Big Guns Open Fire in Final Presidential Push
In the closing days of the campaign both major parties unleash heavy speech making. Alfred E. Smith leads the Democrats with stops in Providence and Boston while Hoover plans a Indianapolis address. Roosevelt and Hoover schedule further trips through Boston New York Philadelphia Newark and beyond as the push intensifies.
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Alfred E. Smith
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Boston
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Indianapolis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Brooklyn
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Baltimore
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Newark
New York
New England
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Ithaca
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Utica
New Haven
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Hyde
California
Denver
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Nebraska
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San Francisco
Still Missing Eight-Year-Old in Cleveland Mystery
Eight-year-old Ebert Holleran remains missing after leaving home to visit a friend. No definite trace of his whereabouts has been found since Saturday as investigators search for clues in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Ebert Holleran
Duke S. P. A. To Save Consumers $700,000 Annually If Plan Stands
North Carolina power firms proposed to the state corporation commission to cut domestic electric rates. Duke Power and Southern Public Utilities expect about 700000 dollars yearly savings. Durham Public Service offered to raise minimums. Carolina Power and Light floated alternate plans.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
State Corporation Commission
North Carolina Municipal League
Duke Power Company
Southern Public Utilities Company
A Robinson
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
High Point
Salisbury
Hickory
Piedmont
Durham Public Service Company
Durham
Jones Fuller
Carolina Power and Light Company
Asheville
Hoover cites navy strength as vital if disarmament fails
President Hoover marks Navy Day with a formal statement urging a navy at London treaty limits and “equal to that of the most powerful in the world.” The observance centers on George Washington’s bicentennial, highlighting national defense as the government’s first obligation and calling for readiness.
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Hoover
Arma
George Washington
Adama
Quintet Fights Its Way Out of Dismal Swamp
Five men including Sam Sawyer Moses White and three others from Copperasmit Company fought their way from the depths of Dismal Swamp two miles from South Millia North Carolina after being lost since yesterday morning. Searchers had scoured the area for the party which entered the swamp at about 0 a m to prospect for a lumber camp.
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South Milia
N. C
Sam Sawyer
Moses White
Coppersmit & Company
Roosevelt Turns to State Relief as Unemployment Looms
Governor Roosevelt shifts focus from national campaign to New York unemployment crisis. He meets with Republican leaders and the unemployment relief commission in Albany to discuss a possible special legislative session to revise state aid laws. A $30 million bond issue is on the November 8 ballot to finance relief efforts.
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N. Y
Roosevelt
New York
Middle-West
South
Hudson River
New York City
Unemployment Relief Commission
Groton
Mass
John
Frank
Girl Mother Snatches Tot From Rich Foster Parents
Los Angeles area police recover three year old Nancy Ruth Buchanan with her 17 year old mother Ruth Borman at a Newhall residence. Borman had taken the child from guardian Mrs Violet C Buchanan’s home after friend M E Warner guided them there. Police questioned Warner after he aided Borman’s access to the child.
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Loss Angeles
Newhall
Los Angeles
Nancy Ruth Buchanan
Violet C
Ahare
M. E. Warner
Huchanan
Borman
Buchanan
V. P. Rasmussen
Warner
Court Grants Suspended Terms For Collegians Riot
New York October 27. A protest by about 750 college students in front of a city building led to suspended sentences for 14 youths and a co ed. The clash sparked by a demand for free speech and the reinstatement of Oakley Johnson involved a police reserve action and arrests of Professor Donald Henderson and three students.
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New York
White Way
August Dreyer
Oakley Johnson
College of the City of New York
College Liberal Club
Lbrarian
Donald Henderson
Professor Henderson
Henderson
Allen Taub
Hickory Doctor Guilty on Drug Charges in Federal Court
Hickory physician Dr. C. C. Craft a noted scientist and 1908 Peary North Pole expedition member was fined 500 and given a suspended prison term in a narcotics violation case in Statesville North Carolina. He was arrested May 26 on an assault with intent to kill warrant after allegedly drawing a pistol in a Hickory drug store.
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N. C
C. C. Craft
Hickory
Peary
Craft
John Dixon
Charlotte
Dixon
E. Yates Webb
Castle Says War Debts No Issue In Debt Talks
Cleveland October 7 Undersecretary Castle asserted that party platform talk against foreign debt cancellation does not ban discussion or possible accommodation with foreign powers The state department official noted that debts are not in themselves political issues Castle said the United States will remain a generous creditor but not to citizens' detriment He warned against using tariff bargaining to ease debts saying the idea was discarded months ago by the president and treasury secretary
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Castle
State Department
Rotary Club
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Gardner To Speak At Rally In Randolph County
Governor Max Gardner will address a Democratic barbecue and rally at Randolph Fair Grounds Friday at 2 30 PM. Tyre Taylor and John T Moffitt lead the event expected to draw Democrats from Randolph and nearby counties with barbecue provided.
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Asheboro
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John T. Moffitt
Young Democratic Club
Tyre Taylor
Moffitt
Guilford
Davidson
Alamance
Hyde Park mobs clash with police in violent protest
A massive Hyde Park protest turns chaotic as mounted police clash with thousands of jobless demonstrators. Brick windows break at Cumberland Place, police suffer helmet hits, and several injured are carried away as crowds surge along the Marble Arch area. Elderly dog walkers observe the unrest.
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Mem' Bar Aidieee Aen
London
Hyde Park
Great Cumberland Place
Marble Arch
Edgeware Road
Bayswater Road
Wallace B Davis Becomes Convict No 27531 in North Carolina
Wallace B Davis former western North Carolina financial leader was admitted to the state prison as convict No 27531. He faces 9 to 13 years for bank law violations including a false report by the Central Bank and Trust collapse and conspiracies with Luke Lea and Lea Jr. He began with a 60 day observation period and will wear a B grade uniform pending conduct.
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N. C
Wallace B. Davis
North Carolina
John E. Thayer
Asheville
Davis
Central Bank and Trust Company
Leas
Thayer
Honeycutt
General Cox
Pretty Thayer
Wallace B. Davis, Jr
Ray Bailey Still At Large In N C
South Carolina failed to secure extradition as the state supreme court upheld Judge Walter Moore’s habeas corpus ruling releasing Ray Bailey after doubts he was in South Carolina when Officer A B Hunt was killed. Bailey was wounded in a Sylva hospital after the May 1 shooting and contends his injury occurred during a North Carolina poker game fight.
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N. C
South Carolina
Ray Bailey
Greenville
A. B. Hunt
State Supreme Court
Superior Court
Walter &. Moore
Bailey
Jackson County
Supreme Court
Moore
Palmetto
Hunt
Sylva
North Carolina
Roosevelt Gains Likely Victory Seen In San Juan Dispatch
A fragment from a U S paper notes Roosevelt appears to win tonight, with musings on polo, horses, and racing across states. The writer urges Red Cross aid to the most needy areas, mentioning gas stops in the Virgin Islands.
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San Juan
P. R
U. S
America
Virgin Islands
Roosevelt
Red Cross
Hoover set for fourth western tour and eastern swing
President Hoover plans a swift campaign run starting tonight with a western swing and a first eastern push Monday. He will address Indiana Polis for Indiana's 14 electoral votes and then speak in eight states yielding 158 electoral votes, with possibilities of a transcontinental trip back to Palo Alto for election day.
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Hoover
Indianapolis
Indiana
Palo Alto
California
Mid-West
Minneapolis
Chicago
Springfield
Ilinois
St. Louis
Kansas City
Cotton And Auto Industry Leaders In Recovery Hopes
New York reports business leaders see the worst mood passing and note cotton, auto, and steel sectors in recovery sequences. Guaranty Trust Co and Standard Statistics find autos repeatedly lead recoveries while steel ingot and pig iron lag. Industry executives urge caution as gains appear uneven across major indexes.
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Guaranty Trust Co
Standard Statistics Co
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