Peiping Crisis Deepens as Manchurians Seize City
Manchurian troops control Peiping and publish posters claiming mediation in the civil war. Chang Hsueh-Liang and Feng Yu-Hsiang face uncertain fates as Northern forces assume authority and plan a retreat to famine-stricken Shansi and Gansu.
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Peiping
China
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Shansi
Kansu
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Nanking
Lennox Simpson
Customs Commission
Tien-Tsin
Grierson
Seon
Simpson
Mukden
Chang
Chang Tso-Lin
Feiping
Peking
Chiang Kai- Shek
Wheat prices hit new low in Chicago pit
World markets fell as four investigations into Chicago wheat pit operations opened. Russia undersold North America and Europe. September wheat dropped to 77 1/8 cents a bushel while corn and other grains sank to near 25 year lows. False Canada pool insolvency rumors prompted official denials and inquiries by US Grain Futures Administration, Winnipeg Exchange, and Chicago Board of Trade.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
Russia
North America
Europe
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
United States Grain Futures Administration
Business Conduct Committee
Chicago Board of Trade
Liverpool
Winnipeg
James Stewart & Co
Neweagee Eee
Winnipeg Telephone Exchange
Earhart's Father Dies After Her Departure
Edwin Earhart, 58, attorney and father of aviatrix Amelia Earhart, died today in Los Angeles a few hours after his daughter left for New York. Miss Earhart had arrived last week to visit the ill father who had improved yesterday before her departure.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Edwin
Earhart
Amelia Earhart
New York
Chief suspends bully cop in a home assault case
Patrolman Harry Lickert, a former boxer, was suspended by Chief William Copelaw after accusations he struck Lester Frey and grabbed Rosella Frey at 1422 Pullan Avenue. Frey and his wife seek medical care while Lickert plans resignation and faces trial before City Manager C. A. Dykstra.
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Harry Lickert
William Copelaw
Lester Frey
Rosella
Pullan Avenue
Frey
Copelaw
Lickert
C. A. Dykstra
Joseph Best
Colérain Avenue
Freys
Department
Clara Bow Accused of High Stakes Gambling in Nevada
Reno Gazette reports Clara Bow, identified by a resort as a flaming red haired actress, played roulette and other games at Cameera Nevada. Four checks totaling 13500 were marked payment stopped and tied to Bow via secretary Daisy Devoe. Lawyers say Nevada gambling is legal and such checks may not be collectable in court.
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Reno
Nev
Reno Gazette
Clara Bow
Cameera
George B. Thatcher
B. R. Schulberg
Paramount-Famous-Lasky Studios
Hollywood
California Bank
Daisy I. Dyer
Miss Bow
James McKay
Daisy Devoe
Gazette
McKay
Marie Dressler
Nevada
Rogers
Tahoe
Calneeva Lodge
Red Caps Were Blue and So Was Jose
Jose Huerta roams a downtown Chicago store at night selecting a new wardrobe and packing it into a suitcase. Police meet him as dawn rises after he races from the building with the heavy grip and a relieved watchman signals the officers.
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Jose
Chicago
Jose Huerta
Lightning Bolt Splits Vessel Drowning Ten Survive
A lightning strike split the Newfoundland schooner Carranza off Cape Breton last Thursday night killing the captain and eight passengers plus the cook. Six survivors endured seventy-two hours adrift before rescue. Survivors later described hunger and exposure as they drifted about seventy-five miles west of St Pierre, Miquelon before being picked up.
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North Sydney
North Atlantic
Carranza
Seutary Island
Cape Breton
Vinigette
St Pierré
Miquelon
Newfoundland
North
Joshua Matthews
Grand Bank
Cook
John Robbett
Thomas White
Fortune Bay
Samuel Moulton
Stephen Grandy
Frank Legge
Joseph Grandy
Joseph Newport
Archie Adams
John ¢. Cluett
Five Die in Pennsylvania Farm Ax Tragedy and Suicide
In Spry near York Pennsylvania farmer Harry Dietrich 40 killed his wife and four children Mabel 11 Paul 10 Anna 8 and John 5 with an ax then hanged himself A note left cited financial worries The bodies were found by John Eppley a Spry merchant who visited after potatoes were not delivered Coroner Zach reported the incident occurred Sunday night
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York
Harry Dietrich
Spry
Zach
John Eppley
Eppley
Oietrich
Good Yee Ong Yee Rescues Friends From Uncle Sam
Chinese business man Ong Yee of 412 East Fifth Street faced a court hearing after a raid on a West Central Parkway club led to the seizure of opium pipes. Yen Yuen and Eng Ham Fook were arrested with Ong Yee and charged with Possession of opium, held on bonds for the hearing.
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Good Yee Ong Yee
Uncle Sam
Yee
Ong Yee
East Fifth Street
West Sentral Parkway
West Central Parkway
Walnut Street
Walnut
Yen Yuen
Yen
Eng Ham Fook
America
A. A. Siemon
United States
Yeeck Fae
Hing
Murder at Western Maryland Railway Office Ends in Double Tragedy
In Baltimore on September 23 Maxwell C. Byers president of the Western Maryland Railway was shot by vice president Dudley G. Gray who then killed himself. Byers died in Mercy Hospital after eight shots. Gray died later. Coroner ruled murder by Gray and suicide. A cryptic "That's obvious" was Gray's sole explanation.
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Baltimore
Maxwell C. Byers
Western Maryland Railway Company
Dudley G. Gray
Byers
Mercy Hospital
Otto M. Reinhardt
Gray
Cincin nati police order seals records from public view
A new police bureau order restricts access to arrest histories and past records. Information on individuals arrested will be shared only with ranking officers or under written authorization from superiors, impacting attorneys and reporters. The Chief and officials declined explanations.
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Bureau of Records and Information
Cincinnati
C. C. Dechant
Maj
Kirgan
Chief of Police
Dechant
William Copelaw
Girl Passes 13th Day With Artificial Lung
Frances McGann a 25 year old student nurse living in a Chicago hospital uses a respirator in a glass and aluminum lung since infantile paralysis affected her chest muscles. Doctors report she has gained strength and slept well but will need ongoing aid for some time.
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Chicago
Frances McGann
Plans 10 for enforcement groups answer
President Hoover's law enforcement commission returns October 8 with a mandate to decide if the dry law is enforceable and what options exist if not. Kenneth Mackintosh, former Washington Supreme Court Justice, urges the panel to tackle the prohibition question at its core. He has studied crime and liquor reports for over a year and views the issue as a major economic and social problem comparable to slavery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis’ M. Stephenson
Washington
Hoover’s
Law Enforcement Commission
Kenneth Mackintosh
Washington State Supreme Court
Aidry
G O P Leader Withdraws From Texas Governor Race
Dr. George C. Butte of Austin, Republican nominee for Texas Governor, declined to stay in the race. He said another candidate is more logical and resigned from the ballot. The State Republican Committee will name a replacement and fill other vacant statewide posts.
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Dallas
Tex
George C. Butte
Austin
State Executive Committee
San Angelo
Dr. Butte
Washington
United States
Miriam A. Ferguson
Ferguson
Ross S. Sterling
Houston
Sterling
Butcher Dies in Auto Crash With Street Car
Carl Staat, 29, a butcher of 1128 Cedar avenue College Hill, fell asleep at the wheel and crashed head on into a Westwood street car at Ar whler and Harrison avenues. He died almost instantly from internal injuries. the county auto fatalities rose to 132 for the year. Street car crew included motorman Joseph Smith and conductor Charles Fey.
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Carl Staat
Butcher
Cedar Avenue
Colege Hill
Westwood
Arwhler
Harrison Avenues
Joseph Smith
Tremont Avenue
Charles Fey
Glendora Avenue
Revenge Plot Behind Roosevelt VP Nomination Revealed
The Philadelphia Record prints exclusive claims that Boise Penrose and Matt Quay plotted Theodore Roosevelt’s nomination as Vice President to ensure his ascent to the presidency within two years. They allegedly acted to avenge Mark Hanna and anticipated McKinley’s death before the convention.
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New York World News Service
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Record
Richard J. Beamish
Boise Penrose
McKinley
Penrose
Mark Hanna
Matt Quay
Quay
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
United States Senate
Longtime North Carolina Congressman Charles Stedman Dies
Charles Manly Stedman, Civil War veteran who rode with Stonewall Jackson, died today in North Carolina. He served in Congress from March 4, 1911, as the state’s Fifth District representative and was the last Blue and Gray veteran in Congress. Funeral plans are pending.
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Washington
Charles Manly Stedman
Stonewall Jackson
Unio
North Carolina
House of Representatives
Stedman
Congress
Katherine Palmer
Greensboro
N. C
Pittsboro
Jackson
Lee
Appomattox
Chilean army loyalties affirmed amid treason probes
In Santiago Gen. Blanche, Chilean war minister, declared the army utterly loyal to the government while arrests were made in Concepcion of Gen. Bravos Col. Grove and five others linked to a suspected plot. American flyers De Larm and Doyle receive government immunity assurances as courts consider charges.
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Santiago DE Chile
Chile
Carlos Ibanez
B. Blanche
Blanche
Concepcion
Enrique Bravos
Marmaduque Grove
Bravos
Grove
Argentina
Edward Orville de Larm
Reed Smith Doyle
Department of Justice
Bowles Concedes Detroit Mayoral Win by Murphy
Charles Bowles abandoned further obstruction to Frank Murphy's inauguration after Murphy won a September 9 special election by more than 12 000 votes. A recount completed the night before showed no material change and Bowles said he reserved the right to challenge the election's validity later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Charles Bowles
Frank Murphy
Bowles
Murphy
Boyd Ready for Ocean Hop from Harbor Grace to London
The trans Atlantic airplane Columbia piloted by Capt. Erroll Boyd and Lieut. Harry Connor landed at Harbor Grace at sunset and prepared to cross to London the next morning if weather stays favorable.
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Harbor Grace
N. E
Columbia
Erroll Boyd
Harry Connor
London
Bob-Tailed Cat Guardian Of Carew Tower Workmen
A black bob tailed cat named Bob lives near Cincinnati in the Emery Building during tower construction. He assists the workers by supervising operations, riding steel girders, and parading near riveters. He relies on lunchboxes for meals and is praised as a good luck charm by Bill Brown and Warren Fassbinder.
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Bob
Cincinnati
Emery
Bill Brown
Angel Guardian
Black Cat
Warren Fassbinder
League of Nations studies global economic depression causes
The Economic Committee of the League of Nations Assembly authorized a worldwide technical study on present economic depression and its causes. It will involve research institutions and planning councils globally, with American observers and possibly Hoover's commission co operating. An appropriation of about 25 000 will be requested to support the inquiry and a shortage of new gold by 1934 is predicted by the League gold delegation.
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Geneva
Economic Committee
League of Nations Assembly
League
The
Hoover
United States
Great Britain
Dominions
Assembly
League of Nations Financial Committee
George E. Roberts
National City Bank of New York
Temperatures across states with warm spell and chances of showers
Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, and West Virginia see mostly warm and unsettled conditions with midweek showers or thundershowers likely in western and northern portions. The report lists current and past twenty four hour highs and lows for cities including Eastport Louisville Boston Cleveland New York Chicago Pittsburgh Denver and more with precipitation totals and records for September 1910.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
West Virginia
Eastport
Louisville
Boston
Nashville
Cleveland
N.york
Detroit
Atlantic C
S. S. Marie
Wasngton
Chicago
Jacks
Atlanta
St. Loui
Oileans
Kansas C
Galveston
Pittsburgh
Denver
S.W
P.m
Nor
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Nova Scotia
Peterhead
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
City of Osaka
Nagle
Western
Maryland
J. W. Stringer
Police Information Bureau
Hoover Commission
G.O. P
Texas
T. R
League OF Nations
Doughton
Charles M. Stedman
Hitler
Reichswehr
Leipsic
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
Hermann Bruening
Associated Press
von Hindenburg
Reich
Army
Bruening
Vienna
Johann Schober
Karl Yaugein
Strafella
Heimwehr
Christian Socialist Party
Vaugoin
Schober
Dr. Strafella
Boyd
Carew Tower Builders
Amy Porter
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