Gunman Seized In Capone Trial Courthouse Scene
U S officers arrest Philip D Andrea near Al Capone during the income tax trial as defense lawyers argue he is deputy sheriff with right to carry a pistol. Capone leaves building without his ally. The court reviews telegraphic money orders linked to Capone finances.
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Federal Building
Chicago
Philip D'Andrea
al Capone
Capone
U. S
Dwight H. Green
James H. Wilkerson
D'Andrea
Prosecutor Green
Green
Florida
Miami
Sam Cusick
Western Union
Sam Gurik
Leavenworth
Hazardous Occupation Mentioned at Convention
A Pittsburgh dispatch notes a manual of occupational hazards presented at the 26th national convention of the American Life Convention. The list includes the job of prohibition agent under the heading R. N. A. risk not accepted.
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Pittsburgh
American Life Convention
Jes' Ramblin' About the Town by H H B
Former Judge Charles Schulze returns from New Orleans with a stomach ache blamed on tripe. Monroe residents boast odd teeth jokes, birthdays, and a falsetto quip. Grand jury penalties spark a cigar fine, and a fire alarm near misses a real blaze. Two Monroe locals to receive $95,900 in Uncle Sam drafts from Jackson Street property sale for a new post office. S LeRoy Stine smiles at Jes’ Ramblin’ while keeping his secret.
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Charles Schulze
New Orleans
Democratic State Central Committee
Monroe
Sam
S. R. Ruffin
J. Q. Graves
Jackson Street
Hoover moves to shore up credit and railroad bonds
A week of economic action ends as President Hoover pushes credit relief and a plan to raise railroad bond investment value. The administration expands inquiry into bond support amid falling security values and bank eligibility risks, backed by a private $500 million emergency credit group and broad congressional backing.
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Hoover
Longs Plan Defeated In Arkansas Legislature
The Long cotton prohibition plan failed as the Senate defeated a House bill for a complete cotton holiday in 1932 by a 15 to 12 vote. The House had approved a Texas style acreage reduction plan, while Senate previously opposed its own Long Plan. Conferees worked on highway audit amendments to avert adjournment.
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Little Rock
Ark
Senate
House
Jackson
Miss
W. L. Clayton
Lauderdale
Senate Agricultural Committee
John Kyle
Sardis
Nation's bankers approve Hoover plan says Cen tral Savings Bank head
Travis Oliver, president of Central Savings Bank and Trust, reports American Bankers Association delegates in Atlantic City viewed Hoover's economic plan as highly satisfactory. They expect it to strengthen finances, free credit for business, and help sound banks attain liquid positions without asset sacrifice. The convention saw attendance about 40 percent below prior years.
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Travis Oliver
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
American Bankers’ Association
Atlantic City
Oliver
Doctors unable to restore Edison appetite in crisis
Dr. Hubert S Howe reported Thomas A Edison took no nourishment in 24 hours and remained in a near stupor. The Edison bulletin warns of possible coma, with only wife possibly recognized, while uremic poisoning threatens his system.
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Hubert S. Howe
Thomas A. Edison
Cannon Inquiry Ended by Jury in Washington
A grand jury finished examining Bishop James Cannon Jr and Ada Burroughs in a probe of political activities linked to their Anti-Democratic group. Assistant DA John Wilson said the jury will report to the DC Supreme Court in a week or ten days. William Tyler Page, clerk of the House, testified and surrendered 1928 campaign expenditure records.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
John Wilson
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Southern Methodist
Ada L. Burroughs
William Tyler Page
House of Representatives
Page
House
Removal Denied for Nashville Financier Caldwell
U S District Judge John J Gore denied Rogers Caldwell removal to Louisville for trial on federal charges tied to the National Bank of Kentucky. Caldwell, ex president of Caldwell and Company, faced a trial set for October 26 in Louisville on conspiracy to violate banking laws and aiding misapplication of funds.
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Nashville
Tenn
U. S
John J. Gore
Rogers Caldwell
Louisville
National Bank of Kentucky
Caldwell
Investment
House
Caldwell and Company
Labor Federation Opposes Proposed General Sales Tax
Vancouver, B C October 10 The American Federation of Labor today launched a nationwide fight against Congress passing a sales tax. It endorsed a resolution against the tax and urged restoring the federal gift tax and raising federal income and state inheritance taxes to solve the revenue problem.
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Vancouver
B. C
American Federation of Labor Today
Congress
Federation
Dance honors Miss Grosjean at Governor’s mansion
The executive mansion in Baton Rouge hosted a formal dance in honor of Miss Alice Lee Grosjean, secretary of state. Governor and Mrs. Huey Long and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Nugent led the host couple, with state officials and their wives among the guests as the mansion glowed with lights and floral decorations.
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Grosjean
Baton Rouge
Alice Lee Grosjean
Huey Long
J. M. Nugent
Shots Fired as Rancher Fires on Car Suspected Thieves
Tellman Warren, 33, is arrested in West Monroe after firing six shots at a speeding car on the upper Cheniere Road. The car's occupants were Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wink, who say thieves killed a cow, calf, and hog at the Wink ranch yesterday. Warren posted a $1000 bond and was released. district court grand jury will review.
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Herman Wink
West Monroe
Tellman Warren
Upper Cheniere
Wink
Warren
J. M. Hammons
Sheriffs Department
District Court
Grand
North Fifth Street
Ward Nine
P. F. Wink
Grand Jury
Monroe
McCormick Divorces Polish Singer Ganna Walska
Harold F. McCormick, millionaire harvester manufacturer, and Ganna Walska are divorced after a brief hearing before Judge Daniel P. Trude. The couple wed in 1929 after his divorce from Edith Rockefeller McCormick in 1921. Walska, a Polish-born opera singer, had previously been married to Fraenkel and Cochran and had a career split between Paris and Chicago.
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Chicago
Harold F. McCormick
Harvester
Ganna Walska
Daniel P. Trude
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
McCormick
Paris
France
Mme. Walska
United States
Joseph Fraenkel
Alexander Cochran
Yonkers, N. Y
Three Die In Fire At San Francisco Hotel
A blaze at the Chatham Hotel in downtown San Francisco killed three people and injured four others who leaped from the building to escape the flames.
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San Francisco
Chatham
First Methodist to Hear Lafayette Trousdale Sign Language Sermon
Lafayette Trousdale will preach his first sermon at the First Methodist Church Annex tomorrow evening using sign language. He will address the congregation including his fellow mates in the local community.
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Lafayette Trousdale
First Methodist Church
America Prepares to Act If China Japan Break Pledges
Washington reports the United States would act in the Manchurian crisis once pledges from Japan and China to the League of Nations are shown not to be fulfilled. The U S will cooperate with the League while keeping an independent policy and may invoke the Kellogg Briand pact and the nine Power Treaty of 1922. The League urged both sides to refrain from hostile acts and reminded them of their obligations.
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Washington
League of Nations
Japan
China
United States
League
Notable Fort Worth radio figure dies in crash near Sierra Blanca
Frank J. Randall a Fort Worth radio announcer his daughter Virginia Randall and Clyde Bush of Colorado Tex were killed in an automobile accident near Sierra Blanca Texas today.
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Sierra Blanca
Tex
Frank J. Randall
Fort Worth
Virginia Randall
Clyde Bush
Colorado
Hafey Sidelined as Cards Replace Star in World Series
In St Louis on October 10 the Cardinals insert Earnest Orsatti in right field replacing Chick Hafey for the final world series game against the Philadelphia Athletics. Earnshaw and Grimes duel as Athletics seek redemption in a pivotal seventh game with strong betting favoring Philadelphia.
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George Earnshaw
Burleigh Grimes
Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis Cardinals
ST. Louis
World Philadelphia Athletics Today
Earnest Orsatti
Chick Hafey
Earnshaw
Grimes
Sportsman’s Park
Athletics
Cardinals
Lefty Grove
Red Birds
Pepper Martin
Philadelphia
New Jersey Legislature Favors Light Wine Beer Reform
The New Jersey Legislature adopted a joint resolution urging Congress to amend the Volstead act to legalize the manufacture and sale of light wines and beer. It marks the first prohibition reform move since the Eighteenth Amendment took effect, backed by a Republican Democratic coalition.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Meehan Held in Conspiracy to Fix Race Horses
Jimmie Meehan, former partner of Arnold Rothstein, is arrested in Nassau County for conspiracy in the wholesale fixing of horse races. Two confessions link Meehan to tampering with horses including The Milkman and Curate, tied to Isadore Bieber and Joseph Widener holdings. Meehan had faced Rothstein's murder aftermath and posted $190,000 bail as a material witness.
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Mineola
N. Y
Jimmie Meehan
Arnold Rothstein
Meehan
Rothstein
Drummong Jackson
James Hartwell
Jackson
Belmont
Victor Emanuel
Hartwell
the Milkman
Squeaky
Am the
Havana
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