Jesse Livermore Vanishes Amid Kidnap Speculation
Wealthy market operator Jesse Livermore vanished in New York, with his wife Dorothea Livermore reporting fears of kidnapping. Police and federal agents joined New York authorities in the search, while Livermore had been seen in the financial district and was connected to prior high stakes trades and lawsuits.
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New York
Jesse Oh
Livermore
Wall Luwel
Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigation
New York Police
Tim
Naita Krassnevi
Ite
Pendsinks
Gold price holds steady as dollar strengthens in early trading
Washington dispatch reports government offers 34.06 per ounce for newly mined domestic gold, repeated after a White House conference. Sterling opens at 3.14 1/2 to the pound in London, with bar gold at 2.59 an ounce. also notes the death of Italian opera singer Gabbi at 75 in Rome.
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Washington
A. .White House
Library Morrenthau
George’ Warren
Cornell
Harle’ Talia
Usgal
Mowponthau
Lynch-Tennessee Lynching Probe Resumes at Grand Jury
A Maury County grand jury reconvened in Nashville to probe a lynching case. The 19 year old suspect Dee Cheek testified after being questioned about his presence near the home of a girl attacked nearby. Officials and relatives of the victim testified as the jury pursued new leads. Governor McAuliffe offered a $1000 reward and condemned lynching.
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Tenn
Dee
Mausy County
Cold Cheek
Davidson County
Nashville
Grand Jury
Chester K. Hart
Shere
Maury Ec Clinky
Maury County
Cheek
Vigvidsor County
Soen
Convict fugitive Shouse trapped by Indiana police
In Paris Illinois a dramatic bridge standoff ends with officer Teague killed and fugitive Shouse captured after a convoy of Indiana patrolmen and Edgar County deputies trap him outside the France hotel. Two women, Ruth Spencer and Frances Brehman, are identified and injured by flying glass as shots are exchanged.
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Paris
Indiana Highway Police
Shouse
Edgar County
France Hotel
Ruth Spencer
San’ Diego
Calif
Frances Brehman
Ft. Wyne
Ind
Recovery Picture Peaked As Relief Funds Reach Needy
The Associated Press notes varied recovery signals across the nation as government and private aid flows begin to ease joblessness. Pennsylvania advances a plan to employ 323,000, with 11,042 staff for a statewide social survey, while tool shortages hinder work in North Carolina and Pisgah National Forest. Massachusetts reports 81,000 jobs and $15,000,000 in federal spending. nationwide statistics remain incomplete due to rapid changes and partial reports, prompting 1,603 people to study employment trends.
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Urvey Pennsylvania
State Civil Works Administration
North Carolina
CWA
Conservation Corps
Pisgah National Forest
Tull
Jilted suitor shoots singer in jealous rage
Umberto Guisti, 37, confessed to killing Emilia Da Prato, 26, after a quarrel over her New York opera engagement. Guarded from angry relatives, he awaited arraignment in Redwood City jail while witnesses recalled a jealous pursuit and a plan to kill himself. Da Prato’s brother vowed he should hang for the crime.
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Umberto Guisti
Emilia da Prato
Redwood City
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Feeli
Miss da Prato
Guisti
Ito
M Iss da Prato
New York
Alesandro Amini
Percio, da Prato
Cuisti
da Prate
Weather synopsis for Tennessee and Virginia
Cloudy and cooler conditions stretch across Tennessee with partial cloud cover tonight and Thursday. In Virginia, expect cloudy skies and slightly colder air in the southeast, with rain earlier today. temperatures yesterday peaked at 38 with rainfall noted yesterday and again today at 7 PM.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Louisiana Voters Break From Long Face New Orleans Clash
In New Orleans on December 20 AP reports voters and a Fifth Congressional District mass meeting demand resignations from Huey P Long States Senator John H Overton and Governor O K Allen amid corruption charges. Senator Bucy P Ong aims a new political attack after an old regular caucus refused his district attorney pick.
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Regecular
Fifth Congressional
Bucy Pong
Monroe
Long Ami John H. Overton
O- K
Allen
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
John H. Overton
United States
O. K. Ailex
U S Plans Help For Purchasers
The government plans a billion dollar corporation to aid Tennessee Valley buyers of electrical devices. With $1,000,000 seed from a $3.3 billion public works fund, the Electric Home and Farm Authority will finance consumers, push lower power rates, and promote affordable appliances through research and education without hindering appliance dealers. If successful locally, plans would expand nationally with private capital support.
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Washington
Tennessee
Dei
David’ E
Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Vike Tapacity
White House
Tennessee Valley
Prices observed as two tobacco marts stay open
Dark tobacco averaged 10.71 a hundred pounds at Clarksville Tennessee and burley averaged 12.64 at Weston Missouri yesterday. Governors Laffoon and McAlister addressed growers about the federal crop reduction plan as markets halt at almost all tobacco auctions.
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Clarksville
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Weston
Laffoon
Kentucky
McAlister
Tennessee
Lexington
A. A
700 Convicts to Get Yule Pardons
The Associated Press reports governors plan holiday pardons and paroles for about 700 convicts this Christmas. Examples include Delbert Midkiff, given life in 1924, and 25 paroles in New York. Kansas Gov Alf M Landon granted 67 paroles, while Colorado has none.
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New York State
Clark
Delbert Midkiff
Kansas
Alf M.landon
Colorado
Blanket code to remain in effect across industries
Washington December twenty heads Roosevelt renews the blanket re employment code for four months after January 1. He notes the code now covers about seventy percent of workers and will bridge the gap until individual NRA codes are ready. He stresses no let down in the recovery effort as the extension aims to bring remaining thirty percent under codes.
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Washington
Roosevel
Nidats
Jirindie
Roosevelt
Chicago Saloons Fire Up Home Rule Fight
A tavern shooting in Chicago wounded Policeman Join Ahearn and Deputy Sheriff Frank Wright, fueling debate on liquor control and home rule. Alderman Bauler’s establishment faced license revocation as the incident sparked calls for state liquor control scrutiny and a Senate probe.
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Jeapacdy
Ahearn
Demity
Frank Wright
Mathias
Paddy) Bauler
Bayler
Springfield
State Senate
Senate
Karl B. Searcy
Prohibition
James P. Allman
Batiler
Edward Dan Kelly
Aldperan
Wright
Police Say Americar and Other Escaped Were Chiefs of Organization
Police report identifies Americar and two companions as leaders of the organization linked to the escape. Investigators state the trio coordinated the breakout, leveraging inside information and planned timing to flee before dawn. Authorities urge any sightings and remind the public of travel advisories affecting the region.
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Americar
American salesmen amid espionage sweep in Paris
Paris police jailed an American salesman Robert Switz and nine others including his wife and four Canadians over alleged espionage reaching the French ministry of war. Switz, born Oct. 26, 1904, was accused of heading a ten‑person cell. authorities found 9,000 francs and military documents in his room. Nine others named include a Polish couple, a Russian teacher, a French teacher, a South African journalist, and a translator in the navy ministry. The case follows a two‑year spy search amid expanded border fortifications and a planned “iron ring” defense to the sea.
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Made
Fendar
Robert Switz
East Orange
N. J
Switz
Forerly Marjorie Tilley
New York
Benjamin Bercowits
Erehant
Dlassy
Jte Marie
Clara Bercowit
Mania
Moise Salmon
Chana
Madame Lidia Tehekuloff Stahl
Madeleine Mermet
Louis Martin
Doneham Narandisch
Martin
Ales
Ministry of the Navy
France
Edoard DeLadier
Metz
Lauter
Thionville
Clement Truss
Joseph Schohn
Schohn
Louis Doll
Aix
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