Hoover Plans Final Campaign Swing Across Midwest and West
President Hoover moves toward re election with a Midwest swing starting in Indianapolis and Newark and New York City stops. He weighs a broad continental tour ending in Palo Alto with Chicago and several midwestern venues eyed for additional speeches.
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Nathan Robertson
Washington
Hoover
Indianapolis
Middle West
Indiana
Newark
N. J
New York City
Palo Alto
Calif
Chicago
New York
Springfield
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Denver
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
W. Va
Cincinnati
Ohio
Veterans of Foreign Wars urge cash bonus payment and pensions
In Athens Washington on October 26 the Veterans of Foreign Wars urged President Hoover to immediately pay the soldiers bonus in cash, enact legislation granting pensions to widows and orphans of world war veterans, and preserve disability allowances.
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Washington
Hoover
Veterans of of Foreign Wars
Ramento
California
White House
Robert 5B
Coontz
September factory activity rises while prices fall
Federal Reserve Board reports September factory employment and payrolls up with a price level decline. Industrial production climbed from July to September aided by textiles, shoes, meatpacking and coal. Steel output rose in early October, while auto and lumber held steady. Wholesale prices declined 2 percent in early October from September. The report cites rail shipments, freight car movements, and broader employment gains across cotton, woolen, silk, hosiery and clothing sectors.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Grand Jury Probes Floggings in Jacksonville Case
The Jacksonville grand jury opened to investigate nineteen recent flogging incidents blamed on a mob. Fifteen witnesses, including two female victims, were summoned. Five men charged with assault to murder in the Sally Geringer and Ola Bell Gistrap case were postponed a week. Investigators said the gang acted as self styled guardians of public morals.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Sally Geringer
Ola Bell Gistrap
J. S. Geiger
Geringer
Riverside
Ku Klux Klan
Geestags
Tian
Taeda
Roosevelt hails campaign as practical and worthwhile
Governor Roosevelt speaks to about 500 workers at Democratic national headquarters in New York after arriving from a southern campaign tour. He calls the 1932 campaign the most practical in history and predicts a big party after November 8, praising the efficiency of the headquarters and calling it a family party.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Mooney Case Seen as Stain on Justice In Wickersham Report
A Wickersham sub committee report on the Billings Mooney bombing case says no scientific effort was made to identify the perpetrators and the investigation was turned over to a private party. Senator Wheeler urges the release to aid in freeing victims of judicial tyranny and cleanse the national escutcheon.
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Wheeler
Wickersham Commission
Mooney
Billings
New York
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Zechariah Chaffee, Jr
Harvard Law School
Carl Stein
Walter Pollack
W. 8. Kenyon
Iowa
Kenyon
Wickersham
Prn
Ex Convict Confesses to Slaying Wife of Ohio Pen Clerk
In Columbus on October 26 an ex convict, John Downing 44, confessed to Prosecutor Donald J. Hoskins that he murdered Mrs. Daniel J. Bonzo 44 wife of the Ohio penitentiary chief records clerk, after she befriended him. Downing was paroled from a life term for slaying Mrs. Alban Williams 38 of Cincinnati in 1925. He said the Bonzo killing followed the false defense that she had been like a mother to him. First degree murder charges will be filed.
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Columbus
Donald J. Hoskins
Daniel J. Bonzo
Ohio Penitentiary
Bonzo
John Downing
Hoskins
Downing
George White
Dudley Outcast
Hamilton County
Elliott Roosevelt Speaks for Campaign at New York Lunch
Elliott Roosevelt, 22, son of Franklin D. Roosevelt, delivers his first campaign address in New York. He critiques Hoover's handling of the mood and urges a united government to lead the United States back to prosperity.
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New York
Elliott Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
League of Citizens of Foreign Birth
Roosevelt
Hoover
Europe
United States
Communist Chinese Rebels Push Missionaries Out
American and British missionaries in Fukien province withdraw toward Foochow as Communist forces advance from Kiangsi. The Congregationalists from Boston and Northern Methodists from New York lead the two main missionary groups with furthest stations in northwestern Fukien.
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Foochow
China
Kukien Province
Kiangsi
Congregational Church
Boston
Northern Methodist
New York
Fukien
Southern's income gains for September reported
The Southern Railway reported its net railway operating income for September at 957106 dollars, up from 772290 dollars for the same month in 1931.
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New York
The
Southern Railway Today
Board of Trade Sees Wheat Prices Fall to New Low
Chicago reports the lowest grain price in its history as December wheat futures slip to 44 1 4 cents a bushel after the market open. The drop mirrors Winnipeg's record bottoms and follows government worries in Canada. Trading remains orderly with light volume and selling pressure.
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Board of Trade
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Winnipeg
Ex-Banker J Mack Rhodes Begins Prison Term
J Mack Rhodes former president of First Bank and Trust Hendersonville started a 6 to 16 year sentence for banking law violations at North Carolina State Prison Raleigh he arrived with Hendersonville police chief and several friends He will undergo standard processing including fingerprinting uniform assignment and cell block duties while awaiting potential job assignment and possible transference to A grade status.
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Raleigh
J. Mack Rhodes
First Bank and Trust Company
Hendersonville
Rhodes
State
H. H. Honeycutt
Honeycutt
Pastor Faces Life Term For Triangle Murder Of Wife
The Rev. S. A. Berrie was convicted of murder for the death of his first wife Fannie Berrie by poison. The 52 year old pastor faces life imprisonment after jurors debated death or life. He planned to appeal and receive formal sentence next Monday.
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Muskoger
Okla
S. A. Berrie
Bernie
W. J. Crump
McAlester
Jess Doyle
Berrie
Fannie Berrie
Ida Bess Bright
School Head Will Not Leave Office Amid Contested Hire
Marshall North Carolina October 26 The Madison County schools superintendent candidate Carl M Blankenship refuses to resign despite charges of immoral conduct The county board appointed D M Robinson principal of Beech Glen school to fill the post Robinson says he will support board moves and remains at Beech Glen while Blankenship insists the board must act in court property claims and testimony leave the case unresolved
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Blankenship
Beech Glen
Witneses
N. B. McDevitt
Marshall
Board of Education
Mussolini Predicts Europe Will Embrace Fascism
In Milan on October 26 Premier Mussolini forecast that Europe would become fascist within ten years. He told about half a million listeners that Italy would lead civilization again and described his march to power as a path to world fame amid a bedlam of cheers.
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Milan
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Europe
Il Duce
Mussolini
Turin
Maternity Shelter Reports First Patient A Male
Greenville Ohio October report says Parker Maternity Shelter's first patient is a man. He and his wife sought examination, his nose bled heavily, he was placed in bed and no other patients had been treated at that time.
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Greenville
8. C
Parker Maternity Shelter
Parker
Flight over Amazon river visits three Guianas and Devil's Island
The writer recounts a daytime to afternoon flight across the Amazon River ferried by air, noting stops at French Guiana Dutch Guiana and British Guiana. He mentions Devil's Island prison and an intended stop in Port of Spain Trinidad with a nod to Warden Lawes of Sing Sing.
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Port OF Spain
Amazon
New York State
French Guiana
Dutch Guiana
British Guiana
Devil's Island
Dreyfuss
Warden Lawes
Sing Sing
Trinidad
Suspect Held in Lindbergh Kidnapping Case in Spain
Spanish police detained a man who gave the name Jean Saul, believed alias, after anonymous sailors said he knew too much about the Lindbergh kidnapping. He faces questioning in Madrid. unfinished letter found. consulate withdraws from case.
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Seville
Spain
Saul
Madrid
Bill
New York
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