Eight Story Fall Accidental Says Coroner
James Norris 24 of Nashville Ark died in a fall from the Ouachita National Bank building while replacing a shoe on the eighth floor. Coroner C L Mengis stated the death was accidental with several theories offered but no witnesses. Norris had been visiting his sister on the seventh floor and had shown signs of nervousness after a CCC period. He fell about 11 10 Friday morning, with his body found near the alley below.
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James Norris
C. L. Mengis
Norris
Ouachita National Bank
James E. Norris
Nashville
Ark
2. Akins
Bank
Layton Street
Akins
CCC
M. W. Montgomery
Lovers Lane
R. D. Morgan
St. John Street
L. J. Hart
Two Terrorist Suspects Admit Secret Mission
Paris authorities say Yaroslav Novak and Ivan Rajtich alias Vladislav Benes confessed they were sent to France on a secret Yugoslav mission with no knowledge of the task. They shared a Paris hotel room with Petrus Kalemen, involved in Alexander and Barthou’s murder. passports were fraudulently issued in Zurich and Paris.
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Associated Press
Paris
Surete Nationale
Yaroslav Novak
Ivan Rajtich
Vladislav Benes
France
Paverich
Rajtich
Surete
Novak
Petrus Kalemen
Alexander
Louis Barthou
Kalemen
Benes
Sarbot
Zurich
Little Hans
Lausanne
Thonon
Marseille
Switzerland
Nikomir Nalis
Nalis
Fontainebleau Forest
Sylvester Chalny
Malny
Egon Kramer
Aix-En-Provence
Nice
Daniel Latin
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Spain
Split
Antoine Olah
Halbrein
Federal grand jury to probe Kansas City massacre links
Washington reports federal agents uncovered evidence of a political gangster combine tied to the Kansas City union station massacre. Two slain figures linked to the case were John Lazia and Verne Miller, with James La Capra and Richard Galatas under guard as witnesses.
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Washington
Washington Evening Star
Kansas City Union Station
Rex Collier
Star
John Lazia
Kansas City
North Side
Verne Miller
Dakota
James la Capra
Lazia
Richard T. Galatas
Elizabeth Galatas
la Capra
Galatas
William Stanley
Trunk death shocks Jersey City area boy
A blue overalled seven year old boy John Feeney Jr was found strangled and stuffed in an old trunk in a shanty near the Morris canal. Police hunt two suspects a red headed man and an Italian youth and question Bayonne residents as the investigation unfolds.
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Jersey City
N. J
John Feeney, Jr
Bayonne
Homicide
Feeney
John
John Feeney
Enforcement of NRA Enforcement Plan Outlined
Don ald R. Richberg announced after a White House meeting with President Roosevelt that future NRA code enforcement will rely on informal cooperation among NRA, the Justice Department, and the Federal Trade Commission. No formal organization or judicial setup will be created. enforcement will be coordinated while NRA continues current compliance work.
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Washington
Donald R. Richberg
Recovery Agency
Roosevelt
NRA
Justice Department
Federal Trade Commission
Richberg
Cummings
Garland §. Ferguson
The
Trade Commission
Primate Pommer Slain In Riga Villa Fire
Dr Johann Pommer archbishop of the Latvian Greek Orthodox church was found slain and his Riga suburb villa burned. Firefighters reported smashed furniture and missing valuables as police opened an inquiry into whether the killing was political vengeance or burglary.
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Riga
Latvia
Johann Pommer
Pommer
Enlarged union membership seen in labor forecast
President William Green predicted that 1,000,000 more workers would join organized labor within a year as the American Federation of Labor pushes an industrial union policy for mass production industries. He cited existing nuclei in rubber, aluminum, and automotive sectors and noted plans to amalgamate federal unions into broader industrial unions.
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San Francisco
William Green
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers of America
Federation
Federation Executive Council
No Dollar Value Changes Contemplated Says Lewis
Senator Lewis of Illinois, chair of the Democratic senatorial campaign committee, stated no changes in the dollar value or other inflation measures are planned by the administration. He noted inflation talk following White House conferences and said Senator Bulkley did not imply Roosevelt favors further dollar devaluation.
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Washington
Lewis
Illinois
Democratic
White House
Bulkley
Ohio
Roosevelt
British Peeress In New York Aids Sister In Custody Battle
Lady Furness arrived in New York to support twin sister Gloria Vanderbilt in her court fight for custody of 10 year old Gloria Laura Morgan Vanderbilt and her 2.8 million dollar fortune. Vanderbilt’s mother Laura Kilpatrick Morgan has allied with Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney to claim Vanderbilt is unfit.
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New York
Lady Furness
Gloria Vanderbilt
Gloria Laura Morgan Vanderbilt
Iso
Laura Kilpatrick Morgan
Vanderbilt
Harry Payne Whitney
Gloria
Grand Central Station
Montreal
Harry Hayes Morgan
Effort to Make Contact Seen as Purpose of Trip
Berry V. Stoll, husband of Alice Speed Stoll, drove furiously through Kentucky after the ransom was paid and the family awaited instructions. A detective accompanied him as they passed Hodgenville and pursued a rapidly moving car, with officials asked to watch roads toward Greensburg and Glasgow.
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Louisville
Berry V. Stoll
Kentucky
Hodgenville
Stoll
Greensburg
Glasgow
Berry Stoll Leaves Home
Berry V. Stoll, who has watched at his home since his wife was kidnapped, left in a speeding car heading south on Lime Kiln lane in Louisville. Two other vehicles followed, but officials gave no comment on what the moves portend amid a tense 12 hour vigil and a ransom demand note tied to Alice Speed Stoll.
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Louisville
Berry V. Stoll
Stoll
Upper River Road
Lime Kiln Lane
Alice Speed Stoll
Winning Grand Jinky Prize Prompts Entries From Merchants
The Jinky editor urges residents to collect Jinky blanks from listed merchants and submit receipts to enter the two dollar and a half or higher Jinky prizes. A grand prize of 100 dollars will go to the person or organization turning in the most Jinky sets, with entries brought to Jinky headquarters at 135 North Second Street.
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Jinky
North Second Street
Iron Mountain Bakery, Inc
Griffin Studio
Johnnie S. Elbert
Central Savings Bank and Trust Co
West Monroe Hardware and Furniture Co
West Monroe
Sur-War
Ouachita Baking Co
Ford Levi Stationery Co
North Side
Floyd and Pass at Bay in Field Near Mexico Missouri
Five miles south of Mexico Missouri on highway 54 officers swarmed a corn field after reports three men, one resembling Pretty Boy Floyd, were cornered. By midmorning 25 officers worked to block highways while Blanchard, who identified Floyd, said the trio drew revolvers as they fled toward Kingdom City.
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Mexico
Here
Charles
Pretty Boy) Floyd
B. Marvin Casteel
Highway Patrol
Iowa
Princeton
O. L. Blanchard
Kansas City
Reto
Floyd
Blanchard
Columbia
Kingdom City
Boonville
Missouri River
Slaying of Two Seen as Murders
In San Augustine Texas a murder verdict was returned for the deaths of Lonnie Hooper aged 16 and Earl Hooper aged 20 whose bodies were found near the city. Judge Jeff Davis and County Health Officer Dr J H Ellington conducted the inquest. Two men were arrested by Sheriff W W T Geary and deputies and are held as suspects. Neither man spoke. The sheriff continues the investigation as the suspects remain jailed in San Augustine County.
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San Augustine
Tex
Lonnie Hooper
Earl Hooper
Cousins
Jeff Davis
J. H. Ellington
W.W. T. Geary
Hooper
Youth Faces Federal Bank Robbery Charges in Texas
Tyler Texas October 12 federal bank robbery charges were filed against 17 year old L H Kirby in connection with a Fort Smith Arkansas bank holdup. He was arrested at Longview at the request of Arkansas officers.
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Tyler
Texas
L. H. Kirby
Fort Smith, Ark
Longview
Arkansas
Trains Collide in Iowa Killing Two and Injuring Dozens
Two killed, six critically hurt, and others injured when a Rock Island passenger train derailed six miles east of Iowa City and was struck by a westbound train. Victims include Mrs. Esther Roberts of Des Moines and Sam Mason of Chicago. cause cited as a broken rail.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Rock Island and Pacific
Here
Chicago
Esther Roberts
Des Moines
Sam Mason
Madeline Roberts
Roberts
Claude Lafler
Rock Island
Daddy Browning Dies in New York Town
Edward West Browning known as Daddy Browning, 63, wealthy real estate operator and husband of Frances Heenan, died Friday at Scarsdale after a June cerebral hemorrhage and recent hospital care. Secretaries said he had been in fragile condition, with social prominence noted by some biographers and criticized by others. The Carmel New York supreme court justice once linked to the couple’s sensational separation trial commented on his fame.
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New York
Edward West
Browning
Frances “Peaches” Heenan
Scarsdale
N. Y
New York City
Birch Hall Drive
Carmel New York
Society Leaders Hurt In Airplane Crack Up
Three prominent society leaders were injured when John Hay Whitney's plane crashed on landing at Langollen Farm, Upper Ville, Virginia, after a trip from New York for the Piedmont fox hunt meet. Milton Holden Eleanor Jones and John Hay Whitney suffered bruises, while pilot Edgar Woodham had minor injuries as the plane wrecked and a motor failure forced the landing. Whitney's wife and mother witnessed the scene.
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Langollen Farm
Upperville
East
John Hay Whitney
New York
Langollen
Piedmont Fox Hound
Eleanor Jones
Milton Holden
Edgar Woodham
Whitney
Woodham
Rogers Has His Say Youth Movement in Politics
Beverly Hills October 12 Special says Republicans frame the coming election as a youth movement with former White House co-eds and first ladies referenced. The writer celebrates Mrs Roosevelt and other former First Ladies and wishes them well, urging continued public life.
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Beverly Hills
White House
Benjamin Harrison
Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
America
Franklin Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
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