Tropical Storm Heads Toward Coast of Maine
Storm lashing Atlantic coast with deadly toll across North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Fourteen dead in NC, two drowned in PA, heavy property damage in NC near 3 million dollars. Barnegat lighthouse endangered. Nova Scotia crews rush to save boats as another hurricane hits Mexico, killing 45 with 150 injured and 6,000 homeless.
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Associated Press
Tropics
Maine
Atlantic Seaboard
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Nantucket
New York
New Jersey
Barnegat
Jersey
Nova Scotia
Mexico
Tampico
San Luis Potosi
North Carolina counts 14 dead from hurricane wrecks
The toll from the tropical hurricane rose to fourteen as damage neared three million dollars. The schooner Dale of Sea Level sank with owner James Hamilton and his three sons Nelson Charlie and Ralph among the dead. Six persons were missing as Red Cross relief began assessments and rescues extended to Manteo and Hatteras.
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N. C
North Carolina
Coast Guard
Pamlico
Morehead City
Dale
James Hamilton
Nelson
Charlie
Ralph
Ocracoke
Red Cross
Portsmouth Island
Hatteras
Manteo
John Salter
John M. Farrar
Pamlico County
D. F. DeSotte
Harlow Weds Harold Rosson in Surprise Nevada Ceremony
Jean Harlow, famed platinum star and widow of Paul Bern, married photographer Harold G. Rosson in Yuma Arizona at 4:30 a.m. after flying from Los Angeles. She used the name Harlene Carpenter Barn and age 22. This third marriage follows divorces and previous nuptials in 1931 and 1932.
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Yuma, Ariz
U.P
Jean Harlow
Paul Bern
Harold G. Rosson
Los Angeles
Harlene Carpenter Barn
Justice of the Peace
E. A. Freeman
Hollywood
Charles F. McGrew II
Bern
Optimistic New Year Sermon Amid School Start Banter
Rabbi F. K. Hirsch vows to preach on A Year of Prosperity and Joy as schools reopen and junior college restores order. The piece recalls a six month window of hope, notes the playful car rivalry in Monroe, and hints at ongoing domestic tensions at the hearth.
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F. K. Hirsch
Midwest Milk Strike Ends as Tactics Change
Midwestern milk producers called off their strike to pursue a price goal by selling to non affiliated dairies. Pickets were withdrawn in the Chicago milk shed and shipments resumed while miners in Pennsylvania coal fields pressed for a conciliation.
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Associated Press
East
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Pure Milk Association
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Brockton
Mass
National Labor Board
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Johnson Busy With Retail Price Control Plan
President Roosevelt backs soft coal fair competition code while Hugh S. Johnson shifts focus to retail price control plans. Johnson expected to present further details as the NRA program continues, with notes of continued wartime economic controls.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
New York Newspaper Guild Forms Plan for NRA Plea
A newly formed guild of New York newspaper men and women outlined a program to present to the NRA. The plan calls for a 40 hour five day week for writers excluding authentic executives and signed syndicate material, minimum wages of 35 dollars weekly for one year experience and 40 dollars for two years, and progressive dismissal notices from one to six months based on years of service. The guild met with about 250 members from 21 newspapers and press outlets.
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New York
NRA
Exchange Incorporated In State of New Jersey
The National Stock Exchange is formally incorporated in New Jersey with Newark filed papers. Its office is 525 Main Street East Orange, with New Jersey registration and Trust company as statutory agent. Authorized capital stock is 2,500 shares. initial 10 shares issued among Harry H. Pickling Miles M. Messinger Jr and I A Mengel. The secretary of state said the company must organize to begin business.
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N. J
National Stock Exchange
New Jersey
Secretary of State
Newark
the Exchange
New York City
Main Street
East Orange
New Jersey Registration and Trust Company
Harry H. Pickling
Miles M. Messinger, Jr
I. A. Mengel
Secretary of State Office
Kidnapping Headlines Reappear in Multiple States
Nationwide kidnap reports surface as trials begin in Oklahoma City over the Urschel case with Bailey and Bates in shackles. In Illinois Edwardsville and Peoria, investigations into separate abductions continue, including a suspect linked to a Denver case and a Norristown threat.
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Associated Press
Bailey and
Bates
Wild West
Oklahoma City
Urschel
Edwardsville
Ill
August Luer
Peoria
Clyde €Ulbertson
Denver
Norristown
Penn
Fourteen Die In Dixie Mishaps Across South
Atlanta report lists fourteen deaths from week end accidents across Dixie. Four teens died in auto crashes, two in a plane crash, one by drowning, one by electrocution, and one in a shotgun mishap. North Carolina led with five fatalities, Alabama four, Florida and Georgia two each, Louisiana one.
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Atlanta
South
North Carolina
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
John L. Grimes
James T. Dennis
Lexington
N. C
Elsie Dunagan
Reidsville
Gainesville
Ice truck kills seaman in New Orleans
William Vetter, a seaman, died after an ice truck mounted the sidewalk and struck him in New Orleans on Sunday. The truck driver said the steering wheel locked, causing the mishap.
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New Orleans
William Vetter
Local Schools Open On Monday For Fall Term
Nearly all city and parish schools opened for the fall term with attendance higher than last year. Ouachita Parish high school may enroll over 1,300, a new opening record, while Neville High School could reach about 400. Some grades appear crowded. more space may be needed, but no action yet. New teachers hired in city schools and adjustments in Ouachita parish grammar grades were announced.
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T. O. Brown
Quachita Parish
FE. L. Neville
Brown
Ouachita Parish
State Tax Load Series Alerts Louisiana Readers
The News-Star and Morning World publish a weekly series on state taxation explaining how the state and its agencies collect and disburse revenues from taxes licenses and related charges. Readers are urged to follow the discussions on Tuesdays Thursdays and Sundays for vital insights.
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Louisiana
News-Star
Morning World
Cuba Crisis Near Resolution as Grau San Martin Predicted
Provisional President Grau San Martin told foreign press that a solution to Cuba's political crisis would come before afternoon and suggested he might resign. He said the key is fulfillment of the revolutionary program while labor unrest grows and Americans on the island remain nervous amid new strike threats.
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Havana
Ramon Gray Sen Martin
Cuba
Grau San Martin
Labor Troubles Challenge Early Cuban Government
In Havana on September 18 37 business groups threatened a 24 hour shutdown to protest workers violence and rising strikes. Communists in Santiago planned to seize American mills and banks while American women were sent to safety at Rente. Unrest spread as 8 000 demonstrators in Havana denounced ambassador Sumner Welles and American imperialism amid reports of possible compromise with opposition factions.
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Island
Manzanillo
Santiago
Cristo
Sumner Welles
Ramon Gray San Martin
Ford to Employ 9000 Veterans in Detroit Drive
In Detroit on September 18 a crowd of veterans, police estimate nearly 5000, queued in American Legion Memorial hall to register for 5000 Ford job openings. The event shut downtown streets as 25 American Legion members led by Rex Humphrey planned to interview 800 men that day.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
American Legion Memorial
Rex Humphrey
Wayne County
Lindberghs Plan Plane Voyage to Soviet City
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh intend to fly to Leningrad after visiting in South Sweden. They secured visas and a seaplane landing permit and will study general aviation conditions and sightsee. They may proceed to Moscow Berlin Amsterdam and Scotland before returning to New York by steamer.
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Sweden
Charles A. Lindbergh
Leningrad
Russia
Lindbergh
Bertha Persson
Borrby
Lindberghs
Moscow
Berlin
Amsterdam
Scotland
New York
Bankhead Withdraws From Jezebel Role Due to Illness
Tallulah Bankhead, famed stage star and daughter of Alabama Rep. John Bankhead, withdraws from the lead role in Jezebel, the Owen Davis drama based on old New Orleans life. Associated Press photo accompanies the report.
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Florida
NRA
Miami Beach
Babs Davis
Associated Press
Tallulah Bankhead
John Bankhead
Alabama
Jezebel
New Orleans
Owen Davis
Nine Billion Debt Faces Experts of Two Nations
British and American financiers prepare to reshape the London debt to the United States amounting to 9 658 695 000 dollars spanning 51 years under the 1923 funding agreement. Principal totals about 4 465 810 000 dollars with the rest as interest averaging around 3 306 percent. Any accord must await U S congressional approval amid hostile mood toward debt relief and moratoriums.
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Washington
London
United States
Whittle
Congress
America
Humphrey Won't Resign From U.S. Trade Commission
Washington reports William E. Humphrey, a Republican member of the Federal Trade Commission, refused President Roosevelt's demand for resignation effective August 15. He argued the commission is independent and not removable without cause, citing the law.
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Washington
William E. Humphrey
Federal Trade Commission
Roosevelt
Humphrey
Philip la Follette
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Trade Commission
Plan to suspend ginning and selling cotton advocated
J S Wannamaker president of the American Cotton Association urged a suspension of ginning and selling unless cotton prices rise to a profitable level. He listed aims including 15 cents a pound for short staple, currency inflation, suspending crop loans sales, and pledging warehouse storage with advances. Delegates from nine states formed a resolutions committee to present demands to the government.
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Washington
J. S. Wannamakeer
American Cotton Association
Smith
South Carolina
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wannamaker
St. Matthews
S. C
Agriultural Adjustment Administration
Alabama
Arkansas
Louisiana
Georgia
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Missouri
Texas
J. E. McDonald
J. H. Bankhead
J. F. Thompson
Harry D. Wilson
Agriculture
Senator Thomas
Carroll D. Nance
T. M. Linder
Talmadge
George Lampton
Columbus
C. B. Greggs
Rankin
Roosevelt
South delegates press licent cotton plea in Washington
In Washington 200 delegates including business leaders farmers and politicians gathered to present the souths plea for licent cotton to federal authorities. The arrival signals broad regional backing as they seek government action on cotton policy amid regional economic concerns.
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Washington
Rogers Voice on Trials and Cuba Policy
A letter from Santa Monica criticizes sob sisters in trials, notes juries favor the injured, and argues diplomacy and battleships led to U.S. involvement in Cuba. The writer laments trading lives for sugar and urges drinking it black.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Cuba
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