Hoover Denounces Kelley Oil Scandal Charges as Political Plot
President Hoover denounces Ralph S. Kelley’s charges that oil companies obtained oil shale lands illegally as an attempt to smear his administration. He asserts only 43,000 acres were titled, with 20,000 approved by Kelley, a fraction of the claimed 8,000,000 acres.
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Washington
Hoover
Ralph S. Kelley
Denver Field
Department of Interior
Kelley
U. S. General Land Office
Rioting in Rio De Janeiro After President Luis Fall
Riots in Rio De Janeiro leave over 100 dead as police battalions mutiny over food and clash with garrison troops. Colonel Bandeira De Mello is captured, major arrests follow, and Dr Osvaldo Aranha works with the military junta to form a provisional government likely to name Getulio Vargas president.
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Rio de Janeiro
Washington Luis
Brazil
Bandeira de Mello
Caldeira Bastos
Augusto Ferreira
Osvaldo Aranha
Rio Grande Do Sul
Porto Alegre
Luis
Vargas
Getulio Vargas
Generalissimo
Liberal
Punta Grossa
Sao Paulo
Raskob Seeks National Referendum On Prohibition
Democratic Party figure John J. Raskob urged a nationwide referendum on the liquor ban as a campaign objective if his party gains power. He also backed a five day work week, live tariff commissions, and pre-formation legality tests for business combines. He proposed Monday holidays to extend recreation time and argued for economic safeguards in legislation.
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New York
Democratic National Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Tariff Commission
Congress
Raskob
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
United States
Rescue Efforts Hindered by Gas in Wheatley Mine Disaster
At Hess Oklahoma Wheatley No 4 mine rescue teams were overwhelmed by coal damp gas. One miner William Donnelly died at the head of the shaft and four bodies were sighted on the 16th level. Rescue workers were driven back to higher levels as ventilation and curtain barriers were sought. Officials say little hope remains for trapped men and the blast occurred between the 10th and 12th levels.
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M'Alester
Okla
Wheatley No. 4
William Donnelly
Miller D. Hay
Ada
State Penitentiary
Bishop Cannon Begins Rest Cure For Neuritis
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal church south is in a local hospital for an acute neuritis flare with inflammatory arthritis. Doctors say rest and treatment two months at most will restore his health. The case follows recent church charges against him and amid legal actions involving his son. He also announced a $5 million libel suit against William Randolph Hearst over press coverage of his marriage.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Senate Lobby Committee
R. Lyman Sexton
Cannon
Brazil
R. M. Cannon
California
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
King George Opens Parliament Amid Electoral Reform Debate
London October 28 The MacDonald government seeks to retain power by pushing electoral reform as the Liberal party holding the balance of power. King George read a five minute throne speech signaling an agenda on international relations India unemployment and trade disputes. The king’s health appears restored and he rode in the royal coach with Queen Mary through cheering crowds.
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London
MacDonald
George
Liberal
India
House of Lords
Queen Mary
Buckingham
Westminster
Lumberton School Chief’s Wife Dies
Lumberton mourns as Mrs. W. D. Crumpton, wife of the Lumberton school superintendent, dies here on October 28. The death ends a long local life marked by community involvement.
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Lumberton
W. D. Crumpton
Metal Homes Foreseen By Steel Head
Charles N. Fitts of Boston told the eighth annual American Institute of Steel Construction session in Pinehurst that all metal walls will soon dominate tall buildings. He cited alloy steel, welding progress, and the Chrysler and Empire State Buildings as steps toward widespread all metal walls while cautioning about beauty and public acceptance.
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Pinehurst
Charles N. Fitts
Boston
American Institute of Steel Construction
Institute
Fitts
Chrysler
New York
Empire State Building
Lee H. Miller
P. & N Opposition Windup Testimony in ICCT Suit
In Spartanburg South Carolina on October 28 the Interstate Commerce Commission and seven railways that intervened in the Piedmont and Northern Railway injunction suit completed presenting their evidence. P N counsel began introducing documentary evidence ahead of direct testimony expected to start later today.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Seven Railways
Piedmont and Northern Railway
P. and
Mary Scott Harrison McKee Dies at Greenwich Home
Relatives report the death of Mrs. Mary Scott Harrison McKee, daughter of President Benjamin Harrison, at Berkeley Lodge in Greenwich Connecticut. A longtime charity leader she stayed at the White House with her children during her father’s presidency and sparked the first White House dance, prompting controversy. She likely will be buried in Indianapolis.
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White House
Greenwich
Conn
James Robert McKee
Benjamin Harrison
Berkeley Lodge
Dianapolis
Theelles
Washington
Executive Mansion
McKee
Indianapolis
Over three score dead in Mediterranean storm
Southern and Central Europe and eastern Mediterranean shores suffer gales and icy waters. Smyrna reports at least 68 deaths with 3000 homeless and 655 houses destroyed by floods. Istanbul sees 22 injured. Snow blankets France, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Jugoslavia. Mont Cenis Pass remains sole passage. Rivers overflow in lower Silesia forcing evacuations and roof refuges as houses collapse.
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London
Europe
Mediterranean
Aegean
Smyrna
Istanbul
Turkey
France
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslavia
Alpine
Mont Cenis
Savoy
Italy
Lower
Silesia
Bober
Neisse
Loewenberg
Pritchard Seeks Anti Smith Vote in North Carolina
George M. Pritchard the Republican nominee for United States senator told Bryson City voters that Democratic leaders including Josiah Bailey and Cameron Morrison had taken control in 1928. He linked the Simmons nomination defeat to Tammany influence and claimed Bailey urged anti Smith factions to switch sides as mourners in sackcloth.
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Bryson City
N. C
George M. Pritchard
United States
North Carolina
Josiah W. Bailey
Cameron Morrison
Charlotte
F. M. Simmons
Pritchard
Bailey
Raleigh
Smith
Royal Honeymooners Reach Corinth Canal Entrance
King Boris of Bulgaria and Queen Giovanna arrived by yacht Czar Ferdinand at the mouth of the Corinth canal after storms in the Adriatic and Ionian seas. Bulgarian minister in Greece boarded to present a bouquet before the voyage continued toward Bulgaria.
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Corinth
Greece
Boris
Bulgaria
Giovanna
Czar Ferdinand
Adriatic
Ionian
Corinth Ship Canal
Missing Banker Earl Yocum Family Agrees To Pay Ransom
A Chicago Tribune dispatch from Galva reports the family of missing banker Earl N. Yocum has agreed to pay a ransom of fifty thousand dollars to an abductors gang. The payment is intended to secure his release.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Galva Today
Earl N. Yocum
Postal Service to Hire Over 250000 for Christmas Relief
The Post Office plans to employ nearly a quarter of a million people during the Christmas holidays to ease unemployment strain. Total cost estimated at 6.72 million dollars. 224000 temporary clerks carriers and laborers. 320 extra railway mail clerks. 1090 motor vehicle helpers. 250 auxiliary rural carriers.
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Washington
Brown
Jewel Theft Staged At Times Square Store
In Manhattan near Times Square two robbers stole jewels valued at 200000 from M. Rosenthal and Sons at 1637 Broadway. They compelled a night watchman to obtain the safe combination by telephone from his employer Rosenthal. The robbers opened the safe and fled after placing gem trays in an automobile.
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New York
Times Square
Manhattan
M. Rosenthal and Sons
Broadway
Charles Lewis
Lewis
Rosenthal
Gangster Joe Hamley Found Dead After New York Shooting
Joe Hamley, linked to the Dia mond slaying in New York three weeks earlier, was found dead in a ditch on South Orange Avenue with a bullet in his head in Millburn New Jersey. Police say Hamley had talked too much about the Dia mond case.
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Millburn
WN. J
Joe Hamley
Jack
Legs) Diamond
New York
South Orange Avenue
Supreme Court Puts Off High Point Election Appeal
The North Carolina Supreme Court in Raleigh did not hear the appeal in the D L Bouldin versus W A Davis case seeking to unseat Davis in favor of T C Johnson as Second Ward city council representative. Court adjourned with the Davis appeal postponed and likely to be heard tomorrow due to crowded docket.
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D. L. Bouldin
W. A. Davis
Bouldin
Davis
T. C. Johnson
Second Ward
State Supreme Court
Raleigh
New York Grand Opera Boxoffice Boosts Broadway Spirit
New York Grand Opera opened at the Metropolitan with a strong box office showing. The treasurer reported a twenty thousand dollar house and high prices marked by Gatti Casazza’s twenty third year as general manager signaling optimism for Broadway theaters.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Gatti-Casazza
Broadway
Metropolitan
Reds seize city as 100 killed in Hunan clash
Reported capture of Nanchowting in northern Hunan by Communists leaves 100 Chinese dead and two American missionaries unaccounted for. The city’s 250000 population is weakly defended with about 1000 troops, and contact with the Kan chow station has been lost. Foreign missionaries remain in flux amid hostilities.
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Nanchowting
Hunan
Nanchow
Kanchow
Kian
Magnani
de Jensis
Kiangsi
O'Shea
Germantown
Shinchew
Kwangtung Province
John McLaughlin
Brooklyn
Edward Young
Jamestown
N. Y
Nanasta
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