Roosevelt Declines Conferenced Stabilization Stance
London’s diplomatic flare fades as President Roosevelt refrains from backing a new economic conference. English emissaries press to stabilize the dollar against the pound while debates over NRA code compliance rage in Norfolk Nebraska. Rockefeller signals liquor control ideas amid prohibition repeal talk and diet forecasts from Columbia University scientists urge longevity through improved nutrition.
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London
Roosevelt
Economic Conference
England
Giants Rally Past Senators in Dramatic World Series Game
In Washington the Giants beat the Senators 2 1 in a thrilling world series contest. Blondy Ryan delivered the decisive in the 11th with a base hit and sparked a late double play to stave off a Senators rally. Heinie Manush was ejected in the sixth after a heated exchange with umpire Moran.
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Clark P. Griffith
Washington Baseball Club
K. M. Landis
Heinie Manush
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Alan Gould
John Collins
Blondy” Ryan
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Hubbell
Monte
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Charles Moran
Manush
Hughie Cruz
Buddy Myer
Moran
Heinie
Sewell
Kuhel
Norfolk Cafes End Blue Eagle Ties Over Losses
Norfolk restaurant owners say they operated at huge losses since signing the NRA code and will drop the blue eagle emblem. George Gordon reports the restaurant group is willing to help recovery but cannot continue under the code, with many eateries signing price agreements already.
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Norfolk
Neb
NRA
Blue Eagles
Norfolk, Neb
George Gordon
Hotel and Restaurant Association
Gordon
Put in the clutch and use all the power within
The essay argues that power comes from within or from a higher source, urging readers to act, engage, and press forward. It uses metaphors of a car engine and clutch to encourage effort, speed, and perseverance, noting ordinary people can achieve extraordinary results through self-application and mindset.
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Emerson
London
Ireas
Illinois Supreme Court Delays Scheck Electrocution
The Illinois Supreme Court granted a writ of superseders without bail to John Scheck, convicted slayer of a policeman in a Chicago courtroom, delaying the planned October 13 electrocution.
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Illinois Supreme Court
John Scheck
Chicago
Dairy show honors at Waterloo feature Holstein and Brown Swiss wins
Dunloggin Gloria from Dunloggin herd Ellicott City Maryland earned grand champion Holstein at the dairy cattle congress. Jane the Vernon Brown Swiss cow, shown by Orhec D Sherry of Viroqua Wisconsin, repeated as grand champion. Maytag Farms Newton Iowa claimed get-of-sire Man-O-War and get-of-dam Mankato Lassie honors. County trophies highlighted Linn Mitchell and Floyd counties for home demonstration and 4-H champions John Whaley Marshalltown Iowa won Iowa 4-H Dairy club title earning a trip to Chicago. Kathryn Land Grinnell Iowa won the dairy record book contest with Claire Werner Gibson Indiana placing second and Robert Sage Davenport third.
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Dunloggin Herd
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Jis Jane
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Orhec D. Sherry
Viroqua
Wis
Maytag Farms
Newton
Marshalltown
Iowa
Chicago
Claire Werner
Gibson
Kathryn Land
Grinnell
Werner
Robert Sage
Davenport
White and Bartlett Cleared in Warburton Plot Case
Los Angeles AP report says actress Alice White and fiancé Sidney Bartlett were cleared by grand jury testimony of any connection with a scheme to disfigure John Warburton. Deputy DA Percy Hamman announced the grand jury also indicted Martin Block and Russell Brown for robbing Warburton of 25 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Alice White
Sidney Bartlett
John Warburton
Percy Hamman
Martin Block
Russell Brown
Warburton
Western Rail Cuts Passenger Rates 20 Percent
Western rail executives authorize a six month trial cutting basic rate from 3.6 to 3 cents per mile for one way trips and 2.14 cents per mile round trips with over ten days, one cent lower on some tickets. the plan aims to boost travel and receipts amid competition amid mixed reactions.
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Harry’ G.taylor
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Cheon
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Minnapolis
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Des Moles
Senators Probe Rail Stock Dump Tied to Dillon Read Trusts
Senate investigators charged Dillon Read and company and related investment trusts joined in 1929 pool operations in Rock Island and Frisco rail stock. The book loss on Rock Island was 2.3 million dollars unrealized as the accounts closed. Witnesses described the joint accounts and unloading by “wise guys” during the 1929 boom.
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Dillon, Read and Company
Stock Market Inquiry Committee
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Read and Company
E. R. Tracy
Ferdinand Pecora
Rock Island
Frisco
Ernest Bell Tracy
Tracy
Howard Calwell Hopson
Shas
Patrick ' J. Hurley
Fletch
Hurley
Fen Pecora
Pecora
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Electric Acorporation
Recora
Samuel
Martin Insull
Fletcher
Hartzell Trial Set For Oct Twenty Third
Federal trial of Oscar M. Hartzell for fraud in promoting funds to claim title to an allegedly nonexistent Drake estate will begin in Sioux City on October 23. Assistant U.S. District Attorney D. C. Browning said the date follows a tentative October 18 schedule. The government hopes to call English attorneys to testify on court practices. Hartzell was deported from England where he resided allegedly to further his bid to the estate.
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Oscar M. Hartzell
Drake
D. C
Supports
Rockefeller Report Warns Against State Prohibition
The Rockefeller study warns that after repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, surviving city states could become havens for bootleggers. It urges strict regulation of high alcohol beverages and cooperation among states to prevent illegal traffic, noting the need for broad public support to curb abuses.
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New York
Rockefeller Equor Control
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Raymond B. Fosdick
Albert L. Scott
British Demand Stabilization Ties Dollar to Pound
Washington reports Britain urges dollar stabilization against the pound as part of debt talks with the United States. The issue could affect world economic conference progress and may involve inflation decisions by President Roosevelt with Treasury officials split on the approach.
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George R. Holmes
Washington
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United States
Treasury
London
Roosevelt
Congress
Boy Picked Up In Omaha May Be Missing Tom Hill
A note from Esther A. Johnson in Omaha indicates Tommy Hill 15 son of Sanford Hill may be the missing Cedar Rapids boy last seen Sept. 8. He and two companions left town after being reported missing and used false names at police HQ. The Gazette offered to cover his bus fare home and asked for updates.
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Tom Hill
Cedar Rapids
Tommy Hill
Sanford Hill
Third Street
Mr. Hill
Esther A. Johnson
Young Hill
Tom Hicks
Gazette
Hill
Gedar Rapids
Debt Holiday Not Retroactive Says Nebraska Supreme Court
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that the two year moratorium on foreclosures does not apply to cases already settled in district court and appealed before the moratorium took effect. It did not rule on the act's constitutionality.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Supreme Court
Kellys to Plead Guilty in Urschel Kidnapping Case
Kathryn Kelly and George Kelly will plead guilty Saturday in the Urschel kidnapping case, ending the last major defendants. Federal judge Vaught denied new trial motions for seven conspirators including Harvey Bailey and Albert Bates. sentencing set for Saturday.
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Herbert K. Hyde
Kathryn Kelly
George
Machine Gun" Kelly
Charles Zs Urschel
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Edgar S. Vaught
Desperadoes
Harvey Bailey
Albert Bates
Charles F. Urschel
Vaught
League Of Nations May Ask Hoover To Head Jewish Relief
Geneva AP reports an effort to draft Herbert Hoover as high commissioner for the League of Nations in charge of Jewish relief. Hoover’s past relief work supports the push, with Theodore Roosevelt Jr also mentioned. both would be considered for the post as the United States may be asked to assist in aiding thousands of German Jewish refugees roaming Europe.
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Herbert Hoover
League of Nations
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Near East
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Philippines
United States
League
RF Caid loans to Iowa banks to aid reopening
A telegram from Jesse Jones to D. W. Bates states the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is prepared to loan to receivers or conservators of banks for depositors payments, limited by collateral and safety. A Chicago RFC representative is expected in Des Moines to discuss Iowa operations.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Tammany expected to fire city aides
New York reports that Tam many Hall leaders plan to dismiss Bronx city officials amid a counter attack after the Bronx democracy backed Joseph V. McKee for mayor. Mayor O'Brien denied requesting resignations of Bronx leaders under his jurisdiction, despite persistent rumors.
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New York
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Savage Tammany
Bronx Democracy
Joseph V. McKee
John P. O'Brien
Tammany Hall
Lamson Sentenced to Death Row at San Quentin
David A. Lamson, Stanford University Press sales manager, convicted of murdering his wife Allene, was moved to death row at San Quentin. He received cell 22 in condemned row, with number 54 761, after a trial in San Jose. An appeal to the state supreme court on December 15 may delay the hanging.
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David A. Lamson
Stanford University Press
Allene
Lamson
San Jose
George “Cocky” Smith
State Supreme Court
German proposal to permit mercy death under law
Berlin report notes a Prussian justice ministry memorandum proposing that licensed doctors be immune from prosecution for aiding death of incurably ill patients. The plan requires two official physicians to certify the advisability and a demand from the patient and family.
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Berlin
Ministry of Justice
Roosevelt to Meet Steel Leaders Over Pennsylvania Mines
President Roosevelt will host Bethlehem Steel chairman Charles Schwab, U S Steel chairman Myron Taylor, and Iron and Steel Institute counsel Nathan Miller at the White House on Saturday to press acceptance of the coal code and the check-off system. The talks follow sessions with Governor Pinchot and Recovery Administrator Hugh Johnson as the administration seeks to end captive mine strikes and curb rising industrial unrest.
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Roosevelt
White House
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Eessaie
Pinchot
Hugh’ Sir Johnson
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steels
Myron C. Taylor
U. S. Steel
Nathan L. Miller
The
Iron, ,and, Steel Institute
Patos
NRA
United, Mine Workers
Wers Ne Raik
Santeiie Acer
Johnson
Richberg
Donald Richberg
Labor
Recovery Administration
American Federation of Labor
Philippines Senate Rejects Hawes Cutting Independence Plan
The Philippine senate on Saturday abandoned plans for a plebiscite on the Hawes Cutting independence proposal by the American congress after a night of wrangling ended with a 15 to 4 vote to reject the measure.
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P. I
American’ Congress
Philippines Senate
Senate
Dollfuss Headquarters Damaged in Explosion at Krem s Austria
An explosion damaged the Dollfuss Patriotic Front headquarters in Krem s Austria early Friday. No injuries occurred and property damage was moderate.
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Krems
Austria
Engelbert, Dollfuss
Patriotic Front Organization
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