Plot to wreck Hoover train foiled by three men
An alleged plan to wreck President Hoover's special train five miles north of New Albany was thwarted when three men removed an obstruction from Baltimore and Ohio tracks minutes before arrival. The sedan, traced to Charles Bullock and John Ed Wright, was placed on a steep grade to claim damages. both suspects confessed.
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Py Associated Press
New Albany
Ind
Hoover
Here
Baltimore and Ohio
Secret Service
Enoch Keller
Keller
Edward Hopson
George Weir
Jeffersonville
Louisville
Charles W. Bullock
John Ed Wright
Bullock
Wright
Detroi t Kidnapping Case Ends with Boy Found
Detroit police claim the Jackie Thompson kidnapping case is resolved as five year old jackpot kidnap victim is recovered from a lair on the city outskirts after 24 days. Detectives arrest James Fernando 39 and Emil Soaze 23 with one admitting involvement.
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Detroit
Jackie Thompson
Henry 8. Thompson
Thompson
James Fernando
Emil Soaze
Attempted assassination of Italian Crown Prince Humbert
Crown Prince Humbert of Italy was shot at while en route to lay a wreath on the Cenotaph in Brussels. The bullet missed. A crowd restrained the would be assassin before police arrived and Belgians injured him. The incident echoes the fate of his grandfather King Humbert I who was killed in 1900.
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Brussels
Marie Jose
Belgium
Humbert
Italy
Humbert I
Piedmont
Monza
Crescent City violence and robbery steal headlines
In New Orleans on October 24 Louis DeLille a 19 year old black man was shot dead during a card game argument at a soft drink stand. Police sought a suspect named Sylvia. Earlier that day three robbers posing as jitneys and a car passenger abducted Joseph O Graham a 27 year old post office employee and robbed him of $15. A pursuit followed but the gang escaped.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Louis DeLille
Sylvia
Joseph O. Graham
Graham
Clemson Tigers Down Gamecocks In Classic at State Fair
At Columbia October 24 Clemson College Tigers defeated South Carolina Gamecocks 21 to 14 by a dazzling offensive showing in the annual classic played at the State Fair Grounds in Columbia South Carolina.
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State Fair Grounds
Columbia
S. C
Clemson College Tigers
University of South Carolina Gamecocks
Orleans Police Nab Man Who Missed With Shotgun
New Orleans police say Lester Coulen, 28, wounded and captured after a gun battle with Supervisor George Reyer and Terretive John Grosch, and three alleged gangsters, were caught in a case tied to robbery and attempted murder. Officers were patrolling near Bourbon and Esplanade streets when a dark car with a shotgun fired at them.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Lester Coulen
George Reyer
John Grosch
Reyer
Grosch
Connie Ritter
Gulfport
Bourbon and
Esplanade
Fifty six on ferry vessel thought dead
Coast guards and local papers report the Milwaukee ferry steamship missing since Tuesday night with a crew of 56. Wreckage found near Wind Point and a lifeboat seen drifting near Grand Haven raise fears of disaster. Reports from Racine confirm recovery of debris ten miles east of the Wind Point lighthouse.
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Holland
Mich
Grand Trunk
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Holland Daily Sentinel
Grand Haven
Racine
Wis
Coast Guard
Coast
Wind Point Lighthouse
C. W. Cadwell
Lake Erie
Leamington
Ont
Robert Hobson
Ludington
Saint Holds One Man Meeting of Insurance Body
John D. Saint remained Louisiana insurance commission chairman after a civil order kept others from interfering with his duties. He traveled to New Orleans for a session that drew no quorum as Fernand Mouton and R. M. Walmsley reported prior engagements. Saint left after waiting over an hour and later went to court, where a majority ruled he was illegally acting as chairman.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
John D. Saint
Louisiana Insurance Commission
Baton Rouge
Fernand Mouton
Lafayette
R. M. Walmsley
Boatner
Mr. Saint
Former Highway Commission Attorney Wins Judgment
W. M. Barrow, former special attorney for the Louisiana highway commission, won a district court judgment for 1700 against the commission for legal fees. An assistant, W. G. Randolph, also received 150 in the ruling.
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the Highway Commission
Baton Rouge
W. M. Barrow
Louisiana Highway Commission
Barrow
Huey P. Long
Barber Sought in Death of His Wife and Children
Hamilton Ohio dispatch reports barber Charles King Jr, 36, sought after wife Sarah Ethel 31 and four children died from gas inhalation while one child died in hospital. Neighbors found three youngsters dead, house note cites three Coldwater men as possible instigators, motive unclear, King fled after promising to settle a debt.
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Associated Press
Hamilton
Ohio
Chas. King, Jr
Sarah Ethel
King
Robert
Leon
Keith
Paul
Charles, Jr
Coldwater
New Orleans Boy Fractured Skull After Truck Collision
Francis Miller a 10 year old in New Orleans remained unconscious 70 hours after being struck by a truck driven by a Black man. He suffered a fractured skull and severe facial lacerations. The driver is under arrest on reckless driving charges.
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New Orleans
Francis Miller
Hambones Meditations by J. P. Alley
A fragment titled Hambones Meditations by J P Alley notes confusion over crowds at a market where goods are sold. The informal dialect hints at rural or folk context and observation of daily commerce.
Montana flier believed flying martyr
Urban F. Diteman Jr a Montana cattleman is overdue on a solo Newfoundland to London flight. After disappearing near Harbor Grace Newfoundland ten minutes after takeoff authorities search for him, hoping for a landing in Greenland. His note said he was bound for London and his plane carried 165 gallons of fuel for about 25 hours of cruising.
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Associated Press
New York
Greenland
Urban F. Diteman
Montana
Newfoundland
London
Harbor Grace
N. F
Diteman
Copenhagen
Julian Shaab
Billings, Mont
Iceland
Valuation Set for Vicksburg Shreveport Pacific Railway
The Interstate Commerce Commission placed a final valuation of 8725000 dollars on the Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific railway for owned and used property as of June 20 1918 with an additional 200000 dollars for owned but unused property. It also set a final valuation of 7827500 dollars for the Alabama and Vicksburg railway as of the same date.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway
Alabama and Vicksburg Railway
Explosion Devastates Hollywood Film Lab. $50 Million Loss
An early morning blast and fire at Consolidated Film Industries lab in Hollywood destroys the facility. About 50 workers flee as detonations erupt. one man, Albert Lund, dies after rescue attempts. Loss includes master films and productions. officials caution final figures are tentative.
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Assocted Press
Hollywood
Cal
Consolidated Film Industries
Albert Lund
Lund
Red River flood control talks at Texas meet
Four state representatives from Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma and Texas gathered in Denison to discuss Red River valley flood control and possible organization. Dr Alex W Acheson spoke on making the river navigable with government aid and flood control dam ideas were proposed for Denison area to generate power irrigation and navigation.
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Denison
Tex
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Red River Valley
Alex W. Acheson
Red River
E. E. Blake
Oklahoma City
George D. Moulton
Hubert M. Harrison
Wichita Falls
Shreveport
John C. H. Lee
Vicksburg
Miss
Bankers Trust ex-president found guilty of mail fraud
W. D. Manley once led a vast bank chain in Florida and Georgia that failed. A federal jury in Atlanta convicted him of using the mails to defraud, sentencing him to seven years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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Atlanta
W. D. Manley
Bankers Trust Company
Florida
Georgia
Jury Deliberations Continue in Fall Bribery Case
After over two hours of debate the jury in the Albert B. Fall bribery trial did not reach a verdict. Spectators remained in the courtroom awaiting word as deliberations continued.
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
Colored physician plans new hospital for Monroe negroes
Dr S D Hill and associates plan a modern brick hospital for the Negro race with about 50 beds. Several sites are under consideration including one on Tenth Street between Washington and Breard. An announcement is expected in days as local colored professionals expand on De Siard Street near the Dreamland theatre.
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S. D. Hill
Tenth Street
Washington
Breard
Monroe
DeSiard Street
Dreamland Theatre
Oglethorpe U Student Dies Under Streetcar Fall
Raymond McBowen 21 of Charleston S C died after allegedly hanging on a street car at Oglethorpe University Atlanta. Conductor G D Singleton said McBowen and two friends rode the rear of the car and he fell as the car returned. He died en route to hospital.
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Atlanta
Raymond McBowen
Oglethorpe University
G. D. Singleton
McEowen
McEnowen
McFowen
Charleston
S. C
Arkansas Cleaner Plans St Louis Invasion Threats
Henry Pepin of Little Rock says a chain of dry cleaning shops will open in St Louis despite bomb threats. Ernest Coffman of Conway, named store manager, was warned to stay out of the town or face action against new shops.
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ST. Louis
Henry Pepin
Little Rock
Ark
Pepin
Ernest Cof
Conway
Wall Street Records Biggest Day in Market Push
Wall Street posts its biggest day ever as buying orders flood in by mail radio wire and phone driving a dramatic market surge. Investors rally amid bullish sentiment and strong demand across sectors.
Wall Street Apprehension Eases After Sharp Stock Declines
A New York market panic softened as bankers at J. P. Morgan & Co and other leaders reassured investors. Major stocks including United States Steel and American Telephone rebounded from steep drops into mid afternoon trading, with total NYSE volume at 1,171,900 shares by 1:30 p.m.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Steel Commune
Johns Manville
American Telephone
New York Stock Exchange
Magel
Wall Stregg
J. P. Morgan & Co
Broad and
Wall Streets
The
Stock Exchange
W. C. Poteter
Guaranty Trust Company
Negro Convicted for Assault on Colored Girl Sentenced to Hang
Alonzo Doss a Black man was found guilty in Laurbel Mississippi circuit court of assault on an 11 year old girl and sentenced to hang. The jury deliberated 45 minutes and the crime involved taking the girl to a swamp cabin where she was kept for over a week before he was captured by Jones county officers. He married the victim after the crime, which could not save him.
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Laurbel
Miss
Alonzo Doss
Mobile
Laurel
Doss
Jones County
West Monroe Church Opens Gas Station Venture
The First Methodist church of West Monroe operates a filling station at 1301 Cypress Street to liquidate the church debt and fund a $75,000 Wood Street church rebuild. Managed by Edward B. Love the station will sell standard gas and oils plus cold drinks and will close Sundays.
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First Methodist Church of
West Monroe
Cypress Street
Wood Street
Edward B. Love
Jena
Monroe
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Ruggiero Ricci
Manhattan Symphony Orchestra
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Clemson
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Ritter
SAINT
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W. G. Randolph
Norman J. Rada
Chippewa Falls
Barber
Hambones Meditations
By J. P. Alley
DE Bigges
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Mississippi
Memphis Oe Ree
Helena Biacenen
Arkansas City
Vicksburg Ie
Natchez Aeeuaedee
Atchafalaya
Melville Oo
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Ohio— Caito Beate
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Shreveport Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Unde
Monree Anche d
Acheson
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Necro Hospital
Oglethorpe U
Uate Pros
Wall Street
Livermore
Jesse L. Livermore
Apsociated Press
West Monroe Church
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