Former hotel and insurance heir guilty in Chicago case
Ernest J. Stevens, connected to Chicago finance and the Stevens hotel empire, was found guilty of embezzling 1.2 million dollars from the defunct Illinois Life Insurance Co. He faces a possible sentence of one to ten years per count after six hours of jury deliberation.
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Chicago
Ernest J. Stevens
Morreys
Illnois Life Insurance Company
Stevens Hotel
Stevens
James W. Stevens
Ernest
Raymond W
Illnois Life Insurance Co
Life Insurance Company
Ernest Stevens
Chicago Loop
Michigan Boulevard
Insurance Company
Jean
Stevens and
LaSalle
Ftels
Raymond
Crier
Effort to Save Cop Slayer Fails Chicago
Federal Judge Woodward denied a writ of habeas corpus to delay Ross King’s execution set for shortly after midnight. The state supreme court and Governor Horner refused intercession as King, who killed a policeman with accomplice John Bongorio during a robbery, shows little concern.
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Chicago
Ross King
Woodward
State Supreme Court
Guv Horner
King
John Bongorio
Everyday Religion as Obstacle to Peace Says 1933 Message
A 1933 sermon argues that everyday religion and skeptical fatalism delay efforts to end war. It condemns inertial thinking that assumes war is inevitable and stresses the need for faith and clear thought to create lasting peace.
Liquor Seizures To Be Tested Before Sale In Raids
Justice Department officials ordered that liquor seized in future raids be tested rather than destroyed. The inventory includes liquor, automobiles, boats, and other confiscated property and will be sold by the government after testing.
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Washington
INS
Prohibition Enforcement
Department of Justice
Norris Seeks New Money to Refund Liberty Bonds
Senator George W. Norris urged President Roosevelt to issue new currency to redeem 1.5 billion dollars of fourth Liberty loan bonds. He argued currency expansion would save taxpayers 63 million annually versus 19 million from lower interest and warned lack of expansion hurts farm prices and broad trade.
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McCook
Neb
George W. Norris
Roosevelt
Norris
Nebraska
Weather Outlook for Chicago Oct 16 to Oct 21
The forecast covers the Great Lakes region to the northern plains with limited precipitation. Temperatures are expected to run above normal for most of the period, with the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys in play.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Tammany and McKee Rush to Aid Lehman in Mayoral Clash
Tammany Hall joined Joseph V. McKee in defending Gov. Herbert Lehman as Samuel Seabury’s attacks intensified the bitter New York mayoral campaign. O'Brien allies and fusion leaders sought to weaponize Seabury’s criticism, while Lehman’s backers touted his record and clashed with La Guardia over who directs the nomination.
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NEW York
Tammany Hall
Joseph V. McKee
Herbert H. Lehman
Samuel Seabury
Fusion
Seabury
Lehman
Roosevelt
John P. O'Brien
Tammany
McKee
Alfred E. Smith
Walker
Legissac Eet Atl
Y”. Sake
Ram’ Kaplan
O'Brien
Cam
Democratic
Ford Reopens Chester Plant Amid Strike
Ford Motor company will reopen its Chester export assembly plant Monday with 900 workers. Despite the reopening announcement the 2000 plus striking employees voted to continue the walkout, and police warned the move could spark violence as new hires arrive at the gates.
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Chester
INS
Ford Motor Company
Girl Plunges From Navy Pier To Death
CHICAGO. An 18 year old identified as Geneva Hood plunged from Navy Pier to her death after joking with a taxicab driver about suicide. Her sister, Nellie Robbins, said Genev a left home Thursday night for a party and had not been heard from since. She was despondent and not married as she had told the driver.
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Chicago
Navy Pier
Geneva Hood
Nellie Robbins
Explosion Probable In United Air Lines Crash
Federal investigators believe nitroglycerine triggered the crash of a United Air Lines passenger ship near Chesterton Indiana. The blast likely was timed and located in the baggage compartment rear of the aircraft. Seven lives were lost as the fuselage broke up and the tail section separated.
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Chicago
United Air Lines
Earth
Chesterton
Ind
New York
Cleveland
Melvin H. Purvis
U. S. Bureau of Investigation
Racket inmates two boys in Cedar Rapids area scam
Two boys aged 14 and 10 identified as sponsors of a clever racket. Harold Frasier 10 led detectives to Leo Horak 14 who allegedly arranged theft of bulbs cords and materials from Iowa Electric Light and Power and Robertson Electric by posing as a woman seeking returns and refunds. The Heinze Electric store thwarted the plan.
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Cedar Rapids
Heinze Electric Company
First Avenue W
Stanley
Condon
Harold Frasier
Fifth Street
Leo Horak
Route Four
Horak
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
L. E. Anthony
First Avenue
Ethen
Robertson Electric Company
Heinze
Pretty Boy Floyd Sought At Frisco
Police nationwide chased a report that Oklahoma outlaw Charlie Pretty Boy Floyd was spotted in San Francisco heading north in a gray sedan. He was with a 6 year old girl believed to be his daughter and two men, carrying camping gear. Floyd is wanted for a string of Midwest holdups.
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San Francisco
INS
Charlie
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Oklahoma
Ventura
California
Middle West
The Tragedy of X serial opens in The Gazette
Police Inspector Thumm gathers fragmentary clues from a crowded NYC streetcar murder but cannot identify the killer. Retired actor Drury Lane then solves the mystery by simple reasoning, naming X as the murderer. The opening chapters promise a dramatic mystery next Tuesday.
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New York City
Thumm
Drury Lane
Lane
the Gazette
Oxe
Disarmament Debate Advocates Caution on Rearming
In Geneva, Ambassador Norman H. Davis stated the United States position that a disarmament convention should not serve as a instrument for rearma ment. He urged reducing armaments primarily among heavily armed powers and reassured patience, aligning with Sir John Simon's call for a period of armament supervision as a stabilizing measure.
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Washington
United States
Geneva
Norman H. Davis
Davis
Bureau of the Arms Conference
State Department
John Simon
Great Britain
Reich
France
Austria
U. S
Hull
Hitler
John Simons
Britain
Norman Davis
United Staes
Germany
London
George
England
NRA Urges Open Organizing Rights for Workers
Washington reports the NRA appealing to business leaders to allow employees to organize openly and cooperate in amicable agreements. Robert F. Wagner praised Buffalo mills for inviting mediation with 8,000 workers as Carmody heads there to finalize deals. Wagner offers board help to other employers. Johnson wrestles with the retail code despite ongoing silk strike talks and coal operator defiance in Kentucky.
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Washington
NRA
Robert F. Wagner
National Labor Board
Buffalo
N. Y
Feed Mills
John M. Carmody
Carmody
Wagner
Labor Board
New Jersey
Kentucky
Hugh 8. Johnson
Johnson
Man arrested after stealing groceries fights arrest
L. B. Rouse, 32, jailed after resisting police when detained for suspected third larceny this year. Store owner O. K. Becker says Rouse took a box from the delivery room and claimed it was a mistake. Rouse denied guilt and said he handed groceries to his wife. Police later found the groceries hidden downtown. Rouse previously faced intoxication and egg theft charges this year. He awaited a larceny charge before Justice A. S. Reed.
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L. BE. Rouse
O. K. Becker
People's Grocery
Third Street
Second Avenue
A. S. Reed
Rouse
Marshall and Bailey
Becker
Eugene Hepker
Alburnett
G. §. Lightner
Hitler Withdraws From League and Disarmament Talks
Berlin AP reports Hitler announced Germany would withdraw from the League of Nations and the world disarmament conference claiming equal rights and criticizing the Versailles Treaty. He demanded arms equality, denounced postwar judges, and urged nations to rectify perceived injustices while Hindenburg dissolved the Reichstag.
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Berlin
Germany
League of Nations
Hitler
France
Austria Sees War Hysteria Rise Frontiers Fortified
Vienna reports a major war scare as Dollfuss pursues fascist repression and Germany abandons the League. Frontiers are strengthened with barbed wire and militia units patrolling roads while travelers face checks for subversive items amid tense public mood.
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Vienna
Austria
Engelbert Dollfuss
Germany
Heilmwehr
Britain Tightens Preparedness Amid Paris Threats
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald rushes to London after Hitler’s drastic move and reports to the cabinet. King George receives updates from Sandringham as Conservatives rally behind strengthened naval and air defenses. Sir John Simon shifts toward stronger defense policies and closer Franco-British cooperation.
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Geneva
Ramsay MacDonald
London
Hitler
George
Sandringham Palace
France
MacDonald
John Simon
John
War Office
Admiralty
Robbery Gang Wounds Two In Downtown Indianapolis Heist
In Indianapolis a five man gang used machine guns shotguns and revolvers in a tobacco warehouse robbery. Two workers were wounded including John Gardner who was critically injured and Sergeant Charles Hodges who fought back. The bandits fled with an undetermined loot.
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Indianapolis
John Gardner
Charles Hodges
Gardner
Germany Withdraws From League and World Disarmament Talks
United Press outlines Germany's exit from the league of nations and the world disarmament conference. It notes Germany will be the fourth major nation absent, alongside the United States, Soviet Russia, and Japan, with two years notice required for withdrawal.
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United Press
Germany
League of Nations
League
United States
Soviet
Russia
Japan
France
Britain
Italy
League Council
Rhine
Rhineland
Germany withdraws from League and arms talks shocks world
The German Nazi regime announced withdrawal from the League of Nations and the arms conference, triggering a war atmosphere in Europe. Geneva and London react as nations fear disarmament efforts are derailed and new Reichstag politics loom.
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Hitler
Europe
Germany
France
United Press
Adolf Hitler
League of Nations
Geneva
League
United States
Austria
England
Eighbors
Pirel
Muscsolini
Italy
Mrs Lon Chaney Heir to Wed Chauffeur Amid Health Crisis
John Jeske, Chaney family chauffeur, filed for a declaration of intention to marry Hazel G Chaney widow of actor Lon Chaney as she lay reported near death in a Los Angeles hospital.
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Lon Chaney
Los Angeles
INS
Hazel G. Chaney
John Jeske
Chaney
Detroit Banks Seek 74 Million Dollar Federal Loans
Applications for loans totaling 74 million dollars from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation were announced by J F T O'Connor comptroller of the currency. The requests were 48 million for the First National Bank Detroit and 26 million for the Guardian National Bank Detroit.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
First National Bank
Guardian National Bank
Detroit
J. F. T. O’ Connor
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