76 Miners Die In Ohio Coal Mine Explosion
In Millfield Ohio the Sunday Creek Coal mine at Millfield reported the loss of 76 miners with 18 others critically injured. An improvised morgue was set up near the shaft as relatives identified bodies. Officials said the cause was unknown though gas exposure is suspected and rescue crews worked to recover more victims.
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Ohio
Millfield
Sunday Creek Company
Athens
Wade Christy
Canper
Maurer
Life Sentence For Confessed Slayer
Hayes Crown, Snow Hui farmer, pleaded guilty to two first degree murder charges and was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge L. S. Britt in Camden. He killed Cecil Dade, a neighbor, last May 20 after a jury was seated. defense lawyers then changed to a guilty plea. Local physicians previously adjudged Brown Sam and Gordon, charged with arson, acquitted.
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Camden
Hayes Crown
Snow Hui Farmer
Chaige
L. S. Britt
Cecil Dade
Brown Sam
C. & Gordon
Scouts to Entertain Camp Fire Girls With Picnic
An invitation extends to the Camp Fire Girls to accompany the Hope Troop of Buy Scoit for a weiner feast Friday night at Dyke's springs. The two organizations meet at the Methealic church at all pen and travel to Dyke's springs in cars. Each member looks forward to a large time.
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Hope
Buy Scoit
Dyke's Springs
All Pen
Ears
Bow Wrganizations
Pro wrestler refuses cash in ring challenge at Kinston
In Kinston North Carolina a 1 year old boy proved the waterloo of a light heavyweight circus wrestler who offered to pay ten dollars to anyone able to stay in the ring with him for one minute. The incident drew attention as the wrestler taunted spectators and the boy outlasted the challenge, leaving the crowd astonished by the endurance displayed in a chaotic scene. Local authorities noted no injuries and the event was treated as a publicity stunt rather than a formal match.
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Kinston
N. C
Allais Bonner
Kinston Yotth
Blur
Armistice observance and lodge meeting at city hall
Legionnaires hold a regular meeting at the city hall at eight to plan Armistice day observances and kick off the annual drive for new memberships. The event is also the former service men’s organization meeting in Chicago Wisconsin.
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Legionnaires
Camp Mets
Heflin Defeated in Alabama Democratic Primary
In Montgomery Alabama on election day Senator J Thomas Heflin suffered his first defeat for elective office as John H Bankhead won the Senate seat. The Alabama Democratic Party defeated the Jeffersonian move in statewide races and many districts while Bankhead and other Democratic nominees secured decisive majorities.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. Thomas Heflin
Democratic Party of
Alabama
John H. Bankhead
Jasper
Hoflin
Jonesboro Roller Mill Blaze Destroys Main Building
A fire in Jonesboro destroyed the main building of the Jonesboro Roller Mill company early today. Estimated loss is 150000 dollars, fully insured, with origin undetermined. Night watchman Otto Lagore reported near the starting point minutes before discovery as a grocery firm nearby caught fire from embers but was quickly tamed. Three grain elevators sustained only slight damage.
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Jonesboro
Jonesboro Baller Mill Company
Otto Lagore
Grocery Company
Roller Mill
Juror Faints During Batesville Torture Trial Deliberations
Batesville reports that during the torture trial of L. F. Sturch and two alleged confederates, juror U. E. Creech fainted as deliberations began after Jin Swain testified about a supposed hoard of money. Swain described three men pinsing his flesh to learn hidden wealth. alibi evidence placed Sturch in Oklahoma on the day in question.
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Batesville
Jin Swaim
L. F. Sturch
U. E. Creech
Creech
Sturch
Oklahoma
L. M. Carter
W. F. Linyd
Cuvier
Ligud
Swain
Here
Erupting Garelot Island Drives Hunters Off Aleutian Isle
UNALASKA Alaska Nov 3 Hunters and trappers have fled Garelot Island as eruptions escalate. The island, a volcanic cone rising from a submerged mountain, shows boiling activity and a top reach above the sea, with shocks felt on nearby islands and increased unrest in the Aleutians.
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Unalaska
Alaska
Garelot Island
Garelot
Gurelai
Theft of Envelopes Leads to Acquittal in Penitentiary Request
In Jacksonville Florida a man named J R Allen admitted stealing envelopes to regain his old job. Postal inspectors sought his transfer to Atlanta Penitentiary but U S Commissioner Carl Noble ruled the offense not serious enough and he was acquitted. A Masonic notice follows about a Master Mason Degree Friday night by Harry W Shiver and others.
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Jacksonville
Flu
UFI
J. R. Allen
M. BR. Margo
Atlanta
Atlanta Penitentiary
U. S
Carl Noble
Allen
Governors by the Associated Press elected in multiple states
The report lists elected governors across states including Alabama Miller Democrat Arizona Hunt Democrat Arkansas Purnell Democrat California Rolph Republican Colorado Adams Democrat Connecticut Cross Democrat Georgia Russell Democrat Idaho Ross Democrat Iowa Turner Republican Maine Gardner Republican Maryland Ritchie Democrat Massachusetts Ely Democrat Minnesota Olson Farmer Labor New Hampshire Winant Republican New Mexico Seligman Democrat New York Roosevelt Democrat North Dakota Shafer Republican Ohio White Democrat Oklahoma Murray Democrat Oregon Meier Independent Pennsylvania Pinchot Republican Rhode Island Case Republican South Carolina Blackwood South Dakota Green Republican Tennessee Horton Democrat Texas Sterling Democrat Vermont Wilson Republican Wisconsin La Follette Republican Leading states Kansas Haughn Republican Nebraska Bryan Democrat Nevada Balzer Republican Wyoming Emerson Republican
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Associated Press
Alabama
Miller
Arizona
George W. P. Hunt
Arkansas
Harvey Purnell
California
James Rolph
Colorado
William H. Adams
Connecticut
Wilbur L. Cross
Georgia
Richard 8. Russell
Idaho
C. Ben Ross
Towa
Dan W. Turner
Maine
William T. Gardner
Maryland
Albert C. Ritchie
Massachusetts
Joseph B. Ely
Democra
Signs
Wilbur M. Brucker
Minnesote
Floyd
Olson
Farmer Labor
New Hampshire
John G. Winant
New Mexico
Arthur Seligman
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Worth Dakota
George F. Shafer
Ohio
George White
Qldshema
Willon H. Murray
Bompacrat
Oregon
Julius L. Meier
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
Norman
Case
South Carolina
Ihea C. Blackwood
South Dakota
Warren £. Green
Tennessee
Henry H. Horton
Ross D. Sterling
Vermont
Stanley C. Wilson
Wiseonsio
Philip FP
Lafallette
Mother of 7 Killed When Train Hits Buggy
In Opelousas Louisiana a mother of seven, Mrs Hens Pitre, 36, of Prairie Ronde, was killed late Wednesday when a Missouri Pacific train struck a buggy she rode in. Her sisters Lillian and Artille Deville escaped unharmed. The woman had been shopping with relatives when the collision occurred, and her body was moved about 60 feet by the crash.
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Opelousas. Lu
Hens Pitre
Prairie Rundesvelien
Missouri Pacific
Lillian
Artille Deville
Cargile to Speak at Hope Chamber Banquet Thursday
L Claire Cargile will address the Hope Chamber of Commerce annual banquet and membership meeting at Hotel Barlow on Thursday at 7 30 pm. He is noted for community development work and previously spoke at the Hope Retail Merchants association meeting in January. Plans for an outstanding program and an upcoming renewal drive are announced as the chamber braces for a busy 1931 with ballots mailed for seventeen director seats.
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Hope Chamber of Commerce
Barlow
Cargile
Hope Retail Merchants Association
Shiver Brothers
Hope
Chamber of Commerce
His Family Hungry Is Plea of Burglar
In Little Rock a 20 year old man, Manning, jailed after breaking into a store to feed his starving wife and child. Police pursued him from a rear door, after shots fired by officers. a brace and bit were found at the scene and Manning pleaded guilty before Judge Phil McNemer noting Social Welfare aid was insufficient.
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Little Rock
Manning
Wolfe Street
Long
L. W. Biggs
So Alley
West Tenth
Biggs
Maning
Phil McNemer Manning
Social Welfare Bureau
McNemer
Local Youth Injured in Street Collision
A 13 year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Phillips of 1007 West Fourth Street, was struck by a yard cart driven by Cecil Houston at the Washington and Fourth streets corner. He was injured about the chest and head but the injury was not considered serious, believed unavoidable.
Boy Is Injured in Fall From Merry Go Round
PINE BLUFF November 6 Ralph Huie son of Mr and Mrs L C Huie of Harmony section was brought to a hospital yesterday unconscious after a fall from a merry go round at Harmony school during noon hay. The child sustained a severe blow to the head and an X ray was taken to check for skull fracture.
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Pine Bluff
Ralph Huie
Myre
L. C. Huie
Harmony Section
Harmony School
Hawks Attempt Long Distance Hop From Valley Stream
Captain Frank M Hawks resumes a 1600 mile flight to Cuba after motor adjustments. He plans two fuel stops at Columbia South Carolina and Miami Florida and expects about seven hours in the air. The earlier record was 14 hours by Wilmer Stultz in the Columbia.
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Wilmer Stultz
Columbia
Confessions Clear Los Angeles Crime
In Los Angeles two confessions emerged in the shotgun murder of 22 year old Merle Ells. One confession ties Emory Ells to hiring Benjamin Franklin Brown to kill his ex wife. A coroner jury found Ells killed his former wife with Brown acting for hire. Both suspects were jailed without bail after the verdict.
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Los Angeles
Merle Ells
Emory Elis
Benjamin Franklin Brown
Brown
Ells
Lonoke County Boy Dies From Diphtheria At Six
Lonoke Nov 6 Following the death of Joe Brown six at Watten saw about 16 miles east of here yesterday from diphtheria five persons were exposed County health nurse and doctors today administered its-toxin to all residents nearby Several smallpox cases were reported at Walters Chapel and precautionary measures were taken Joe Brown survived by his stepfather a brother and a sister.
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Lonoke
Joe Brown
Wattensaw
Walter's Chapel
Here
Arkarisan Is Shot in Election Fight
POPULAR BLUFF Mo November 6 Will Smith of near Paragould Ark was shot and wounded seriously Tuesday when he resisted arrest and exchanged pistol shots with deputy sheriff at Neelyville in the only out. Brooke of an otherwise quiet election day Smith with two other men visited Neelyville and tried to vote. He was denied the privilege because he was a resident of Arkansas. Threats were made to officers and when Smith started to leave town in a truck it is alleged that he fired at deputies who pursued him. The race led for about a mile before two deputies jumped from an automobile onto Smiths truck. About 20 shots were fired only one bullet taking effect. It lodged in Smiths back. Smith was brought to a popular Bluff hospital where he underwent an operation. One of his companions was jailed Logan Murray and Dallas Henderson deputy sheriffs suffered injuries when they were caught between the officers car and the truck.
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Popular Bluff
Will Smith
Paragould
Ark
Neelyville
Brooke
Smith
Arkansas
Bluff
Logan Murray
Dallas Henderson
Executive Seized In 200000 Theft Case
George W. Griffin treasurer of Ed Smith and Corona Typewriters is arrested on mail fraud charges alleging falsified books hid a theft between 200000 and 250000 over two years. Griffin's wife, Bessie Griffin of Syracuse, faces felonious assault and Sullivan anti firearms charges after she reportedly tried to shoot three detectives.
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New York
George W. Griffin
Ed. Smith and Corona Typewriters, Inc
West 30Th Street
Griffin
Bessie Griffin
Syracuse
Cot State Returns and Election Noise From Early Counts
Fragmented OCR reveals early returns from multiple states with mixed results. Reports show Republican leads in Muncie Indiana and Minnesota races, while Democrats lag in some districts. Strongholds and precinct tallies hint at party dynamics but details are unclear in the garbled text.
Kiwanis Program Highlights State Undertakers Meet
Members of the Kiwanis club met at Hotel Barlow Thursday noon. Rufus Herndon spoke about his trip to the National Association of Undertakers convention in Atlanta where he found former Hope citizens Will Hammond and Rev. Stuart Oglesby among Atlanta members. Rev. Oglesby now pastors a leading Atlanta church and Hammond co owns a school book firm there. Rev. George Stragsners stressed the value of civic club membership. The board of directors meeting was postponed to next Thursday. Mrs. Kate Scott Holland provided music for the ladies’ meeting.
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Kiwanis
Hotel Barlow
Rufus Herndon
National Association of Undertakers
Atlanta
Hope
Will J. Hammond
Stuart Oglesby
Atlanta Club
Oglesby
Joces Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian
W. J. Hammond i
George F. X. Stragsners
Civic Club
Kawanian
Kate Scott Holland
Laday
Hunt Re elected to Seventh Term in Arizona Governorship
Election returns from 456 precincts showGeorge W P Hunt Democrat governor of Arizona won a seventh term over incumbent John C Phillips Republican Hunt carried 1879 votes to 113? for Phillips in the tabulation.
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Ohio
George White
Mariotta
Hunt
Arizona
Phoenix
Ari
George W. P. Hunt
Grey
John ¢. Phillips
Republicas
Phillips
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Hayes Brown
Bulletins
Chicago
Rock Island
Marmaduke
Albert Abbey
Sinclair Oil Company
Seattle
Wast
Alaska Steamship Company
Spencer
Heflin
Hugh A. Locke
Birmingham
Dempsey M. Powell
Greenville
Neiest
Bankhead
B. M. Miller
Bemoueat
Locke
Hugh D. Merrill
Anniston
Powell
Hoover Rane
Benutoy Heflin
John J. Raskob
Chatroman
National Democratic Executive Committees
Swans
Pacific
Harry W
Shiver
Kansas
Frank Haughn
Republica
Nebraska
Charles W. Bryan
Nevada
Fred B. Balzer
Republican
Wyong
Frank C. Emerson
Re-publiesn
L. Claire Cargile
Boy
Mary Hurley
Patrick J. Hurley
Washington
Hawks
Havana
Cuba
Confessions Clear
Shawn Brown
Lonoke County
Broiler
Arkarisan
L. C. Smith Typewriter Co
W. J. Holloway
Tal
Muncie
Ind
Claude C. Ball
Albert Hy
Vestalé
St, Paul
Minn
Thomas D. Schall
Republic
Minnego
Herndon
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