Revolt of Farmers Impends in Russia Strains Soviet Front
Moscow dispatch reports Stalin backed policy adopted by the Communist Party convention as war danger rises. Delegates note kulaks resist agrarian reform and threaten to withhold grain, amid bread shortages from poorer peasants and collectives, while neighboring Baltic states unite against the Soviet.
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Russia
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Soviet Russia
Communist Party
Molotov
Stalin
Steel Man
Poland
Rumania
Soviet Union
Odessa
Kherson
Nikolaev
Zinovievsk
Pervomaisk
Barbecue Stand Fatality Claims 116th Auto Death in County
Walter Conard aged 38 of Boston was killed instantly by a hit and run driver in front of a Silverton barbecue stand. The 116th automotive fatality in the county this year. Conard visiting family at Pleasant Ridge. Funeral arrangements pending as deputies investigate with Silverton night marshal and county officials.
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Walter Conard
Boston
Mass
Silverton
Conard
Maple Leaf Avenue
Pleasant Ridge
Samuel Pioom
Thomas Crane
Adolph Castner
Andrew
Clyde Conard
Edward Barton
Latonia
Fred Taylor
Newport
Hoover nominates Lytle Brown as Chief of Engineers
President Hoover sends to the Senate the nomination of Brig. Gen. Lytle Brown to be Chief of Engineers with the rank of Major General for four years to reorganize and modernize the Corps. Brown, 57, has served in the Spanish American War and held posts at West Point, Cuba, the Philippines, and Savannah.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Hoover
Senate
Lytle Brown
Edgar Jadwin
Brown
Engineers Corps
Gen. Brown
Lower
Mississippi
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence River
The
Army
Lower Mississippi
Upper Mississippi
Ohio
Missouri
Illinois
St. Lawrence
Panama Canal
Nashville
Tenn
Military Academy
West Point
Corps of Engineers
Willets Point
N. Y
Cuba
San Juan Hill
Savannah
Phillipines
Speaker Longworth Extends Vacation Through October
Speaker Longworth, returning to Cincinnati from the New England coast, extends his vacation to October 14. The House will not transact business and will meet only on Mondays and Thursdays. Representative Tilson of Connecticut likely presides over semi weekly sessions as allowed. After October 14 House activity depends on the Senate tariff bill progress.
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Washington
Longworth
Capital
Cincinnati
New England
House
Senate
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
Magistrate Fines Speeding Man For Bandit Tale
Albert Leibovitz faced speeding charges in Oak Park Illinois. He claimed bandits chased him to justify fast driving to safeguard $500. Officer Fred Nestor dismissed the story. The magistrate fined him twenty five dollars and added ten dollars for the thrilling tale.
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Oak Park
Iil
Albert Leibovitz
Feron
Leibovitz
Plan submitted for improving Duck Creek parkway corridor
The Regional Planning Commission heard a six mile Duck Creek road plan from Victory Parkway to Camargo Pike proposing a landscaped parkway with park elements. The study by M. D. Downs and consultant L Segoe outlines two northern and southern approaches and widening to eighty four feet along the route with portions to Evanston Avenue and beyond.
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Duck Creek Road
Hamilton County
Victory Parkway
Camargo Pike
Regional Planning Commission
M. D. Downs
Downs
L. Segoe
Woodburn Avenue
Montgomery Pike
Evanston Avenue
Two Brothers Struck by Trains on Big Four Tracks
William Reiff and his brother Robert, both 13, were walking along the Big Four tracks when a westbound passenger train and a roaring freight train failed to stop in time. Robert shouted a warning before the collision, saving none, and the elder brother William died at the scene. The incident occurred as trains approached from opposite directions near Sedamsville and Cincinnati.
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Play
William
Robert Reiff
Robert
Southside Avenue
Sedamsville
James W. Cole
Carolin Place
Cincinnati
George Bender
Seymour
Ind
William Rieff
Consciousness Returns to Girl After Fortnight of Coma
Charlotte Norris, nine, awakens gradually in General Hospital after being struck by a car on August 27. For weeks she has been fed through a tube as doctors watch for signs of recovery. She moves her mouth to swallow and shows light sensitivity as she hesitates to return to a world of pain and fear.
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Charlotte Norris
General Hospital
Charlotte
G O P Regulars Win in First Vote on Tarie
Eight Republicans join Democrats in a roll call as Reed declares a majority. The record notes that many did not understand what they were voting on, with Hoover and Mellon figures in a warm debate.
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G.O.P
Tarie
Hoover
Mellon
Senate Tariff Bill Marks Origin Labeling By Narrow Margin
The Senate approved a committee amendment requiring country of origin labels on imported articles by a 40 to 32 vote after a reconsideration showing party switches. Eight Republicans joined Democrats on first roll call. later six Republicans and twenty six Democrats opposed the amendment, with shifts by Reed Howell and others. Debates centered on Treasury discretion to exempt items.
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Senate
Borah
Cutting
Howell
la Follette
McMaster
Norris
Nye
Reed
Ransdell
Broussard
Pittman
House
Treasury
Postpone River Fete to Meet Hoover Plans
The Ohio Valley Improvement Association postpones the river dedication and related events by one week to suit President Hoover’s attendance. Hoover will arrive October 22 to dedicate a statue in Eden Park, review a steamboat parade, and tour Louisville the next day. River packets shift dates from October 15 to 21 return, with a stop in Huntington West Virginia. Special committee formed after Hoover’s Cincinnati address.
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Ohio River
Hoover
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Chamber of Commerce
Eden Park
Ohio Valley
Louisville
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Huntington
W. Va
Western Gurg Battling Fired in Equest Areas
Ventura County oil field blaze flared again in Santa Paula and Ojai-Ventura triangle, drawing hundreds of workers as fires spread in dry brush. Northward, Estacada area in Oregon reported 19,000 acres burned, six homes lost, one firefighter injured, and $200,000 damage as crews battled the Clarkamsas River Valley blaze.
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Santa Paula
Cal
Ventura County
Ojai-Ventura Triangle
Associated Press
Canada
Mexico
Estacada
Oregon
Clarkamsas River
Portland
T. H. Sherrard
Mt. Hood National Forest
Lé Dee
Yacoli
Wash
Methodists Condemn Bishop Cannon Stock Deals
In Danville Virginia on September 17, the Yanceyville Methodist Circuit urged formal condemnation of Bishop James Cannon Jr for stock trading. The Locust Hill Church quarterly conference adopted a resolution accusing his actions of lowering the bishop’s dignity and dishonoring the church. The record, signed by W H Williamson, was sent to The North Carolina Christian Advocate.
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New York World News Service
Danville
Ishop
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Church South
Yanceyville
N. C
Methodist
Locust Hill Church
The
W. H. Williamson
North Carolina Christian Advocate
Probe of City Workhouse Guard Likely in Civil Service
Charges may be brought against a guard at the City Workhouse after civil service questions for a captain promotion showed near verbatim copies of department head answers. The Civil Service Commission heard the case and struck the guard from the eligible list while exonerating its own staff. Col Sherrill will decide next actions.
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Col
Sherrill
Civil Service Commission
Col. Sherrill
Topeka inquiry launched into Jay House liquor allegations
Gov Clyde Reed ordered an official probe into claims that Philadelphia columnist and former Topeka mayor Jay E House was served liquor at thirteen of fourteen entertainments here last winter. Attorney General William A Smith leads the inquiry with county authorities issuing subpoenas to hosts including professionals and public officials. Six witnesses denied liquor, four said none was served, and further appearances may be required.
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Topeka
Kan
Jay. E. House
Philadelphia
Clyde M. Reed
House
William A. Smith
Shawnee County
Atorney
Smith
League Committee Adopts Kellogg Pact Outlawing War
Philadelphia returns from today’s primary show independent forces backed by Mayor Mackey failing to unseat the regular Republican organization led by W. S. Ware. Campbell and Kemp lead for Register of Wills and City Treasurer respectively, with fraud arrests among Election Board members and polling-place disruptions reported. LaGuardia appears to lead Bett for the Republican mayoral nomination in New York.
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Philadelphia
Harry A. Mackey
W. S. Ware
William F. Campbell
Register of Wills
John F. Dugan
Republican League
Campbell
Dugan
George E. Kemp
Thomas F. Armstrong
Kemp
Ward Armstrong
Vare
Twenty-first Ward
Peter Flynn
Frank Diadil
Thomas Costello
John Manning
Stephen Opelia
Committee of Seventy
Norwood Police Nab Suspected Bootlegger Pair
Norwood police long watched William Strawm of 2620 Garland Avenue. They seized a garage with an emery wheel to remove factory numbers, dies to stamp new ones, 250 ignition key lays, an automatic starter device, stolen car equipment, license plates from Ohio cities and two new cars as evidence of possible bootlegging stolen automobiles.
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Norwood
William Strawm
Garland Avenue
Strawm
Strawny
Ohio
Governor Kohler Wins Ouster Case In Wisconsin
At Eau Claire Wisconsin Governor Walter J Kohler defeated ouster proceedings initiated by Progressives Circuit Judge James Wickham sustained the demurrer ruling no jurisdiction and insufficient facts The Supreme Court will decide the demurrer question Petitions from Phillip La Follette State Senator Glenn Roberts Assemblyman Alvin De Reis and William T Bvine Madison editors led the Progressive challenge The action moved from Dane to Sheboygan County for venue.
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Eau. Claire
Wis
Walter J. Kohler
James Wickham
State Supreme Court
Wickham
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Phillip la Follette
Glenn, Roberts
Alvin Dc. Reis
William T. Bvine
Capital Times
Madison
Dane County
Sheboygan County
Woman Highway Employee Faces Forgery Charge
Miss Mabel F. Lewis a 37 year old clerk in the ninth division state highway office is charged with forgery of highway payroll checks. She posted 7000 bond for hearing September 20 before Justice Woodruff. State auditors say she signed em ployee names to checks over three and a half years totaling about 3500.
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Chillicothe, CO
Mabel F. Lewis
John Lewis
Ninth Division
Lewis
Justice of the Peace
D. Fitzpatrick
John B. Bayne
Brown
Miss Lewis
M. Levin
Squire Woodruff
Bandits Hold Up Sears Payroll At Kansas City Plant
Three robbers entered the Sears Roebuck plant in Kansas City and escaped with a payroll totaling $8,517 after seizing the money from two employees waiting for an elevator. The incident occurred in a hall and was discovered when other workers learned of the hold-up.
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Kansas City
Sears-Roebuck
Prominent Local Politician Found Dead After Window Sit
A 62 year old painter and former local political figure, Robert B Hooper of 1033 Jordan Street, was found dead in his apartment from gas asphyxiation after lying at a window for three days. Neighbor testimony and police reports say he had been dead since Sunday.
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Robert B. Hooper
Jordan Street
Hooper
Will Ludwick
Frederick
Swing
Sting
Cruiser Gun Power Still Point at Issue
Washington reports the Anglo American naval talks may hinge on cruiser strength as officials await Premier MacDonald visit. Hoover and MacDonald may defer the remaining difference to a five power conference planned for January, with the dispute over eight inch versus six inch gun cruisers at center.
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Washington
MacDonald
Hoover
United States
Liquor Boat Captured in Brest Canal Shootout
Detroit reports federal immigration border patrol inspectors seized a forty foot cruiser loaded with 500 cases of beer and 100 cases of whisky in the Brest Canal from Lake Erie to Brest village. The capture came after a hail of bullets as three men in a speedboat fired at officers. no injuries occurred. Inspectors Green and McKelvey reached the grounded cruiser after a rowboat capsize and confirmed the attackers.
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Detroit
Federal Immigration Border Patrol
Brest Bay
Lake Erie
Brest
Charles Green
Fred McKelvey
Green
McKelvey
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Jay E.house
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