Ex-Chicago Power Head Samuel Insull Held for Extradition
Samuel Insull former Chicago utilities operator was arrested in Athens under a court of appeals order at the request of American authorities. Illinois indicted him on larceny and expropriation charges tied to the Middle West Utilities collapse. Greek attorney plans to seek supervision in a hospital rather than jail due to age and laws allowing accommodations for prisoners.
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Athens
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Cu Stody
Court of Appeals
Leland B. Morris
Insull
United States
Middle West
Christos Ladas
American Tion
Illinois
Comedy and campaign jibes in Hoover era Ohio dispatch
In Cleveland on November 8 a humorous campaign tone emerges as Hoover jokes about grass in streets if Democrats win and Navy Secretary Adams promises gloom for a hundred thousand firesides. The letter notes Dave Ingalls as a standout Republican rival in a strong race and mentions Hoover traveling to California to vote for himself.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Hoover
Adams
Alleghanies
Dave Ingalls
California
KILLS FATHER AND SELF IN MONROE FIRE KILLING
In Monroe Iowa on November 4 23 year old W B Spencer Jr killed his 60 year old father then shot himself after starting a fire at their Collinston residence Police say he feared losing his mind and had threatened this act publicly Neighbors extinguished the blaze before bodies were removed Coroner R B Leavell ruled murder and death by self inflicted gunshot noting Spencer left notes blaming his love for his father as motive
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Monroe
W. B. Spencer, Jr
Collinston
Spencer
R. B. Leavell
Morehouse Parish
Young Spencer
Spencer Geft
New Bern Man Killed After Brooklyn Police Chase
A New Bern man using the alias Francis Mattux was shot and killed by police in Brooklyn after a five mile pursuit. Friends said he was Francis McGuinn of New Bern North Carolina and the motive for the name change and escape remains unknown.
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New York
Francis Mattux
Francis McGuinn
New Bern
N. C
Mattux
Brooklyn
McGeinn
Late News Bulletins Sports Scores
Florida 6 North Carolina 18. Presbyterian 0 New 0. Catawba 0 Erskine.
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Florida
North Carolina
Presbyterian
New
Catawba
Erskine
Bank Heist in Pascagoula Mentions Kidnap Plot
Fragmentary report from Pascagoula Mississippi notes a fund estimate of 15 000 dollars and a bank and depositor were referenced as part of a kidnapping plot.
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Pascagoula
Miss
Ula
British hunger march leader held on mutiny charge
W. A. L. Hannigan, identified as the original leader of the hunger marchers in London, is detained without bail on a charge of inciting mutiny among police following clashes with law enforcement.
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W. A. L. Hannigan
London
Mounted Police Quell Riot After Prison Is Set On Fire
Prisoners at the penitentiary on the Island of Jesus mutinied and set the tailor shop on fire. Royal mounted police from Montreal, nine miles away, and the city fire department aided, restoring order after about an hour. One group tried to slash the fire hose while guards repelled the attack. Guards herded inmates back to their cells as reinforcements arrived.
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ST. Vincent DE Paul
Que
Island of Jesus
Royal Mounted Police
Montreal
Jail Terms Meted To Negroes For Murder
GANFORD North Carolina November 4 Elvin White and Charley Myers two black men were convicted as accessories before the fact to murder in the killing of N H Perry Camnock storekeeper and Thomas Beal farmer on June 18 White received life imprisonment Myers pleaded guilty to second degree murder and drew a 30 year term
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Ganford
N. C
Elvin White
Charley Myers
State Penitentiary
N. H. Perry
Camnock
Thomas Beal
White
Myers
Weaverville Shooting Spurs Knife Threat and Family Ties
Lloyd Young and Jack Tamberlin tied up in a street quarrel over Young's sister Christine. Young, 22, was struck in the mouth by a small revolver bullet and spit it out, later charged with drawing a knife. Christine Young posted bond for Tomberlin after he was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon.
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Weaverville
L Lloyd Young
Jack Tamberlin
Tomberlin
Young
Christine Young
Europe Awaits Outcome of U S Election
European officials and press show keen interest in the American election. Comments from Times and London Daily Telegraph frame the result as affecting foreign policy and world mood, with reactions from France Germany and Russia noting limited expected change. The press also hints at hopes for a revival of wine and liquor exports if American laws shift.
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Associated Press
London
Europe
United States
London Daily Telegraph
Hoover
America
Roosevelt
le Temps
Germania
Center Party
Germany
Pravda
England
Italy
France
Roosevelt Calls Hoover Government a Gamble at Rally
Governor Roosevelt denounces the Hoover administration as government by guess and gamble and pledges victory through hard, common sense. He forecasts success as the People resolve to remove the present administration and campaigns with Alfred E. Smith in Brooklyn and New York.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hoover
Republicans For Roosevelt League
Metropolitan Opera House
Roosevelt
Opera House
Academy of Music
Brooklyn
Madison Square Garden
Alfred E. Smith
Owen PD. Young
Young
Democratic Party
Lberal Party
Bums 1000 Miles to Save Husband from Prison
Mrs. Lucinda Dunaway 22 and her four year old daughter Eleanor, after a 1000 mile trek from Liberty Texas, rest in a Louisville hospital en route to Frankfort to seek executive clemency for Oscar Dunaway convicted of storehouse breaking in Greenup county. The pair have endured hunger and hardship and plan to press the governor for clemency once released.
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Louisville
Liberty
Texas
Lucinda Dunaway
Eleanor
Frankfort
Oscar Dunaway
Kentucky
Dunaway
State Reformatory
Greenup
Democrats Report Near 200000 Balance in Campaign Treasury
The final pre election report of the Democratic national committee shows receipts of 1 427 118 and expenditures of 1 261 412 with a remaining balance near 200 000. The report lists October 24 and November 2 receipts totaling 361 464 and disbursements 339 481 plus 310 563 in contributions and 45 000 borrowed.
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Dems
National Committee
Association Fund
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Frank C. Walker
R. W. Morrison
San Antonio
W. H. Woodin
New York
James W. Gerard
Germany
Thomas Stoneborough
W. C. Dickerman
Francis P. Garvan
James D. Monney
G. V. Whitney
Breckenridge Long
Washington, D. C
Democratic County Committee
Cook County
Illinois
Edmund A. Guggenheim
Paul Shields
Charles J. Hardy
Henry M. Warner
Albert
Jack
Nicholas M. Schenck
Lawrence A. Steinhardt
James M
Curley
Boston
Howard Bruce
Baltimore
Amos G. Carter
Fort Worth
Tex
Frederick D. Gardner
St. Louis
Orleans Parish
Democratic Association of
Louisiana
Joseph P. Kennedy
John P
Harrison
William Weisman
Frank J. Foley
Noah A. Stancliffe
Paolino Gerli
Russell Leffingwell
J. O. Morgan & Co
Thomas F. Conway
Col
Russell B. Gardner
New Orleans
Boy Must Go To Reformatory As Murder Penalty
Eugene Tolley a 14 year old from Spruce Pine pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the killing of 7 year old Joe Young. Judge P A McElroy ordered Tolley committed to the Jackson training school in Concord until age 21. Tolley's mother testified he was only 14. The trial began yesterday after Young was fatally shot in the head weeks earlier.
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Bakersville
N. C
Eugene Tolley
Joe Young
P. A. McElroy
Jackson
Concord
Tolley
Young
Building awards in Dixie hit new level
Contracts for construction worth 55.691 million dollars were awarded in the southern states during October, the highest monthly total since July 1931. The Manufacturers Record notes the southern total reached 375.721 million dollars for building engineering and construction contracts, excluding projects under 10 thousand dollars.
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Baltimore
South
Daily Construction Bulletin
the Manufacturers Record
Tobacco sales on Wilson Mart weekly average 13.77
Tobacco sales on the Wilson market averaged 13.77 per pound for 3 121 770 pounds this week. The season total reached 28 359 818 pounds sold for an average of 12.04, two dollars higher than last year’s average to date.
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Wilson Mart
Road Commission Lets Contracts On 11 Projects
The state highway commission awarded contracts to low bidders for 11 projects under emergency federal aid. Total contracts amount to 622 837 dollars, with cumulative federal aid totals reaching 3 529 873.45 dollars since August. An additional 957 867 dollars is set aside for supplementary work, bringing the overall total to 4 487 740.45 dollars and leaving about 1 250 000 dollars available for further work. Halifax County citizens led by Representative D. Mac Johnson urged highway work in their county.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Federal Bureau of Roads
E. B. Jeffress
Halifax County
D. Mac Johnson
Augusta physician dies in car fire near Clearwater
Dr. Asbury Hull of Augusta was burned to death when his automobile caught fire near Clearwater on November 4. The body was identified by his father, Dr. James M. Hull.
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Clearwater
8. C
Asbury Hull
Augusta
Here
James M. Hull
Relatives Of Slain Victims Take Stand In Lambs Trial
In Hertford North Carolina relatives of three murder victims testified in Superior Court as Benny Lamb faces charges for the July and August slayings. Murray Elliott described a pre crime conversation with Lamb at the Elliott home and Lamb’s warning to “watch out” before the ambush. Witnesses placed Lamb and Linford Chappell together nearby shortly before the shootings. Mrs Chappell testified Lamb visited her home the morning of the killings and that Chappell and Lamb left together, followed by a distant cry heard in the woods.
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Lamb
Hertford
N. C
Benny Lamb
Clyde Elliott
Linford Chappell
Elliott
Murray
Chappell
Hoover draws Lincoln parallel in farm relief push
President Hoover on the presidential train via Illinois and Indiana argues the country faces a Lincoln era choice again. He cites a million workers back to jobs and urges continued Republican policy to restore the nation amid farm distress and election rhetoric.
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Hoover
Illinois
California
Gary
Indiana
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Lincoln
Trial delays in Casey murder case prompt new venire
In Kinston on November 4 Judge J H Cranmer discharged 11 jurors after exhaustive questioning of 843 Lenoir county men. A special venire of 250 from Pitt county was ordered for possible jury duty in Herman Casey's second murder trial related to J C Causey of Suffolk Virginia.
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J. C. Causey
Suffolk
Lenoir Superior Court
Cranmer
Pitt County Ventre
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Venice
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