Open letter opposes wheat ban in Kansas institutions
Minneapolis Nov 1. An open letter to Governor Landon published in Northwestern Miller criticizes cutting wheat from menus in Kansas state institutions. Signed by Benjamin Franklin’s attributed letter and C B Warkentin, it urges maximum wheat use to support farmers and oppose the national tax on wheat.
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Minneapolis
Kansas
Alfred M. Landon
New Northwestern Miller
Landon
Benjamin Franklin
C. B. Warkentin
Midland Flour Milling Co
Kansas Corporation
Warkentin
Franklin
Insull Receives Congratulations in Athens After Extradition Rejection
Samuel Insull, in Athens for a midday hotel reception, thanks friends as Greek court rejects extradition to the United States. Newspapers call the verdict a peak of justice and praise Greek independence from external pressure.
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Athens
Greece
Sanuel Insuli
Cewt
United States
Insull
Suit Seeks Nullification of Missouri Life Sale
B H Giles of Dallas files federal suit to declare void the sale of Missouri State Life Insurance to General American Life Insurance. He alleges an illegal scheme and asks for a receiver to liquidate Missouri Life assets. Sale approved Sept 7 by Circuit Judge Hamilton, with lien terms and policyholder interest details.
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ST. Loius
Missouri State Life Insurance Company
General American Life Insurance Company
B. H. Giles
Dallas
Texas
Giles
Missouri Life
H. A. Hamilton
Illinois Opposes Liquor Package Idea In State Debate
Illinois liquor commission backs sale by drinks over the Canadian package system as the state weighs control legislation if prohibition ends. The plan passed with no dissent. Ralph M. Shaw abstained with a present vote. Dewitt Billman warned a broad state liquor commission could be ruled unconstitutional.
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Springfield
Illinois Liquor Commission
Ralph M. Shaw
Chicago
Dewitt Billman
Legislative Reference Bureau
State Supreme Court
Holt
New York
Teacher in custody after Halloween shooting incident
W D Bracken science teacher at Lafayette High School is held at police headquarters in St Joseph Missouri over a Halloween shooting claim. He says pranksters angered him and his wife so he fired at the ground to frighten them. A bullet hit the pavement and struck a 13 year old girl Dorothy Garrett who will recover.
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ST. Joseph
W. D. Bracken
Lafayette High School
Dorothy Garrett
Bracken
Hallowe’en
Court denies annulment for husband over wife’s tuberculosis
White Plains New York November 1 AP A youth seeks an annulment arguing his wife hid she was dying of tuberculosis before their 1931 marriage. Supreme Court Justice Bleakley rules no active misrepresentation. wife Helen May Schickler 21 expresses willingness to free husband Fred Schickler. Schickler left wife about three months after their marriage when he learned of her illness.
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White Plains
Supreme Court
William F. Bleakley
Helen May Schickler
Fred Schickler
Schickler
Governor Murray Sets Plan to Repeal Prohibition in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City November 1 AP Governor William H Murray to day launched a plan under a last legislative law to submit the repeal question at the next statewide election. County conventions on November 15 will elect delegates to wet and dry district conventions November 29 to nominate five repealists and two anti repeal candidates for a state convention to decide Oklahoma's stance.
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Oklahoma City
Willian H. Murray
Qokishama
S & On Tepes
Murray
Tive Repealist
Oklahoma
Sooner Man Convicted of Manslaughter in Rural Stabbing
Robert Silversmith, 23, was found guilty of manslaughter for the fatal stabbing of Taulis Thompson, his brother in law, at a rural dance near Turkey Yard last April. The jury sentenced him to five years in prison after testimony showed a quarrel over Silversmith's estranged wife.
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MIAMT
Okla
Robert Silversmith
Taulis Thompson
Turkey Yard
Silversmith
Roosevelt Sees Progress In Recovery Program
President Roosevelt voiced confidence that the recovery program is yielding gains with rising employment and stronger buying power. Officials noted a slowing up of the upturn as winter approaches.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Three Young Robbers Hold Up Nebraska Bank
Three young robbers robbed the Home State Bank in Humboldt Nebraska taking about 1200 dollars in currency and forced two bank officials to accompany them a half mile from town before escaping.
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Nebraska
Humboldt, Neb
Kentucky jurist returned home after kidnapping ordeal
Willis Staton 55 of Pikeville independent candidate for circuit judge was missing Friday morning and later found on the Dixie Highway six miles south of London Kentucky He said masked men forced him to sign papers to withdraw from the race and quit union work He described being held in a cabin chained and later freed and walking to a road seeking Pikeville
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London
Willis Staton
Pikeville
Dixie Highway
Here
Staton
Joe Staton
Pike County
Department of Justice
Pond Creek
Stafon
Corbin
Ickes allocates funds for Missouri works program
Public Works Administrator Ickes announced $4,179,283 in allotments to 48 non federal projects across 22 states. The packages cover water systems hospitals reservoirs sewers buildings power roads schools and streets and are expected to create 63 278 men months of employment. Among the items is Brentwood Missouri school district receiving a loan and grant of $60 700 for a two story grade school building.
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Washington
Ickes
Brentwood
St. Louis County
Roosevelt currency plan tied to banking reform
Professor Frederick Soddy of Oxford University argues in Oxford that Roosevelt’s currency control will fail without government control of banking. He says democracy must own money issuance and that money value cannot stay constant if issued and destroyed by private banks. He calls for ending shared bank credit to stabilize the system.
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Oxfort
England
Roosevelt
United States
Frederick Soddy
Oxford University
Soddy
Duke of Atholl Summoned for Lotteries Act Violation
London police court issued a summons against John George Stewart Murphy the Eighth Duke of Atholl for violation of the lotteries act. The case sparked a sensation in England. the duke had a noted military career including the Nile campaign and a distinguished service order.
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London
Bow Street
Duke of Atholl
England
John George Stewart -Murphy
Al Smith Sees NRA Workings as All Very Puzzling
Alfred E Smith editor of New Outlook calls NRA program workings puzzling in a November issue. He retells Francis Scott Key story and notes patriotic citizens seek light on prospects while questioning constitutional flag and court actions. He cites editorials urging Congress to create more Supreme Court judgments with sympathetic appointees.
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New York
NRA
Alfred E Smith
New Outlook
Francis Scott Key
Shill Nying
Smith
Observer
Congress
Boulder Dam refrigeration plant to include 150 miles of pipe
Reports state over 150 miles of iron pipe will be installed in the Boulder Dam refrigeration plant project. Troops under General Chiang Kai Shek were involved in combat in the Nancheng nanfeng Nichuen sector where several were killed.
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Chiang Kai- Shek
Nanchengnanfeng-Nichuen
Boulder Dam
Protests Over Removal of Blue Eagle Emblem
In Birmingham Alabama Sunshine Cleaners owner P Scharfenstein refused to surrender his blue eagle emblem to NRA authorities calling the order unjust and unfair. He claims local NRA board discriminated against his firm and cites affidavits from 102 employees denying any code violation.
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Birmingham
Ala
P.sharfenstein
Sunshine Cleaners
Johnson
NRA
Scharfenstein
Farm Strike Inactive Suspension In State
Milo Reno, head of the National Farmers Holiday Association, announced the farm strike is in an inactive suspension pending President Roosevelt's decision on recommendations drafted by Midwestern governors.
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Des Moines
Milo Reno
National Farmers Holiday Association
Roosevelt
Chinese Casualty Report Highlights 7000 Communist Soldiers
Kiukiang China November 1 An official communique released today states that 7000 Communist soldiers were killed in recent operations. The report emphasizes tactical gains and notes remaining forces are regrouping near major fronts.
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Kiukiang
China
API
Olson Flies to Capital to Demand Farm Aid
Gov. Floyd B. Olson left Minneapolis by private plane for Washington to urge President Roosevelt to aid farmers. He said he would press for relief now and warned the NRA could fail if farm conditions aren’t remedied promptly.
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Minneapolis
Floyd B. Olson
Washington
Roosevelt
Olson
NRA
Indictment of Two Striking Workers in St Louis
Two Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union members Edward Stewart and John Held were indicted by a grand jury for assault to do great bodily harm. They allegedly attacked Edwin Burge, a nonunion clothing cutter, fracturing a hand and leg.
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ST. Louis
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Edward Stewart
John Held
Edwin ,Burge
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