Windsor Drops Jurors Convict in Slayings and Labor Debate
Paris dispatch reports the Duke of Windsor halting his world labor conditions survey amid American labor criticism of a US trip. The decision follows a day of indecision and hints at possible trips to Russia and neutral European states after misconceptions about his motives fade. In Cincinnati, Ohio, Anna Hahn, 31, is sentenced to the electric chair for murder. Chief Deputy Heitzler notes her crying fit and plans for appeal or a new trial. no date is set.
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Paris
Duke of Windsor
United States
Windsor
Soviet Russia
Nazi Germany
Russia
Scandinavia
Europe
Wayne Adams
Cincinnati
Anna Hahn
Jacob Wagner
Joseph H. Houdin
State Supreme Court
Ohio
Julius Maude Lowther
Ashtabula
Marysville Reformatory
The Human Side Of The News Memorablil in Escape Literature
The review discusses Frederick O Briens White Shadows on the South Seas and Lawrence Griswolds Tombs Travel and Trouble. Griswolds recounts perilous journeys in Central and South America and beyond, including head hunting and venomous dangers, offering stark medicine for stock market jitters and wartime worries.
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Frederick O'Brien
South Seas
Lawrence Griswold
Mr. Griswold
Central
South America
Mexico
Africa
Tibet
Ecuador
Wall Street
Soldier Invents Triggerless Gun
A soldier from Fort Moultrie South Carolina has received a patent for a triggerless gun firing method. Sergeant Lyle E. White of the 8th Infantry devised a system that fires by pressing a button, aiming to improve rifle and pistol accuracy. Army officers noted the invention's potential but awaited further testing and validation.
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Washington
Lyle E. White
Fort Moultrie
S. C
Armistice Day Observed in Monroe and West Monroe
A joint proclamation by Mayors Arnold Bernstein and C. C. Bell designates Armistice Day a holiday within Monroe and West Monroe. It calls for a 10:30 to 11:30 am suspension of business to allow memorial services hosted by the Ouachita Parish Veterans council at Temple B Nai Israel and urges residents to join in honoring World War I soldiers and sailors.
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Monroe
West Monroe
United States
Arnold Bernstein
C. C. Bell
Ouachita Parish
Veterans’ Council
Temple B'Nai Israel
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United Spanish War Veterans
Disabled American Veterans
Franklin Parish officer accused of forgery and misappropriation
W M Fussell a 33 year old Franklin parish police juror and farmer from ward nine faces trial next week in fifth district criminal court on charges of forgery and misappropriation of parish funds. Indicted by a grand jury the juror allegedly cashed a $3 25 check intended for a parish employee after it was miswritten for Less Walls instead of Less Woods. The state says Fussell kept the funds and did not return the check to the jury secretary.
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Winnsbury
W. M. Fussell
Franklin Parish
Fifth District Criminal Court
Fussell
J. Vernon Sims
W L. Harper
Crowville
Sims
Woods
Quintuplet Song Captures Ontario Trail of Fame
Across a frosty field the Dionne quintuplets sing a French lullaby from their porch. In Callander Ontario crowds and a busy Papa Dionne run a radio laden scene of commerce as locals and visitors share in the remarkable family saga.
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Mary Elizabeth Plummer Callander
British Empire
Papa Dionne
Prisoners Kidnap Sheriff en Route to MonticelloArk
Sheriff W. C. Cruce said two burglary suspects overpowered him between McGehee and Monticello on a trip from Yazoo City. The captors identified as Joe Jones 25 Drew County Arkansas and Lippscombe of Yazoo City forced him to surrender his guns and drive to Memphis.
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Monticello
Ark
W. C. Cruce
Yazoo City
Miss
Cruce
Joe Jones
Drew County
Arkansas
Lipscombe
Baxter
McGehee, Ark
Memphis
University student injured as LSU game trip car hits train
Lau-cille Patillo a 23 year old University of Alabama student was taken to a hospital in New Orleans with a broken leg after a car side swiped a train at Hammond La. The car carried four other students and a man returning from the Tulane Alabama game. The auto was wrecked and the others suffered minor injuries. Hammond officers identified no further names. Two years ago a similar Northeast Center football special struck a car near here injuring two men.
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New Orleans
Laucille Patillo
University of Alabama
Hammond
Tuscaloosa
Ala
L. S. U Northeast
Monroe
Roll Call Drive Begins Tomorrow for Red Cross Parish
Ouachita parishwide roll call campaign announced by E C Gibson aims to enlist public support for Red Cross activities for the coming year. Committees cover downtown Monroe firms under five and larger workplaces, with Y's Men and leaders assigning enrollment targets and a meeting set for November 8.
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Ouachita Parish
American Red Cross
E. C. Gibson
Willis H. Anders
Red Cross
Gibson
Y's Men's Club
Monroe
Bill Mathews
George Weaks, Jr
W. R. Patrick
Red Cross Chapter
Central Bank
Four Die as Trains Crash at Georgia Crossing
A Southland Limited train collided with a light truck at a grade crossing in Lovejoy Georgia killing four people from Rex and injuring several others. Engineer D S Wall of Atlanta died in the wreckage. Fireman Jim Henry was pinned and gravely injured. Passengers Mrs J M Williams of Chicago Mrs A J Lamar of Montgomery and Lacy Loving of Louisville were injured. The northbound train struck the crossing about 8 20 a m eastern time the event derailed ten cars and involved four cars.
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Lovejoy
Southland
Florida
Cincinnati
Middle West
D. S. Wall
Atlanta
Jim Henry
Macon
Henry
Wall
Southland Limited
Central of Georgia
James Allen
Rex. Ga
M. B. Smith
J. M. Williams
Chicago
A. J. Lamar
Montgomery
Ala
Lacy Loving
Louisville
Flower Boy Tommy Struck Down in Greenwich Village
New York reports describe Tommy, a young flower boy who sold posies to locals, attacked October 27 and left with a fractured skull. He has lain in Bellevue hospital while the community largely ignored him, with no known home or guardianship.
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New York
Tommy
Greenwich Village
Bellevue Hospital
Russia Defies Triple Alliance on Bolshevist Anniversary
The Comintern in Moscow warned Germany Italy and Japan that their workers would use the next war to advance a socialist revolution. A defiant manifesto accompanied a planned Moscow parade as about 10 000 Russians prepared to march, marking the Bolshevist rise to power.
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Moscow
Communist International
Italy
Japan
Russia
Comintern
Plans Made for Jobless Census in Monroe
A Monroe committee appointed by Mayor Bernstein to aid postal authorities in the national unemployment census includes labor, business, religious and civic groups, schools, newspapers, and radio. John D. Biggers notes the plan to distribute census blanks to 51 million homes on November 16 and 17 with returns by November 20, aiming to report unemployment status to city executives.
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Monroe
Arnold Bern
John D. Biggers
Bernstei
Biggers
Congress
United States
Post Office
Door left open to Nipponese on place ten hold proposed meet
Brussels reports say powers seeking end of Far Eastern war asked Japan to confer with a smaller group under the nine power treaty. The note invites an exchange of views and a quick reply, leaving Japan free to choose its path to peace while acknowledging Tokyo’s absence.
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Brussels
Japan
Chine
Far East
China
United States
Read Executed for Torch Slaying in West Virginia
William Brown Read, 25, of Four Corners Maryland, died on the gallows in Moundsville for the torch slaying of Earle Dollman a Charleston salesman. Read proclaimed his innocence to witnesses before the hood. State police had arrested Joseph Kirby and Lawrence Gingell who confessed and named Read as the killer.
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Moundsville
W. Va
William Brown Read
Four Corners
Charleston
Read
West Virginia
Earle Dollman
Richmond
Dollman
Morgantown
Joseph Kirby
Baltimore
Lawrence Gingell
Kensington
Pepper Guilty Of Manslaughter In Coushatta Trial
R Jessie Pepper an 18 year old high school girl was found guilty of manslaughter in 10th district court. The jury deliberated 39 minutes and the verdict followed a scene at the Coushatta scene of the shooting on the Shreveport highway. Pepper was sentenced to six months to six months in prison with an appeal filed and $3 000 bond pending.
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Coushatta
R. Jessie Pepper
10Th District
James W. Jones, Jr
Jessie Pepper
Mary Elvin Allen
Pepper
Ll Miles
Shreveport
R. Jessie
Thomas
Pepper Driver In Fatal Hit And Run In Louisiana
William Tarver was struck by a car driven by Jesse Pepper and left critically injured in Charity Hospital. Pepper, whose 11 year old daughter faced a manslaughter trial in Coushatta, had been searching for evidence for her defense.
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Shreveport
William Tarver
Jesse Pepper
Coushatta
Charity Hospital
Tarver
Pepper
Charlies White
Floyd Jones
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William B. Read
Ruston
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