Gangdom Guns Blaze in Chicago as Capone Trial Rages
Chicago records show a violent 24 hours with three deaths including a river recovery, a machine gun slaying, and a murder linked to a grape merchant. The spree occurs as Capone faces trial, leaving the underworld in upheaval amid questions of leadership and power shifts. George Wilson, 33, a former officer, was found slain with eight wounds. James L. Quigley, associated with Madman McErlane, was shot and dumped from a river. Anthony Salongo, 40, a grape merchant, was killed near the Indiana border.
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Chicago
U.P
Scarface al Capone
Bar of Justice
Scarface al
Capone
Torrio-O’banion- Capone
Wilson
James L. Quigley
Ley
Wil
Sewe
McErlane
Uigley
McErlene
Quigley
Anthony Salongo
Indiana
Salongo
Edison near death as illness weakens famed inventor
West Orange New Jersey October 12 Edison Thomas A Edison enters what may be his last week due to uremic poisoning diabetes and stomach ulcers His physician says he may not live more than a week yet he remains alert and has shown surprising vitality He rose briefly after meals and a gardener asserts Edison will not die before finishing work on rubber from the goldenrod plant.
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West Orange
N. J
W.P
Thomas A. Edison
Hubert S. Howe
Edison
Glenmont
George Atkinson
Gardner
Goldenrod
Charles Whaley Dies at 47 in Toledo
Charles Whaley 47 of the Metropolitan Secret Service Toledo died at 10:45 this morning at Sheltering Arms Hospital from shingles and complications after a three week illness. He was born in Hebardsville and lived in Athens County before moving to Pontiae, Michigan, and Toledo with his wife. The body will go to his mother Mrs. L D Whaley Athens for calling hours Tuesday and funeral arrangements will be announced later. He leaves a widow, a mother, brother William Whaley and sister Mrs William Bilan of Hebardaville.
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Charles Whaley
Metropolitan Secret Service
Toledo
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Pontiae
Mich
German fascists press for dissolution and election
In Harzburg Germany the national opposition of fascist and nationalist parties demanded the Reichstag be dissolved and a general election when it convenes. Dr Hjalmar Schacht blasted government policy as hiding a catastrophic financial position. Alfred Hugenberg urged an alliance of powers against France and warned the U S about Bolshevism.
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Harzburg
Brunswick
Germany
U.P
Reichstag
Heinrich Bruening
Hjalmar Schacht
Wiggin International Bankers Committee
Alfred Hugenberg
Hugenberg
United States
Great Britain
France
Man Burned At Straitsville Tank Car Blast
In Straitsville on a Sunday night an oil tank car exploded on a siding at the brick plant injuring Bert Mitchell with burns to face and hands and breaking Ed Stevenson’s leg. A carbide lamp sparked gas in the tank triggering the blast. Stevenson was hospitalized at Charleston Logan.
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New Straitsville
Bert Mitchell
Ed Stevenson
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
Mitchell
Stevenson
Lowry Speaks at Veterans Meeting
Captain F S Lowry of Athens, president of the Southeastern Ohio Boosters Association of the United Spanish War Veterans, led the Sunday convention in Zanesville at the Zane Hotel. Mayor Webster welcomed attendees at 1 30 pm during a joint veterans and auxiliary meeting.
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F.S. Lowry
Athens
Southeastern Ohio Boosters Association
United Spanish War Veterans
Zanesville
Zane Hotel
Ohio
Veterans and
W. H. Webster
T. A. Jenkins
10Th
John E. Fennerty
W. V
Edward
Matthias
Vicinity
F. 8. Lowry
R. A. Dalton
Caddie McKinstry
Herb Sutton
W. A. Westervelt
W. V. Reider
Coolville
L. R. Kelch
Frank Hall
Nelsonville
Will Faires
Glouster
H. E. Learned
Millfield
J. C. Edmundson
Elizabeth
Edward Sherlock
E. C. Woodworth
Weather roundup and unsettled pattern across eastern regions
Yesterday saw highs of 88 in San Antonio and New Orleans and 90 in El Paso. Whitefish and Havre faced 20s to 22 degrees while Yellowstone dipped to 24. An eastward moving high and unsettled weather will spread over the Ohio Valley and lower Great Lakes, bringing a potential low-pressure system and increasing chances of precipitation as a shift in the pattern occurs.
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San Antonio
New Orleans
el Paso
Whiteies
Havre
Yellowstone
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Conia
Lowe
Hoover urges praise for police over gangsters in radio address
In a St. Petersburg radio address President Hoover praised police as national heroes and urged public support to curb crime. He criticized sensationalism of criminals and warned that weak prosecutions and loopholes let clever lawyers aid evasion of justice. The speech emphasized police duty and public backing.
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Washington
International Association of Chiefs of Police
St. Petersburg
Fla
Hoover
White House
Wickersham Commission
United States
Frosty Dawn Over Athens County Signals First Fall
Fall settled over the Athens district bringing the first frost to rural vegetation. The thermometer dipped to 43 degrees last night, with a Sunday of dreary rain and a high of 63 yesterday. Rainfall on the week ended at .09 inch. This morning was clear and Columbus forecast warmer, continued clear skies.
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Athens
C. N. France
Athens County
Bridge Planners Busy in Columbus as Work Grows
Nine teen men joined the draftsmen corps in Columbus to draw plans for 380 bridges to be built by the state in winter. State Highway Director O W Merrell said the first bridge contract could be let early in November. About 3 500 000 dollars funds the program as part of Gov White s unemployment relief plan.
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Columbus
O. W. Merrell
Gov. White
Hoover warns bankers in final week
Santa Monica columnist Will Hoover claims the past week marked his most successful period, as he rallied big bankers to support a Republican administration, urging them to act or risk political backlash. He writes that big business must back the GOP to sustain policy.
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Will
Hoover
Santa Monica
Calif
Grandi To Talk With Stimson
Italy's foreign minister Dina Grandi plans a Washington visit to meet Secretary of State Stimson in November. Grandi, 32, travels from Naples on Nov 7 and stays about 10 days, following Laval's talks with President Hoover. He is a lawyer and journalist who rose to prominence opposing Mussolini on naval parity with France.
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Washington
Italy
Dina Grandi
Stimson
Laval
France
Hoover
London
Naples
Grandi
Europe
Steamboat Chesapeake Burns on Ohio River
The steamboat Chesapeake valued at 15000 dollars burned to the waterline in Manchester Ohio on Sunday. It was owned by Suiter Bros and tied with three other boats when the fire started. The ferryboat Whiteman saved the others by towing them into the river. Cause of the fire was not learned. The Chesapeake had been purchased from the Portsmouth Ferry Company.
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Manchester
U.P
Chesapeake
Ohio
Suiter Bros
Whiteman
Portsmouth Ferry Company
Bandits rob Canton restaurant with submachine gun
Six robbers seized 25 diners at Lou and Cal’s in Canton two blocks from Public Square, forced the owner to open the safe, and escaped with about $2,000 in cash and jewelry. Two lookouts remained with a sedan bearing Michigan plates as the group fled northwest toward Detroit.
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Canton, CO
U.P
Ohio
Detroit
Lou
Cal
Canton Public Square
Michigan
Oil Fields of Oklahoma Reopen After Martial Law
Oklahoma City and surrounding fields resume production after 66 days under martial law. About 2,000 workers in Oklahoma City and 600 gushers restarted as Col. Cicero S. Murray led guards to maintain order. Daily output targets reach 185 000 barrels in Oklahoma City, 145 000 in Seminole, 205 000 from stripper wells.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Aol
Seminole
Cicero S. Murray
William H
Atalfa Bill) Murray
Murray
Invalid Crawls Out of Flames
An 80-year-old bedfast woman crawled from a burning home after an oil lamp exploded in her room at Seneca near Tiffin. She alerted neighbors, who helped rescue Frances Todd and Charlea Ford from the upper floor as the roof collapsed.
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Tiffin
Seneca
Sarah A. Nightwander
Clyde Coates
Frances Todd
North Baltimore
Opera star Ganna Walska and Harold McCormick divorce
Paris dispatch reports Ganna Walska and Harold F. McCormick divorced after a marriage in which she insisted her career as an opera singer should not be limited by wifely duties. Walska praised McCormick as a splendid man despite the separation.
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Paris
U.P
Ganna Walska
Harold F. McCormick
United Press Today
McCormick
Chicago
Despondent Man Hangs Self Over Job Struggles
Joseph Kodick, 57, a former Cleveland resident, ended his life Sunday night in Toledo. Officials believe prolonged unemployment over the past two years drove the despondent man to take his own life.
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Toledo
Joseph Kodick
Cleveland
Threaten California Boycott If Mooney Is Not Released
Gray haired Tom Mooney in prison and labeled a felon saw his long fight for freedom reach a peak with calls for nationwide boycott of California until his release. An audience of 9,000 at the Mooney Anniversary Convention cheered a letter urging Gandhi style noncooperation and a refusal by athletic and sports groups to visit California in 1932. Notable supporters included Rupert Hughes, Fremont Older, Lincoln Steffens, Oscar Ameringer, John D. Berry, Judge Franklin Griffin, Paul Bern, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
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Ban Francisco
U.P
Tom Mooney
Mooney
San Quentin
San Francisco
California
Mahatma Gandhi
Rupert Hughes
Fremont Older
Lincoln Steffens
Fred Moore
Sacco
Vanzetti
Oscar Ameringer
Oklahoma
John D. Berry
A Francisco
Franklin Griffin
Paul Bern
Hollywood
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Hughes
Athens Barber in Fatal Skull Fracture After Assault
Athens barber Walraven, 36, found unconscious on Route 50 South with a five inch skull fracture, died at a Sheltering hospital. He was last seen after visiting the Palmer House barber shop with associate Starling. investigators seek motive, no vehicle strike evidence. Walraven, a musician with six children, was active in Athens events including a Red My dance.
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Walraven
New England
Rms ‘Hospital
Sherif Wayne Wingettan
Palmer House
Athena
Athens
Raven
Beeen
Finsterwald
Raymond Munté
Oakland Park
Columbus
Parkersburg
Wingett
Rasp
Peter Barrows
Preling
East State Street
Sta
Starling
County Off
Walreyen
United States Presses League to Prevent Far East War
The United States and the League of Nations move to curb hostilities between China and Japan over Manchuria. Secretary Stimson urges League pressure while pledging US support, as tensions rise and calls for withdrawal of troops intensify amid anti Japanese riots. Debuchi to present Tokyo’s view, citing military actions as necessary for Japanese citizens.
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Washington
U.P
United States
League of Nations
Far East
China
Japan
State Department
League
League Council
Manchuria
Stimson
Mancuria
America
Debuchi
Tokio
Japan seeks direct Manchuria settlement with China
Tokyo indicates willingness for an early resolution of the Manchurian dispute but rejects any intervention by the United States or the league of nations. Japan demands a Japan China settlement and hints Washington or Geneva intervention would be opposed. Edwin Neville conveyed the U S note’s substance to Baron Shidehara.
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Tokio
Japan
China
United States
League of Nations
Washington
Geneva
Edwin Neville
Baron Shidehara
League council prepares for Manchurian crisis session
Geneva October 12 leaders of the League of Nations meet to plan a special session on Manchuria, a supreme test of the body's ability to avert war among members.
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Geneva
U.P
League of Nations Council
League
Athens County Grand Jury Will Report Tuesday Findings
After hearing testimony from scores of witnesses, the Athens County Grand Jury is expected to report findings on 137 cases to Athens County Prosecutor John W. Bolin on Tuesday. Jurors have sat since last Monday considering first degree murder to minor charges.
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Athens County
Grand Jury
John W. Bolin
Asia's turn in war warned by global leaders
A bold warning echoes that Asia could ignite a new major conflict following past missteps by Europe, America, and Australia. The piece critiques international responses and calls attention to potential regional instability and rising tensions.
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Asia
Canada
King Features, Inc
Europe
America
Australia
Japan plans to seize Chinese territory despite protests
The commentary suggests Japan may seize Chinese land briefly with air power and naval force while Chinese merchants in America boycott Japanese goods. The piece argues war will raise prices for wheat cotton and copper, and notes other nations will condemn the war yet profit from selling goods.
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Japan
America
Poles Move From Dollars Amid Gold Basis Hopes
The Polish people, relying on French financial ideas, are divesting American dollars from their savings for safety. A rumor claims the United States may abandon the gold standard, causing the dollar to slump.
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France
Poles That Have Unloaded Fifty Million Dollars Regret
A cryptic line notes that those who have unloaded fifty million dollars will regret it, implying a financial or political warning. The fragment hints at a larger debate about funds, policy, or consequences facing involved parties.
Gold production forecast for Canada reaches 100 million
Sir John Aird, a leading metallurgical authority, predicts Canada will steadily increase gold output to about one hundred million dollars annually within ten years.
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Sir John Aird
Canada
Canada’s money praised for wealth and future value
The article notes Canada is not on a gold standard but stresses its strong wealth and the promise of future prosperity. It urges readers to acquire money while prices and opportunities remain favorable, with continued discussion on page 4.
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Canada
Expect Hoover To Act Again
Assistant Secretary of Commerce Klein said a radio address on Hoover’s business stabilization program was postponed due to pending developments. Reports cited new White House announcements and potential additional support for railroad securities as bankers organize the proposed 500 million dollar credit pool. Theodore Joslin noted the delay waiting for banker actions.
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Washington
U.A
Klein
Hoover
White House
Theodore Joslin
Autos Kill 24000 in First Nine Months of 1931
Hartford report shows over 24000 deaths in U S auto accidents in the first nine months of 1931. An average of about 90 lives lost daily, with a 5 percent rise from 1930. New York leads with 1961 fatalities. California second with 1681. Ohio up 5.83 percent to 1185 for seven months.
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Hartford
Conn
United States
New York State
California
Ohio
Strike Ends at Glen Alden Coal. Scranton Miners Return
In Scranton Pennsylvania on October 12 coal fields reopened as 27 thousand miners at the Glen Alden Coal Company resumed work after a two week strike. Several pits were closed during idle days but most men returned as winter orders loom and officials pressed to restart production. The strike targeted removal of John J. Boak as president of District No. 1 and sought a new working agreement with Glen Alden.
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Scranton
Glen Alden Coal Compan
Columbus Day
Glen Alden Company
John J. Bo
Mine Workers of America
Delegates Convene on Labor Convention in Vancouver
Delegates gather in Vancouver to hear recommendations from the solutions committee led by Biase Thew Well on wage policy and immigration options including removal of Filipinos or shifting Mexican relocation to Europe based on proposals and committee positions.
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Vancouver
B. C
Dam
Woll
Toledo meeting set on bank trust company reopens
In Toledo on October 12 the discussion will center on the ability of the trust company sector since the closing of five banks. The closed Sec Trust Company will be among the topics at the gathering.
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Toledo
Sec
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