Madrid Jubilant Over Stopping March On Toledo
Reports say Anarchists and Socialists defend San Sebastian as Fascist columns near the city, while government planes target rebel positions. Madrid proclaims victories stopping a march on Toledo, with rebels losing ground at Cordoba and Zaragoza and French non intervention under criticism as 300000 Paris metal workers protest.
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Associated Press
San Sebastien
France
Fort Trincherpe
San Sebastian
Faryous
Bay of Buscay
Irun
Fuenterrabia
Madrid
Toledo
Talavera
Cordoba
Zaragonza
Pans Commuunists
Croix de Feu
Paris
Spain
Leaders deliver Labor Day messages amid labor split
President Roosevelt and Governor Alf Landon shared counsel on labor issues as the divided AF of L led by William Green and John L. Lewis featured prominently. Landon urged unity to lift living standards, while Roosevelt touted government spending aiding employment and farming recovery.
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Associated Press
America
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Landon
Kansas
American Legion
Wichita
Des Moines
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
Joe Allen
State Capitol
World Power Confab Opens in Washington
Experts from 52 nations gather in Washington for the third world power conference to study coal oil gas and electricity effects on modern society. President Roosevelt starts the Boulder dam turbine button and a sun heat capture machine debuts while Secretary Hull discusses world affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Pinkerton
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Boulder Dam
Hull
Elsie Janis to auction worldly possessions today
Elsie Janis hands her 250 year old mansion over to a professional auctioneer to sell all she owns and give the proceeds to charity. She plans to travel to entertain disabled war veterans in government hospitals and keep stage mementoes.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Elsie Janis
Labor Day Parade Draws Large Turnout in Monroe Area
Organized by Monroe Central Trades and Labor council unions, a Labor Day parade moved through downtown Monroe and West Monroe with long car lines and decorated floats. Parade marshal F. G. McMullen led, followed by Mayor Arnold Bernstein and Mayor C. C. Bell, with speakers, band, and craft union participants. The procession crossed the new traffic bridge and returned toward Monroe with heavy participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Carpenters’ Union
Arnold Bernstein
C. C. Bell
West Monroe
Labor Council
Vincent la Rocca
Bell
Bnai Brith Holds State Convention Elects Officers
The B Nai B rith state convention elected Percy Sandman of Monroe as state chairman. Other officers include Joe Dresner of New Orleans as first vice chairman M S Klein of Shreveport as second vice chairman Herman Lindy of New Orleans as secretary and A H Meyer of Alexandria as treasurer. The morning session at Temple B Nai Israel drew lodge representatives from many cities with Victor Saches presiding. Reports highlighted progress of state institutions and talks covered the Memphis home for the aged the Jewish children's home and Leo N Levinos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B’ Nai B'rith
Percy Sandman
Monroe
Joe Dresner
New Orleans
M. S. Klein
Shreveport
Herman Lindy
Anid A. H. Meyer
Alexandria
Temple B’ Nai Israel
Victor Saches
Baton Rouge
Abe Freyer
Home For
Memphis
Tenn
Edith D. Lashman
A. B. Rhine
Leo N. Levinos
Merrill Richman Tour Night Clubs in Paris
Harry Richman and Dick Merrill, American trans Atlantic speed fliers, toured Paris night clubs with Maurice Chevalier and rested after a strenuous night. Attendants prepared their plane at Le Bourget for a return to England later today or tomorrow.
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Paris
Harry Richman
Dick Merrill
Maurice Chevalier
le Bourget
England
French flier threatens U S in air races at Riverside field
In Los Angeles on Labor Day 1936 National Air Races feature the Charles E F Thompson trophy 150 mile event with a $20000 purse. French flyer Michel Detroyat wins the Grove race while US pilots Joe Jacobson and Rudy Kling crash but escape injury as 75000 spectators watch.
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Los Angeles
America
France
Charles EF. Thompson
James H. Doolittle
James R
Jimmie” Wedell
Col
Roscoe Turner
Harold Neumann
Michel Detroyat
Mary Brian
James Gleason
Paul Lukas
Joe Jacobson
Kansas City
Rudy Kling
Lemont, Il
Grove
Beryl Markham Plans Shopping Day After Atlantic Flight
In New York Mrs. Beryl Markham, the record setting solo Atlantic flyer, wakes late after fog and rain crossing from England to Louisburg. She plans shopping and rest to recover from the four hours sleep since departure, noting ill fitting clothes and a light New York welcome. Lord and Lady Carberry of Kenya Colony back her flight.
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New York
Beryl Markham
London
Blondie
United States
Atlantic
England
Nova Scotia
Louisburg
Canada
Lady Carberry
Lord Carberry
Kenya Colony
Africa
Bid for Zioncheck seat in spotlight
Washington's primary ends with nine Democrats and seven Republicans seeking the seat left by the late Marion Zioncheck. Rosalie Jones Dill, former Senator C. C. Dill's ex wife, contends for the Democratic nomination from eastern Washington, amid a sensational divorce case and public friction with President Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Marion A. Zioncheck
Rosalie Jones Dill
C. C. Dill
Washington
Jioncheck
White House
Retired railroad official shot by son-in-law in Westport
Norwalk Conn Sept 7 Harry E Byram 72 retired railroad executive and Don Burdick 36 son in law were recovering after a head shot in Byram s Westport mansion and an automobile accident Burdick a New York broker is charged with intent to murder and held on 100000 bail Byram likely to leave hospital within a week Burdick to leave bed in two weeks Prosecutor Jagoe said state prepared to prosecute and Byram has no comment Burdick sustained a fractured skull independent hospital report
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Conn
Harry E. Byram
Don Burdick
Harry S. Phillips
Byram
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Westport
Burdick
New York
Earl H. Jagoe
Jagoe
Disguised Hunters Seek Brothers in Vicious Slayings
In Yreka California on September 7 a disguised posse hunted two brothers John and Coke Brite suspected of killing three men. Dressed as deer hunters and gold prospectors they roved remote streams in a bid to trap the suspects tied to a quarrel over a hotel.
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Yreka
Calif
John
Coke Brite
Man With Cerebral Hemorrhage Leaves Charity Hospital
Frank J. Becker aged 27 a salesman walked out of Charity hospital in New Orleans after treatment for a cerebral hemorrhage four possible skull fractures and other injuries. He told police somebody oiled me up and doctors noted acute alcoholism on the record.
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New Orleans
Frank J. Becker
Charity Hospital
Police seek missing infant in Detroit kidnapping case
Detroit police pursue leads in the disappearance of 17 month old Harry Browe Jr from Clark Park. A man and a woman lured away the other two Browe children with ice cream money while the infant vanished from his perambulator at 6 p.m. Saturday. Authorities believe a childless woman may have kidnapped him and is providing care. The Browes express grief and hope for the child's welfare.
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Detroit
Harry Browe, Jr
Clark Park
Mrs. Browe
Browes
Charles Browe
Steel pierces heart in Adel railroad accident
In Adel Georgia on September 1 a 21 year old Culbert Asbell died when a spike maul fragment pierced his heart as he worked with a track crew near the city. Fellow workers describe the accident as the steel shard slivering off and striking him.
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Adel. Ga
Culbert Asbell
Asbell
Here
Black Legion Colonel Ready to Take Stand
Detroit September reports Colonel Harvey Davis, linked to a Black Legion death squad, prepared to testify about the Poole killing. The Davis case and 11 co-defendants paused for Labor Day as jury selection begins, with 59 state witnesses subpoenaed and the trial to resume after the holiday.
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Black Legion
Detroit
Harvey Davis
Charles A. Poole
Davis
Chester P. O'Hara
Dayton Dean
Poole
Nail To Be Removed From 15 Month Old Lungs
In Shreveport Louisiana a second surgery was planned at Charity hospital to remove a six penny nail from the left lung of 15 month old Jimmie Wells Decamp son of Mr and Mrs H B Decamp of Paradise near Alexandria. X rays show the nail lodged in the left lung and doctors report the child resting fairly well but serious.
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Shreveport
Jimmie Wells Decamp
H. BR
Paradise
Alexandria
Charity Hospital
W. L. Gorton
Pope Congratulates Priest at Mobile Golden Jubilee
Pope Pius XI sent congratulations to Rev. Michael J. Kenny S J who celebrated his golden jubilee in Mobile Alabama He has taught philosophy and sociology at Spring Hill College since 1924 His pupils plan a New Orleans banquet September 17 with Governor Richard W Leche chairing
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Mobile
Ala
Pius XI
Michael J. Kenny
S. J
Father Kenny
Spring Hill College
New Orleans
Richard W. Leche
Louisiana
Ancient Choctaw carriage at Delta cotton festival parade
At Clarksdale Mississippi the Delta cotton festival features the ancient carriage once used by Greenwood LeFlore the last Choctaw chief east of the Mississippi. Andrew Montgomery a great great grandson of LeFlore will ride the carriage in a parade with Jim Burley the 80 year old son of LeFlore’s first coachman Dave Burley driving.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Delta
Greenwood LeFlore
Mississippi
Washington
Andrew Jackson
LeFlore
Andrew Montgomery
Jim Burley
Dave Burley
Lincoln Parish Grand Jury Eyes Major Homicide Case
Lincoln Parish prepares for a large criminal docket with the Sims Evans murder near Ruston as Johnny Senders, 19, reportedly confessed to the October killing after a robbery arrest. Senders is hospitalized in Monroe with pleurisy after transfer from Ouachita Parish jail.
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Ruston
Lincoln Parish
Sims Evans
Bryan Thigpen
Johnny Senders
Monroe Hospital
Ouachita Parish
Yazoo City Methodist Church Celebrates 100th Anniversary
Yazoo City Mississippi marks its church centennial with special night services. The original congregation began with five families and the current building is the third edifice. In Oakdale Louisiana no other candidates qualified for the Allen Parish clerk of court special election to succeed the late Dennis Moore. his widow Mary R. Moore will take office.
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Yazoo City
Miss
Britain questions rebel gas bomb claims in Madrid
London instructed its charge d affaires in Madrid to ask whether rebel charges that the government uses gas bombs are true. The British ambassador to Madrid was told to convey a message to the rebels, now in Hendaye, France.
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London
Great Britain
Madrid
G. A. D. Ogilvie-Forbes
H. G. Chilton
Hendave
France
Three Groups Probe Death of 9 in Plane Crash
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a tri agency investigation into a tri motor sightseeing plane crash that killed the pilot and nine passengers on a late Saturday night flight. A surviving 11 year old girl Linda McDonald from Miami was to be visited by federal state and county authorities while recovering in hospital. The crash occurred at 10 15 p m eastern standard time on an isolated farm. The ship went down after the pilot Bre.
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Pittsburgh
Linda McDonald
Miami
John A. Powers
University of Miami
A. H. McDonald
Bre
Coastwise Dock Strike Threat Nears San Francisco
Coastwise waterfront dispute escalates as the liner President Hoover delays sailing with 45 Orient-bound passengers aboard. Passengers endure lodging and meals at ship owners expense while union relations severed over deckhand Brenner. Stakeholders include R D Standish and H C Anderson with labor conciliator E H Fitzgerald awaiting arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
R. D. Standish
Chase National Bank
Kobe
Japan
H. C. Anderson
Manila
Philippine Island
Thomas G. Plant
Sailors’ Union
E. H. Fitzgerald
United States Department of Labor
Los Angeles
H. Stanley Dollar
Steamship Lines
Charles Brenner
Husbands of Two Nurses Go to Jail
In Montpelier Vermont on September 7, two young husbands Fred Otto and Dale Ainsworth were jailed as authorities probe marriage circumferences after their wives Leila Ginette and Loreen Hills disappeared from Heaton hospital. The four were located in Albany New York and brought to Montpelier by Sheriff James Finn.
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Upper
New York
Sherif James Finn
Albury
US and Canada Exchanges Closed on Labor Day
On Labor Day all commodity and financial exchanges in the United States and Canada were closed. European markets remained open as usual.
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New York
United States
Canada
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Laurel
Lucille Graves
Smith County
Raleigh
William
Billy Brown
Baker
Hop
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J. L. Sharkey
Billy
Britain
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