Italian attache wounded in Alsace border attack
An Italian consulate attache Antonio Bertrazzo was gravely wounded by unknown attackers near Metz as Communist demonstrations stirred fears of clashes. Police seek leads while Alsace Lorraine security units rush reinforcements amid tense border province violence.
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Metz
France
Antonio Bertrazzo
Paris
Blum
Alsace- Lorraine
Bertrezzo
Bertrazzo
Alsace-Lorreine
Communist Party
27 Nations in London debate over Spain aid and neutrality
Envoys from 27 nations met at London's foreign office to review charges of fascist and communist aid in Spain and to seek a way to enforce non intervention. Moscow urged investigation of fascist arms shipments via Portugal while pledging action if violations continue.
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Associated Press
London
Foreign Office
Spain
England
Iberian
Russia
Germany
Italy
Portugal
Madrid
Moscow
Britain Tries China Clipper Flight Preview
A mass flight of millionaires and American business leaders aboard the Hindenburg sails 618 miles over six eastern states from Lakehurst New Jersey. The China Clipper prepares for a Manila leg 1,323 miles to Midway as reporters join the journey. H R Ekins leads the globe circling race, landing in Balikh Papan Dutch Borneo.
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Nelson Rockefeller
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Lakehurst
N. J
Honolulu
Manila
Midway
New York
H. R. Ekins
New York World-Telegram
Scripps- Howard
Balikh Papan
Dutch Borneo
Republicans Get Election Officials in New Orleans
New Orleans October 9. Alfred D Danziger chairman of the Orleans parish election supervisors said the board granted the Republican party 343 election officials for poll duty in the No 3 general election. Of the total 102 are commissioners and 241 watchers. The Republican committee of Jackson Jahneke and Kearny urged one commissioner and one watcher at each of 262 city precincts. The board also includes R J Gregory and Iwi Poche.
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New Orleans
Alfred D. Danziger
Board of Election Supervisors
Orleans Parish
Republican Party
Danziger
John E. Jackson
Ernest Lee Jahneke
Warren Kearny
Mr. Danziger
R. J. Gregory
Register of Voters
Iwi Poche
Ruston Murder Trial Expected to End Friday
Ruston La October 9 Special The second day of the Johnny Sanders murder trial opened with testimony from more than 20 state witnesses. Rube Beatty described hearing shouts and gunfire near his home and locating the body with feet in a ditch. Ballistic experts were not yet called. Coon Booker testified as Roosevelt and Landon campaigned, with clashes over policy. Father Ryan asserted Coughlin erred, while Coughlin threatened retirement if he cannot prove it.
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Ruston
Johnny Sanders
Sims Evans
Rube Beatty
Matt Brown
Harry Brown
Evans
A. J. Thigpen
Ballistic
Sanders
Coon Booker
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Landon
John A. Ryan
Charles F. Coughlin
Father Coughlin
Father Ryan
Alfred E. Smith
Bennett Champ Clark
Ogden L. Mills
J. W. Bailey
Harry L. Hopkins
Republican National Committee
Omaha
Iowa
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Chicago
Catholic University
Washington
Woman's Case Slated Today in Ruston Federal Court
Mrs Bergie Johnson aged 43 appeared before the federal court on a motion to revoke a suspended sentence tied to alleged bank robbery connections in Mississippi. The Mississippi trial had acquitted her in Prentiss with Raymond Hamilton, who was later executed in Texas, while federal prosecutors press to revoke the suspension.
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Bergie Johnson
Mississippi
Mortgage Bankers Association elects Collins president
Memphis report notes John W. Collins of Salt Lake City Utah banker was elected president of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America without opposition, succeeding L A McLean of Louisville Kentucky.
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Memphis
Tenn
John W. Collins
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
L. A. McLean
Louisville
War conditioned building erected in London
London adopts a war conditioning project for a three story office building. Five workers use air conditioned ducts and air purifiers while windows are covered with shrapnel shutters. A subterranean chamber for ten people includes water, electric light and canned food. A radio would inform guests and signal release after danger passes.
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London
Great Britain
LSU approves 1.5 million building program at Baton Rouge
Dr. James M. Smith announces a 1.5 million construction plan for LSU to be finished by 1937-38, adding a women’s dormitory, men’s hospital, physics and mathematics building, teachers college expansion, and a new law school. Enrollment sits around 7,000 with 1,200 more than last year, dormitory crowding and off campus living including trailer colonies noted. Financing from 1934 bond issue funds.
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Baton Rouge
James M. Smith
Louisiana State University
University Board of Supervisors
Medical School of the University
Northeast
Monroe
Teachers College
Law School
Caldwell Brothers and Hart of
New Orleans
Tax collections rise on 1936 fiscal year gains
Internal Revenue Commissioner Guy T Helvering announced a $313,707,921 increase in income tax collections for the 1936 fiscal year, lifting total federal tax receipts to $3,520,208,381. The gain, aided by the 1934 revenue act, reflects higher rates and values despite agricultural taxes being struck down by the Supreme Court, with estate and gift taxes also rising by large margins.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Guy T. Helvering
Helvering
Supreme Court
Confederate veterans elect Gellette Louisiana commander
Confederate veterans of Louisiana at Baton Rouge completed their annual state reunion with a luncheon. General O R Gellette of Leroy Stafford Camp Shreveport was re elected commander. The group adopted resolutions thanking the state pension board and endorsing its functions. No word on another gathering next year or farewell plans.
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Baton Rouge
O. R. Gellette
Leroy Stafford Camp
Shreveport
Louisiana Confederate Veterans
Old Soldiers
State Pension Board
Suspect in finding of woman's legs at harbor
In Weymouth Massachusetts detectives seized a suspect and searched a lonely cottage after a tip linked Mrs. Groyce Asquith to the severed legs hauled from Boston harbor. Bloodstained sheets and a saw were found, while a meat cleaver was sent to chemists for testing as officials pursue the missing head and torso.
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Weymouth
Mass
Groyce Asquith
Boston
Isabel Murphy
Asquith
William J. Brickley
James R. Claflin
Boston Police
Brickley
Shriners Open Southeastern Shrine Meet in Birmingham
Shriners from the deep south will gather in Birmingham for the second annual Southeastern Shrine association convention hosted by Zamora temple. General director T G Bradston said the largest southeast assembly since the 1914 Atlanta imperial council meeting was expected.
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Birmingham
Ala
Deep South
Southeastern Shrine Association
Zamora Temple
T. G. Bradston
Southeast
Imperial Council
Atlanta
Death of Cheiro Mystic Tells Fragrant Apparition Tale
Edith Phelan, an English nurse in Hollywood, recounts Cheiro’s death two nights earlier with strange happenings. The clock tolled once three times, a powerful fragrance filled the house though no flowers were present, and stairs creaked as if an army moved. She remains puzzled yet convinced by her senses.
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Hollywood
Edith Phelan
Cheiro
Louis Hamon
County Wick
Farm Leaders to Meet Washington Over Crop Insurance
Officials said farm organization leaders were invited to Washington to discuss a proposed federal crop insurance program with a president’s committee led by Secretary Wallace. Committee spokesmen declined to name invitees but promised farm industry representation. risk data from past crop years underpins the plan amid ongoing technical questions.
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Washington
Congress
Wallace
New Orleans Feels Autumn Cool Noted on Market Day
New Orleans area reports a hint of fall with a low thermometer reading 66 degrees. The cool spell marks a welcome dip as fronts shift. Weather observers note mild winds and clear skies across the region.
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New Orleans
Last-Minute Briefs Across the Nation Oct. 9
A roundup from Gulfport Biloxi Birmingham Vaiden Holly wood Shreveport Chicago Covington reports multiple incidents. People named Corrine Smith Mattina Joe Grady Tony Mattlina Thomas Woodward A. G. Simpson Jr Betty Timmons Edward E. Blake Alf Landon remain noted.
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Gulfport
Miss
Corrine Smith Mattina
Joe Grady
Biloxi
Tony Mattlina
Millionaires' Row Rides Hindenburg
The Hindenburg carried 73 business and financial leaders on a 10 hour flight over six eastern states from Lakehurst New Jersey. Notable figures Nelson Rockefeller Winthrop Aldrich John Hertz likely control a billion dollars in assets. The trip aims to test feasibility of lighter than air travel and may spark U S interest in dirigibles for airlines. After the voyage the airship will depart for Germany with passengers and mail for the season finale.
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Lakehurst
N. J
United States Naval Air Station
Nelson Rockefeller
Winthrop W. Aldrich
John D. Hertz
Air Lines
Hindenburg
Germany
Vigil over body of divorced wife rocks Chicago suburb
Coydon Black, 38, kept a three day vigil over the corpse of his divorced wife Cordelia Black, 35, in a south side Chicago apartment. Police say both were poisoned, Black severely wounded with a slit wrist, and he lapsed into a coma after discovery by a janitor who smelled smoke. Coroner’s aides estimate Mrs Black died at least three days earlier.
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Chicago
Coydon Black
Cordelia Black
Mal Coghlan
Mrs. Black
Black
Former Illinois beer baron slain in Joliet slayings
Lawrence J. Crowley known as Butch, a veteran prohibition era liquor figure dubbed the beer baron, died in a Joliet hospital after a Wednesday shooting as he exited his car in front of a mansion. Police and officials attributed the attack to rival slot machine syndicates amid liquor rackets.
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Ruemor Sait
War County
Juliet
Crowley
William R. McCabe
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Georgia Brown
WPA
Laudnlin
Jay
Ryan
Coughlin
Confederate Vets OF
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Hubby
Ernest Simpson
Wally” Simpson
King Edward
JL. Partridge
Melton Mowbray
Shriners
Luther Hollums
Henry White
Department of Agriculture
Vaiden
Thomas RB. Woodward
Greensboro
N. C
A. G. Simpson, Jr
Betty Timmons
Margaret Mitchell
Scarlett O'Hara
Miss Mitchell
Caddo Fatr
Caddo Parish
Alls
Edward E. Blake
Prohibition Party
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
St. Louis
Covington
Frances Brady
Illinois
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