Greece Urged to Detain Insull Passport Seizure Sought
The US legation in Athens urged Greece to detain Samuel Insull and seize his passport. Residents awaited news as Insull’s son Samuel Jr arrived from Paris amid no Greek reply. Chicago prosecutors pressed for Insull extradition to face charges of larceny and embezzlement.
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Athens
United States
Legation
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Insull
Samuel, Jr
Paris
Washington
State Department
Samuel Insull, Sr
Andrew Viachos
Charles A. Bellows
Joseph R. Baker
Financing loosened for United States amid nitrate region trip
The narrator tours Antofagasta in Chile's nitrate belt near Tacna Arica, describing vast desert mines and political stakes. He notes two thousand miles of dry terrain, jokes about rain, and remarks on Utopia and Inca heritage as flights continue above the desert at eighteen thousand feet.
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Antofagasta
Peru
Chile
Tacna
Upshaw
Roosevelt Works on His Speeches
Roosevelt works at Hyde Park on drafts for upcoming tour speeches in the south and middle west. He plans to address the bonus issue and will travel through 15 states, with Pittsburgh St Louis and Baltimore set as key stops. Senator Robinson and Professor Haley assist in preparing material for the addresses.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
South
Middle West
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Raymond Ley
Columbia University
Haley
Albany
New York
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Baltimore
Wedell Aims for Three-Country Speed Record
Jimmy Wedell of New Orleans left Washington by plane for Ottawa to attempt a three country speed record. He seeks to beat the 12 hour 36 minute mark set by James H. Doolittle on the Mexico flight, hoping to set a new pacing time.
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Washington
Jimmy Weddell
New Orleans
Capital
Ottawa
Wedell
James H. Doolittle
Mexico
Grand Jury Probes Gaming at North Carolina State Fair
Wake county grand jury began an inquiry into wide open gambling at the state fair with foreman C Byran inspecting operations. About 60 booths were closed by deputies led by Sheriff Numa Turner amid complaints of fleecing and short changing in games of chance.
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Wake County
Raleigh
N. C
C. Byran
Grand Jury
Numa F. Turner
N. A. Sinclair
J. C. Little
State Fair Ends Tonight After Week of Exhibits
North Carolina's fifth annual state-operated fair winds down in Raleigh with a fireworks display slated as the final feature. Sheriff Numa F. Turner of Wake County shut down alleged gambling booths amid complaints of people being fleeced and warned operators not to reopen today.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Numa F. Turner
Wake County
Plot uncovered to kidnap 10 millionaires in California
REDLANDS Calif Oct 15 At least 10 southern California winter residents were targeted in a kidnapping plot. Four men including Charles W Lombard William Snyder and Eddie Dow were arrested. They allegedly planned to kidnap and ransom Clarence White Cleveland philanthropist and a Redlands physician. A torn note found in the getaway car mentioned a $15 000 ransom and a plan to post the ad in the Los Angeles personal column Grace by Elizabeth.
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Redlands
Calif
Caliornia
Charles W. Lombard
William Snyder
Eddie Dow
Clarence . White
Clevend
Ohio
L. Lombard
Lombard
Snyder
Dowere
Ernest Ward
Los Angeles
Doc
Grace
Elizabeth
Hoover Campaign Stop At Cumberland Prods Tariff Stand
President Hoover urged Maryland voters to support protective tariff levels during a Cumberland Md stop en route to Cleveland. Thousands gathered as part of a 10-stop, one day campaign through four states. earlier in Martinsburg W Va a heckler prompted a brief exchange.
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Cleveland
Hoover
Cumberland
Maryland
Martineburg
W. Va
White House
Car loadings show weekly rise from American railway data
Washington October 15 The American railway association reports week ending October 8 car loadings at 625 636 up 3 561 from prior week but 138 182 below 1931 and 329 146 under two years ago Mixed freight 224 427 up 3 053 from prior week but down 64 222 from 1931 Coal 132 942 up 3 509 but 6 808 lower than last year Livestock 22 554 up 409 but 5 562 below last year Grain and grain products 36 013 down 3 504 from prior week and 677 under last year Forest products 18 425 down 704 from prior week and 6 208 under last year Ore 6 654 up 597 but 16 632 below last year Coke 4 984 up 359 but 163 under last year.
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Washington
American Railway Association Today
Relief advances by RFC to six states totaled 1.1 million
The Reconstruction Finance corporation announced relief loans for Ohio 182887 Arkansas 529400 Tennessee 193256 Oklahoma 181312 Michigan 40000 and Montana 95000 as of October 15.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Today
Ohio
Arkansas
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Michigan
Montana
Ford to Speak in New York for Hoover Campaign
Henry Ford will address a Hoover re-election rally from Dearborn Michigan at 8:30 p m central time. The speech will be broadcast nationwide from Republican campaign headquarters in New York on Wednesday night.
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New York
Henry Ford
Hoover
Dearborn
Mich
Germany Rejects Four- Power Parley On Arms
Berlin reports that Germany refused a four power conference on arms equality and rejected Geneva or Lausanne as meeting venues. Foreign Minister Von Neurath informed the cabinet about the place objection, diminishing prospects for a disarmament conference.
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Germany
Berlin
Herriot
France
MacDonald
Great Britain
London
Geneva
von Neurath
Lausanne
Switzerland
Germania
Heinrich Bruening
League of Nations
Colonel Ralph D. Cole Dies at 57 Leader in Ohio Legion
Colonel Ralph D. Cole, state commander and a founder of the American Legion, died at 57 from injuries after an automobile accident near Parkman, Ohio. A former three term U.S. congressman, Cole served as a World War I lieutenant colonel directing military police in France before helping organize the Legion in Paris.
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France
Paris
Col. Cole
American Legion
Court session canceled due to exhausted county fund
Orangeburg Delaware County court session set for Monday is canceled because the county court fund is exhausted. The October term was scheduled to be held in Orangeburg.
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Orangeburg
D. C
Prosecutor Attacks Jailers Over Sweat Box Death
State Attorney Charles M. Durrance urged conviction of two former guards George W. Courson and Solomon Higginbotham for the death of Arthur Maullefert at Sunbeam camp in Florida. He described the torture as worse than the Spanish Inquisition and depicted the boy's final moments in the sweat box and a tightened chain as he fled a barrel punishment.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Arthur Maullefert
Charles M. Durrance
George W. Courson
Solomon Higginbotham
Sunbeam
Westfield
N. J
Florida
Durrance
Arthur Maillefort
Higginbotham
Garner Lambles G O P on U S finances
New YorkOctober 15 Speaker John N Garner charged the Hoover administration with gross mismanagement of the governments finances and credit In his first radio speech he said the administration was at sea or concealing the true state of affairs for two years He warned deficits caused every panic and urged a fresh effort to balance the budget.
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New York
John N. Garner
Hoover Administration
Treasury
Democratic Congress
Asheville Lumberman Indicted for Mail Fraud Scheme
Lawrence J. Pace of Asheville and Hendersonville is charged in a seven count indictment with using the mails to defraud several banks and other entities. Ball set at 1000 dollars. Pace free on bond. Pace recently resided in Asheville and led Hendersonville business interests before 1980.
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Asheville
Lawrence J. Pace
Hendersonville
Shelby
Ball
Pace
Pace Lumber Company
Citizens National Bank
First Bank and Trust Company
American Bank and Trust Company
United States
Henderson
Safety of British Subjects Captured by Bandits Assured
British subjects Mrs Kenneth Pawley and Charles Corkran held by bandits near Newchang Manchuria for over a month were deemed safe today. British Vice Consul Clarke and Captain Staples returned and said negotiations for their release were taking shape.
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Newchang
Manchuria
Kenneth Pawley
Charles Corkran
Clarke
Staples
Storm Warning Issued by Weather Bureau
Washington dispatch reports the weather bureau releasing a storm warning on October 15, signaling an approaching gale. Meteorologists caution residents to monitor advisories and prepare for strong winds and potential flooding in coastal areas.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
NC Democrats Back Platform Endorsing Prohibition Repeal
Raleigh Oct 15 Democrats nominate for governor and U S Senate in North Carolina back the national platform calling for repeal of prohibition laws. Gubernatorial candidate Föhringhaus says he is dry and supports party platforms while opposing a return of saloons. Senatorial candidate Reynolds supports the wet platform but opposes any reopening of saloons without a constitutional vote.
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Raleigh
Democratic Party
United State Senate
North Carolina
Ciry
J. C. Phringhaus
Föhringhaus
Robert R. Reynolds
Senate
Federal Home Loan Bank opens with aim to ease foreclosures
The Federal Home Loan board opens twelve regional banks with a stated goal to stop foreclosure of sound mortgages. Initial capitalization of 134 million dollars enables over 1.5 billion in potential home financing credit nationwide, promising relief to harassed homeowners and easing pressure on building and loan associations and related institutions.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Board
Federal Home Loan Bank Act
Seabury Sees No Good Mayor Choice For City
Samuel Seabury said New York voters face a choice of evils in the upcoming mayoral election. Democratic candidate Surrogate J. P. O'Brien faces Republican Lewis H. Pounds, a Brooklyn real estate man, with Seabury calling the county GOP the tail to the Tammany kite and urging a fusion effort in 1983 to challenge corrupt political forces.
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New York
Samuel Seabury
James J. Walker
New York City
J. P. O'Brien
Lewis H. Pounds
Brooklyn
Seabury
New York County
Synthetic lion hunt planned in Missouri near Mississippi River
St Louis manufacturer Denver M Wright prepared to stage a synthetic lion hunt in a southeast Missouri woods. Two female lions from a circus were loaded for release with Wright and a small party, while Sheriff Jackson and game warden F D Hequembourg vowed to block the hunt and organize a protective circle of volunteers.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Humane Societies
Denver M. Wright
Mississippi River
Wright
Mississippi County
Charleston
Jackson
F. D. Hequembourg
Hequembourg
Ozark
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Insall
U. S
Samuel Insull, Jr
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Tarife
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Joe
Joseph Gaff
Louise Barranco
John Montague
Gaff
England
Ralph D. Cole
Legion
Garner
WU. 5
Ehringhaus
Reynolds
Julian Price
EAD
Winston Institution
Twin City Bank
Southeast Region
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