Desperadoes Form Indiana Bank Band Tale of Origin
Story of a gang of desperadoes accused of raiding banks across Indiana and neighboring states. Captain Matt Leach links Dillinger and other fugitives to the group forming from ex-convicts, with at least thirteen involved and a nationwide pattern of robberies totaling large sums. Indiana National Guard mobilized to aid authorities as investigations reveal broader westward ties and planned escapes.
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Indianapolis
Matt Leach
Ana
Ichigan City
Leach
Auburn
Peru
Jess Larber Lima
John Dil
Boliana
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Juffton
Walter Dietrich
Rich
Harry
Charles Makley
Edwardse
John Hamilton
James Jen
James Clark
Russell Clark
John Ms
Joseph Fox
Charles Nee
Harcounty
Gary
James
Hammond
Jenkins
Brown County
Indiana
Unusual Local Happenings and Notable Absences
Activities in Quachita parish surface as Supt T O Brown expresses satisfaction while Rev L T Hastings loses his notebook. Monroe and Ouachita residents discuss ducks, coffins, and a mix of city gossip from Hotel Alvis to the Tensas swamps.
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T. O. Brown
Quachita Parish
L. T. Hastings
I. B. Cornell
Robbers Hit Palestine Bank After Opening Time
Four men robbed the Robinson State Bank of Palestine Texas at about 8 a m stealing about $2000. A tear gas gun sprayed by a bank employee forced the bandits to flee while two men remained outside in a maroon sedan. Officers pursued the car and tied up a porter as the bank’s president and cashier were herded into the vault. The escape was cut short by the fumes.
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Palestine
Tex
Robinson State Bank of Palestine
Will Robinson
Z. L. Robinson
C. O. Miller
Cuban leader Carlos Mendieta narrowly escapes home bombing
In Havana early today an explosion damaged Carlos Mendieta's home. His wife Mrs Mendieta and their daughter escaped unharmed. Police reported mass arrests of communists amid broader unrest in the city and in Matanza and Oriente provinces. An American manager, C M Jervis, was reportedly held by workers at a sugar mill as they set up a soviet regime.
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Havana
Carlos Mendieta
Mendieta
Four Prisoners Escape From Jail At Greenville
Four felon inmates escaped the Greenville county jail at 1 a.m. using a rope from blankets after prying a smoke stack cover. They slid to the basement where night watchman Cloyd Dudding was slugged and tied. One escapee was later recaptured and Fitzgerald was injured.
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Greenville
Tex
Frank Donovan
Bill Ross
Ralph King
Jack Stewart
Denver Fitzgerald
Cloyd Dudding
Fitzgerald
Dudding
Kiusecald
Government plans rent program for cotton land in 1934
Washington reports a 15 million acre cotton plan to rent land next year potentially free for tenants facing dispossession. Contracts will protect renters and sharecroppers, detailing rent per acre and parity price guarantees for land taken out of production. Those who do not contract to cut acreage receive no rental or parity support.
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Washington
Long prison terms handed to pleas in district court
Heavy sentences up to 16 years were imposed on several defendants who pled guilty before Judge J. T. Shell. Jack Johnson received four to six years for automobile theft and faces an additional robbery with firearms charge. Louis Calvin got seven years on each of two burglary counts with nonconcurrent terms. Nelson Young drew 10 and six year terms nonconcurrent for burglary and a railroad caboose theft. The judge said reform was unlikely for the convicted by these long terms.
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State
J. T. Shell
Jack Johnson
Jack McDonald
Johnson
Louis Calvin
Nelson Young
Missouri Pacific
Shell
Winter storm grips Atlantic coast with deaths and wreckage
A major wintry blast felled on the Atlantic coast causing heavy shipping disruption and widespread snow from Adirondacks to Dixie. Seven lumbermen died after their sand bar collapse on the Big Salmon River near St Martins New Brunswick. Seven people perished near Afton New York when a car went into the Susquehanna River.
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Associated Press
North American
North Atlantic
Big Salmon River
St. Martins
St. John County
New Brunswick
Canada
Dixie
United States
New York State
Adirondacks
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Vermont
Chicago
Cleveland
Duluth
Minn
Atlanta
Susquehanna River
Afton
N. Y
Monroe's First Frost Recorded
The article notes Monroe and nearby areas recorded the season's first frost and lowest Thursday temperature at 40 degrees as Miss Katie Key reports. The previous low was 42 degrees on October 10, with Wednesday reaching 64 and Thursday bringing sunny, calm, pleasant conditions despite the chill.
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Monroe
Katie Key
Claiborne Parish Forces State To Pay Its Severance Tax Share
Claiborne Parish filed suit to compel the state to remit its parish share of the severance tax for police jury and school board funding. The case highlights unequal distribution of state funds and may prompt action by other parishes and agencies seeking constitutional allocations.
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Claiborne Parish
State
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Claiborne
Con
Claiborne Parish Tax Case Seeks Injunction Over Severance Funds
Suit filed by Claiborne Parish Police Jury and School Board against J F Kinder sheriff seeks to stop remittance of severance taxes to state officials until overdue parish shares are paid. Judge McClendon ordered show cause. temporary restraining order issued. case dismissed September 1933 after state settlement paid in full for Claiborne worth 16315.05 with 6130.60 due first quarter 1933.
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Second District Court
Parish of Claiborne
Louisiana
Claiborne Parish
J. F. Kinder
F, N. Meadows
Rulenisi
Enos C. McClendon
Meadows
Cotton options to be sent out next week
Washington Oct 26 Oscar Johnston finance director of the farm adjustment administration said government cotton options held by southern farmers would be sent out next week. About 2.4 million bales are involved. Growers who took part in the cotton reduction plan received options at 6 cents a pound. As options are released cotton may be sold and the 6 cent price difference would be profit. He noted a possibility of a ten cent a pound loan on option cotton.
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Washington
Oscar Johnston
Farm Adjustment Administration
Johnston
Ford May Lose U S Contracts Over NRA Policy
Washington October 26 Henry Ford risks losing government contracts as War Department plans to order 10 million dollars of army motorization gear but will not send bids to Ford while he refuses to display the blue eagle. Ford dealers in Dearborn report few bids as NRA rules apply to Ford though he has not signed it. He must sign a certificate of compliance to display the eagle.
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Washington
Henry Ford
NRA
War Department
Ford
Dearborn
Mich
Mine Operators Ordered To Report to Roosevelt
President Roosevelt called leading operators of Pennsylvania captive coal mines to come to Washington on Monday to report on his labor settlement order. Myron Taylor of United States Steel Corporation will head a group of steel and iron company officials and others were not announced at the White House.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Myron Taylor
United States Steel Corporation
Steel and Iron
White House
Gold Price Hikes to 31 54 as New Roosevelt Policy Takes Hold
The Roosevelt administration raises the price paid for newly mined gold to 31.54 dollars per ounce, with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation buying gold under a new policy to support a managed currency. Officials say daily purchases will continue and the London price remains a guide.
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Washington
White House
London
Jesse Jones
RFC
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Dean Acheson
Treasury
Reconstruction Finance Coreporation
United States
Treasury and Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Experts Seek Guiding Factors on Roosevelt Gold Price Rise
Government financial experts review economic elements behind the commodity price bulge spurred by costlier gold. One day of practical experience favored the Roosevelt price lifting program as agricultural staples and securities rose after the Reconstruction corporation offered 31.36 dollars per ounce for newly mined gold, though permanence remains uncertain.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Gold drive to boost U S treasury draws Hollywood talk
In Beverly Hills on October 26 special writer notes Jesse Jones of Texas starts government gold purchases. Hollywood women with wedding rings and old gold items may profit if prices rise to forty dollars an ounce. The writer muses on recovered watches canes teeth fillings and loot, reflecting on past big ideas that came too late.
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Beverly Hills
Jesse Jones
Texas
Hollywood
Jesse
Daily Millions
Mile Lions
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