Hoover attacks Democrats as lies in campaign speech
In Cleveland on October 15 President Hoover charged the Democratic Party with lying about his record and contrasted actual results with promises. He defended his policies on employment and wages, rebutted a Democratic committee claim about Chinese labor, and argued the United States is not the world’s oppressor while addressing global economic strains and the Smoot Hawley tariff.
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Cleveland Auditorium
Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
Washington
United States
New York
U. S
Six States Awarded Relief Loans to Aid Unemployed
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation awarded relief loans to six states Ohio Arkansas Tennessee Oklahoma Michigan and Montana totaling 1 221 855 The loans were issued immediately with specific amounts listed for each state Akron city funds were cited as lacking and an extra 182 887 was advanced for Akron based on support data Claiming Akron is wholly without funds for relief.
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Washington
Ohio
Arkansas
Tennessee
Ok- Michigan
Montana
Ction Corporation
Oklahoma
Michigan
Summit County
Akron
Highway overpass contract awarded for Willow Glen project
The Louisiana highway commission announced an overpass on the Alexandria Lecompte highway will start Monday at Willow Glen. W H Groome Inc Payette Mis was awarded the contract for 91467 dollars.
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Baton Nova
Louisiana Highway Commission
Willow Glen
Alexandria-Lecompte Highway
W. H. Groome & Inc
Payette Mis
Governor Roosevelt Urged on Soldiers Bonus Payment
The letter argues the government conscripted and deployed soldiers without delay and should pay the veterans’ bonus immediately if it can. It allows postponement only if Treasury investigations show the money is unavailable, otherwise payment should be made promptly.
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Roosevelt
Curtis hurt in Utah motor mishap on campaign trip
Vice President Charley Curtis suffered a bruised right arm and shoulder when his car was struck near Layton Utah en route to Salt Lake City from Ogden. He walked with his left handkerchief and did not speak as planned. The other driver Mrs L Pechart Wendover was treated after her machine slid onto the soft shoulder and struck the Curtis car. A bumper and fender were damaged.
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Salt Lake City
Curtis
Layton
Utah
Ogden
L. Pechart
Wendover
Boy 11 Hangs Self in Home Experiment
Nelson Van Tol Jr a local youth from a prominent family hanged himself in his Fairfield Alabama bathroom in what family called an experiment. Coroner McCullum ruled death by own action noting no motive found. He had been in good spirits earlier and planned to attend a football game.
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Fairfield
Ala
Nelson van Tol, Jr
McCullum
Birmingham
Land Transfer and School Building Acceptance in Monroe
Floyd H. McIntosh sold 14 acres in Monroe to W. H. Walker for 350 dollars as recorded by the parish court clerk. Bleachers at Ouachita Parish Junior College athletic field were accepted by J. W. Smith and associates for the parish school board. A one year auto garage lease at 2637 De Siard Street was filed by Lucas Lisotta and N. B. Bernadac.
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Floyd H. McIntosh
W. H. Walker
Parish Court
Township 18
Ouachita Parish
Two Camp Guards Face Verdicts in Sweat Box Death
George W. Courson found guilty of manslaughter after testifying he treated Arthur Maillefert like a son. Solomon Higginbotham acquitted, claiming he followed the golden rule in handling the prisoner. Trial held in Jacksonville with jurors deliberating two hours and sixteen minutes.
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Jacksonille
Fla
George W. Courson
Arthur Maillefert
Solomon Higginbotham
Maillefert
Westfield, N. J
Sunbeam
Julia Maillefert
Courson
Roosevelt and Smith to Share Platform in New York Rallies
In New York Roosevelt and Alfred E. Smith named as co heads for democracy closing campaign rallies. They will appear at Brooklyn Academy of Music November 4 and Madison Square Garden November 5. Smith plans a tour after October 19 with broadcasts from Newark and Boston.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
John N. Garner
Albany
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Madison Square Garden
Smith
Tammany Hall
Newark
N. J
Boston
Providence
Buffalo
Troy
Calvin Coolidge
Delta State football players escape injuries in Bastrop bus crash
A Delta State college teachers football team bus collided with a local grocery truck near the Bastrop Mer Rouge highway. No players were seriously hurt though they were shaken. Thirty players with the coach were in the bus returning to Cleveland after a Louisiana Tech game in Ruston.
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Bastrop
Delta State College Teachers
Bastrop-Mer Rouge
Cleveland
Miss
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Waterfront Fire Ravages Baltimore Harbor Sugar Warehouse
A major blaze damaged a three story sugar warehouse and adjoining pier on the Baltimore waterfront. Six alarms responded and firemen brought the flames under control shortly after noon. About 25 000 tons of sugar were ruined by smoke and water with no loss estimate yet provided.
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Baltimore
L S U Tigers Rout Mississippi Aggies in Rainy Monroe Game
Northeast Louisiana fans braved heavy rain to watch the L S U Tigers defeat the Mississippi Aggies 24 to 0 in the first Southern conference football game held in Monroe. President James Monroe Smith praised the 4000 faithful for their dedication to big time football and promised another game next year if support remains strong.
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L. S. U. “Tigers
Mississippi
Aggies
Northeast Louisiana
Brown Stadium
Monroe
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Jupe Plavius
Louisiana
Ruston coroner to probe fatal shooting of Bossier City girl
An 18 year old, Mrs. Bessie Alexander, died after a shot from an old rusty gun discharged in a vacant Ruston home. Roy Anderson, 22, of Dayton Ohio, claimed the act was accidental. He is jailed in Lincoln Parish awaiting charges as a coroner's jury prepares to hear evidence.
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Shreveport
Ruston
Bessie Alexander
Bossier City
Roy Anderson
Dayton
Ohio
W. E. McBride
Lincoln Parish
Alexander
Anderson
Thigpen
Unemployed Shreveport Man and Woman Take Poison Pact
Arthur Milam and a female companion swallowed poison in Shreveport in a death by own action pact. Milam survived with likely permanent vision loss. police could not locate the woman. Milam, out of work for over a year, said he was tired of it all and had known the woman for four years.
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Shreveport
Arthur Milam
Charity Hospital
Milam
East Texas
Campion
Louisiana airman aims to break land speed record
Hill Grove Rhode Island October 15 opening of the New England air pageant at the state airport featured the arrival of Jimmie Wedell from Washington in one hour and minutes. Tomorrow Wedell will attempt to break Major James H. Doolittle's land speed record.
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Hill Grove
R. I
Jimmie Wedell
Louisiana
Washington
Wedell
James H. Doolittle
Urania Oil Prices Rise Across Nine States
Louisiana Oil Refining Corp a Cities Service subsidiary raises north Louisiana crude by 12 cents and Arkansas crude by 10 cents boosting top price to 1.12 dollars for 40 degree crude. Urania district also saw a 10 cent lift in prices.
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Urania
Shreveport
Louisiana Oil Refining Corporation
Cities Service
Louisiana
Arkansas
Urania Crude
Relief survey maps unemployment needs along the river
A convoy of officials led by T F Bledsoe surveyed Concordia and nearby parishes to assess funding from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for the unemployment relief campaign. Parish leaders warn cotton's shrinkage and low prices doom profits and prolong joblessness into February.
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Ferriday
Concordia
T. Files Bledsoe
New Orleans
Half of Non Farm Families Rent Homes in 1930 Census
Census data show 12,351,549 non farm families rented housing and 10,503,386 owned. Median rent for rentals was 27.15 dollars monthly and owned homes averaged 4778 dollars in value. Most renting families paid 30 to 49 dollars monthly. owners most often valued between 3000 and 5000 dollars.
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Washington
America
Census Bureau
Death penalty sought for alleged wife killer
Memphis assistant state’s attorney urged a criminal court jury to sentence 38 year old Stanley A. Puryear to execution for the May 2 axe killings of his wife and daughter. He claimed jealousy over another woman drove the used car dealer to kill Will Jamison to hide his involvement. Court recessed until Monday after closing argument.
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Memphis
Tenn
Stanley A. Puryear
William Gerber
Gerber
Puryear
Will Jamison
Editor's wife dies in Atlanta at 44
Mrs. Byrdie Bell Cobb, 44, wife of C. A. Cobb editor of the Progressive Farmer and Southern Ruralist, died at her Atlanta home. A Buena Vista, Mississippi native, she had lived in the city for 14 years.
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Atlanta
Byrdie Bell Cobb
C. A. Cobb
Progressive Farmer
Southern Ruralist
Memorial to War Heroes Dedicated at Richmond Virginia
The Virginia World War memorial carillon was dedicated in Byrd Park Richmond on October 15 before thousands. Senator Barkley urged Americans to fight longer and harder for rights and peace and warned there is no national isolation in modern civilization. He cited the impact of England’s trade decline on U.S. cotton and warned against exclusionary policies harming the economy.
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Barkley
Europe
England
Jake the Barber Factor Ordered Extradited for Trial
John Factor known as Jake the Barber must stand trial in England on charges of defrauding British mining stock investors of 57 million dollars. The U S circuit court of appeals, in a two to one decision, reversed Judge George A. Carpenter and sent Factor back for extradition and trial. He and associates allegedly manipulated Broad Street Press stock prices to their gain and investors’ loss. Factor had previously settled pending U S claims for 1.3 million dollars.
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Chicago
John “Jake the Barber
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
England
U. S
George A. Carpenter
Broad Street Press, Ltd
London
Edwin Walker
Factor
Carpenter
Tri-Judge Court of Appeals
U. S. Supreme Court
United States
No Accidents Reported Despite Rainy L S A Mississippi A M Game
Despite heavy rainfall and high traffic, the city saw no injuries from accidents on Saturday. Several thousand visitors attended the L S A Mississippi A M football game. one minor traffic incident on Lee avenue involved a patrol car and ambulance, but no injuries were reported.
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Lee Avenue
Cotton Picker Payroll Robbery Near Vicksburg
Police reported a highwayman held up a cotton pickers payroll carrier near Rolling Fork outskirts and escaped with about 150 dollars in a touring car. The holdup occurred in the Rolling Fork area as of late today in Vicksburg Mississippi.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Rolling Fork
Seabury Sees Choice of Evils in New York Election
Samuel Seabury returning from Europe calls the New York mayoral race a choice of evils. Surrogate John P. O'Brien is the Democratic candidate and Lewis H. Pounds the Republican opponent. Seabury criticizes the New York county Republican machine as the air of the Tammany kite and favors a 1933 fusion to defeat corrupt methods. He plans to vote for Franklin D. Roosevelt for president.
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New York
Samuel Seabury
James J. Walker
New York City
John P. O’brien
Lewis H. Pounds
Brooklyn
Seabury
New York County
Little Rock opens ninth district federal home loan bank
The ninth district federal home loan bank serving Arkansas Texas Louisiana New Mexico and Mississippi opened in Little Rock after a board meeting. H D Wallace was named second vice president responsible for credits and assisting the executive vice president Benjamin Wooten. S W Adams and F G Shaw were elected treasurer and appraiser respectively. The executive committee includes J F Lucey and two directors to be named. I Friedlander and A D Georghegan hold ex officio roles.
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Little Rock
Federal Home Loan Bank
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Mississippi
H. D. Wallace
Mercantile Bank & Trust Company
Dallas
Benjamin H. Wooten
Austin
S. W. Adams
Building & Loan Association
Helena, Ark
F. G. Shaw
Shaw
Texas & Pacific Railway
J. F. Lucey
Wooten
Wallace
I. Friedlander
Houston
A. D. Georghegan
New Orleans
Salvation Army Opens New Religious Hall downtown
The Salvation Army opens a new citadel at 122 South Grand Street in the Cobb Jackson building formerly Werlein music store. Two services today include 2:30 p.m. Sunday school and 7:30 p.m. evening service. relief work remains at Wood and St John streets. Captain W L Workman heads the local unit.
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Salvation Army
W. L. Workman
Salvation Army Citadel
South Grand Street
Werlein Music Store
Cobb- Jackson
Workman
Wood and
St. John Streets
Lord Beatty Seeks Excitement in Chicago Adventure
Admiral Lord Beatty, famed World War I hero, visited the Chicago detective bureau seeking excitement. Police lieutenant Hoffmann warned Chicago offers little thrill, while Beatty and his son toured with an auto squad. A radio report of a shopkeeper firing on burglars led to a quick chase, though the burglars reportedly escaped unharmed.
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Chicago
Lord Beatty
Albert Hoffman
National Democrats forecast westward campaign tour
The Democratic National Committee plans a westward tour for the vice presidential candidate following Speaker Garner's address. Franklin D Roosevelt leads the ticket with campaigns expanding from the eastern states to the corn belt and Pacific coast. Huey Long and Gene Tunney join the push with sound-truck outreach across Louisiana Arkansas and potential addresses in the Dakotas and Nebraska.
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New York
Garner
Democratic National Committee
Corn Belt
Pacific Coast
Franklin Roosevelt
Washington
National Committee
Democratic Committee
Hyde Park
Paris
Berengaria
Gene Tunney
Roosevelt
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Philadelphia
Huey Long
Northwest
Kingfish
Louisiana
Chicago
Arkansas
Hattie Caraway
Bismarck
N. D
Lincoln
Neb
Pierre
S. D
Baton Rouge
Rapides Parish
Lecompte Alexandria
State House
Art Taylor
Dakotas
Senaor Huey P. Long
Rouge
Araska
Franklin D.eee
Long
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Arthur Brisbane
King Features Synd
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Happy Warrior
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L. S. U. Tigers
Aggies of
Jupe Pluvius
Lassie
Dayton Youth
Vidalia
Richmond, VA
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Carillon Tower
Jake the Barber
U.S
Little Rock Home Loan Bank
North Dakkota
South Louisiana
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