Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd Surrenders to Los Angeles Police
Winnie Ruth Judd 26, wife and minister’s wife, emerges from hiding after four days to surrender on murder charges in Los Angeles. She received medical treatment for a bullet wound in her left hand and kept to self defense claims as she describes a struggle with Miss Hedvig Samuelson and Mrs. Le Roi at a girls’ home. Attorneys say she surrendered under fear of lockjaw and conferred with them before police intervention.
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Los Angeles
Winnie Ruth Judd
Hedvig Samuelson
Judd
Mrs. Judd
Hoover Laval Hold White House Talks On World Economy
President Hoover and French Premier Laval met at the White House to discuss joint action by central banks and private bankers to restore confidence and stabilize finances. No disarmament or war debt terms were agreed, but officials expect future progress. Stimson described the talks as amiable and thorough.
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Washington
Hoover
Laval
France
White House
Stimeon
M. Laval
Stimson
Mills
the Treasury
Judd murder case sparks incredulity in Phoenix
Officials call the self defense tale of Winnie Ruth Judd incredible as Deputy County Attorney G A Rodgers accuses her of self inflicting a left hand wound. He says witnesses will prove she wore a right hand bandage while concealing the trunks in which two women were found.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Los Angeles
G. A. Rodgers
Rodgers
Hedvig Samuelson
Agnes Ann Leroi
Hebrew Barbecue Ends with No Pork for Host in Kinston
Louis Rubin an orthodox Hebrew hosted a barbecue for county officials lawyers firefighters and others in Kinston North Carolina on October 24. A pig given to him as partial payment for his legal services was served to guests while Rubin abstained from eating pork despite the meal featuring pig. The event highlighted dietary adherence and local customs.
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Kinston
N. C
Louis Rubin
Rey
Rubin
Relief work plans laid for state counties in North Carolina
North Carolina organizers for the governor's council on unemployment and relief finalize county assignments for relief work in 75 counties. Regular field workers will cover the rest. itineraries will be mapped and districts organized next week with designated contact persons to secure cooperation.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Governor’s Council On
R. W. Henninger
Juanita McDougald
E. T. Futrell
Greenville
Pitt
Beaufort
Tyrrell
Washington
Martin, Greene and Lenoir
Edward Boshart
Raleigh — Warren
Northampton
Halifax
Nash
Edgecombe
Wilson
Wayne
Johnston
Conrad van Hyning
Winston-Salem
Forsyth
Wilkes
Stokes
Watauga
Ashe
Allegheny
Lena Glildewell
Beldeville
Yadkin
Rockingham
Caswell
Person
Granville
George H. Lawrence
Chapel Hill
Chatham, Lee
Alamance
Orange
Durham
May E. Campbell
Moore
Hoke
Scotland
Richmond
Montgomery
Lois Dosher
Raleigh—Harnett
Cumberland
Robeson
Columbus
Bladen
Sampson
B. Fritz Smith
Raleigh Brunswick
New Hanover
Pender
Duplin
Jones
Onslow
Davie
Iredell
Alexander
Caldwell
Avery
Mary Camp Sprinkle
High Point
Lincoln
Gaston
Cleveland
Rutherford
Pearl Weaver
Weaverville
Cherokee
Clay
Macon
Graham
Swain
Jackson
Haywood
Transylvania
E. M. Land
Rowan Cabarrus
Catawba
Randolph
Davidson
Louise
Vice Resorts in Kinston Closed
In Kinston on October 24, eighteen alleged vice resorts in segregated districts were ordered shut by Judge W A Devin after Solicitor James A Powers described them as public nuisances for prostitution and whiskey sales. The ban remains until a November hearing, part of a campaign by the solicitor and city police to cleanse the segregated areas.
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Kinston
James A. Powers
W. A. Devin
Henry A. Grady
No Heat In Goldsboro Schools Needing Coal Soon
Goldsboro North Carolina schools have run without heat this fall except two primaries. Officials say coal will be supplied for colder weather as winter approaches.
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Goldsboro
N. C
Time limit fixed for Manchuria evacuation
The League of Nations Council debated overruling Japan and set November 16 as the evacuation deadline for Japanese troops from Manchuria. Viscount Cecil and Senor De Madriaga pressed Japan to reveal treaty demands, while Briand urged Yoshizawa to accept the council’s resolution though a vote was postponed.
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Council of League of Nations
Manchurian
P. I. Lipsey
Geneca
Manchuria
League of Nations Council
Timentin
Viscount Cecil
Salvador de Madariaga
Spain
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Aristide Briand
Briand
Japan
China
M. Yoshizawa
Tokyo
Senor de Madriaga
M. Briand
M. Yoshiazwa
Five Men Held In Robbery of Women in Atlanta
Five men were held for questioning in an attempted robbery of two South Carolina women at Due West on October 24. Mrs. Newt McAdams and Mrs. Mary Bowie were bound to force disclosure of a safe combination, and Mrs. Bowie died from fright. Suspects named J R McAdams O W Kelley Ralph W Jameson C B Matthews Felton Lancaster, all with Atlanta addresses. Kelley and Jameson reportedly confessed and implicated the others.
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Atlanta
Due West
Newt McAdams
Mary Bowie
Kelley
Jameson
Hartsville Undertaker Robbed On Roadside
S. C. undertaker C M Pennington of Hartsville was found dying on a highway near here after leaving to visit Raleigh. Shot through the temple, he died shortly after at a hospital. A revolver and three spent shells were near his car, and his clothes were stripped. Police say robbery was the motive and that he was likely ambushed while repairing a flat tire.
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Hartsville
S&s. C
Here
C.M. Pennington
Raleigh
N. C
Pennington
No Bank In State Shows Indication Today of Failing
Hickory N C October 24 Members of group 9 North Carolina Bankers Association heard State Commissioner of banking Gurney P Hood say no bank in North Carolina shows any indication of failing The statement came during an address at the group meeting attended by about 240 bankers from Burke Cleveland Catawba Gaston Lincoln Rutherford and Mecklenburg counties Officers elected were J W Hawthorne Charlotte president E L Fox Hickory vice president Roger Duvall Charlotte secretary Other speakers included Forrest Eastridge Shelby E E Jones Charlotte Allen E Sims Gastonia and Paul Brown Raleigh secretary State Association
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Hickory
N. C
North Carolina Bankers Association
Gurney P. Hood
North Carolina
Burke
Cleveland
Catawba
Gaston
Lincoln
Rutherford
Mecklenburg
J. W. Hawthorne
Charlotte
E. L. Fox
Roger Duvall
Forrest Estridge
Shelby
E. E. Jones
Allen E. Sims
Gastonia
Paul Brown
Raleigh
State Association
Borah presses world peace terms with Hoover Laval
In Washington on October 24 Senator Borah told French newspaper correspondents revision of the Versailles treaty is essential to peace and reconstruction. He supported cancelling war debts owed by former allies if Germany’s reparations are also cancelled and said no extension of intergovernmental debt moratorium. He mocked the idea of arming the Kellogg Briand pact.
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Borah
Washington
Hoover
Laval
America
Germany
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stimson
Senate
Robbers Near Capital in Raleigh Steal Watches and Rings
Robbers operating within 100 feet of capitol square last night smashed the show window of a jewelry store and recovered 10 watches and two diamond rings. Police did not reveal the loot's value.
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Capital
Raleigh
Capitol Square
Burly Detective Apologizes After Speeding Arrest
El Paso reports Detective Ley Gardner issued a public apology to W P Tisdale after being charged with unnecessary roughness in a speeding arrest. Captain W C Woolverton ordered the apology.
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EL Paso
Tex
W. P. Tisdale
Ley Gardner
Tisdale
W. C. Woolverton
Gardner
Five Arrested in Rasor Death Case in Laurens
Laurens County officers announce arrests in the brutal Rasor slaying. Henry Raser, 45, and four other men, including Lathan Crisp, 37, were taken from Cross Hill and jailed, with two additional black suspects in Columbia penitentiary. Warrant charges include murder. A state constable moved Crisp’s brother to Georgia custody. Rosabelle Watts remains held as a material witness.
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Laurens
8. C
W. C. Rasor
Cross Hill
Henry Raser
Mar
Columbia
Eugene Crisp
Columbus Owens
Crisp
Lathan Crisp
Atlanta
P.W. Richardson
Blackwood
Richardson
Isaiah Richards
Lee Payne
Henry Rasor
Laurens County
Rosabelle Watts
Rasor
Judge Frees Harold G. Kates in Check Charge
Cincinnati October 24 Judge A L Leubbers freed Harold G Kates on a charge of wrongfully issuing a 219 dollar check. As he left the courtroom he was rearrested by detectives Charles Ellenreider and Lee Filaugher who sought him on a similar charge for Columbus officials.
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Cincinnati
A. L. Leubbers
Harold G. Kates
Kates
Charles Ellenreider
Lee Filaugher
Columbus
Funeral service for Reidsville tobacco official Penn
Charles A. Penn vice president of American Tobacco died in New York. His body lay in state in his private office at the local plant before removal by a Crescent Limited special car. A private service at 3 p m and a public funeral at the mausoleum will be held with George W Hill and other company officials in attendance.
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Reidsville
Charles A. Penn
American Tobacco Company
New York
Crescent Limited
Penn
George W. Hill
The
Tobacco Company
Treasure Craft Bell Aids Sunken Treasure Hunt
The latest diving bell by Emil Kulikk of Brooklyn is built for treasure recovery. It features interior controlled interchangeable arms, oxygen tanks, and a submarine like frame. It can descend to great depths for underwater work.
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New York
Emil Kulikk
Brooklyn
Silver Linings Rise Amid Dismal Economy in 1931 News
Chicago reports upbeat signs as firms in Cleveland Indiana Nashville and St Paul Minneapolis show better earnings and payrolls. Auburn Automobile posts higher per share earnings and car sales rise. Executives credit tighter economy aggressive advertising and new markets for the gains.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Indiana
Nashville
Cleveland Ice and Fuel Company
Auburn Automobile
Associations of Commerce of
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Apolis
Capone Sentenced to 11 Years and Fines in Tax Case
Federal judge in Chicago imposed more than twice the prior tax-evasion penalties on Al Capone, with 11 years in Leavenworth plus a 50,000 dollar fine and roughly 100,000 dollars in costs. Capone's attorneys plan appeals while a lien for 51,498.08 is placed on his Palm Island estate in Florida. Capone faced additional charges and a concurrent-term ruling, and his business manager Jack Guzik received five years.
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Chl Tentiary
James H. Wilkesson
Leavenworth
Capone
Hie
Florida
Equitable Trust Company
Chicago
Internal Revenue
E. P. Henthorn
U. S
E. Q. Johnson
Wilkerson
Jack Guzik
Jacksonville
Fla
al Capone
Palm Island
Miami Beach
United States Collector of Internal Revenue
Complaint hearings set for November 2 over coal rates
Washington report states four hearings on the Carolina Cotton and Woolen Mills of Spray North Carolina a complaint about coal rates from West Virginia to the Fieldale North Carolina mill. The mill seeks a 67 cent per ton reduction from the $2.82 current rate. Previously set for October 29 in Greensboro North Carolina and Danville Virginia.
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Washington
Carolina Cotton and Woolen Mills
Spray
N. C
West Virginia
Fieldale
Danville
Carolina Mills
Greensboro
NM. G
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Bay
Idaho
Mrs
Mary Camp
Vice Resorts
S. C. Undertaker
C. M. Pennington
E. J. Bekthel
Andrew V. Anderson
Reidsville Tobacco
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