Legion Head Urges Peace Amid War Crisis at Convention
National Commander Ray Murphy appealed for universal peace at the American Legion’s eighteenth national convention in Cleveland. He said America will not start a war but cannot disarm given current conditions as veterans filled Public Hall for a session expected to draw up to 20,000. Hawaii delegates led the front row with leis as drums, trumpets, and civic pomp filled the hall.
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Cleveland
Ray Murphy
American Legion
America
Assembly
Townsend
Coughlin
Hawaii
Islands
Ray Kelly
Detroit
Associated Press
France
American Legion Convent Legionnaires
Ame
Tion
Legion Candidate Imprisoned Facists Fight Maqueda Assault
Government forces retreat before Moorish legionnaires attacking Maqueda a key Madrid highway junction. Bombing squads surround the Alcazar at Toledo as insurgents press a decisive assault. General Jose Asensio orders entrenchments and calls reserves to prepare for a pitched battle.
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Associated Press
Maqueda
Madrid
Alcazar
Toledo
Jose Asensio
Spain
Trainmen May Close Strike in Louisiana & Arkansas Rail
Enginemen and other Brotherhood members who joined the strike may be rehired if they report for duty by noon Tuesday. A circular from the railroad offered reinstatement by September 22, but without overtak ing the rights of nonstriking workers or replacements. Trains were reported running with mixed efficiency and no violence at the depot as talks continued.
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Shreveport
Louisiana & Arkansas Railway System
C. H. Smith
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Selassie Leaves for Geneva Meet After Plane Departure
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia changed plans and took a special plane to Geneva today. He had intended to travel by night train to the League of Nations session but boarded the plane after receiving word from the Ethiopian delegation that he should proceed at once.
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London
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Geneva
League of Nations
Hearst replies to president amid election firestorm
William Randolph Hearst 73, publisher of 25 newspapers, issues a lengthy reply from Amsterdam denouncing White House claims of enemies of the American system backing Roosevelt. The episode centers on coverage alleging Communist and Russia backing the New Deal and Browder's comments, with WCAE planning Browder broadcasts in Pittsburgh.
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Ben Bassett
Associated Press
New York
William Randolph Hearst
Roosevelt
Hearst
Amsterdam
White House
Russia
Communist Party of the
United States
Earl Browder
Hearst-London
Browder
Pittsburgh
Hearst-operated
WCAE
Small Homes for Farmers Proposed in Arkansas Plan
Governor J M Futrell urged the United States to let the South’s sharecroppers buy small productive farms. He said home ownership strengthens national defense more than arms expenditures and outlined steps for a Dixieland tenancy commission study. A federal grand jury in Little Rock readies charges of peonage in eastern Arkansas sharecropper areas.
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Hot Springs
Ark
J. M. Futrell
United States
South
Dixie
Little Rock
Arkansas
Merrill and Richman Return to New York in Lady Peace
Dick Merrill and Harry Richman completed a transatlantic round trip with the repaired monoplane Lady Peace. They landed at Floyd Bennett, New York, after a flight from Newfoundland delayed by a hurricane. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and mechanics backed the operation.
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Associated Press
New York
Dick Merrill
Harry Richman
Floyd Bennett Airport
London
Harbor Gracf
Newfoundland
North Atlantic
Richman and Merrill
England
Eddie Rickenbacker
Atlantic
Four Slain in Havana Blast Injures Dozens
Havana authorities probe a dynamite explosion that killed four people and damaged two buildings, including the El Pais newspaper plant and the Nuestra Senora de Monserrate church. Police suspect Spanish residents anger over Civil War coverage. 20 others hospitalized as investigators work.
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Havana
el Pais
Diario de la Marina
Woody taste in New Orleans drinking water blamed on algae
New Orleans reports a woody taste in its salty municipal water blamed on algae in the Mississippi River. State Sanitary Engineer John H. ONeill cites very low river levels, clear water, and sunlight fueling algae growth as the cause, with Gulf of Mexico saltwater backing up into the river.
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New Orleans
John H. O'Neill
Mississippi River
O'Neill
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Pickford May Tie Knot With Buddy Rogers Soon
Hollywood. Mary Pickford hinted she is not engaged yet but friends predict a marriage to Charles Buddy Rogers within three weeks. The ceremony may occur in Hollywood or New York during the first week of October before she sails to England.
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Hollywood
Mary Pickford
Movie Colony
Charles “Buddy” Rogers
England
Woman posing as man dies after 38 years in disguise
Sack Bee Garland lived 38 years as a man named Elvira Virginia Magarieta taught charity work and aided the needy. The 67 year old, who collapsed Friday night from peritonitis, was revealed after death to be Miss Magarieta, sister says.
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San Francisco
Sack Bee Garland
Elvira Virginia Magarieta
Elvira
George Shadburn
Shadburn
Philippines
Red Cross
Mary Haines
Fingerprint Chief Proposes Universal Arrest to Gather Data
L C Schilder of the FBI tells the International Association of Chiefs of Police he would like every man woman and child arrested once to collect fingerprints from 120 million citizens. He cites receiving about 6900 fingerprints yearly from unidentified cases and mentions 200 hurricane victims in Florida as an example.
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Kansas City
L. C. Schilder
Federal Bureau of Investigation
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Schilder
Florida
Mystery death at Orleans 5 investigated
New Orleans police probe the death of Edward V. Thomas found fatally shot in his bedroom. Coroner Dr. Grenes Cole and Captain Alfred Malone question suicide theory as a second bullet is found in the skull and an undertaker recovers it.
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New Orleans
Edward V. Thomas
Thomas
Grenes Cole
Robert H. Potts
Potts
Alfred Malone
Fall Term Opens Across Oua chita Parish Schools
The fall term started with large enrollments in Oua chita parish schools and Northeast Center of LSU. Dean Stephen A Caldwell reported about 500 students may enroll at NE Center and city and parish schools saw higher enrollments than last year. St Matthew's Parochial School also reported gains as students gathered for the opening assembly.
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Ouachita Parish
Northeast
Louisiana State University
Stephen A. Caldwell
St. Matthew's Parochial School
Northeast Center
Dean Caldwell
Merchants to Hear Luxury Tax Details in Monroe Meeting
A Monroe trade area meeting for all retail merchants will take place in the Ouachita Parish High School auditorium at 2 p.m. Thursday. E. L. Richardson of Baton Rouge will explain the luxury tax provisions and token use as of October 1. Morris Haas, chamber of commerce merchant chair, expects broad attendance.
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Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Office of Supervisor of Public Accounts
E. L. Richardson
Baton Rouge
Morris Haas
Chamber of Commerce
Richardson
Supervisor of Public Accounts
Haas
Ansley Man Drowns While Swimming at Lake Bistineau
Ansley resident D P Parker. 53 of Jackson parish died early Sunday while swimming in Lake Bistineau several miles down from Minden. Coroner S M Richardson reports Parker went to the lake shore with Hiram Heflin and family for a midnight chicken barbecue then entered the water alone. He is survived by his wife and four children who were part of the picnic party.
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Minden
D. P. Parker
Ansley
Jackson Parish
Lake Bistineau
S. M. Richardson
Hiram Heflin
Parker
Rattlesnake Hazard and Other Sept News Snapshots
A rattlesnake killed after hiding in a cotton load at a Miami gin. In Miami a deputy sheriff reported Tage Schroder’s death by self harm. Paris labor leaders warn of a plot amid evacuations of factories. Life Underwriters denounce Social Security at Boston convention. Tokyo says a special landing party will be sent to China to protect Japanese residents and interests.
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Lahta
S. CG
R. E. Atkinson
Miami
Fila
Joseph Condermann Todey
Tage Schroder
Schroder
Masseur
Paris
Vosges
Boston
National Association of Life Underwriters
Tokyo
China
Osami Nagano
Navy
Texas flood swamps farmland near Austin amid 1500 homeless
Brownwood Texas reports a flood crest exceeding 50 feet flooding rich lands toward Austin. More than 1500 people are homeless and damages exceed 5 million dollars as the disaster spreads across the region. In New York, sugar consumption in 14 European countries rises to 7,213,050 long tons for Sept 1935–July 1936, up from 6,967,730.
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Brownwood
Tex
Texas
Austin
New York
Lamborn and Company
Weather Advisory Hurricane Disturbance Near Florida Coast
The weather bureau issued a 9:30 a.m. advisory on a small tropical disturbance that intensified to hurricane strength by 7 a.m. EST, centered near 27N 71W about 575 miles east of Fort Pierce moving northwest at 12 mph with gales and squalls. Mariners in the storm’s path were warned to take precautions.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Weather Bureau
Fort Pierce
State Attorney Withdraws Bill Against Benson
Gas ton L. Porterie says the bill of information against R. P. Benson of West Monroe for manslaughter in the January 26 1935 death of Grady Wilhite was nol pressed. He cites self defense and futility of prosecution after a no true bill by the Ouachita parish grand jury.
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Gaston L. Porterie
R. P
Bob) Benson
West Monroe
Grady Wilhite
Nolle
Wilhite
Porterie
Frank W. Hawthorne
Friends of
Ouachita Parish
Benson
Seattle Hearing to Resume on Labor Dispute
Seattle Post Intelligencer and striking American Newspaper Guild members return to a national labor relations board hearing after negotiations to end the strike stalled. First witness will be Frank M. Lynch, with dismissals of Lynch and Sverhardt Armstrong cited by the guild as actions for guild activities.
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Seattle
Seattle Post -Intelligencer
National Labor Relations Board
C. B. Lindeman
Hearst
H. Richard Seller
American Newspaper Guild
Frank M. (Slim) Lynch
Witeness
Labor Board
Charles W. Hope
Lynch
Sverhardt Armstrong
The
Post-Intelligencer
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Buddy Rogers
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Continus
Calif
Joan Blondel
Dick Powell
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Busck Legion
Charles A. Poole
Joseph A. Moynihan
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