Columbia Down Croydon Field After 27 Hour Trans Atlantic Flight
Captain J Errol Boyd and Lieutenant Harry P Connor landed the monoplane Columbia at Croydon Field after a 27 hour flight from Harbor Grace Newfoundland to London via the Scilly Isles. They faced fuel trouble and 60 mph crosswinds, dumping reserve fuel to avoid explosion. They praised the ship and planned to visit the R 101 graves at Cardington.
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Cotton Will Rally As Campaign Winds Down
National party leaders push optimism on November 4 as both Republicans and Democrats tighten final campaign efforts. Robt H Lucas says GOP expects to keep a workable House majority while Democrats seek gains in the Senate with radio headliners set to campaign across the country.
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National Committee
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Democratic National Committee
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James M. Cox
Ohio
Brazil Civil War Tense as Both Sides Claim Victories
Reports claim Federal forces advance toward Bello Horizonte and Lafayette manganese mines, with calls up to naval reservists. Rebels tout skirmish victories while mutiny rumors surface near Rio. Britain and the United States monitor. cruiser deployments accompany the tension.
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Brown and Privette Acquitted in Mountain Death
Sylva North Carolina October 11 Hadley Brown and J K Privette were acquitted by a Jackson county jury of manslaughter in the death of Mrs Hadley Brown who burned to death beneath an overturned car on Niggerskull mountain a few weeks ago The state charged Privette with intoxication while driving at the time of the accident.
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Tar Heel Painter and Poet Augustus Heaton Dies
Augustus Goodyear Heaton 86 of Black Mountain North Carolina and West Palm Beach Florida died in Washington after a week of illness. He was the painter of The Recall of Columbus which hangs in the senate wing of the capitol.
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Augustus Goodyear Heaton
Black Mountain
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Sibley Hospital
Revere Plane Crash Knocks Out Noted Russian Pilot
Victor Atgoff known as a count and linked to early Russian air service died in a crash near Gloucester with John F. O Tolle of Winthrop. Atgoff had claimed czar era service and work with Sikorsky on Long Island. The dual control plane spun and crashed as they approached the field.
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Germany
John F. O’tolle
Winthrop
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Coast Guard
Gloucester
East Boston
Sikorsky
Long Island
Labor Chief Warns of Severe Winter Unemployment
President William Green of the AFL warned that federal state and local officials do not grasp the depth of upcoming unemployment. He cited dwindling savings and credit as winter nears and urged immediate preparations and a policy remedy at the federation's convention in Boston. He did not expect notable economic improvement before spring.
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
Federation
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Shortage Charged to La Secretary of State
Baton Rouge, Oct. 11. Miss Alice Lee Grosjean sworn in as secretary of state after the death of James J. Bailey reports a shortage in the state department possibly exceeding 20 000 dollars over fourteen years. Audit begun and Bailey not bonded due to constitutional provisions. Officials conferred privately with Governor Huey P. Long.
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James J. Bailey
Louisiana
Alice Lee Grosjean
Huey P. Long
Wounded Bandit In Murphy Fights for Life
In Murphy Kentucky October 11 Walter Bryson the wounded bandit held in the county jail was barely alive tonight. Jess McPherson of Slemp Kentucky died of wounds from a gun battle with police that also claimed Chief Mack Carringer. McPhersons widow and five children arrived at the cemetery as his body was laid to rest. the county provided a cheap casket and McPhersons widow said the former employer loaned money for the trip to Murphy.
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Kentucky
Camels to Ridicule Dry Laws in Arkansas Movement
The infuriated Camels, a new Arkansas group of fifty young businesspeople, seek repeal of the 18th Amendment through ridicule. They oppose Prohibition, support Volstead Act repeal, and favor legalized liquor sales by referendum with strict penalties for underage sale. Headquarters opened in Little Rock with no salaried leaders. dues fund operations and a magazine.
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Ark
Arkansas
Pulaski Circuit
Pritchard Denounces Opinion Forcing Party Loyalty
Congressmen George M. Pritchard, Republican candidate for US senator, told a Statesville crowd that an attorney general ruling that a voter must back party nominees is against common sense. He warned such a doctrine would enslave voters to party bosses and harm the country’s welfare.
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George M. Pritchard
United States
North Carolina
Pritchard
Smith
Mr. Pritchard
Hoovers Aunt Dies in California at 88
Mrs. Anne Heard, 88, maternal aunt of President Hoover, died today at her daughter Mrs. H. G. Bench's home in East Palo Alto California after several months of illness.
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Cannon's Son Charged With Issuing Bad Checks
Major Richard M. Cannon son of Bishop James Cannon of the Methodist church faces warrants from Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties for issuing bad checks tied to a boys school promotion. A $40 San Bernardino check and a $1,600 Los Angeles check are cited in the filings.
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Richard M. Cannon
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A C L Treasurer J T Reid Dies of Pneumonia
J T Reid 60 banker and treasurer of Atlantic Coast Line railway died in Rocky Mount North Carolina after falling ill with pneumonia while en route to New York. He served as treasurer for 15 years with Wilmington as his headquarters. Funeral services to be held in Norfolk Virginia at St Lukes Church conducted by Rev D W Howard with his body leaving Rocky Mount tomorrow.
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J. T. Reid
Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company
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Leading Grid Scores From Around The Nation
A rundown of football scores shows Georgia 18 Yale 14 and U N C 28 Maryland 2 as Duke 12 and Davidson 0, Carnegie 31 Georgia Tech 0, Clemson 27 N C State 0, West Va 33 W L 13, Notre Dame 26 Navy 2, Vanderbilt 40 V P L 90, South Carolina 7 LSU 6, Citadel 7 V M I 6, Catawba 13 Appalachian 13 in a tie with other results noted and more on the sports pages.
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Cotton Chief Proposes Night Work Ban Aimed at Prosperity
Ward Thoron of Lowell Mass newly elected president of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers advocates ending night work for all workers and adopting a 55 hour week in southern mills to curb production and restore mill prosperity.
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Aged Confederate Vet Runs Against Robinson in Senate Race
B N Greathouse, an 82 year old Confederate veteran and former Washington county legislator, filed as an independent to oppose incumbent Senator Joe T Robinson in the November election. He faulted Alfred E Smith and Robinson in 1928 and claimed Smith as the arch bolter. The Republicans did not nominate a candidate.
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B. N. Greathouse
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Berenguer government cracks down on agitators in Madrid
Spain's Berenguer regime began a broad roundup of political and labor agitators to avert revolution. Major Ramon Franco, famed airman, was imprisoned on charges of organizing a subversive movement, as General Mola noted arrests among the most dangerous agitators to prevent disturbances.
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Harvard Crimson Calls Legion Convention a Wholesale Brawl
The Harvard Crimson in Cambridge terms the Boston legion convention a wholesale brawl worse than a subway riot. Mayor Russell and Ralph W. Robart respond, defending Cambridge and criticizing the paper for patriotism and accuracy.
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American Legion
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Two More Victims Counted In N Y Rum Traffic War
In Brooklyn two men were shot in East New York an automobile delivered them to a hospital where doctors reported critical injuries. Patsy Dasra 40 an ex convict and known bootlegger and Frank Italiano 40 with unclear occupation were identified as the victims in the latest rum war incident.
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Patsy Dasra
Frank Italiano
Unwritten Law Not Accepted By Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Supreme Court upholds conviction of Raymond Kelly, 38, for second degree murder in the slaying of his neighbor J. Harry Ferris near Crow in Evans. The court affirmed the trial instruction that debauchery of a man’s wife does not justify killing the paramour and that unwritten law has no standing in Kansas.
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Evans
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