Stocks Sink to New Lows as Trading Surges
United States Steel, the market barometer, and American Telephone fell sharply while other leaders slipped. A few stocks posted gains as more than 1.7 million shares changed hands on a Saturday session. Utilities and rails led the decline with widespread new year lows across many issues.
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United States Steel
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore, Standard and Ohio
Anaconda Copper
Kennecott
Radio
International Telephone
Standard Oils of
New York and
Caliornia
New Haven
Rock Island, Texas Corporation
Missouri Pacific
Republic Steel
American Telephone
General Motors
General Electric
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Consolidated Gas
American Tobacco
Westinghouse
American Can
Macy
Woolworth
American Smelting
Bethlehem Steel
Isabel Higgins Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison
Johnson City Tenn Sept 27 Mrs Isabel Higgins was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary for the fatal poisoning of her baby ten days earlier In her confession she said she killed the child because she could not afford medical treatment for a sickness that afflicted both the child and her husband who was ill and unemployed She initially planned to die by her own hand but changed her mind after seeing the baby suffer.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Isabel Higgins
State Penitentiary
Eighty Second Vets Gather In Atlanta
About 3,000 veterans of the 82nd Division A E F paraded through Atlanta Ga to mark a reunion that is the largest in the division's history Twelve years earlier the unit marched through the same streets en route to the front The gathering aims to form a permanent organization and will conclude the next day
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Atlanta
82Nd Division
Woman Takes Poisonful Life After Layoff in Tennessee
Silvia Green twenty five, recently laid off from a rayon plant, died after ingesting poison. She was found near Elizabethton, Tennessee, and died in a hospital. She had moved from North Carolina a few months earlier.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Silvia Green
North Carolina
Tubercular Clinic Reports Over 1000 Examinations
The state health department tubercular clinic at Main and Commerce streets has examined over 1,000 people since opening two months ago. Most examined show long health declines. whites in Kingsport and Sullivan county worst affected. Dr. Ellington notes colored health relatively good with few positives. Clinics run Tuesdays and Fridays. appointments required. free, thorough exams by experts.
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State Health Department
Main
Commerce Streets
W. D. Hickerson
Kingsport
Sullivan County
J. C. Ellington
Ellington
City urged to probe police inefficiency in crime rackets
Chicago alderman Arthur F. Albert called for an investigation into police inefficiency after records were found with gangsters. He cited a Capone gang raid, telegrams to New York, and a copied list of wanted men. Plans for a vagrancy roundup aim to quiz officers who arrested hoodlums.
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Chicago
Arthur F. Albert
Council
Albert
Chicago Police Department
al Capone
New York
Detective Bureau
Carleon
Capone
State’s Attorney’s Office
Missing Jurist Crater Believed Dead
New York police and county officials conclude Supreme Court Justice Joseph Force Crater is dead after a two week grand jury probe. District Attorney Crain asks towns within 100 miles to search for violent or accidental deaths since August 6. Friends Sally Louritz and Connie Marcus were questioned but clarification remains unresolved.
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New York
Supreme Court
Joseph Force Crater
Crain
Justice Crater
Sally Louritz
Youngstown
Ohio
Connie Marcus
Fewer Banks Failed in Oklahoma This Year
Oklahoma saw a drop in bank failures compared with last year as officials reported fewer institutions failing this year. Regulators highlighted improved financial stability and stronger oversight contributing to the trend.
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Oklahoma
North Shore missing after departure from St Joseph
Coast guard crews on both sides of Lake Michigan search in vain for the fruit packet North Shore missing since leaving St. Joseph yesterday with grapes bound for Milwaukee. The steel hulled motor craft carried Capt. E J Anderson his new bride and four crewmen. Continuous coverage continued on page six.
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Coast Guard
Lake Michigan
North Shore
St. Joseph
Mich
Milwaukee
E. J. Anderson
Former Amtorg Head Testifies on Soviet Links to U S
Basil W. Delgass former Amtorg vice president tells a congressional committee that code messages between Amtorg and Moscow concerned U S army and navy defenses. He accuses Peter Bogdanov and others of perjury and says Amtorg staff were coached to deny communist ties. He alleges Soviet secret police influence in Amtorgs leadership and mentions Whalen documents as possibly false. E. V. Belitzky also testifies denying a wheat short sale aimed at crashing markets.
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New York
Basil W. Delgass
Amtorg Trading Corporation
Fish Congressional Committee
United States
Amtorg
Moscow
Delgass
Peter A. Bogdanov
Ogpu
Secret Police
E. V. Belitzky
All Russian Textile
Chicago
Germany
Massachusetts Democrats Endorse Prohibition Repeal Platform
Massachusetts Democratic convention adopts a platform calling for repeal of the 18th amendment and Volstead Act and the state prohibition law. One delegate protests arguing dual sovereignties impaired by federal alcohol laws. The platform also pledges unity and addresses tariffs, immigration, municipal utility control, and labor-employer cooperation.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Congress
Massachusett
Nye urges probe of Soviet grain trades
Senator Nye of North Dakota called for investigations into American boards of trade and chambers of commerce active in foreign grain markets. He warned a conspiracy to discredit the Farm Board exists and said U S futures trading could depress agricultural prices. He planned talks with Farm Board Chair Legge and foresaw legislation to curb grain exchange operations.
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American Boards of Trade and
Chambers of Commerce
Nye
Republican
North Dakota
New Farm Board
Middle West
Farm Board
North Dakotan
Legge
Congress
Senate
Caraway
Arkansas
Home Manufacture of Wine and Beer Immune Says Woodcock
Prohibition Director Amos W. Woodcock said home production of wine and beer for personal use is immune from federal interference unless a sale is involved. He outlined that only evidence of commercial activity allows warrants, while home brewers may be punished if their product is intoxicating. He toured Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and planned Tennessee visits to assess enforcement cooperation and conditions. Philadelphia authorities praised for closing about 2,000 open saloons with 14 still in operation.
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Washington
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Woodcock
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Tennessee
Memphis
Nashville
State Constabulary
Philadelphia
Weather Summary From Local Observation
Readings show high Friday around 63 and fair conditions with no change. Yesterday’s high reached 80 and low 52 with 0.28 inches of rain. Data recorded at 6 30 p m by C L Bunn for the U S Weather Office.
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C. L. Bunn
Highway Traffic Heavy in August Across Tennessee
Tennessee highway officials report 182,118 autos on East Tennessee roads in late August from 75 counting stations led by Knoxville division. About 36,823 tourist cars account for roughly 30 percent of total 127,766 registered machines. 14,425 trucks counted in three days. 1,020 horse drawn vehicles. Knoxville district notes about 11,000 tourist cars daily, up nearly 1,000 from 1929, with statewide totals pending full division tabulation.
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Nashville
Tenn
State Highway Department
East Tennessee
Knoxville
Tennessee
Smoky Mountain National Park
French Aviators Coste and Bellonte Land in Los Angeles
Captain Dieundonne Coste and Lieutenant Maurice Bellonte landed at Los Angeles municipal airport at 3 40 p m Pacific time in their trans Atlantic plane Question Mark. The fliers, who departed San Francisco at 12 30, will stay until Tuesday.
Prospect Frank Waddell Missed High School Team
Frank Waddell a promising outfielder with Memphis in the Southern Association failed to make his high school baseball team, a setback noted in his early career.
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Frank Waddell
Memphis
Southern Association
Norwegian Delegate Demands Secretariat Reform in League
Carl J. Hambro defended small nations at the League assembly committee as Italy and Germany faced France and Britain over proposed reorganization of the secretariat. He urged abolition of under secretary general posts held by Germany Italy and Japan.
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Geneva
Carl J. Hambro
League Assembly
Italy
Germany
France
Great Britain
League
Hambro
Chamber of Deputies
Bruening Ready Program Threatens Dictatorship
Berlin reports Chancellor Bruening plans a take it or leave it program to be announced to Reichstag. If refused he may ask President von Hindenburg to adjourn parliament and push the program into effect, amid a muddled post election landscape and party bickering.
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Berlin
Bruening
Reichstag
von Hindenburg
Germany
Dr. Bruening
Nye's Committee Targets Primary Expenditures in South States
Senate committee plans to probe Democratic and Republican primary spending in North Carolina or Tennessee next, with Nye citing searches into the Norris and Seymour campaigns in Nebraska and tracing a $500 liberty bond and a $7 000 bank deposit as part of the inquiry. Investigations also target West Virginia excesses and Bailey’s North Carolina nominating campaign.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Funds Investigation Committee
North Carolina
Tennessee
Gerald P. Nye
Nye
Nebraska
George W. Norris
Broken Bow Grocer
Norris
Broken Bow
Victor Seymour
Lincoln
West Virginia
Massachusetts
Joseph W. Bailey
United States
Sandall
Omaha
Seymour
Broken
Further Revision Fruit Fly Rules Set for Oct 15
Washington September 27 The agriculture department will implement a further revision of the Mediterranean fruit fly regulations October 15 affecting Florida fruit shipments to southern and western states. The changes include removing sterilization requirements and other minor adjustments after a conference of agricultural and quarantine officials.
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Washington
Florida
Department of Agriculture
Department
Bishop Cannon Returns Amid Church Inquiry
Bishop Cannon Jr. arrived in Hamilton Bermuda aboard the Inner American Legion from Brazil as Methodist church authorities pursue an inquiry into his conduct. He declined to comment on the charges brought by four ministers or reveal plans, with the ship expected in New York next week.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Cannon, Jr
Brazil
United States
Lnner
American Legion
Methodist Church
New York
Young Stribling’s 15-Pound End Trio Hailed in Atlanta
Julian Foster, a 15 pound end at Vanderbilt, is described as Young Stribling’s double. In Foster’s Atlanta hometown he is often mistaken for Willie, reflecting local recognition and resemblance.
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Julian Foster
Vanderbilt
Young Stribling
Atlanta
Willie
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Fish Committee
Army
Navy
Democrats
United Front
James M. Curley
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Pietro Fumasoni Biondi
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South
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