Shipping Board Fires Fleet Corporation Chief Palmer
The Shipping Board removed Leigh C. Palmer, head of the Fleet Corporation since January 1924, and named Elmer C. Crowley to replace him. Palmer voiced insistence on autonomy, while the board pursues tighter control and a potential reorganization of fleet operations under President Coolidge.
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Washington
Shipping Board
White House
Leigh C. Palmer
Fleet Corporation
Coolidge
Elmer C. Crowley
Boston
American Export Line
New York
Palmer
Crowley
Mr. Coolidge
R. G. Ldalton
Cleveland
O'Connor
Hkenson
Congress
Dalton
Benson
Debt Mission Sails for America in October
Rome reports Count Volpi the Finance Minister and the Italian Debt Funding Mission will sail from Naples on October 22 aboard the steamer Duillo.
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Rome
Count Volpi
America
Naples
Duillo
Reformers Push Congress for National Film Censorship
Organized reformers will press Congress to censor American films with a federal motion picture bill led by Representative Upshaw of Georgia. They seek nationwide censorship as a first step toward broader controls, arguing a national law can reach New York and other cities they cannot regulate locally.
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World News Service
Washington
Congress
Upshaw
Georgia
New York
Woman held in poisoning of 14 yearold Esta Strome
Mrs Birdie Strome 49 stepmother of Esta Strome 14 died at New Carlisle and Coroner’s inquest found poisoning as the cause. Strome arrested after inquest verdict and held for investigation. Attorneys McKinney and Sheriff Lewis will lead the case. Funeral followed at the Mennonite Church.
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Springfield
Birdie Strome
Esta Strome
New Carlisle
Theodore Schaefer
Schaefer
Mitchell May Not Face Court Martial For Utterances
Army air service Colonel William Mitchell may avoid a court martial over remarks on the War and Navy Departments. Civilian counsel Frank R. Reid says the War Department weighs a letter of reprimand instead. Mitchell reportedly would challenge that and seek a court of inquiry or court martial.
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New York World News Service
Washington
William Mitchell
Army Air Service
Navy Departments
Frank R. Reid
Illinois
Mitchell
War Department
Air Service
Reid
Man Loses 1500 In Bag Of Paper While A Zoo Swindle
George Sokolowski injected $1500 into a black bag and watched three strangers take the bag to seal a deal for Brookside Park Zoo swimming pool and baseball diamond. Four hours later he opened the bag to find only wadded newspapers.
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Cleveland
George Sokolowski
Brookside Park
Sokolowski
Eviction Rumor Triggers Racist Mob Fire at West End Flat
A false rumor that Black tenants would move into 2131 Storrs Street sparked about 300 white residents to loot and burn furniture from a furnished flat. Police saved a piano as they dispersed the crowd. the owner had asked tenants to vacate for other uses.
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Storrs Street
West End
Mason Selmon
Belmont
Clark Street
Hamilton Avenue
Lena Wakman
Selman
State Avenue
Saebler Street
Ninth District
Arata
One killed after powder works explosion near Oakland
An explosion at the Trojan Powder Works near Oakland California injures several workers with J Rain a mixer killed instantly and others reported in serious condition. Local crews respond as investigators begin work at the scene.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Cal
J. Rain
Trojan Powder Works
Here
Ghost Haunting at Keighley Mill Ends With Cure
Nineteen year old Gwynneth Morley working in a Keighley Yorkshire spinning mill faced mysterious disturbances. Objects moved and breaking crockery and furniture phenomena occurred before treatment at the British College of Psychic Science led to her recovery after three months. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Heatart McKenzie arranged the therapy while US press notes the case.
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John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
Gwynneth Morley
Keighley
Yorkshire
British College of Psychic Science
Miss Morley
Arthur Conan Doyle
Heatart McKenzie
N. Y
Ford foresees common use airplane with auto-like motor
Henry Ford, in Detroit, describes lab work in Dearborn on a general-use aircraft. He notes a carlike motor for the plane, with expendable parts, and says air power will shift global dynamics by empowering people and challenging war plans.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Ford
Belgian neutrality at Locarno reshaped for new pacts
At Locarno discussions, Belgian neutrality rises again with talk of separate Belgian German and French German pacts. Germany rejects any alliance that traps it with Russia, and insists on arbitration talks with Poland and Czecho Slovakia under Western powers.
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Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York
Herr Stresemann
Herr Gauss
France
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Belgium
Germany
M. Vandervelde
M. Berthelot
M. Briand
Dr. Luther
Russia
Locarno
Moscow
Rapallo
Great Britain
Italy
Rhine
Europe
Council of the League of Nations
N. Y
Masons' Offices Sacked as Iron Rule Enforced in Florence
In Florence the Fascisti strike after Luporini is slain by a railway worker. Bandinelli and Luporini's associate are killed, offices of Free Masons and lawyers are sacked, and Consello and Pilati die as the mob enforces a five person limit on gatherings.
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Alfred M. Murray
New York World News Service
Paris
Florence
Luporini
Directory
Bandinelli
Grand Orient
Fascisti
Consello
Pilati
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World) Press Pub. Co
Fascists Take Over Italian Labor Under New Pact
Rome October 6 An agreement signed by industry captains and Fascisti Labor Corporation leaders Rossini and Cucini makes the Fascists the sole legitimate representatives of labor. The internal factory council dissolves, disputes go to the Fascists and industrialists, and local government is centralized under prefects. The march on Rome anniversary will be militarized with mass gatherings in Milan Bologna Mantua and Rome.
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Beatrice Baskerville
New York World News Service
Rome
Fascisti Labor Corporation
Rossini
Cucini
Confederation of Labor
Giolitti
Nitti
Industrialists
Mussolini
Lombardy
Milan
Gonzaga
Bologna
Mantua
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World
Press Pub. Co
Labor foes reject Italy labor accord approval
Rome report says the General Confederation of Labor adopted a resolution today refusing to recognize the accord announced yesterday between the General Confederation of Industry and the Confederation of Fascist labor unions, deeming it a revolutionary step in labor policy.
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Associated Press
Rome
General ‘Confederation of Labor
General Confederation of Industry
Confederation of Fascist Labor Unions
Italy
Austria to apologize for attack on Mussolini
Vienna reports the Austrian Government will send a written apology to Premier Mussolini after Deputy Ellenbogen’s fierce attack in the National Assembly. Ellenbogen accused Mussolini of robbing Italy’s and Germany’s peoples of liberty and Tyrol autonomy, and of seizing foreign property. The government said amends would be made to address the insult.
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New York World News Service
Vienna
Mussolini
Ellenbogen
National Assembly
Tyrol
Versailles
League of Nations
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World
Press Pub. Co
Headless nude man found in swamp near New Castle
The headless nude body of a man was found in a swamp near New Castle, Pennsylvania, today. A duck hunter named Samuel Hares discovered the corpse, partially concealed by twigs not yet wilted, and the coroner is investigating the death.
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New Castle
Samuel Hares
Coolidge Embarks on Legion Address Embracing Tolerance
President Coolidge attends the American Legion convention in Omaha Nebraska where he appeals for tolerance among individuals and nations. He delivers an address urging balance of military power under civil authority and receives a strong ovation from thousands.
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Coolidge
Legion Convention
Vassar Girl Anna Bailey Found Dead in College Room
Miss Anna Frances Bailey twenty one year old Vassar College senior was found suspended by a scarf in her Main Building room. Parents from Cleveland expected to claim the body. authorities cite a momentary insanity with a letter to her mother offering no clear reason. Dr Henry Noble MacCracken praised her poetry noting unusual ability.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Anna Frances Bailey
Vassar College
Stephen A. Bailey
Cleveland
O. College
World Series Opens in Pittsburgh for 1940 Final
The championship is set at Forbes Field Pittsburgh where the Washington Senators face the Pittsburgh Pirates in a best of seven series. Johnson will pitch for Washington Meadows for Pittsburgh with Ruel and Smith as catchers. Probable crowd around 45000 and a 2 pm ET start. Washington is listed as the series favorite.
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Pittsburgh
Senators
Washington
Forbes Field
Johnson
Meadows
Ruel
Smith
Pittsburgh writer sketches town fever over baseball pennant
Pittsburgh reporter Frank Sullivan describes Dayton Tenn report delays and a smoke shrouded town in excitement over a local baseball team. He notes teams travel April to October among cities like Boston Chicago Philadelphia and New York and that playing ball keeps youths out of trouble while building American character. The Pennant, a blue felt banner reading Excuse My Dust, signals the last team to tire in the National League.
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Frank Sullivan
New York World News Service
Pittsburgh
Dayton
Tenn
SS Eee
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Staten Island
New York
Officers Refuse Syria Deployment Sparks Sensation
Paris reports a stir after Belfort garrison officers refuse orders to leave for Syria. Captains Hermann and Brau offered resignations. Hermann’s was rejected and a tribunal inquiry may lead to dismissal or demotion. Bray cited ill health and was cleared by the Medical Board. Soldiers protested, while 600 volunteers offered to go.
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Alfred M. Murray
New York World News Service
Paris
Belfort
Syria
Hermann
Brau
War Office
Bray
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World
Press Pub. Co
French artist’s widow sues Paris Plaisirs over nude photos
Paris October 6 Mrs Kary Wilson wife of a former American Army interpreter sued Paris Plaisirs after the magazine ran three photographs of her in scant attire. Once an artist model she contends the images damaged her, sought impounding, but the judge sent damages to court after promising no repetition.
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Alfred M. Murray
New York World News Service
Paris
Kary Wilson
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World) Press Pub. Co
Peace path urged by Coolidge at Legion meet
President Coolidge appealed to the American Legion in Omaha to curb racial and religious intolerance and to pursue peace through civil authority, limited armaments, and better social reforms. He warned against militarism and called for an intellectual demobilization to foster progress and justice at home and internationally.
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Omaha
Neb
Coolidge
American Legion
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