Melon cutting drives stock surge to new highs
Wall street rallied on stock dividend plays as large corporations distributed earnings. Key stocks like Anaconda Copper General Motors American Express International Nickel and Johns Manville hit record highs while fears of higher Federal Reserve loans spurred widespread buying. Total volume surpassed 4.5 million shares with broad gains amid group movements and copper price expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley W. Prenosil
Associated Press
New York
Anaconda Cooper
General Motors
American Express
International Nickel
Johns Manville
Federal Reserve
Montgomery Ward
Adams Express
du Pont
International Ickel
Mond
Firemen May Be Given Police Power in Cincinnati
Col Sherrill disclosed at a meeting of Ohio municipalities that Cincinnati firemen may gain police authority under the new city code. He said they would not patrol beats but could monitor activity near firehouses. The conference also discussed reorganizing the group and securing funding via a non profit corporation.
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Col
Sherrill
Cincinnati
Ohio
Col. Sherrill
Emmett L. Bennett
Municipal Reference Library of
Ohio Supreme Court
Donahey
Bennett
Seasongood
John D. Ellis
E. A. Weigand
Lakewood
Harvey Walker
Ohio State University
Martin S. Dodd
Law
Toledo
Uninvited Ride By Policeman Leads To Serious Injuries
Cincinnati officer Francis Albert 23 of Calhoun street was off duty when he hopped onto a motorcycle at Joseph Barg Rubber Company on Gilbert avenue to move it. He drove north and collided head on with a Madisonville street car, suffering skull fracture and internal injuries. He was taken to General Hospital in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Francis Albert
Calhoun Street
Joseph Barg Rubber Company
Gilbert Avenue
Albert
Madisonville
W. D. McGrue
Pleasant Ridge
General Hospital
Voter Registration Ahead of November Elections
A call to Cincinnati Norwood and St. Bernard residents to register to vote for the November 6 presidential and other elections. Registration days are today and Saturday, at polling places from 8 am to 2 pm and 4 pm to 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Norwood
St. Bernard
Guardian Sought for Wealthy Widow Ellen Knowles
Testimony in Probate Court before Judge William H. Lueders showed Mrs. Ellen Knowles 79, once a Cincinnati publisher’s widow, is not competent to manage her affairs. Pearl Market Bank and Trust Co. seeks guardianship after she moved to Salisbury North Carolina and allegedly conferred power of attorney to a local man. Probate alienists diagnosed senile dementia and the judge indicated the bank would be named guardian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Knowles
J. W. Knowles
Cincinnati
William H. Lueders
Pearl Market Bank and Trust Company
Knowles
Eighth and
Elm Streets
Salisbury
N. C
Verda Sherwood Sues Ruth King for 200000 Dollars
Mrs Verda Sherwood files a 200000 heart balm suit against actress Ruth King in Los Angeles alleging King alienated her husband George Sherwood actor and producer. King is named in the divorce complaint filed last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Ruth King
Verda Sherwood
George Sherwood
Miss King
Family perishes in Greenville home fire
A mother Mrs P. Carter and her two young children Otis six and Nora five died in a house fire near Greenville Texas. Neighbors recovered the bodies from the ruins as flames consumed the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Tex
P. Carter
Philadelphia Bootlegging Probe Ties Patterson to Protection Scheme
Matthew Patterson a Republican ward leader and state legislator was named as the organizer of a protection racket that extorted 12 195 from bootleggers in six months. Capt Charles W Schoenleber suspended police commander and receiver of 7440 in protection money faced bribery extortion and conspiracy charges as Ehrenreich testified about monthly payments and kickbacks in a case tied to police corruption proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Matthew Patterson
Charles W . Schoenleber
Patterson
James Gay Gordon, Jr
Joseph L. Ehrenreich
District Attorney's Office
William Peters
Peters
Charley” Schoenleber
Ehrenreich
Schoenleber
Special Grand Jury
John Monaghan
Shoots a bear and is hugged for it in tale from Denver
In Denver on October 18 John B. Marks of Colorado Fuel and Iron recounts a dramatic bear hunt near the mountains. After two failed shots a 200 pound cub was killed and Marks endured scratches and a finger laceration before delivering a final shot. The bear pelt will be mounted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
John B. Marks
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Marks
Hoover Urges Forward Lookers To Correct Public Mind On Trade
Hoover tells exporters that government industry cooperation is essential to expanding foreign trade. He emphasizes public opinion shaping support for trade as the basis of economic stability and notes employment gains from export activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Hoover-Curtis National Export Committee
Indiana Anti-Saloon head ends contempt battle
Rev. E. S. Shumaker, superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, gives up efforts to avoid a sixty day sentence for contempt. He will begin serving at Putnamville prison after abandoning a U.S. Supreme Court appeal due to lack of funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
E. S. Shumaker
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Indiana Supreme Court
Shumaker
Putnamville
United States Supreme Court
Alli-Saloon League
Arthur L. Gilliam
Indiana
Anti-Saloon League
Supreme Court
Ethan A. Miles
League
Jesse Martin
Church Protest Highlights Track Elevation effects
In Covington Kentucky a petition signed by hundreds circulated after the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad elevated its tracks to remove street crossings. Church offerings at the Mother of God Church on West Sixth Street fell by 25 to 40 dollars on Sundays due to mud dust and exposure from the new track structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
Covington
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Mother of God Church
West Sixth Street
British Aviator Missing After Transatlantic Hop
Lieut. Com. H. Co. MacDonald failed to reach Croydon after departing Harbor Grace Newfoundland. The Hardenberg sighting 700 miles east of Harbor Grace offered the only hope as British officials faced grim odds over the veteran pilot who held the DSC for his earlier daring.
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London
Croydon
Com. H. Co. MacDonald
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Hardenberg
MacDonald
Ireland
Scotland
Antwerp
St. Johns
Associated Press
Greenwich
MacDonald’s
Kensington
Leviathan
Southampton
Irish
Born To Be Hanged Hickman Plays Jazz Before Death
William Edward Hickman, condemned youth at San Quentin, spent his final day listening to jazz on the prison phonograph, writing letters to his father and mother, and receiving last visits while under constant guard. He awaits execution around 10 a.m. tomorrow.
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Hickman
New York World News Service
San Quentin
Cal
William Edward Hickman
Richard Cantillon
Los Angeles
James B. Holohan
James Carpenter
William A. Fleming
San Rafael Catholic
Carpenter
Russell St. Clair Beitzel
Barbara Mauger
Lancaster County
Hol
Kansas City
San Rafael
Father Fleming
Charles Ashton
Fred Hogaboom
Thomas Hickman
Fl Paso
San Francisco
Charles Edwards
Holohan
New York-Chicago Mail Pilot Missing En Route to Cleveland
William C. Hopson a veteran pilot on the New York to Chicago mail route is missing after departing Hadley Field New Jersey at 9 40 last night. Three planes searched for seven hours without results with Hopson last reported near Clarion Pennsylvania at 1 05 this morning en route to Cleveland expected at 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York-Chicago
Cleveland
Night Mail
New York
William C. ‘Wild Bill” ‘Hopson
Sylvania
Clarion
Hopson
Pennsylvania
Bellefonte
Hadley Field
N. J
Warrensville Heights
National Air Transport Company
Penn
MURDER INQUIRY DRAWS EXHUMATION FOR INSURED FARMHAND
Walter McAllister farm hand who carried nearly 15000 life policies benefiting his employer's wife is to have his remains exhumed by county authorities. Coroner's jury notes suggest a car train collision with autopsy findings and a banner of insurance as possible motives in the October death near Tuscola Illinois.
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Tuscola
Hil
Walter McAllister
McAllister
Emil Carroll
Carroll
Cincinnati Fleenal League
Raymond C. Gillogly
Kiss Terrifies Whole Town
A Halloween prank in Mariemont escalates as rumors claim a black man harmed a white girl. Police respond after residents spread fear on Hawthorne Avenue. In truth a boy wore a black mask and frightened the girl with a misguided act, prompting frantic misunderstanding.
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Mariemont
Hawthorne Avenue
Hamilton County Constabulary
Passenger believed to have froze controls crash kills banker
Atlantic City reports a Junkers monoplane crashed 600 feet above a meadow during a sightseeing trip killing W. C. Chanute of Bosworth & Gloughridge Denver and injuring seven others including bankers from the Investment Bankers Association of America. Wives of four bankers witnessed the accident.
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Junkers
Wrights
Farman
Chanute
Rantoul
Ill
Investment Bankers’ Association of America
Pliny Jewell
Investment Bankers’ Association
Coffin & Burr
Boston
Mass
Thomas H. Dysart
Knight, Dysart & Gamble
St. Louis
Henry L. Duer
Lannahan & Co
Baltimore
Alden H. Little
Chicago
George King
Garden City
L. I
Curtiss Field
King
Dysart
Prinipal
Lindberg
Jury voids will in $100000 Ohio estate dispute
Judge Charles S. Bell’s Common Pleas Court voided the 1926 will of Mrs. Jennie B. Quayle in a dispute brought by William Quayle against Smith B. Quayle and Matson Quayle. The verdict could split the estate of about 100000 dollars, mainly real estate near Miamiville, if upheld.
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Miamiville
Charles S. Bell
Common Pleas Court
Jennie B. Quayle
Miamisville
William Quayle
Camp Dennison
Camargo
School Official and Wife Die in Crossing Crash
Oct 18 Holmes County Ohio. B F Baumgardner superintendent of Holmes County schools and his wife Eva were killed when their car was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad train at a crossing. Bodies taken to Sunbury. Baumgardner formerly headed Danville schools.
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Condit. O
B. F. Baumgardner
Millersburg
Holmes County
Eva
Sunbury
Delaware County
Baumgardiner
Danville
Peel to Succeed Birkenhead as India Secretary
Official notice in London names Viscount Peel as the new Secretary for India replacing the Earl of Birkenhead who resigned recently. Peel previously held the India portfolio from 1922 to 1924. The change follows Birkenhead's resignation several days ago.
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India Post
Lord Peel
London
Viscount Peel
Lord Birkenhead
India
Earl of Birkenhead
Ford Chief Engineer Holds Talks With Zeppelin Leader at Lakehurst
William B. Mayo of Ford and party inspect the Graf Zeppelin at Naval Air Station Lakehurst to report to Henry Ford. Dr. Hugo Eckener tours as guide. Ford shows interest in new trans Atlantic airship ventures. Mayo denies any Goodyear deal while noting possible future funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
William B. Mayo
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Henry Ford
Detroit
Hugo Eckener
Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Eckener
Graf
Mayo
Ste
Mr. Ford
Dr. Eckener
Dr. Eckerer
Dr. Eckerer Is A Friend of His, You Know.” “Does Mr. Ford
Turning cave man abducts, marries Kansas bride in shock
Fred Oleynik, 27, abducted Miss Ruby Crockett, 27, after a quarrel in Kansas City Kansas. He stopped driver William Krauland, 31, threatened him with a jack handle, and forced Crockett to marry him within hours.
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Kansas City
Kan
Fred Obynik
Ruby Crockett
Oleynik
William Krauland
Miss Crockett
New Wage Scale Brings Peace In Indiana Coal War
Peace was declared in the Indiana coal fields after the Scale Committee of the Operators and District 11 United Mine Workers signed a new contract replacing the Jacksonville agreement. Details were not released, and Harvey Cartwright and operator leaders declined to discuss the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
United Mineworkers
Jacksonville
Harvey Cartwright
Miners’ Union
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Springfield
Edward Lamb
Law Department
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Daniel Boone
Basis of
Covington Parish
Banker
Lindbergh Backer
McDonald
Bremen
Dow
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Metropolis
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Reds
Kiss
Ers
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