Insull Testimony Details Flight From Prosecution and Pay
Samuel Insull testified in the mail fraud trial that thirteen salaries from his companies totaled about a half million dollars in 1930 and 1931. He said he left the United States in 1932 for rest and quiet after learning of his indictment in Paris, traveling to Greece with funds limited to a few thousand dollars and claiming no income or property today.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Insull
Paris
Turin
Greece
Lloyd E. Tompson
Thompson
Middle West Utility Company
Europe
Farmer Hosea Presslar Killed in Highway Collision
Hosea Presslar 55 a Union county farmer was struck and killed on the Monroe Charlotte highway last night by an automobile driven by FE G Furr of Charlotte A coroner s jury found Furr not at fault in the incident and ruled the death accidental.
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Charlotte
Hosea
Presslar
Union County
Monroe-Charlotte
FE. G. Furr
Furr
Bank of Hodges robbed again. thieves escape with few items
Robbers accessed the vault of the Bank of Hodges last night but were blocked by the inner safe door and fled with only a small number of articles from the vault shelves. This marks the second break in nine months with only a few pennies missing previously.
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Hodges
8. C
Bank of Hodges
Roanoke Man On Trial For Life In Upstate Assault Case
The case of A. A. Terrell, 84, of Roanoke Virginia, charged with criminal assault, went to the jury in the Greenville New York superior court shortly after 11 A M. today.
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Greenville
N. Y
A. Terrell
Roanoke
Norfolk Man Missing From Madison Steamer
Norfolk police investigate the disappearance of M. Gallagher 40 of New York City from the Old Dominion steamer Madison during its New York to Norfolk run last night.
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Norfolk
M. Gallagher
New York City
Comin
Madison
New York
Plane Crashes North of Baton Rouge in Flames
A tri motor airplane reportedly fell in flames several miles north of Baton Rouge during the early afternoon. The incident occurs in a rural area with limited details available on survivors or cause. Officials have not released updates.
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Baton Rouge
Bandits Rob Bank Of Banners Elk In Back Window Escape
Three masked bandits robbed the Bank of Banners Elk shortly after 2 PM today and fled through a back window with an undetermined amount of money. A bank employee fired several shots at the fleeing vehicle.
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ROS Bank Banners Elk
Bank of Banners Elk
FCC Orders Probe Into Pinchot Radio Speech Interference
The Federal Communications Commission ordered an investigation into alleged interference with Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania as his political speeches were carried on multiple radio stations across the state.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Davidson County Sheriff Pushes Investigation In Attack Case
Sheriff Bodenheimer said the Davidson county inquiry into the alleged brutal assault of Mary Dorsett by an unidentified Negro is ongoing with no light shed yet. Three suspects were released after the girl failed to identify them. searchers continue near Thomasville area as bloodhounds and officers follow leads.
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Lexington
W. Bodenheimer
Davidson County
Enterprise
Mary Dorsett
MGW
McUuly
John Crosby
Will Mack
William Foust
Crosby
Cedar Lodge
Davidson
Bodenheimer
Dorsett
Thomasville
C. H. Phillips
Thomanville
Unrest Deepens Over Saar Region Question in Europe
Associated Press reports rising unease in Germany and France over Saar, with France warning of troops to maintain peace. Hitler’s Voelkischer Beobachter brands the aggressor and a Saar vote looms in two months on status under Santee of Nations, return to Y, or joining France. Churchill criticizes war prep while Britain and the United States address Manchoukuo oil monopoly. Babe Ruth visits Tokyo with barnstorming players drawing huge crowds.
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Germany
France
Reichs- Fuehrer
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
The
Saar
Santee of Nations
Winston Churchill
Exchequer of
Great Britain
Manchoukuo
Japan
United States
Tokyo
Babe Ruth
Reilly Replaces Fawcett as Hauptmann Chief Counsel
Edward J. Reilly, a Brooklyn attorney, today became counsel for Bruno Richard Hauptmann in the Lindbergh baby murder case, with Morris Edelbaum and Lloyd Fisher named as associates. The change, decided by Mrs Hauptmann, will be confirmed when Reilly meets Hauptmann at the Flemington jail Monday. Fawcett had recently spoken of rumors he might leave the case.
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New York
Edward J. Reilly
Brooklyn
James M. Fawcett
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New Jersey
Reilly
Morris Edelbaum
Lloyd Fisher
Flemington, N. J
Edelbaum
Hauptmann
Flemington
N. J
Fawcett
Roosevelt lowers home loan rate to five percent
President Roosevelt overrides his housing administrator to push a nationwide home building drive. The plan sets a basic 5 percent interest rate with 0.5 percent service charge and 0.5 percent annual insurance on new insured mortgages, aiming to spur a decade long construction boom.
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Roosevelt
James A. Moffett
Standard Oil
Moffett
Housing Administration
Henry S. Harriman
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Harriman
Private Fire At Maurice Kelly Home
It was a private affair at the home of Maurice Kelly a fire department driver. The house is owned by George Shaver chief of the fire department. The incident occurred on November 2 with no public involvement noted.
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Eaton
Maurice Kelly
Vor Kelly
George Shaver
Ford to Spend Half Billion to Prove Low Mood Over Ford
Ford Motor Company unveils a 415 million dollar program aimed at boosting 1935 production beyond 10,000 cars and energizing suppliers across railroads, steel, textiles, lumber, and rubber. The plan will affect more than 6,000 firms and about 87,000 workers in the Detroit area, with large purchases for steel, castings, and iron.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford
River Rouge
Dr. Alexander Graham Dies at 90 in Charlotte
Prominent educator and father of UNC President Dr. Frank Graham, known as the Father of Charlotte’s School System, dies at his home after a heart attack. A Confederate veteran, he led Fayetteville and Charlotte schools for decades and helped shape North Carolina public education. He leaves his widow and seven children, including Dr. Archibald Graham and Dr. Frank Graham.
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Alexander Graham
Charlotte
Nove
Frank Graham
University of North Carolina
Graham
North Carolina
Fayetteville
Archibald
Anne McLean Graham
Richmond Academy
Spring Hill
Bladen County
South Carolina
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
Frank Ia
Zeta Pai
New York
Columbia University
Kate Bryan Sloan
Rampson County
Gra
Ham
H. P. Harding
Dr. Graham
Archibald Graham
Minnesota
Hitler denounces possible Saar occupation by France
Berlin reports Hitler and leaders of his storm troops discussed the Saar question at a two day conference. The Voelkischer Beobachter denounces France for potential outside territory use and cites the Versailles treaty and Locarno pact as terms to prevent war. It recalls French Rhineland and Ruhr actions and mentions alleged atrocities by Moroc cars in Frankfurt on Main. Paris expected to seek backing in Rome.
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Berlin
Hitler
Saar
France
League of Nation
Voelkischer Beobachter
Germany
Rhineland
Ruhr
Beobachter
Grande National
Frankfurt-on-Main
Labor unrest near election as unions pause until after vote
National Labor chiefs in San Francisco indicate organizing pace slows until after Election Day. They warn of a potential large scale capital labor clash soon after November 6 as sub surface talks reveal shifting stances toward the New Deal and Roosevelt.
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Washington
George Durnd
Olling
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
San Francisco
Roosevelt
New Deal
National
Cleveland
Atlantic and Pacific Thanto
One Man Drowns In Truck Wreck At Northwest Bridge
Elizabeth City reports Lyman Armstrong aged 38 drowned when a truck, driven by J J Sumner, plunged through the Northwest bridge railing into nine feet of water after a left side collision. Passenger Thomas Copeland escaped unharmed and provided a vivid account of the tragedy.
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Elizabeth City
Lyman Armstrong
Drowned City
Northwest
Virginia
Armstrong
J. J. Sumner
Hertford
Sumner
Thomas Copeland
Copeland
Norfolk
Lyman
Tommy
Weather Forecast Roundup for North Carolina
North Carolina forecast shows slightly warmer in extreme west with possible frost elsewhere tonight. Saturday mostly warmer with scattered showers in interior, some regions may see afternoon showers in extreme northwest. Coastal winds from Sandy Hook to Hatteras become light east to southeast, fair weather tonight and Saturday. Hatteras to Jacksonville expect moderate northeast to east winds with fair conditions tonight and Saturday.
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North Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Hopkins Hits at Statement By Fletcher
Washington, Nov 2. Harry L. Hopkins, relief administrator, accused Republican leadership of lacking understanding and sympathy for the underprivileged. He said GOP claims of relief politics were nonsense and warned that Republican plans could stop unemployment payments if they gained power. Hopkins defended November grants and work relief, asserting the administration would continue aiding the unemployed.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Lief
Republican High Command
America
H. P. Fletcher
H Kins
Public appeals for J Finnegan prosecutor post in St Louis
Porters of Police Judge J Finnegan have appealed to the public to elect him prosecuting attorney. Letters have been sent to 4,000 persons who have appeared before Judge Finnegan as defendants asking for votes.
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Louis
J Finnegan
Halloween pranks amid Chicago fair uproar noted in Beverly Hills
A humorous local column recalls about 300000 Chicagoans destroying and stealing from a fair built in two years and Sally Rand era displays. It mocks the city’s pranks and mentions theft of pot plants and a light jab at Henry Ford exhibits while joking about Halloween spirit fading due to modern plumbing.
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Beverly Wriss
Calif
Chicago
Sally Rand
Battle at No 7 colliery pits miners against union rivals
In Nanticoke Pennsylvania about 1000 miners from United Mine Workers of America and United Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania clashed at No 7 colliery. The riot broke out around 4 to 6 am with vehicles and culm banks attacked. Police were overwhelmed as factions fought with rocks and charges.
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Wilkes-Barre
Nanticoke
United Mine Workers of America
United Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna Collieries Company
United
United Mine Workers
John Kmetz
United Mine Workers Pennsylvania
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