Foxhounds and memories in Geneseo old country tale
In Geneseo New York a vivid portrait recalls Major Austin Wadsworth and his renowned fox hounds shaping local tradition. The piece traces Wadsworth family influence, historic transport routes, and a river of bygone farms, praising constant courtesy amid sharp talk of politics and local characters.
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Big Tree
Geneseo
N. Y
Geneseo Valley
Wadsworths
New York Harbor
Austin Wadsworth
America
Wadsworth
Congress
Roosevelt Follows Smiths Wake in Massachusetts Tour
Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Massachusetts to back Alfred E. Smith in a Democratic march through towns from the state line to Groton. Governor Ely joined at the line and introductions and crowds grew in Williamstown North Adams Greenfield Orange Athol Gardner Fitchburg and Ayer with Roosevelt speaking in Ayer and plans to continue to Portland Maine and Boston.
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Groton
Mass
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Massachusetts
State
Ely
Smith
Chicago
Mr. Roosevelt
Williamstown
North Adams
Greenfield
Orange
Athol
Gardner
Fitchburg
Ayer
New York
Gorton
Groton School
John
Franklin, Jr
Boston
Roosevelt
Portland
Albany
Executive Mansion
Vermont Hills
Pownal
Masachusetts Line
Joseph A. Maynard
Williams College
Navy transport Grant carries 300 to Shreveport area
The U S S Grant, a navy transport, brings 300 passengers including officers, enlisted men, and families en route to Barksdale airfield near Shreveport. They travel from California via the Panama Canal, entering the Mississippi River near New Orleans and due to dock after midnight at Poland and Dauphine wharfs. Major Millard Harmon will receive them upon arrival.
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New Orleans
U. S. S. Grant
Navy
Barksdale Airfield
Shreveport
Mississippi River
Poland and Dauphine
Grant
California
Panama Canal
Millard F. Harmon
Unemployment Relief Work Starts in Claiborne Parish
In Claiborne parish the unemployment relief program begins November 15 with $15,000 requested for relief efforts. G G Nelson heads the parish committee aiding applicant registration at the city hall. Over 50 have already applied for blanks, and highway beautification plus other public projects will provide early employment for needy residents.
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Homer
Claiborne Parish
G. G. Nelson
Claiborne Para Committee
Rabbi Leipziger Addresses New Orleans Congregation
Rabbi Emil W. Leipziger of Touro Synagogue New Orleans spoke Friday night at Temple B Nai Israel as part of a nationwide Union of American Hebrew Congregations drive to lift morale. A reception followed in the temple annex.
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Emil W. Leipziger
Touro Synagogue
New Orleans
Temple B’nai Israel
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Temple Annex
Franklin and Caddo Vie For Cotton Production Lead
Franklin parish led Caddo by 229 bales for Louisiana cotton production as of October 18, with 35,816 bales to 35,587. State ginnings trailed 37,000 bales behind 1931, and two weeks prior total stood 94,000 ahead of last year. Other top parishes included St. Landry Natchitoches Richland Bossier Claiborne Rapides Lincoln West Carroll Morehouse Red River Ouachita.
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Washington
Franklin
Caddo Parishes
Louisiana
Commerce Department
Franklin Parish
Caddo
St. Landry
Natchitoches
Richland
Bossier
Claiborne
Rapides
Lincoln
West Carroll
Morehouse
Red River
Ouachita
Monroe Watch It Grow Pile Driving at Post Office Site
Pile driving at the Post Office building site in Monroe was completed yesterday with the driver moved to the east side of the big pit for further piles. J. H. Rhymes sold two acres on Winnsboro road to Mrs. L. Weathery for 250 dollars, per Ouachita parish court clerk office records.
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J. H. Rhymes
Winnsboro Road
L. Weathery
Ouachita Parish
Skipper Paradox Avoids Publicity on World Cruise
A slim blue eyed skipper in a 35 foot motor cruiser declares his around the world voyage is not a publicity stunt. He ties up on the river front in Baton Rouge and asks interviewers to withhold his name and not reveal his plans. He demands non disclosure of his identity before sharing details of the trip.
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Baton Rouge
Hoover to Renew Midwestern Campaign Tour
President Hoover plans a renewed inland campaign tour with three or four speeches. He will depart Washington Monday to visit Maryland Delaware Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York before heading west toward Chicago Minneapolis Springfield Ill and St Louis with numerous rear platform appearances. Some advisers doubt a west coast stop will occur but schedules allow late changes as he presses reelection bid.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
National Capital
Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Chicago
Minneapolis
Springfield
Ill
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Man Dies After Leaving Charity Hospital Line
O. E. Tutt about 69 left Charity hospital after waiting too long, pawned his pistol for $3.50, bought medicines, and died minutes after checking into a downtown hotel. Deputy coroner Dr H W Paul said Tutt told staff there were many ahead of him and he could not wait. His room cost $1 and medicines 75 cents were found in the room.
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Shreveport
Charity Hospital
O. E. Tutt
H. W. Paul
Tutt
Paul
Bond Heads Mississippi Betterment Conference
Dr. N D Bond of the University of Mississippi was elected president of the Mississippi conference of social work at the annual meeting in Jackson. He succeeds himself as head of the organization by a unanimous vote. Dr L B Coulter of Columbia was named second vice president, a post created this year.
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Jackson
Miss
N. D. Bond
University of Mississippi
Mississippi Conference of Social Work
Shouse Sues For Divorce In Hutchinson
Marian Edwards Shouse files suit for divorce against Jouett Shouse former Democratic National Committee chairman. Abandonment for over a year alleged. Petition asks custody of daughters Marian and Elizabeth and costs. property settlement already agreed.
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Shouse
Hutchinson
Kan
Marian Edwards Shouse
Jouett Shouse
Democratic National Executive Committee
Cotton Hold Near Oct Price Levels Ahead of Election
Cotton prices rise about eight points from last week and are seen staying flat until after the November 8 election. Traders expect preelection discounting to limit gains with hedging slowing, while demand from Europe and Japan supports a steady undertone.
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Washington
Worth Street
France
Germany
Japan
Orient
New York Cotton Exchange
Comra
Liverpool
Yarrell Denied New Trial in Bank Robbery Case
In Jena, Judge Wiley Jones denied a motion for a new trial for Edgar Turner and Jim Yarrell, convicted of robbing the Olla State Bank on August 19. Turner faces 9 to 14 years in the penitentiary. Yarrell’s attorneys did not appear to seek a new trial, with sentencing expected next week. The day also included the murder trial of M. H. May and E. W. Neyland in the Randell case, with a verdict not yet reached.
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Jena
Edgar Turner
Jim Yarrell
Olla
Wiley Jones
Turner
Yarrell
American students may leave Austria over unrest
A 25 member American student delegation met with Gilchrist Stockton in Vienna to assess whether to return to the United States given anti Semite disturbances. Stockton promised protection and advised staying clear of Austrian politics. The students favored remaining but said they would depart if attacked. three Americans were injured last Wednesday and the University of Vienna rector issued an apology.
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Vienna
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Gilchrist Stockton
United States
University of Vienna
Deacon Chambers Milan Liar Dies at 60
A. Frank Chambers known as Deacon and the Milan Liar died after a long illness at age 60 in Memphis Technn October 29. He gained fame as Milan Tennessee correspondent for Memphis and Nashville papers with imaginative stories reprinted nationwide. He later published Bible verses for the Memphis Commercial Appeal and served as assistant clerk of the Tennessee Senate in 1893. He was a Knoxville Military Academy and University of Tennessee alum.
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Memphis
Technn
A. Frank Chambers
Deacon
Milan Liar
Tennessee
Milan
Nashville
Chambers
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Tennessee Senate
Knoxville Military Academy
University of Tennessee
Monroe Police Identify Suicidal Note Writer as John Crew
Police said the man was John Crew a 34 year old Texas resident in Monroe for six months. A missing car and changed clothes near the riverbank raise evidence against a drowning death and suggest a hoax of self destruction. A note accuses a Monroe woman of deceit and ends with a farewell to family and statement about a watery grave.
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Ouachita River
Frank S. Pettit
John Crew
Texas
Monroe
Crew
J. C
Harry N. Black
Locks and Dam
Fire Department
L. V. Tarver
Former prison camp captain sentenced to twenty years
George W. Courson, former prison guard, was sentenced to twenty years at hard labor for manslaughter in the death of Arthur Maillefert who was strangled in a sweat box last June. Judge George Cooper Gibbs denied a new trial and set bond at $10,000 pending appeal.
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Jacksonville
Fla
George W. Courson
Arthur Maillefert
George Cooper Gibbs
Courson
Cotton Fire Breaks Out in Shanghai Warehouse District
A major fire swept a cotton warehouse in central Shanghai near the Whangpoo river this morning endangering the Dollar Steamship Line offices the British Shanghai Club and the Great Northern Telegraph Co. Firefighters from the city fought the blaze with its full equipment to prevent further damage.
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Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Dollar Steamship Line
Shanghai Club
Great Northern Telegraph. Co
Louisiana State Fair fake ticket scheme foiled by official
An alleged organized group of former employees printed and began selling hundreds of fake Louisiana State Fair tickets. Secretary-manager William R. Hirsch obtained a written confession from the ringleader, with special agents probing others’ involvement. Officials expect prosecution as gates opened and a suspect was nabbed selling early batches.
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Shreveport
Louisiana State Fair Association
William R. Hirsch
Hirsch
State Fair Association
French plan not to apply to U S Army says Paris
Norman Davis, the American disarmament representative, was told by Premier Briand that France does not intend to apply its new militia proposal to the United States. The plan would cover continental Europe only and not the British or American forces. The Paris note suggests France aims to help reduce Europe’s armament burden by combining plans with Hoover’s disarmament ideas.
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Paris
Norman Davis
Herriot
United States
Europe
Davis
France
Wedell Returns to New Orleans After Speed Record Flight
James R. Wedell, famed New Orleans racing pilot, arrives by plane from Mexico City after setting a new three capital speed record Ottawa to Mexico City via Washington in 11 hours 54 minutes. He announces plans to challenge the land plane speed title at Providence R I within a month, with a new motor for the Miss Patterson and in Thompson Trophy races.
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New Orleans
James R
Jimmy” Wedell
Ottawa
Canada
Mexico City
Washington
Providence
R. I
Joseph Samuels
Gulfport Contractor Held on Arson Sentence Appeal
Gulfport builder J. S. Byrd was released on a $3000 appeal bond after the state supreme court affirmed a 7-year penitentiary sentence from Circuit Judge Walter A. White for arson. Byrd was taken into custody yesterday at Mount Olive and returned to Gulfport.
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Gulfport
Miss
J. S. Byrd
Liberty
State Supreme Court
Walter A. White
Mount Olive
Hares Yvan i
Sleeping Sickness Boy of Memphis in Critical Pneumonia
Twelve-year-old Joe Huggins, known as the sleeping sickness boy, has developed double pneumonia and doctors fear for his life. He sank into a coma after a fall last November and has since remained drowsy and largely asleep, with prior injuries including a broken clavicle and displaced pelvis.
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Memphis
Tenn
Joe Huggins
Huggins
Smith Addresses Crowd in Buffalo Music Hall
Alfred E. Smith spoke to about 6000 in Buffalo urging support for Roosevelt and a Democratic sweep. He condemned the Republican administration as a failure, urged a progressive policy to avert another catastrophe, and tied the talk to state issues and a Democratic Senate and House.
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Frank Roosevelt
Smith
Senate
House of Representatives
Honduran Schooner Seized With Liquor Cargo
The Honduran schooner Yula carrying 625 cases of liquor valued at 35000 dollars was captured off the Mississippi coast by the coast guard cutter Mahoning after an eight mile chase. Captain Birio Bush and six crew members from Brush Honduras were jailed and face a preliminary hearing next week before a U S commissioner.
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Mobile
Ala
Coast Guard
Mahoning
Birio Bush
Pleon Warren
Charles Cord
Alfonso Sanchez
Kane McCoy
C. Anderson
Justus Hamilton
Brush
Mssissippi
United States
Chinese communists kill American missionary after captivity
The report states Chinese communists killed an American missionary after holding him captive for two years. The item notes the long detention and aims to inform readers about the fate of the missionary.
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Kemble Kennedy
Farmerville
Whangdoodle
Norman Thomas
Farmer
Cnet
Cass
Mississippi Relief Probe Sparks Governor's Defense
Governor Sennett Conner denounces Fred Sullens and Jackson Daily News for alleging false relief survey claims. He says counties and cities conducted surveys and that $850,000 was allotted by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for emergency relief from November 1 to December 31, 1932. He plans further conferences in Jackson with Red Cross, RFC, and welfare officials to push relief efforts.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Sennett Conner
Faulkner Field
State Teachers College
New Athletic Stadium
Mississippi
Fred Sullens
Jackson Daily News
Conner
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
East
Itington
Jackson
Nati Red Cross
Frank Bane
A Can Public Welfare Ociati
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