Japan Seizes Mukden in Manchuria Crisis Deepens
Japanese troops seize Mukden the capital of Manchuria amid clashes with Chinese forces. Four additional towns are reported occupied while foreign residents are said to be safe. Casualties and captures are listed as both sides clash near Peitaying. Changchun garrison holds out amid repeated Japanese attacks.
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Washington
State Department
Mukden
Manchuria
Nenchang
Changchun
Antung
Kaopangtzu
Tokyo
China
Japan
Peitaying
Renge
Sani
Kwanchengtse
Thompson elected president of American Bar Association
Guy A. Thompson of St. Louis wins the presidency at the American Bar association convention in Atlantic City. William P. MacCracken Jr. is re elected secretary and John H. Voorhees is reelected treasurer. Glenn J. Fairbrook Harry S. Knight and Walter P. Armstrong named to the executive committee with Washington DC chosen for the next convention.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Guy A. Thompson
St. Louis
American Bar Association
William P. MacCracken, Jr
Washington
John H. Voorhees
Sioux Falls
S. C
Glenn J. Fairbrook
Seattle
Wash
Harry S. Knight
Sunbury
Pennsylvania State Bar Association
Walter P
Jes Ramblin corrections and notes on town events
The column corrects previous claims about the circus not returning in over a year, noting a July or August civic kiddies circus by the recreation department as a recent first, while a prior week’s affair was the first commercial circus in town in over a year. It mentions local aspirants for marshal, a possible bid by Henry Blanks, and letters from the Sherrouse P T A praising school grounds redevelopment.
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Lucyle Godwin
Robbins
Houston
Winter Quarters
Lancaster
West Monroe
B. H. Rust
Sherrouse School
Jes
Sherrouse
Governor Huey Long to Speak at Monroe Cotton Meeting
Farmers from Caddo to Red River and allied parishes organize to push the cotton holiday plan. W H Hodges of Bossier is chairman and Governor Huey P Long is expected to attend the Monroe session Monday at 11 a m to rally support and extend the statewide drive.
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Monroe High School
W. H. Hodges
Bossier Parish
Shreveport
Hodges
Caddo
Bossier
DeSoto
Webster
Claiborne
Red River
Huey P. Long
Monroe
Texas
Long
Hoover to speak at American Legion convention in Detroit
President Hoover will leave his Rapidan camp tomorrow night by special train to Detroit to address the American Legion convention Monday. He will write his speech on the train and return to Washington Tuesday.
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Washington
Hoover
Rapidan
Detroit
American Legion
White House
Mr. Hoover
Atonement Eve Observed at Temple B Nai Israel
Atonement eve observed at Temple B Nais Israel with 7 30 p m sermon Death of the Soul by Rabbi Dr F K Hirsch. Sunday memorial at cemetery 4 p m. Atonement day services Monday at 10 30 a m sermon Youths Revolt 2 p m sermon In Gods Hands 5 p m concluding service. Public invited.
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Temple
B’nai Israel
F. K. Hirsch
Mother Sells Liquor To Educate Daughters, Sentenced to Prison
In New Orleans federal court, Mrs Sophia Berengher received a three month sentence in parish prison after admitting to selling alcohol to fund her daughters' education. She fainted when sentenced and was given until Oct 1 to liquidate $3,000 in hotel furniture to support her children while jailed. Her arrest followed operating a hotel with liquor sales, a move she justified by wanting to keep her children in school.
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New Orleans
U.P
Sophia Berengher
Louisiana State Normal College
Berengher
Survivors recount horror in Belize hurricane tale
Survivors from Belize recount a two stage storm that smashed the town, killed hundreds, and left residents wandering dazed. John M. Staub of New Orleans described the collapse of St Marys church and the American Consulate as a 110 mph second gale struck. Parismina survivors arrived ten days after the disaster, while authorities warned of shifting winds and rising seas.
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Belize
British Honduras
John M. Staub
New Orleans
United Fruit
Mr. Staub
International Hotel
St. Mary’s Church
American Airways
Two Bandits Rob Texas Depot and Kidnap Baggageman
Police and federal officers hunted two men after the M E T depot baggage room at Sealy was robbed and night baggageman A P C Brandt was kidnapped. Brandt bound and blindfolded was released seven miles from Houston after the 12 15 a m incident following Santa Fe train No 18.
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Houston
Texas
Sealy
A. P. C. Brandt
Santa Fe
Brandt
Richmond Road
Remmert
Bellville
O. L. McGee
Katy
Hamilton
Grand Lodge of Louisiana to lay cornerstone in Simmsboro
The Grand Lodge of Louisiana Free and Accepted Masons will lay the Simmsboro school building cornerstone Sunday September 20 at 2 pm. Western Star lodge No 24 and Graham Sur ghnor lodge No 383 will be represented. The Teflis Grotto band will provide music and a Ruston concert will follow in Lincoln parish.
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Aaron Parker
Western Star Lodge
Henry Haas
Graham Surghnor Lodge
E. E. Sykes
Grand Lodge
State of Louisiana
Simmsboro
Monroe
Lindberghs Upset Nanking Landing Plans
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh arrive in Nanking China for a four day stay. Officials had prepared a riverfront landing but the couple circled above the flooded Yangtse and finally landed on Lotus Lake. Dignitaries including Foreign Minister Wang and Consul General Mrs Peck welcomed them as they reached shore by boat.
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Nanking
China
Charles A. Lindbergh
Yangtse
Lotus Lake
Lindberghs
Fukuoka
Japan
Wang
Peck
Hung
Aviation Bureau
Three Teens Plead Guilty in Filling Station Robbery
Three 18-year-olds from Algiers, elvin Domangue Weston Matthew and Martin Dilapoli, pleaded guilty to a $7.75 filling station robbery in New Orleans. Judge Echeza sentenced them Friday in criminal district court to nine to fourteen years in prison.
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New Orleans
U.A
Echeza
Criminal District Court
Arelvin Domangue
Weston Matthew
Martin Dilapoli
Algiers
No Cotton Bill Settled in South Carolina and Texas
South Carolina legislators approved the free conference committee report on a 1932 cotton planting ban and await the governor’s signature. In Texas, lawmakers clash over 1932–33 acreage limits, with conferees aiming for a compromise as the senate adjourns and final action is delayed until Monday.
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Columbia
D. C
South Carolina
Free Conference Committee
Austin
Texas
House
Senate
State Highway Board Meets in New Orleans on Major Bond Plans
The State Highway Advisory Board gathers in New Orleans to consider 57 highway projects totaling over 4 million dollars and 7 million in bonds for a public belt rail bridge over the Mississippi. Approval by the board is required before contracts and bonds proceed. A Mississippi River bridge bid for the approach superstructure faced a challenge from Virginia Bridge and Iron of Roanoke.
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New Orleans
State Highway Advisory Board
Atchafalaya
Morgan City
Krotz Springs
Mississippi River
Advisory Board
State Advisory Board
Public Belt Railroad Commission
Southern Pacific Lines
Virginia Bridge and Iron Company
Roanoke
Kane Freed On Cash Bond In Chesapeake Bay Case
Professor Elisha Kent Kane of the University of Tennessee was released from Hampton jail after posting a 15000 cash bond. He wore a grey suit, spoke briefly to Sheriff C C Curtis, and left with relatives and his counsel after his wife’s burial.
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Hampton
Elisha Kent Kane
Chesapeake Bay
University of Tennessee
C. C. Curtis
Educator Dr David Starr Jordan Dies At Stanford
Dr David Starr Jordan eighty year old chancellor emeritus of Stanford University died in Stanford California today from a complication of ailments after several months of illness.
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Stanford University
Cal
David Starr Jordan
Parish Police Jury Chief Pushes One Cent Gas Tax
John M. Breard urges parish residents to support a proposed one cent gas levy as a relief measure for the unemployed. He notes election timing delays mean funds would not be available until well into winter, risking grave hardship for the needy.
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John M. Breard
Fire at Hampton Roads Ship Building plant causes heavy damage
Fire at the Hampton Roads Ship Building company in Norfolk Virginia destroyed the main building and its ship building machinery offices and drafting room. Damage was estimated at more than 500000 dollars, discovered by a watchman in the early hours.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads Ship Building Company
Northington and Brother Plead Guilty in Bank Failure
Allen W. Northington former president of the American Cotton Cooperative association and Edward A. Northington vice president of the closed Prattville bank plead guilty to misapplication of funds and false entries. Each received four year sentences in Atlanta federal penitentiary. The indictments charged 25 counts per man with shortages estimated around 290 000 to 300 000 dollars. Judge Kennemar noted flagrant law violation and criminal intent.
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Montgomery
Ala
Allen W. Northington
American Cotton Cooperative Association
First National Bank of
Prattville
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Edward A. Northington
Charles B. Kennemar
Northingtons
Arthur Chilton
U. S
Kennemar
Tom Creavy Two Up On Denny Shute After 18 Holes
In Providence Illinois on September 19 Albany's Tom Creavy leads Denny Shute of Hudson by two holes after the first 18 in the PGA Championship match refereed by Bobby Jones. Creavy carded 73 to Shute's 76 with three morning birdies while Shute halved the second round with a birdie and won the 13th with a sub par 3.
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Providence
R. IL
Tom Creavy
Albany
N. Y
Denny Shute
Hudson
Bobby Jones
Creavy
Shute
Speedboat Driver Drowns in President's Gold Cup Heat
In Washington on September 19 a driver believed to be Bill Freitage of Philadelphia died when the speed boat Miss Philadelphia capsized during the second heat of the President's gold cup race on the Potomac.
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Washington
John Shibe
Philadelphia
Bill Freitage
Potomac
Fight Over Bonus Question Looms at 1931 Legion Meet
Detroit September 19 Ex service men gather for the American Legion convention with debates over immediate payment of bonus certificates. National Commander Ralph T O Neil says discussions will be free at sessions while department positions vary and a new defense committee plan calls for bolstering armed forces and naval construction.
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Detroit
American Legion
Ralph T. O'Neil
O'Neil
National Defense Committee
The
League
Air
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