Witnesses claim U.S. officials aided sales in Peru
L L Driggs of Driggs Ordnance told the Senate munitions committee that state war and navy departments cooperated with American naval missions to Peru to sell armament. He cited USS Raleigh exhibitions in Turkey in 1929 and defense plans for Colombian ports Buenaventura and Tumaco in 1932.
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Washington
L. L. Driggs
Driggs Ordnance Company
Senate Munitions Committee
State, War and Navy Departments
Peru
Feru
Leticia
Driggs
Colombia
Leticia Regan
Young Men Admit Slaying Dentist
Palmer Swenson and accomplice Robert Palmquist confessed to killing Dr. John Schach for $190 taken from the body. Swenson, 19, told Police Captain Tobdin in Englewood station after being surrounded by bloodstained clothing. Palmquist, 28, admitted luring the dentist to a lonely road and aiding the slaying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Palmer Swenson
John Schach
Fergus Falls
Minn
Michael J. Tobdin
Englewood
Swenson
McAdoo Calls At Hyde Park For Luncheon Talk
Senator William Gibbs McAdoo visited the summer White House at Hyde Park and conferred with President Roosevelt on the California political scene and the Sinclair candidacy. He planned to study the situation, meet Sinclair, and noted that Democratic nominees will attend the September 20 platform convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson Park
N. Y
William Gibbs McAdoo
California
White House
Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair
Sinclair
McAdoo
Europe
Plandin
Flandin
Idaho Hunters to Kill Off Antelope
Idaho plans a 10 day antelope hunt in September in five counties to thin herds harming crops. About 60 to 75 hunters will participate with 60 confirmed applications and up to 15 more may receive permits. Each permit costs $10 for one buck confined to male antelope with check in at Mackay May or Howe stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Game Department
Amos Eckert
Jefferson
Clark
Lemhi
Butte
Custer
Mackay
May
Howe
Sinclair Happy Over Support For EPIC Plan
Democratic guber natorial nominee from California Sinclair returns from Washington buoyed by federal officials backing his EPIC plan to end poverty in California. He aims for a statewide initiative with signatures, says the California legislature is irrelevant, and vows to push a bloodless revolution under American language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Watson
New York
Upton Sinclair
California
Washington
National Democratic Organization
James Farley
Jim
New Deal
Norman Thomas
Thomas
Karl Marx
Strong Revival Seen in Autumn Retail Trade
Dun and Bradstreet reports signs of a strong revival in retail buying for autumn. Higher prices for major products and government payments boost district sales while urban buying power grows as summer downtime ends. Orders delayed from July and August lift wholesale market volumes 10 to 15 percent in many markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Nomination Battle Over County Clerk Nomination
Grace L. Hall sues Anna Keefe claiming improper handling of August 14 primary ballots in multiple Pocatello precincts. A $500 bond was set by District Judge R M Terrell as the contest seeks to overturn the final partial recount showing Keefe winning by eight votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace L. Hall
Anna Keefe
Hall
R. M. Terrell
Grace Hall
Jury Convicts New York Pair in Insurance Murder
Eva Coe and Martha Clift sentenced after jury convicts in the first degree murder case. Coe to death at Sing Sing with an execution set for mid October, and Clift to 20 years to life at Bedford Hills. Coe bids farewell to lover Harry Nabinger. both women wept as they were taken to prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooperstown
N. Y
Eva Coe
Martha Clift
Sing Sing
Bedford Hills
Wright
Mrs. Clift
Hopkins announces $56.99 million in September relief grants
Federal emergency relief administrator Harry L. Hopkins announced grants totaling 56,994,938 to 26 states for September. Included are Idaho 892,034 and Utah 1,018,806. The funds represent actual delivery of previously allotted sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Emergency Relief Administrator
Idaho
Utah
Fight Again Postponed in Madison Square Garden Bowl
Rain forced a second postponement of Barney in the Madison Square Garden bowl on Long Island. The match is rescheduled for tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Barney
Madison Square Garden Bowl
Long Island
New Orleans Eyes as Generals Mobilize for Battle
Huey Long and Walmsley mobilize state troops and police for a September 11 primary. Long's 2000 national guard, Walmsley's 1500 officers, and a citizen committee hover to keep the race peaceful amid charges of rival power. Governor Allen travels to the city awaiting martial law directives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana National Guardsmen
Huey P. “Kingfish” Long
New Orleans
T. Semmes Walmsley
Associated Press
Huey Long
Semmes Walmsley
Long
Walmsley
MiapUuwere
Citizens’ Committee
Wamsley
O. K. Allen
Baton Rouge
Senator Long
Northern Algeria Quake Shakes 20-Mile Region
An early report from Orleansville Algeria describes a night time earthquake that devastated a 20 mile area. Tens of thousands fled into fields as hundreds of houses in Carnot Les Attafs and Walinies collapsed. Casualties were reported but later feared injuries eased as residents evacuated.
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Orleansville
Algeria
Carnot
Les Attafs
Walinies
Textile Walkout Among Largest in U S Labor History
Washington reports the textile strike ranks among the dozen largest in American labor history. Department figures show the 1922 coal and railroad walkouts exceeded it, with 612,000 miners and 400,000 railroad workers. Since 1927 only 18 strikes reached 26,000 workers or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
I T
Labor Department
Weather outlook unsettled for mountains north Portia
Fair tonight and Saturday but locally unsettled with showers in the mountains of north Portia. No change in temperature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Portia
Baseball results and weather delay update across leagues
National League games were postponed by rain with doubleheaders expected tomorrow as Pittsburgh at Boston and St. Louis at Brooklyn suffered wet grounds. American League opened with Wash and St. Louis scoring wins in the early games while Phila and Detroit posted later results amid rain delays and postponements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Boston
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Student Takes Stand Denies Death Charges
Neal Myers, a University of Oklahoma pharmacy student, testifies he had nothing to do with Marian Mills death. He describes events at Mrs. Hazel Brown's fraternity house cook home, says Marian wore his fraternity pin and claims two of them planned marriage while denying taking medicine to prevent motherhood.
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Norman
Okla
Neal Myers
Marian Mills
University of Oklahoma
P. B. Myers
University Pharmacy
Hazel Brown
Marian
Neal
James Rinehart
Ben Williams
Myers
Potato Specialist Sees Small Idaho Potato Crop
E. R. Bennett of Boise and Twin Falls agent Harvey S. Hale report Idaho's 1934 potato crop may drop about 5000 carloads from last year's 25000. Poor stands, few potatoes per hill, and heat hurt early crop with disease. Hale estimates Twin Falls district to be normal in volume but higher prices due to fewer tubers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Falls
E. R. Bennett
Boise
University of Idaho
Harvey S. Hale
Idaho
Hale
Committee Named By Church Group Unifies Methodists
A 15 member committee headed by Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes was named in New York to draft a unification plan for the Methodist Episcopal church. The panel was chosen at a Chicago meeting of Methodist groups on August 28 with representatives from the Episcopal and Methodist Protestant churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Methodist Episcopal Church
Edwin Holt Hughes
Washington
Gouth
Chicago
Cincinnati
Ichurch Etliges
Strike Leader Warns of United Textile Lockout Victory
Francis J. Gorman, chairman of the textile strike committee, told the textile strike board the workers will end the walkout in victory. He listed targets in Maine, Danville, Lawrence, Pascoac NJ, Greensboro, and Rhode Island woolen centers. Idle workers reached 370,000 nationwide, with New England hardest hit as 142,628 idle and 82,492 employed. Police prevented a Fall River flying squad from entering Lawrence while injuries rose in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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Francis J. Gorman
Textile Strike
George A. Sloan
Cotton Textile Institute
Washington
New York
Gorman
Maine
Danville
Lawrence
Mass
Pas- Saic
N. J
Greensboro
N. C
Rhode Island
New England
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
Fall River
Willimantic
Borah Demands Monetary Reform in Idaho Speech
Senator William Borah attacked what he called high finance and monopoly in Salmon City Idaho, urging swift currency reform and remonetization of silver. He urged a National bank of issue and appealed to both parties to end the era of scarce money as he spoke during the Lewis and Clark monument dedication to Old Toby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salmon City
Ida
America
William E. Borah
Idaho
Idaho Rockies
Boise
Borah
Old Toby
Pacific Ocean
Continental Divide
Mussolini Says He Will Lead Italians if Called to Field
Premier Mussolini declared in Taranto that he would march at the head of the Italian people if needed. He urged constant alertness and said Taranto should serve as a capital among seafaring nations during his southern Italy tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taranto
Italy
Mussolini
Il Duce
Hay policy confusion over AAA plan to buy hay
The Agriculture Adjustment Administration says it has no plan to buy hay or fix a price. A Washington report notes AAA will survey western fodder, use its Kansas City clearing house to connect buyers and sellers, and handle sales via private negotiations. County agents will list hay for farmers who wish to sell.
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Boise
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Idaho Statesman
Washington
AAA
West
Kansas City
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Madoo
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Huey
Kingfish” Long
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Philadelphia
Wash
Whitehill
Bolton
Blaeholder
Knott and Grube
Phila
Detroit
Mahaffey
Dietrich
Hayes
Berry
Bridges
Hamlin
Marberry
Cochrane
Oe Stewart
Coffman
Grube
Deshong
Jorgens
Tietje
Heving
Shes
Cleveland
The
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