Boy’s Story of Crime Proved True Amid Ranch Tortures
A frightened Canadian youth named Clark and four young victims are tied to a murder farm near Silverside after two Northcott families fled toward Canada. Police seek Northcott and his mother across the Pacific coast while Cyrus Northcott, age 67, is held on suspicion of murder. Authorities say a hand and clothing were buried in quicklime on a chicken ranch while six youths were tortured and killed, with the elder Northcott implicated in the double murder.
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Silverside
Gale
Stewart Worth Vate
Sittims
Northcott
Paulsa
Northcatt
Pacific Coast
Cspieta
Cyrus
George Northcott
Fury
Canada
Los Angeles
Stewart Northcot
Sant Clark
Walter Collins
Louis Winslow
Nelaan
Pomona
Cal
Clark
Sac West
Winslow Boys
Weather Virginia and Tennessee forecast and readings
Partly cloudy in Virginia Sunday and Monday with little temperature change. Tennessee weather fair Sunday and Monday with little temperature change. Readings taken at 6 p.m. daily by U S weather station here. Yesterday’s high 88, average high 94, low 65, average low 64. Rainfall 0 for 24 hours ending 6 p.m. yesterday. Data compare with same date last year.
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Virginia
Tennessee
U. S
Hunn
Governor Smith Poses Clear Prohibition Stand in Dem Hand Book
New York briefing notes reveal Governor Smith’s anti saloon position as outlined in a Democratic national headquarters hand book for 1080. The pamphlet highlights three core pledges: strict enforcement of existing prohibition, opposition to repealing the ban, and a suggested new approach to curb liquor in the United States. It also notes a long chapter criticizing the Harding Coolidge administration for enforcement failures.
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New York
Cavernor Smth
Smith
Fie
Congress
United States
Harding-Coolidge
Rockford Tornado Death Toll Rises to Eight
A Rockford tornado wrecked the chair factory and nearby buildings killing eight, with six missing and the death toll likely to rise. Rescue crews worked through Friday afternoon as Governor Springfield ordered the National Guard to assist.
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Nore Han Om
May
Eolhe
Springfield
Mlineis National Guard
Yorg
Smith Pribes Self for Trip and Hoover Ready for Campaign
Governor Smith primes himself for a west and northwest campaign tour starting tomorrow after a morning golf and family gathering. He plans to step away from office duties as aides arrange travel and a social circle forms around two allies arriving from New York. Hoover shifts to active campaigning delivering a major push Monday with a Newark stop and broad media and rail connections planned to reach voters nationwide.
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Paul F. Haupert
Associated Press
Albany
West
Northwest
Smith
Govrnor
New York
Young
William K. Todd
Todd
Young AI
Hudson
Suclma
Teddy Ssuge
Red Cross mobilizes funds for West Indies disaster relief
The American Red Cross appeals for funds to aid the storm wrecked West Indies. President Coolidge and John Barton Payne authorize $50,000 for relief and rehabilitation. Naval destroyer Gilmer sails from Charleston with disaster relief director Henry Baker and four staff to Porto Rico amid sparse casualty data.
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West Indies
American Red Cross
Coolidge
The
Red Cross
John Barton Payne
Porto Rico
Virgin Islands
University of
Gilmer
Charleston
Henry Baker
Manuel Mendia
Virgin Island
St. Goth
St. Thomas
Curtis Presses Higher Tariff in Campaign Tour
Senator Curtis the Republican vice presidential nominee urged up tariff revision to aid the ailing agricultural sector and pledged enforcement of the prohibition law with proper effort. He spoke in Lexington promising farm relief, farm marketing advances, and welcomed by a large crowd in Woodland Park. He urged farmers to unite with women attendees and predicted a GOP victory in Kentucky.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Lexington, Ky
Curtis
Herbert Roover
Te Iwnater
Woodland Park
Tate
Tornado Death Toll Reaches Nineteen In Midwest
The death toll from the Midwest tornadoes climbed to nineteen across South Dakota Nebraska and Wisconsin with six missing in Rockford Illinois. Crops suffered multi state wind and flood damage estimated in the millions while heroic acts by Nebraska teachers are noted Miss Helen Roaney was killed near Homer after guiding pupils to safety and Miss Phrysis Stewart sheltered children and played the piano.
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Ulineis
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Nebraska
Wisconsin
Rockford
Helen Roaney T
Homer
Althill
Phrysis Stewart
Elikiim
Scott County Courthouse to Be Remodelled
D A Pyle of Pyle Brothers Contracting Company announced the contract for remodeling the Scott County courthouse in Gate City Virginia has been awarded. The project estimated at 30000 dollars will overhaul both exterior and interior of the over 100 year old building and install two new vanity units.
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Hoover
Newark
New York
North Dakota
Copper
Nye
D. A. Pyle
Pyle Brothers Contracting Company
Scott County
Gate City
Virginia Court House
Court House
Worst Tropical Storm of History Devastates West Indies
The hurricane has ripped across Porto Rico, the eastern Santo Domingo coast, and the Virgin Islands, with famine and disease feared. It pushed toward the Bahamas and possibly Florida, threatening Gulf states if it bends east or west. It swept Turks Island, wrecking ships and causing shore damage, while menacing the southern Bahamas.
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West Indies
Porto Rico
Santo Domingo
Virgin Islands
Bahamas
Florida
Bareau
Massnaucaa
Cuba
Morida
Gulf States
Virginia Capes
Atlantic
Panama Canal
British West Indies
Robinson Angers Audience As Hoover Cheers Break Speech
In Jacksonville on September 15 Senator Joe Robinson faced interruptions as some listeners shouted support for Hoover while he read Governor Staith's church state separation pledge. He retorted that the doctrine should be acceptable to both parties and pressed on, the crowd laughing at times during the reading. The gathering filled the Florida National appears to be part of a larger event.
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Jacksonville
Joe Robinson
Hoover
Governor Smith
Mr. Robinson
Governor Staith
New York
Lauhter
Florida
Smith
Texas
Dan Moody
Memphis
The Hurricane In A Nutshell In San Juan Porto Rico
Seventy percent of San Juan homes and forty percent of its business buildings believed destroyed. Ponce reports ten dead and 700 homeless. Humacao shows thirty dead with widespread damage. Nassau ships ordered to anchorages amid forecast big wind. St Croix sees hundreds homeless and San Salvador bears a stiff northeast gale. Turks Island reports two schooners damaged and a loss with all hands. Lillien driven ashore at Puerto Plata San Domingo.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Ponce
Humaca
Nassau
St. Croix
Virgin
San Salvador
Columbus
Turks Island
British West Indies
Puerto Plata
San Domingo
Bull Line
Lillien
West Draws Smith Robinson Curtis Hoover Stays Behind
West draws Smith Robinson Curtis as Hoover lingers behind in a sprawling 1932 campaign overview. Smith plans Nebraska Oklahoma Colorado and the farm belt swing while Robinson routes to the Pacific coast after the south. Curtis shifts from New England to thirteen western states as Hoover seeks to back cabinet allies and counter whispering campaigns amid farm relief and prohibition debates.
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Smith
Robinson
Curtis
Hoover
D. Field Brittle
Associated Press
Chicago
Merbert Toover
Quartette
New Jersey
Alfred E. Smith
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Colorado
Lornar
Pacific
New England
Moorer
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Herbert Unover
Lexington
Kentucky
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John Coolidge
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Republian National Committee
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Mississippi
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