Pernambuco Falls In 48 Hour Battle With Rebels
Brazilian city of Pernambuco fell after a forty eight hour battle between revolutionary forces and loyalists. Casualties reportedly reached 1506 as insurgents captured the arsenal and key facilities. Provisional government led by Gen Juarez Tavora established with amid reports of governors fleeing and authorities attempting to restore order.
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Pernambuco
Brazil
Gov. Coimbra
Joao Pessoa
Parahuba
Pessoa
Liberal Party
Juarez Tavora
Cavalcanti
Rio Grande Do Norte
Rio de Janeiro
Parahyba
Lavenere
Shanghai
China
Kiangsi
Kian
Yangtse
King Hankow
Panay
Yochow
Chengchow
Feng Yu- Hsiang
Yellow River
Shansi
Feng
Henan-Shansi
Navy to withdraw 49 vessels and cut 4,800 crew
Admiral William V. Pratt announced a plan to bring the fleet in line with the London naval treaty. Forty nine ships to be withdrawn and 4,800 personnel cut, saving nearly 11 million dollars by the 1932 fiscal year. Submarine tonnage limited to 62,700 tons with decommissioning and scrapping to clear replacement space. A training squadron of Arkansas, Wyoming, and eight destroyers will operate with the Atlantic scouting fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Navy
William V. Pratt
Pratt
John Halligan, J Jr
Naval Operations
Emase
Arkansas
Wyoming
Atlantic
Earnshaw Is Hero As Macks Capture Fifth World's Title
Earnshaw leads Mack team to their fifth world title in a dramatic final. The victory crowns a season of dominance with key play and clutch moments securing the championship.
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Earnshaw
Macks
FORCE DENOUNCED IN ANNEXATION IN CINCINNATI WATER TREATMENT
Cincinnati officials spar over water policy as Mayor Wilson accuses Norwood Republicans of politics in MacDonald Printing permit disputes. Councilman Patterson counters with annexation claims. Utilities Chair Pollak seeks county signature on a city water contract while Burns & McDonald assess plant needs and service range.
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Cincinnati
Russell Wilson
Norwood
MacDonald Printing Company
Alex. Patterson
Julian Pollak
Harry McGrew
Sharonville
Pollak
C. A. Dykstra
Burns & McDonald
Kansas
Hamilton County
Water Works Department
Cap Wearing Swindler Foiled In Akron Bank Heist
Frank Kickel, 22, of Cleveland, was held to the grand jury on $5,000 bond after posing as the chauffeur for Mrs. H. S. Firestone and cashing forged checks for 300 and 800 dollars at Firestone Bank. A detective, posing as a teller, recovered the funds and Kickel confessed plans to meet an accomplice near St. Thomas Hospital.
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Akron, O
Akron
Frank Kickel
Cleveland
Kickel
Firestone Park Trust and Savings Bank
H.S. Firestone, Sr
H. S. Firestone, Sr
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Gilbert Mosely
Firestone
Mosley
Mosely
St. Thomas Hospital
Abandoned infant found beside billboard in Southgate Kentucky
An abandoned baby girl about six weeks old was found by farmer William Loehr on the Alexandria pike at Brighteenth Street Southgate. The infant, wrapped in a faded blanket and wearing a new undershirt, was taken to Speers Hospital Dayton as police search for a middle aged woman seen with a child in the area. The baby has brown hair and blue eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Loehr
Alexandria Pike
Brighteenth Street
Southgate
Newport
Speers Hospital
Dayton
Steno Makes Grade State Official at Twenty Four
Baton Rouge Louisiana October 8 Gov Huey P Long today appointed Miss Alice Le Grosjean his private secretary as Secretary of State succeeding James J Bailey who died early this morning Miss Grosjean aged twenty four becomes the first woman state official in Louisiana and is believed to be the youngest Secretary of State in the country.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Tong
Alice
le Grosjean
James J. Bailey
Adieu for venerable old warm heart gag
The Southwest Clinical Conference heard Dr. L. G. Rowntree of Rochester Minnesota describe a procedure to warm cold hands and feet. Cutting two nerves along the spine may improve circulation and help those with arthritis or bone fever.
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Kansas City
Oct
Southwest Clinical Conference
L. G. Rowntree
Rochester
Minn
Parachute Jumper Mourns Wounded Police Dog
Colorado Springs police report Jimmy Donohue, a parachute jumper, arrived at the airport looking as if he'd landed in a hedge. He said he ran over a thoroughbred police dog and feared his dog would die, then noted the animal was actually a prairie wolf that attendants had aided before it suddenly recoiled.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Jimmy Donohue
Donahue
Brother of Scarface Al Surrenders on Warrant
Henry Capone, brother of famed mob figure Al Capone, sues bond and surrenders on a warrant issued by Judge Lyle and is released under heavy bail, per police reports.
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Lyle
Capone Surrenders To Police In Chicago Vagrancy Case
Ralph Capone brother of Scarface Al surrendered at the Detective Bureau on a vagrancy warrant issued by Judge John H. Lyle and posted 10000 bond. Capone, among Chicago crime commission listed public enemies, was ninth of twenty six gangsters arrested on vagrancy warrants. He faces arraignment and also awaits a federal tax evasion case. The article notes a theft of an army machine gun remains part of the background.
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Chicago
Ralph Capone
Scarface al
Detective Bureau
John H. Lyle
Chicago Crime Commission
Capone
Lyle
Miles J. Devine
Devine
Chief of Detectives
British tariff wall plan debated at Imperial Conference
London report by Frank H. King says Britain and dominions consider high tariff walls as protection from global economic blizzards. Prime Minister Bennett of Canada proposed a 10 percent empire preferential boost and invited Ottawa talks next spring to craft a unified empire tariff system. Other dominions voiced support as discussions continued.
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Frank H. King
London
Great Britain
United Kingdom
J. H. Thomas
R. B. Bennett
Canada
Bennett
Empire
Ottawa
United States
Mr. Thomas
Australia
South Africa
Newfoundland
Irish Free State
India
Referendum Sought on City Garbage Incinerator Plan
Edward Strasser files petition with City Auditor to submit ordinance on burning garbage in Camp Washington incinerator to voters. Communities of Camp Washington Clifton Heights College Hill and Avondale back the drive amid ongoing opposition to incineration and outcry over trucks and pledged trash limits.
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Woouse
Edward Strasser
Washington
Strasser
Camp Washington
Clifton Heights
College Hill
Avondale
Northside
Bar Association Absolve Dorger and Morgan in Jury Tampering Charge
The Cincinnati Bar Association Grievance Committee reports Dorger fully cleared of attempts to influence a juror in the Dorger bank officers case. Morgan is censured for lack of frankness in juror testimony but not charged with perjury. The panel questioned Ellerington and others about a telephone exchange tied to Morgan and Dorger.
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Charless. Bell
Cincinnati Bar Association
Raymond Dorger
Frank J
Clarence Dorger
Cosmopolitan Bank
Robert Morgan
Carol Ellerington
Morgan
Ellerington
Schwab
Bell
Dorger
Nelson Schwab
Frank Dorger
Raymond
Earl Co. Ellerington
Montgomery Road
Norwood
Robert L. Cole
Earl Cherrington
Wickersham Promises Report on Prohibition December
Washington Oct 8 The Wickersham Commission promises a definitive December report to Congress on dry law enforcement conditions. Chairman Wickersham cautions the panel may not commit to a pro or anti prohibition stance. The eleven member group reviews crime costs and causes, noting war and prohibition as major factors.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Wickersham
Berghe Rebeca Sponte
Methodist Women Denounce Prohibition Opponents at Jubilee Session
The Woman's Home Missionary Society opened an eight day jubilee at the Masonic Temple with denunciations of Bulkeley, anti prohibitionists, bootleggers, and motion pictures. Speakers urged women to use their voting rights to support dry candidates as part of a broader critique of the era's politics and media.
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Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Masonic Temple
Robert J. Bulkley
Senate
Minneapolis
Minn
Federal Motion Picture Council In America, Inc
W.H. Alexander
Columbus
Law Enforcement Committee
Ada Townsend
Evanston
Ill
Christian Citizenship
Alexander
Four Die in Slope Mine Fire and Gas Rescue
A fire and toxic gas fatality at a slope mine near Dalton ends with the deaths of three miners Russell Shanklin Robert Douglas Harvey Sword and one rescue worker Rush Hiller. Miners and rescuers from the United Mine Workers recovered the bodies 800 feet in and water halted work as flames were battled. Douglas suspected to have warned colleagues before perishing.
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Robert Douglas
Harvey P. Sword
Sword
Rush D. Hiller
Canton
Douglas
Shanklin
E. W. Smith
Our Son to Decide Career Free of Parental Pressure
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. is described by Col. Lindbergh in a Pictorial Review interview as having freedom to choose his future. The article notes the public’s overwhelming affection and the challenge of thanking admirers for gifts received at his birth.
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New York
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Z Jr
Pictorial Review
Col. Lindbergh
Charles
Girth -Galore
Charles, Jr
Indictment Of California Vineyards Company And Nine Others
Federal grand jury indicts California Vineyards Company and nine individuals for conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act. Bonds set at 5000 each. arrests ordered in Los Angeles and Chicago. Defendants allegedly operated a nationwide wine scheme with 5 million dollars annual revenue and sent advertising claiming to produce aged wine from grape juice in 30 to 60 days.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California Vineyards Company
Chicago
Carl A. Futter
William J. Vaughn
Calvin George
Pacific Coast
Dry law blamed for poor taste in eating
August Jannsen, 63, head of Hoffbrau restaurant interests of New York, told the National Restaurant Association convention in Cleveland that prohibition has harmed American cuisine. He said people now drink strong, poisonous liquor and that repeal of the prohibition amendment could improve employment. he argued nobody wants the corner saloon.
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Cleveland, O
America
August Jannsen
Hoffbrau
New York
National Restaurant Association
Ohio River Improvement Plans Discussed at Convention
The Ohio Valley Improvement Association met at the Hotel Linton for a two day session. The Resolutions Committee reviewed progress since canalization and outlined future plans including nine foot channels on main tributaries, coordinated transport with rail, roads and air, bridge placement to avoid navigation obstruction, Ohio River connection to the Great Lakes, and river bank beautification. J N Kehoe chaired and the resolutions passed unanimously.
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Ohio River
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Linton
Ohio
Upper
Great Kanawha
Green
Cumberland
Tennessee
Hoover
Great Lakes
Earlie
J. N. Kehoe
Big George Airtight as Mates Rap Three of Four St. Louis Hurlers
Simmons and Dykes slam four baggers for Philadelphia as St. Louis pitchers allow heavy hits. Big George seals the frame with two homers and five doubles from the lineup.
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Big George Airtight
Mates
St. Louis
Earnshaw’s Arm and Athletics Dominate World Series
George Earnshaw dominates on the mound as the Philadelphia Athletics rout the St. Louis Cardinals 7 to 1 in game six at Shibe Park. Earnshaw’s mastery spans twenty-two straight scoreless innings across two series games, lifting the A’s to a four games to two championship victory under Connie Mack.
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Alan Gould
Shibe Park
Philadelphia
George Livingston Earnshaw
Philadelphia Athletics
Connie Mack
Athletics
St. Louis Cardinals
Wild Bill Hallahan
Cardinal
Burleigh Grimes
Athletics Today
al Simons
Jimmy Dykes
Cardinals
Karnshin
St Louis
Barthaw
St. Louis
Robert Moses Grove
Earnshaw
Hsts
Christy Mathewson
Jack Coombs
Babe Adams
Stanley Coveleskie
Temperatures and conditions across states with city readings
A weather summary reports partly cloudy and warmer conditions in Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee with scattered showers in the east. It lists current and high temperatures for cities including Louisville Boston Nashville Albany New York Detroit Atlantic City and more with a regional table and a note on October 8, 3900 at p.m. readings and a Meridian comparison.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
West Virginia
Eastport
Louisville
Boston
T. Nashville
Albany
New York
Detroit
Atl. City
Ikea
Jackson’le
Duluth
Atlanta
St. Kellia
N.orleans
Kan, City
Galveston
Omaha
Parkersb’g
Denver
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Clyde Co. Hall
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Key Pittman
Nevada
France
Japan
City
Babe
ADIEU
Ft. Sheridan
Cicero
Deserter
Imperial Conference Studies
Wickersham Promises Report
Baby Charles
California
Big George Invincible
Stvarthmore College
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