Murder, double tragedy in Baltimore railroad office
Dudley G. Gray, vice president, killed Maxwell C. Byers, president of Western Maryland Railways, then fatally shot himself in the president's office. A coroner's verdict blamed a policy dispute over road matters amid a long quarrel as the motive.
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M. C. Byers
Western Maryland Railroad
D. G. Gray
Baltimore
Western Maryland Railways
Dudley G. Gray
Maxwell C. Byers
Gray
Byers
Lene
Charles E. Belt
King
Columbus
College Freshmen Face Pace and Dating Advice
G Herbert Smith of Illinois campus urges freshmen to shed the collegiate type and adopt a stricter pace. He mocks campus dating culture and offers style tips, noting proper oxford grey attire and solid color neckwear while condemning promiscuous public petting.
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Urbana
G. Herbert Smith
University of Illinois
Dean Smith
Cow invited to Chicago luncheon honors 103 pound milk
A prize Holstein named Pabst Creator Korndyke Heather has been invited to the Chicago Association of Commerce luncheon at the Hotel La Salle. Her milk production record is about 103 pounds a day and prominent people are expected to attend.
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Oconomowoc
Wis
Chicago
Pabst
Korndyke Heather
Chicago Association of Commerce
Hotel la Salle
Clara Bow drawn into Lake Tahoe gambling debt bid
Los Angeles reports that Clara Bow refused any rightful claim while James McKay, owner of a Nevada Tahoe gambling resort, seeks to collect 12900 in losses by a woman described as the film star’s lookalike. Attorneys said checks were drawn on a Hollywood bank and marked payment stopped.
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Los Angeles
Clara Bow
Lake Tahoe
Miss Bow
James McKay
Nevada
B. P. Schulberg
McKay
Will Rogers
Marie Dressler
Hollywood
Schulberg
Miss Dressler
Rogers
Urge Reed Return to Political Life
Friends of veteran James A. Reed of Missouri urged him in Washington to resume public life. They pressed for a third Democratic presidential bid or a Senate reelection, as Senator Hawes announced retirement in 1932 to pursue wildlife conservation leadership.
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Washington
James A. Reed
Missouri
Europe
Senate
Ed Villmoore
Kansas City
Reed
Villmoore
Missourian
Hawes
Man Fined for Snowball Hit in Warm Evansville Day
Fred Blankford aged 32 was fined $50 in police court after hitting a policeman with a snowball on one of September’s warmest days in Evansville Indiana. He claimed the missile came from refrigerator pipe shavings.
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Evansville
Ind
Fred Blankford
Blankford
Truthful Tales Dented in Nebraska Senatorial Probe
Senator Nye pressed for more truthful testimony as witnesses linked Grocer Norris to the Nebrask a senatorial bid. Miss Esther Alden testified she typed a campaign statement Norris called his own, while A Paul Johnson admitted Seymour helped file the candidacy and that Norris received a $500 bond accompanying the filing.
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Lincoln
Neb
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Gerald P. Nye
Norris
Broken Bow
U. S
Esther Alden
Victor Seymour
Seymour
Denver
Nye Committee
Miss Alden
Story
A. Paul Johnson
Johnson
Nye
Montana Chill Following Snow Storm Hits Lewiston Area
Temperatures in Montana dipped near freezing today after a snow storm struck Lewiston last night, with reports suggesting the system covered a broad region. The cold spell followed the prior snowfall, impacting travel and daily life across the area.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Lewiston
Soviet Probe minds wheat trades as U S eyes Russia
Three investigators sought momentum as Secretary Hyde returned to Washington to push an agriculture survey of Russian speculative wheat in the Chicago pit. The House Communist committee plans hearings with all Russia textile agents and New York brokers tied to the short sale. Secretary Hyde cut his Ann Arbor trip short to oversee reactions. Senator Oddie pushed a bill to bar Soviet goods including wheat and other commodities from US markets.
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Chicago
Hyde
Department of Agriculture
Chicago Board of Trade
House Communist Committee
Fish
New York
all-Russia Textile Syndicate
Board of Trade
John A. Bunnell
Of¢Trade
Joseph W. Badenock
Fred S. Clutton
Ann Arbor
Mich
Washington
Oddie
Nevada
United States
Arthur M. Hyde
Farm Bureau Directors Promise Immediate Attention
Chicago based American Farm Bureau Federation directors announced they will give immediate attention to the matter described. The note appeared in a dispatch dated September 24, with a continuation reference to page six.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Soviet dumping here suspected
Washington reports that American grain transactions of the Russian government have added to a list of Soviet commercial activities troubling treasury officials for a year. Law gaps hinder verification of Russian costs and prices, with only matches successfully tariff-protected under anti-dumping rules.
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Washington
Treasury
United States
Russia
Tailor tarred and feathered in Miami hate assault
David Weinberg a 44 year old tailor was kidnapped beaten and tarred and feathered in downtown Miami authorities say he was targeted for his alleged communist beliefs. He was driven blindfolded questioned about his books and publishers before the assault and release.
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Miami
Fla
David Weinberg
Weinberg
Financial worry blamed for mass murder suicide in Pennsylvania
In Work, Pennsylvania, farmer Harry Dietrich killed his wife and four children with a skull crushing blow then hanged himself in his barn. A note cited financial worry as the motive and a bank draft for 3800 dollars lay nearby. The victims Mabel 11 Paul 10 Anna 8 and John 5 lay in night clothes as a bloodied ax was found nearby.
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Work
Harry Dietrich
Spry
John Eply
Dietrich
Mabel
Paul
Anna
John
Germany Denies Sabotage Claims at Allied Tribunal
Dr. von Levinski argued Germany could be held responsible only for acts by its agents and that a 1915 Berlin cablegram ordered not sabotage but authorization. He said the order was ignored by Von Papen and that German agents in the United States destroyed only Allied supplies not munition factories. Anthrax germs given to horses were harmless to humans.
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Hague
Holland
Germany
United States
America
von Levinski
von Levinsky
Berlin
Washington
Foreign Office
von Papen
von Dernstorff
Wilson
Wife pays herself alimony in Edwards divorce case
In Los Angeles on September 24, Mrs Irene Edwards sought alimony from her estranged husband Cliff Edwards known as Ukulele Ike. The court ordered the alimony but instructed her to draw it from a $104000 settlement fund after claiming she failed to meet the contract’s moral standard.
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Los Angeles
Irene Edwards
Cliff Edwards
Ike
Edwards
Weather Update for Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee remains mostly cloudy with continued warmth and possible local showers in the west. Virginia expects fair skies with warmer interior, then increasing clouds and light to moderate southerly winds. Yesterday’s high reached 91 and low 65 with no rainfall. Readings taken at 6 30 p m by C L Bunn U S W O.
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Tennessee
West Portion
Virginia
C. L. Bunn
Weather Delays Atlantic Flight From Harbor Grace
Adverse conditions held up the Columbia monoplane’s transatlantic hop-off from Harbor Grace N F The craft piloted by Captain Erroll Boyd and navigator Harry Connor was stranded ten days at Charlottetown P E I before resuming hopes of reaching Croydon England They plan to follow the southern great circle route aiming for a 24 hour crossing after a 500 mile leg at 111 miles per hour
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Harbor Grace
N. F
Atlantic
Charlottetown
Erroll Boyd
Harry Connor
Croydon
England
Europe
Mabel Bell
Amelia Earhart
Boyd
Chamberlin
Levine
League to Study Global Economic Low Mood
The League of Nations through its economic organization will conduct a worldwide study of the present economic low mood to determine its causes. The economic committee authorized the investigation yesterday and insisted it be strictly technical and politically neutral. The Indian delegation proposed the study, and it was adopted unanimously.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Economic Organization
League
Katherine Ryan Litigation Against Major Steel Firms
Mrs. Katherine Ryan of St Paul sues Inland Steel and Great Northern Railway claiming unpaid royalties on two self locking railroad belt patents. She also names U S Steel Carnegie Steel and U S Steel Products among others, with total claimed amount near half a billion dollars in federal court.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Katherine Ryan
Inland Steel Company
Great Northern Railway
Ryan
Carnegie Steel Company
U. S. Steel Products Company
Stock market sinks as bears gain ground on grain slump
New York stocks fell with declines of 3 to 10 points at times as grain prices softened and bearish rumors circulated. Net losses ranged from 1 to 6 with about 3.5 million shares traded. Banks denied reports they urged liquidation of collateral loans.
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New York
American Can
U. S. Steel
Westinghouse
American Telephone
North American
Union Carbide
Vanadium
Houston Oil
Wall Street bears drive market down after noon selloff
A strong midday selling wave sent stocks lower despite early gains as declines spread across major names including U S Steel and American Can. Banks reportedly liquidated collateral on security loans totaling about 8 billion dollars, while sentiment remained weak into the close.
Wheat Drops Big Selling To Stop Losses
Wheat prices fall as large scale selling pressures push values lower to halt losses for eastern holders who previously bought at higher levels.
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Chicago
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Allied Chemical
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