Libby Reynolds seeks full acquittal and apology in Reynolds murder case
Libby Holman Reynolds, Broadway blues singer, tells New York Sun she wants acquittal and a complete apology as she faces trial for the death of her husband Smith Reynolds. She recalls loving him, planning a child, and claims she paid her own way, denying murder and suggesting motive was misunderstood. The interview portrays her at a remote estate, knitting a pink baby garment, and discusses the sensational Reynolds tragedy with candid, nongraphic detail.
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Ward Morehouse
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Reynolds
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Morehouse
Tennessee Weather Summary From Readings At 6 P.M.
Fair Sunday with possible showers in the south portion. Showers Monday. Temperatures steady with highs Friday around 79 degrees and lows near 61. Rain yesterday measured 0.14 inches. no rainfall on same date last year. Readings taken daily at 6:00 p.m. for the preceding 24 hours.
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Tennessee
Iowa Friendly Hoover Is Told
Washington reports Republican Iowa committeeman Harrison Spangler said the planned monster demonstration by striking farmers at Hoover’s Des Moines appearance on October 4 would be small. Milo Reno promised an orderly parade while Hoover prepared two weeks of addresses and a nationwide radio broadcast on Hoover Day.
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White House
Harrison FE. Spangler
Iowa
Hoover
Spangler
Des Moines
United States
Milo Reno
Farmer’s
Smith Denies Planned Speech Next Week
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith denies reports he plans a political speech next Tuesday. He states his schedule for the following week contains no radio or public speechmaking.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Empire State Building
Malister Attacks Machine Building In Tennessee Campaign
State Treasurer Hill McAlister opened his bid for governor in Lawrenceburg by accusing his GOP rival John F. McCall of plans to create a Republican machine if elected. He derided both McCall and Lewis S. Pope, labeling Pope the nominee of the straight Democrats after McAlister’s own nomination contest failed.
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Tennessee
MacAlister
Lewis S. Pope
Pope
Gandhi Lifts Fast Plan Reaches Accord In Poona
Gandhi under continuous fast in Poona after compromise on Indian electoral plan. Doctors report rising blood pressure and declining vitality though not yet declared life in danger. Gandhi nods to the agreement and awaits British PM Ramsay MacDonald's timely decision to end the hunger strike.
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M. K. Gandhi
Yeroda E Yard
Gandhi
Bombay
Mr. Gandhi
Ramsay McDonald
London
Pandit Madan Mohan Maliviya
Roosevelt Seeks California Help From Southern Voters
In Hollywood Bowl Roosevelt urged southern California to back his presidential bid. He spoke to a large audience from the amphitheater carved in the hills after touring Los Angeles movie areas. He cited farm relief and water power policies and was introduced by William Gibbs McAdoo.
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Hollywood Hills
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Southern California
Colony
California
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Republican Club
Los Angeles
Olympic Stadium
Williams, Ariz
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William Gibbs McAdoo
New York
Indications of Improving Business in Nationwide Reports
The American Railway Association shows week ended September 17 carloadings at 587,302, highest since December 12, 1931, led by merchandise and miscellaneous freight, up 85,478 cars from the prior week. Wahl Company hires 100 new workers. Jewel Tea Company reports a 4.84 percent rise in collections over four weeks. September auto production projected at 95,000 vehicles in US and Canada. Daily Metal Trade notes slow but steady steel improvement as US Steel subsidiary moves 20,000 tons of scrap steel, a large recent tonnage.
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American Railway Association
Chicago
the Jewel Tea Company
Ender
New York
Daily Metal Trade
United States Steel Corporation
Steel plants to run at around 20 percent capacity
New York September 24 AP reports Dow Jones and Company say Youngstown steel plants are expected to begin operations next week at a shade under 20 percent capacity, below the two week average of 19 percent.
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New York
Dow, Jones and Company
Youngstown
Bankers Hear Mexico Plans to Return to Gold Standard
Bankers here regarded reports from Mexico that the nation was working on plans to return to the gold standard as another indication of world wide financial improvement. Mexico's return to the gold standard would improve trade and place the American continent as the only one capable of keeping all national currencies on a firm basis.
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Mexico
American
Detroit Analysts See September Auto Output Rise
Detroit report by Frazier Jelke and Company estimates September auto production will exceed August, reversing the usual seasonal trend. The analysis notes momentum in factories and demand factors potentially lifting year to date output.
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Frazier Jelke and
Bank Clearings Rise to Fresh High for Week
Federal reserve banks reported weekly clearings up nearly 21 percent from the prior week, reaching the highest level since the first week of June.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Banks
Less Regulation Sought In New Railroad Policy
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States faces a push for reduced government control in a national transportation policy. Led by F. C. Dillard, a committee urged restoring railroads to self management, expanding earnings flexibility, revising rate rules, and repealing the 6 percent surplus tax.
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Sherman
Texas
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Federal Treasury
Garner Confident of Regime Change
Washington reports Speaker John N Garner expresses confidence that Roosevelt will secure a national mandate for change in administration. He endorses Roosevelt's program, cites Republican mal administration as causing distress, and predicts a Democratic victory and repudiation of current leaders.
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John N. Garner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Roosevelt
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Pacific Coast
Democratic Party
Kingsport Board Caps City Tax Rate at 2.15 for 1932
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen fixed Kingsport’s 1932 tax rate at 2.15, five cents below the 2.20 rate used in 1951 and 1950. Expenditures for 1932 are projected $40,222.50 under 1951, due to department cuts and wage reductions, with a maintained surplus and increased sinking fund to cover indebtedness.
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Board of Mayor and Aldermen
Uther
Seadendal
Insull Collapse Probes Ordered by U S District Attorney
A federal inquiry heads next week into the Insull collapse as U S District Attorney Dwight H. Green assembles a task force from various bureaus to probe possible US statute violations in Insull financing. State and Senate hearings loom, focusing on misrepresentations in Insull stock sales and accounting methods at Middle West Utilities.
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Insuil
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Dwight H. Green
United States
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United States Senate
Peter Norbeck
Banking Committee
Insull
Middle
Middle West
Insull Utility Investments, Inc
Corporation Securities Company
Detective Collapses During Lineup In New York
Assistant Chief Inspector John J. Sullivan of the detective division collapsed from vertigo while leading a police lineup. He fell four feet to the floor, was carried to the medical room, then taken by ambulance to St. Vincent's Hospital after regaining consciousness. Associates attribute the collapse to overwork.
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New York
John J. Sullivan
Police Department
Edward P. Mulrooney
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Knoxville Seeks Federal Relief
NASHVILLE September 24 Knoxville charity leaders press for federal relief funds for Knox county destitution. W L Cox of Knox Red Cross says they are not discouraged after meeting Governor Horton’s relief council members Wallace Edwards and George Dempster and RFC field rep Thad Holt. Twenty thousand dollars requested for charities to aid the unemployable through January 1.
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Knox County
Horton
W. L. Cox
Knox County Red Cross
Wallace Edwards
George Dempster
Thad Holt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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