Broun's Drive for Congress Stirs Gotham
NEA Service writer Gilbert Swan reports on Heywood Broun's high profile NYC campaign for Congress. A star-studded support network includes Eva Le Gallienne Georgie Jessel Irving Berlin and Alexander Woollcott with many stage writers behind Broun. The unemployment issue from last winter will feature in the bid as political theater blends with serious campaigning.
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Gilbert Swan
NEA
New York
Mons. Heywood 3
Congress
Manhattan
Braun
Eva le Galliene
Georgie Jessel
Irving Berlin
Ong
Broun
Telegram
Scripps-Howard Forces
Karolyi Urges France to Return Colonies for Peace
Count Michael Karolyi, former Hungarian president and exile, argues France should yield a few colonies gained under the Versaill es treaty to ease European tensions. He says a Franco German alliance could stabilize Europe if France concedes, noting French colonies are undeveloped and rarely manned. An unrelated line about electric lamp tests follows.
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Paris
France
Germany
Count Michael Karolyi
Hungary
Europe
Count Karolyi
Karolyi
Fielding Flier Fined For Interfering With Louisville Team
Hugh O'Daniel 25 was fined 50 dollars in county court after swooping over the Louisville field to catch fly balls from a plane near the cockpit. Judge Reuben Ruthenburg warned of a larger fine for a repeat offense. In Denver a six hour workday plan to cut unemployment outlined for the International Association of General Chairmen convention.
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United Press
Louisville
Hugh O'Daniel
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O'Daniel
Reuben R. Ruthenburg
Denver
Colo
International Association of General Chairmen
Brotherhood of Railroadd
A. F. Whitney
Cleveland
Eighth Ward Republicans to Meet at Mrs Early Home
Precinct committeemen and women in the Eighth Ward gather Friday night at 1223 Central avenue Mrs G W Early residence for a principal address by clerk candidate Jesse P Mcclure.
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Eighth Ward
G. W. Early
Central Avenue
Jesse P. Mcclure
Office staff changes at Indianapolis Real Estate Board
The Indianapolis Real Estate Board announces personnel changes. Bookkeeper Miss Blanche Fenton is succeeded by Miss Myrtle Campbell. Assistant secretary Miss Myrtle Campbell and Robert I. Boyer resign from their posts.
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Indianapolis Real Estate Board
Blanche Fenton
Myrtle Campbell
Robert I. Boyer
Financier Frank O. Wean Dies at 63 in Chicago
Frank O. Wean, 63, Chicago financier of international prominence, rose from errand boy to president and co-chairman of the board of the $6,000,000 First National Bank, dying late Tuesday of heart disease.
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U del Press
Frank O. Wean
Chicago
Errand Boy
First National Bank
Peru's ousted dictator once before driven out
The Aug 27 1931 report recalls Augusto B Leguia as he fell from power again after ruling Peru since 1919. It notes his 1913 coup removal, 1919 return, and 1919 1931 programs expanding education irrigation sanitation aviation and highways, with expenses outrunning revenues amid the Depression.
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New York
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Long Memory Brings Arrest in Fraud Case
Edward Johnson aged 62 of Kokomo was arrested after a Franklin ride to confront a six year old bad check at Wilson Jewelry Company. Johnson allegedly admitted the pass and claimed he would honor it if driven to Franklin. He confessed to the fraud and to an escape from a Little Rock prison.
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Wilson Jewelry Company
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Marker
Little Rock
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Joshua Barney Navy Commander and Snail Pace Study
The Times summarizes Commodore Joshua Barney as a prodigy who commanded a ship at 15 and, after the Revolutionary War, led the fledgling navy with no superior officer. It also notes Deshayes's experiment proving a snail’s pace equaling one mile in fourteen days, highlighting two separate historical curiosities.
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United States Navy
United States
Commodore Joshua Barney
Mary Barney
Gray & Bowen
Boston
Deshayes
SORORITY GIRL AND BUSINESS MAN ARE SLAIN IN ENSENADA
Francis Conlon and Lois Marion Kentle were found stabbed on a Ensenada beach while walking and were identified by papers and a book titled The End of the Honeymoon. Mexican and American authorities sought a motive and questioned relatives as San Diego police traced the couple.
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Ensenada
Cal
Mexico
Francis Conlon
Monrovia
Lois’ Marion Kentle
Los Angeles
John de Wild
Vista
San Diego
Tia Juana
Conlon
William Kentle
Mary Moran
Thomas Conlon
Worcester
Mass
Scots Like Chicago Find Value in Shared Taxi Costs
A delegation of 36 Aberdeenshire Scots visiting Chicago discovered six people can ride in one taxicab for the price of one. Peter H. Martin, spokesman for the party, notes they rarely use cabs at home due to extra passenger fees, but Chicago’s rates impressed them as economical.
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United Press
Chicago
Peter H. Martin
Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce
America
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