One Dead After Train Tunnels Collapse in Adena Ohio
Rescue workers reach a derailed Wheeling and Lake Erie train wreck scene near Adena 25 miles southwest of Steubenville. A conductor Jerry L Sells 40 was found dead in the shattered caboose. Romando trapped between rocks reported not seriously hurt. Six cars of a local freight caused by a tunnel roof collapse.
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Associated Press
Steulbenville
Ohi
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Adena
Here
Jerry Lon 40
al Romande
E. BE
Dage
Dillonvale
Braeman
Romande
Arkansas youth confesses killing hunter guide victim
Buck Mitchell, 15, told Chief of Detectives James A. Pitcock that he shot Lawrence Culpepper while acting as hunting guide but said the killing was in self defense. The event occurred in Arkansas County with authorities in Little Rock reviewing the confession.
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Little Rock
Ark
Lawrence Culpepper
Arkansas
Buck Mitchell
James A. Pitcock
Army officer seeks divorce over age gap
At San Francisco on October 23 Captain Thomas G. Poland files for divorce claiming he learned his wife was 21 years older than him. He says he was nineteen at marriage while she was thirty nine.
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San Francisco
Thomas G. Poland
Poland
Bus Company Safe Robbed in Baton Rouge
The Teche Transportation company bus station on North Boulevard across from the state house entrance had its safe broken into during the night. Cash over 300 dollars and an electric drill worth about 40 dollars were taken. Investigators say burglars used station shop tools to defeat the safe combination and fled with the money.
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Baton Rouge
Associated Press
Teche Transportation Company
North Boulevard
State House
Fire in State Prison Causes near panic in basement blaze
Jackson Michigan October 23 A short circuit started a basement fire in the south wing of the old Michigan state prison. Smoke filled cell tiers and inmates shouted for help but were not believed to be in danger during the half hour of alarm.
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Jackson
Mich
Michigan State
Firemen Rescued by Tugboats Off Pier Fire
In Philadelphia on October 23 thirty five firefighters were trapped at the end of a pier as flames breached the flooring behind them. Two tugboats rescued the crew, pulling them to safety amid the blaze.
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Philadelphia
Glenn Frank Sees Causes Of Business Depression
University of Wisconsin President Glenn Frank told 1 200 guests at a Chicago banquet that bankruptcy of economic leadership high prices low living standards abroad and unequal income distribution drive the general business mood. He warned that chronic depression or possible collapse could follow unless faults are fixed as industry leaders warned of minor ailments behind a still strong system.
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United Press
Chicago
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Frank
Wisconsin
W. B. Storey
M. S. Sloan
Mrs Loudermilk, Quiet Widow, Held for Bootlegging
Mrs Tinny Loudermilk, a Mount Airy widow and mother, rode weekly into Atlanta with a hat box and a large package. Train crew and passengers knew her. on Wednesday she was arrested by Deputy U S Marshal F D Pressly after eight gallons of moonshine liquor were found in the luggage. She is held under $500 bond for the grand jury.
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Atlanta
Tinny Loudermilk
Mount Airy
Southern
United States
F. D. Pressly
Mrs. Loudermilk
Unidentified Man Killed as Car Hits Freight Train
In Nashville Tennessee an unidentified man died after a car collided with a freight train early today. J T Blalock 40 of Chapel Hill Tenn was seriously injured and recalled the event recovering consciousness about ninety minutes later. Blalock could not name his companion who died. Fear grew that the dead man was Leo Wortham 21.
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Nashville
Tenn
J. T. Blalock
Chapel Hill
Blalock
Leo Wortham
Clemson Triumphs 27-7 Over South Carolina at State Fair
Clemson defeated South Carolina 27 to 7 in the annual state fair game before fifteen thousand spectators. The victory keeps Clemson's Southern Conference record clean for the season.
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Columbia
S. C
Clemson
South Carolina
Bus overturns near Leamington injuring driver and ten others
A Niagara Falls Detroit Greyhound bus overturned near Leamington Ontario today. Reports say driver Dell Flanage of Detroit was seriously injured and ten passengers suffered injuries.
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Leamington, Ont
Detroit
Dell Flanage
Fire destroys Gretna dance hall at Sidney Amusement Park
Fire swept the Sidney Amusement Park dance hall in Gretna early today causing about 5000 dollars in damage. Public and private dances were common there and the state fire marshal's office is investigating suspected arson after a dance was held last night.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Sidney Amusement Park
Gretna
Alcohol death rate climbs sharply in U S data
New York Oct 23 Deaths from alcoholism have risen about 300 percent since 1920 per Prudential statistician Dr Frederick L Hoffman figures. In 1928 the rate was 4.0 per 100000 versus 1.0 in 1920. cirrhosis deaths reached 7.5 per 100000 in 1928.
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New York
Frederick L. Hoffman
Prudential Life Insurance Company
United States
Overby Indicted by Grand Jurors in Attack Case
Bastrop Louisiana October 23 A Morehouse parish grand jury indicted J D Overby Galion planter for shooting while lying in wait with intent to murder his wife who lies recovering from shotgun wounds in hospital She did not recognize her assailant The charge is capital and Overby is held without bail.
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Associated Press
Bastrop
J. D. Overby
Galion Planter
Cardinal Cazanova y Marzol dies in Zaragoza at 76
Vin cenzo Cardinal Cazanova y Marzol, archbishop of Granda, died in Zaragoza on October 23 at age 76. Born in Borja, Spain, he was elevated to the College of Cardinals in 1925.
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Zaragoza
Spain
Vincenzo
Cazanova Y Marzol
Granda
Borja
Sacred College of Cardinals
Natchez Man Admits Role in Kentwood Bank Robbery
Amite October 23 Sheriff Frank M Edwards reports Vincent Campbell of Natchez Miss confessed a part in the 12000 robbery of the Kentwood Bank on September 11 He implicated two New Orleans men Tom Williams and G S Sandeford and said Bob Ragan a former Mississippian was killed in a swamp gun battle with Edwards posse Campbell was to be taken to New Orleans for safekeeping pending trial.
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Associated Press
Amite
Frank M. Edwards
Tangipahoa Parish
Vincent Campbell
Natchez
Miss
Bank of
New Orleans
Tom Williams
G. S. Sandeford
Jackson, Miss
Bob Ragan
Edwards
Kentwood
Campbell
Daring Bandits Net 125000 In Jewelry Theft
Daring thieves struck Segman and Abrams diamond firm in lower Manhattan stealing platinum and unset diamonds valued at 125 000 dollars as William Segman opened the vaults. Two gunmen shot a man during an attempted holdup in Philadelphia on Chestnut Street.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
New York
Segman and Abrahams
Lower Manhattan
William Segman
Segman
Bond Set at 1000 for Young Elopers in Monroe Hearing
Clara Batey 17 and Clarence Rayborn 21 were charged with Mann Act violations after eloping to Polo Alabama. Bonds of 1000 each were fixed by U S commissioner Harry M Eshelman though neither posted. They were moved from Winnsboro jail to Monroe for the hearing. Rayborn seeks divorce from his wife, sister of Batey, before marriage. Both pled innocence and expect eventual release.
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Harry M. Eshelman
United States
Clara Batey
Newton Batey
Franklin Parish
Wisner
Clarence Rayborn
Polo, AI
Monroe
Winnsboro
Illinois
R. A. Gehringer
Shreveport
United States Marshal
Rayborn
New York Cops Initiate Count of Unemployed Men
Police begin tallying the jobless as part of a winter relief campaign guided by an emergency employment committee of 100 industrialists financiers and civic leaders. They aim to raise 150000 weekly for a payroll fund run through the association for improving conditions of the poor. Mayor Walker plans to open recreation piers Bronx terminal market and other municipal buildings to shelter the homeless.
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Association For Improving
James J. Walker
Bronx Terminal Market
Galli Curci Keeps Date After Auto Crash
Birmingham report says Amelita Galli Curci, famed American soprano, was badly shaken when her car overturned last night but insisted on keeping her scheduled concert that evening. The incident occurred as she traveled to the engagement.
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Galli
Curci
Birmingham
Mme
Amelita Galli-Curci
Farm Board Offers Wheat to Jobless if Funds Replaced
Chairman Legge said the federal farm board would provide its wheat holdings as food for the unemployed if Congress replaces the money used by the grain stabilization corporation for its purchases. He discussed the war department's role in the broader plan.
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Washington
Legge
Federal Farm Board
Congress
Grain Stabilization Corporation
War Department
One Man Killed as Car Overturns Near Gulfport
In Gulfport Mississippi on October 23 a car overturned on a curve at Lyman nine miles north of the city. Arlin S. Lockwood of Meridian a Coast Guard member from Biloxi base was killed. Fred E. Hyden of Indianapolis was injured and hospitalized with undetermined injuries.
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Gulfport
Miss
Lyman
Here
Arlin S. Lockwood
Meridian
United States Coast Guard
Biloxi
Fred E. Hyden
Indianapolis
Ind
Lockwood
King’s Daughter’s Hospital
Denver Woman Admits Blame After Probe
Captain Bert Clark announced that Mrs. Pearl O Loughlin admitted sole responsibility for the death of her ten year old step-daughter Leona found in Berkeley park lake on October 14 after six and a half hours of questioning. Her condition worsened as she was moved to the jail matron’s quarters. Further details were not disclosed.
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Pearl O'Loughlin
Denver
Cole
Leona O'Loughlin
Associated Press
Bert Clark
Pearl O’loughlin
Leona
Berkeley Park Lake
Captain Clark
Convict Two Texans of Selling Airplanes to Mexicans
Harold English and Otis L. Williams, both Texans, were fined 1000 dollars each in federal court for violating neutrality laws. They admitted transporting planes to rebels during Mexico's revolution over a year ago and avoided prison by good behavior.
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Amarillo
Texas
Harold English
Otis L. Williams
Mexico
Chiang Kai-Shek Converts to Christianity in Shanghai
General Chiang Kai-Shek, the youthful national ist president of China, was baptized a Christian today in Shanghai. The move renews the use of the term Christian general in Chinese dispatches, while Marshall Feng Yu-Hsiang had earlier been an adherent but reportedly renounced the faith.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Marshall Feng Yu-Hsiang
Federal Reserve rejects bond buy plan to boost business
Federal Reserve Board officials rejected proposals to buy 500 million dollars in government bonds to aid recovery. They argued there is no money shortage and that the key is improving business psychology rather than new liquidity, noting rates are already low and rediscount facilities ample.
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Federal Reserve Board
Washington
T. B. MacCauley
New York
Sug
MacCauley
Federal Reserve
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J. P. Alley
Walker
Mississippi
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West Virginia
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