Yorktown Celebration Opens with Revolutionary Pageantry
At Yorktown Virginia on October 17 a multi service pageant marked Revolutionary Day as muskets boomed and cannons boomed. The scene featured La Fayette Rochambeau De Grasse and Continentals under Von Steuben with descendants Baron and Baroness Von Steuben watching as the observance marks the sesquicentennial of the 1781 victory.
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Yorktown
France
United States
LaFayette
Rochambeau
de Jrasse
Charles Francis Adams
Marshal Henri Petain
Ktown
von Steuben
Baron
Baroness von Steuben
Greensboro City Official to Resign Within 30 Days
Greensboro city clerk and treasurer B G Sherrill, in office since 1924, announced his resignation within 30 days to avoid possible embarrassment. City auditor C H Porterfield faced council criticism for laxity, though the accounting system was deemed satisfactory. Sherrill admitted borrowing 325 from a local auto firm as a personal loan and recorded it as rent, prompting clarification from Mayor Lindley. The council stressed there was no shortage in city accounts during the audit covering 13 months to June 30, 1931.
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Greensboro
B. G. Sherrill
C. H. Porterfield
Councilmank
Sherrill
Paul C. Lindley
Certified Public Accountants
War and Gold to Be International Topic of Week
New York reports the coming week will center on war and finance as the United States joins the League of Nations council to curb war in Manchuria while Premier Laval visits Washington for talks with President Hoover likely to focus on gold. Geneva opens the council debate amid Sino Japanese deadlock and Briand presiding with Kellogg pact backing.
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New York
United States
League of Nations
United States Senate
League
Pierre Laval
France
Hoover
Washington
Laval
Geneva
League Council
Manchuria
M. Aristide Briand
Frank B. Kellogg
Methodists Refute Beer Arguments On Employment Revenue
The Methodist board of temperance issued a detailed refutation of legalizing beer arguing it would not aid employment or farmers and would harm other industries. It compared U.S. trends to European cases, warned of high costs, and estimated a beer trade could raise near 5 billion in retail sales with taxes yielding about four dollars back per one dollar.
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Washington
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Hoover
al Smith
Wet
Little Improvement Noted In Injured Man
Marvin R. Brown a Linwood Road dairyman injured in an automobile collision near three weeks ago remains in critical condition at the Lexington hospital. A hospital surgeon says the stupor grows deeper and Brown has not responded to treatment, receiving only liquid nourishment.
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Lexington
Marvin R. Brown
Linwood Road
Akron in flight over Fort Wayne in Navy airship visit
Akron the navy airship swept over Fort Wayne Indiana at 410 p m central standard time then turned southwest toward Indianapolis confirming continued flight near the city during the afternoon observers reported the craft remaining aloft and on course toward the southwest corridor toward Indianapolis
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Akron
Fort Wayne
Ind
Navy
Indianapolis
Officials Say Close of State Fair Ends Most Successful Exposition
Raleigh oct 17 officials announced the 1931 North Carolina state fair closed with strong finances and record attendance. The fair showed progress in agricultural diversification and educational exhibits while livestock moved out by 4 pm and the grounds stayed busy into the night for shows and fireworks. Premiums totaled 12000 with a small anticipated deficit covered by a 10000 state appropriation as checks were prepared and sent.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Budget Bureau
T. B. Smith
Credit Corporation Formed By President Hands First Meeting
A new national credit corporation proposed to thaw frozen bank credits convened its first board meeting. George M. Reynolds of Continental Illinois was named chairman, Mortimer N. Buckner elected president. Subscriptions already exceed 500 million dollars with New York banks pledging 150 million. The venture may grow toward a billion dollars.
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New York
National Credit Corporation
Hoover
George M. Reynolds
Chicago
Reynolds
Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company
Mortimer N. Buckner
Buckner
New York Clearing House Association
Wall Street
Edison Nearing Death As Grandchildren And Servants Bid Farewell
Thomas A. Edison lies gravely ill at Glenmont with his household, servants, and grandchildren visiting his bedside. Dr. Hubert Howe notes the end may be near as the inventor shows a deep coma, weakening heart action, and no nourishment in 24 hours. family members remain at his side through the night, all awaiting the final sleep.
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Hubert
Howe
Edison
Thomas Edison Sloane
John Edison Sloane
Jeter E. Sloane
Michael 2. Sloane
Mr. Edison
Dr. Howe
Glenmont
Llewellyn Park
Thomas A. Jr
Charles
John Eyre Sloane
Marion Estelle Oser
Norwalk
Conn
Theodore
William
Call
Viciny
Mrs. Edison
Capitalist Penn Leaves Reidsville for Special NYC Treatment
Charles A. Penn vice president and director of American Tobacco Company was taken by special train to New York for treatment after a week of serious illness at his Reidsville North Carolina home. A doctors and nurses accompany him. The illness type was not disclosed.
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Reidsville
N. C
Charles A. Penn
American Tobacco Company
New York
Street Fights Between German Factions Ahead of Nazi Day
Brunswick Germany October 17 serious street fighting broke out between Hitlerites and anti Hitler factions on the eve of the national socialist field day when Adolf Hitler will review posses from across the Reich. Eleven persons were hospitalized and several others sustained minor knife wounds.
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Brunswick
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Kellogg Briand Pact Backed as League Intervenes in War Threats
Washington reports approval from the U S government for invoking the Kellogg Briand pact by the League of Nations council amid tense Manchuria developments Japan and China risk no active hostilities but warn of world interference The Japanese foreign office says China and Japan would settle differences peacefully and that world intervention could trigger broader conflict Geneva is expected to frame future steps with U S participation limited to enforcing the anti war pact
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League of Nations
Washington
League of Nations Council
Manchuria
League Council
Tokyo
Japan
China
Manchurian
Foreign Office
League
United States
Geneva
Student Drunk For Science At Cornell College Lab
ITHACA N Y Oct 17 A Cornell graduate student drank for science and then tested the sobering effects of a sodium rhodonite. The chemical seemed to aid his recovery. The test was proposed by Dr Wilder Bancroft chemistry professor in a bid to seek cures for alcoholism epilepsy and drug addiction.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
Wilder D. Bancroft
Indictment of Bishop Cannon sparks calls for justice
Memphis attorney C. T. Fitzhugh says the bishop James Cannon Jr indictment shows the slow but steady advance of orderly justice. He notes Cannon would be the first bishop in the church's history to face grand jury charges and questions when the church will tolerate the straining of patience.
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Memphis
Tenn
C. _T. Fitzhugh
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
James Cannon, Jr
Fitzhugh
Methodist Church
Cannon
M. E. Church
Jewels and Trunks of Mrs. Ida Wood Estimated at One Million
New York reports reveal that jewels, silks, and laces found in Mrs. Ida E. Wood's trunks may total up to a million dollars. Appraisers note gowns, necklaces, tiaras and other gems from her society days. Civil War era gold certificates found on her clothes have little market value. Otis F. Wood favors museum storage for the clothing and finest jewelry.
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New York
Ida E. Wood
Harold Wentworth
Wentworth
Otis F. Wood
Capone Convicted on Five of Thirty-Two Tax Counts
Al Capone, Chicago gangster, found guilty on five of 32 counts in federal tax evasion case. Jury acquitted on 18 felony counts and the 1924 income tax count. verdict reached after eight hours of deliberation. Capone faces up to 17 years in prison and fines up to 50,600.
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al Capone
Chicago
Federal
Alpphonse Capone
Capone
U. S
Jacob I. Grossman
Husky Gang
Grossman
Cipone
James
Albert Fink
Hendersonville Slayer Convicted of Murder of His Wife
Plato Edney of Henderson County was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of his wife. Judge Hoyle sentenced him to electrocution on December 8. Edney's defense filed for a new trial and notice of appeal. A jury deliberated under two hours after Edney claimed accidental discharge. The state said he fired through an open window, killing his wife and wounding two children.
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Hendersonville
Plato Edney
Henderson County
Hoyle
Edney
Woman and Mechanic Drowned After Boat Is Rammed
In Claymont Delaware on October 17 Mrs Charles B Ford of Philadelphia and a boat mechanic were drowned when the 47 foot motor cruiser Wachusett 2nd was cut in two by the motor ship Trim near the Delaware River. Ford's husband their son and Ford's secretary Miss A E Moore were rescued.
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Claymont
Del
Charles B. Ford
Philadelphia
Ford
A. E. Moore
Delaware River
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Russell T. Sherwood
James J. Walker
Sherwood
John J. Pershing
Henri Petain
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Pershing
E. C. Sherrill
Temperance Board
Europe
Credit Corporation
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IAPS
U.S
Orient
Co. T. Fitzhugh
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