Roosevelt Weighs U S Stance On League Sanctions
President Roosevelt said the United States must follow neutrality law in replying to the League of Nations sanctions inquiry over the Italo Ethiopian crisis. He indicated little room for discretion and that the State Department would likely issue the reply. He noted naval conference plans and potential battleship replacement under existing treaties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
League of Nations
United States
League
State Department
Hull
Great Britain
Standard Oil Company
Italy
Ethiopia
Injunction Sought to Protect Port Arthur Dock Workers
Federal Judge Duval West considered an injunction to restrain interference with stevedores loading and unloading at Port Arthur and Port Neches. Reports said a similar injunction might target Beaumont workers. The move follows Port Arthur violence in which one man died and several were severely beaten.
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Beaumont
Texas
Duval West
Tyler
Port Arthur
Port Neches
Christy Flanagan
P. C. Pfeiffer Company, Inc
Adam Smith Convicted Rum Runner Captured in Texas
Adam Smith the alleged Gulf Coast rum running leader is detained in Houston for Louisiana officers. He faces a year and a day sentence in Gueydan La in a liquor conspiracy case and was previously convicted in Lake Charles La in 1929 but fled a $10 000 appeal bond. He was arrested in Mexico in August and deported to Brownsville Texas yesterday. Smith also faces a Galveston rum running indictment.
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Houston
Tex
Adam Smith
Louisiana
Gueyidan
Lake Charles
Mexico
Brownsville
Smith
Galveston
Unemployment figures from 1930s cite 11 million jobless
Washington reports show large rises in jobless Americans with the A F L placing the count at 11 million including those on relief. WPA figures note about 1.31 million workers under relief as of October 17, with additional government jobs and rising private hiring amid spending increases.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Works Progress Administration
Tropical Storm Returns to Its Breeding Ground
The Cape Gracias area in Nicaragua faces a post season tropical storm returning to the Caribbean after a 1,200 mile voyage that lashed Jamaica and eastern Cuba. Meteorologist Grady Norton notes it is the first hurricane known to go back to its spawning grounds. Center of disturbance placed 100 to 125 miles northeast of Cape Gracias with a southwestward course.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Cape Gracias
Nicaragua
Caribbean
Jamaica
Cuba
Weather Bureau
Grady Norton
Doldrums
Post Office Contract Awarded in Starksville
The treasury awarded the Starksville Mississippi post office contract yesterday to M. C. Munroe of Sylacauga Alabama for 14750 dollars. Work must be completed within 90 days.
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Washington
Starksville, Miss
Treasury
M. C. Munroe
Sylacauga
Ala
Schultz Widow Questioned in Gang Slayings
Newark police hold 21 year old widow Frances Flegenheimer as a material witness in the hunt for Schultz gang assassins. Boss Arthur Dutch Schultz Flegenheimer died of wounds after a cafe gun battle. three other gang members perished or near death. Police seek Albert Stein and Charles Luciano amid a rackets war possibly worth 100 million annually.
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Newark
N. J
Arthur
Dutch Schultz) Flegenheimer
Frances Flegenheimer
Schultz
City Hospital
Bernard Rosenkrantz
Tyo
Otto Berman
Abraham Landau
Leo Frank
Martin Krompfer
New York
Albert Stein
Charles Luciano
Manhattan
John Haller
Flegen
Jackie Coogan Reaches Adulthood and Fortune
Hollywood reports Jackie Coogan comes of age tomorrow and takes control of a fortune possibly near a million dollars earned as a major juvenile star. The Coogans and manager Arthur Bernstein refuse to disclose specifics amid fears of kidnappers and sharks.
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Hollywood
Calif
Jackie Coogan
Jackie
Coogans
New York
Arthur Bernstein
Bernstein
Face Slapping Purse Snatcher Sought in Little Rock
Police hunt a young man about 20 after he slapped the face of Mrs. Eula Brown and tried to snatch her pocketbook in an early evening incident in Little Rock Arkansas. Brown, 30, described the attacker as bold and quick, then fled with a snatched purse.
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Little Rock
Ark
Eula Brown
Shushan Applauds Vindication After Tax Evasion Acquittal
Abe L. Shushan expresses gratification over his acquittal on income tax evasion charges. He accuses the prosecution of political malice and says Huey P. Long would have shared the hour of vindication if present. He recalls asking at indictment time.
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New Orleans
Abe L. Shushan
Huey P. Long
Bus Operators End Convention in New Orleans
The National Association of Motor Bus Operators closed its ninth annual convention in New Orleans. Arthur M. Hill of Charleston West Virginia will lead the group for another year. Three new directors join H A Cryder Columbus Ohio H H Moore Topeka Kansas and R C Bowen Fort Worth Texas. Joseph B Eastman, federal coordinator of transportation, spoke on the Motor Carrier Act and federal regulation of interstate bus lines.
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New Orleans
National Association of Motor Bus Operators
Arthur M. Hill
Charleston
W. Va
H. A Cryder
Columbus
H. H. Moore
Topeka
Kas
R. C. Bowen
Fort Worth
Texas
Joseph B Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi moves to cut taxes on small farmers
A tax revision plan approved by the Mississippi House Ways and Means Committee targets relief for small farmers. It would exempt personal property on homes and farms, cut ad valorem tax from five to four mills, raise homestead exemption to 2500 dollars and 160 acres, and reduce privilege taxes on small businesses by 25 percent. The plan would trim state revenue by about 1 million dollars and county revenue by about 750 thousand dollars. the Senate was considering the measure at this time.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
House
Ways and Means Committee
T. G. McCallum
McCallum
Senate
West Point Appointments Announced for July Admission
The War Department announced appointments for West Point next July. Mississippi picks include De Witte Cameron of Hattiesburg as principal, Charles Cedrick Pope of Columbia as second alternate, and William Jacob Warren Kerr of Long Beach as an alternate. By President Roosevelt selections include Walter Deitrich Jessen of Lake Charles Louisiana in Company K 16th Infantry.
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Washington
West Point Military Academy
War Department
Mississippi
Representative Colmber
DeWitte Cameron
Hattiesburg
Charles Cedrick Pope
Columbia
William Jacob Warren Kerr
Long Beach
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Walter Deitrich Jessen
Company K
16Th Infantry
Lake Charles
Looney Objects To Allen Senate Candidacy
Frank J. Looney of Caddo parish filed a formal objection to Governor Oscar K. Allen's filing for the U.S. Senate nomination. He alleged Allen has not qualified as a bona fide candidate under Louisiana law and requested service of the objection and a hearing per statute.
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Shreveport
Frank J. Looney
Caddo Parish
Democratic State Central Committee
O. K. Allen
United States
Looney
Oscar K. Allen
Caddo
Gov. Allen
Leo Hall Held For Killing Six In 1934 Mass Murder
Seattle October 25 Leo Hall 33 resists questioning as authorities say he is implicated in a mass murder by a confession from a woman Mrs Larry Poulos 28 a tea room waitress signed a confession accusing the former boxer and dry dock worker of slaying six at a gay house party on Erlands point in March 1934 The alleged confession says Mrs Poulos and Hall masked and wearing gloves entered the Frank Flieder home and after robbing the six victims killed them so they could not talk Hall was arrested in Portland on a concealed weapons charge and detectives say they have corroborative evidence supporting the confession
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William B. Severyns
Larry Poulos
Teer
Erland's Point
Hall
Ernest Yoris
Seattle
Portland
Ore
Erland’s Point
Mrs. Flieder
Fire men halt blaze near Malibu Beach colony
A massive brush fire driven along the coastline threatened Las Flores Topanga Santa Monica canyons and areas around Riviera Brentwood Bel Air and Beverly Hills. Firefighters backed by back-fires created a rolling wall of flames stopping the advance as crews battled the fire along an 18 mile stretch.
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Las Flores
Topanga
Santa Monica
Riviera
Brentwood
Bel Air
Beverly Hills
Malibu
Sanders describes new entries in Louisiana races
Congressman J Y Sanders Jr says admin ticket changes followed word the original slate would not win. Governor Allen unexpectedly runs for senator in January with Morgan as governor candidate, after earlier endorsement of Leche Ellender. Sanders singles out Maestri for endorsing a weak ticket.
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Baton Rouge
J. Y. Sanders
O. K. Allen
Lewis L. Morgan
Covington
Richard Leche
Allen Ellender
Sanders
Congress
Robert S. Maestri
The
Conservation Commission
Leche-Ellender
Leche
State Machine
Banker Advances New Orleans Bank President
Edward B. Green former senior vice president of the Federal Land Bank of New Orleans has succeeded Robert A. Beeland Jr. as president of the bank. Beeland resigned to become president of the First National Bank of Greenville Mississippi and to devote more time to his personal business.
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New Orleans
Edward B. Green
The
Federal Land Bank of
Robert A. Beeland, Jr
Bank
Beeland
First National Bank of
Greenville
Miss
Encounters May Decide Fate of African Empire
Italian aims press on as 12 000 Haile Selassie troops move from Harar toward Italy's advance in Ethiopia. 2 000 camels laden with munitions trail infantry and anti aircraft units, while Europe talks of peace. Addis Ababa says the League of Nations holds the key. Rome reports action continues on southern front.
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Haile Selassie
Harar
Italy
Rome
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Europe
Juba
Dolo
Alleged Kidnapper In Louisiana Is Captured
In Atlanta a man identified as Jerry Cannon alias Jim Flynn, 32, was held on a $50 bond awaiting transfer to Louisiana to face Lindbergh kidnapping law charges. A DOJ agent read a statement linking his escape from Angola state prison on September 21 to the abduction of four Riley family members in Tunica, Mississippi.
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Jerry Cannon
Jim Flynn
Louisiana
United States
E. §. Griffith
Oreleans
Department of Justice
Angola
Herndon Riley
Tunica
Mississippi
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