British government publishes full history of Franco British naval pact
The British Foreign Office released a full record of the inception and negotiations of the Franco British naval compromise. The papers include conversations and dispatches cited as a price for concessions on army reserves. The text outlines four ship categories and the role of a final disarmament conference in extending limits to non signatories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
London
Great Britain
British Foreign Office
Lord Cushendun
Austen Chamberlain
United States
Italy
M. Brian
Austen
Sir Austen
Day Agent Shot in Courtroom In Chicago
Federal prohibition agent Thomas Ryan was shot and seriously wounded while testifying in a liquor case in a U S commissioner courtroom. The assailant was not seen and no one fled the scene as Ryan collapsed with a abdomen wound. he was awaiting to testify against Nick Beninstercoer.
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Chicago
Thomas Ryan
United States
Ryan
Nick Beninstercoer
Sylvan Colombo
Pleated Vest Promises Slimmer Look for Fat Men
Chicago on October 22 reports a new fashion item for larger men. The pleated waistcoat, designed like a skyscraper, uses vertical pleats to add apparent height and create a taller silhouette, according to the Men's Wear Buying Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Men’s Wear
Men’s Wear Buying Association
Fatal Automobile Accidents Increase Hamilton County Toll
A man, a woman, and a child died in recent auto crashes, raising Hamilton County fatalities to 125. Louis Olker, 30, died at General Hospital after his car spun and hit a southbound streetcar on Hamilton avenue. Virginia Alice Driedame, 7, was killed by an ice truck on Vine street when a rubber ball drew her into traffic. Martha Caudell, 19, died from a skull fracture after stepping into the path of a car at Morton and Pearl streets. no charges were filed.
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Hamilton County
Louis Olker
Savannah Avenue
Clifton-Ludlow
Hamilton Avenue
Olker
John McArthur
Waverly Avenue
Frank Lischthopper
Clifton Avenue
Martha Caudell
Gilbert Avenue
Edward Delaney
Fairfax Avenue
Morton
Pearl Streets
General Hospital
Miss Caudell
Delaney
Christian Healing Gains Status in Episcopal Church
The Protestant Episcopal Church general convention heard a six year study urging full support for Christian healing in aid of medical science. The commission led by Bishop Theodore Reese urged co operation with medicine and praised growing spiritual healing practice worldwide as vital and more lasting through faith in Christ.
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Washington
General Convention
Protestant Episcopal Church
Theodore I. Reese
Ohio
H. C. Wyckoff
Watsonville
Cal
God
Christ
Episcopal
American Guild of Health
Reese
Six Miners Die in West Virginia Dynamite Blast
In McAlpin, Beckley district, six miners perished when B. B. Burkhold detonated ten sticks of dynamite while removing slate. Rescue crews recovered all bodies about six hours after the explosion two miles from the drift mouth. the mine suffered little damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
W. Va
McAlpin Coal Company
McAlpin
Robert Lilly
B. B. Burkhold
Burkhold
Raindrops Kill Seven Year Old Johnny Painer at Home
In a fatal tragedy on Rohs Street, seven year old Johnny Painer died after running home from school in heavy rain despite medical warnings. He had been under treatment for heart trouble and collapsed upon reaching his home at 2304 Rohs Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Painer
Rohs Street
Mrs. Painer
Johnny Painer
Arthur Joerling
West McMillan Street
Johnny
Old Fogey
Mott Ends Two Decades as Y M C A Leader in City
Dr. John R. Mott retires after more than two score years with the Y M C A and steps down as General Secretary of the national council after leading the organization through an era of global service. Fred W. Ramsey of Cleveland is named his successor, with Mott to direct the International Missionary Council.
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Chicago
John R. Mott
National Council
Christian Association
National Council of the
Elihu Root
Wilson
China
United War Work
Adrian Lyon
Perth Amboy
N. J
Y. M. C. A. National Council
Republicans Rally in Cincinnati Back Hoover Ticket
Ohio Republicans urged a statewide vote for Herbert Hoover and all GOP candidates at Emery Auditorium in Cincinnati. Speakers Theodore Burton and Simeon Fess touted tariff benefits, citing price trends from 1924 to 1928 and alleging tariff protections foster national prosperity while Gov. Smith was criticized for tariff views.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Herbert Hoover
Hamilton County
Emery Auditorium
Burton
Fess
Theodore Burton
United States Senate
Simeon D. Fess
Congressman Burton
Plans to overturn government and halt wheels of progress
Vice President Dawes addresses a New York audience arguing the campaign is muddled by Prohibition debates and party fighting. He contends the core issue is maintaining prosperity, urging voters to focus on common sense and the nation’s economic stability. Thousands jam gardens to hear G. O. P. candidate amid lively cheers.
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Smith
Hoover
Dawes
New York
Charles G. Dawes
Herbert Hoover
Madison Square Garden
Herbert
Gou
Roosevelt
Republican Party
America
Train Hits Auto In Wooster Killing Dowling
In Wooster Ohio on October 22 a Pennsylvania train struck the automobile driven by Thomas W. Dowling 45 an insurance salesman. Dowling and a unidentified woman were killed instantly in the collision.
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Wooster
Thomas W. Dowling
Dowling
Vote fraud trial highlights 40 cent bribes in Chicago
In Chicago, five witnesses testified in the Eller's henchmen conspiracy case detailing forty cent payments to poll floaters who voted multiple times. Testimony named wage scales, recruiters, and threats amid a broader probe including the missing Edwin Reind and a subpoena for Mrs. Reind.
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Chicago
Eller
Morris Eller
America First
Henry Watts
Emanuel Eller
Watts
Sam Kaplan
Joseph Amnerino
Peppi Genaro
Eddie Brownstein
Sam Bardin
Sallie Cannon
Edwin Reind
Reind
Party precedes husband slaying and conspiracy verdict
In New York on October 22 Frederick B. Seely was sentenced to one year and a $500 fine for conspiracy to defraud the city in sewer contracts, while Marie Bierly is suspected in the stabbing death of her husband Charles Bierly. Detectives, witnesses, and a boisterous gathering at 1430 Walnut Street are linked to the case.
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New York
Frederick B. Seely
Queens Borough
Maurice E. Connolly
Supreme Court
Tompkins
Marie Bierly
Charles Bierly
Walnut Street
Kirgan
Bierly
Swing
Mamie Schmidt
Felix Detullio
Detullio
New York World News Service
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Hugo Eckener
Hans Fleming
Germany
Capt. Fleming
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Hoover Awarded John Fritz Medal for Engineering
Herbert Hoover, Republican nominee for President, received the John Fritz medal, the top honor from American Engineering Societies, announced in Ponca City, Oklahoma. The award, presented jointly by civil and mechanical institutes, honors Hoover as engineer, scholar, and organizer of relief to war torn nations.
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Hoover
Engineering
Ponca City
Okla
Herbert Hoover
John Fritz
H. Foster Bain
American Institute of Me
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Institute of Mechanical and Metallurgical Engineers
Walter Whittaker Admits Stealing A Clarinet
Walter Whittaker, 17, of 938 Hatch Street, confessed to stealing a clarinet from a car parked at Third and Race streets. He was jailed in the Juvenile Place of Detention and will be tried in Juvenile Court.
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Walter Whittaker
Hatch Street
Whittaker
Second District
McGurn and
McDermott
McGurn
Lieut. Tuerch
Carl Jensen
Cornell Place
Royalist Meeting Hoax Foils Dallas Auditorium Plans
Dallas city officials faced a hoax as Richard Potts, alleged Royalist League secretary general, admitted his royalist meeting application was a fabrication after they had refused Gitlow’s Communist campaign use of the City Hall. Potts nominated George Bernard Shaw for King and sought a writ of mandamus. later a Socialist governor candidate request was approved.
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Dallas
Tex
Potts
George Bernard Shaw
United States
Benjamin Gitlow
Workers
Communist
City Hall
Richard Potts
Royalist League of America
Gitlow
American Civil Liberties Union
King
Lee Rhodes
Arthur Reinhart
Air rail route to link U S with West Indies announced
Representatives of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Florida East Coast Railway and Pan American Airways announce regular plane train passenger service between the United States and the West Indies will begin January 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
West Indies
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Florida East Coast Railway
Pan-American Airways
Desert Rat Receives Multimillionaire Victory in Infringement Suit
George Campbell Carson, known as a desert rat and longtime prospector, wins a patent infringement case against Anaconda Copper Company. The Supreme Court refusal to review leaves Carson poised to collect about 20 million dollars via the Carson Investment Company, though his share is reduced by financing arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desert Rat
Anaconda Copper Company
San Francisco
George Campbell Carson
United States Supreme Court
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Carson
Anaconda
Carson Investment Company
American Smelting and Refining Company
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Army Reserves
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Dauto
Christian
Doug
Ghurgh
Protestant Episcopal General Convention
Charles H. Mays
Dash
Associated Press
Underwood
John Fe
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Dr. Mott
Pep UP
E. W. Edwards
Martin L. Davey
Cooper
Gov. Smith
Hurls
Ter
Ning Machinery
Chanical and Metallurgical Engineers
Graf Zeppelin
Dirigible
Craft
Reed
Lunken
Embry-Riddle Company
W. B. Ragsdale
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