Davis Not To Take Stand In Lottery Trial
Federal court in New York resumes the James F. Davis trial on federal lottery law violations. The defense hinted he would not testify as jurors debated adjourning for the Jewish new year. Witness Joseph A. Jenkins described Moose lodge charity balls and a silver Jubilee campaign that rewarded old members with gold watches for recruiting new members. He testified funds moved between Moose departments with $40,000 flowing from the propagation department to the organization department.
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New York
N. Y
James F. Davis
Frank J. Coleman
Joseph A. Jenkins
Jenkins
Fred W. Jones
Davis
Loyal Order of Moose
At Today
Moose Propagation Department
Propagation Department
Organization Department
Charles J. Margiotti
Defense Counsel
Theodore G. Miller
The
Sloss Sheffield to Recall 500 Workers Tuesday
Birmingham officials announced 500 workers will be recalled with the resumption of operations at Sloss Sheffield steel and iron company. The move aims to raise pig iron production in the Birmingham district by 350 to 400 tons per day.
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Birmingham
Ala
Sloss Shefeld Steel and Iron Company
Strife in Cuba as police clash with students
Havana reports gun battle in front of a Cuban senator's residence after four political leaders were killed by gunmen. Two women bystanders fainted. rumors of school bombings kept children home. It recalls Rafael Trejo's death and earlier bombings. Officials denied the senate president was captured. Four unnamed men detained in the slaying probe.
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Havana
Rafael Trejo
Clemente Vasquez Hello
Senate
Insull Railroad Placed in Receivership in Chicago
The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad, an Insull company, was placed in receivership by Judge James A. Wilkerson. The petition said the line borrowed 1.15 million from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, owes 175 thousand in taxes, and cannot meet current obligations. Col. A. A. Sprague and Britton J. Budd were named receivers.
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Chicago
Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
James A. Wilkerson
Reeconstruction Finance Corporation
American Brake Shoe and Foundry Company
Wilkerson
Col. A. A. Sprague
Britton J. Budd
Thoughtless Man Refuses To Die Even For His Own Funeral
New York September report details Daniel Sullivan who faked death to avoid burial. His wife Madeleine prepared divorce plans after confirming a drowned body, only to confront the living man alive at a city intersection. No funeral took place and the matter remained unresolved.
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New York
Daniel Sullivan
Daniel
Madeleine
Mrs. Sullivan
Babe
West Broadway
Chamber Street
Hurley Claims Democrats Planted Pigeons at GOP Meetings
Secretary of War Hurley said Democrats paid hecklers at a Johnson City rally to disrupt a Republican speaker. He noted a man named Wuthering admitted paying for questions and claimed the crowd favored him. Hurley spoke at a Thirtieth Division reunion in Knoville and planned to return to Washington.
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Knoville
Tenn
Hurley
Johnson City
Wuthering
Buddy
The
Republic
Washington
Japan Errors Chinese Boycott Tactics In Lytton Report Debates
Tokyo releases white book arguing Chinese boycotts are not mere buyers strikes but a coordinated effort to sever economic ties violating trade treaties. It links intensified anti foreign action since 1927 to Kuomintang direction, as League of Nations prepares Lytton findings on Manchuria.
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Washington
Geneva
Lytton
Nanking
Kuomintang
Publicity Delayed on August R F C Loans Report
Washington Sept 30 South Trimble, clerk of the house, postponed a decision on making public the Reconstruction Finance Corporation's August loan report. Chairman Atlee Pomerene opposed publication, citing embarrassment to borrowers and withdrawals from banks. Trimble will decide after reviewing Pomerene's letter with the corporation's consent to publish.
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Washington
South Trimble
House of Representatives
E Reconstruction Corporation
Atlee Pomerene
Corporation Board
Trimble
Pomerene
Senate
House
Floods in Northern Mexico Leave At Least Seven Dead
Reports from Tampico Monterrey and Chihuahua confirm severe floods across northern Mexico. Heavy rain halted rail traffic and caused loss of life including six in Hidalgo and one in Monterey with cattle and other livestock perish. Congress approved 80000 pesos for relief and more funds are expected. The flood devastated Temen Heujutia and part of Chihuahua's main business district.
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Mexico City
Tampico
Monterey
Chihuahua
Heujutla
Hidalgo
Federal Congress
Temen
Heujutia
Germany demands arms equality before disarmament talks
Berlin reports Foreign Minister Von Neurath returns from Geneva insisting Germany will not join the disarmament conference until armament parity is settled beyond dispute. He cites Italian understanding and accuses France of evading proposals while others speak of German blackening in America.
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Berlin
von Neurath
Geneva
Germany
Rome
Henderson
M. Herriot
France
America
Newberry Cotton Mills Increase Employee Salaries
Salaries of employees at the Newberry cotton mills have been increased 10 percent. The mills, which employ several hundred workers, operate five days a week.
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Newberry
8. C
Newberry Cotton Mills
Alleged Rapist Is Acquitted By Jury
Wade J. Lawrence a Wake county man charged with a criminal attack on Miss Lynda Morgan of Cary was acquitted by a Wake county superior court jury this afternoon. The verdict followed two hours and twenty minutes of deliberation.
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Raleigh
Wade J. Lawrence
Wake County
Lynda Morgan
Cary
Alabama Rural Schools Close Leaving 14000 Out
Fourteen thousand children in Cullman county Alabama are on an unexpected vacation as rural schools shut down for lack of funds. Three hundred teachers were laid off after working eleven months without pay. City schools stay open and officials hope to continue through the first semester.
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Montgomery
Ala
Cullman County
Alabama
Frank Grove
Alabama Education Association
William and Mary Plea for Kind Treatment at Annapolis
A Naval Academy football schedule visit prompt asks teams how to make their trip pleasant. William and Mary, this week’s opponent, replies with a simple plea: Dont beat us too badly.
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Annapolis
United States Naval Academy
William and Mary
Kidnap Lindbergh Phrase Leads to Arrest in Waltham
John D. Grainger, 25, held on two charges after a code note bearing the phrase kidnap lindbergh and the sheriff’s name was found. He was arrested in Weston with a pistol and narcotic and ordered held on $15,000 bond as police investigate his activities and fingerprints were taken in Boston.
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Waltham
Mass
Lindbergh
North Carolina
John D. Grainger
Grainger
Laconia
N. M
Weston
Mr. Smith
Old Brown Marsh
Clarkton
N. C
Prin
Milligan BR. Pope
Thompson
D. Floyd
Trees Corp Rees Segars
Whiteville
Walker Seen as Possible Mayoral Candidate by Tammany
Former Mayor James J. Walker, abroad for now, may run again under Tammany Hall after a court decision spurred plans for a November mayoral race. The Herald Tribune says Tammany revived its support as Walker returns from overseas and races to be in New York before the October 8 convention. An appeal by Mayor McKee was planned to the Court of Appeals.
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New York
James J. Walker
The
Herald Tribune
Tammany Hall
Walker
Gibraltar
Supreme Court
John E. McGeehan
Tammany
McKee
Court of Appeals
Mistrial Ordered in Marshall Case
Judge Marvin M. Mann ordered a mistrial in the Alfred M. Marshall case after the jury failed to reach a verdict. Merrill, a 28 year old Asheville foreman, was shot May 12 near Estill after an incident over a highway construction crossing. Marshall, freed on bond, may be retried at the February term.
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General Sessions Court
Marshall
Merrill
Estill
Here
Carolina Road Surfacing Company
Greenville
Barber Receives Six Years For Mary Hammond Death
Greensboro court sentences Jay Barber colored to six years for the murder of Mary Hammond, dated October 4, 1929. Barber, who fled from High Point after the shooting, was captured about a month ago and returned for trial.
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Jay Barber
Mary Hammond
Greensboro
Superior Court
Barber
High Point
Coast Guard Captures Madam X In Seizure Off Woods Hole
A 65 foot speed boat named Madam X was captured by a coast guard picket boat from base 18 during the early hours. The crew was arrested five men and the liquor cargo, valued at $50,000, was seized. Several shots were fired. no injuries reported.
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Woods Hole
Mass
Coast Guard
Bandits Escape With 5800 Dollar Bank Raid
Four bandits robbed Citizens National Bank of 5800 dollars in Wahpeton North Dakota. They slugged the cashier and abducted two women, Miss Ruth Whipps and Miss Doris Stack, taking them 25 miles to a farm where the women were wounded. The raiders, armed with sub machine guns, fled near Breckenridge Minnesota after exchanging fire with pursuers. The sheriff denied barricading in any farm building. The women were used as shields to deter gunfire.
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North Dakota
Wahpeton
N. D
Citizens National Bank
Ruth Whipps Bookkeeper
Doris Stack
Breckenridge
Minn
Red River
Sheriff's Office
Roosevelt Hits Hoover Administration Over Spending
Governor Roosevelt criticizes the Hoover era as the greatest spending administration in peace. He campaigns across Iowa and Wisconsin, trains for Milwaukee stop, and speaks on taxes tariffs and farm mortgages during a long 8,900 mile tour. He argues Washington promises fall short of value in national spending.
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Milwacker
Wis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Eagles Club
Milwaukee
Roosevelt
Iowa
Hoover
Bronx
Chicago
New York State
Stockyards
Sioux City
Ruth and Gehrig chase candidates from pages again
Beverly Hills Calif Sept 20 Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig mocked the campaign press by chasing candidates and their aides from print. The writer mocks post office costs and argues for free or paid mail changes, deeming much mail unnecessary and letters a mania not a need.
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Beverly Hilla
Calif
Babe Ruth
Jou Gehrig
Drownings On Stranded Freighter Nevada Near Aleutians
In the Aleutians 34 crew members die as the freighter Nevada wrecks on rocks. Three survivors James Thorsen Fritz Dewall and Lucena N Boers are rescued by life boat crews from two ships and taken to Amtgnak Island aboard the President Madison in serious condition.
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Nevada
Aleutian
Amtgnak Island
Madison
James Thorsen
Portland
Ore
Fritz Dewall
Lucena N. Boers
President Madison
Maidson
Victoria
B. C
Raanesday
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