Canton Woman Killed in Radio Aerial Tie Across High Tension Line
In Canton a radio aerial attempt across a 4400 volt line led to tragedy. Mrs Way Pressley 33 was instantly killed J R Wright 36 burned and two others injured. Wrights mother Mrs J R Wright suffered severe shock while trying to help. Wright and Mrs Pressley were from Canton Oak street near Newfound Street with Pressley installing the radio.
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Asheville
Way Pressley
J. R. Wright
Canton
Norburn Hospital
Wright
Pressley
Man Arrested in Davidson County Murder Case
Thomas Marion, 23, a furniture worker from Menden hall road, is charged with murdering his wife Susie Byerly Marion, 20, shot near High Point last Saturday night. Sheriff F C Sink filed the warrant. Deputy Sheriff C L Gray arrested him as officers traced the crime over five days. Marion was turned over to Davidson county authorities and jailed in Lexington.
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Thomas Marion
Mendenhall Road
Susie Byerly Marion
High Point
F. C. Sink
Davidson County
C. L. Gray
Guilford County
Marion
Lexington
Gray
S. E. Batley
High Point Police
H. H. Koontz
Justice of the Peace
Thomasville
Tom Marion
Susie Marion
Sink
J. L. Sowers
C. H. Whitlow
R. R. Smith
Claude Gray
Clinard Kennedy
Unions Leader Attacks Dole Use at AFL Meeting
Boston October 10 United States Senator Robert Wagner of New York urged the American Federation of Labor to blame business and government for unemployment. He condemned government injunctions used to harass unions and warned workers will not endure recurrent joblessness.
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Boston
United States
Robert T. Wagner
New York
American Federation of Labor
Wagner
Dole
America
Priests Escape as Firecrackers Hit Church Attack
La Prensa reports attackers poured gasoline around a church during early Mass, locked doors, and shot terrified peasants fleeing. Two priests escaped to a ranch, later returned for articles, and fled after the ranch owners were killed. The paper blames religious persecution by Tabasco authorities.
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la Prensa
Tabasco
Columbia Lands on Outlying English Spot After 1700 Mile Flight
The Columba monoplane landed at Tresco in the Scilly Islands completing a second trans Atlantic voyage. Captain Errol Boyd and Lieutenant Harry Connor reportedly safe after the landing off Cornwall. A sighting near Croydon placed the craft about 200 miles west of the Cornish coast as it flies eastward with favorable weather.
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London
Air Ministry
Tresco
Scilly Islands
Croydon
St. Mary’s
Cornwall
England
Errol Boyd
Harry P. Connor
Columbia
Harry Connor
Atlantic
Virgilia
Legionnaires Leave Boston in Mass Exodus of Delegates
The 12th American Legion convention in Boston closes with Ralph T. O Neil named national commander and five vice commanders elected. The Rev Joe Burnett chosen national chaplain. Delegates vote down a NY delegation effort to record against prohibition and defeat a proposal to require immediate 80 percent payment of adjusted compensation certificates.
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Boston
The
American Legion
Ralph T. (Dyke) O'Neil
Harvard
Topeka
Kan
O. L. Bodenhamer
el Dorado
Ark
Joe Burnett
Oshkosh
Wis
Legion
Detroit
New York State
Congress
Dems Gubernatorial Nominee Opposes Dry Law in Michigan
Detroit October 10 William A Comstock democratic candidate for governor called for repeal of the eighteenth amendment and restoration of state liquor control while criticizing the Republican platform for ignoring prohibition. He urged voters to know where each candidate stands.
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Detroit
William A. Comstock
Hubby's Shooting At Wife His Business She Says In Court
In Evanston Illinois William Sutton fired three shots at his wife but failed to hit her. Mrs Sutton refused to prosecute noting that if he wanted to shoot at her that was his business. They left court seemingly happy. Police kept the shotgun.
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Hubby
Evanston
William Sutton
Sutton
Porter
Salesman Shot At Office in Philadelphia Killing
Edwin Sprangle, salesman for Carstairs and Company, investment brokers, was shot to death by Adam Yakas of Upper Larby, Pa, in the front entrance of the firm's office. Yakas died later in a hospital.
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Philadelphia
Edwin Sprangle
Carstairs and Company
Adam Yakas
Upper Larby
Yakas
South Still Holds Eyes Of A. F. L. Convention Opens
The American Federation of Labor begins its national convention by endorsing ongoing organization drives in the south. Holt Ross of the Mississippi Federation denounces industrial exploitation of women and children and yellow dog contracts. The AFL reports 112 new unions since 1929 and cites improving southern conditions.
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Boston
American Federation of Labor
South
Holt Ross
Mississippi Federation
Organization Committee
Federation
Ross
William Green
Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Two Men Killed In Air Pleasure Spin
Benjamin F. Taylor, 37, wealthy real estate operator and war hero, and Robert Mc Donald, 32, were killed when their airplane crashed during a dusk pleasure flight near Van Nuys. Taylor served in the English Royal Air Forces and the U S Marine Corps, earning two bravery citations. he had flown for pleasure since the war.
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Los Angeles
Benjamin F. Taylor
Robert McDonald
van Nuys
Taylor
Royal Air Forces
American Marine Corps
United States
Major Battle In Brazil Imminent
Rebels and federal forces clash near Castro Parana as insurgents claim advances toward Sao Paulo Floriana polis Joinville and Minas Geraes while rail links are cut. Government units counter that rebel gains are minor with focus on recapturing Minas Geraes and Bello Horizonte. Americans report safety and normal conditions under the revolutionary government in Porto Alegre.
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Associated Press
Castro
Parana
Sao Paulo
Santa Catharina
Florianapolis
Joinville
Minas Geraes
Rio de Janeiro
Espirito Santo
Rio de Janiero
Minas
Washington
State Department
Charles Roy Nasmith
Porto Alegre
Junk Dealer Fires On Would-Be Thief In Greensboro Shop
Greensboro. W. J. Bass a junk dealer shot James F. Hammond 30 a farmer after Hammond entered Bass shop to steal used automobile tires. Hammond is in serious condition at a hospital. Four men in Hammond s car outside were arrested by police. Bass had planned to spend the night in his shop after missing items prompted the stakeout.
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Greensboro
W. J. Bass
James F. Hammond
Hammond
R.L. Craft
Leonard Mitchell
Willy Giles
John Mitchell
Bass
Mayor Walker to resign to join Fox Film staff
The Motion Picture News reports Mayor James J. Walker will resign January 1 to become part of the Fox Film Corporation legal staff. The article notes the decision followed investigations into some city judiciary misconduct, though Walker denies earlier retirement talk. He previously served as general counsel to the Motion Picture Theater Owners of America.
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New York
Motion Picture News
James J. Walker
Fox Film Corporation
Motion Picture Theater Owners of America
Missing Charlotte teen Ruby Dodds believed kidnapped by jealous suitors
Mr and Mrs F H Dodds of Charlotte say their 18 year old daughter Ruby left home for a supposed job call and has not been seen since. Police and private investigators have identified three suitors two local and one former Charlotte airport worker now in Pennsylvania. one aviator warned a rival to stay away when he left Charlotte in June.
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Fred Hargett
Carl E. Bailey
Bailey
Walter Thomas
Victor Hunter
Richard McManus
Union County
Hunter
Leroy Stanton
Harry M. Joyner
Stanton
American Trust Company
Charlotte
N. C
F. H. Dodds
Ruby
Tuckaseege Road
Pennsylvania
Miss Dodds
Rib Cracking Hug Worth Seventy Two Dollars Judge Rules
Minneap olis Oct 10 A woman sued Edward Hensley for 875 damages after his hug cracked two ribs. The judge ruled the medical bill boy one dollar is recoverable but dismissed the rest noting a strong squeeze can be worth it.
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Minneapolis
Levi Hall
Anna Mitlow
Edward Hensley
Bill
Market Reverses Heavy Stock Selling Afternoon Rally
In New York on October 10 a ferocious downturn stabilized as blue chip and film stocks trimmed losses. Harley Clarke of Chicago led a late surge with Fox Film rebounding from a $10 drop and Utilities Power Light Class A cutting a $9 decline. Shorts covered as U.S. Steel, American Water Works, American Telephone, Westinghouse, General Electric and American Can recovered. Allied Chemical rose $8 after a $5.50 drop.
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New York
Harley Clarke
Chicago
Fox Film
Utilities Power
Shorts
U.S. Steel
American Water Works
American Telephone
Westinghouse Electric
General Electric
American Can
Allied Chemical
Traveling Arsenal Seized By Officers At Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain officers seized a traveling arsenal after arresting Raymond Beatty John Alexander and Carl Carpentry, three Philadelphia youths, on a request from Blackshoro South Carolina. The car contained four repeating rifles three automatic pistols and six knives.
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Kings Mountain
N. C
Blackshoro
S. C
Raymond Beatty
John Alexander
Carl Carpentry
Philadelphia
Cannon Refuses Public Refutation In Church Charges
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South asks the public to suspend judgment until church procedure settles four ministerial charges. He will not publish a refutation yet and says the case must be tried by church law, not in newspapers, as a 12 minister committee investigates and decides on a trial. He notes irregular filing and seeks opportunity to confer with accusers.
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Cannon
Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
W. N. Ainsworth
Birmingham
Brazil
Ainsworth
French flyers complete next leg of goodwill flight
Trenton New Jersey reporters say Major Dieudonne Coste and Lieutenant Maurice Bellonte arrived at Mercer airport at 1:56 p.m. today completing another stage of their goodwill flight across the United States.
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Trenton
N. J
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Mercer
United States
Harvey Lawrence Dies In Electric Chair For Burglary
Harvey Lawrence an 11 year old Hertford county boy was electrocuted at the State prison for first degree burglary. He entered the home of Frank and Mrs Bailey, attacked Mrs Bailey breaking her nose and loosening her teeth. Lawrence appealed to the Supreme Court but was denied. Governor Gardner refused to commute the sentence.
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Raleigh
N. C
Harvey Lawrence
Hertford County
State's Prison
Lawrence
Frank Bailey
O. Max Gardner
Pola Negri Seeks Divorce From Prince Serge Mdivani
The actress Pola Negri filed for legal separation from Prince Serge Mdivani in Paris today. She appeared at the Seine tribunal with two attorneys to request a divorce, with a reconciliation meeting planned for month’s end. this marks a second divorce bid after a 1929 suit.
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Paris
Pola Negri
Serge Mdivani
Palace of Justice
Pola
Serge
Water shortage limits baths at Hood College in Frederick
In Frederick Maryland on October 10 1931 Hood College will allow each girl one tub bath tonight or tomorrow with no more until next weekend due to a town wide water shortage. President Joseph H Apple issued the order and notices urged sponge baths except weekends.
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Currie
Mexico City
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Legionaires
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Michigan
Danville
Revolutionary Cavalry
Movie Paper
Jimmy Walker
Fox Films
Prince Serge Mdivani
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