Brazil Rebels Claim Progress as Government Strives to Hold Country
Reports from Rio and Porto Alegre detail ongoing conflict with rebel forces across Sao Paulo Parana and Minas Gerais fronts. Federal troops reinforce lines while President Washington Luis approves about 10 million in new currency to aid exchanges and mobilizes reserves amid volatile coffee exports and battlefield advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Luis
Banco Do Brazil
Mikreis
Mirandolino Machado
Santa Catharina
Annitapolis
Fabric Silva
Ponta Rossa
Sao Paulo
Minas Geraes
Aristarcho
Juiz de Fora
Arturo Bernardes
Goyaz
Crystalino Formoza
Juarez Tavora
Bahia
Sergipe
Florianopolis
Itarare
Hoover cabinet panel to speed winter relief work
The Hoover designated cabinet committee starts next week to plan immediate unemployment relief and draft legislative recommendations for December congress. Lamont expected to lead, coordinating with federal agencies and New York business leaders on winter job creation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Congress
Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
White House
Lamont
New York
Prohibition Poll of Editors Abandoned by Woodcock
Washington reports Prohibition Director Woodcock dropped a survey of 3 000 newspaper editors on the 18th amendment and Volstead act. He cited possible misreading of the bureau's purpose and ordered editors to disregard prior inquiry. He will continue mono graphs on prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Woodcock
Prohibition
Law Enforcement Commission
Prohibition Bureau
E. A. Grant
Division of Research
Diamond moved despite objection amid gunshot wounds
Jack Legs Diamond, gravely wounded, was moved to Welfare Island Hospital next to a prison under police guard after hospital authorities consented. He resisted at first, pleading for another private hospital, but his wife and lawyer secured the transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jack
Diamond
Welfare Island
Queensboro Bridge
Jails Opened to House Homeless as Cold Wave Spreads
The winter storm drives jails to shelter homeless across states including Pittsburgh and Chicago, with 1 000 sheltered in Pittsburgh and 138 in Cook County. more than two and a half million football fans endure chilly conditions as temperatures plunge and travel lines suffer. Six deaths linked to the cold wave—five in Canada—are reported as the storm advances from the Rockies to the East with snow in the Adirondacks and Great Lakes warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Cook County
Chicago
Salvation Army
Midwest
Canada
Rockies
Adirondacks
New York State
Great Lakes
Mason and Dixon Line
Gloucester Names New Fleet Queen Gertrude L. Thebaud
Gloucester hailed a new fleet queen the schooner Gertrude L. Thebaud after a victory over the Blue Nose of Lunenburg Nova Scotia. The Thebaud won the Sir Thomas Lipton trophy and 3000 dollars of a 5000 dollar purse with the Blue Nose taking 2000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Mass
Gertrude L. Thebaud
Thebaud
Blue Nose
Lunenburg
N. S
Germans approve Bruening coalition in tight vote
Berlin reports Germany's Reichstag backed Chancellor Heinrich Bruening's coalition 318 to 236, then adjourned to December 3. A separate amnesty proposal passed 395 to 147 amid Communist and fascist protests as police kept watch outside the Reichstag overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Reichstag
Heinrich Bruening
Mayor to Plead Unwritten Law in Murder Case
Mayor A B Ratcliff of St Joseph shot and killed lumberman C A Melton in the town on Main Street. Six bullets struck Melton and he died instantly. Ratcliff surrendered to the Tensas Parish sheriff and said he would plead unwritten law. The case will go before the Tensas grand jury Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph
A. B. Ratcliff
C A. Melton
Newellton
Melton
Ratcliff
Tensas Parish
John Hughes
Tensas Grand Jury
Two New Transcontinental Air Speed Marks Set
In New York on October 18 a 16 year old girl Miss Laura Ingalls and pilot Robert Buck set new air speed records from Los Angeles to New York. Ingalls landed Roosevelt Field in 25 hours 385 minutes. Buck arrived Newark after 25 hours 47 minutes. Buck took junior west east marks. Ingalls, though not beating a prior record, created a new target for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Laura Ingalls
Roosevelt Field
Los Angeles
Robert Buck
Newark
Buck
Eddie Schneider
Miss Ingalls
West Coast
Keith Miller
Bandit Shot Down by U S Chauffeur in Memphis Theater
A white bandit robbed a downtown theater cashier and tried to force the driver Edward S. Williams of the U S Engineers to flee. Williams fired five shots after lunging past his wife, killing the robber who had taken money from cash box worth about $100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Main Street
Edward S. Williams
States Engineers
Williams
Orpheum
Margaret Plyler
Hoover Plans Weekend Visit to Camp Hoover
President Hoover will motor Sunday to his Virginia mountain camp and return Monday. Mrs. Hoover has stayed at the camp with their ill son Herbert Hoover Jr. who will be taken to Asheville, North Carolina in a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Virginia
Padlock Plea for Speakeasy On Government Property
A Crusaders letter to United States Attorney Rover demanded padlock proceedings against a government property in the government triangle of a Tenth Street block for alleged liquor sale. The property, raided twice with occupant charged, is urged to be padlocked to set an example for enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Rover
Crusaders
Government Triangle
Tenth Street
Department of Ostice
Department of Justice
Williams threatens Louisiana governor race with premature bid
Louisiana politics heats up as Harry P. Williams, lumber and aviation magnate, declares candidacy for governor while Huey P. Long refuses to back him. Long calls the premature bid unacceptable and Williams replies he will not be supported by anyone. Williams rises from cypress lumber, penitentiary manager, to aviation entrepreneur with New Orleans routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
United States Senate
Harry P. Williams
Williams
Long
Cypress
State Penitentiary
Marguerite Clark
Patterson
New Orleans
Washington tabloid debuts as information journal
A new weekly tabloid titled Washington appears in Washington with 12 pages and three columns. It is described as a journal of information and public opinion on the national government produced with cooperation from the Republican National Committee. Authors include Will Irvin and William Allen White. cartoonist Ding and poet Arthur Gutterman contribute. The lead editorial says it is frank republican in tone but not the spokesman for the party or Hoover administration. Publication hinges on interest and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iself
Republican National Committee
Will Irvin
William Allen White
Ding
Arthur Gutterman
Republican Party
Two Men Quizzed In Tennessee Holdup
Memphis police questioned two men, J. T. Hyatt of Eere, Mississippi, and J. C. Willis of Huntsville, Alabama, after a patrol punctured the tires of their stolen car. They are being investigated in connection with the People's Bank robbery at Collierville, Tennessee, days earlier, for $3,700. A third man held will be released. authorities say the suspects admit prior robbery sentences in Oklahoma but deny today's involvement.
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Memphis
Tenn
People’s Bank
Collierville
J. T. Hyatt
Eeru
Miss
J. C. Willis
Huntsville
Ala
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Injuries In Auto Accident Might Be Fatal to Two Men
FLORENCE, S C Oct 18 A M Wright 39 of Latta and R A Snuges 24 of Albemarle N C were perhaps fatally injured when their car overturned on a highway near Latta at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deland, Fla
Margaret Gilson
Pitcairn
Pennsylvania
G. S. Woodcock
Georgia
Florida National Bank
Gilson
Jacksonville Beach
Florenee
S. C
A. M. Wright
Latta
R. A. Snnges
Albemarle
N. C
Kingsford Smith lowers time for flight five days
PORT DAHWIN Australia Oct 18 Up-Wing Commander Charles Kingsford-Smith landed at 2 26 this afternoon from England breaking Bert Hinklers record by five days Hinkler had made England to Australia in 15% days Hill with flight Lt C W Hill was halted on Timor due to damaged plane Kingsford Smith finished the last 500 miles over Timor Sea after departing Timor this morning
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Dahwin
Australia
Charles Kingsford-Smith
England
Bert Hinkler
Hinkler
Kingsford-Smith
C. W. Hill
Hill
Timor
Kingsford- Smith
Timor Sea
Nye Expresses Interest in Nebraska Finding
Memphis Tennessee October 19 Senator Gerald P Nye chairman of the senate campaign funds committee showed interest but offered no comment when told that W M Stebbins of Nebraska gave a $500 bond to George W Norris its candidate eyed by Norris rival Senator George W Norris Nye said very interesting and will return to Nebraska after Tennessee inquiry ends Bailey North Carolina Democrat denied being summoned by the committee no plan change to return after November elections
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Gerald P. Nye
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
W. M. Stebbins
Nebraska
George W. Norris
Nye
Tennessee
Josiah W. Bailey
North Carolina
Senate
Bailey
Football Scores From Yesterday in Early Games
High Point 6 American University 6, Duke 18 Navy 0, North Carolina 0 Georgia 26, Alabama 18 Tennessee 6, Davidson 6 Citadel 0, Notre Dame 21 Carnegie Tech 6, Army 6 Harvard 0, Florida 19 Chicago 0, Auburn 12 Georgia Tech 4, Brown 0 Yale 21, Furman 7 Davis Elkins 7.
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High Point
American University
Duke
Navy
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Davidson
Citadel
Notre Dame
Carnegie Tech
Army
Harvard
Florida
Chicago
Auburn
Georgia Tech
Brown
Yale
Furman
Davis-Elkins
Higher freight on logs sought in North Carolina
The North Carolina corporation commission set November 7 as the hearing date on a joint petition by four trunk line railroads Seaboard Atlantic Coast Line Norfolk and Western and Southern for higher freight rates on logs. Clinchfield and Winston-Salem Southbound would join. Increases would be larger on joint hauls. For a 50 mile single line haul the rate would rise to 4.50 from 38.25 cents per hundred pounds. On a joint haul the rate would rise to 7 from 4.6 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Corporation Commission
North Carolina
Seaboard
Atlantic Coast Line
Norfolk & Western
Woman compares liquor seizure to Boston Tea Party
Mrs Helen Robbins wife of a drug manufacturer declares a cargo of liquor for the customs inspector as the liner Aquitania docks. She calls the seizure her protest against prohibition and likens the act to the Boston Tea Party as the inspector smashes the bottles by the pier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Helen Robbins
Aquitania
Boston
Traveling Salesman Held For Violation Of Election Laws
Asheville N C Oct 18 A M Redman traveling salesman was arrested on a warrant charging violation of state election laws for registering and voting absentee in the November 4 general election while not a North Carolina resident.
McBride Claims Raskob Pays to Harm President
The Anti-Saloon League leader told the International Convention of the Disciples of Christ in Washington that a well known American, identified as John J. Raskob, funds efforts to portray prohibition negatively. He said Raskob budgets 250000 dollars annually to influence the president and frame prohibition debates. The gathering endorsed pro prohibition stance and elected Dr. L D Anderson as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
the Disciples of Christ
First Christian Church
Fort Worth
Texas
McBride
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Bailey declares campaign expenditure report under way
Josiah W. Bailey Democratic nominee for the U S Senate began work on his campaign expenditure report. He said the report would be sent to Washington as required by law within the window of 10 to 15 days before the election. Bailey denied being summoned to testify and explained the Fayetteville remarks. He noted the expense report would not be made public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodcock
Chicago
Wisconsin
Raleigh
Josiah W. Bailey
United States Senate
Washington
Fayetteville
Bailey
Senate Campaign
Synodical Auxiliary Session Planned at Belmont
The synodical auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church of North Carolina will meet at First Presbyterian Church in Belmont starting October 21 for a three day session. About 250 delegates and many visitors are expected as religious leaders speak on topics tied to Home Missions.
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Belmont
Oct
Synodical Auxiliary
Presbyterian Church of North Carolina
First Presbyterian Church
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Rio DE Janeiro
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Polyclinic Hospital
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Bruening
Laura Ingall
Bandit
U. S
Free For All
Harry Williams
G. O. P. Tabloid
Stebbins
Raskob
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