Twelve Party Ballots Set for New York Mayor Race
Twelve party designations will appear on voting machines for the November 7 mayoralty election in New York City. The field, reduced from 23, includes eight major party lines and four independent groups, with Mayor John P. O'Brien listed under Democratic and Jefferson and La Guardia under Fusion and Republican tickets. The piece ties the election to the Hofstadter graft inquiry and notes sharp exchanges between La Guardia, McKee, and Ed Flynn.
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New York
Board of Elections
Law Preservation
Fusion
Recovery and
Jefferson
John P. O'Brien
Tammany
Fiorello la
Charles Solomon
Henry H. Klein
Robert Minor
Aaron M. Orange
Adolph Silver
Industrial Union
Bernard S. Deutsch
Republican
Hofstadter Committee
James J. Walker
la Guardia
McKee
Edward J. Flynn
Bronx
Louis H. Willard
Flynn
Ed Flynn
Willard
Hofstadter
William J. Flynn
Joe McKee
Parole System Seen Defective by Senate Panel Head
In Chicago, Senator Royal S. Copeland, head of a Senate subcommittee on rackets and crime, called the parole system defective after a prisoner showup at police headquarters. He noted most men were on parole or probation and suggested that witnesses claim recidivism makes them inherently bad. Lt. Charles Grattan reported many repeat offenders in the lineup.
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Chicago
United States Senate
Royal S. Copeland
New York
Frank S. Hutchinson
Copeland
Charles Grattan
Local fair prizes point to kitchen skill and community humor
The account highlights Jes' Ramblin' L D Willis and Joe Hendrick winning pastry prizes amid feminine rivals and notes playful anecdotes from Ouachita Valley fair events. It includes a judge's enthusiasm for twins, shoe charity between a Salvation Army captain and two one legged youths, and humorous crowd moments at a Brown stadium football game with student banter.
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L. D. Willis
Joe Hendrick
Love
Judge Schulze
George Dierlamm
Dallas Hunter Sentenced Eight Years for Deport Burglary
A sixth district court jury in Paris Texas on October 24 sentenced Dallas Hunter to eight years in prison for the first of three burglaries linked to lootings of three Deport Texas stores on October 8. The jury then began considering the second case after Hunter pleaded guilty.
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Paris
Tex
Dallas Hunter
Deport
Texas
Hunter
Roosevelt Must Rule Soon on Builders' Codes
Washington Oct 24 Economists urge a wartime wage hiatus for a year to spark private investment in construction. Hugh Johnson and Roosevelt face a decision as labor opposes the plan. Johnson to announce NRA reorganization into four deputy-led divisions with a nationwide enforcement network.
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Washington
Hugh §. Johnson
Roosevelt
White House
Johnson
NRA
Austrian Nazis Seek Safety in Hitler's Nation
More than 7 000 Austrian refugees, including officers and deserters, seek shelter in the Nazi Reich. Theodor Habicht places exiles in camps near Lechfeld on the Bavarian frontier to prevent public charges in German cities. They are used for labor on road building and land improvement with army-like discipline.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Third Reich
Foreign Office
Nazi Foreign Department
Theodor Habicht
Hitler
Austria
Vienna
Lechfeld
Wreck Near Saint Elier Kills Twenty Two In Paris-Cherbourg Express
EUREUX France October 24 Twenty two people die and ten are seriously injured when the Paris Cherbourg express plunges from a viaduct over the Rouloir river near Saint Elier. Senator Dudouyt escapes drowning and is rescued uninjured. Ten bodies recovered, none of the victims known to be American.
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Eureux
France
Saint Elier
Paris
Dudouyt
Rouloir
Senora Perez Delivers Seven Sons in Georgetown
Senora Carola Perez gave birth to seven sons in one delivery in Georgetown British Guiana. Doctors call the septet birth unique in medical history and all children and mother are reported doing nicely. The Bolivar department senate discussed a government grant for the Perez family and referred the matter to public works. In New York the Academy of Medicine reported no substantiated cases of more than six simultaneous births and noted only two six birth records in the past century.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Senora
Carola Perez
Senate
Bolivar Department
Perez
New York
New York Academy of Medicine
Millions Ready to Aid State Bank Insurance Program
Washington report notes millions in new capital available to help state banks join the federal deposit insurance system taking effect in 1934. President Roosevelt urges non members of the Fed to apply, creating RFC backed support for banks to purchase preferred stock and strengthen liquidity.
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Washington
Federal Deposit Insurance System
Federal Reserve System
Roosevelt
Deposit Insurance Fund
Reconstruction Corporation
Cooperation In
RFC
Harvey Couch
Couch
Eugene Black
Federal Reserve Board
Dean Acheson
The
Treasury
Lewis Douglas
J. F. T. O'Connor
Walter J. Cummings
Deposit Insurance Corporation
Henry Bruere
Frank Walker
Fall of Daladier Cabinet Shakes Paris Politics
Daladier cabinet falls after a 329 to 241 confidence vote in Paris. Daladier resigns to President Lebrun who begins consultations on a successor. Senator Albert Sarraut mentioned as likely replacement. deputies unlikely to be chosen due to bitter chamber clashes.
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Elysee Palace
Lebrun
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Albert Sarraut
M. Daladier
Chamber
Leon Blum
Machado Shown To Have Misused Trust Fund Sum
Senate investigators heard evidence that former Cuban president Machado diverted nine million dollars from a twelve million dollar trust fund with knowledge of the American state department. A Chase National Bank letter to another official noted the shortfall in 1931 and described it as worrying to both Machado and the state department. Ferdinand Pecora, committee counsel, read the letter into the record.
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Washington
Machado
Cuba
American
State Department
Senate
Chase National Bank
Chase
Ferdinand Pecora
First Government Gold Purchase Scheduled for Wednesday
Washington reports the first U S gold purchase under Roosevelt's currency plan will occur Wednesday. Jesse Jones Dean Acheson and likely Henry Morgenthau Jr will convene at the treasury to set the price and amount using foreign quotes. Officials expect the price to be slightly above the world level with a formal announcement by 10 a m eastern time.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Corporation
Dean Acheson
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Effort to Halt Orleans Ballot Trial Launched
Disbarment of 585 election commissioners charged with false returns from a 1916 constitutional amendment vote led to a quash motion in criminal district court New Orleans Judge Frank T. Echezabal set arguments for next Monday A broad challenge asserts the bills lack information and authority details and questions the statute’s discretion in fraud cases.
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New Orleans
Criminal District Court
Frank T. Echezabal
General Fund Poverty Refuted by Records in Louisiana
An accounting columnist rebuts Senator Long by detailing that the general fund receives far more than 53-100 of a mill from property taxes. He cites 1932 receipts of 5 578 513.96 plus other revenue sources and annual allocations to conservation, supervision, and administration, arguing total support exceeds the $1.8 million figure.
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Senator Long
General Fund
Louisiana
What Became Of The Money In Louisiana Tax Losses
The Louisiana Tax commission figures show a property tax loss this year under $1 million from lower assessments, with 1932 losses near 1.666 billion? Actually 1,666,140,458.00. The state collected over 5 million in special taxes to offset losses and spent more, while school debts exceed banking resources. The article questions where the money went.
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Louisiana Tax Commission
Senator Long
Louisiana
West Monroe group plans federal loan, savings charter
A group of about 20 West Monroe residents applied Monday for a charter to form a federal loan and savings association. The aim is to aid homeowners at risk of losing properties and promote home buying through the agency. A second meeting is set for Tuesday night at 7 30 in the Crosley school auditorium. The plan leverages a federal statute allowing government matching funds for local stock, potentially doubling locally raised capital.
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West Monroe
Federal Loan and Savings Association
Humphries Insurance Agency
Crosley School
Monroe
Far East Tension Pushes U.S. Toward Recognition Move
Moscow observers say the Far East crisis makes U S recognition of the Soviet probable as Litvinoff heads to Washington to discuss possible understandings on Japan. Veiled threats of severed relations between Japan and the USSR heighten alarm at Geneva and in U S circles. Official gates remain closed on Roosevelt Litvinoff talks.
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Moscow
Far East
Russia
Litvinoff
Washington
Japan
Geneva
Europe
Roosevelt
Nagai Seen Likely U S Ambassador Choice
Tokyo reports indicate Matsuzo Nagai, Japan’s ambassador to Berlin, is the leading candidate to succeed Katsuji Debuchi as ambassador to Washington after conversations with high officials. Vernacular papers reflect the elimination process and naming Nagai.
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Tokyo
Matsuzo Nagai
Berlin
Katsuji Debuchi
Washington
Winter Makes Its Debut In North Pacific Sector
Blustering winter roared into the north Pacific with snow, gales, heavy rains, and near zero temps. Alaska, British Columbia and Washington reported rising rivers as October 24 marked the season’s first blast. In Oregon, summer briefly returned with a 72 degree high in Portland.
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North Pacific
Seattle
Alaska
British Columbia
Washington
Oregon
Portland
Farm strike gains as group joins Illinois area
Farm strike leaders report momentum with a KankakeeIllinois group joining. Picketing spreads to Iowa and Wisconsin as milk dumps occur. North Dakota sheriffs halt grain shipments under Gov Langer embargo while Oklahoma and Texas plan votes to join. George N Peek urges farmers to fight enemies not friends citing the president as ally.
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Iowa
James
Sioux City
Crescent
Oakland
Omaha
Vesper
Neillsville
Wis
North Dakota
William Langer
Minnesota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Texas
Washington
George N. Peek
New Sector Is Added To Agricultural War In Illinois
Illinois farmers join the anti selling drive as about 2000 members at Kankakee vote to join the movement. Pickets stop trucks in Iowa bound for Omaha and at Oakland and Crescent hogs are halted. Milk shipments are disrupted in Wisconsin as Milo Reno denounces the federal relief program and Secretary Wallace.
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Chicago
Illinois
Iowa
Kankakee
Omaha
Oakland
Crescent
Sioux City
Wisconsin
Milo Reno
Des Moines
National Farmers’ Holiday Association
NRA
Reno
Wallace
Rogers Has His Say in Beverly Hills
Columnist criticizes paid leaders guiding farmers and other followers to demand government favors. He mocks constitutional limits and argues citizens are overburdened by self interested coddling leaders. The piece reflects skepticism toward organized advocacy and policy rhetoric.
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