Navy plans naval air industry board to boost aircraft design
Naval officials reveal a policy shift to focus officers on full career aeronautical engineering. A special board, appointed by Secretary Swanson, will determine the number of officers in line for the Naval Construction Corps and assign them to the new permanent aeronautical duty. The move aims to accelerate fighting craft development in the constant air arms race.
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Washington
Naval
Secretary of the Navy
Swanson
Naval Construction Corps
Indicted kidnapping case tied to Bremer abduction
Myrtle Eaton and William Weaver, among twenty two indicted by a federal grand jury in the Bremer kidnapping case. They were captured near Allendale Florida and flown to St Paul for arraignment. A two year old boy, adopted by the pair as Mr and Mrs J W Osborn, was present. Officers to lodge them in county jail pending court.
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Allendale
Florida
Federal
FB J Connelly
Cincinnati Bureau
Department of Justice
Weaver
Eaton
J W Osborn
President Roosevelt Signs Neutrality Bill
President Roosevelt signed the mandatory neutrality legislation aimed at keeping the United States out of conflicts such as the one threatening in Africa. The act seeks to prevent US involvement in overseas wars and maintain national neutrality.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Africa
Roosevelt
Convict Fractures Skull in Failed Escape Attempt
William Bagley a 45 year old inmate at San Quentin who is slated for hanging this Friday after a prior escape attempt fractured his skull in a renewed effort to escape. He sawed bars from his cell window and used one bar to strike guard J F Vallee. Trustee W H Sanders wrestled the bar away and struck Bagley, who remains unconscious.
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Associated Press
San Quentin
Calif
Spt
William Bagley
J F Vallee
W H Sanders
Bagley
Survey Indicates Labor Supports Roosevelt in Roosevelt Era
Labor leaders spoke on Labor Day pledging support for President Roosevelt. William Green of the AFL urged sacrifices and a thirty hour week while John L. Lewis of the UMW endorsed backing Roosevelt morally and with votes. The public sentiment suggested a grateful electorate likely to reelect Roosevelt.
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Associated Press
Labor of
Roosevelt
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Canton
Ohio
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woman Killed in Factory Town Strike Rioting
In Pelzer South Carolina National Guard surround two plants to prevent further rioting after a woman was killed and many wounded during yesterday’s strike turmoil. G W Henson aged 64 was jailed on murder charges for the killing of Bertha Kelly a mother of two.
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Associated Press
Pelzer
South Carolina
National Guard
G W Henson
Bertha Kelly
Dynamite Blast Kills 37 in Mexican Mining Town
A dynamite explosion in Lapaz near Matehuala Mexico killed 37 people and injured 40. An official cites Mendoza removing dynamite from a mine and storing it at his home. the blast destroyed 25 houses and claimed the lives of men toza and his entire family.
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Associated Press
Matehuala
Mexico
Lapaz
Mendoza
Mentoza
League Council to Meet in Bid for Peace Today
The League of Nations Council meets today amid fears for smaller nations and rising tensions in Europe. France's Premier Laval is alleged to have given Mussolini a free hand in East Africa, undermining united action. Ethiopian troops prepare with gas masks as debates over concessions and oil in Ethiopia unfold. The Halo-Ethiopian Commission reportedly favored Ethiopia over the December incident, with diplomats saying the League may seek pledges from Mussolini and Selassie to avoid war.
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League of Nations Council
Europe
Premier Laval
France
Mussolini
East
Africa
Great Britain
Rickett
Ethiopia
Selassie
Geneva
League
Liner Aground With 275 Passengers Aboard Off Florida
A Navy Reserve radio reports the SS Dixie with 275 passengers aboard is aground on a Florida reef near Car Reef. Heavy seas from a tropical storm pound the vessel as Coast Guard cutters hurry to assist. The Dixie was en route from New Orleans to New York. Large coast cities including Key West Miami and Palm Beach brace for impact.
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Miami
Florida
Naval Reserve
Dixie
Car Reef
Coast Guard
New York
New Orleans
Istance
Key West
Palm Beach
Tropical Storm Halts Florida Rescue Efforts
An undated report notes a tropical storm with hurricane intensity raking the Florida peninsula. The SS Dixie issued a call for help while mountainous waves and strong winds kept rescue ships at bay, imprisoning some vessels behind breakwaters as winds reached about eighty miles per hour.
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Associated Press
Dixie
Florida Peninsula
Dixie Stranding Turns Serious Says South Pacific Line
New York report states the Dixie liner’s stranding worsens, with South Pacific Steam Ship Line officials abandoning optimism and calling the situation serious.
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Associated Press
New York
South Pacific Steamship Line
Dixie
Some Vessels Now Standing By To Help Dixie
Miami, Sept 4. While a rescue ship stood helplessly by sledge hammer waves pounded the leaking liner Dixie as she lay aground on a coral reef of the Florida keys with 350 persons on board. The skipper wirelessed a few passengers are bruised and several crew have minor injuries. The ship is taking water in her double bottom tanks waiting for weather to moderate before transferring her passengers.
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Associated Pr
Miami
Dixie
Florida Keys
Campbell Breaks Own Speed Record at Salt Beds
Campbell, England, shatters his land speed mark at Bonneville Salt Flats with the filly Bianca roaring to a two lap average near 200 miles per hour. He clocked 183 seconds for a first lap and 1218 seconds for a second, yielding a mile average around 120.05 miles per hour as weathered in the shaky report.
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Campbell
Assvoytoad
Bonneville
Salt Flot
Utah
Sir Mulcont Campbell
England
Ly Turner
Dayton Beach
Provada Seis
Queen Astrid's Burial Draws Thousands In Belgium
Queen Astrid Acti of Belgium was interred in the Vogel crypt at Lireken after a procession from the Palace to St Gud ule Cathedral. Tens of thousands watched as her lonely king, with a sling on his right arm and rib injuries, followed the coffin to the burial place.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Acti
Belgium
Vogel
Lireken
Astrid
St. Gudule
Woman Questioned After Friend Fatally Wounded
Seattle dispatch reports Mrs. Billie Campbell of Renton, 47, was questioned after coroner's evidence tied her to the shooting incident in which her friend George Sequiliam, 35, was fatally wounded while trying to stop her from harming herself. The tragedy occurs amid grief over the loss of her son Staddon MacKenroth, who was last aboard the whaling ship Westport in an Alaska gale on August 28.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Billie Campbell
Renton
George Seqiliam
Staddon MacKenroth
Westport
Alaska
Rescue flotilla aids liner amid heavy seas
Report states a nearby observer could not see the Dixie but the oil tanker Reaper and four other vessels steamed through heavy seas to aid the liner.
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Dixie
Reaper
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