Bulgarian King Marries Queen After Royal Train Attack
King Boris III and Princess Giovanna were married again in Sofia after attackers wounded one guard and struck the royal train near Philippopolis. The assault, blamed on Macedonian revolutionary bands, did not injure the royal couple.
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Bulgaria
U.P
Boris TI
Philippopolis
Giovanna
Italy
Black Sea
Madole
Burgas
Ferdinand
Internal
Macedonia
Marfeu
Philip of
Thrace
Journal ism Hall of Fame Banquet In Columbus
More than 150 newspapermen booked for the third annual Ohio Journalism Hall of Fame banquet at Ohio State University Faculty Club tonight. Hostetler and James M. Cox will eulogize James M. Faulkner and Edgar Wylliam Scripps, honored posthumously for their careers at The Cincinnati Enquirer and Scripps-Howard papers.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Journalism Hall of Fame
Ohio State University
J. €. Hostetler
Cleveland
James M. Cox
Dayton
James M. Faulkner
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Edgar Wylliam Scripps
Scripps-Howard
Ohio
Banker Plantz May Leave Pomeroy 375000 In Will
POMEROY Ohio October 31 A staff report claims Wyatt G Plantz former Pomeroy banker who died Thursday and will be buried Sunday afternoon bequeathed 375000 to the village If true the gift could pay the towns bonded debt and other municipal obligations and leave a substantial balance in the treasury Officials will not comment until probate opens next week amid strong local interest and whispers that the wealth of his family may extend to a cousin
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Pomeroy
Wyatt G. Plantz
Plantz
Pomeroy Corporation
They Talk The Wind Blows Only One Billion
These are brief items from Arthur Brisbane’s column era noting public chatter and shifting winds of opinion. The piece mentions Shaw's Universe Builders and a sharp aside on poison and drink prices as cultural markers.
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Shaw
Campaign rhetoric fails to move voters as fatigue grows
Hundreds of candidates tout their merits and attack rivals, yet the public remains unmoved. Campaigns ripple no further than wind over a frozen lake, while people sense something is wrong but distrust promises and blame. Voters grow indifferent as leaders offer vague cures.
Banks merge to form a billion dollar NYC concern
Four banks in New York City announce a combining deal forming a one billion dollar bank holding group. The new entity will boast more branches than any other bank in America, though the total assets will be small compared to giants like Chase and Equitable.
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New York City
America
the Chase
Equitable
National City
Beverly Hills
Calif
New York
Roosevelt
Tammany Hall
Coumetry
Wall Street
Bank buildings shift to chain store model in retail era
The piece notes banks abandoning immobility after a century of fixed locations. They now compete with drug stores, cigar shops and gas stations for prime street corners. Speaker Mr Murphy emphasizes constant movement to keep position.
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Murphy
Uncle Sam Signals Shift in Big Business View
The piece notes a change in government stance from breaking up big firms like Standard Oil to now recognizing massive holdings. It cites AT&T as owning five billion dollars in real assets, suggesting a revised view of monopoly power and corporate scale. Continued on Page 4.
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Uncle Sam
Standard Oil
American Telephone and Telegraph
British House Advances Prohibition Bill in First Reading
The House of Commons in London passed the first reading of a bill to ban the manufacture importation and sale of alcoholic liquors for beverage purposes. The measure was introduced by Edwin Schrymgeour an Independent prohibitionist and secretary of the Prohibition Party since 1991.
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London
U.P
England
House of Commons
Edwin Schrymgeour
Prohibition Party
Fall in alleged fight kills teen in Columbus
Martin Romanoff aged 16 a Columbus high school senior died after a fall on a concrete floor during an alleged fight with two schoolmates. Doctors said the fall could have caused a skull fracture. Police investigate the incident at the school vicinity.
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Columbus
Martin Romanoff
Lewis bound over to Athens County Grand Jury
Orville Lewis of Mechanicsburg was bound over to the Athens County Grand Jury on a larceny charge after appearing before Magistrate C G Porter on a 2006 bond.
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Orville Lewis
Mechanicsbore
Athens County
Grand Jury
C. G. Porter
Bullets Fly At Danville Textile Strike Fallout
In Danville Virginia authorities guarded against Halloween violence amid a textile strike. Weaver James T. Brook reported being fired on from a car while on his porch and alleged his well was polluted and electric wires cut. J E Hodnett said six unidentified men threatened to dynamite his home over a non union wife.
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Danville
U.pa
James T. Brook
Riverside Mill
J. E. Hodnett
Tags Sale To Aid Athens County Children
The Athens Parent-Teacher Association with Ohio University women will sell tags this Saturday to raise funds for hungry and poorly clothed children needing school attendance. Donors name their own price, with proceeds used for immediate relief. Mrs. O C Bird leads the fund effort after five thousand tags donated by Lawhead Press.
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Athens County
Athens Parent-Teacher Association
Ohio University Women
O. C. Bird
Tag Fund
Lawhead Press
Grads Return as Ohio State Hosts Homecoming
Thousands of alumni flocked to Columbus for the Ohio State University Homecoming celebration.Officials anticipate fewer than 40 000 attendees for the Wisconsin game the next day, while plans remain as elaborate as in prior years per general chairman Glenn W. Salisbury.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio State University
Glenn W. Salisbury
Miners Walk Out At Tropic Mine After Wage Notice
In New Lexington on October 31 miners at the Tropic Mine staged a walk out after Manhattan Coal Company officials posted notices of a forthcoming wage reduction. About 200 workers participated in the action.
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New Lexington
U.P
Manhattan Coal Company
Tropic Mine
Here
Miami Stricken Oxford Quarterback Out With Influenza
Miami University quarterback Frank Games was stricken with influenza leaving the Big Reds without an experienced signal caller for tomorrow’s game with Ashland. Miami had already lost three regulars for the season earlier in the week.
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Miami
Oxford
Frank Games
Miami University
Miami Big Reds
Ashland
Radio stations shut down for missing renewal applications
Six radio stations were ordered off the air by the Federal Radio Commission for failing to file renewal applications within the required period.
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Washington
Federal Radio Commission
Capitol Limited Nearly Wrecked by Halloween Prank
Scores of sleeping passengers on the Capitol Limited a Baltimore and Ohio fast train from Chicago to New York escaped potential death when boys rolling a heavy wagon onto the tracks near McKeesport Pennsylvania triggered a Halloween prank. Police found the wagon and, with aid, removed it before the train passed two minutes later.
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Capitol Limited
McKeesport
Chicago
New York
Loween
Illegal Voters Targeted in Athens County Election
Athens County boards enforce strict voter checks for Tuesday voting. Judges and clerks must challenge unfamiliar voters and require sworn affidavits to prove bonafide status. Absent voter applications must be filed by Saturday with designated office hours.
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Athens
Athens County
Board of Elections
David Johnson
Ell Juderes
No Debts No Deficits Slogan Drives Cooper Campaign
Gov Myers Y Cooper headlines a Cleveland City Club address promising Ohio's finances are sound and waste is banned while touting welfare and highway plans. He asserts Republican policies will prevail at the polls and plans a WHK radio finale.
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Cooper
Cleveland
Myers Y. Cooper
Cleveland City Club Today
Ohio
WHK
Outside Labor Causes Clash in Columbus Demolition
More than 500 unemployed men gathered at the river front as Cleveland workers contracted to raze the old state office site clash with demonstrators. A promise by George W. Sore of the Cuya hoga Wrecking Co to use Columbus labor halted the raid. police kept protesters from the Governor’s office while workmen fled.
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Columbus
U.P
Cleveland
George W. Sore
Cuyahoga Wrecking Company
Myers Y. Cooper
Wrecking Company
Prohibition Agent Placed In Senate Building At Request
Alcohol Commissioner James M. Doran testified that an undercover prohibition agent was placed in the Senate Office Building months earlier at the request of Vice President Curtis to stop bootleg liquor sales to senators. Doran said the Vice President handled the matter and he merely supplied the man.
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Washington
U.P
James M. Doran
Senate
Curtis
Doran
Navy Accelerates Shore Construction Project Plans
The Navy Department announced a program to speed up design on shore construction projects totaling 14 million dollars. Authorized by Congress on May 14, 1930, contracts for 2.9 million have been let by the Bureau of Yards and Docks since July 1.
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Washington
U.R
Navy Department
Congress
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Wild Gusher Threatens Oklahoma City Wholesale District
A wild gusher near downtown Oklahoma City's wholesale district sprayed oil and gas, halting traffic and prompting emergency measures. The No 1 C KE Stout well was blowing about 96000 barrels of oil daily with vast gas flow, as fire crews and oil workers were deployed to control it and residents were warned against any fires that could ignite the vapor.
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Oklahoma City
C. KE. Stout
Do Senators Have Liquor
The Evening World reports a federal prohibition agent was assigned to the Senate Office Building to shadow senators and aides for liquor purchases. The undercover effort, approved by Commissioner Doran and Vice President Curtiss, included regular reports and the seizure of a bootlegger customer list with names and office numbers of lawmakers.
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New York
Evening World
Washington
Senate
James M. Doran
Curtix
Capital Hill
Gang Victims In Manhattan
In New York City on October 31 gunmen ambushed an alleged Bronx alcohol dealer at a newly opened nightclub. They shot Charles Greco aged 28 and Lawrence Viscardi known as Cowboy Larry, wounding Floyd Mitchell nearby. The assailants fled in separate cars. Earlier, Nicholas Candido, who left a butcher business for crime, was found shot dead in the Bronx.
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Urban Ledoux
New York Bowery
Ledoux
Mr. Zero
New York
Bronx
Charles Greco
Lawrence
Larry” Viscardi
Floyd Mitchell
Nicholas Candido
Watson To Be On Air Today
The final campaign phase heats up with speeches and charges from Republicans and Democrats. Senator James Watson of Indiana will address the airwaves tonight following a speech by Secretary of War Hurley who accuses Democrats of obstruction and urges support for Hoover prosperity.
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Washington
U.P
Hurley
James Watson
Indiana
Hoover
Bike for $20 Offered in Classifieds Today
Classifieds list a bicycle in good condition with a 23.8 inch wheel for $20. Also rooms for rent on Fast State Street and a buyer seeking a saddle bridle buggy and cart. Corn in Albany priced at $1 per bushel in the field.
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the Messenger
Banker's wife foils ransom plot by Bandit Quartet
Verbal confession from Algren reveals how Mae Yocum, wife of Bart L. Yocum, lured kidnapers into a trap that freed the banker with no ransom paid. Police pursue Lloyd Winslow and others. two members are jailed in Cambridge as the hunt widens.
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Hunt
Gang
Kiwanee
Iier Lionde
Bart L. Yocum
Galva
Vern Aleren
Orville Whiskers
Cambridge
Lloyd Winslow
Harry Whitekers
Orville
Algren
Kide
Panionia
Mae Yocum
Cape Five
Yoour
Auto Bandits Rob Salesman Near Toledo
Jules S. May a Brooklyn watch salesman was kidnapped and robbed by two bandits on a highway east of Bowling Green. They forced him into a coupe, drove to a shack at Eagle Junction near Perrysburg, handcuffed him to a post, and absconded with a satchel of diamonds and watches before releasing him. Farmers heard his cries and he reached Toledo to report the robbery.
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Jules S. May
Brooklyn
N. Y
May
Calutie
Bowling Green
Eagle Junction
Perrysburg
Negri Granted Divorce Proceedings From Prince Berge Mdivani
Paris court authorizes Pola Negri to proceed with divorce from Prince Berge Mdivani. Negri appeared for the obligatory reconciliation, but the prince did not appear.
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Pola Negri
Paris
Ur—Pola Negri
Berge Mdivani
Miss Negri
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