Explosion Injures Dozens in Los Angeles Building
District attorney detectives say a heavy gas expulsion on the fifth and sixth floors caused a planned blast in the garment capital building injuring more than forty. Separately Bishop Cannon Jr. files a $5,000,000 libel suit against William Randolph Hearst and releases a broad statement outlining grounds and documents.
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Los Angeles
Garment Capital
Washington
Will
Randolph Hearst
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Hearst
Helen Hawley McCallum
District of Columbia
Bishop Cannon
Kable and Company
Norfolk
Virginia Methodist Conference
Morning Mail
New York Journal
William Randolph Hearst
Cannon
Walsh Urges Strong Leadership and Sympathy in Crisis
Senator David I. Walsh told the American Federation of Labor that in the unemployment emergency the nation needs wartime like leadership from the governing elite. He criticized bankers for inflation and urged candid facts and a public “we are sorry” expression to address widespread economic distress.
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Boston
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
American Federation of Labor Today
Walsh
Reichstag in Turmoil Over Fascist Demands and Versailles Stand
Berlin dispatch reports the Reichstag riot as fascists led by Gregor Strassar push for abrogation of the Versailles treaty, expropriation of banks, and sweeping anti Jewish measures. Police clash with communists amid street patrols. motion seeks confiscation of capital and banks.
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Reichstag
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Reichsbank
Stassar
Faseists
Ceremany
Social Democrats
Clean Bill Given Tenn. Candidates Clean Bill Given Tenn. Candidates
The Tennessee senate campaign funds investigating committee met in Memphis for hearings after Nashville testimony failed to prove reports of lavish spending in the Democratic senatorial primary. Neal testified of alleged law violations in Shelby county. Brock challenged Neal’s $500000 claim and noted no campaign by him.
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Memphis, Tenn
Senate Campaign Funds Investigating Committee
Nashville
Gerald P. Nye
Senate
Tennessee
Neal
John R. Neal
Shelby County
Memphis
Nye
Dr. Neal
William E. Brock
Brock
Benton McMillin
Explosion at Garment Capital Building Injures Dozens
An early morning blast at the Garment Capital Building in Los Angeles injured between forty and fifty people and caused extensive damage to the eleven story structure. Police and fire officials suspect gas ignition linked to related labor trouble at Beverly Hills Frocks Inc. on the fifth floor.
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Los Angeles
Garment Capital
Beverly Hills Frocks, Inc
Hyman Schulman
International Garment Workers Union
William J. Hynes
Widow Charged With Axe Slaying in Spartanburg County
The widow of Gilbert Fleming, Millie Fleming, was jailed on a murder charge after two days of investigation into the brutal slaying of her 54 year old former husband on his Golightly farm. An inquest was slated for this afternoon.
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Spartanburg
Gilbert Fleming
Millie Fleming
Fleming
Golightly
Negro Held in Darlington Murder Case
Darlington officials report James Murray a Black man held in jail on charges connected to the death of Oscar Britt a 25 year old state highway employee who was killed last Sunday night.
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Darlington
S. C
James Murray
Oscar Britt
Winter Invades Western Plains Across Central U.S.
A massive early season storm brings heavy snow to the Cascades and Rockies while pushing a cold norther across the Great Plains. Reports of crop damage, stock danger, and loss of life include Benedict Umhoefer of Great Falls, Montana. Temperatures plummet in Kansas Oklahoma Iowa Nebraska Missouri and Texas experiences a sharp cool down.
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Rockies
Great Plains
Mississippi Valley
Texas Prairies
Benedict Umhoefer
Great Falls
Mont
Judith
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Washington
Rocky Mountain
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Requisition Papers Issued For L G Campbell Return
Raleigh October 17 requisition papers were issued to bring L G Campbell back to Guilford County to face a first degree murder charge. Campbell is held at Camp Dix New Jersey. Governor Gardner also honored Georgia papers for William L Wilson to return for abandonment charges.
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Raleigh
Guilford County
L. G. Campbell
O. Max Gardner
Campbell
Camp Dix
N. J
Georgia
William L. Wilson
Homer Anderson
Sykes Foundry Fire Burns Burlington Plant
The machinery department of Sykes foundry in Burlington burned in the early hours, causing an estimated loss of $39,000. Firefighters found the rear two story frame building half destroyed. origin undetermined. The fire damaged a 19 year collection of patterns and was partly insured.
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Burlington
Sykes’ Foundry
Diamond guarded from any attack
Police focused on two strangers seen in the Monticello hotel near the time Jack Legs Diamond was shot last Sunday. Elevator boy John Hughes told authorities two men in dark suits and felt hats rode to the eighth floor to Diamond in room 829. Diamond’s condition showed improvement but remained guarded at Polyclinic hospital amid rumors of potential danger.
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New York
Jack
Diamond
Monticello
John Hughes
Crain
Polyclinic Hospital
Brazilian Gold Is Shipped Out
Rio de Janeiro reports Pi-Gold totaling 15 million dollars sent to the United States by the Bank of Brazil in the last 24 hours and an additional 750 thousand dollars equivalent sent to England.
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Rio DE Janeiro
United States
Bank of Brazil
England
Woman Killed As Seaplane Strikes Bay Fishing Boat
A naval seaplane struck a fishing boat in Pensacola Bay wounding a man seriously and killing a woman instantly, according to an AP report from Pensacola Florida dated October 17.
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Pensacola
Fla
Pensacola Bay
Richards Spurring Prosecution of 25 Cockfighting Cases
Governor Richards pushes for trial of 26 men charged in a cockfighting ring near Greenville. Magistrate Crenshaw plans to reopen the cases October 28 after earlier dismissals, and a juried acquittal was returned for one defendant. The group, including a state assembly member and Greenville professionals, was rounded up July 4 at River Falls.
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S. C
Richards
B. P. Crenshaw
E. E. Chapman
River Falls
The
General Assembly
Ford Says Tariff Protection Excuse For Incompetency
Henry Ford, aboard the Europa, blasts tariff protection as an excuse for incompetency and says world industry improves when people work. He predicts England will host major institutions soon and notes plans to send a 200 year old pumping engine to the Dearborn museum after skipping the motor show.
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Eng
Henry Ford
America
Europa
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Soviet Russia
England
Dudley
Dearborn Museum
Columbia student riot quelled near campus
About 1,500 Columbia University students rioted after a rally for the football trip to Hanover. Police reserves were called when tear gas threats emerged as cars were damaged and a fence toppled.
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Columbia University
South Field
Columbia
114Th Street
Hanover
N. H
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Bucharest Roundup of Espionage Agents Nets Seventy Arrests
Bucharest reports seventy arrests in a roundup of alleged espionage agents. The unofficial dispatch says many foreigners including Russians are implicated and the case could become Romania’s most sensational exposure of intrigue in favor of Russia. Details remain undisclosed as authorities say arrests were made and more were to follow.
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Bucharest
Romania
Russia
Girl Expelled For Smoking, Teen Dies in Detroit River
DETROIT Oct 17 AP A 14 year old girl Dor othy Berger was expelled from school after being accused of smoking. She reportedly denied the charge and brooded over the dismissal. She disappeared a week earlier, and last night her body was identified in the county morgue by her mother and sister.
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Detroit
Dorothy Berger
Hime
Parole Granted to Camp Heroine Heroine? (Note: This title is invalid due to instruction.)
The article notes E C Hilton, a Roxboro prison convict trusty, was paroled by Governor Gardner after stopping a jailbreak at a Roxboro prison camp. Hilton alerted guards when a hole was cut in the cell floor, preventing further escapes and earning praise from officials.
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Raleigh
E. C. Hilton
Roxboro
O. Max Gardner
Hilton
Rutherford County
George Ross Poll
State’s
State
Milton
A. H. Graham
Bury Three Victims of Farm Tragedy
Walterboro South Carolina October 17 Three members of the same families are to be buried in Colleton County after a fatal dispute on a tenant farm. Jacob Nettles died after being shot by W W Cone who was later killed by Rutledge Nettles son of the deceased. Barney Cone and Rutledge Nettles are jailed after injuries in the fight. W W Cone had bought the Nettles farm earlier in foreclosure.
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S. C
Colleton County
Jacob Nettles
W. W. Cone
Nettles
Cone
Rutledge
Netties
Beating of Riverside mill worker sparks new violence in Danville
A second attack on Riverside and Dan River mills employee Venable Crawley, a Black fireman, reports say he was seized from an automoble and beaten by unidentified men during a strike by 4,600 union members. Earlier, Jerry Wentz’s home was bombed with no injuries. Warrants issued for Frank Radner and another sighted man for last night's beating of Wiley Hughes as he left the Riverside mill gates.
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Danville
Riverside
Dan River
Venable Crawley
Jerry Wentz
Frank Radner
Wiley Hughes
Mussolini Delays Fascist Meeting for Bulgaria Italy Wedding
Mussolini will attend the royal wedding of King Boris of Bulgaria and Princess Giovanna of Italy in Assisi on October 25. To accommodate the event, he postponed a fascist party federal directors meeting from October 17 to October 27.
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Rome
Boris
Bulgaria
Giovanna
Italy
Assisi
Mussolini
Fascist Party
Fair Feature Ends in Aviator's Death
A Dillon fair feature ended in the death of aviator Johnnie Maxwell 27 year old Swarlaubburg flyer who fell from his plane during what appeared to be a nose dive. A parachute jumper had previously escaped to a safe landing moments earlier.
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Johnnie Maxwell
Swarlauburg
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