Dying Gambler and Sheriff Shoot Judge in Odd Week
Arthur Brisbane notes Wall Street bets on Hoover versus Smith as 1927 election looms. Rothstein is shot in New York while a Georgia judge is killed after attacking a sheriff, and Nicaragua holds a president election with U.S. air support patrolling the country.
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New York State
Hoover
Europe
New York
Arnold Rothstein
McManus
Rothstein
912
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Patrick Flood
Arnold
Paddy
Democratic
Georgia
al Smith
Roberts Resigns as U.S. Oil Counsel in Coolidge Era
President Coolidge accepts the resignation of Owen J. Roberts, special counsel in oil cases, effective immediately. The resignation follows a senate joint resolution limiting his ability to take cases. Atlee Pomerene will continue the work with Roberts’s former associate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Owen J. Roberts
United States
Atlee Pomerene
Owen Roberts
McCloskey Leads Wurzbach In Tight San Antonio Race
In San Antonio with eight precincts remaining, Judge Augustus McCloskey leads Republican incumbent Harry M. Wurzbach by 595 votes in the fourteenth district. Unofficial totals show McCloskey 30,086 to Wurzbach 29,491, with Wurzbach carrying Bexar County.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Augustus McCloskey
Fourteenth Congressional District
Harry M. Wurbach
Seguip
McCloskey
Wurzbach
Bexar County
Hoover Sends Appreciation to Creager
Leonard Withington announced Hoover telegram to R B Creager of Brownsville Republican national committeeman for Texas. Hoover expressed deep gratitude for Creager's telegram and congratulated him on leadership that aided the party's cause in Texas.
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Creager
Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Leonard Withington
Republican State Executive Committee
R. B. Creager
Brownsville
Republican National
Herbert Hoover
No Clues in Slaying Of Dallas Woman
Dallas police say they have no solution in the slayings of Mrs. Bessie Lynch 21 and Mrs. Cleo Lieto 19 early Sunday. Detectives dismissed Roy Lynch as a suspect after reports he was seen in Dallas Saturday night.
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Associated Press
Tex
Roy Lynch
Bessie Lynch
Cleo Lieto
Ship's Chief Officer Killed as Mast Falls
Cherbourg France Nov chief officer Magnus Erickson of the steamship President Harding was killed when a mast used for unloading mail sacks fell and struck him on the head.
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Associated Press
Cherbourg
France
Magnus Erickson
Harding
Edith Fowles plans non-stop flight to Japan from West Coast
May Hop Ocean Mrs Edith Fowles Oregon s first licensed woman pilot considers a non stop flight to Japan from Oakland California or Seattle Washington before becoming a pilot she was a successful concert singer.
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Edith Fowles
Oregon
Japan
Oakland
Calif
Seattle
Wash
Fowles
Rail heads confer on Panhandle immigration program
A conference of general passenger agents from Santa Fe, Rock Island, and Fort Worth and Denver lines will meet in Amarillo to decide each railway’s role in the 1929 Panhandle Plains immigration program. T. B. Gallagher of Amarillo will coordinate and present joint participation plans. John G. Farmer and F. D. Dagget of Fort Worth serve as general passenger agents for Rock Island and Fort Worth and Denver lines respectively.
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T. B. Gallagher
Santa Fe
Panhandle
Mr. Gallagher
John G. Farmer
Fort Worth
Rock Island Lines
F. D. Dagget
Denver
Bomb wrecks Thompson Crowe HQ in Chicago ward
In Chicago the Thompson Crowe Republican headquarters on Wentworth avenue was wrecked by a bomb as politics stirred in the 13th ward. It marked the 80th bomb in the city that year with Ernest Geissler suggesting police consult ward leader Hugh Norris of the Crowe faction. Two murder victims were later found in a box car in Cincinnati from a Pennsylvania train.
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Associated Press
Chicago
13Th Ward
Thompson- Crowe Republican
Wentworth Avenue
Ernest Geissler
Hugh Norris
Thompson State
Crowe
Republican Party
Cincinnati
Louisville
Torture by hot forks used to force gangster squeal says witness
Edward Jackson a Chicago garage worker told police two men used red hot forks and lit matches to scorch his cheeks to extract the whereabouts of John Oberta and Danny McFall. He identified one torturer as Walter Zwolinski.
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Associated Press
Cchicago
Edward Jackson
Jackson
John (Dinbar) Oberta
Danny McFall
Polack
Joe” Saltis
Walter Zwolinski
Election Statistics Show Hoover Net Victory and City Scoring
Hoover edges Smith with 357 electoral majority and leads in 40 states. In popular vote Hoover 18,299,708 to 12,989,093, a 5,510,615 margin. In 14 big cities Hoover wins eight locales. Smith carries New York and several others. Congress tally: Senate 54 Republicans, 40 Democrats, one Farmer-Laborist, one vacancy. House Republican lead up.
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Associated Press
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Evacuation as Mount Etna Lava Flows in Sicily
Hundreds flee the eastern base of Mount Etna as a lava stream advances over more than 100 yards per hour. Families abandon homes and possessions while barns and crops burn, and trees are consumed in Sicily’s most fertile land as heat powers vast steam clouds.
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Associated Press
Catania
Sicily
Mount Etna
Molre
First Good Will Aerocade Arrives in Amarillo Today
The Fort Worth Association of Commerce Aerocade arrives in Amarillo at 4 30 PM for a two day visit. Twenty planes including three army aircraft, led by Lt John H Mc Bain, will stop in Vernon and Childress on the way to Lubbock. A banquet at the Amarillo hotel hosts over 100 reservations with Judge S A L Morgan as toastmaster and city officials welcoming visitors.
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Lubbock
Amarillo Hotel
Board of City Development
A. L. Morgan
W. H. Brymer
Faye Gordon
Amarillo
Texas
Lindy Heads to Mexico for Plane Repairs
Col. Charles Lindbergh arrived in Eagle Pass from St. Louis and left for the Mangum ranch in Chihuahua Mexico with replacement parts for his airplane. He plans to visit Mexico City with American Ambassador Dwight Morrow.
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Associated Press
Eagle,” Pass
Tex
Charles Lindbergh
St. Louis
Mangum Ranch
Chihuahua
Mexico
Lindbergh
Mexico City
Dwight Morrow
Pampa Cafe Man Is Shot After Arrest
In Pampa Texas on November 8, Blackie Lander, arrested after a restaurant altercation, was shot and severely wounded. Witnesses said he drew a pistol just before being shot.
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Pampa. Tex
Blackie” Lander
Lander
Childress Farmer Shot to Death Near Gossett Farm
Hardy Brown, 45, a farmer, was shot and killed at the Absolom Gossett farm near Childress Texas last night. Gossett surrendered to officers at Kirkland and was held for examining trial. Mrs Brown was visiting Gossett’s home at the time.
Many Miners Die In Posnia Blast
An explosion in a Bosnia coal mine at Kakanj killed an undetermined number of miners. Twelve men were rescued or removed in serious condition from the Ka kani mine.
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Posnia
Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Kakani
Bosnia
Hoover Leads Texas With 831,518 Votes, 17 296 Margin
Dallas Nov 4 The Texas Election Bureau at noon reports 251 of 253 counties tabulating the presidential vote. Hoover has 831 518 votes and Smith 814 222 with Hoover leading by 17 296. District counts show 102 counties complete.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas Election Bureau
Hoover
Smith
Plains Editors To Meet With D C Officials
A conference of chamber of commerce officials county judges and newspaper editors from the 42 northern Panhandle counties will be called within thirty days. Col Harve H Haines secretary of the Panhandle Plains of Texas Inc says the meeting backs the 1929 immigration program and aims to aid this entire region's development.
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Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle
Harve H. Haines
Panhandle Plains of Texas Inc
Maines
Barge A. W. Thompson Sinks. Two Drown Lost
The captain and one crew member perished when the barge A. W. Thompson sank Wednesday after its tug cut away due to low fuel. Four survivors were rescued by a coast guard patrol boat and reported in Savannah, Georgia.
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Savannah
A. W. Thompson
Gulf of Wilmington
N. C
Coast Guard
Martial Law Hinted in Hidalgo County Contest
In Hidalgo County amid post election tension factions push for possible martial law. reports say Governor Moody received telegrams seeking intervention while Independents threaten to contest irregularities in McAllen and Mercedes.
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Hidalgo County
Associated Press
Austin
Moody
Lagrippe
Hidsleo County
P. H. Dougherty
Dallas
Texas
Citizens-Republican
McAllen
Mercedes
Coolidge
White House
Democratic Party
G O P to Have Whip Hand in New Congress
United Press reports from New York indicate Republicans will control Congress after the Tuesday election. The Hoover landslide ousted many veteran Democrats in both chambers, giving the President elect a larger majority than Coolidge-era GOP majorities.
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United Press
New York
Congress
Senate
House
Coolidge
New magnet nail picker shown by highway department
A homegrown Electro-Magnet machine built in Amarillo by the state highway department demonstrated to highway city and city development officials. It picked up a gallon of nails and metal objects in three blocks on Polk street and threw up two boxes of debris on unpaved streets. Oscar Zappe designed it for Southwestern Public Service. Built from a wartime truck chassis and army camp lighting gear, the device cost 1500 dollars. W A French supervised the demo.
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Amarillo
City and Board of City
Polk Street
Oscar Zappe
Southwestern Public Service Company
W. A. French
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