States prepare bond votes to spur job creation
New York dispatch outlines about 475 million dollars in bond issues nationwide to fund highway projects public buildings bridges and water works with specific sums in Illinois Louisiana New Jersey California New York Ohio Oklahoma Arizona and other states. Straus & Co notes work could begin immediately promising jobs for thousands and broader indirect economic benefits. Washington report adds navy public works plans and critiques a post office overtime measure as insufficient.
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S. W. Straus & Co
Illinois
Louisiana
New Orleans
New Jersey
California
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco
Los Angeles
New York State
Chicago
Oklahoma
Arizona
Ohio
Straus
Alabama
Maryland
Michigan
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Texas
Washington
West Virginia
Wyoming
Straus & Co
Prosecution Attacks Murder Suspect Alibi in Ohio Trial
In Cleveland on October 30 the prosecution challenged Joss Valere s alibi for the first degree murder of Princeton University senior R. Wilkison. Valere said he was at home during August 23 party in Shaker Heights and did not leave until 1 a.m. the following morning.
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Cleveland
Joss Valere
R. Miller Wilkison
Princeton’ University
Shaker Heights
Valere
Jury finds acquittal in liquor seizure amid protest
Cape May Courthouse New Jersey October 30 A petty jury acquitted in a liquor seizure case after one juror allegedly drank most of the evidence. Prosecutor T Miller Hand condemned the verdict as prejudiced and pledged more trials this term. Jurors including Edith Richardson of Wildwood Crest disputed the action calling it a disgrace to the county. Hand, 29, is the state's youngest prosecutor.
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New York World News Service
Cape May
N. J
T. Miller Hand
Palmer M. May
Hand
Edith Ehardson
Wildwood Crest
May
Coolidge Appeals on Radio for Republican Tickets in Massachusetts
Former President Calvin Coolidge urged Massachusetts voters to re-elect Gov. Frank G. Allen and elect William M. Butler to the U.S. Senate in a WBZ and WBZA broadcast. He defended Hoover, warned against rash experiments, and praised Republican stability and experience amid global economic turmoil.
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Butler
Senate
Allen
Hoover
Springfield
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
United States
WBZ
WBZA
State Republican Committee
Frank G. Allen
United States Senate
William M. Butler
Boston
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Smith
Allen and Butler
Joseph B. Ely
Marcus A. Coolidge
Mellon Denies Improper Tax Refund Query
Secretary Mellon rejects claims of improper political tax refunds as preposterous. He notes IRS refunds total only 2.8 percent of collections over fourteen years, most refunds stem from court decisions or wartime years, and warns against refunds solely by court rulings which would delay the tax system and burden courts.
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Washington
Mellon
Treasury
Garner
Dem
Tex
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
American Bullfighter Sam Stuart to Join Spanish Arenas
An American bullfighter from Fort Worth Texas named Sam Stuart has announced joining Sydney Franklin of Brooklyn in Spanish arenas next season while competing in a rodeo here in New York.
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U. S
New York
Sam Stuart
Ft. Worth
Tex
Sydney Franklin
Brooklyn
Cooper Club Campaign Train Rolls Through Southwestern Ohio
The Cooper Club of Hyde Park Cincinnati campaigning for Gov. Myers Y. Cooper re election toured Oxford Hamilton Middletown and Dayton in motor cars with a real Republican elephant leading the motorcade. Cooper spoke to 2000 students 1000 Republicans greeted him and to National Cash Register employees in Dayton.
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Georgetown
Cooper Club
Hyde Park
Cincinnati
Gov. Myers Y. Cooper
Ohio
Oxford
Middletown
Dayton
Cooper
National Cash Register Company
Franklin
Miamisburg
Charles Kearns
Amelia
John Lloyd
Portsmouth
Hamilton Welcomes Governor Cooper On Campaign Stop
Gov Myers Y Cooper lands in Hamilton Ohio for a re election tour with a 100 car motorcade and military band. Dr Charles Webb introduces Cooper as the best Ohio governor. The campaign stop signals strong local support as citizens testify to their confidence and admiration.
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Hamilton
Cooper
The
Commercial Tribune
Myers Y. Cooper
Butler County
Cincinnati
Clinton Egbert
Charles Webb
Gov. Cooper
Ohio
Ruth Adopts Two Children, Joins them to His Family
New York on October 20 George Herman Ruth known as Babe Ruth signed adoption papers making him legal father to Julie Hodgson five and Dorothy Helen Ruth nine both already in his household Dorothy Helen born February 1921 was once the ward of Ruths first wife and controversy over her birth persisted
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New York
George Herman Ruth
Ruth
Julie Hodgson
Dorothy Helen Ruth
Swat
Chambers
Foley
Dorothy Helen
Watertown
Mass
Wedding Loans and Bad Checks Linked to Bank Closure
Prosecution shows Amor W. Shafer cashed 100000 on two more large checks on June 4 at Cosmopolitan Bank, two days before its closure. Bank officials failed to collect or endorse the checks, continuing to honor large payments despite prior insufficient funds and a delinquent tax list on the real estate backing the loans.
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Amor W. Shafer
Charlies
S. Bell
Frank J
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Cecil Hall
Nelson Schwab
Louis J. Schneider
Dudley M
Shafer
State Bank
Cincinnati
H. L. Doherty & Co
Hall
Cosmopolitan
Brotherhood Bank
Herbert Dorger
Alice Callahan
Schneider
Killers Shoot Chicago Cop on Street Car
Police on a daylight attack on a Maywood street car left Sergt. James McBride badly wounded but alive. The gunmen, linked to the Three-Fingered Jack White case, sought to silence a key witness as Harry Ditchburne questioned passengers and pursued the murder charge against White.
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Chicago
Maywood
W.hose
James McBride
McBride
Jack White
White
State Supreme Court
John P. McGorty
Criminal Court
Jack
Harry Ditchburne
Wisconsin
Earthquake Toll Rises Across Italian Coastal Towns
An Adriatic quake centered off Senigallia strikes Maphieni Talsagona Pes saro and Macerata, killing thirty five or more and injuring hundreds. Ancona and Senigallia suffer heavy devastation with dozens dead and large injury counts as tremors topple buildings and towns from Trieste to Rome feel the shock.
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Beatrice Baskerville
New York World News Service
Rome
Maphieni Talsagona
Pessaro
Macerata
Adriatic
Ancona
Senigallia
Trieste
Naples
Venice
Brindisi
Pius IX
Fano
Caimo
Castelfidaritd
Monte Sicuro
Candidiancona
Falconara
Castel Ferreti
Filotranna
Ornania
Loreto
Ostra
Belverene
Monsavetto
Monovalle
American Freighter Labette Damaged by Ancona Earthquake
Ancona Italy October 30 American freighter Labette was jolted against the dock as earthquakes shook the city. The crew escaped to shore after the mooring rope snapped and the waters churned, leaving the vessel with minor damage.
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Ancona
Italy
Labette
Curran and McBride clash over repeal chances
In Washington Curran of the Association Against Prohibition predicts Senate gains of six and House gains of 60 to 70 for repeal. McBride of the Anti Saloon League counters that Curran is blowing bubbles. Curran cites hoped wins from Rhode Island and several states plus 42 repeal votes in primaries, signaling the start of the 1932 fight against prohibition.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Henry H. Curran
Association Against the
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Curran
Congress
McCormick Hecklers Fail To Deter Ruth Hanna McCormick
In Chicago on October 30 Ruth Hanna McCormick, Republican Senate candidate, faced heckling at a loop theater meeting. A pagan cry of five thousand on Lewis drew reactions as McCormick challenged funders to back their bets and urged supporters to “Put up or shut up.”
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Chicago
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Lewis
Mrs. McCormick
McCormick
McCormick Attacked by Thompson and Lewis in Illinois Senate Fight
Ruth Hanna McCormick, Republican candidate, faces dual attacks as Mayor Thompson accuses her of a Kansas City pledge and Lewis charges she cannot win on sex appeal. McCormick retorts that Thompson broke a pledge and accuses both opponents of hidden deals to sway the Illinois race.
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Chicago
Ruth Hanna McCormick
William Hale Thompson
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Col. Lewis
Kansas City
Deneen
Rey O. West
Bill Thompson
Doctor Landsteiner Wins 1930 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Stockholm announces Dr Karl Landsteiner of New York and the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The ceremony marks his breakthrough in blood grouping and transfusion science.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Nobel Pr&e
Karl Landsteiner
New York
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research
State office building work begins at Columbus Ohio
Wrecking of the old structures on the Scioto River front site of the new 6 million state office building will start tomorrow after Attorney General Bettman announced the ruling. The court dismissed a suit to halt construction and cleared Georgia marble use. Cleveland’s Cuyahoga Wrecking Co. will move in to start work Monday morning if possible. Governor Cox and architect Hake welcomed the decision and pledged prompt progress on the project.
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Columbus, O
Scioto River
Gilbert Bettman
Common Pleas Court
Thomas W. Dent
Columbus
Georgia Marble
Cuyahoga Wrecking Company of
Cleveland
Struck Construction Company
Bettman
Man Kills Self Wife and Child in Houston Home
E A Hart 38 a refrigerator salesman and his wife were found dead from gunshot wounds in Houston. Their 13 year old daughter Vivian was wounded and died an hour later. Police believe Hart killed his wife and daughter before shooting himself. A revolver lay near his hand. Hart was fully dressed. The Hart family had connections to Newark and Chicago through relatives.
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Houston
Tex
E.A. Hart
Vivian
Hart
Snow First of the Season Falls in Kentucky
The season's first snow fell in Kentucky with flurries reported in Paducah and Mayfield, western Kentucky, late today.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Paducah
Mayfield
Goblins Have Their Day Proclaimed Meanest Day Of The Year
The column jokes Halloween should be renamed the Meanest Day Of The Year with a jokey push for national proclamation. It lampoons mischief and urges pranksters to wear masks while planning harmless crowds and confetti on downtown streets.
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Amy Porter
Hell
Banker's Kidnapping Plot Led By Amateur Ring In Illinois
Vernon Ahlgren confessed to leading a plot to kidnap Earl L. Yocum, wealthy banker of Galva, with accomplices named as Harry Whiskers and Orville Whiskers. The group, armed and masked, demanded 50 000 dollars after an aborted ransom payment, triggering a four county manhunt supported by police, deputies, and bankers' association inspectors.
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Galva
Ill
New York World News Service
Kewanee
Vernon Ahlgren
Earl L. Yocum
Yocum
Illinois River
Lacon
Iil
Ahilgren
Ahlgren
Wistrand Farm
Here
J. D. Krumtinger
George Newell
American Bankers’ Association
Harry Whiskers
Cambridge
Whiskers
Orville Whiskers
Floyd Winslow
Lone Tree Road
Leland
Newell
Krumtinger
Atkinson
Weather Summary by Regions and Temperatures
Temperatures and forecasts for Ohio Kentucky Tennessee Indiana West Virginia with partly cloudy and fair conditions. Readings show city by city highs and lows, precipitation amounts, and wind. Data includes Eastport Louisville Boston Nashville Albany Cleveland New York Chicago and more with daily observed weather values.
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Geiser
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