New Orleans Business Men Demand End to Prohibition Policy
Harold W. Newman reports New Orleans exchanges urge modification of Prohibition to permit light wines. They argue enforcement harms revenue and risks national catastrophe, sending resolutions to the President and Congress warning against continuing the policy.
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New Orleans
Harold W. Newman
Joint Exchanges Committee
United Press
American Legion Convention
Detroit
United States
Congress
Hoover Likely To Aid Europe In Debt Moratorium
President Hoover prepared to seek another extension of the Hoover War Debts and Reparations Moratorium for one or two years. He summoned Senate and House leaders to the White House for frank talks on a plan tied to broader world disarmament, amid banker pressure and congressional opposition.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Europe
Senate
House
White House
United Press
Bever
Private Gerald Bush Enrolled At Fort Monmouth Signal School
Private Gerald Bush formerly of Athens is enrolled in the Army Signal School at Fort Monmouth New Jersey in a telephone electricians course. The school trains radio technicians operators meteorologists Morse telegraphers and photographers with about 300 students currently enrolled and over 3 000 graduates since its founding led by Col A S Wan.
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Gerald Bush
Athens
51St Signal Battalion
Army Signal School
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Bush
Army
Thentry
Army and
Marine Corps
Resent
Col. A. 8. Wan
Signal Corps
United States
Ignal School
Veterans Bureau action eyed at Columbus meeting
State officers and department leaders of the Veterans of Foreign Wars met in Columbus to discuss better co operation with the Veterans Bureau in handling arms and related matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veteran Service
Columbus
Veterans’ Bureau of Veterans
Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Athens Welfare Report Highlights Community Chest Work
The Athens Community Welfare Association and Chest Fund agencies review a year of welfare efforts at the annual meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Trustees re-elected were Judge S. M. Johnson Mrs. O. E. Morrison and Robert C. Hess. Reports from the Salvation Army Red Cross Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts are shared.
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Athens Community Welfare Association
Chest Fund
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Community Chest Fund
Chamber of Commerce
S. M. Johnson
O. E. Morrison
Robert C. Hess
Hess
Association
The
Bernard Stone
Frank Roach
Jeddelph
Wolfe
A Bigger Bank Lefty Grove and Mussolini in Brief
Today in brief from Arthur Brisbane notes a bigger bank, Lefty Grove's blister, Grandfather Mussolini, and Spanish women voting, highlighting diverse topics in concise items.
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Lefty Grove
Mussolini
King Features, Inc
National City Bank Merges With Bank of America
The National City of New York absorbs Bank of America in a 2.3 billion dollar merger creating a mega bank. The consolidation places National City beside Chase National as one of the world’s largest banking groups, expanding power and resources across the sector.
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National
New York
Bank of America
Chase National
National City
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Presidential candidates loom as laryngitis hits leaders
The piece notes the rarity of talks from possible contenders as Hoover shows no sign of a run while Roosevelt garners broad attention. Farley and Roosevelt respond with humor about candidacy, and many other figures like Baker Smith Ritchie and Young refrain from comment amid national speculation.
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Newton B. Baker
Ohio
Alfred E. Smith
Coolidge
Albert C. Ritchie
Owen D. Young
James M. Cox
Melvin Traylor
Joseph T. Robinson
Pinchot
Borah
George W. Norris
National City Bank led by Charles Mitchell and Gordon Rentschler
The piece describes National City Bank as one of the country’s two great banks with Charles E. Mitchell as chairman and Gordon Rentschler as president. It highlights Mitchell’s power and Rentschler’s quick decision style and affable demeanor.
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National City
Charles E. Mitchell
Gordon Rentschler
Chase National Bank Leadership Ties Reported
The Chase National Bank leads National City by several millions with Albert H. Wiggin as chairman of the executive committee and Charles S. McCain as chairman of the board. President Winthrop Aldrich, noted for a strong reputation and family connections, is tied to John D. Rockefeller Jr. through marriage.
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Chase National Bank
National City
Albert H. Wiggin
Charles S. McCain
Winthrop Aldrich
United States Senate
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
National Chase absorbs Equitable Trust and National City absorbs Farmers
Two bank consolidations are noted with National Chase taking Equitable Trust and National City absorbing Farmers Loan and Trust. The text hints at large available credit, claiming customers can obtain substantial sums with sufficient collateral.
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Chase National
Equitable Trust Company
National City
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Early crowds line up for key 1931 baseball title games
Thousands rise before dawn to secure seats for the 1931 U S championship baseball games. The piece notes some focus on others’ actions over personal work, with 1,000,000 men yesterday more interested in Lefty Grove's southpaw than their own careers.
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United States
South Paw
Mussolini's Grandchild Born in Shanghai
Mussolini becomes grandfather as his eldest daughter Edda Ciano presents a baby boy in Shanghai. The report notes the distant birth and signals continuation on Page 4.
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Mussolini
Edda
Ciano
Shanghai
Storming of Cleveland City Council by Marchers
Two thousand marchers with banners bearing Soviet inscriptions stormed the Cleveland City Council session. Police led by Mayor John D. Marshal ejected parts of the crowd after clashes and boos as organizers demanded racial equality and lower trolley fares for children. Weather rain intensified the confrontation outside the council chamber.
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Cleveland
U.P
John D. Marshal
Weather highs and lows across major cities report
Yesterday's highs reached 96 in Phoenix and 92 in Oklahoma City while San Antonio lagged. Today's lows dip to 28 in Edmonton 24 in White River and 30 in Winnemucca with no significant widespread changes expected in the next 36 hours.
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Phoenix
San Antonio
Oklahoma City
Edmonton
White River
Winnemucca
Feared To Make Prisoners Jealous Scolding in Ohio courtroom
In Cleveland on October 6 John McMahon a 56 year old homeless man received a sentence for intoxication. He asked for more punishment and was told to settle for 25 dollars and costs and 30 days in jail. He pressed the judge who refused saying the other inmates might envy the severity.
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Cleveland
U.P
John McMahon
Bradley
Hull
Union Agrees To Wage Cuts At Basemont
FAIRMONT W Va Oct 6 A 25 per cent wage cut for Northern West Virginia union coal miners was agreed after a conference between operators and a union sub committee Van A Bittner and major operators led the talks Coal loaders will earn 2244 cents a ton for loading machine coal skilled day labor 270 a day and unskilled 240 a day The operators also promised rent and lamp cost cuts and other concessions in return for the wage reduction with only union labor to be employed.
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Fairmont
W. Va
West Virginia
van A. Bittner
Bittner
Sprague Resigns From Portsmouth Court Amid Scandal
Judge William R. Sprague of the Portsmouth municipal court resigns after a controversy involving Mrs. Marguerite Clark Tidd. He cites counsel advice and Governor White. Howard Small emerges as likely successor. W. L. Ketter begins a 1 to 20 year term for embezzling dog license funds. Tidd seeks new trial next week for embezzling $2,115. Sprague's case awaits grand jury action within two weeks.
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Portsmouth
U.P
William R. Sprague
W. L. Ketter
Ohio Penitentiary
Russell McCurdy
Ketter
Tidd
Sprague
Grand
Pacific Heroes Seek $25,000 Prize Extension
Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr. won 25,000 for the first nonstop Tokyo to the United States flight and urge Col. W E Easterwood of Dallas to reconsider paying the extra prize if they extend to Texas. They planned to contact Easterwood after rest and awaited word on a potential match of the prize with their extended trip. The Asahi prize of 25,000 will be paid once the barograph is checked.
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Wenatchee
Wash
U.P
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Japan
United States
W. E. Easterwood
Dallas
Texas City
Easterwood
Pangborn
Herndon
Asahi
Athens Officials Seek Compromise on Electric Rates
Athens City Council rejected Southern Ohio Electric Company’s eight cent starting rate and called for a compromise plan. The proposed schedule would give small consumers larger reductions while larger users pay higher rates, with the company to prepare data and a new ordinance.
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Athens
Southern Ohio Company
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Power Company
John B. Posten
Counciliman
Carl Beasley
Councelmen
J. B. Bailey
Beasley
Fred Fenzel
Councilimen
Clyde Mansfield
Hall Rowland
Wallace Pratt
Bert Russell
Offers Plan To End Bad Times
The United States Chamber of Commerce released a detailed economic report outlining proposals to address low mood and future downturns. It urges amending anti trust laws, creating a permanent national economic council, and promoting corporate planning and reserves to fund unemployment and insurance programs.
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Washington
U.P
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
National Economic Council
Body Found in Cemetery Trench Prompting Investigation
Officials sought identification of a body found in a shallow trench at a cemetery. The elderly man, nude with a battered head, was discovered by caretaker Max Snyder. Neighbors Robert and Henry Spickney recalled a large motor car nearby last Sunday, suggesting a possible hit and run burial.
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Springfield
U.P
Max Snyder
Robert
Henry Spickney
Ex-Bootleg King Sues Two Partners Over Lynchburg Distillery Deal
George Remus files a $245 918 suit in Cincinnati naming A Julius Freiberg and Thomas E Darlington. He says on March 1 1921 he gave $235 000 to buy Freiberg & Workum Distillery Co at Lynchburg Ohio and $25 000 for handling the deal, but no proper accounting was made.
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Cincinnati
U.R
A. Julius Freiberg
Thomas E. Darlington
George Remus
Child Died After Wringer Accident In Washing Machine
Joanne Robinson three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs L E Robinson sustained crushing injuries to her arms and chest when she placed her hands in an electric washing machine wringer. She died en route to a hospital in Columbus on October 6 as reported by U P.
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Columbus
U.P
Joanne Robinson
L. E. Robinson
Coal Parley Planned to Stabilize Industry
West Virginia coal operators announced a conference with eight states after a meeting with Governor Conley. He urged consideration of modifying anti-trust laws to permit a common coal price to ensure fair returns for operators and a living wage for miners.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Conley
Lindberghs Arrive in Shanghai After Senator Morrow Death
In heavy rain Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh reached Shanghai by speedboat from Hermes after their plane overturned on the Yangtze. They went to the Cathay Hotel in grief over Mrs Lindberghs father Senator Dwight Morrow’s sudden death.
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Shanghai
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
Dwight Morrow
Lindbergh
Hermes
Yangtze
Cathay Hotel
Faces Burglary Charge For Murray City Man
Willard Sampson of Murray City was to be arraigned today on burglary charges linked to a Circle Hill grocery store robbery last month. Deputies Rasp and Bayless arrested him Monday night, with Rudolph Carlson and Frank Fitzgerald as witnesses.
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Willard Sampson
Murray City
C. H. Porter
Louis Johnson
Circle Hill
Sampson
George Rasp
Charles Bayless
Rudolph Carlson
Ridgeway
Frank Fitzgerald
Logan
W. Va
Athens County
Italy urges disarmament to restore world prosperity
Rome October 6 Dino Grandi Italy foreign minister issued another appeal for world disarmament as a path to economic recovery. He spoke at a luncheon with Viscount Cecil a noted peace advocate noting prosperity hinges on restoring confidence by renouncing arms threats.
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Rome
U.P
Italy
Dino Grandi
Work or Don't Eat relief plan eyed for Ohio winter
Governor White's relief committee considers Fayette County’s Work or Don't Eat plan as a model for winter aid. Col Bell G. Allen says every able bodied applicant is offered private or public work or paid wood cutting, with local funds, and Fayette reports more jobs than workers.
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Columbus
White
Fayette County
Bell G. Allen
Washington D. H
Fayette
Senator Dwight W. Morrow Dies at Home
Dwight W. Morrow American statesman and longtime United States Senator from New Jersey died at his home late yesterday afternoon. He was a personal friend of President Hoover and a prominent figure in national politics.
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Dwight W. Morrow
United States Senate
New Jersey
Mr. Morrow
Hoov
Morrow Dies at 58 Stateman Dwight Morrow Dies in Sleep
Nation mourns Dwight Whitney Morrow 58 a statesman and diplomat died in his sleep of cerebral hemorrhage in Englewood New Jersey. Funeral plans set for his estate. daughter Anne Lindbergh and husband Charles A. Lindbergh mourn him from China. Morrow rose from modest beginnings in Huntington West Virginia to finance then diplomacy, once partner with Thom as W Lamont.
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Englewood
N. J
U.P
Dwight Whitney Morrow
Morrow
China
Anne Lindbergh
Coy
Charles A. Lindbergh
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan
Mexico
Calvin Coolidge
North Haven
Huntington
W. Va
Elizabeth Reeve Cutter
Cleveland
Governor calls Baynham discharge a closed matter
Governor White stated the discharge of former Prohibition Inspector George A Baynham is closed. He called Baynhams letter a complaint from a disgruntled ex employee and said he ordered no raids without department approval.
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Colmbus, CO
U.P
White
George A. Baynham
Baynham
Clarence Sears
Edison condition steadies with no relapse
West Orange New Jersey October 6 Thomas A Edison had trouble sleeping and his condition today was reported unchanged Dr Hubert S Howe the attending physician said there is little hope for real improvement but no relapse was observed, offering cautious optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Orange
N. J
U.P
Thomas A. Edison
Huberts. Howe
Edison
Kroger Plans $1 Million Expansion including St. Louis Bakery
Albert H. Morrill, Kroger president, announced an expansion program costing about $1,000,000. The plan includes a new bakery in St. Louis and enlargements of Kroger's Cincinnati manufacturing facilities. The disclosure came from Cincinnati on October 6.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Albert H. Morrill
Kroger Grocery and Baking Co
St. Louis
Cleveland Railway announces new street car fare
The Cleveland Railway Company announced a new fare of 10 cents cash and four tickets for 30 cents. The change takes effect at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Cleveland Railway Company
Coolidge Refusals Grow Longer Each Year Says Letter
EL PASO Tex A reader from El Paso describes Hearst Babicora Ranch in old Mexico as vast with heavy rain lush grass and thousands of cattle Then mentions Coolidge not running for office and notes his refusals lengthen yearly in a personal letter signed Yours Wish.
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EL Paso
Tex
Hearst Babicora Ranch
Old Mexico
Saturday Evening Post
Coolidge
Trial Begins as Capone Faces Tax Evasion Charge
Al Capone appeared in United States District Court in Chicago for arraignment on income tax evasion charges. federal prosecutors prepared a decisive, high profile case as the courtroom crowd waited and the jury pool was narrowed to sixty two potential jurors.
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Federal Building
Chicage
al Capone
James H. Wilkerson
United States District Court
Chicago
Ab Caspone
United States
States District Court
Washington
Armored Car Used by Capone in Chicago Chase
In Chicago on October 6 1940 reports describe Al Capone riding in a maroon Ford equipped as an armored fortress. Capone sits in the front with chauffeur Phil DAndrea as the vehicle features armor plated top body and bulletproof glass windows to deter attention and enhance safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
al Capone
Capone
Phil D'Andrea
Capone Faces Tax Evasion Trial At Lexington Hotel
In a dramatic pretrial gathering at the Lexington Hotel Capone’s defense team spoke of freeing their client as a police cordon kept reporters and witnesses near the courtroom. Prosecutors allege Capone defrauded the United States of 215 000 dollars in tax on 1 038 654 dollars of income from 1924 to 1929 carrying up to 32 years in prison and 80 000 dollars in fines. The case underscores Capone’s long record of crime, gambling, vice, and violence in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Capone
Hfe
Michael Ahernibald
Albert Fink
United States
Logan Gas Co Denied Rehearing by Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio Supreme Court refused the Logan Gas Company's request for a rehearing on its appeal from the Public Utilities Commission order that fixed the valuation of its leaseholds. The decision should allow the commission to proceed with rate schedules in municipalities contesting the company’s filings. The commission had valued the properties and allocated expenditures except for the leaseholds under rehearing. The gas company may pursue its appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Tig
Ohio Supreme Court
Logan Gas Company
Mission
U. S. Supreme Court
Welfare Savings Expected by Ohio State Welfare Dept
Columbus October 6 filing by U R the state welfare department projects year end savings of at least 500000 in the welfare program. The aim is to improve care in penal mun tional and mental hygiene services through better planning and agricultural production. Personal service costs reduced by more than 125000 with abolishing over 100 jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
State Welfare Department
W. J. Kennedy
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U. S. Chamber of Commerce
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