Soviet Loss of Chance for U S Recognition Deepens Rift
Washington dispatch reports that U S policy toward recognizing the Soviet government has sunk to its lowest point since Hoover era. Officials cite failure of Soviet replies to Kellogg pact efforts and renewed scrutiny of Soviet propaganda and trade practices as widening the gulf between Moscow and Washington.
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United States
Hoover
Charles Evans
Russia
Coolidge
Stimson
Moscow
House
Representative Fish
New York
Clara Bow Admits Gambling but Claims Blank Checks Kept
Clara Bow released a statement denying a $13,900 gambling debt claim from a Nevada hotel. She says she signed blank checks for chips at Lake Tahoe after dinner with Will Rogers and Rex Bell, but asserts she did not know the venue was a gambling house and urged banks not to honor the checks. She offers to accept any legal documents and cites previous trips to Monte Carlo.
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Los Angeles
Clara Bow
Nevada
Lake Tahoe
Will Rogers
Rex Bell
Rogers
I. Gilbert
B. P. Schulberg
Paramount Studio
James McKay
McKay
Miss Bow
Oklahoma
Hoover
Senate
Clara
Reno
Monte Carlo
Law Sits on the Doorsteps of 23 Public Enemies
Chicago officials deploy 100 detectives to arrest 23 public enemies as vagrants upon return. Al Capone, the top target, faced possible jail if seen at home or Lexington hotel. Ralph Capone negotiates with authorities while three others have already been booked on vagrancy warrants. Miles Devine comments Capone’s status as a race horseman with nine horses.
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Chicago
al Capone
Lexington Hotel
Michigan Avenue
Twenty Second Street
Ralph
Miles Devine
Ralph Capone
Capone
Lincoln Fields
Roosevelt resigns Philippine vice governorship to become minister
Nicholas Roosevelt steps down as Philippine vice governor and is appointed minister to Hungary. He leaves office immediately to assume duties in Budapest. The move shifts a key colonial administration post to a new diplomatic role.
Russians Executed as Plotters Opposing Soviet Regime
Moscow reports 48 Russians opposed to the Moscow Soviet regime were executed after a trial by a police body. The men, including Professor Ryazantzev and Eugene Karatygain, were charged with planning to starve the USSR by destroying food reserves and were described as unreconciliable enemies of the Soviet government. The secret police claimed British involvement and said the counterrevolutionary society spanned meat fish and other industries.
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Moscow
Tass
Counter-Revolutionary Society
Alexander Pyazanyzev
Eugene Karatygain
Dis
Commissariat of
Ryazantzev
Soviet Commissariat
Supreme Court
New York G O P Faces Wet Tide at State Convention
Albany September 25 The New York Republican leaders fight to keep the party dry and in line with national prohibition policy amid rising wet sentiment. Pro‑ repeal forces claim 500 to 700 votes on first ballot and seek anti prohibition planks. Charles H. Tuttle aims for governor as repeal ally while Hamilton Ward’s stance remains undefined. the W C T U withholds full support for Ward preferring a third party option.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Charles H. Tuttle
United States
Hamilton Ward
Buffalo
Ward
Stabbed by "Rat" Murders Gambler in Chicago
William Arnold, a gambler, was stabbed after accusing a man nicknamed a rat of cheating at cards in an Indiana Harbor poolroom. He collapsed into a taxicab, white with blood on his hands, and whispered the hospital name before dying. The killer was described as a rat.
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Chicago
William Arnold
Indiana Harbor
Lynching of Willie Kirkland Shocks Georgia Town
In Thomasville Georgia a 20 year old black convict Willie Kirkland was lynched after a 9 year old girl identified him as the attacker. A mob of 50 to 75 seized him from deputies and hanged him in Magnolia Gardens then paraded the body to the courthouse lawn. Police guarded the jail as a 1000 strong posse searched swamps with dogs for the attacker amid doubts he left the convict camp.
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Thomasville
Willie Kirkland
Kirkland
Gordon FE. Davis
Magnolia Gardens
Court House
Flight Delay Halts Transatlantic Attempt in Canada
Unfavorable weather in Harbor Grace Newfoundland keeps Captain J Erroll Boyd from launching the Columbia monoplane for the Croydon England flight. The delay follows today’s postponement and shows ongoing weather concerns impacting early plans.
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Harbor Grace
J. Erroll Boyd
Croydon
England
Weather Outlook for Tennessee and Virginia
Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday in Tennessee with showers Friday night and in the extreme west Friday afternoon. In Virginia, partly cloudy tonight and Friday, with possible local showers in the west and north, little temperature change, gentle to moderate southwest winds.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Roosevelt resigns as Philippine vice governor amid protest
Nicholas Roosevelt of New York resigns after opposition to his writings on Philippine affairs provokes a heated Senate clash. President Hoover names him minister to Hungary as J Butler Wright replaces Leland Harrison in Uruguay reassignment. Roosevelt notes he seeks to improve Philippine American relations despite criticism.
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Washington
Congress
Nicholas Roosevelt
New York
Islands
Hoover
Hungary
J. Butler Wright
Budapest
Uruguay
Leland Harrison
Roosevelt
United States
Paris
322Nd
The
New York Tribune
Public Health Service Reports Ten Year Rise in Life Expectancy
The United States Public Health Service notes life expectancy at birth has climbed from 48 to 58 years over twenty years, with older age groups living longer. Vaccination and sanitation reduce smallpox diphtheria typhoid fever and other diseases, yet overall wastage persists due to poor application of knowledge. Dr Hugh S Cumming cautions behavior and hygiene improvements could further extend life toward the biblical seventy years.
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Washington
God
United States Public Health Service
Public Health Service
Census Bureau
Hugh S. Cumming
Hitler vows to tear up Versailles Treaty and reshape Germany
At the Reichsgericht trial in Leipsic Adolf Hitler declared that once the National Socialists gain power they will discard international agreements by any means, aiming for a bloodless constitutional revolution. He praised Mussolini’s Italy as a model and urged a united national movement as crowds shouted Deutschland erwache while police cleared the square.
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Leipsic
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Reichswehr
National Socialist Movement
Hitler
Mussolini
Italy
Supreme Court
World Champions Hit New York Card Weekend Results
In Newark Mickey Walker outpointed Paul Swiderski in a non-title middleweight bout. Hartford saw Kid Kaplan beat Bat Battalino in a non-title featherweight clash. New York's Ficucello stopped Marty Fox and Pee Wee Jarrell drew with Joey Harrison in separate bouts. Indianapolis listed Roy William stopping Jimmy Jones.
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Newark
N. J
Mickey Walker
Paul Swiderski
Syracuse
Hartford
Conn
Louis
Kid) Kaplan
Meriden
Bat Battalino
New York
Ralph Ficucello
Marty Fox
Pee Wee Jarrell
Mishewanka
Ind
Joey Harrison
Garfield
Drew
Indianapolis
Roy
Tige) William
Chicago
Jimmy Jones
California
Italian student on trial for assassination attempt on Crown Prince Humbert
Fernando De Rosa testified in Brussels that hatred of Fascism spurred his actions against the Crown Prince last October. He described his Fascist upbringing and his shift to anti fascism after witnessing political crimes, insisting he acted as a patriot defending liberties.
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Fernando de Rosa
Crown Prince
Humbert
Italy
Brussels
de Rosa
Turin
Kingsport Post Office Construction Delayed By Treasury Details
Contractors say work on the Kingsport federal post office is delayed due to absence of full size details and models to be supplied by the Treasury Department. They expect to announce an exact start date within a few days as materials are already ordered and waiting on specifications. Local citizens watched the site for signs of beginning construction, originally slated for September 25.
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Kingsport Federal Post Office
Treasury Department
Beaman-V Coleman Construction Com
Kingsport
Gunmen In Chicago Carry Press Cards
Chicago police question why gunmen carry press cards after Johnny Genaro is found with a gold embossed press card reading United States News Service Bureau Seattle and bearing bearer John Genaro as an accredited correspondent. He was arrested along with his brother Peppi, a targeted public enemy for vagrancy.
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Chicago
Johnny Genaro
Peppi
United States News Service Bureau
New York-Chicago
Lumber Exchange Building
Seattle
Washa
John Genaro
R. H. Rush
Genaro
Bishop Cannon Faces Church Charges While Abroad
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church south says elders from his church filed charges against him while he worked in Brazil. The case centers on stock speculation and political activity with new accusations. Cannon offered to meet in Washington after October 2 but was denied. He left Brazil aboard the first ship from Santos after failed attempts to confer with the accusers.
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New York
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Brazil
Associated Press
American Legion
Forrest J. Prettyman
Baltimore
J. T. Mastin
Costen J. Harrell
Richmond
I. P. Partin
Abingdon
Cannon
Washington
Santos
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Nick Roosevelt
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Alma Rubens
Ricardo Cortez
Miss Rubens Avers Cortez
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Bishop Cannon
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