Duke Died as He Built Tobacco and Power Empires
James D. Duke tobacco magnate died at his New York home after weeks of illness. He built hydro electric plants in North Carolina and funded cheap fertilizer schemes. He established the Duke Foundation setting aside 40 million dollars and helped rename Trinity College Duke University.
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New York
James D. Duke
Duke
North Carolina
Duke Foundation
Trinity College
Durham
N. C
Duke University
James Buchanan Duke
Washington Duke
Benjamin N
James B. Duke
James
American Tobacco Company
Mr. Duke
British-American Tobacco Company
Planford Air Route to Florida Promotion by Wanamaker Ford
New York October 10 An air passenger service between New York and Miami using lanes by Henry Ord will be established by the John Wanamaker department store in cooperation with Ford interests. Edsel Ford met with the Presidential Air Inquiry Board at Mitchel Field. details on launch timing to follow. JW 1, Ford Interests first airplane, was shown at Wanamaker in a night move to display. The craft spans 56 feet tip to tip.
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New York
Miami
Fla
Henry Ord
John Wanamaker Department Ee
Odman Wanamaker
Tor Company
Wanamaker
Wanamaker Department Store
Ford
Brown Case In New Orleans Faces Church Court Sentence
Bishop William Montgomery Brown seeks U S court intervention after his heresy conviction as the House of Bishops prepares to pass sentence in St Pauls Church. Judge Burns declines restraining order but orders appearance of key church leaders to answer the complaint. Brown plans not to attend the sentence in person, prompting discussion of a possible in absentia ruling.
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New Orleans
Protestant Episcopal Church
William Montgomery Brown
United States
Burns
United States Court of Eastern Louisiana
House of Bishops
Ethelbert Talbot
Bethlehem
Joseph W. Shorts
Bishop Brown
Talbot
Brown
St. Paul's Church
Italian Masons suspend work amid Fascist clashes
Domizio Torri giana Grand Master of the Italian Masonic Order orders all lodges to halt meetings until further notice after Florence clashes that left several dead and many wounded. He notes a government bill to outlaw secret societies and dismiss state employees involved.
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Rome
Domizio Torrigiana
Italy
Florence
Signor Torrigiana
Mussolini
Favalier Luperini
Facist Party
Giovanni Benciolini
Paris
London
Lauperini
Trains Crash Near Tampa Kills One and Injures Many
A head on collision of Atlantic Coast Line passenger trains No 82 and No 89 near Seffner Florida killed the engineer Hicks and injured at least ten passengers including W D Ramsey and John R Trice. A relief train with doctors and nurses sped to the scene as hospitals prepared to treat victims.
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Tampa
Fla
Atlantic Coast Line
Hicks
W. D. Ramsey
Jacksonville
John R. Trice
Manchester
Seffner
Train derailment hits Oregon town near Arlington
Portland reports an Oregon and Washington Railway train derailment near Arlington Oregon with many passengers injured. An appeal for doctors and nurses was issued as details and casualty counts awaited updates.
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Associated Press
Portland
Ore
Oregon & Washington Railway and Navigation Company
Arlington
Coolidge Faces Ship Board Clash Over Fleet Corporation
President Coolidge continues to dispute the Fleet Corporation leadership after the board removed Leigh Palmer and installed Elmer Crowley. Crowley says he is only an employee. board says it acts independently, with resignations possibly imminent but denied. Crowley returns Monday for board talks on agency duties.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Coolidge
Leigh C. Palmer
Fleet Corporation
Sargent
Elmer FE. Crowley
The
Palmer
New York
Crowley
White House
Adae
LaSalle Street Wolf Begins Prison Sentence
John W. Worthington known as the Wolf of LaSalle Street arrived in Atlanta to start a two year federal prison term for fraudulent financial operations in Chicago. He was met by Warden Snook and taken by car to the penitentiary with no ambulance needed.
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Atlanta
John W. Worthington
Wolf
LaSalle Street
Federal
Chicago
Worthington
Snook
Wife claims slain mate's body after murder trio
In Folsom California on October 10, Alfred Bollinger's wife told authorities her husband killed Alex Sumner near Marysville, then dumped the body in a slough. She later claimed his body. Bollinger had been hanged. She says two of his former husbands were convicted of murder.
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Folsom
Cal
Alfred Bollinger
Alex Summer
Marysville
Bollinger
Distress Vessel Adrift East of Nantucket Sought Aid
A vessel in distress 200 miles east of Nantucket Lightship sent Morse lamp signals as Cunard Cameronia and escort voyage toward the coast. Coast Guard and two destroyers with two cutters reported heading to assist the CG-238, thought not the same ship.
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Boston
Nantucket
Cunard Inez Cameronia
Mojay
Associated Press
New York
Cameronia
Radio Corporation of America
Coast Guard
Masschusetts
Coast Guard Patrol Boat Adrift Off Massachusetts Coast
Coast Guard cutter CG-238 with eight crew members ran out of fuel in a gale about 100 miles off the Massachusetts coast. Two destroyers near Provincetown and cutters Tampa and Redwing moved to assist. no damage or leaks reported and the crew remained comfortable.
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Coast Guard
Associa Boston
Massachusetts
Provincetown
Cape Cod
Redwing
Tampa
Cash’s Ledge
Cash's Ledge
Turkey plans opium monopoly to control world trade
Angora government moves to create a state opium production monopoly with a commission inspecting poppy fields near Asium and Karahissar. Faik Bey urged export on a national basis while Turkey seeks to expand the industry with official sanction to the Opium Dealers Association and possible Persian trade transfers.
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Albin E. Johnson
New York World News Service
Geneva
Turkey
Angora
League of Nations Opium Department
World News Service
Commissariat of Agriculture
Asium
Karahissar
Faik Bey
Trade Commissariat
Opium Dealers’ Association
Tewfik Bey
Germany
Mosul
Arfa Ed Dowles
League
Persia
Arfa
Hague
World Press Pub. Co
Family wiped out in grade crossing crash near Hammond
An automobile carrying the Donnelly family from Chicago was struck by a Grand Trunk train at a grade crossing south of Hammond Indiana today. The victims include Herbert Donnelly 8 from Chicago his wife and daughter aged years old.
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Hammond
Ind
Grand Trunk
Here
Herbert
Donnelly
Chicago
Washington Wins Third Game 4 to 3
President Coolidge attends frigid AL Park game as Washington battles Pirates for a 4 to 3 victory in a ninth inning finish. Harris drives in the winning run while McNeely ties it with a seventh inning slip. Coolidge greets players, US officials attend, and Mathewson memorial taps follow.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Mrs. Coolidge
Bucky
Wintry Norwest Grips New York and New England
A severe October storm roared from the Great Lakes at 72 mph, freezing highs to 35 and bringing the season’s first snow. The blizzard caused injuries and property damage across New York and New England, with deaths in New Jersey and Connecticut as roofs, trees, and power lines failed and travel ground to a halt.
Storm Uproots Tree Kills Lineman At Pole Top
A strong afternoon wind uproots a large tree in Pompton Plains New Jersey and hurls it against Daniel Garbey a lineman from Paterson while he works atop a telegraph pole. He dies an hour later of a fractured skull in hospital.
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Associated Press
Pompton Plains
N. J
Daniel Garbey
Paterson
Fight for Corby Fortune Moves to Kenton County Court
The Corby estate dispute shifts to Kenton County Court Covington as Marie Theresa Corby the five year old heir gains official guardians Russell and Madeline Morgan bond 2 000 000 with National Surety Company and plan to sell 1 097 000 of estate property. Eighteen other heirs had contested in Detroit courts but lost priority. The child stays with the second Mrs Corby in Detroit while guardians seek court approval to manage funds.
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Corby
Kenton County Court
Covington
Thomas W. Corby
Detroit
Kenton County
Russell Morgan
Madeline Morgan
Marie Theresa Corby
Emmett Daugherty
Ludlow
Martin J. Brown
John T. Murphy
Morgans
Morgan
Rob Mau's Home Robbed of Jewelry Worth 1875
Thieves forced a kitchen window with a half inch jimmy at Hareth E Mau United States District Attorney Hyde Park home on Observatory road and stole jewelry valued at 1875. The house was ransacked from cellar to attic and the theft occurred between 1 and 6 o clock while Mau and his wife were in the city. The loot included a woman’s wrist watch valued at 425 and several diamond rings.
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Hareth E. Mau
United States
Observatory Road
Hyde Park
Mau
Holmes and Woods Sentenced to Hang for Drake Hotel Murder
In Chicago on October 10 Joseph W. Holmes and Jack Woods were sentenced to hang on December 11 by Judge Hopkins for the July 29 hold up and murder of Frank Rodkey at the Drake Hotel.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Joseph W. Holmes
Jack Woods
Drake Hotel
Hopkins
Frank Rodkey
Marines clash with Haitian citizens in Port au Prince plaza
A cablegram from the Haiti Santo Domingo Independence Society reports disturbances between American marines and Haitian citizens in the plaza before the American Legation in Port au Prince. Nationalist leader Elie Guerin and associates Saving Hector and LaForest were arrested amid protests against brutality.
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New York
Port Au Prince
Haiti- Santo Domingo
Irregular Payments to Alien Property Office Probed
Albany Oct 10 Alleged irregularities in payments by the Alien Property Custodian’s office will be presented to the Federal Grand Jury in New York City next Tuesday. Hiram C. Todd a Justice Department special investigator announced the move and declined detailed comment.
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Albany
N. Y
Federal Grand Jury
New York City
Hiram C. Todd
Department of Justice
Todd
Washington Senators Win 4-3 In Cold World Series Duel
In a frigid Griffith Stadium 36,000 fans watched the Washington Senators beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4 to 3. Joe Harris delivered the deciding hit in the seventh inning as Sam Rice robbed Earl Smith of a homer with a one hand catch. Rice and Fred Marberry shut down Pittsburgh in the final threat to keep Washington two games ahead.
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Griffith Stadium
Senators
Joe Harris
Stan Harris
Sam Rice
Fred Marberry
Rice
Earl Smith
Marberry
Alex Ferguson
Pirates
Landis
Charlie Rigler
Coolidge
Ferguson
Ray Kremer
Buccaneers
Bucky Harris
McKechnie
Fred Clarké
Harris
Liebold
Kremer
Goslin
Pirate
Joe Judge
McNeely
Smith
Robbers Drop Loot in Broad Daylight Bank Raid
Five men robbed the Ft. Pierre National Bank in daylight escaping with about $8,000. gunfire from Joe Depner and citizens wounded a robber and forced the bandits to leave most of the money behind. A sheriff's posse searched but found no trace of the robbers.
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Associated Press
FT. Pierre
S. D
Joe Depner
Depner
Bank robber captured after Cuba City heist in Freeport
In Freeport Illinois on October 10 a man who robbed the First National Bank at Cuba City Wisconsin fled with about five to six thousand dollars and was captured the same evening. He claimed the name J W Radelitte aged 28 and said he had escaped from Folsom state prison California seven months earlier. All the stolen money was recovered.
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Associated Press
Freeport
Ill
First National Bank
Cuba City
Wis
Here
J. W. Radelitte
Folsom
Cal
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