England and parts of Canada with peak darkness lasting about 90 to 100 seconds in the region. Observers will seek viewing, with costs and access discussed, while outside the totality area a partial eclipse will occur nationwide. The event is described as a major astronomical spectacle affecting daylight and temperature, with forecasts of visibility and duration.
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Earth
New
Vermont
Provincetown
Mass
New England
Canada
Derby
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Fryeburg
Biddeford
Maine
Massachusetts Bay
New England Coast
Beverly
Wiscasset
United States
Midwest
Notable Career Paths From Calculus to American History
A narrative traces Dato after graduating from the Polytechnic Institute of the Federal College of Zurich who moved to New York in 1914 and opened an automotive school. He later sold his interest, funded study at Valparaiso University, and met his future wife Minnie Ngon while pursuing literature and history.
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Dato
Polytechnic Institute of the Federal College of Zurich
New York
Valparaiso University
Indiana
Minnie Ngon
Broussard Expected To Defeat Overton In Louisiana Race
Political bosses defend Broussard against Overton in the Louisiana state primary leaks. They claim Huey Long supporters exaggerate Overton strength, noting Broussard’s broad parish appeal and hostility to public payrolls. Taxes on long cashes are mocked as “nuisance taxes.”
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O. K. Allen
Huey P. Long
Broussard
Louisiana
Overton
New Orleans
Huey Long
Huey
Population basis for aid under relief fund roads in parishes
The relief program will fund gravel road work in parishes under regular state supervision led by W H Huckaby. Parishes may influence road choices. paving is not expected. Workers may earn 2.50 per day for one to four days weekly, depending on family needs. Monroe district holds 13.68 percent of state population, New Orleans 28.04, Baton Rouge 24.64, Shreveport 14.74, Alexandria 8.61, Lake Charles 10.29.
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W. H. Huckaby
Monroe
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Shreveport
Alexandria
Lake Charles
Union
Lincoln
Jackson
Morehouse
West Carroll
East Carroll
Madison
Richland
Ouachita
Caldwell
Franklin
Tensas
Catahoula
Concordia
Franklin Parish
Divorce Sought Over Husband Attentiveness in Detroit
In Detroit on August 30, Mrs. Vena M. Miller was granted a divorce after alleging her husband showered daily flowers at her office, causing her to lose her job. She testified at Circuit Judge Homer Ferguson that the attention led to her unemployment and his employer’s ire. Her attorney argued Miller did not quit his rail job, but was fired after stopping a passenger train to buy butter for his wife.
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Detroit
Vena M. Miller
Miller
Clock Claimed as Possession by Miss Daisy Hickman
Miss Daisy Hickman of Huntingdon Tennessee claims possession of a wooden clock about 150 years old that still keeps good time.
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Daisy Hickman
Huntingdon, Tenn
Senator James Davis pleads not guilty to lottery charges
United States Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania pleads not guilty to two indictments charging distribution and sale of lottery tickets and conspiracy. Bail set at $1000. Co defendant Theodore G. Miller also pleads not guilty. Miller, a publicity man and Loyal Order of Moose executive, connected to the fraternal group’s benevolent work for disabled members and dependents.
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New York
United States
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Theodore G. Miller
Davis
Miller
Loyal Order of Moose
M'Adoo in Race for Senatorship on West Coast
The report traces Maurice McCarthy forwarding a claim about Alfred E. Smith pressuring Democrats to back War dell in the presidential preference. Smith denied any interference via telegram stating he would not involve himself in the primary to avoid misinterpretation.
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M’adoo
West Coast
Alfred E. Smith
Happy Warrior
Wardell
New York
Smith
Maurice M. McCarthy
Fisherman struck by ball in Chicago river mishap
John Dorris, after finishing a tall tale of pitching prowess, was struck in the head by a lightning bolt shaped ball and shattered. He toppled into the water at the hill's foot but remained unhurt.
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Franklin
Chicago
Ill
John Dorris
Dorris
Senator Drake Naive Seeks Plank After Flood Loss
State Senator Drake Naive of Versailles Ky has not found a single plank of his store since a recent flood washed it away. He searches debris for salvage and awaits insurance guidance as neighbors rally to assess damage and aid.
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Drake Naive
Versailles
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Rudy
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Grand Rapids, Mich
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Harold F. McCormick
McCormick
Cato
Krenn
James Davis
Ruston
Charles C. Goyne
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Charlie
Charles C. Gayne
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