Croatian exile speaks in murder plot to kill king
In Marseille Mio Kraj alias Sylvester Malny confessed he was sent with Petrus Kalemen to assassinate King Alexander of Yugoslavia. Kalemen, Vladna Georgieff, killed the king. Kraj fled, saying he feared harming others. Kvaternik allegedly directed the plan, with police doubting the group size and still pursuing him and a woman accomplice. Manny, who accompanied Kalemen, fled after cowardice.
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Associated Press
Menlun
France
Surete Nationale
Mio Kraj
Sylvester Malny
Chalny
Marseille
Petrus Kalemen
Alexander
Yugolavia
Kraj
Associated Press Today
Surete
Egon Kvaternik
Ante Pavelich
Ustasht
Kvaternik
Georgieff
Aix-en- Provence
Thonon
Manny
Pavelich
Paris
Sitmonevitch
Malny
Fontainebleau Forest
New York and New Orleans Cotton Prices Report
Market summary shows January through December cotton futures in New York and New Orleans with bid, ask, and closing figures for various months. Notable levels include Jan around 1240 in New York and 1242 in New Orleans, with May and July ranges extending into the mid 1200s and October figures near 1226 to 1240 depending on month and market.
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New York
New Orleans
Liverpool Cotton Market Steady After Quiet Demand
Liverpool October 16 AP reports 7,000 bales traded including 300 American with spot activity modest and prices up five points. American middling fair at 8.01, strict good middling 7.56, middling 6.96, strict low middling 6.81, futures closed steady with Oct 6.72 and Jan 6.67.
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Liverpool
Market outlook optimistic on cotton futures and demand
New York reports from E F Hutton E A Pierce Clark Childs and Keech express constructive market views. They note slow cloth demand but rising confidence, potential market tightness from held off supply, and suggests buying on dippings and on recesions as futures rise to unlock spot cotton in the South.
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New York
E. F. Hutton & Company
E. A. Pierce Co
Market Report Includes Rail Stocks and Commodity Prices
The page lists a dense catalog of company names with stock figures and bond-like notations, including Anaconda Copper, American Can, General Motors, Goodyear, Ford, and U.S. Steel, alongside rail lines and tech firms. It also covers hog and peanut markets, cottonseed pricing, and Chicago butter quotes with price ranges and standard classifications.
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Auburn Motors
Bethlehem Steel
Bendix
Chrysler
Curtis Wright
Dupont
DS Electric Land P
Ford of England
General Motors
General Foods
General Electric
Goodyear
Sesceee
Hudson Motors
International Harv
Telg
Industrial Rayon
Johns-Manville
Kennecott Corp
Lorillard
Tee Oeaee
Montgomery Ward
New York Central
Radio Corp
Reynolds Tobacco
Sears Roebuck
Coca Cola
Othan Hog Market
Texas Gulf
Wee
US Steel
United Fruit
United Aircraft
J.C. Penney
Packard
Ceecneesee
Southern Railway
Texas Corp
Westinghouse
Woolworth
Western Union
Heavies
Rhodes Scholarship Applicants Must File By November
Alabama applicants for the 1934 Rhodes scholarship must file petitions with the state committee by November 17. Dr. George H. Denny announced the deadline and UA plans to prepare its candidate list by November 9. Eligible are unmarried men 19 to 25 who have completed at least two college years. the award provides 400 pounds yearly for two years at Oxford. The Gulf Region Seven-Shape singing convention will convene in Samson on October 28, with attendees from major musical houses.
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Oxford University
England
Gulf Region
Samson
Fear Woman Dead in Stoll Kidnapping Probe
Federal and local officers pursue leads in the Stoll estate case amid a $50,000 ransom demand. Police say no inside job. Fowler Wooler and Anne, household servants, cleared after explanations. Residences within a three mile radius searched. Indiana-bound babies and Louisville checkings yield no clues.
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Stolls
Harold Nathan
Stoll Estate
Ohio River
Indiana
Louisville
Fowler Wooler
Anne
Stoll
Knight on Trial Continues Over Fatal Five Points Death
The courtroom crowd watches as Knight faces a murder charge in a Five Points midnight quarrel over dollars. The defense argues death by own action. the state claims Knight shot the Belcher girl, a 32 caliber bullet piercing her heart minutes after the July incident, with Knight’s revolver found nearby. Relatives sit apart, spectators fill the room, and a larger audience is expected as the case proceeds.
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Knight
Belcher
Hope Dwindles For Entombed Dog In Cavern
In Greenville Indiana on October 16 AP reports Mitzi a fox hound owned by Theodore Weisenberger is trapped in a limestone cavern behind a hillside spring. Despite many farmers aid and seven sticks of dynamite the dog remains inaudibly barking with a rugged rock barrier blocking further escape. A neighbor heard Mitzi respond to the name and a boy briefly entered the cavern opening with a torch finding only a small gap and the dog just beyond reach.
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Greenville
Ind
Mitzi
Floyd Collins
Theodore Weisenberger
John Brock
Circuit juries convict three Houston County Negroes in liquor cases
Circuit court juries yesterday afternoon returned guilty verdicts against three Houston County Ne groes two charged with violating the prohibition law and the other with manufacturing liquor John Safford was fined 50 Cyrus Smith sentenced to six months and John Stringer to from one to two years
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Houston County
John Safford
Cyrus Smith
John Stringer
Fire Department Responds To West North Street Blaze
Morning call reports a small wood fire on West North street put out quickly with no damage. Knight's preliminary trial testimony places him with a girl who was shot as they left a corner. parlor workers found her dying in a gutter. Prosecution by J Hubert Farmer and Cawdry Farmer. defense by J Norton Mullins.
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West North Street
Knight
J. Hubert Farmer
Cawdry Farmer
J. Norton Mullins
Naval delegates meet to discuss limitation fate
London October 16 AP Ameri can and Japanese delegates arrive for talks on the fate of naval limitation. Admiral Yamamoto from Tokyo disembarks at Southampton with secret proposals for a new pact replacing existing treaties. Norman Davis and Rear Admiral Standish travel aboard the Manhattan to Plymouth as Britain mediates.
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Associated Press
London
Washington
Isoroku Yamamoto
Tokyo
Berengaria
Southampton
Norman H. Davis
America
William 4. Standby
Manhattan
Plymouth
Great Britain
Japan
Yamamoto
Tsuneo Matsudaira
Last Plea Fails as Pierpont Receives Death Sentence
In Columbus Ohio on October 16 AP reports Governor George White denied Harry Pierpont clemency. The Dillinger gangster was condemned for the killing of Sheriff Jess Larber in Lima while John Dillinger was freed last year. Pierpont will be executed tomorrow.
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Harry Pierpont
Columbus
George White
Dillinger
Jess Larber
Lima
John Dillinger
Pierpont
Naval stores figures from Savannah quiet on Oct 16
The Savannah naval stores report shows turpentine at 47 with no sales and totals of receipts 611 shipments 112 and stock 15.72. Rosin sales reach 3 876 with receipts 2 269 shipments 527 and stock 129 65. Quoted prices include B D 4.20 E 4.25 F 4.35 G 4.00 HI KM 4.50 N 4.70 WG 5.00 WW X 5.25.
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Naval Stores
Savannah
Tu Pentine Dull
Tip in Bedroom Sparks Police Trip to Tuscaloosa
In Birmingham on October 16 AP reports police sought a tip in the shooting of Mrs. Jewell Slayton who lay asleep in bed with husband Frank. Bragg a Hyundai? No, Bragg a Negro confessed to being paid 48 dollars plus 1000 future payoff to kill her. Hudson Birmingham driver, third persons named. Mrs Slayton recovering at West End Baptist Hospital with head chest wounds. husband questioned then released.
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Birmingham
Ala
Tuscaloosa
Jewell Slayton
Frank
Joe Percy Bragg
Bragg
Scott Hudson
Wylam
Hudson
Slayton
West End Baptist Hospital
Secretary Dern to visit Birmingham on inland waterways tour
Secretary of War Dern will be in Birmingham October 27 on an inspection tour of the inland waterways system. He will travel from Mobile and continue to New Orleans and Galveston before reaching the Alabama port, according to Thomas Q. Ashburn, president of the inland waterways corporation.
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Dern
Birmingham
Inland Waterways System
Thomas Q. Ashburn
Inland Waterways Corporation
Mobile
New Orleans
Galveston
Alabama
Appendicitis Care Turns to Surgery for Roy Merritt
Roy Merritt was taken to a local hospital last night with appendicitis and is scheduled for an operation today.
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Roy Merritt
Feen a mint laxative for elderly balance
A magazine-style ad touts Feen a mint laxative as gentle and non-habit forming for elderly use. It claims gradual action through saliva, leaving diet and appetite unaffected, urging immediate purchase at druggists for 13 to 25 cents.
Nazi clash over church control in Bavaria deepens
In Nurnberg Dr. August Jaeger, Nazi commissioner for Prussian churches, met with Bavaria’s two new church commissioners as Bavaria seethes over the Protestant church unification drive. In Munich storm centers observe tightly as leaders from both sides monitor the situation.
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August Jaeger
Nurnberg
Bavaria
Munich
Strike Settled At Jeff Davis High School Football Squad
Houston October 16 AP says Jeff Davis High School football players voted to end their strike after receiving assurances of better treatment from school officials and coaches.
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Houston, Tex
Jeff Davis High School
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