Roosevelt pressures steel leaders over Pennsylvania strike
President Roosevelt met with top steel industry executives and coal mine owners from Pennsylvania to seek settlement terms on a long running strike. Officials warned of possible use of presidential powers if progress stalled, as bids for steel rails were discussed and government audit conditions set.
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Julius Frandsen
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
White House
United Mine Workers
Cme Mitte Timier
Linioh
Reg
Wuge
Ned
Hastman Bluntlly
Three Die in Amarillo Plane Crash Collision
Amarillo Texas October 30 Art Stude 25 Woodward Okla survived a sensational airplane collision that killed three others Janie Clay Hzra Wiggins Bill Tullis all dead at the scene. Stude in hospital with injuries and expected to recover as witnesses watched the crash into a laundry building downtown.
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United Presa
Amarillo
Tex
Art Stude
Woodward
Olda
Texas
Okla
Stide
Hzra Wiggins
Hooker
Ailot
Stude
Janie Clay
Morrill
Nebr
Bill Tullis
Liberal
Kansas
Surety Companies Liable For Pa State Funds
United Press reports that surety companies are liable for state funds deposited with national banks in Pennsylvania. The Dauphin County decision holds that a surety company must repay 335,000 dollars held on deposit with the Federal Reserve Bank and Trust Company of Philadelphia, affecting hundreds of dogs and 22 dollars of funds.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Susranty Company
Fuipeborien National Hail and Trust Company
Pintadelphia
Demands from Midwest Farmers at Governors Conference
A three point national program for agricultural recovery and state export embargoes on farm produce were urged by the National Farmers Holiday Association at a Midwest conference of 10 governors and an agriculture administrator. Mil Reng led calls for a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures at cost-based prices, immediate currency inflation, and a national farm strike now ten days old. The meeting drew hundreds of agricultural representatives, prompting executives to retreat to a locked room to set speaking order. Charley Hearst, Iowa federation president, joined Farm Bureau support for government farm efforts under the New Deal.
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Hartzell Spence
United Press
Des Moines
National Farmers Holiday Association
Haliday Association
Mil Reng
Farm Bureau Federation
Charley Hearst
Iowa Federation
Litvininff in Paris En Route to Washington
Soviet foreign minister Maxim Litvinov arrived in Paris en route to Washington for talks with President Roosevelt. Accompanied by Konstantin Umansky and Valerian Dovgalevsky, he planned to sail to America next Wednesday on either the Berengaria or the Champlain, aFrequent decision cited as political.
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United Press
Paris
Maxim Litvinoff
Washington
Roosevelt
Litginart
Berlin
MaSseburg
Hanover
Constantine Umiansky
Russian
Foreign Office
Valerian Dovgalevsky
Litvinoff
Joseph Paul Boncour
Lityinoff
America
Berengaria
Champlain
United Preas
The
Breiien
Young Woman Found Slain in Pittsburgh Verona Sewer
The body of a 28 year old woman was found in a sewer along the Pittsburgh Verona road. Police say she had been dead only a short time and appears beaten. The body was found by Mrs. Esther Abrahams of Verona in an isolated area known as First Lookout Observation Point.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh- Verona
W. A. Bright
Verona
First Lookout
Esther Abrahams
Verons
Fiery Woman Populist Leader of 1890 Dies
Mary Elizabeth Lease, famed fiery Populist leader who urged farmers to rise and led the party to power in Kansas, died at 83. Born Ridgway, Pennsylvania, she moved to Konste at 18, once ran a druggist shop, later divorced. She chaired a city relief board and was known for blunt rhetoric against William Jennings Bryan.
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United Preas Callicoon
Mary Elizabeth Lease
Kansas
Ridgway
Leaue
Konste
Thern
Government Boosts Gold Price to 31.96 An Ounce
The government increased the price of new mined American gold to 31.96 per ounce from 31.82, an overnight rise of 14 cents. Washington noted the price was 55 cents above the world price set in London, where the pound rate rose to 11 shillings 24 pence. The London rate implied about 81.41 dollars per ounce.
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United Press
Washington
Lonfinn
London
McChire Case Ties Boo Half To City Conspiracy
In Philadelphia in the liquor conspiracy trial of State Senator John J McChire and 74 others D Harvey Sykes linked boxing promoter Max Bao Boo Half to the case He testified Hof promised payment to protect a number bank in Chester Sykes described meetings with John McChire and lawyer Till MacCarter to fix the matter and prevent investigations by county detectives He said MacCarter advised a possible payoff to fix the case and smooth actions by authorities
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Philadelphia
Max Bao Boo
John J. McChire
D. Harvey Sykes
Hoft
Sykes
McChre
Hoff
Chester
Hof
John McQhire
Till MacCarter
William J MacCarter
Delaware County
Swith MacCarter
John Maclin
Johnson Plans Trip to Coast for NRA Checkup
An official dispatch outlines Administrator Hugh Levinson’s plan for air travel to coastal sites to assess NRA programs. The trip aims to study coin operations and gauge national reaction while the administration faces internal glowpointt and broader jurisdictional questions.
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Johnson
Washington
Hugh Levinso
Shastri Warner
Four held in county jail over Findley Lake arson case
Four people, three men and a woman, are detained in Chautauqua County on charges tied to four arson fires around Findley Lake. Roger H. Webster and Clyde C. Chase allegedly burned two barns on the Webster farm, while Mrs Ethel Lingberg faces charges for setting a fire at Lindy Inn and adjacent cottage. Baylmore was away at Auburn during the incidents. Confessions reported by the sheriff link all four to the incidents and note large insurance on the burned properties. Continued details expected on page six.
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Chautanqua County
Finley Lake
Roger H. Webstdy
Sherman
Clyde C. Chase
South Ripley
Ethel Lingberg
Windley Lake
Leslie Baylimol
Findley Lake
Roger H. Webster
Mina
William Wakeley
Lindy
Webster
Sherriman
Shase
Lindberg
Tindley Lake
Lindy Tn
France Mourns Wartime Premier Painleve In State Funeral
France honors wartime prime minister Paul Painleve who died after a long illness. His body will lie in state in Paris this week and be buried Saturday with full national honors. Painleve led France in wartime and served as minister of aviation and war among other posts.
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United Press
Paris
France
Paul Painleve
Hyria
Fuuthen
Palnleve
Arie
Palnleves
Ames
Tegn
Poinieve
Charles A. Dini
Angerteni
Pamieve
Plans to Depreciate Dollar Abroad In Roosevelt Policy
United Press report outlines Roosevelt’s plan to depress the dollar by buying gold domestically and in foreign markets. The move aims to raise purchasing power but risks a wider currency shift, with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to buy foreign gold and sell dollars on world markets.
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Richard L. Gridley
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Toreign
Ble
Mmenis
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Second reprieve granted for Negro in Washington case
Oct 30 Chalia Wantington, a convicted Negro slayer saved from the electric chair last week by President Roosevelt, received another reprieve to November 24. A last minute call to District Jail informed Washington as he awaited death, showing disappointment at not getting an immediate commutation. Justice Department reviews the case and potential Roosevelt recommendations on commutation are expected.
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United Press
Washington
Charlia Wnntington
Lestric
Rookevelt
Thomas W. Rives
J. Crawford Birgs
Rives
Six Are Missing on California Yacht
A California yacht carrying six people sailed from San Francisco on September 30th. The party included John Newhauk, director of the Federal ???, and four others. Rescue efforts were underway as authorities reported the vessel went missing after leaving the harbor.
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California
Ban Francisco
Sue Petromee
Palkeme
Wil
Sauanith Harker
NRA Test Suit Filed in Court
The government faced a legal test over using the Blue Eagle symbol in awarding contracts. George T. Driscoll Company of Brooklyn sues to stop Treasury from accepting a higher bid for a New York post office annex, arguing the low bidder lacked the Blue Eagle. The case could affect Ford Motor Company contracts and war department auto equipment rules. General Johnson asserts the Blue Eagle eligibility rule excludes certain bidders.
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United Press
Washington
Blue Eagle
District of Columbia Supreme Court
George TF. Driscoll Company
Brooklyn
Secretary of Treasury Woollin
New York
Ford Motor Company
War Department
General Johnson
Rum Runner Frances Sunk After Collision Off Black Point
At New London October 30 the Frances, a 62 foot ram runner, was sunk and coast guard patrol boat 403 damaged in a collision as the class vessel pursued a second ram runner. Charles Foster, a crewman aboard the Frances, was critically wounded and later died. Three other crew members surrendered after Foster was wounded.
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United Press New London
Coad
Wrances
Coast Guard
Black Point
Poat
Charles Foster
Henry Coyle
Coyle
Foster
Dynamite blasts mar Mit Sherman Day in Scranton area
Two dynamite explosions blamed on factional strife among mine workers disrupted a local observance in Scranton area. Homes of Adam Dumbroski in Dickson City and Adam Cavaleri in West Scranton were damaged but no injuries reported. Both women reportedly refused to join the outlaw strike now in progress.
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Unites Press
Scranton
Adam Dumbroski
Dickson City
Adam Cavaleri
West
Propsss
Governor Pinchot Sets November 13 Special Session
Governor Pinchot announced a November 13 special session of the General Assembly to consider liquor legislation and about six other subjects. The session will address wet and dry concerns with both groups meeting him, and may also cover social laws, child labor, sweatshop curb, education funding, public works, and confirmations for five public service commissioners amid potential partisan wrangling.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Pinchot
General Assembly
Pennsylvania
Public Service Commissions
Wess
Democrats
House
Senate
Will
Lsu
48 Hour General Strike Inaugurated In Cuba
A 48 hour general strike began at midnight in Havana, called by the National Confederation of Labor. The walkout targets alleged tyranny and coincides with soldier actions in the capital's central district, signaling a major labor challenge to authorities.
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Cuba
United Press
Havana
Grau San Martin
Bourite Ings i
Capitol
Atrike
Natiewe Confederation of Labor
Jaron
Lutherans Join in Big Mass Meets
In Pittsburgh an overlapping religious gathering occurs as Lutheran groups unite for a large mass service. The event features several clerical figures and community leaders and draws attendees from multiple parishes in the area.
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