Trial Details Loom as Bank Embezzlement Case Advances
Witness testimony describes losses tied to Baum Safe and Lock Co and a string of loan and check transactions. Prosecutors focus on misapplied funds, uncharged losses, and connections to Berger and Fuse law firm. Proceedings resume Monday with cross-examination of Frank J. Hall and related records.
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Cecil Hall
Clarence A. Dore
Dudley A. Ik J. Schneider
Stat
Izel
Phere
Berger & Fuse Ae
Barar
Bell
Sho' Am Cold Down in Dixie
Atlanta reports unseasonably cold air sweeping from the north with frost and freezing temperatures spreading across border states into the deep south. Snow flurries were noted in portions of Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia while readings in Georgia and Florida approached freezing in scattered towns.
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Eno
Gullmather Bureau
Shaw
Kentuck
Tennessee
Virginia
Meville
Paducah
Atayield
Hopinville
Harlan
Gluefield A
Eral
Cumberland Mount Fharries
Knoxta
Nashville
Elizaighton
Lennesses
Norther
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Pena
Purce Gt
Florida
Freed in Court Jailed in Lobby in Chicago Case
James Fur Sammons, wanted in Baltimore on a payroll robbery charge, was freed by Judge Joseph B. Davis who called the Cook County case a joke. He faced assault with intent to murder, concealed weapons and DUI charges from a car crash, then was rearrested for questioning about a shotgun attack on James McBride, a Bellwood police witness.
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Chicago
James
Fur
Sammons
Baltimore
Joseph B. David
Cook County
Seret
James McBride
Bellwood Police
McBride
Jack
White
Fire dragon oil well menaces Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City faced a fire hazard as No. 1 C. E. Stoutwell oil well vented large volumes of oil and 100 million cubic feet of gas near the southeast wholesale district. National Guard units guarded the area while residents were evacuated and schools closed. A heavy steel Christmas tree device was being forged to cap the well.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma National Guard
C. E. Stoutwell
Fires Driven Flames Sweep Santa Monica Mountains
Raging brush fires forced hundreds of firefighters to retreat as flames raced through the Santa Monica Mountains toward the Simi Hills. The Malibu area fire neared Seminole Hot Springs with officials aiming to shield the Seminole club house and thirty cabins.
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Ventura
Cal
Santa Monica Mountains
Simi Hills
Santa Monica
Malibu
Seminole Hot Springs Mountains
Vargas Arrives in Rio to Assume Provisional Presidency
The Generalissimo of the Brazilian revolution Dr Getulio Vargas lands in Rio de Janeiro at 6 50 pm to take provisional control as conqueror. Crowds greet him while gaucho troops from Rio Grande do Sul march through the streets amid drizzle and celebration.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
Dr. Vargas
Pampas
Rio Grande Do Sul
Republican rally advocates cooperation to boost prosperity
Speakers led by Nicholas Longworth and Robert Taft urged voters at Avondale Public School to elect Republicans to Congress and State Senate, arguing cooperation between Congress and the President is essential for resuming business activity and maintaining national stability.
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Avondale
Nicholas Longworth
Congress
Robert A. Taft
George W. Puchta
Ralph D. Cole
Findlay
A. E. Mittendorf
Common Pleas
Alfred Mack
Longworth
House
Jury acquits Herbert M Campbell in Baker murder case
A Washington jury acquitted Virginia real estate dealer Herbert M Campbell of killing Navy clerk Mary Baker after a half hour of deliberation. The government relied on ballistics from Calvin Goddard and Dr Wilmer Souder, but missiles could not be tied to his revolver. Baker was found in a culvert near Arlington National Cemetery last April. Campbell had previously turned in his .32 caliber revolver, claiming it may have been used to commit the crime. He attributed his past statements to publicity motives.
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Washington
Herbert M. Campbell
Mary Baker
Navy Department
Campbell
Virginia
Calvin Goddard
Chicago
Ethiopian Emperor Dismisses Ras Tafari's Black Eagle After Crash
In Addis Ababa on October 31, Ras Tafari ousted Col. Herbert Julian, the once celebrated Harlem Negro ace, for flying a royal plane against orders. The aircraft wrecked though Julian was unhurt, while the emperor sought to showcase Ethiopian aviation for coronation ceremonies. Julian blamed jealousy from a French airman.
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Addis Ababa
Abyssinia
Ethiopia
Ras Tafari
Herbert Julian
Julian
Harlem
Liberia
Cooper Denies Hearg Created Political Jobs Campaigning
Governor Myers Y Cooper, campaigning in Cleveland for a second term, attacked claims that state staff additions were to benefit politicians. He cited extra auditors raising funds for death and injury benefits and touted plans to expand care facilities, while denying Democratic charges of increased spending and debt. Senator Roscoe C McCulloch condemned Bulkley’s repeal stance as unconstitutional, insisting on constitutional enforcement. A Chicago mayor was rushed to hospital for appendicitis after a campaign speech.
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Cleveland
Myers Y. Cooper
Industrial Relations Department
Cooper
WHK
McCulloch
San O
United “States
Roscoe C. McCulloch
Robert J. Bulkley
United States
Congress
White
Robert Bulkley
Cincinnati
Bulkley
Mayor Thompson Collapses On Return to Campaign
Oct 31 Chicago reports Mayor William Hale Thompson, 62, rushed to Passavant Hospital with acute appendicitis as a theater crowd awaited his anti McCormick barrage. Surgeons performed an operation, bulletin noted no immediate alarm, ending weeks of political drama and a potential fourth term bid.
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Chicago
William’ Hale Thompson
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Thompson
America
Ham” Lewis
Hendiong
Unite States
James Hamilton Lewis
Republican County
McCormick
Ofice
Passavant Hospital
Train bearing Boris and bride fired upon in Bucharest incident
A Sofia dispatch says the royal train carrying Boris and his bride was fired on at Manole station near Bourgas Sofia last night. A soldier in the bodyguard was slightly wounded and the assailant fled. Reports from Sofia claim over 100 arrests in Bulgaria linked to the incident.
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Bucharest
Romania
Sofia
Boris
Manole
Bourgas
Vienna
White Dry Record in Congress and Ohio Legislature
Raymond Kunkel argues at the Young Men's Christian Cooper-for-Government Club that George White a Democratic governor candidate is bone dry and that Wet vs Dry labels mislead voters. Edward D. Schorr cites White as “satisfactory” to the Ohio Anti-Saloon League and urges Republicans to focus beyond wet and dry rhetoric.
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George White
Ohio
Raymond Kunkel
E Young Men
Cooper-for-Governont Club
Gibson
Kunkel
Republican Party Endorses Eleven Judicial Candidates
The Commercial Tribune reports Hamilton County Republicans endorsing judges for state and county courts. Endorsed are James E. Robinson and Reynolds R. Kinkade for re election to the Ohio Supreme Court. Wade Cushing for re election to the Court of Appeals. Thomas H. Darby Frederick L. Hoffman Dennis J. Ryan Stanley Struble for re election to the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. Chester S. Durr for Common Pleas Court. Edward M. Ballard and Nessep Schwab for the Supreme Court term expansions and related races set to begin February 9, 1931.
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Republican
Hamilton County
The
Commercial Tribune
James E. Robinson
Reynolds R. Kinkade
Ohio Supreme Court
Wade Cushing
Court of Appeals
Thomas H. Darby
Frederick L. Hoffman
Dennis J. Ryan
Stanley Struble
Hamilton
Common Preay Court
Chester S. Durr
Common Pleas Court
Edward M. Ballard
Nessep Schwab
Apa
Ray Mack
Royal Train Shooting Rumor Denied in Sofia
Reports from Bucharest claiming seven shots were fired at the royal train carrying King Borie and his bride en route to Sofia were denied in Sofia. No confirmation from official sources.
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Royal Equipage
Sofia
Bulgaria
Bucharest
Borie
Bulgarian King Boris Marries Princess Giovanna in Orthodox Ceremony
In Sofia Cathedral on October 31 King Boris of Bulgaria and Italian Princess Giovanna received the nuptial blessing from the Bulgarian Orthodox Church after arriving from Bourgas. The ceremony followed Orthodox rites with a shared chalice and Gospel kiss, easing Vatican concerns over the Assisi concord. The church president hailed the union as a long awaited Orthodox dynasty.
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Bulgaria
Boris of
Giovanna
Holy Synod of the
Bourgas
Black Sea
Vatican
Assisi
Synod
Boris
Italio French Naval Accord Sought by U S
Geneva reports indicate the United States aims for a Franco Italian naval truce until 1936. Ambassador Hugh Gibson urged Paris and Rome to pause parity and amour propr e debates and reveal five year building programs. He plans to press Benito Mussolini with a request for public disclosures during forthcoming disarmament talks.
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New York World News Service
Geneva
France
Italy
Hugh S. Gibson
United States
Belgium
Paris
Rome
Gibson
Andre Tardieu
Aristide
Briand
London
Benito Mussolini
Washington
Pierre L. Boal
State Department
Japan
Mystery Deepens in Yocum Kidnapping Case
KEWANEE Oct 21 local reports say two suspects remain at large while a third is jailed in Cambridge. Vigilantes and officers pursue leads in nearby hills as Harry Whiskers and Vernon Ahlgren stay in custody. State's Attorney Me lin travels to Geneseo seeking information.
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Kewanee
Earl Yocum
Galvabanker
Cambridge
County
Harry Whiskers
Vernon Ahlgren
Charles Melin
Geneseo
Prohibition Probe Names Senators in Liquor Purchases
Washington reports agents uncovered liquor sales involving Senators and House members in the Senate and House Office Buildings. Vice President Curtis confirms aiding Prohibition Bureau efforts to curb bootlegging led by Dr. J. M. Doran. The probe centers on George F. Cassady, "Man in the Green Hat," and a 19 year old bureau agent whose payroll and findings surfaced amid investigations.
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New York World News Service
Washington
House
Prohibition
Senate
Capitol
Curtis
J. M. Doran
Bureau of Industrial Alcohol
New York Evening World
Topeka
Kan
Doran
Prohibition Bureau
Bureau
George F. Cassady
Cassady
Hard-Headed Guy Sniffs Contempt for Conventions
William Cottle, a Cincinnati firm salesman in Hamilton Ohio, played cards with six Negro men. A seventh man with a revolver robbed him but fled after Cottle rose. Police arrested the six players. they were fined $10 and costs each for disorderly conduct.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
William Cottle
Cincinnati
Walnut Street
Cottle
Watson Warns Tariff Repeal Could Paralyze Business
Indiana Senator James E. Watson told a national radio audience that a Democratic victory next Tuesday would trigger chaos as the tariff law would be repealed without hearings. He warned that a new tariff could pass but be stalled in the Senate, leaving business paralyzed during the transition period and uncertainty like a black pall.
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Chicago
James E. Watson
Indiana
Senate
Watson
James M. Cox
Ohio
House
Navy to Start Public Works Before January
Navy initiates a ten million dollar program for aircraft construction and naval facilities while the Interstate Commerce Commission sets aside rail accounts. Leading agencies plan work on public projects, with details extending into early next year.
Government to Expand Labor Hit With 1.7k Jobs
Washington reports federal construction programs will cost about one billion dollars with contracts under way and pending totaling 938.4 million. Employment from government work reached 1,033,000 on October 1, as plans push to relieve unemployment nationwide.
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White House
Shipping Board
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Woods
Interstate Commerce Commission
oe _ The. nation
Chicago& Northwestern Railway
Sewell Avery
Chicago
New York
Navy Department
Navy Posts
American Federation of Labor
Europe
Great Britain
Italy
Mellon
Temperature outlook across states shows fair weekend
The report notes Ohio Kentucky Tennessee Indiana and West Virginia all expect fair conditions Saturday and Sunday with rising temperatures. Central and western portions may see warmer readings on Saturday, with partial cloudiness and some Sunday precipitation. Weather maps list temperatures around 40s to 60s across major cities like Louisville Nashville Cleveland New York Detroit Atlanta and Boston.
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Kentucky
West
Tennessee
Indiana
West Virginia
Saurees
Louisville
Boston
Nashville
Albany
Cleveland
New York
Detroit
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