First NRA Day Message Highlights Labor Support
On Labor Day, leaders praise the National Recovery Administration. Gen Hugh S Johnson and William Green stress gains for workers and cooperation between industry and labor while Ford offers no response as the automobile code goes into effect at midnight.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Ford
Associated Press
NRA
America
Gen
Hughs. Johnson
National Recovery Administrator
Blue Eagle
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Organization of Labor
Donald Richberg
Frances Perkins
Department of Labor
Labor Day crowds fill gardens in Dallas scene
More than 5 000 people attend a Labor Day celebration at gardens as authorities investigate the Dallas County jail escape of Harvey Bailey. Bailey, accused kidnapper of Charles Urschel, was recaptured four hours after breaking jail with a stolen car, aided by inside help, then held by Ardmore police.
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Dallas
Tex
Harvey Bailey
Oklahoma City
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma County
Ardmore
Bailey
Okla
Frank Nash
Kansas City
Nick Tresp
Tresp
Kansas State Penitentiary
Washington Department of Justice
Governor Cooney Sees Signs Of Betterment Of Conditions
Governor Frank H. Cooney, speaking at a Labor Day picnic in Regina, said there are signs of betterment and hope for a pronounced improvement in months to come. He praised the Roosevelt New Deal and urged granting the president and his co workers a fair chance, warning against undermining the recovery.
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Cooney
Regina
Frank H. Cooney
New Deal
Phillips County
Roosevelt
Bailey tied to 13 killings in era of big bank raids
Harvey Bailey, recaptured after a daring Dallas escape, is named by authorities as a leader or participant in mass killings and high profile crimes. The list includes the St Valentine’s Day massacre, the Lincoln National Bank theft, Urschel kidnapping, Fort Scott bank robbery, and the Union Station massacre.
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Associated Press
Harvey Bailey
Ardmore
Okla
Dallas
Texas
Bailey
St. Valentine's Day
Chicago
Lincoln Neb
National Bank and Trust Company
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma
Fort Scott
Kan
Kansas Penitentiary
Union Station Plaza
Kansas City
Frank Nash
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Tot who fell from third story window returns home
Robert Roush of Lima two years old and his brother James four fell from a hotel third story window on Utah avenue. Robert was moved from Murray hospital to his home and is practically recovered. James remains in hospital with a good chance of recovery noted by attendants. They were waving to their mother when they leaned out and fell to the cement walk below. Their father was in the room.
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Tot
Robert Roush
Lima
James
Utah Avenue
Murray Hospital
Stunt flyer and student killed in lake crash
Ralph C. Wensinger, 28, famed for air escapes, and Samuel Varsci, 19, a student pilot, were killed when Wensinger's airplane spun into Chippewa Lake near Cleveland during a Labor Day stunt exhibition. About 10,000 spectators, including Wensinger’s wife and brother in law, watched the tragedy.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ralph C. Wensinger
Samuel Varsci
Wensinger
Chippewa Lake
Here
Montana Solon Address Crowds at Labor Day in Butte
Union officers report a Labor Day celebration in Butte at Columbia Gardens with music speech and sports drawing more than five thousand attendees. Ideal weather led to a nearly deserted city as residents visited hills streams and highways. railways ran specials.
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Butte
Columbia Gardens
Lamson Defense in Murder Case to Start Today
David A. Lamson, a 31 year old Stanford campus press representative, bids to clear his name in a murder trial that charges him with beating his wife Allene to death with an iron pipe last Memorial Day. The defense hinges on scientific testimony to prove an accidental death in the campus home bathroom. Criminologist E O Heinrich of Berkeley will help challenge the state's case.
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San Jose
Calif
David A. Lamson
Allene
Stanford
University Press
Lamson
E. O. Heinrich
Berkeley
Heinrich
Florence Klingensmith Fleetest Woman Flyer Dies in Race
Florence Klingensmith, a daring flyer from Minneapolis and a record holder, died at 200 miles per hour during the Phillips trophy race at Curtiss Wright Reynolds Airport Chicago. She had completed seven laps of the 100 mile event before a wing fabric tore and her plane crashed near the field. The first woman to enter the race, she had previously placed second in a 30 mile women’s race won by Mrs May Haizlip who also crashed on landing but survived.
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Curtis-Wright-Reynolds
Chicago
Florence Klingensmith
Minneapolis
Miss Klingensmith
Klingensmith
May Haizslip
Haizip
Dogs Attack Baby on Street Leaves Girl Bloodied
Elsie Tyvi aged 22 months daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Tyvi of 516 Garden Avenue was bitten by two dogs while toddling on a Sunday walk. She sustained severe wounds requiring twenty six stitches and was treated at St James hospital before being returned home to recover. The attacking dogs were killed.
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Elsie Tyvi
Edward Tyvi
Garden Avenue
St. James Hospital
Cuban sergeants seize army command in Havana
In Havana on September 4, sergeants corporals and sailors led by Sergeant Batista ousted officers after a pay cut proposal sparked discontent. Batista said troops would not yield control until a revolutionary government is formed and power would be returned to officers later. Secretary Ferrer blamed the mood on pay cuts and army size reductions and expressed hope for order and resolution.
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Havana
Batista
Navy
Associated Press
Army
Cuba
Ferrer
Outlaws With Machine Guns Evade Large Posse in Oklahoma
In Enid Oklahoma three men and a woman armed with a machine gun fought with officers then escaped a pursuing posse. Police believe one suspect may be George Kelly known as Machine Gun Kelly, linked to the Urschel kidnapping. A car letter addressed to Bailey supports Kelly’s involvement.
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Enid
Okla
George
Plow Horse Wins First Equine Swimming Contest
In Portland Oregon on September 4, a plow horse named Old Dobbin ridden by Geraldine Zidney won the first equine swimming contest ever held in the region. He led from the start and remained unchallenged as spectators watched a field of top swimming horses bow before him.
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Portland
Ore
Texas Coast Faces 100 MPH Hurricane Winds
Residents along the Texas coast flee as a tropical hurricane roars in from the Gulf of Mexico between Brownsville and Corpus Christi. Port Isabel reports 90 to 100 mph winds while Brownsville barometer plunges to 28.78. Telephonic lines to Brownsville fail as Harlingen reports severe storm conditions overnight.
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Houston
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Port Isabel
Harlingen
Glider pilot sets record with 43 loops at Skytop
J. K. O'Meara of New York claims a new record for consecutive loops in a glider with 43 circles during a 31 minute flight at Skytop. He, holder of American distance and altitude records, was towed to 6,700 feet by Lewis Barrainger of Philadelphia.
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Skytop
J. K
Jack) O'Meara
New York
O'Meara
Lewis Barrainger
Philadelphia
Montana Weather: Showers Tuesday Cooler East and South
Local showers are expected Tuesday with cooler conditions across eastern and southern portions of the state. Wednesday brings unsettled conditions as the pattern continues.
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Montana
Three Butte Men Die in Holiday Accidents
Holiday tragedy claims three Butte men. John K. Sullivan, 50, dies when his car flips after a front tire blows near Woodville on Elk Park highway. John Redfern, 66, drowns in the Big Hole river at Divide while fishing. Jack Neville, 31, dies from injuries after wreck near Winston while avoiding stray horses. Bennetts and Manley witness Sullivan’s crash. Sullivan’s body at Duggan's chapel.
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Butte
John K. Sullivan
North Main Street
Butte Mines
Woodville
Elk Park
John Redfern
South
Idaho Street
Big Hole
Divide
Larry Weir
Jack Neville
Helena
Winston
Fisherman Dies in Whirlpool Rescue Attempt at Divide
Tom Demmins, caretaker at the old Montana Power dam at Divide and son in law of Mr. Redfern, fell behind while trying to rescue Redfern as he was swept toward the falls. Demmins reached with a pole but Redfern did not surface. A former Wise River resident, Redfern had visited his daughter’s family in Divide and attended the rodeo there.
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Tom Demmins
Montana
Divide
Redfern
Demmins
Butte
Wise River
Roosevelt Dues In Washington After Potomac Cruise
President Roosevelt, aboard Vincent Astor’s Nourmahal, cruised the Potomac tonight as his vacation nears end. The yacht was ordered to anchor at Quantico, Virginia, for the night and Roosevelt will return to Washington to resume work tomorrow.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Potomac
Vincent Astor
Nourmahal
Quantico
Burned leaves blown from Oregon forest fire reach Montana town
Residents in Butte reported scorched leaves drifting down from the sky, thought to originate from a western Oregon blaze. Forestry officials said no Montana fires were burning and attributed the phenomenon to winds carrying embers from the Oregon conflagration.
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Oregon
Montana
Butte
Deer Lodge National Forest
Balloon lands in Connecticut in Bennett Cup race
BALLOON LANDS IN CONNECTICUT BALLOON LANDS IN CONNECTICUT BRANFORD, Conn., Sept. 4. The balloon of Lieu Otemangeale T. G. W. Settle of the United States navy, entered in the James Gordon Bennett cup race, landed tonight in Hotchkiss Grove, on the shore of Long Island Sound. No word of the other three, believed to be floating far over the Canadian border, had been received here. They were either aground in some sparsely settled country where communication is difficult or still in the race for distance, which began Saturday.
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Branford
Conn
Lieu Otemangeale
T. G. W. Settle
United States Navy
Hotchkiss Grove
Long Island Sound
Governor Rolph Suffering Pneumonia in San Francisco
Governor James Rolph Jr. known as Bunny Jim is seriously ill with pneumonia at St. Francis Hospital in San Francisco. Doctors Gallwey and Prazer attribute the illness to his attempt to speak at the California State Fair in Sacramento despite a cold.
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San Francisco
James Rolph Jr
Bunny Jim
California
St. Francis Hospital
John Gallwey
Harold Prazer
Sacramento
China Sees 200 Million Jobless in Survey
A Chinese survey reports about 200 million people in China are unemployed, representing roughly half the population. The finding was released in Peiping on September 4.
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China
Peiping
School Trustees Set Adjourned Meeting at District Building
Trustees of district No 1 will meet tonight at the school administration building in an adjourned session from two weeks ago. No business of special importance is scheduled, according to board members.
New Ward Opens to Care for Encephalitis Sufferers
A new fifty bed ward was opened at Isolation hospital in St Louis to treat the growing number of sleeping sickness patients in the area. The death toll reached seventy two with well over five hundred cases reported, mainly among the elderly. St Louis schools will open tomorrow despite the epidemic with officers asserting schools are safer for children than home.
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St. Louis
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