Two Frustrated Robbery attempt Ends in Downtown Shootout
In Cleveland on October 8 a diamond merchant holdup failed. Norman Townsend of Detroit was killed after a 70 mile per hour pursuit down Euclid avenue. Six people were shot including jeweler Herbert Quinlan and Patrolman Brazier. two bandits fled in a commandeered car amid a wild gun battle.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Norman Townsend
Detroit
Townsend
Euclid Avenue
Herbert Quinlan
Mear
Fred Brazier
Joe Roy Heisley
Florence Martin
Quinlan
Edmond S. Quinlan
Roy Heisley
Thomas Osborne
Crown Prince Michael Misses His Mother in France
The London Daily Mail reports ten year old Crown Prince Michael of Romania called his mother Princess Helen in London from Paris. He said I miss you so much after leaving London and visiting with his mother. The visit was said to have been halted by King Carol, a claim he denied. The prince planned a Versailles stop with his uncle Prince Nicholas and was to travel on to a hunting invitation.
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Paris
London Daily Mail
Michael
Romania
Princess Helen
London
France
Helen
Carol
Mic
Versailles
Prince Nicholas
Early risers and campus capers in Monroe humor
Dr. B G Williams starts day early on Monroe streets while Joe Washburn enjoys quieter mornings. A. E. Hudson directs a test well near Cheniere. College mischief includes a Austin slipping through campus in a prank, halted by C C Calvert. Mrs. Bacle finds a $5 old thing in a trunk, and a news boy debates Eve Bradford’s editorship with a passerby. Allen Jones uncovers baby shoes with a copper date of 1859 at city hall.
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B. G. Williams
Monroe
Joe Washburn
E. Hudson
Cheniere
Lee Avenue
C. C. Calvert
Allen Jones
Destitute Mother Abandons Baby at Orphanage Steps
A three month old girl named Rose was left in a pasteboard box on the steps of the Smitherman building at the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home. A note pleaded for care while the mother hoped to regain support. Fay Wilson, 13, and Matron Mrs. J S Allen found the infant amid cold night and milk bottles, with staff and residents offering care. The home superintendent Rev L M Cole said a midnight car may have dropped the child, with investigation continuing.
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Rose
Smitherman
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Sugar Belt Cold Boosts Louisiana Sugar Crop Prospects
A Louisiana sugar belt cold snap is expected to yield 220000 tons of sugar this season, with 67000 factories grinding cane and 40000 workers active through January. Reginald Dykers of the American Sugar Cane League notes colder weather sweetens sugar while farmer and laborer readiness hinges on no freeze.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Reginald Dykers
American Sugar Cane League
Dykers
Sieker Remains North Louisiana Labor Official
New Orleans October 8 state labor commissioner E L Engerran said Fred Sieker continues as assistant labor commissioner for North Louisiana. J H Terrell had claimed the office but Engerran denied knowledge of such claims. Both men reside in Shreveport and Terrell announced his appointment last Thursday while Sieker refused to surrender the post.
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New Orleans
E. L. Engerran
Labor
Fred Sieker
North Louisiana
J. H. Terrell
Engerran
Terrell
Sieker
Shreveport
Harvest Day Observed by All Methodists in Louisiana
The Louisiana Methodist churches will observe Harvest Day tomorrow with special collections for the Ruston Orphanage. The orphanage, supported by the state Methodist conference, houses over 200 children and relies on church contributions, with some offerings taken at Easter and in October. Members are urged to attend or mail their donations if unable to attend.
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Ruston
Louisiana
State Methodist Conference
Auto of Judge Mills Kills One and Wounds Another
In Shreveport Louisiana on the Caddo parish line Judge E P Mills car collided with a stopped vehicle killing W H Ryan a 50 year old grocery salesman and injuring I L Randol a 15 year old negro Investigating officers sought the driver with bright lights Mills said he was temporarily blinded by approaching lights and did not see the stopped auto Randol was taken to Shreveport for care Mills was returning from campaigning for a court of appeal run off.
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Shreveport
E. P. Mills
Caddo Parish
W. H. Ryan
I. L. Randol
J. B. Hall
Bossier Parish
Coushatta Road
Ryan
Judge Mills
Hall
Randol
Alexandria
Court of Appeal
Insull Released on 50 000 Bail in Barrie and Detention Request
Martin J Insull former Chicago utilities magnate freed on 50000 bail in Barrie Ontario awaiting extradition hearing. Samuel Insull and son Samuel Jr spent about 24 hours in Turin hotel booking details reported. Paris embassy requests provisional arrest and detention of Samuel Insull for extradition proceedings.
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Samuel and Son
Turin
Italy
Barrie
Ont
Martin J. Insull
Chicago
Samuel Insull
Samuel, Jr
Palace Hotel
Bath
Insull
Paris
Foreign Office
Funds on Tap for Cattle Men and Planters
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation announced today that four agricultural credit corporations hold 12 million dollars in treasury funds for farm loans. Loans authorized in August totaled 186 million across regions including Sioux City Salt Lake City Spokane and Columbus. Legal hurdles slow some advances as agencies pursue self liquidation and related legal work.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Sioux City
Salt Lake City
Spokane
Columbus
South Trimble
House
Congress
Lippmann backs Roosevelt amid 1932 campaigns
Walter Lippmann and Henry A. Wallace endorse Franklin D. Roosevelt as Hoover support wanes. Judson King, Robert L. Owen and others advocate public ownership and tighter public utility regulation, arguing unity and strongest response to national crises.
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Washington
U.P
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Walter Lippmann
Henry A. Wallace
Harding
Judson King
Robert L. Owen
Oklahoma
Hoover
New York World
New York Herald Tribune
Lippmann
Roosevelt
Iowa
Wallace
Middle West
Mexican Archbishop Diaz Freed After Police Questioning
Mexico City Oct 8 Archbishop Pas cual Diaz of Mexico was released at 1 40 am after two hours of police questioning. Deputies had demanded an investigation into his activities and asked if his duties were performed without government registration. Rumors of abduction prompted a brief missing person report, but officials denied holding him.
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Mexico City
Pascual Diaz
Mexico
Chamber of Deputies
One Way Ride inventor Frankie McErland dies in Beardstown
Frankie McErland inventor of the One Way Ride in Chicago liquor wars died in a Beardstown hospital from pneumonia. He survived numerous gangland shootouts and was credited with killing several people after introducing machine guns to gangdom. He had been charged with killing his wife and her two dogs found dead in a car.
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Beardstown
Ill
Frankie McErland
Chicago
Herriot Considers London Trip To Discuss German Armament Demand
Paris October 8 Premier Herriot plans a possible Wednesday trip to London for a conference with Prime Minister MacDonald on Germanys demand for armament equality.
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Herriot
Paris
Premier Herriot
London
MacDonald
Germany
Courageous pilot stays with plane to save his pass
In Godalming England two British flying officers died in a bomber crash. The 21 year old pilot Officer Bernard Gully stayed with the ship shouting Jump for it to his crew. Four crew jumped to safety while one stayed and died as the plane exploded.
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Godalming
Surrey
Eng
Here
Bernard Gully
Arthur Page
Gully
A M Burton to Address Bible Classes in Paramount Theater
A large Twin Cities audience is expected as A M Burton, noted southern business leader, speaks on A Task For Men at 9 45 tomorrow morning at the Paramount. The event is organized by city men Bible classes with L A Stuke leading song service and Fred Williamson presiding.
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Twin Cities
Paramount Theater
Andrew M. Burton
South
Burton
The
Paramount
L. A. Stuke
First Baptist Church
Fred Williamson
First Presbyterian Church
Oliver B. Morton
Fire Marshal Probing Blazes in New Orleans
The State fire marshal's office opened an investigation into two fires in New Orleans with police saying signs point to incendiarism. One blaze on Julia Street caused about 3500 dollars in damage after a gasoline explosion. an attic contained candles and excelsior. The Cadiz Street house fire caused about 1000 dollars in damages with three gasoline containers found beneath the home.
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New Orleans
Julia Street
Cadiz Street
Cotton Crop Forecast Rises Slightly For United States
The Agriculture Department projects 11,425,000 bales for the U S cotton crop based on October 1 conditions, up 115,000 from September. Ginned bales before Oct 1 reach 48 35 405 with declines versus 1931 and 1930, while October 1 condition stands 54.2 percent, and yield is forecast at 149 3 pounds per acre.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Tennessee
Cotton
Crop Reporting Board
Cotton futures slide after government crop estimate
New Orleans on October 8 reports spot cotton down 47 points to six and a half cents with middling prices flat for future deliveries. Government outlook pegs crop at 11,425,000 bales, 115,000 above last month and well above private estimates, while December futures show further movement.
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New Orleans
Buereau
Mother Love Wins Custody in North Carolina case
In Charlotte on October 3 Judge Wilson Warlick ruled 10 year old Louise Whisnant should stay with her mother after weeks of consideration, despite both parents being divorced. The child will, however, spend all of every year with her father Thomas Whisnant.
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Charlotte
N. C
Wilson Warlick
North Carolina
Louise
Oil Resources of State Just Touched Says Shaw
Dr J A Shaw director of minerals for the Louisiana state conservation department says Louisiana's oil potential has merely been scratched and places total resources at 8 billion barrels versus 750 million recovered. He forecasts more prospecting deeper drilling and expansion of oil areas in coming years.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
J. A. Shaw
State Conservation Department
Shaw
Conservation Department
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S. A. Bacle
Eve Bradford
Conservation Office
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King
Gen. MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
United States Army
King Carol of
Bucharest
Associated Press
St. Louis
Memphis
Helena Settee
Nashville
Ween
Enwine
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Cairo
Tennessee— Chattanooga
Ouachita
Martin Insull
Financial Group
Gov
OWEN
A. M. Burton
Orleans
Mother Love
Carolina Court
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