City Hall Park riot erupts as Communists clash with police
A four person Communist delegation including a lieutenant governor candidate is held after a burst of disorder in City Hall Park and at City Hall. Demonstrators clash with mounted police while a pinning confrontation with Mayor Walker leads to arrests and window breakage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
City Hall Park
City Hall
James J. Walker
Board of Estimate
Tey
Sam Nesen
Tammany
Nesen
J. Louis Engdahl
International Labon Defense
Engdahl
Hall
Woolworth
Walker
City Employment Agency
Sixth Avenue
Fortieth Street
Baby Dies After Narrow Well Accident in Levelland
Royse Alvin Mauldin, 22 months, fell through a narrow plank covering a newly drilled water well. Responding workers probed the shaft to 38 feet and pulled the infant from the hole, but he died from neck injuries believed caused by the fall and rigging. In Toledo Georgia Pappas, 2, climbed onto a chair, opened a window, and fell 25 feet to the sidewalk, suffering minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levelland
Tex
Royse Alvin Mauldin
J. R. Mauldin
Toledo
Georgia
Libel Suit Accuses Hearst Papers of Attacks on Bishop Cannon
Bishop James Cannon Jr sues William Randolph Hearst in DC court seeking 5 million dollars over charges printed by Hearst papers that he visited his wife and son information on her health. The suit targets alleged smears linked to his recent marriage and church matters. Separately pilots Lieut Woodring and Lieut Caldwell perish in separate crashes while carrying documents on Japan ratification and the London naval treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
McCallum
Cannon
Pis A Aise
Bishop
W. N. Ainsworth
Evening Journal
C. Bascom Slemp
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Japan
I. E. Woodring
Victoria
B. C
Cheyenne
Wyo
William W. Caldwell
Caldwell
Lookout
Colonie
Lieut
Irving A. Woodring
New York
B.C
Francis E. Warren
Woodring
Rabbis Lose Dispensation of Wine Rights
New regulations will require rabbis to obtain federal prescription permits to dispense sacramental wine. Rabbis will no longer personally dispense wines. prescriptions will be issued from books of blanks, with strict checks by the Prohibition Permit Bureau. Rabbis must submit lists of congregants and their anticipated requests to receive permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
New York
Andrew McCampbell
McCampbell
Permit Bureau
The
Prohibition Department
Mal Daugherty Declares Friends Owe $306907 in Bankruptcy
Mal S Daugherty former head of the Ohio State Bank in Chillicothe filed a bankruptcy schedule listing liabilities of 642933.47 and assets of 362246.27. He separates debts to be paid by others totaling 306907.37 and personal liabilities of 336026.10. The filing accompanies involuntary bankruptcy proceedings instigated by the state banking superintendent. Daugherty remains free on 40000 bond as he faces fifteen indictments. Arraignment set for October 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Mal S. Daugherty
Washington D. H
Ohio State Bank
United States Bankruptcy
George B. Bitzer
Daugherty
N. P. Clyburn
Gilbert Bettman
O. C. Gray
Brazil Rebels Charge U S Broke Neutrality in 1930
Lin dolfo Collor, Brazilian revolutionary figure, told AP in Buenos Aires that the United States violated neutrality in Brazilian affairs by allowing munitions sales to the Federal Government. He predicted a revolutionary victory within a month and denied links to Bolshevism or plans for a southern independent state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Lindolfo Collor
United States
Senor Collor
Stimson
Washington
Suthern Brazil
Navy probes possible tampering in Colorado fire
Secretary Adams said Navy investigations consider the June blaze on the Colorado suspicious, with needles found in the plotting room wiring during repairs at Brooklyn Navy Yard. He dismissed reports of deliberate arson as exaggerated and noted no official findings or second fire report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Colorado
Navy Department
Adams
Navy
Colon
Panama Canal
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Prosecution Wins Point on Questioning of Girl
In a Criminal Court session Judge Charles S Bell weighed whether prosecution can admit appraisal sheets showing loan shrinkage at Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust Co as evidence in the Frank J Dorger and Clarence A Dorger case. The state seeks loan records from Thomas O McEldowny the bank examiner who aided liquidation efforts after the bank closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J
Clarence A. Dorger
Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust Company
Charles S. Bell
Thomas O. McEldowny
Upper Sandusky, C
State
McEldowny
Cosmopolitan Bank
Nelson Schwab
Louis J. Schneider
Dudley M
Froome Morris
Froome Barbour
A F of L Re-Elects Green Picks Vancouver for 1931
The American Federation of Labor re elected all officers led by President William Green and chose Vancouver British Columbia as the 1931 convention site. Vancouver defeated Columbus Ohio and Salt Lake City Utah by 24 386 to 4 005 and 54 votes amid floor debates over the best location and union hotel support.
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Boston
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Vancouver
British Columbia
United States
Canada
Columbus
Salt Lake City
Utah
William P. Clarke
Flint Glassworkers
Northwest Canada
W. D. Mahon
Detroit
Amalgamated Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
Daniel J. Tobin
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Mahon
A. F. of
Tobin
Thomas J. Donnelly
Ohio State Federation
Mile Long Beer Hose Found in Yonkers Sewers
Federal agents and Yonkers police probe a beer hose pipeline running through the sewers near a brewery and a garage. Grand jury questions Yonkers officials who admit possible unknown maintenance of the four inch hose. Ends of prior line were cut and removed as investigators closed in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
New York World News Service
WN. Y
Federal Grand Jury
Edward J. Quirk
James Kearns
Public Works
United States
Maxwell Shapiro
Joseph F.sharp
State Cereal Company
Quirk and Kearns
Grand Jury
School
Heriot
Cotter
Britain to issue beer ration cards under licensing plan
London reports Britain will issue beer cards akin to wartime food rations. A Royal Commission proposal mirrors Sweden’s Bratt system with monthly limits, registration, and shop-based purchases. It cites Sweden’s drop in drunkenness and England Wales convictions, noting criteria and eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
New York World News Service
London
Royal Commission On Licensing
Sweden
England
Wales
World News Service
N. S. World) Press Publishing Co
Germany Plans Full Military Buildup Amid Reparations Debate
Berlin October 16 Republican Germany will raise armed forces to the full limits allowed by its finances and the Versailles treaty Chancellor Bruening told the Reichstag He signaled a possible recast of reparations through Young Plan provisions amid clashes with Fascists and Communists who heckled the speech as he outlined drastic financial reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Berlin
Germany
Versailles
Heinrich Bruening
Reichstag
Leraal
Bruening
Olean Winter Due Here Soon Maybe Tonight
Forecaster W. C. Devereaux said a cold wave sweeping from the Northwest will reach the Dakotas Nebraska and Wyoming, with Canada in grip of a blizzard. Snow fell in the Dakotas and Minnesota while temperatures dropped well below freezing in Montana Wyoming and Nebraska as the cold air moved toward the Mississippi Valley.
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Olean
Cincinnati
W. C. Devereaux
United States Weather Bureau
Northwest
Dakotas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Canada
Kansas City
Mississippi Valley
Minnesota
Rocky Mountain
Denver
Montana
Firefighter Injured After Two Trucks Collide at Liberty and Main
Fireman Anthony Cianciella, 26, was injured when Hook and Ladder Truck No 1 and Engine Company No 7 collided while responding to a false alarm at Liberty and Walnut. He suffered a possible left ankle fracture and shock, was unconscious on arrival at General Hospital, and was the sole injured among fourteen.
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Liberty
Main Streets
Walnut Streets
Anthony Cianciella
Elsinore Place
Cianciolla
General Hospital
Liberty Street
Main Street
Jack Pempfer
Edward Franks
Engine Company
False arrests charged in suits against Cincinnati cops
Rebecca Powell files suits in Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas against police officers Clarence Ford and Olivier Dixon and their surety companies for alleged beating and arrest on September 23. Each suit seeks 2,000 dollars in damages. Pearl Strasser sues Samuel Friedlander for malicious arrest over a 1930 harboring a loud dog case, seeking 5,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Pearl -Strasser
Freeman Avenue
Samuel G. Friedlander
Fourth Street
Friedlander
Davis blames Democrats for continued low mood
Secretary Davis charged the Democratic party with blocking administration efforts to restore business stability and urged re election of a Republican Congress to hasten recovery. He warned that if Democrats gained control they would seek tariff cuts raising the issue into the 1932 presidential race and prolong the slump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Davis
Democratic Party
Congress
Columbia Broadcasting System
Deserter and Racketeers Shape Chicago Crime Roundup
Chicago police and courts battle a wave of gang activity as Supreme Court reduces bail for a vagrant case involving James Fur Sammons, while George Barker, Red Barker and others face parole, habeas rulings, and new charges. A separate line ties in a Linade murder mystery and a major raid on the Chicago Chauf feurs Teamsters and Helpers Union as federal authorities target racketeering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Public Enemies Club
Supreme Court
James
Sammons
High Court of
Springfield
John H. Lyle
Chicago Municipal Court
George “Red” Barker
John P. McGoorty
Criminal Court
Circuit Court
Peoria County
Barker
Pontiac Reformatory
Jack Zuta
Willie Niemoth
Baltimore
Niemoth
Lyle
Marcus Looney
Chicago Chauffeurs, Teamsters and Helpers Union
Samuel Alex
Linade
Corp
Thomas McAdrian
Ft. Sheridan
Waukegan
Indiana
Tribune
Wheeling
McAdrian
Claude Maddox
Capone
Cicero
Jack
White
Harry Lee Watson
Grove National Bank
Troy Grove
Iil
Temperatures Across States Cloudy and Colder With Showers
The report notes Ohio Kentucky Tennessee Indiana and West Virginia with cloudiness and much colder air, showers in eastern portions, and lake-front rains. It lists current highs lows and precipitation with figures for the period, including a table showing temperatures at Cleveland Nashville and other sites, plus historic comparisons.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
West Virginia
Nashville
Cleveland
Kan
Sutimanien TS &E
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