Malibu wildfire threatens Hollywood hills and 8000 acres
A Ventura to Los Angeles county brush fire scorched 8000 acres of watershed across the Santa Monica range threatening beach estates and 15 000-dollar homes. Fire crews battled under shifting winds, with Topanga canyon traffic halted and relief supplies pouring into the affected area as officials feared it would not be stopped before reaching Hollywood limits.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Malibu
Santa Monica
Ventura County
Los Canyon
Hollywood
Simi
Topanga Canyon
Coast Line
Oxnard
Dock Board to Store Cotton in Lower New Orleans
The dock board will store part of the cotton cargo that had banked up at the army supply base in lower New Orleans. Movement to begin Monday, with space leased from the War Department since 1926 for the international trade exhibition. Rental about 100000 dollars annually. Exhibition contract expired and not renewed.
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New Orleans
Dock Board
War Department
Football Results From Several Colleges
Final scores from Lexington Virginia show V M I defeating Davidson 6 to 0. In Annapolis St Johns beat American University 59 to 6. Yale over Dartmouth 1 0. William and Mary 7 beat Harvard 6. N Y 7 beat Carnegie Tech 0. Georgia and Florida 0. Mississippi and Colgate 0. Pennsylvania 7 beat Kansas 0. Columbia and Cornell 0. Duke 6 beat Villanova 0.
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Lexington
V. M
Davidson
Annapolis
St. Johns
American University
Yale
Dartmouth
William and Mary
Harvard
N. Y
Carnegie Tech
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Colgate
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Columbia
Cornell
Duke
Villanova
First Freeze of the Season Recorded Here Last Night
Monroe weather records report the first freeze of the season with a 32 degree minimum last night. Miss Kate Key, government weather recorder, notes a killing frost in the area and warns that vegetables not hardy to winter may suffer damage while local crops thrive with robust early growth.
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Monroe
Kate Key
Government Weather Recorder
Miss Key
Monroe Records the Coldest Point in State
New Orleans reports a real winter sting as Monroe logged the coldest point in the state today with temperatures dipping low. The article continues on page three.
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Monroe
New Orleans
Dry Agents Nab Whiskey Stills in Duck Marsh Raid
Prohibition agents in hunting gear raided a swamp near Lake Pontchartrain and arrested Anthony Sabarino for operating a 100 gallon whiskey still. They found a second still nearby and thousands of gallons of mash in the swamp.
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New Orleans
Anthony Sabarino
Lake Pontchartrain
Magruder Urges U S to Halt European War
Rear Admiral T. P. Magruder urged the United States to act to prevent a European war, arguing aviation makes ships obsolete and calling for peace with honor. He supported the League of Nations and the World Court and favored active participation in international affairs.
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Magruder
U. S
League of Nations
World Court
Belt
City Battles Wild Oil Gusher With Militia Guards
Oklahoma City faced a continuing oil well geyser that forced 300 residents to abandon homes and closed six schools. Nine National Guardsmen aided fire crews as John Gordon led control efforts after the well broke through its mastergate, with talks of a steel bonnet to cap the spout and reduced fire danger as gas clouds dissipated.
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Oklahoma City
John Gordon
Wives and Daughters of Head Hunters Die by Action
The Formosan revolt near Taihoku ends with 108 native women, wives and daughters of head hunters, taking their own lives in Mahebo. Japanese and Formosan casualties total about 400 as troops press the punitive expedition against remaining rebels in Hogo and Rodoff.
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TORIO
Formosa
Taihoku
Mahebo
Hogo
Rodoff
Louisiana Dry Ice firm barred from name by federal court
A federal court in Shreveport restrained the Louisiana Dry Ice corporation from using the words dry ice in its name and ads. The injunction favored the Dry Ice Corporation of America which holds the trademark on the term used for manufacturing and selling solid carbon dioxide refrigerant.
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Asanciated Prena
Snreveport
Louisiana Dry Ice Corporation
Ben C. Dawkins
Dry Ice
Dry Ice Corporation of America
Giant airship groomed for trans Atlantic flight
Altenrhein Switzerland Nov 1 The Dornier DC X big aircraft readies for a start tomorrow on the first lap of a trans Atlantic trip to New York. The enormous craft can carry more than 100 passengers and will hold about 20 000 liters of fuel for the voyage.
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Associated Preas
Altenrhein
Switzerland
New York
Eighteen Earthquakes Reported in Italian Town
Eighteen earthshocks were felt in Fiastra near Macerata with continuation until 1:20 a.m. No injuries or damage were reported as the town experienced widespread panic during the tremors.
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Associated Preas
Fiastra
Italy
Macerata
Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley
Poems and humorous reflections by J P Alley in a dialect voice. The piece titled Hamburgs Meditations reflects religious sentiment and everyday life in a folksy cadence. It presents light satire and gentle moral observations through Humorous dialect poetry.
Mayor Thompson Battles Peritonitis After Operation
Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson faced a serious post operative battle with peritonitis after an appendectomy. Doctors said his condition could not be judged until tomorrow afternoon though he showed courage and a favorable reaction to the operation performed at 2 p m yesterday. His wife and a few friends remained with him at Passavant hospital.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Passavant Hospital
Collision injures trio at Stone and Second streets
A car crash at the Stone and Second streets intersection sent Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wink and their 2-year-old son to St. Francis sanitarium with multiple cuts and bruises. Mrs. Wink suffered a leg injury and facial bruising while the child slept through the incident.
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Stone and
Second Streets
J. L. Wink
Lapine
St. Francis Sanitarium
Brave Woman Foils Bank Robbery in Efland Killing Bandit
In Efland North Carolina a bold local woman warned of trouble as a bandit burst into the Bank of Efland. A second robber fled in a yellow coupe while a shotgun fired from across the street fatally wounding Bruce Carpenter of Durham. Bank officials identified the dead man by papers found on him. The bank president J L Efland and Robert Riley were held at bay during the theft.
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Efland
N. C
Bruce Carpenter
Durham
Carl Forrest
Carpenter
George Shambley
J. L. Efiand
Robert Riley
Train wreck in Martinsburg leaves two dead
The No. 17 westbound express of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad derailed near Kearneysville at 4 30 a m on a detour curve. Engineer Stanley Pickett of Baltimore was killed and fireman Charles Priphrey died later in a hospital. The wreck injured another crewman and scattered eight express cars and a passenger car across the track.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Kearneysville
Stanley Pickett
Baltimore
Charles Priphrey
Washington
Pittsburgh
New Orleans Telephone Manager Dies Today
John Burke Jr district manager of the Southern Bell Telephone company died in a New Orleans hospital after an appendicitis operation ten days earlier He was 35 years old and survived by his widow and three children.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
John Burke, Jr
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Havana votes delayed as 35 percent of polling places close
El Pais reports 35 percent of Havana polling sites closed following resignations of officials. Elections planned for today must be postponed. In Texas ports unions threaten to load ships with open shop labor if longshoremen do not return. In Denver, trial of Pearl O Loughlin for murder of her 10-year-old stepdaughter Leona set for November 24 after denial of a 10 day continuance.
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Havana
el Pais
Galveston
Texas
Corpus Christi
Houston
Denver
Colo
Pearl O'Loughlin
Leona
Henley A. Calvert
Nine rescued from burning launch on Mississippi River
New Orleans Nov. 1 Nine persons were rescued today from the blazing launch of George Davis of Algiers as he and guests cruised past Canal street The boat caught fire from a gasoline explosion Davis docked at the Poydras street wharf and led guests to safety Fire departments and a tug boat extinguished the flames saving a nearby freight liner The owner Davis was slightly burned during the rescue
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Associated Press
New Orleans
George Davis
Algiers
Davis
Mississippi River
Canal Street
Poydras Street
Wooten Slays Wife After Halloween Prank Incident
In Sand Springs near Tulsa Oklahoma Ray Edward Wooten 20 fired into the air to frighten pranksters then shot his 18 year old wife near the heart she died shortly after. Police report the Cotton mill worker acted after a dispute in their home on November 1.
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Tulsa
Okla
Hallowe’en
Sand Springs
Ray Edward Wooten
Republicans to Inspect Sites for $2 Million Disabled Soldiers Home
Tele p hone messages from Lamont Rowlands say a committee to pick the site for a two million dollar home for disabled volunteer soldiers will visit Mississippi next week to inspect prospective locations in the southeast.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Miss
Lamont Rowlands
Republican National
Southeast
Mississippi
DeQuincy Merchant Slain as Store Quietly Held Up
James Lewis, 21, was arrested for murder after 70 year old DeQuincy merchant Ibrahim Abdalla was shot while closing his shop. Abdalla, a Syria immigrant and longtime Mason, lay dead near the counter. a witness saw a man run from the area.
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Dequincy
Sbraham Abdalla
James Lewis
Lake Charles Parish
Eace Muche
Abdalla
Syria
Abdaila
Reputed Capone Gunman Faces Assault Charge
Claude Maddox, reputed Capone gang gunman, faces an assault with intent to commit charge in Chicago. He is identified in connection with the attempted assassination of Sir James McBride on a street car last Thursday. Maddox and Fur Sammons are under arrest. Sammons identity is unclear.
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Chicago
Claude Maddox
Alpone
James McBride
Maddox
Harry S. Ditchburne
McBride
Jack White
White
Pfiaume
M Bride
Sammons
Howe
Eight Men and Child Shot in Robbery Gone Wrong
Eight men and a child were shot and killed in Lucena Tayabas Province when robbers caught in the act opened fire. Authorities said the attackers ran amuck as they were apprehended. one was captured and placed under arrest, others escaped.
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Lucena
Tayabas
Torn Letter Sparks Stir in Nebraska Senate Race
A torn letter linked to the Nebraska senatorial contest drew new interest as United States Senator George W. Norris said he would welcome an investigation into its origins. The missive, written in Chicago by J. B. Wootan, claimed threats of wire tapping at a Lincoln hotel and implicated Nye and confederates, though Norris dismissed the accusations as false.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
United States
George W. Norris
Thorne Browne
Sneeln
Browne
Norris
Chicago
J. B. Wootan
Public Service Magazine
National Electright Association
Wootan
Arthur Huntington
Rapids
Iowa
Nye
Lincoln
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T. P. Magruder
Eighth Naval District
Propeller Club
Tighe
Ein Atte
Militia Guards
United Press
Will Rogers
Beverly Hills
Gon
Will, Jr
Young Rogers
Thompson
Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Bell Syndicate
Jnc
St. Louis
Vicksburg
Baton Rouge
Ouachita
Camden
Bandit
Confederate
Black
Capone
Oenhe
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