Soviet Assassin Slays Kiroff In Leningrad Headquarters
Sergei Migonovich Kiroff a top Communist leader and secretary of the central committee was shot and killed by an assassin at the Leningrad party committee headquarters. The attacker was captured and unidentified. Funeral arrangements were set for Red Square on December 6.
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Charles Stephenson Smith
Associated Press
Moscow
Sergei Migonovich Kiroff
Communist Party
Kiroff
Party
Leningrad
Soviet
Bolshevist
Red Square
Smolney Institute
Constituent Assembly
Viatka
Tomsk
Siberia
Supreme War Council
Azerbaijan
Central Committee
Work Relief Debates Signal Bitter Unification Fight in Congress
Senate munitions hearings reopen Tuesday to probe arms makers and possible sabo tage of disarmament efforts. Senators seek international arms traffic oversight as DuPont Colt Winchester and Remington face questioning. Also reports on looming relief bills spark a major congressional clash over eight to nine billion dollars for work relief and housing.
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Dole
Congress
Washington
Senate Investigating Committee
Senate
Armas
England
State Department
Senate Committee
Senator Nye
R-Nd
Colt Patent Firearms Company
Winchester Arms Company
Remington Arms Company
E. I. DuPont de Nemours Company
DuPont
Borah calls for revolt to form new Republican party
Senator Borah urged a youth and liberal revolt inside the Republican ranks arguing for a new national organization to challenge conservative control. He warned conservatives to meet now or risk party chaos and said he would not form a third party.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho Republican
Charles D
Republican National
New York
Hall
Henry P. Fletcher
Hilles
Senate
Bombs Hit Havana Business District Wounding Shoppers
In Havana on a Saturday night six blasts in the business district wounded a young girl, two men, and four women. The attacks marked the sixth such bombing at closing time causing panic, injuries, and fatalities among shoppers.
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Havana
West Virginia senator-elect cites power interests behind push
Rush DPD Holt, a 20 year old senator-elect from West Virginia, said electric power interests were driving a move against him. The report places Holt in a political clash as he contends outside forces shaped the action.
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Washington
Rush Dpd
Holt
West , Virginia
Fatally injured boy in Lumberton hayload accident
In Lumberton North Carolina a boy was fatally injured when he ran from behind a moving hayload into the path of an automobile driven by Ernest Wilkins. The driver described the collision as unavoidable. The boy's father Jim Flowers commented on the accident.
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Lumberton
Ernest Wilkins
Jim Flowers
Shot to Death Near Springfield In Lincoln Life Chairman
H B Hill former chairman of the Abraham Lincoln Life Insurance Co of Springfield was found shot to death in a car on a highway about three miles from the city. Sheriff’s deputies initially noted uncertainty whether he was slain or had committed suicide.
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Springfield
Ill
H. B. Hill
Abraham Lincoln Life Insurance Company
Radio entertainer sentenced to die in Ohio electric chair
Russell Swiger, 21, was condemned by a Zanesville common pleas court jury to die in the electric chair for the holdup killing of Harold Fleming, 18, in a fill station robbery that netted $18. A prior jury had disagreed after 33 hours of deliberation when Miss Grace Mitchell of Pittsburgh was mentioned.
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Zanesville
Common Pleas Court
Russell Swiger
Ohio
Tho Th
Harold Fleming
Grace Mitchell
Pittsburgh
Accident injures Parsleys near Reidsville
J R Parsley of Princeton Kentucky and his wife were seriously injured in an automobile collision near Reidsville while en route to Florida. G N Sanders of route 1 and passenger Vance E Somers sustained minor injuries. They were taken to a local hospital.
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Reidsville
J. R. Parsley
Princeton
G. N. Sanders
Route 1
Vance E. Somers
Parsleys
Florida
Roosevelt reshapes relief program with new work projects
President Roosevelt convened aides at Warm Springs to outline a sweeping work relief plan. He sought to replace direct aid with in place employment, reviewing reports from Richberg Hopkins and Tugwell as details were not yet decided.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Ickes
Warm Springs
Congress
Donald Richberg
Emergency Council
Harry L. Hopkins
Rexford Guy Tugwell
White House
Pine Mountain
Denver Mint Robbery Case Solved by Police
Denver police announced the 1922 Denver mint robbery was solved. Harvey Bailey led the escape with $200,000 in currency. seven suspects, including two women, were linked to the bandit mob and long pursued since 1920. Several members are dead, and details emerged from a 1923 Denver bootlegger testimony.
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Denver
Harvey Bailey
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Cess
Oeeaatives
Albert T. Clark
Clark
America
Devil's Island
Alcatraz
California
Urechel
Jim Clark
Indiana State Penitentiary
Michigan City
Clinton
Ind
Robert Leon Knapp
Robert Burns
Frank McFarland
the Memphis Kid
Nicholas Trainor
Nick Sloan
Margaret Burns
Robert Knapp
Red Wing
Minn
Denver Detective Department
Murder mystery finally closed in Roseville case
Roseville police closed their five victim case after a secret inquiry found no evidence changing the slaying and suicide theory. They traced relatives but found no alibi or motive altering the Noakes-Pierce-Gibby-Chaffin feud narrative.
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Roseville
Calif
Pennsylvania
Babes-In-The-Woods
Elmo Noakes
Winifred Pierce
Norma
Dweilla
Cordelia
Noakes
Pierce
Gibby-Chaffin- Noakes
Elmo
Baby Face Nelson Buried In Chicago
George Baby Face Nelson was buried in St Joseph's cemetery Chicago after his death in a raid that killed two government agents The service drew mourners detectives and curious onlookers as a wreath marked to our loving husband and father graced the grave in a cold December vigil
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Chicago
St. Joseph's Cemetery
George
Nelson
Final Showdown Looms On Naval Treaty Pact
London reports a likely final showdown over a new naval treaty to replace the 1922 Washington agreement. US Japan and Britain seek compromise amid deadlock on Japan’s demand for naval parity. Tokyo hints at denunciation next week. France declines to join without unanimity.
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London
United States
Japan
Tokyo
Tsuneo Matsudaira
Mercy murder case ends with death sentence
Mrs May Brownhill, 62, frail, was sentenced to hang for the mercy murder of her imbecile son Denis after nursing him 30 years. A five minute guilty verdict followed, with a mercy recommendation. She administered 100 sedatives and gas to spare him a living death. Norman Birkett led her defense.
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May Brownhill
Denis
Norman Birkett
Missing Evidence Reported in Schultz Case
The New York American says key documents used in prosecuting Dutch Schultz for income tax evasion are missing from treasury and federal files. Several sheafs of records cannot be located, including confidential reports on Schultz financial activities. No cause or suspect identified as DOJ agents surveil a Broadway building housing many lawyers.
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New York
The
New York American
Dutch Schultz
Treasury
Schultz
Grand Jury
American
Department of Justice
Broadway
Death Toll in sixth Typhoon Passes Sixty
Manila reports sixty dead or missing as the sixth typhoon in three months hits Samar and nearby islands. Fishermen drown or vanish. ten bodies wash ashore on Antique island while Leyte and other central provinces report additional fatalities and missing persons.
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Manila
Samar
Philippines
China
Antique
Leyte
Pacific
Ann Harding Seeks Full Custody of Daughter in Reno
Not as an actress but as a mother Ann Harding plans in Reno courts to seek exclusive custody of her 6 year old daughter Jane. She will file soon a motion to modify the 1932 decree which granted Harry Bannister custody two months each year.
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Reno, Nev
Ann Harding
Reno
Jane
Harry Bannister
Bannister
Upward Cycle Hinted by Government Economists
Washington December 1 officials circulated an internal memorandum by a federal economist arguing that an upward business cycle has begun. Other economists privately share cautious optimism, citing rising consumption goods activity and revived machine tool inquiries as signs of a broader upturn amid mixed unemployment data and stable stock markets.
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Washington
Treasury
United States
McNary Urges Republicans Toward Human Sympathy in Congress
Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon says the Republican party should quit abstractions and alarms and focus on human sympathy. He urges Republicans to cooperate with the administration or act independently to rescue the nation as he departs for Washington ahead of the new Congress.
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Portland
Ore
The
Oregonian
Charles L. McNary
Senate
Oregon
McNary
Congress
25 Rescued Off Lakes Freighter Muskegon
In a dramatic Great Lakes rescue, all 25 crew members of the wrecked Henry Cort freighter were saved after a violent 60 mile gale drove the ship into Muskegon harbor’s breakwater. One rescuer died when John Dipert, 23, fell overboard answering the life saving call.
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Muskegon
Mich
Annals of
Great Lakes
Henry Cort
Muskegon Harbor
Lake Michigan
John Dipert
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