Britain Abrogates Treaty With Russia Under Ottawa Pact
In the House of Commons, P H Thomas announces Britain ends its April 1930 commercial treaty with Russia under Ottawa terms. The move aims to preserve Ottawa preferences amid possible state actions to curb Russia dumping and protect empire trade. Britain notes desire for talks with Moscow while six months notice is given.
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Great Britain
Ottawa
London
P—. H. Thomas
Dominions
House of Commons
Russia
Thomas
Canada
Australia
Hoover Plans Detrone Speech in Detroit Campaign
President Hoover drafts his Detroit campaign address with undecided venue and midwestern swing. Leaders eye Atlantic seaboard stops possibly New York or New Jersey with a California leg. Mills predicts several states as safe while noting a close contest in others.
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Washington
Hoover
Detroit
Michigan
White House
Cleveland
Atlantic
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
New Jersey
California
Palo Alto
Treasury
Mills
Oregon
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Utah
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Train derailment in Perryman kills signal maintainer and injures tower operator
Norman C. Rolph of Newport Delaware was killed and W. J. Leight of Perryman Maryland sustained minor injuries when a freight train derailed toppling a signal tower. A Black man named Jones aboard the train was badly hurt and taken to Havre de Grace Hospital. Cause of the crash was not determined.
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Perryman
Norman C. Rolph
Newport
Del
Pennsylvania Railroad
W. J. Leight
Jones
Havre de Grace
Norris Starts On Roosevelt Drive In Philadelphia
Senator George W. Norris launched his Roosevelt campaign in Philadelphia after denouncing party regularity and predicting Hoover’s defeat. He praised Franklin D. Roosevelt as standing for the rights of the common people and argued party above country would destroy democratic government.
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Philadelphia
George W. Norris
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Middle West
Hoover
Nebraska
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Norris
Prison Officials Deny White Incarceration Story
Raleigh report says Elvin White was not in prison in his own name while authorities searched for him in the N H Perry slaying. Officials explain he had been jailed then escaped, not held on a larceny charge as Fayetteville reports claimed.
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Raleigh
N. C
Fayetteville
Elvin White
White
New Jersey
N. H. Perry
Cumnock
Easy Money Pushes Demand For Government Bonds
New York reports show easy money fueling bond prices. Banks increase deposits and excess reserves, while U S treasury issues oversubscribed eighteen times. Demand rises for short and middle term government securities and gilt edged corporate bonds gain.
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New York
U. S. Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Woman jumps to death from Hotel New Yorker
A woman identified as Mrs Charles J Prescott of Norwood Mass leapt from the 31st floor of the Hotel New Yorker after registering moments earlier. She left a lipstick note saying this is the best way out and did not address it to anyone. The deceased was Beatrice Gardiner a Boston social figure and member of the Junior League, married in 1926 to Charles J Prescott Jr, a Cambridge business man.
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New York
Charles J. Prescott
Norwood
Mass
New Yorker
Charles J. Prescott, Jr
Beatrice Gardiner
Junior League
Boston
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
Prescott
Cambridge
Tobacco prices rise in Rocky Mount auction
Rocky Mount buyers paid the highest average in two years for 606,836 pounds of tobacco, averaging 15.73 dollars per hundred pounds yesterday.
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Rocky Mount
Intimidation Charges Laid To G O P Manufacturers
Democratic National Chairman James A. Farley cites a telegram from Vergil E. Rogers, Akron Ohio, accusing Goodyear Goodrich and Firestone of intimidating workers to vote for Hoover. He notes Ford Motor Company and Acme Cash Stores also urging Hoover reelection and criticizes Republican tactics as desperate and despicable.
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Hoover
Ford Motor Company
James A. Parley
Ohio
Democratic
Goodyear, Goodrich
Firestone Rubber Company
Farley
Vergil E. Rogers
Akron
Goodyear
Goodrich
Acme Cash
Mark Hanna
Rogers Telegram
Ford
Mississippi Upheld In Its Right To Redistrict
The Supreme Court ruled the 1911 federal redistricting law is dead and states may use their own redistricting statutes. The decision comes after Mississippi lost a seat in 1930 and faced reapportionment. Some states like Kentucky Virginia and Tennessee face related cases and outcomes.
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Mississippi
Supreme Court of United States
Washington
Amarygr
Supreme Court
al Giliticis
Kentucky
Virginia
Hughes
Congress
Tennessee
Missouri
New York
Minnesota
Mill shifts to full time day and night schedule
The Anderson Hosiery Mill in Anderson Indiana has moved to a full-time day and night schedule and will continue at least for the remainder of the year. The change affects workers and operations as management extends shifts to cover production.
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Anderson, 8. C
Anderson Hosiery
Cox Withdraws To Favor Roosevelt
Oct 8. Rev Cox withdraws as the jobless party candidate and urges followers to vote for Franklin D. Roosevelt. He praised Roosevelt for pledges to protect the common man, repeal the 18th amendment, economic recovery, job creation, and federal public works. The Pittsburgh priest known as The Shepherd of the Poor supported Cox’s campaign.
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Cox
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Pittsburgh
Job Party
Cop Believes He Has Key To Unlock 35-Year Old Mystery
Charlotte chief of detectives says a 35 year old mystery may reveal the rightful heir to a 550000 estate held in a Washington, DC trust. The unnamed Charlotte man may prove his parentage after foster family records and early baby photos support his claim.
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Cop
Charlotte
Frank N. Littlejohn
Littlejohn
Washington, D. C
Washington
Little John Said
France
Severe flooding damages mills and halts rail service
High water from recent storms floods the Manville Jenckes and Hardin mills at High Shoals, submerging looms and machinery. 364 looms affected, electric controls ruined, weeks needed to resume operations. C and N W railroad traffic halted Lincolnton Gastonia, trains suspended Lincoln ton runs. Damages run into thousands as 8.21 inches of rain fall since Saturday.
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Gastonia
Ennergo Bag Agente Mills
Catawba
Manville- Jenckes Mill
Electric Control Board
Hardin
N. W
Lincolnton
Chester
D. C
Lenoir
Here
McAdenville
Seven Negroes Reported Slain in Miss State
Conflicting reports place from two to seven black men dead as authorities hunt the slayer of Deputy Sheriff Walker Williams in Mississippi. Sheriff Williams and others describe an armed pursuit with wounded relatives and at least one deputy injured amid a home exchange of fire near Crawford.
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Senatoria
Miss
A. C. Williams
Walker Williams
Jesse Williams
Williams
First-Time Voter, 92, Plans Roosevelt-Garner Vote
In Asheville on November 8 92 year old Mrs Fannie Reagan will vote for the first time. She registered as a Democrat and plans to back Governor Franklin D Roosevelt and John N Garner.
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Asheville
N. C
Fannie Reagan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John N. Garner
Flight Diary from Lima to Santiago via Andes
A letter from Oct 17 describes a trip over the Andes reaching 21 500 feet with oxygen not used by the writer. He chats with pilot Wagoner and notes American pilots on the flight. The writer observes a stalled trade rail line caused by high tariffs and sees spring, vast green fields, and large cattle as the journey crosses toward Chile.
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Baires
Andes
Iag
Wagoner
Kansas
Iowa
Will
Democrats Hit Ford Address On Hoover Support
Michigan Democratic leaders criticized Ford Motor Company's statement urging reelection of President Hoover. Governor hopeful William A Cromstock pointed to Ford's past cooperation with Republicans and cited Ogden Mille's Detroit speech claiming prosperity was near while Ford enacted a wage cut.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Hoover
Michigan
William A. Cromstock
Alpena
Henry Ford
Gave Up Catching Rats Costs Berry His Chickens
In Kinston North Carolina on October 18 Malachi Berry trapped rats to protect his flock. A string of unintended captures followed including a family cat a stray cat a stray dog a neighbor's cat a goose and again a neighbor's cat. The rats then killed the remaining chickens.
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Kinston
N. C
Malachi Berry
Berry
Rate
Roosevelt Campaign Train Heads South After Rain Delay
Governor Roosevelt leaves Roanoke on a 3000 mile tour through 17 states with his daughter and son aboard a rain soaked special train. The trip includes stops in Raleigh Pittsburgh St Louis and Baltimore with speeches at Rochester Buffalo and Indianapolis among others as Lehman captains the New York state ticket and reunites Roosevelt with Smith.
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Curtis Dall
James
New York
Pennnsylvania
Indiana
West Ohio
Llinois
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
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Wheeling
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Springfield
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Knoxville
Atlanta
Richmond
Herbert H. Lehman
Lehman
Alfred E. Smith
Chicago
Smith
Woman jailed for hoax eye witness story
In Asheville on October 18 a superior court jury found Mrs. Glenn W. Everett, 27, guilty of obstruction of justice for fabricating a hoax account of witnessing the slaying of Lonnie G. A. A county jail sentence of 18 months was imposed. Officers had investigated the tale before she admitted it was a fabrication to "have some fun."
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Asheville
Superior Court
Glenn W. Everett
Everett
Lonnie G
Cop Breaks Up African Hunt By Using Machine Gun On Lions
In Commerce Missouri Deputy Sheriff Tom Hotchkiss admitted he killed two young lions with a sub machine gun after they were released from a cage on a Mississippi River island. Denver Wright of St Louis organized the hunt and protested the killings as the hunters waited for the lions to acclimate. The deputy said the lions were a menace to public safety in southeast Missouri.
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Cop
Commerce
Tom Hotchkiss
Mississippi River
Hotchkiss
Wright
St. Louis
Missouri
Tras
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