Roosevelt backs liberal Republicans in national drift
President Roosevelt told reporters he would not object to a liberal running on the Republican ticket. He said the good of the country rises above party and noted several Republican liberals in office or seeking office. He questioned the $30 weekly old age pension plan’s financial soundness and dismissed linking it to Michigan campaign issues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Detroit
Port Huron
Mich
Michigan
Sheridan Downey
Senate
California
Culbert
Bendix Trophy Dash Opens With Star Field In Cleveland
Ten high speed fliers including Jacqueline Cochran and Frank Fuller lead the Bendix trophy dash to Cleveland Ohio with prizes totaling 30 000 for the main race and additional awards for flights to Bendix New Jersey and Cleveland. Start time depends on weather with best time to Cleveland winning 9000 and other place prizes listed.
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Los Angeles
Union Air Terminal
Cleveland
Bendix
N. J
Jacqueline Cochran
Floyd Odlum
Seversky
Alexander de Seversky
Frank Fuller
San Francisco
Fuller
Miss Cochran
Lee Gehlbach
New York
Test
British Labor Peace Report Highlights Mutual Confidence
A Washington report cites a special commission telling President Roosevelt that British industry and labor sustain industrial peace through mutual confidence and cooperation. It notes rare strikes where collective bargaining exists, outlines six key points about unions and employers, and mentions legal status and limitations on unions and trustees.
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Washington
Roosevelt
England
Trade Union Congress
New Orleans Bride Falls to Death in Courtyard Tragedy
New Orleans September tragedy details a 22 year old newlywed, Mrs Dorothea Igan, plunging from a dressing room window at the French Quarter American Legion home. Coroner cites death by own action after a quarrel with her 25 year old radio technician husband.
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New Orleans
Cora C. Grenes Cole
Dorothea Igan
American Legion
Vieux Carre
Californians Start Battle Over Pension
Proponents and opponents clash over a $30 weekly pension plan for jobless Californians aged 50 plus funded by a two percent weekly scrip tax. Campaigns spread across 58 counties as organizers plan extensive county and precinct networks ahead of the November ballot.
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San Francisco
California
Willis Allen
Los Angeles
Maryland Senate Campaign Pauses as Roosevelt Visit Looms
Maryland's three-candidate race slows its pace with a weekend Roosevelt visit approaching. Senator Millard E. Tydings campaigns in Baltimore with light efforts, Representative David J. Lewis cancels events, while Lewis argues Roosevelt has historic precedent for involvement in contests.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Roosevelt
Millard E. Tydings
David J. Lewis
Tydings
Lewis
Bandits Tie Couple Before Taking Woman
A husband freed himself from attackers and alerted California police after bandits bound a couple and abducted a woman in an incident that prompted a manhunt.
Hitler and Henlein parley as Europe tightens around crisis
News from Berchtesgaden reports Hitler meeting Henlein in a pivotal talks while Britain seeks moderation and Poland drift toward a possible understanding. France faces cabinet strains amid strikes and Nazi policies target Jews in Italy. Yangtze and Ebro fronts show ongoing fighting as Spain fortifies.
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Berchtesgaden
Fuehrer
Nevile Henderson
Berlin
Britain
Hitler
Henlein
Viscount Runciman
Poland
London
Germany
Europe
Edouard Dalarcier
Yangtze
Yellow
China
Spain
Ebro
Unemployed man offered job after theft charge in Columbia
Charles Krewson aged 20 appeared in a magistrate court on a charge of stealing a bag of potato chips. Robert Martin, manager of a potato chip factory, filed the charge but withdrew it after learning Krewson was unemployed. He paid costs and offered a job, which Krewson accepted.
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Columbia
Charles Krewson
Robert Martin
Krewson
Adirondack Village Reports 20 Above Zero Temperature
In an Adirondack mountain village reporting from New York, the 5:30 am temperature was 20 degrees above zero, indicating a cold start to the day.
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Owls Head
N. Y
Hundreds of Cotton Acres Plowed Under in Georgia
In Atlanta on September 2 a wave of cotton acreage is being plowed under by southern farmers to qualify for farm bill benefits and avoid penalties. Officials estimate thousands of acres may be affected as penalties reach seven cents per pound, making destruction cheaper than harvesting. A Georgia county reports nearly 2,000 acres at risk under the policy.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Courtneys charges tie police to gambling syndicate in handbooks crackdown
State's Attorney Thomas J Courtney alleged city police aided a powerful underworld syndicate controlling independent handbook operators. He said raids destroyed six handbook division headquarters and warned that threats or arrests would push operators to join the syndicate or face suppression. Senator Vandenberg urged labor act revision in Grand Rapids voice, arguing the Wagner act as written creates tyranny and calling for changes to prevent more federal control over industry.
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Chicago
Thomas J Courtney
Courtney
Hie
Handbook
Overstar
Monroe reports 1 death and 76 injuries in August traffic
A Monroe police monthly report shows one fatal traffic accident victim Tony Ray aged 16. Eight others were injured raising the year’s totals to three deaths and 76 injuries with 657 arrests including 452 for traffic violations. Property loss listed at $1,101.55 and three cars stolen with three recovered in August.
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Monroe
Golen
YWCA Monroe Hires New Secretary Miss Ivo Wilson
Miss Ivo Wilson, with ten years YWCA experience and recent work with Texas Oklahoma groups, is named secretary for the Monroe association. She holds a MA from the University of Oklahoma and a degree from Texas Technological College. Wilson arrives next week amid relief at finally filling the post.
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J. R Kugler
Young Women's Christian Association
Ivo Wilson
Monroe Association
Mia Wilson
Monroe
Texas
Oklahoma
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Tex
University of Oklahera
Norman
Okla
Girt
Y. WC. A
Wise Wilson
Than
Mus Wilson
Pxi Chi
Catholic Church Robbed by Bandits in Chicago
Two gunmen wearing dark glasses robbed St. Helen's Catholic church in Chicago last night, taking about $200. One robber fired into the ceiling to announce his presence while a second forced a guard away from men in the hall and looted a nearby room.
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Chicago
St. Helen's Catholic Church
Big Companion
Two men killed and wounded in Winnsboro Road robbery attempt
On Winnsboro Road early Friday around 2 o clock two gunmen attempted a hold up. Joe Whitehead killed one assailant with his own gun and wounded another, while Whitehead was also wounded in the left arm. The incident ended after a brief exchange of fire near Club Forest.
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Winnsboro Road
Teo
Club Forest
Winnshers Reed
Theta
Quen
Bard
Tentative ident could haunt slaying at Chub Forest scene
A man shot and killed during an attempted hold up Friday morning at Chub Forest near Wrrnnabere is tentatively identified as Clay Sewell of Boyes Louisiana. A man from Almeendris Louisiana viewing the body at Rawville morgue provided the identification, with sheriffs department reporting officers were practically certain Sewell was the deceased.
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Joe Whitehead
Chub Forest
Clay Sewell
Boyes
Almeendris
Berty
Ville Morgue
Sheriffs Department of
Richland Pariah
Guemen
Sewell
Double Gunman Shootout At Club Perest In Richland Parish
Two bandits opened fire during a hold up at Club Perest near Richland Parish. One man died instantly after a struggle over a pistol. the other fled, later wounded, from a stolen car identified as stolen in Alexandria. Sheriff Jones pursued the case with help from local ambulances and hospital staff.
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J. Weed
Roger
Whitehead
Herodite
Club Perest
Wood
Poster Jones
Rayville
Richland Pare Is
Sheriff Jones
Monroe
Woert
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