Prohibition Report Delayed by Absent Committee Members
The Law Enforcement Commission postponed final action on prohibition after three members could not attend the session. Chairman Wickersham said the group would adjourn Friday until November 5, then resume after the election to make prohibition the focus.
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Washington
Prohibition
Law’ Enforcement Commission
Wickersham
Commission
Order of Business
Newton D. Baker
Ohio
Federal Circuit
Iowa
Frank J. Loesch
Chicago
Day Chieftain’s Brother Held for Ohio Extradition
Emmet McBride, brother of Anti-Saloon League head F Scott McBride, was jailed in Wallington awaiting extradition to Ohio on charges of passing worthless checks. The McBride family argued the case reflects ongoing responsibilities over more than twenty years and will seek proper care and supervision.
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Walington
Emmet McBride
F. Scott McBride
Anti- Saloon League
Ohio
Anti-Saloon League
Salineville
Steubenville
Emmet
Scotch Woman Becomes Queen in Swift Registry Wedding
London October fifteenth report of a rapid romance ends with Helen Wilson, a Scottish wife, marrying the Sultan of La Hore in a noon registry ceremony. The 57 year old ruler, famed hunter and sportsman, becomes a king by wedlock to the 40 year old English bride.
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London
Lahore
East
Helen Wilson
Two Reds Arrested After Insult To Secretary Hurley
Oklahoma City reports riot charges filed against J. I. Whitten and R. T. Pierce two admitted Communists after they allegedly boarded Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley's car and hurled insults. A crowd followed to the city jail but no further demonstrations occurred.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Patrick J. Hurley
J. I. Whitten
R. T. Pierce
Hurley
Quklahoma
Harlan T.dupree
Whitten
Denver (Col
Pierce
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Reichstag Elects Loebe as President Amid 126,000 Metal Strike
Berlin reports a stormy session as Paul Loebe is re-elected Reichstag president by 269 to 209 amid clashes with Fascists. The Metal Workers Union calls 126,000 workers out, linking the strike to political tensions and government wage-cut policy. Franz Stoehr elected First Vice President. sessions tense, censorship and security measures in place.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Metal Workers’ Union
Paul Loebe
Loebe
Ernst Scholz
German Peoples Party
Franz Stoehr
Council of Elders
Bruening
Governa Henvy
Insurgents Routed on 200 Mile Parana Front
Washington reports insurgents defeated on a 200 mile Parana front as an American naval vessel nears Brazilian waters to rescue Americans if needed. Secretary Stimpson affirms U.S. continued friendship with Brazil under President Washington Luis and clarifies Brazil may buy munitions in the United States.
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Parana
Washington
Republic
Stimson
United States
Washington Luis
Hoover
Brazil
Curtiss Wright Sells Planes to Brazil for Revolt Aid
John 8. Allard of Curtiss-Wright Export announces sale of ten Curtiss fledgling biplanes to the Brazilian Government. Planes ship October 24, feature 170 horsepower engines to lift a heavy load amid revolt suppression reports.
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Curtiss-Wright
Brazil
New York
John 8. Allard
Curtiss-Wright Export Corporation
Curtiss
Brazilian Government Drives Rebels on Three Fronts Amid Finance Plan
Federal forces push rebels back in Sao Paulo Paraná and Minas Gerais regions while a banking bill concentrates operations at the Bank of Brazil after the current holiday ends. The government seeks to curb capital outflow as it studies the revolution’s financial handling. Rebels report capture of Itaperuna north of Rio de Janeiro.
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Itaperuna
Rio de Janeiro
Federal Chamber
Chamber of Deputies
Bank of Brazil
Sao Paulo-Parana
Minas Geraes
Brazil
Buenos Aires
Street Car Co. Withdraws From Fare Fund in September
The Cincinnati Street Railway reports a $24,702.06 withdrawal from the fare control fund despite rising traffic. Revenue passengers for September dropped sharply from 1929 and 1928, with 458,406 riders vs 1,119,684 in 1929 and a 200,000 drop from 1928. The fund balance remains $273,192.04, $73,192.04 above the safety line.
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Cincinnati Street Railway
Cincinnati Public Utilities Department
Drought Grips Nation. rainfall at 87 percent of normal
Washington report credits the record drought with reducing national average rainfall to 87 percent of normal from January through September. Growing season rainfall stood at 81 percent March to August and 70 percent in July and August. Middle Atlantic states face continued declines in springs and streams as water shortages persist amid the harsh drought. Drenching coastal rains offered some relief from New Jersey to Massachusetts but did not reach drier inland regions.
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Washington
J. B. Kincer
Agricultural Department
Middle
North
Atlantic
New England
Appalachian
Kincer
Middle Atlantic
Virginias
Maryland
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Virginia
West Virginia
Maine
Two Seek Death Three Find It In Skyscraper Plunge
In New York downtown two people fell or jumped from high floors in separate incidents. One struck a truck driver, killing him, while another unidentified man in his early twenties injured Alfred Korn dorfer fatally. Austin Adams Jr., 59, fell from the twenty fourth floor of the Singer Building, his body piercing a roof tile on a lower setback.
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New, York
Equitable
Lower Broadway
Alfred Korndorfer
North Bergen
N. J
Austin Adams, Jr
Singer
Kidnapping case halts as downpour slows Greenfield posse
In Greenfield Missouri on October 15 a heavy rain slowed a sheriff’s posse seeking a kidnapper of heiress Mrs Alma Wilson McKinley who was held for about twenty four hours and released. Bloodhounds were pulled from the trail and a grip with clothes matching the abductor was found near Stockton as searches continue.
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Greenfield
Alma Wilson McKinley
Stockton
Springfield Eaners
Springfield
Bandits Drug Aged Couple in Harriottsville Robbery
Three masked men bound and drugged 90 year old Henry Pryor and his 65 year old housekeeper Margaret Schafer at Pryor’s Duck Creek farm near Harriottsville Ohio. They looted several hundreds in cash and bonds before fleeing by car.
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Marietta
Noble
Washington Counties
Harriettsville
Henry Pryor
Margaret Schafer
Pryor
Noble County
State Bureau of Criminal Identification
Columbus
Duck Creek
Here
Bank code phrase links to Dorger Bank trial
Witness Charles Schad described a bank code where letters stood for numerals in notes and mortgages. The state hints the code full phrase was God Help Us used for privacy. Indicted officers Frank J Dorger and Clarence A Dorger faced testimony in the lengthy case.
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Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust Company
Frank J
Clarence A. Dorger
Charles A. Schad
Fifth Third Union Trust Company
Dudley Miller Gutcalt
Shad
Schad
Satake
Kane Sadietaer
Flowers To Stand As U. S.-Canadian Friendship Token
Washington October 15. Gardeners of the United States and Canada announced a $5 million international peace garden project to span more than 1,000 acres on both sides of the border. Donald J. Crighton led the effort seeking landscape bids and a site near Buffalo, New York. The plan involves immigration considerations, park planning, and capital endowment to ensure perpetual self support with federal consent and Canadian government title.
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Washington
United States
Canada
New York
Buffalo
Ontario
Donald J. Crighton
Convent
N. J
National Association of Gardeners
Peace Garden
Dominion
Crighton
Labor Department
Interior Department
State Department
Brother Johnson Halted in Cincinnati Horse Thief Incident
Brother Johnson of Louisville en route to Washington halted in Cincinnati where his valet William Grimes was arrested by detectives Carney and McGurn in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards. Grimes is jailed on a horse stealing charge while Cincinnati police seek guidance from federal authorities on a possible larger criminal ring.
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Pennsylvania
William Sands
Brother Johnson
Louisville
Washington, D. C
Cincinnati
William D. Grimes
Central Station
Carney
McGurn
Brother
Pennsylvania Railroad
Grimes
Kirgan
The
Cincinnati Detectives
Hareth May
Hastile
W. P. Carroll
W. A. Amberger
Legs Diamond Defies Death in West Side Hotel Shooting
New York October 15 gangster Legs Diamond fights for life after three gunshot wounds. Hospital reports a lung collapse and sinking condition. Authorities link the shooting to a money dispute at the Hotel Monticello and grill manager John Ginsberg who posted bail as a material witness.
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New York
Diamond
Crain
Polyclinic Hospital
West Side
Monticello
Mulrooney
John M. Ginsberg
Shultz
Bronx
Ginsberg
Ormond
Schultz
Hoover moves to halt bear market raids
Washington reports a Sunday night White House conference with New York Stock Exchange officials may yield measures to curb bear raids. Officials say action would be Exchange driven in absence of federal rules. potential government intervention could trigger if false information crosses state lines.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Hoover
New York Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange
Richard Whitney
The
Exchange
Allen L. Lindley
White House
Lindley
New York
Mr. Whitney
Prisoner Kills Guard and Wounds Sheriff in Shootout
In Kansas a convicted bank robber Magness killed Under-Sheriff Hamilton and wounded Sheriff Coad before Coad shot and killed Magness five miles south of Ft. Scott. Special deputy Roy McClain was uninjured. Payton was jailed. The prisoners had been en route to Lansing state penitentiary after sentencing for Edna bank robbery.
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North
Manchester
Ind
Presto Vickery
Silver Lake
Here
Anna Harper
Mansfield
FT. Scott
Kan
George Mangess
Melvin C. Hamilton
Labette County
Alfred C. Coad
Coad
Hamilton
Roy McClain
Magness
Alvin Payton
Oswego
Lansing
Sheriff Coad
McClain
Payton
First National Bank
Edna
Unemployment Relief Plan Endorsed by A F of L Convention
The American Federation of Labor approves a Hoover backed plan for unemployment relief via local committees led by presidents governors mayors and state labor bodies. The plan aims to mobilize federal and state agencies with private groups to curb winter job losses across U S territories Alaska Hawaii Porto Rico and Canada. Immediate action is urged as the convention adjourns.
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Boston
Hoover
American Federal
Federation
Wecoutive Council
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Canada
World’s Largest Dam Job Awarded to Coast Firm
A government contract for all electrical power for the Colorado River dam project goes to Southern Sierras Power Company of Riverside California. Total government cost is around 1.73 million dollars. A transmission line will link San Bernardino or Victorville California to the dam near Las Vegas Nevada for post completion power delivery to California.
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Washington
Colorado River
Southern Sierras Power Company
Riverside
Cal
Las Vegas
Nev
San Bernardino
Victorville
California
Owners Lease Mecklenburg Gardens Cincinnati Iconic Cafe
For the first time in fifty years control of Mecklenburgs Garden in Cincinnati passes from the Mecklenburg family. Carl Mecklenburg leases to George Reifenberger for two years as head waiter, while Louis Mecklenburg seeks health retreat in Florida. The venue, famed since the Over-the-Rhine era, attracted politicians athletes and German patrons with beer and lunches, hosting numerous weddings before fading into memory.
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Mecklenburg’s
Highland and
University Avenues
Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg Garden
Cincinnati
Carl Mecklenburg
Louis Mecklenburg
John B. Neeb
George Reifenberger
Reifenberger
Schuler
Vine Street
Florida
Mecklen
Burg
Mussolini backs bold twin hull flying boat transatlantic expedition
Italy plans a December cross Atlantic flight by twelve twin hull Savoia Marchetti flying boats equipped with Isotta Fraschini motors. Gen Italo Balbo leads the mission with Gen Valle as staff chief. The route covers Africa to Brazil with potential stops in the Americas and a later visit to the United States.
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Rome
Italy
Atlantic
de Pinedo
Africa
Brazil
Italo Balbo
Gen. Valle
Mediterranean
Tripoli
Mussolini
South America
Villa Cineros
Can
RCO N. Y. World News Service
N.Y. World
Press Publishing Co
McAdoo Answers Transcontinental Flight Question
William Gibbs McAdoo former Treasury Secretary arrived in Washington after a cross country flight from California to New York to assess speed and comfort for business travelers. He planned to spend the night in Washington then depart for New York saying the trip was unusually pleasant and accomplished with ease.
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McAdoo
Washington
William’ Gibbs McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
California
New York
Treasury
Famous Washington Chestnut Tree Burns in Middletown
A historic chestnut tree in Middletown Connecticut, said to shelter Gen George Washington during a march, burned today. The 200 year old tree caught fire from burning leaves as village youths gathered nearby and firemen cut it down to extinguish the blaze.
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Middletown
Conn
George Washington
Temperatures and showers across states with regional details
Partly cloudy and warm in Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee with Thursday readings. Indiana reports showers and much colder notes by Friday. West Virginia sees showers Friday after a warm Thursday. A table lists current temps and 24 hour precipitation across many cities including Eastport Louisville Beaton Nashville Albany Cleveland New York Detroit City Chicago St Louis New Orleans Denver and more with October record context.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
West
Indiana
West Virginioa
Eastport
Louisville
Beaton
Nashville
Albany
Cleveland
T N. York
Detroit
City
S.S. Marie
OL Wash
Duluth
Ville
Chicago
Louis
Orleans
Kan
Esiesi
Galveston
Pittabu
Denver
N.E
Osa
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C. E. McLain
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