British flyer Mrs Keith Miller breaks cross continental records
A smiling British aviatrix Mrs Keith Miller lands at Curtiss field L. I. after a two way flight across the continent. She carried a Los Angeles to New York record in 21 hours 47 minutes and the reverse leg in 25 hours 44 minutes, overtaking Laura Ingalss records. She previously set the west to east leg record.
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Keith Miller
Curtiss Field
L. 1
Los Angeles
New York
Laura Ingalis
Crime sweeps Europe in grip of hard times
British police report a sharp rise in violent crime as unemployment, bankruptcy, and bank collapses strain order across England and the continent. Twelve unsolved murders haunt Scotland Yard, while a bombing at London’s central post office signals rising danger during economic distress.
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Buckingham Palace
Whitehall
Europe
Spain
Barcelona
Paying Sewers Contracts Let
Board of works this week let contracts for sewer improvement work costing about $6,400. Two projects finish in sixty days and the third is to be started and finished under the direction of city engineer A. H. Moore. It covers St. Paul street sewer work.
Pangalos Arrested in Greek Revolt Bid
General Theodorus Pangalos and thirty followers were arrested in Athens amid an alleged plot to overthrow the Greek government. Premier Venizelos was abroad signing Greece Turkey accord when the coup attempt was curbed. Pangalos, a former dictator, had dissolved the national assembly and promised elections before his overthrow in 1925.
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United Press
Athens
Theodorus Pangalos
Pangalos
Eleutherios Venizelos
Angola
Greece
Turkey
Venizelos
Gang Era Violence Echoes Through City Streets
The report describes a landscape similar to gang warfare with men put on the spot and taken for a ride while police are attacked in the streets, outlining a climate of fear and open conflict.
Man's Efforts Futile Against Hurricanes
Miami Florida October 3 Richard W Gray a government meteorologist commented on attempts to shoot hurricanes with explosives saying such efforts would have no effect. He noted that external forces drive storm formation and warned no weapon could stop a hurricane.
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Miami
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Richard W. Gray
City paving and sewer projects outlined in resolutions
Resolutions approve paving on Woodlawn avenue to Prospect street by Abel Brothers for 2878 dollars and by Moore School street from Thirty-eighth to a point thirty four feet north of Thirty sixth street for 2082 dollars. Columbia Construction Company to handle local sewer and boulevard from Thirty eighth to Thirty seventh streets for 1427 dollars. Also openings and improvements on Plymouth avenue Baltimore avenue and alleys west of Arsenal avenue and East street to Le Grande avenue as listed.
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Prospect Street
Abel Brothers
Moore School Street
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Thirty Sixth Street
Columbia Construction Company
Thirty Eighth
Thirty-seventh
Plymouth Avenue
Belle Vieur
Belle Vieu
Baltimore Avenue
Arsenal Avenue
East Street
Raymond Street
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Indiana Central college Halloween party at New Hall
An all school Halloween party will be given by Christian Associations of Indiana Central college in New Hall tonight. Committees in charge of the affair include Delmer Huppert Y M C A president and Miss Beatrice Young Y W C A president. Miss Lillian Decker Newcastle a senior at Indiana university authored the winning manuscript for the 1931 Jordan River Revue and will receive 50 dollars.
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Indiana Central College
New Hall
Delmer Huppert
Beatrice Young
United Press
Bloomington
Ind
Lillian Decker
Newcastle
Indiana University
Quake Toll in Adriatic Coast Region Rises
Thirteen people were killed in the northern Adriatic quake with several hundred injured suspected. Senigallia suffered ten fatalities, Ancona three, and widespread property damage reported as buildings collapsed across the area. In Bloomington, Indiana, Sigma Nu members were driven from their chapter house by a fire causing about $2,000 in damage.
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Adriatic
Senigallia
Ancona
United Press Bloomington
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Sigma Nu
Indiana University
Alfred E. Smith to Receive NUI Doctor of Law Degree
Dublin reports former Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Law by the National University of Ireland. The presentation marks a recognition of his public service.
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Alfred E. Smith
New York
National University of Ireland
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