Laborer slays four daughters in third floor Boston suburb
James Stoddard a 36 year old laborer with a long police record killed three daughters Mildred 7 Edna 11 Florence 13 and wounded another Marion in a third story Brockton apartment. He claimed hallucinations and said an employer would burn them. Police found the bodies as he confessed after a two week drinking bout and arrest.
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Brockton
Mass
James Stoddard
Stoddard
Mildred
Edna
Florence
Marion
Rcd
Florence and
Chicago blast traps burglar at stage door
The blast at a West Side store doorway killed Three Fingered Pete Kosinski a 29 year old liquor gang leader and buried his body among the debris. Police shift to a defense funds extortion motive tied to Joe Saltis and a safe blowing mission. Loskie family members recall two men fleeing as Kosinski fell.
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Chicago
A. P
West Side
Pete” Kosinski
Kosinski
Joe Saltis
Wisconsin Woods
Saltis
Peter Loskie
Loskies
Mrs Jean Nash Weds Paul Dubonnet in Paris
Mrs Jean Nash, famed for elegant dress, announced her marriage to Paul Dubonnet in Paris. Dubonnet, her fourth husband, is a cordial manufacturer.
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Europe
Jean Nash
Paul Dubonnet
Paris
Dubonnet
Coroner Finds Poison Caused Woman's Death
Mrs Alma Stough 34 wife of Weaks Supply salesman died after drinking a disinfectant at home on DeSiard Road. Coroner C P Gray and a local doctor ruled poison contributed to death after a day near Bastrop celebrating a centennial. She had three children Betty 13 Will 10 Gene 6. Funeral planned in Lexington Kentucky.
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Alma Stough
Harry W. Stough
Weaks Supply Company
DeSiard Road
C. P. Gray
Yanone
Mr. Stough
Mrs. Stough
Betty
Will
Gene
Peters Undertaking Company
Lexington
Isle of Pines Death Toll Climbs After Cuba Hurricane
Havana reports show 38 killed including 17 Americans and over 200 injured on the Isle of Pines as the hurricane moves toward Cuba. Property losses are placed around 100 million dollars with widespread crop damage and many bodies found or missing in Batabano and Havana areas.
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Havana
A. P
Little
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Cristobal Colon
Batabano
Isle
Neuva Gerona
Santa Fe
San Francisco
Republic
Matazanas
Pinar del Rio
Use of Money for Bullitt Campaign Will Be Probed
Seattle, Oct 23. Investigation opened into charges that Bullitt supporters planned to spend 300000 dollars to back his senate bid. Senator McNary leads inquiry. Bullitt and campaign deny any excessive expenditures and request review of funds allegedly from Anti-Saloon League and Republican National Committee.
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Seattle
Washa
A. P
A. Scott Bullitt
United States Senate
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
Bullitt
Samuel R. Sumner
Republican State Central Committee
Sumner
Reed
Wesley L. Jones
McNary
Anti-Saloon League
Republican National Committee
Senator Jones
Jones
Special watchman at Amite shoots visitor at jail
William Gray of Hammond was killed by a jail watchman named McCoy at the Amite parish jail after he and Charles J. Johnson refused orders to leave. McCoy is detained pending a coroner's investigation.
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Hammond
William Gray
Amite
Gray
McCoy
Charles J. Johnson
Bastrop's Big Decennial Crowds Parade Through City
Bastrop hosted a record decennial event drawing an estimated 5 000 by noon and 10 000 by afternoon from Louisiana and Arkansas. A 700 foot barbecue pit cooked 12 500 pounds of beef while 16 dining aisles served cafeteria style to the crowd. A grand parade followed at 2 pm with Miss Bastrop and Miss Morehouse floats sweeping top honors as other floats celebrated local industry and civic pride.
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Bastrop
Arkansas
Louisiana
Morehouse
Bastrop High School
Court House Square
Fannie Hobbs
Calvin Todd
van Goodwin
Opal Montgomery
Evelyn Bacon
Miss Morehouse
Ada White
Mel Rouge
June Bacon
Jones
Lucy Pugh Nunn
Bonita
Bruce Milliken
Oak Ridge
Helen Lloyd
Collinston
Beth Vaughan
International Paper Mill
Louisiana Pulp and Paper Company
F. Boltz Manufacturing Company
Frost Lumber Industries, Inc
Ritchie Grocer Company
Queen Marie of Romania Fails to Speak on National Radio
Thousands of radio fans were disappointed when Queen Marie did not keep a 8:30 to 9:00 p m national hook up due to timing issues. She spoke later at a steel industry dinner broadcast on WJZ WRC and WBZ.
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New York
A. P
Queen Marie of Romania
Iron and Steel Board of Trade
Commodore
WJZ
Winnipeg
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
Oliver Harriman
WRC
Washington
WBZ
Springfield
Boston
Mass
Elbert H. Gary
Her Majesty
Rumania
Queen Marie
Six Die In Kenosha Train Crossing Crash Wisconsin
Six occupants of a Kenosha automobile were killed when their car was struck by a fast Chicago and Northwestern train at Hanson street crossing in Kenosha. Four victims were identified Mary Maxim her five year old son Joe Sindwich and Frank Yoncheviski others unnamed. Bodies carried on locomotive for blocks with one found eight blocks away.
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Kenosha
Wis
A. P
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Hanson Street
Mary Maxim
Joe Sindwich
Frank Yoncheviski
Harvard Clubs to Meet in Memphis Next Spring
The Associated Harvard Clubs will hold their next meeting in Memphis next spring. Memphis Harvard Club officials announced committees are in place to ensure a successful collegiate gathering, the first ever in the South.
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Harvard
Memphis
Tenn
A. P
Associated Harvard Clubs
Harvard Club
South
Georgia to Act to Avert Cotton Market Crisis
Atlanta conference of 300 bankers and business leaders with Eugene Meyer Jr. approves a plan to withdraw about 300000 bales of cotton from the market for 18 months using Georgia banks and a cooperative. loans offered at around five percent. The plan envisages financing via a statewide bank syndicate, with federal reserve support pledging to back withdrawals as needed.
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Atlanta
A. P
Georgia
Eugene Meyer, Jr
War Finance Corporation
Coolidge
Georgia Cotton Growers’ Co-operative Association
Meyer
Memphis
A. S. Williams
Farm Loan Board
M. BR. Wellborn
Sixth Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Co-Operative Association
Sixth Federal Reserve Bank
Wellborn
South
United Lutheran Church Reports Gain in 2 Years
At the biennial convention in Richmond the Board of Home Missions and Church Extension announced 64 new congregations formed in two years, expanding missions to 379 with 470 congregations and full gains in membership. They noted 50 missions became self supporting, with $137,043 raised for extension and $139,551 in legacies, while over $1,000,000 in loans remained outstanding for new missions.
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Richmond
A P
Board of Home Missions and
Church Extension
United Lutheran Church In America
United Lutheran Missions
Mission Board
Bribery Charge Filed Against Memphis Builder in Ford Work
A warrant charges John M. Blair president of Blair Construction Memphis with bribery tied to Ford Motor Company construction projects valued around ten million dollars. The complaint was filed by Alfred F Bates Ford investigator.
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Detroit
A. P
John M. Blair
Blair Construction Company
Memphis
Tenn
Ford Motor Company
Alfred F. Bates
Ford Company
Three Men Held After Ruston Highway Robbery
About 30 minutes after Klem Wright was robbed on a Ruston area highway three youths from Shreveport were arrested at Arcadia. The trio, riding in a Chevrolet roadster, robbed Wright of $58 at pistol point. One confessed while the others denied involvement.
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Ruston
Arcadia
News-Star
Shreveport
P. L. Carlyle
Jack Holmes
Earl Jackson
Klem Wright
Wright
Body of Beulah Purvis Found in Ohio River Mystery
Hamilton county investigators probed the death of 19 year old Beulah Purvis of Indiana, found scantily clad and beaten in the river near Cleves. Witnesses tied her to a skating rink outing October 10 with two men from Carmel and Harrison. Beulah’s father John Purvis spoke of past tragedies and his inability to cover funeral costs due to ongoing misfortunes.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Beulah Purvis
Lawrenceburg
Indiana
Cleves
Ohio
Harrison
Ray Liming
Richard Ratz
Carmel
Dooneworth
Purvis
John Purvis
Bealth
Plum St Crossing Gets Watchman After Fatality
Missouri Pacific builds a shelter at Plum street crossing for the flagman recently assigned there. The crossing where P. J. Wallace was killed on October 11 by a northbound train now has a guarded post. Other MP crossings at Texas avenue and Apple street have signals or protests noted.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
Plum Street
P. J. Wallace
Texas Avenue
Apple Street
Slagle-Johnson Lumber Company
Judge Rules Mistrial In Chandler Assault Case
In Shreveport Louisiana Judge Mills declared a mistrial after Greene C Chandler a prominent oilman failed to secure a verdict on charges of attempted statutory assault against Myrtle Nash Dramatic Expression teacher. Jurors stood four for acquittal one for conviction with reports of a possible simple assault compromise. A new trial was not immediately scheduled.
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Shreveport
A. P
Greene C. Chandler
Myrtle Nash
F E. P. Mills
Chandler
Mills
Rudolph Latzke
Citizens Ticket Seeks Federal Probe in Mocksville Campaign
In Mocksville North Carolina supporters of the Citizens Ticket seek a federal inquiry after alleging the post office delayed 300 copies of the Mocksville Enterprise editorials about Republican senatorial candidate Johnson J. Hays and solicitor candidate John R. Jones. They say the delay amounted to misconduct in office by the local postmaster.
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Mocksville
N. C
A. P
South
Citizens Ticket
Post Office Department
Mocksville Enterprise
Johnson J. Hays
John R. Jones
Seventh Judicial District
James L. Sheek
Armenia Devastated by Night Earthquake
An Armenia quake late last night caused many deaths and injuries with widespread panic. Homes collapsed and telegraph lines failed as trees were uprooted and cattle perished. Despite the disaster no lives were lost among 9,008 Armenian orphans in American Near East relief care.
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Leninkan
Armenia
A. P
American Near East Relief
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H. W. Stough
Little Isle
Ambassador Hotel
Colony Club
106Th Infantry
Brooklyn
George Washington Sulgrave Institution
Simone Lahovary
R. R
United Lutheran Church
Louise Lerch
Miss Lerch
Thiseason
Plum ST
M. P
North Carolina
U. S
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