Rioting Grips Hyde Park as Crowds Clash with Police
A massive demonstration of unemployed protesters in London near Hyde Park ends in violence. Fifty thousand marchers oppose dole administration while mounted police clash, clubs swinging, and rioters hurl stones. Several injured, ambulances sent as chaos spreads along the Marble Arch and Bayswater Road corridor.
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London
Hyde Park
Great Cumberland Place
Marble Arch
Edgeware Road
Bayswater Road
Shreveport Official Dismisses City Water Dept Cashier
The Shreveport city council voted three to two to fire W. O. Brewster, cashier of the water department, who refused to acknowledge the council’s authority. Brewster had solicited funds from water department employees for a suit filed by Commissioner Dickson against Mayor Hardy. Dickson and Dawkins opposed the dismissal, while Hardy and commissioners Ford and Evans supported it.
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Shreveport
W. O. Brewster
City Water Department
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Dickson
Water Department
Hardy
Sidney L. Herold
John McW. Ford
Charles D. Evans
C. Bickham Dickson
T. C. Dawkins
Rambling about the town and historic political parallels
The column mixes a reader letter comparing early Hamilton Jefferson politics to Hoover and Roosevelt, noting local figures like Supt. T. O. Brown and Jack Hayes. It sketches small town vignettes including Ed Ferris’s wagon model, Rev. Dierlamm’s tomato crop, Mayor Bernstein’s poultry robbers, and a Byrd Neville football miscue with ten men.
Al Smith Defends Newark Speech Abroad Campaign Swing
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith sails into New England for a two day campaign tour supporting Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt. He dismisses Republican criticism of his Newark address calling it the best campaign speech and notes Borah’s praise as partisan. He heads to Providence and Boston for further remarks on voting duties and fiscal policy.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
New England
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Newark
N. J
Smith
Providence
R. I
Boston
William E. Borah
Idaho
Hoover
Borah
Associated Press
Happy Warrior
Kidnapped Mother and Child Found Near Los Angeles
Ruth Borman a 17 year old mother and her three year old daughter Nancy Ruth Buchanan were found at a Newhall residence after M E Warner a friend guided authorities. He had driven Borman to the home of Mrs. Violet C Buchanan guardian who had earlier sought to adopt the child. The incident began when the child was taken from the guardian’s home.
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Los Angeles
Ruth Borman
Newhall
Nancy Ruth Buchanan
Violet C. Buchanan
M. E. Warner
Arms slash or big navy on Navy Day
President Hoover warned that a navy sized to treaty limits may be needed if arms limitation fails. In a Navy Day address tied to George Washington bicentennial themes, Hoover and Secretary Adams led nationwide observances stressing national defense as the government’s first obligation.
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Washington
Hoover
George Washington
Adams
Confederates Begin Annual Reunion at State Capital
At Baton Rouge Louisiana on October 27 the United Confederate Veterans state division opened a two day convention with welcoming addresses by Governor O K Allen General L B Claiborne Baton Rouge Mayor Wade H Bynum and representatives from patriotic groups. A luncheon followed by an afternoon session and an evening parade with Louisiana State University cadets was planned.
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L. B. Claiborne
New Roads
Wade H. Bynum
W. B. Kernan
Mary Robertson
Henry Watkins Allen
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Seshenee Iat Sonnedean
Isiana State University
Roosevelt Focuses on New York Jobless Easing Plan
Governor Roosevelt shifts from campaign to state relief, meeting Republican leaders and the unemployment relief commission in Albany. A proposed 30 million dollar bond issue for next year’s relief programs tops the agenda as he weighs a special legislative session.
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N. Y
Roosevelt
New York
Middle West
South
Hudson River
New York City
Unemployment Relief Commission
Asheville Banker Begins Term In Carolina Prison
A. B. Davis former Asheville banker began a five to eight year term in the North Carolina penitentiary after conviction with Luke Lea Tennessee publisher and Luke Lea Jr for violating state banking laws connected to the 1930 Central Bank and Trust Company failure. The elder Lea faces a prison sentence while Lea Jr was fined $25 000 and all cases await U S Supreme Court decision.
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N. C
A. B. Davis
Asheville
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Luke Jr
North Carolina
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Central Bank and Trust Company
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United States Supreme Court
Social Betterment Conference Opens in City Tonight
The Louisiana Conference for Social Betterment convenes at Hotel Frances at 8 p m with Dr George F Sexton of Shreveport as chairman The opening address by Dean Charles W Pipkin of LSU covers Social Planning and Social Legislation Speakers include Dr Harriet Daggett of LSU Law School on Children's Code and Judge S C Fullilove of Shreveport Juvenile Court Other sessions set through Friday with additional speakers listed
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Louisiana Conference For Social Betterment
Hotel Frances
George F. Sexton
Shreveport
Charles W. Pipkin
Graduate School
Louisiana State University
Harriet Daggett
Law Department of
Cold snap drops to 38 degrees with frost
The temperature fell to 38 degrees this morning, tying the season low set on October 6 and 7, with a heavy frost reported. Yesterday's high reached 75 while Tuesday's high was 86. after sunrise the sun shone in a clear sky as temperatures rose.
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Kate Key
Army Probing Attempted Sale of Secret Papers
Army officials investigate two enlisted men charged with stealing confidential documents and trying to sell them to a supposed foreign power emissary. The men were arrested after delivering the papers to the undercover investigator who paid $100 in marked money. The seizure occurred at a Waikiki beach cottage rented by the pair.
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Honolulu
Waikiki
Night court siege leads to suspensions at New York college
About 750 students stormed New York City's night court seeking the reinstatement of Oakley Johnson and protesting a professor's firing. Police reserves quelled the crowd. 14 youths and a co ed were given suspended sentences while Prof Henderson and three students were arrested for disorderly conduct.
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New York
White Way
August Dreyer
Oakley Johnson
College of the City of New York
College Liberal Club
Donald Henderson
Professor Henderson
Hoover forms commission to probe Negro labor charges
At Hoover's direction a special commission was created to investigate alleged mistreatment of Negro laborers by private contractors on Mississippi flood control work. The panel includes three Negroes and one white, and will review charges similar to those already under army engineers.
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Washington
Hoover
Mississippi River
White House
Army
Florida Counties Quarantined Over Pink Boll Worm
The governor and state entomologist announced a Washington telegram directing a quarantine on six north Florida counties Alachua Baker Bradford Columbia Gilchrist and Union beginning October 29 to prevent pink boll worm spread. Lee A Strong of the federal plant quarantine bureau signed the telegram, presented by Governor Russell and Entomologist Yeomans. The move follows urging from Georgia officials to protect cotton growers.
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Washington
Florida
Alachua
Baker
Bradford
Columbia
Gilchrist
Union
Lee A. Strong
Federal Bureau of Plant Quarantine
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Manning S. Yeomans
Yeomans
Leeman Anderson
Russell
United States Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Arthur M. Hyde
Trial date set for Elmore Manley and accomplice in Reiser murder
The Orville Elmore and Mrs. Frank Manley murder case involving Ted Reiser at his garage had its trial date moved from November 14 to November 8. District Attorney David I. Garrett indicated Elmore Manley and Roy Smith may be tried together though separate trials could be sought. Willie Evans, arraigned on robbery, was brought in with a plastered leg.
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Frank Manley
Ted Reiser
Reiser
David I. Garrett
Elmore
St. Francis Sanitarium
Willie Evans
Evans
Smootfield
Ringgold Marshal Slain in Early Morning Shootout
Ringgold La October 27 Elmore Buckner 59 local town marshal and longtime railroad conductor was shot to death at 1 am in the town. Two men are held with M W Norrell charged with the killing and Oscar Russell his brother in law as a material witness. Russell says Norrell fired five shots four hit Buckner and Buckner cried Youve killed me.
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Henderson Jordan
Russell
Marshal Buckner
Norrell
Buckner
Rum Conspiracy Probe Links Slaying to Chicago Killer
Federal agents and New Orleans police search river bottoms for a slain informer linked to a million dollar rum conspiracy that involved 104 people. Thomas Kehoe, alias Fred King, told officers of a plot to kill Louis Cheramie, a key informant, and described a Chicago connection and a killer who fled Cheramie’s home with his body.
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Prohibition
Chicago
Louisiana
Thomas Kehoe
Fred King
Fred Stone
St. Louis
Kehoe
Louis Cheramie
Lay
Donaldsonville
Cheramie
Walton Tomplain
Chereamie
Suspect in Lindbergh kidnapping refuses to tell
Seville Spain Oct 27 Jean Saul detained for questioning in the Lindbergh baby case says he will reveal nothing to anyone but American police Newspapers offered money but he will not talk about the crime He claims to know some names of those who received the 50000 ransom and refuses to name the hotel where he worked or his parents identities.
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Seville
Spain
Jean Saul
Saul
Florida
Youth Crowding Out Age in Germs Protecting Against Typhoid
Dr. Francis B. Grinnell of Harvard reports the old germ family used for typhoid vaccine is losing grip. A new, younger generation of germs may soon be raised to protect Americans as typhoid vaccines rely on the Rawlins strain derived from Boer war sources.
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American Public Health Association
Francis B. Grinnell
Harvard Medical School
America
Rawlins
Grinnell
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