U S Favors One Year Armament Holiday Proposal
The United States backs a one year armament holiday proposed by the League of Nations, with 52 nations invited to join. President Hoover and Secretary Stimson favor the plan as a step toward success at the February disarmament conference and relief from global financial burdens. A formal reply outlining acceptable military and naval cutbacks will be drafted at the State Department before Sunday.
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Washington
America
League of Nations
Hoover
Stimson
State Department
League
Hugh Wilson
Switzerland
League of Disarmament Committee
Geneva
United States
Debt Revision is Expected Since Visit Of Laval
Japan insists on its stand in the Sino Japanese dispute and pledges unaltered to open negotiations with China while calling for evacuation of Chinese territory by Nov 16. A global review of debt relief follows, with Germany seeking Young plan revisions and the U.S. and Allies weighing measures to reduce war debts under international finance talks.
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Laval
Tokyo
Manchuria
Mongolia
Japan
League of Nations
Manchurian
China
Supingkai-Chenchiatun-Taonan
Bruening
Berlin
Hoover
Germany
America
Congress
United States
Souvenir Hunters Descend On Edison Birthplace
Milan Ohio October 27 souvenir hunters swarm the Edison birthplace. Mento seekers tear bark from trees around the brick house where the inventor was born and collect objects left outside. Miss Hendrietta Wadsworth, the occupant, has refused further admissions due to the crowd.
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Milan
Ohio
Thomas A. Edison
Hendrietta Wadsworth
Murderess Winnie Ruth Judd to Stand Trial in Phoenix
Winnie Ruth Judd plans to return to Phoenix to stand trial for the murders of Hedvig Samuelson and Agnes LeRoi whose bodies she shipped to Los Angeles in trunks. Attorneys said extradition would face no fight and that a habeas corpus writ would be dismissed upon extradition papers. A separate arrest warrant was issued for Dr. William C. Judd alleging practicing medicine without a California license at a sanitarium during the director’s absence.
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Los Angeles
Winnie Ruth Judd
Phoenix
Aris
Hedvig Samuelson
Agnes Anne LeRoi
Judd
Phoe
James R. McFadden
Sacramento
James Rolph, Jr
California
State Board of Medical Examiners
Kinston Tobacco Market Sets Daily Record Sales
Sales supervisors reported a new Kinston tobacco market record with 1,071,868 pounds sold at an average price of 13.02 dollars per hundredweight. They estimated about 400,000 pounds remained unsold.
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Kinston
O Neill’s Mourning Becomes Electra Premieres in New York
The New York premiere of Eugene O Neill’s Mourning Becomes Electra unfolds as a three play marathon The Homecoming The Hunted and The Haunted beginning at 4 pm with an intermission and continuing past 11 pm Critics praise Alice Brady Alla Nazimova and Earle Larimore for standout performances The drama set on a New England seacoast charts murder betrayal and doomed revenge through the Mannon family with Vinnie as the sole survivor and legend of puritan guilt and ghostly retribution.
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Mark Barron
New York
Eugene O'Neill
Gutzon Borglum
O'Neill
Alice Brady
Alla Nazimova
Earle Larimore
Miss Brady
Electra
New England
Mannon
General Mannon
Vinnie
Nationals Favored 10 Win Britain's Votes
London reports show thirty million British voters participated in the election pledging reform. The Times backs Ramsay MacDonald’s doctor’s mandate for a national government while observers expect a government majority up to 200. MacDonald campaigned in Seaham Harbor and thirty-eight communities to defend his labor roots.
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London
Collier
Cockney
Squire
The
Times
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
MacDonald
Stock Exchange
Seaham Harbor
Durham
Hoover's National Credit Plan Gaining Bank Support
Washington reported President Hoover was informed the 500 million national credit corporation plan is receiving near universal banking support and that minimum subscriptions will be ready before week’s end. Hoover met with George Reynolds and Mortimer Buckner, noting rapid organization of state associations, including an Iowa group, to extend aid once subscriptions close.
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Washington
Hoover
National Credit Corporation
Premier Laval
France
George Reynolds
Chicago
Mortimer N. Buckner
New York
Iowa
Army To Play Out Football Schedule After Cadet’s Death
West Point reports Major General William R. Smith announces the Army football team will complete this season’s schedule despite Cadet Richard B. Sheridan Jr.'s fatal injuries from the Yale game. The decision follows the wishes of Sheridan’s family, the team, and the Cadet Corps.
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West Point
William R. Smith
The
Military Academy Today
Army
Richard B. Sheridan
Seeking To Oust Smith As Power Commission Head
Al Capone remains jailed in Cook County while the U S circuit court of appeals grants a writ of supersedas but denies bail pending his tax evasion conviction appeal. Capone settles into a long county jail stay as marshals face delays amid court orders and defense appeals.
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Smith
Power Commission
Chicago
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Alphonse Capone
Cook County
al Capone
United States
Capone
Leavenworth
Industrial activity rises as steel output improves
Pittsburgh plants show 8 to 10 percent higher steel operations than recent weeks as six plate mills reopen and Homestead Works resumes. Hundreds of workers affected while other industries move up. Chicago exports 10 000 radio sets this month and 12 000 total expected, a company record. Southern Cities Public Service gas sales rise 44.85 percent in September. William H. Lalley predicts auto buying revival will lift all trade later this fall and into spring.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Chamber of Commerce
Homestead Steel Works
Chicago
Grigsby-Grunow Company
Southern Cities Public Service Company
New York
William H. Lalley
Concern
Bandit Kills Filling Station Proprietor in Raleigh Hold-Up
Raleigh police and sheriffs deputies searched October 27 for the bandit who shot and killed J. H. Pool during a Raleigh filling station robbery last night. Bloodhounds aided the hunt as Pool was shot twice in the back. J. M. Jackson was uninjured after a gun battle. The robber fled with 15 dollars from the cash register.
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Raleigh
J. H. Pool
Pool
J. M. Jackson
Senate fights over Smith nomination in district court
Washington Oct 27 in district of Columbia Supreme Court a legal tug of war between the White House and the Senate over the power commission chairmanship. Senate argues it may reconsider George Otis Smith's nomination after confirmation. Davis contends Smith should be ousted. Pepper defends Smith while Griswold argues Senate notification and consent timing dictated a reconsideration.
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Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
White House
Senate
The
Power Commission
George Otis Smith
John W. Davis
Smith
George Wharton Pepper
Pennsylvania
Davis
Erwin N. Griswold
Justice Department
Mitchell
Thacher
Hoover Opposes Quick Philippine Independence
President Hoover warned that granting immediate independence to the Philippines without assured economic stability would cause disaster. He said stability must come first and that the policy was not yet decided after lengthy discussion at a recent meeting.
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Washington
Hoover
Philippines
Seven Bank Officials of Stokes Indicted in 1930 Closure
Seven officers of the defunct Bank of Stokes County face charges with criminal responsibility for the bank's closing in November 1930. Each is held on 2500 dollar bonds for court appearance in Winston-Salem. Indicted by a Stokes County grand jury are N. E. Pepper Walter Nelson Curtis McGee Dr. J. W. Neal Carlos Davis Odell Jones and Harry Leake.
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Winston-Salem
Bank of
Stokes County
N. E. Pepper
Walter Nelson
Curtis McGee
J. W. Neal
Carlos Davis
Odell Jones
Harry Leake
Cyprus village disorders burn customs sheds
The governor of Cyprus reported to the colonial office that new disturbances erupted in Pissouri, with the village’s customs sheds burned as authorities sought to quell the unrest.
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London
Cyprus
Ofice
Pissouri
Capone Bodyguard Seeks Mercy In Contempt Hearing
Philip DAndrea, Capone’s pistol‑carrying bodyguard, interrupted a contempt hearing before Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson in Chicago. The judge adjourned the court, promising a ruling at 10 tomorrow morning.
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Chicago
Philip D'Andrea
al Capone
James H. Wilkerson
Wilkerson
New Police Chief At Southern Pines
Walter F. Doby former Durham police chief was named assistant police chief in Southern Pines. Chief J. A. Garsis, the former assistant, was promoted to chief after the killing of B. S. Beasley near Durham last week by Everett McLain, a Negro.
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Southern Pines
N. C
Walter F. Doby
Durham
J. A. Gargis
Beasley
Everett McLain
Probe of Hickory Mortgage Company Opens in Wilmington
The U S Grand Jury began an investigation into the receivership action against Home Mortgage Company of Hickory initiated last year. Mrs Margaret Ramsey of Norfolk filed the suit claiming unpaid interest on bonds she held the case tied to the 1930 receivership ordered by U S Judge H L Meekins with receivers T L Bland and W G Bramham appointed. Continued on Page 9.
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Wilmington
N. C
Home Mortgage Company
Hickory
United States Grand Jury
Margaret Ramsey
Norfolk
U. S
IL. M. Meekins
T. L. Bland
Raleigh
W. G. Bramham
Durham
Navy Birthday Observance Amid Budget Pressures
The 156th birthday of the U S Navy is marked as budget cuts loom with 60 million dollars under review. President Hoover seeks defense strength while urging economy and world peace. Old Ironsides may be idle as Akron airship dedication shines in Lakehurst festivities. Secretary Adams and Rear Admiral Benson dine aboard the ship with Governor Ritchie as discourse centers on naval upbuilding and restraint.
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Washington
Navy
Theodore Roosevelt
Lakehurst
Akron
Adams
America
Ritchie
Maryland
William §. Benson
Hoover
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Bank of Eng
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Arizona
O’neill
Britain
Credit Corporation Idea
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Rage
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Carolinas
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