City considers emergency bond for street repaving
City officials discuss a $60,000 emergency bond issue to repave wood block streets, with City Attorney Lane and Attorney Fort endorsing legality of issuing bonds up to $100,000 if the people approve. Mayor Poole urges restraint and warns against using funds to retire floating debt, citing the need to act now to repair streets.
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Lane
Murray, Allison
Carswell
Shipp
Hightower
Mitchell
Hollis Fort
C. J. Clark
Poole
Colonel Lane
Dodge
Americus
Col. Lane
Mr. Lane
Colonel Fort
Senator Brookhart Demands Dawes Resignation
Des Moines reports a meeting of the Iowa Republican Central Committee called for noon Thursday to discuss Senator Brookhart's charges and his demand that Charles Dawes resign. Chicago dispatch notes Brookhart released a letter condemning Dawes, alleging he wrecked the campaign in the northwest.
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Brookhart
Dawes
Des Moines
Associated Press
Iowa Republican Central
Charles Dawes
Chicago
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
William M.butler
Republican National Committee
Charles G. Dawes
Rpublican
Northwest
Brook
League Assembly to Approve Jap Amendment Today
Geneva Oct 1 The League of Nations assembly is expected to approve the amended protocol on arbitration and security. Delegates note the changes limit sovereignty strains and open broader social political issues under Article XI. The two Japanese amendments address domestic jurisdiction and aggressor presumptions if judicial rulings occur.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Associated Press
League of Nations
Assembly
M. Bolitis
Greece
Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Politis
Dr. Benes
League
Signod Sciafoia
World Court
League Council
Council
Hungary seeks man with strong nerves for hangman role
Budapest October 1 A P reports the Hungarian government seeks a young sturdy man with strong nerves to replace Michael Bali who retires after 30 years. Bali known for gentle handling and whispered consolation that execution does not hurt as he plans to live on a small estate near Budapest amid government cutbacks and job insecurity.
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Budapest
Hangman
Michael Bali
Fad
Bali
Voter Absence Map for 1929 Presidential Election
A map showing the percentage of absent or stay-at-home voters across the United States in 1929. Each state's figure reflects the share of eligible individuals who did not cast a ballot per 100 votes cast, with Illinois noted as 73 nonvoters per 100 ballots.
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United State
Illinois
U S Aviators Aim To Break Pulitzer Speed Record
Three U S Army aviators will race for the Pulitzer trophy at Dayton October 2 to 4 as Navy declines entry. Pilots Brookley Skeel and Mills will fly reconditioned Curtiss planes and a veryille Sperry monoplane. Wright Field prepares a mile long grandstand. the China joke notes Hang Chow seafaring misnomer.
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Dayton
Associated Press
A. J Williams
U. S. Navy
St. Louis
United States Army
Navy
Army
Italy
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Curtiss Army
W. H. Brookley
McCookfield
Burt Skeel
Selfridge Field
Mich
Harry H. Mills
Wilbur Wright Field
Wright Field
Judge Caverly Suffers Breakdown in Chicago Hospital
Judge Joan R. Caverly, after the Loeb and Leopold trial, is reported by the Chicago Tribune to be in a local hospital with a nervous breakdown. His wife denies illness and says she has visited friends in the hospital.
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Chicago
Joan R. Caverly
Loeb
Leopold
Chicago Tribune
Caverly
City levies 20 mill tax rate for 1924
The Mayor and Council set the 1924 city tax rate at 20 mills, the same as last year, with taxes due by December 1 and penalties after that date. The rate funds general government, public schools, sinking fund, and floating debt, totaling about $110,000 in income, though taxable values were adjusted downward by assessors.
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Railroads
Telephone and Telegraph Companies
the Light and Power Company
Gatewood
Bandits Hold Up Arkansas Residents in Vilonia
Unknown number of bandits held several Vilonia residents at bay in Conway Arkansas early today. Two safes were looted and cash totaling several hundreds of dollars vanished as the suspects escaped.
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Conway
Arkansas
A. P
Vilonia
Storms sweep Southeast wreck near Quitman Georgia
Atlantic Coast Line train No 57 en route from Jacksonville and Savannah to Montgomery ran forty minutes late when it plunged into Piscola Creek flood waters between Dixie and Pidcock ten miles west of Quitman an hour after leaving the station. Four crew members rode the engine to safety and all four swam to the cars as rescuers failed until Albert Tidwell reached the train with his daughter. No injuries reported amid widespread flooding in North Carolina continuing through Monday night.
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Quitman
Atlantic Coast Line
Jacksonville
Savannah
Montgomery
Piscola Creek
Dixie
Pidcock
Wilkinson
Maynard
D. E. FeLeod
Albert Tidwell
Wyoming Governor Not Expected to Live
At Memorial Hospital in Cheyenne, doctors announced at ten this morning that they were resorting to final emergency measures to try to save Governor W. B. Wyoming, who had been gravely ill the previous night. The brief bulletin offered no further details on his condition or prognosis.
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Wyoming
Chyenne
A. P
Memorial Hospital
W. B
ChianesU Forces Launch Offensive Against Shanghai
Central government troops report capturing Hwantu and shooting down a Mukden plane over Chinwantao harbor. Kiangsu and Chekiang forces clash near Sunkiang nine miles southeast along the Shanghai Hangchow line. thousands flee Shanghai amid ongoing sporadic fire. Both sides claim gains as commanders mobilize forces from three provinces to attack from the south.
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Peking
Associated Press
Hwantu
Shanghai
Mukden
Chinwantao
Haichi
Wu Pi-Fu
Kiangsu
Sunkiang
Shanghai-Hangchow
Kiangsu Province
Hwangtu
Shanghai-Hangejow
Sunghiang
Philadelphia Officials Fail to Prove Corruption Claims
Officials from the Enforcement League of Philadelphia failed to present evidence of political corruption among federal office holders in Pennsylvania during a conference with Attorney General Stone. DOJ officials stated no proof was offered.
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Washington
A. P
Law Enforcement League of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Stone
Department of Justice
Reconciliation Reported Between Philadelphia Officials
Philadelphia on October 1 reports reconciliation efforts between Mayor Kendrick and General Butler, the city’s director of public safety, with the mayor issuing a statement confirming the move.
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Philadelphia
A. P
Maayor Kendrick
General Butler
Public School Teachers in Rural Areas in 1923
The Bureau of Education estimates 1923 public school teachers nationwide at 729,425 excluding superintendents and principals. About 43 percent, roughly 13,805, are rural teachers, reflecting the rural share of the teaching corps.
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United States
Bureau of Education
Sunter Cotton Not Greatly Damaged by Sunshine
Weather and better sun revived Sumter county cotton fields after heavy rains. Pickers return, gins running, and prices rising about fifteen dollars per bale. County agent George Marshall says damage was limited, most low cotton harvested, seed damaged in spots, and salvaging stalks now will reduce weevil risk and aid next year’s crop.
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Old Sol
Sumter’s
Sumter
George O. Marshall
Mr. Marshall
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Utah
NLM
League Assembly
Japimendment Todny
Interest of Delegates Center Assembly Hall
Hungary
U.S. Aviators
Hang Chow
Little” Joe
Judge Caverly
Soureast
North Carolina
Chalotte
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Cen
Chianesu
Enforcement
Marshall
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