Striking Miners Return to Work in Pennsylvania
Thousands of western Pennsylvania coal miners moved to resume work with the United Mine Workers estimating about half of 175 000 strikers back in the pits by noon. Reports from Fayette and other coal belt counties showed some mines reopening while insurgent leaders maintained refusals without Frick recognition. Progress appeared gradual but widespread across Westmoreland Indiana Jefferson Armstrong Washington and Allegheny counties.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
Roosevelt
Fayette County
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Martin Ryan
Frick
Westmoreland
Indiana
Jefferson
Armstrong
Washington
Allegheny
National Guard Deployed Amid Miner Strife in Sullivan County
In Sullivan Indiana threats of a clash between cooperative miners and union sympathizers led Gov McNutt to order two National Guard companies from Terre Haute into the mining district. Bombings and picket lines formed near Starburn mine in Shelburn with about 300 guardsmen mobilized under Brig Gen D Wray DePrez to restore order.
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Sullivan
Ind
Sullivan County
National Guard
Hymera
Starburn
Shelburn
Frank Stalder
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana National Guard
Terre Haute
Attica
Martinsville
Evansville
D. Wray DePrez
Shelbyville
76Th
Striking silk workers lead Paterson group at code hearing
About 100 Paterson silk workers led by Ann Burlak marched to the commerce department auditorium before a cotton textile code revision hearing. They belonged to the National Textile Workers Union and were joined later by 150 striking United Textile Workers of America members.
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Washington
Paterson
N. J
Ann Burlak
Commerce Department
National Textile Workers Union
United Textile Workers of America
Times Ain't Hard Reflections From Ban Dera Poem
A Ban Dera Tex column reprints Jes' Ramblin by H H B J B Lindsay with caustic reminiscences of poverty. It recalls a rural childhood near schools churches and fields, detailing frugal living and scarce education while contrasting modern comforts and nostalgia. The piece also notes local anecdotes from Ouachita junior college and circus nights with light humor.
Florida expected to favor repeal in statewide vote
Jacksonville reports the national repeal drive gains momentum as Postmaster General James A. Farley races to Tampa for a speech before Florida voters go to polls tomorrow. Democratic leaders predict a two to one or two and a half to one margin for repeal.
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Jacksonville
Fla
James A. Farley
Tampa
Florida
Farley
Washington
Alf
Buy Now Drive Launched by Hugh S Johnson
NRAbacked campaign targets American housewives urging immediate purchases to boost demand and payrolls. Johnson says buying now helps stabilize jobs, curb rising prices, and supports the recovery as advertising intensifies and stores reopen. Industry and government push coordinated codes to sustain the wave.
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Hugh S. Johnson
Washington
NRA
Johnson
19 Die In Dixie Mishaps Over Weekend
Atlanta report cites 19 deaths across the South from accidents over the weekend. Traffic crashes killed most, with eight in North Carolina and five in Arkansas. Other fatalities occurred in Georgia Alabama Florida Virginia and South Carolina plus a hunting death in Chester South Carolina.
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Atlanta
South
North Carolina
Arkansas
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Virginia
South Carolina
E. E. Lefevre
Floyd Conley
Morgantown
Marion
Frazier Champman
Jerry Gay
Gastonia
Nebo
John B. Lile
Wilson
C. R. Surratt
China Grove
Dan Little
Albemarle
Sam Meredith
Don Craig
Paris
Owen Tucker
Glenn Whittaker
Florence
Walnut Grove
Boyce Helms
el Dorado
Broadus Estes Willingham, III
Macon
Georgia Tech
Lawrensville
Preston S. Booker
Selma
Ala
D. Reed Waterfield
Bromley
Boca Raton
Logan H. Parker, Jr
J. R. Bennett
Norfolk
Roy Young
Chester
S. C
Supreme court denies review of ICC rail rate ruling
Washington October 9 Texas ports and commercial interests in Texas Oklahoma and Kansas were denied a review by the supreme court of last term's decision setting aside an Interstate Commerce Commission order on railroad rates into and out of New Orleans.
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Washington
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Orleans
Submarine L-26 Fire Kills Two and Wounds Fourteen
Campbellton harbor Scotland reports an explosion and fire aboard the L-26 submarine. Two sailors were killed and 14 injured as the crew, during lunch in the mess, faced shattered walls, fuel smoke, and entangling debris while attempting to reach safety and fight the blaze.
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Campbeltown Harbor
Scotland
Portland
Kintyre Peninsula
Weissmuller and Velez Not Yet Wed After Nevada License
Hollywood, Oct. 9. Johnny Weissmuller and Lupe Velez say they have a marriage license from Las Vegas but no ceremony has taken place. They may marry today or wait years, and deputy county clerk Dorothy Keeler was left out of bed after the license check.
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Hollywood
Las Vegas
Nevada
Lupe Velez
Johnny Weissmuller
Miss Velez
Weissmuller
Johnny
Dorothy Keeler
Appeal of Slayer Denied By U S Supreme Tribunal
The Supreme Court denied Dewey R. Hunt’s appeal to overturn his Dallas murder conviction from 1928. Lower courts were ordered to dismiss the case after his second trial contended double jeopardy. Hunt’s first conviction had been set aside in 1929 and a new trial ordered.
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Slayer
U. S
Washington
Dewey R. Hunt
Dallas
Tex
Samuel Cole
Supreme Court
Hunt
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Supreme Court Declines To Rule On Louisiana Registration Case
The Supreme Court refused to rule on the validity of Louisiana’s voter registration provision. Antoine M. Trudeau of New Orleans, a Black resident, claimed the understanding clause gave registrars unchecked power to discriminate. The Fifth Circuit upheld the provision, allowing appeals to jury review in registration disputes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Antoine M. Trudeau
New Orleans
Trudeau
Orleans
Charles S. Barnes
Georgia
Mississippi
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Robbers Bind Watchman Burglarize Two Stores in Lindale
In Lindale Texas two armed men overpowered Night Watchman Luther Brown and then robbed Crook's drug store Lake Hardware and Marchman's Department store. They blew open safes at Crook's drug store and Lake Hardware securing 90 and 300 dollars. Brown freed himself around 3 30 a m Sheriff Price and Tyler deputies investigate.
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Lindale
Texas
Luther Brown
Crook
Lake Hardware
Marchman’s
Brown
Price
Tyler
Roanoke Rapids Woman Found Slain With Ties to Cannon Murders
Marvel Cullum, 23, was found beaten and with a slashed throat near her Roanoke Rapids home. Police probe links her death to the Boydton Virginia Cannon killings as a preliminary hearing unfolds. A long bloodstained stick lay beside the body and two suspects remain under review.
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Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Virginia
Marvel Cullum
Cannon
Boydton
Ben L. Cannon
Willis
Thomas W
William
George Washington Cannon
Burlington
D. C
M. D. Cullum
Marvel
Shell-Shocked Veteran Reunited With Family
Lee Granstaff, a 43 year old shell shocked WWI veteran, was reunited with his family in Boyd Texas after wandering the country since 1919. Police officer E O Bradshaw spotted the blotter name and alerted Carl Granstaff, the brother, who confirmed the identity and home coming. The veteran had returned to Boyd in 1919 but arrived to find no one to greet him, leading to further travel until recognition.
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Fort Worth
Tex
U.P
Lee Granstaff
Boyd
Granstaff
E. O. Bradshaw
Carl Granstaff
Autoist Owes His Life To Stalling of Motor
A 45-year-old motorist, after drinking, took a joyride and steered onto Santa Fe railroad tracks. His engine stalled when wheels wedged between rails. Policeman P. C. Jones freed him moments before a fast train arrived, saving his life.
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Fort Worth
Tex
U.P
P. C. Jones
Cotton crop outlook revised upward in government report
The federal crop reporting board increased its 1933 cotton production forecast to 12,885,000 bales from 12,414,000 last month. Texas led gains with a forecast of 4,190,000 bales, while overall harvest area was set at 30,036,000 acres. Egypt showed a 63.4 percent production increase over last year, and September weather remained unusually favorable for late bolls.
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Washington
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Farm Adjustment Administration
Census Bureau
Texas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Farm Administration
Crop Reporting Board
Egypt
India
United States
Virginia
Engineer Shot May Cost Light for Lynch in Tennessee
John H. Lynch, 47, of Danville Kentucky, an engineer for the Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific railroad, lies hospitalized with shotgun wounds to his face near Isham Tennessee. Twenty five pellets were removed in a two hour operation. Adele Strunk and Allen Strunk, both jailed at Oneida Tennessee, are charged with felonious assault in the case.
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Cincinnati
Tennessee
John H. Lynch
Danville
New Orleans
Texas Pacific Railroad
Lynch
Isham
Tenn
Caboose
Walter Wallin
Desperado Pair Clash With Guard On Oklahoma City Elevator
George Kelly and Kathryn Kelly were involved in a scuffle with a guard as they entered a federal building elevator for their kidnapping trial. Kathryn slapped the officer who shoved her, and Kelly fought back while handcuffed. A second officer fired his pistol during the melee.
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Oklahoma City
George
Trial of Kelly and wife starts in Urschel case
Oklahoma City October 9 two more defendants in the Charles F Urschel kidnapping case go on trial George Machine Gun Kelly and his wife Kathryn are joined by seven others already charged in the $200000 ransom plot. Harvey Bailey and Albert Bates received life terms at Leavenworth with ten officers guarding their transfer. Prosecutor Herbert K Hyde says jury selection will proceed rapidly unless the Kellys plead guilty or change their minds. The couple previously said they would plead guilty but claimed not guilty when brought to court with the others.
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Oklahoma City
Charles F. Urschel
George
Leavenworth
Kas
Edgar S. Vaught
Kansas City
Frank Nash
Nash
Bailey
Herbert K. Hyde
Kellys
Kelly
Rogers Has His Say on Nations and Diplomacy
A letter from Santa Monica recalls a Brazilian Argentine goodwill visit, noting ironic contrasts between public banter and private armament. It argues no nation is truly funny and mocks the idea of peaceful diplomacy amid weapons and rhetoric.
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