Roosevelt Says Recovery Is Underway As Conditions Improve
In a letter to Roy W. Howard, President Roosevelt announced the New Deal’s basic program has reached substantial completion and that a breathing spell for industry is at hand. He said conditions now offer substantial and widespread recovery and stressed renewed public confidence in the economy and the government’s aims.
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Hyde Park
Presit Roosevelt
Roy W. Howard
Scripps-Howard
Howard
Sein
Roosevelt
Three Public Utility Projects Are Approved in Mississippi
Three public utility projects totaling over 2.5 million dollars were approved by the state PWA and sent to Washington for final consent. Projects include expanding Hindi Rankin natural gas to ten east Mississippi communities between Jackson and Philadelphia and Vicksburg. a gas distribution line from Jackson to Vicksburg. and a new Meridian power system costing about 1.242 million dollars.
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Jackson
Miss
PWA
Washington
East Mississippi
Philadelphia
Vicksburg
Here
Meridian
Move to Check School Politics Is Voted Down
Vermilion parish school board voted 6 to 2 to table a resolution accusing political interference in teacher firings. The resolution, by Ulysse LeBlanc, claimed unelected figures tampered with appointments to push political aims and spurred Huey P. Long supporters’ influence. two teachers were dismissed.
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Abbeville
Vermilion Parish
Ulysse LeBlanc
Erath
Huey P. Long
State Budget Committee
Irene Richardson
Marguerite Broussard
Dividend Boost for General Electric Stockholders
General Electric directors raised the quarterly dividend to 20 cents from 15 cents, marking the second increase since the market downturn. The 4-for-1 stock split in 1930 created the present shares. the 40 cent rate in 1931 is noted. The new 20 cent dividend is payable Oct. 25 to holders of record Sept. 27.
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New York
General Electric Company
Girl Attacked on Tennessee Walk to School Bus Stop
In Crossville Tennessee an 11 year old girl Mable Underwood was beaten near her home as she walked to a school bus stop. Bloodhounds followed the trail. She later regained consciousness and walked to Dr. F A Niles home, where he said there was no brain concussion and she would recover.
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Crossville
Tenn
Mable Underwood
Walter Hill
F. A. Niles
Stoll Prosser Leave New Orleans for Bahia Blanca Flight
James C Prosser and Gilbert C Stoll, Cleveland fliers, departed Shu Shan airport at 10 05 a m for Brownsville Texas as the next stop on their 6200 mile flight toward Bahia Blanca Argentina to attempt a new nonstop distance record. They will fly the mono plane the Clevelander and seek to surpass the 5657 mile mark set by Paul Codos and Maurice Rossi in 1933. The pair have been in New Orleans two days to prepare and collect weather data.
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New Orleans
James C. Prosser
Gilbert C. Stoll
Cleveland
Shushan
Brownsville
Texas
Bahia Blanca
Argentina
Paul Codos
Maurice Rossi
France
Investigation Of Fatal Injury Is Continued
Biloxi Miss Sept 6 Although a coroner s verdict returned that J L Dickerson an employee of the soldiers home here met death yesterday from injuries suffered when hit by an automobile several officers continued to investigate the case Dickerson a former coast guards man was found dead on the beach highway His body was badly mangled Two men who were on a party with Dickerson Wednesday night were questioned but released.
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Biloxi
Miss
J. L. Dickerson
Dickerson
Coast
Sub-Committee Named On Italo Ethiopian Crisis
The League of Nations council votes to appoint a five nation sub-committee to handle the Italo Ethiopian crisis. The panel includes France Great Britain Spain Turkey and Poland. Italy appears excluded from this body as withdrawal from inclusion is implied.
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Geneva
Council of the
League of Nations
France
Great Britain
Spain
Turkey
Poland
Italy
Passengers Off Dixie Speeding To Destinations
Rescued passengers of the hurricane wreck Dixie hurry home aboard special Morgan Line trains to New York. The vessel lies deeper on French reef 60 miles south of Miami as 231 passengers and most of the crew are ashore. The Dixie master, injured, stays aboard with a skeleton crew while rescue ships ferry others to safety.
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Miami
Fla
Dixie
French Reef
Morgan Line
New York
Florida Keys
United Fruit
Arenas
Charleston
S. C
Troops Called Out on Eve of Kentucky Vote
Governor Ruby Laffoon ordered National Guard troops to Harlan county to safeguard citizens and property amid claims of political violence connected to the Kentucky Democratic gubernatorial primary. County Attorney Elmon Middleton was killed by a bomb, with officials citing gambling reprisals.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Ruby Laffoon
National Guard
Harlan County
Thomas Rhea
Laffoon
Elmon Middleton
Harlan
Middleton
Harlan Circuit
James M. Gilbert
Rhea
Banker Shows How Home May Be Built Easily Through FHA
Article outlines an FHA plan enabling 80 percent financing for a model home with 20 year mortgage terms. The author, George R. Smith, explains monthly costs near rent levels and the investment potential of owning a small house on a 100 by 150 foot lot.
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Banking
American Banking Association
George R. Smith
Commercial National Bank of
Demopolis
Ala
Federal Housing Administration
FERA Meeting Turns Political Row in New Orleans
A Sept meeting of about 209 federal emergency relief workers protested a 59 percent wage cut and sparked a dispute over responsibility by Huey P. Long or FERA. Organizers Hatfield and Villayaso planned a state league to demand relief and a Canal Street parade with banners critical of Long.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
FERA
Pontchartrain Boulevard
Charles Hatfield
O. K. Villayaso
Fera Workers’ League
Canal Street
Hatfield and Villavaso
CWA
Huey
Government Action In Crab War Is Sought
A St. Mary parish citizens committee asked federal authorities in New Orleans to intervene in the Morgan City crab war. Led by District Attorney L A Pecot the group appealed to U S Attorney Rene A Viosca and planned a formal aid request. They accuse members of an alleged fishermen's union of destroying and firing into boats in Berwick bay and other waters.
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New Orleans
St. Mary Parish
Morgan City
L. A. Pecot
Franklin
United States
Rene A. Viosca
Pecot
Philip Albares
Berwick Bay
Mrs Bergie Johnson Freed on Bank Robbery Charge
Prentiss Mississippi September 6 a Jefferson Davis county jury acquitted Mrs Bergie Johnson of Carson of robbery with firearms in connection with the March Bank of Blountville raid at Prentiss attributed to the late Raymond Hamilton. The jury deliberated after being given the case at 6 30.
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Prentiss
Miss
Bergie Johnson
Carson
Jefferson Davis County
Blountville
Raymond Hamilton
New U C V Head Aims for Adventure In War After War
Gen. Harry Rene Lee, newly elected commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans, declares readiness for more action after three years in the Civil War and seven in the British navy. He was elevated at the UC V annual convention in Amarillo Texas and serves as secretary of the Tennessee Confederate pension board.
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Nashville
Tenn
Harry Rene Lee
United Confederate Veterans
Amarillo
Texas
Lee
Tennessee Confederate Pension Board
Allotment Approved for Florida Hurricane Relief
Washington reports an initial $200,000 allotment for Florida hurricane relief approved by Harry L. Hopkins. Governor David Sholtz is authorized to spend the fund on any relief purposes he deems advisable.
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Washington
Florida
Harry L. Hopkins
David Shorz
Gruesome Task Of Taking Out Bodies In Florida
Miami authorities press on with grisly body recovery in the hurricane ravaged keys. The Red Cross cites 256 dead as funeral pyres may burn at desolate veterans camps while officials debate disposal methods and accountability in the tragedy.
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Copsright
Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Florida
Keys
Lower Keys
FERA
Red Cross
T. S. Kennedy
Flore Ida
Washington
Sholtz
State Board of Health
G. A. Woreley
Aubrey Williams
Harry Hopkins
Weather Bureau
Williams
Jacksonville
Dead bodies hauled from Florida keys after killer hurricane
In Miami on September 6 1935 workers wearing gun masks moved into the hurricane wrecked Florida keys to recover the dead. A Red Cross estimate counts 256 bodies in the grim task amid conflicting reports of damage and fatalities as the storm's reach extends toward other states.
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Associated Press
Miami Fla
Florida Keys
Red Cross
Keys
Slot Machines In State Disappear After Crackdown
Baton Rouge reports slot machines that had spread across Louisiana vanished today after an edict from Governor O Allen and a public denunciation by Senator Huey P Long. Police statewide began a cleanup, with New Orleans Superintendent George Reyer leading the drive to remove the devices.
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Baton Rouge
O. Allen
Huey P. Long
Long W
George Reyer
New Orleans
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Orleans
Fighth Page
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