Dissent and Embargoes Shake Midwestern Farm Action
Dissention grows within the National Farmers Holiday movement as southwestern Iowa farmers form an anti holiday group. In Wisconsin the milk pool embargo tightens with dairies closing. Milwaukee Cooperative Producers Association opposes the embargo. Iowa Farm Bureau backs corn hog reduction aid while Nebraska Farmers Holiday opposes picketing. National guardsmen helping keep a Missouri River bridge open are withdrawn.
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Associated Press
National Farmers’ Holiday Association
Iowa
Glenwood
Wisconsin
Cooperative Milk Pool
Milwaukee Cooperative Producers’ Association
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Nebraska Farmers’ Holiday Association
National
William DeMoss
Mills County
Missouri River
Portsmouth
Neb
Opposition Move Is Taking Shape in Iowa and Nebraska
In Des Moines a planned anti holiday farm group forms to keep produce moving to markets. Frank Buffington is named temporary chair at Glenwood with a session scheduled. Guardsmen deputized to guard a Missouri River bridge withdrew uniforms and civilian garb thereafter. Wisconsin milk pool members vote embargo to begin at 12:01 am Tuesday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Glenwood
Frank Buffington
Iowa National Guardsmen
William DeMoss
Mills County
Missouri River
Plattsmouth
Neb
Charles Grahl
DeMoss
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Cooperative Milk Pool
Profits At Wiggin Firms Shown In Senate Probe
Senate investigators heard that Albert H. Wiggin's personal companies earned over 10 million dollars from Chase National Bank stock trades. Fernand Pecora, committee counsel, presented the figure for 1928 to 1932, a period when Chase Securities Corporation operated pools in bank stock. Wiggin, retired bank chairman, said he would verify the amount later.
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Washington
Albert H. Wiggin
Chase National Bank
Senate
Ferdinand Pecora
Wiggin
Pecora
Chase Securities Corporation
Wandering Veteran Finds Smoke and Solace on DeSiard Street
An aged man shuffles along DeSiard Street in fall attire and patchwork seersucker, eyes brightening at finding a discarded cigarette butt and lighting it. Nearby, J L Ragland and M D Ragland promote the News Star and Morning World as notable teen newsboys and high school students. Hotel Virginia lobby shows autumn decor and river mussel probing by barefoot youths near the traffic bridge.
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DeSiard Street
J. L. Ragland
M. D. Ragland
News-Star
Morning World
Ouachita Parish
Taylor Deal
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Floyd
Mexico May Flay Big U S Bankers
Mexico may denounce the activities of American international bankers at the Pan American conference. Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Puig Casaurano praised Roosevelt's New Deal, saying he may denounce bankers in Montevideo but trusts in Roosevelt and the continental transformation it promises. He visited Roosevelt in Washington and spoke of U S goodwill toward Mexico.
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Panama
U.A
Mexico
Jose Manuel] Puig Casaurano
Senate Investigation Committee
Washington
Montevideo
Roosevelt
Latin America
Puig
Cristobal
Canal Zone
United States
President Roosevelt
Continent
Mr. Roosevelt
Youth Arrested for Burning Grayson School
A 15 year old youth confessed to burning the Grayson schoolhouse about two weeks earlier and to attempted arson at two churches and other buildings. Bloodhounds led to his home and sheriff J W King said the boy admitted the fires to avoid going to school. A new school building plan is being drawn by J W Smith and Associates of Monroe.
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Columbia
Grayson
J. W. King
G. E. Allen
Wisner
J. W. Smith and Associates of
Monroe
Two Americans tangled in Cuban uprisings report
Havana reports two Americans in escalating unrest. C M Jervis, detained by workers at Alto Cedro sugar mill in Oriente, and Florencio Gerena seeking protection from gangs at Mercedes sugar mill. Government braces for island wide strike as communists plan actions. A car bomb damaged two midtown Havana buildings as authorities monitor disorder.
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Havana
C. M. Jervis
Alto Cedro
Oriente
Florencio Gerena
Gangse
Mercedes
Negro Executes After Prolonged Legal Fight in Maryland
In Maryland a two year court battle ended with Euel Lee, an African American man, hanged at the Maryland penitentiary at 12 13 a m for the murder of Green K Davis near Taylorsville on October 10 1931. He faced additional murder charges in connection with Davis' wife and two daughters. A heavy police guard surrounded the prison as the state took charge of the body. The chaplain said Lee maintained his innocence to the end.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Euel Lee
Lee
Maryland Penitentiary
Green K. Davis
Taylorsville
Davis
Guard, fire hose quell textile strike near Bath
Governor Blackwood ordered a South Carolina National Guard company to protect Aiken Mills in Aiken county from Augusta strike action. Bath patrols used fire hose and tear gas to disperse a mob of striking workers, 22 arrested, as picketing spread from Augusta. Mills continued operating under guard with tensions easing later.
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Columbia
S. C
Blackwood
South Carolina National Guard
Aiken County
Augusta
Bath
Aiken Mills, Inc
Aiken
J. W. Sellers
Langley
Clear Water
Bath and Clear Water
Horse Creek Valley
Rancher Returns to Native Hills for Murder Trial
Bronzed 58 year old James Lunsford, a Louisiana rancher, travels to Marshall North Carolina to face a murder charge from 1900. He claims justified actions and is released on 1500 dollar bond after authorities contact Asheville solicitor Zeb Nettles. He lived in Louisiana as George W. Franklin and ran a cattle ranch near De Quincy with a Merryville post address.
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Marshall
N. C
James Lunsford
Louisiana
Lunsford
Lunsford Showed Up At the Sheriff's Office
Bud Lunsford
Zeb V. Nettles
Asheville
George W. Franklin
de Quincy
Merryville
Ditch Digger Jeff the Unfortunate Buried in Maryville
Jess Monroe known as Jeff the ditch digger was buried in Maryville with a civic turnout led by Mayor P. L. Roby. The First Christian church overflowed as two pastors praised his charitable life and loyalty to the needy.
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Maryville
Jess Monroe
P. L. Roby
Jeff
Repeal of Prohibition Is Assured For Iceland
Icelandic voters appear set to repeal constitutional prohibition after elections reported from 16 districts show 12 250 for repeal and 7 300 against. Counting in 11 districts was incomplete though larger centers favored repeal.
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Iceland
Reykjavik
Gold Price Jumps 22 Cents in Treasury Quotation
The Treasury announced a new price of 31.76 dollars an ounce for newly mined gold consigned to Reconstruction Corporation purchases. The daily rise, 22 cents, follows London market gains and is part of a Roosevelt policy to steadily lift domestic gold values. Chairman Jesse Jones and Henry Morgenthau Jr led the decision with Acting Secretary Dean Cheson.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Treasury
London
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Dean Cheson
$50,000,000 Level In President's Hands
A $50,000,000 level for lifting commodity prices rested in President Roosevelt's hands as of October 27 and was prepared for spending to shape gold price levels, with consideration by the Reconstruction era agencies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Corpora
Wall Street Jitters Over Possible regulatory Legislation
New York October 27. Wall Street shows unease as talk rises that federal law may regulate stock exchanges. A White House meeting between Richard Whitney, exchange president, and President Roosevelt sparked concern amid reports Roosevelt plans to seek congressional control of the exchanges. Rumors of shifting business to Canada echo through brokerage rooms.
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New York
Wall Street
Richard Whitney
Exchange
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Canada
Arrestees Linked to Gold Hoarding in Boston Case
Gerald T. Driscoll 32 a municipal clerk earning 1000 dollars yearly and Edward Spiegel a State street lawyer were arrested in Boston for gold hoarding becoming the first New Englanders held under the gold hoarding law.
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Boston
Gerald T. Driscoll
Edward Spiegel
State Street
New
Indiana to Use 630 Guardsmen in Shoot to Kill Order
Indiana state director of public safety Al G. Feeney ordered 630 national guardsmen to strategic posts as he warned lesser criminals to expect bullets. He said authorities would not distinguish between violent gang members and actual convicts fleeing capture.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
al G. Feeney
Feeney
Renewed Drive Against Dillinger Gang Across Midwest
Western Ohio police and Allen county authorities press the manhunt for escaped convicts linked to John Dillinger. Prosecutor Botkin seeks grand jury indictments of three suspected harborers and six men who aided Dillinger’s jailbreak. Warrants target those tied to Sheriff Larber’s death during the escape. Police in Dayton questioned suspects connected to a $9,000 jewelry store job and Indiana bank robberies.
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Lima
Ohio
E. M. Botkin
Allen County
John Dillinger
Dillinger
Jess Larber
Indiana
National Guard
Midwest
Dayton
Indiana State Prison
Indianapolis
Washington
Raymond Earl Randall
Chicago
Johnson Thomas
Opelousas
One Man Killed Two Hurt In Motor Accident
In New Orleans on October 27 a truck driven by C H Collins of Chattawa Mississippi with a cotton laden trailer plunged through a guard rail on a swamp bridge near the Louisiana Mississippi line. Collins died at once. Two hitch hikers from New Orleans William Garrity and Randolph Whitney were injured but not seriously. Collins' helper slept atop the cotton and escaped unharmed. The accident occurred as the vehicle rolled down an embankment and the trailer overturned.
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New Orleans
H. Collins
Chattawa
Miss
Collins
Honey Island
William Garrity
Randolph Whitney
Logtown
Maxim Litvinoff Heads to Washington for U S Recognition Talks
Russian foreign minister Maxim Litvinoff left Moscow on the Paris Express en route to Washington to meet President Roosevelt about possible U S recognition. He refused to reveal his sailing details and kept his car windows curtained as newspapers discuss renewed diplomatic ties and potential non aggression treaties among France Russia and the United States.
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Moscow
U.P
Maxim Litvinoff
Washington
Roosevelt
Litvinoff
Paris Express
New York
America
France
Russia
United States
Eviction Proceedings Against Blackbirds Fail In Kansas City
In Kansas City, residents at 3500 Olive Street faced persistent blackbird roosting despite eviction efforts. After fireworks and a shotgun attempt frightened the birds, two shots felled one bird, yet the flock remained, prompting the attackers to withdraw.
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Blackbirds
Kansas City
Olive Street
R. D. Ewing
Rise of Tidewater Seaboard Well Near Palestine Prompts Oil Boom
In Palestine Texas 15,000 residents brace for a new oil boom as the Tidewater Seaboard discovery well near the Trinity river begins high pressure tests. Locals rush to secure leases amid shack towns and competing claims from New Deal and New Long Lake while concerns over saltwater may temper expectations.
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Palestine
Tex
East Texas
New Deal
New Long Lake
Tidewater Seaboard
Trinity River
Trinity
Gregg
Rusk, Smith and Upshur
Sarraut Cabinet Begins Work in Paris
Premier Albert Sarraut leads a reshaped budget cutting cabinet into action in Paris as President Lebrun is presented the new team. The Daladier lineup is retained with minor changes in personnel.
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Paris
Albert Sarraut
Gold Standard Cabinet
Lebrun
M. Sarraut
Daladier
Interior
Poincare
Hull cancels sailing trip plans for South America visit
Secretary Hull cancelled a planned goodwill sailing trip down the west coast of South America. He will now depart a week later with the American delegation to the Pan American conference in Montevideo Uruguay, sailing down the east coast.
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Washington
Hull
South America
Montevideo
Uruguay
Motor magnate must obey rule of auto charter
NRA head Hugh S. Johnson warned Henry Ford to submit figures by an announced deadline or face action by the attorney general. He said Ford is not eligible to bid on government contracts until code violations are confirmed and noted Edsel Ford’s stance against collective bargaining. Johnson stressed a big corporation cannot hide behind a small dealer in bid matters.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Henry Ford
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
NRA
Ford
Edsel Ford
Detroit
Johnson
Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
Cadillac
Edgewater
N. J
Dearborn
CCC Auto
Ford Calls Johnson Statement an Act of Injustice
Detroit October 27 47 Ford Motor Co blasts recovery administrator Hugh S Johnson claiming his pledge to hand the case to the attorney general is an act of injustice. The company accuses Johnson of dictatorial airs and asserts Ford has complied with government requirements, with 30 years of public knowledge backing its stance.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Hugh S. Johnson
Henry Ford
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
NRA
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Western states mock tax costs at Los Angeles convention
In Beverly Hills a Western states taxation convention in Los Angeles quips that running state budgets costs so much the group jokes about surrendering to Mexico. The event, after a business meeting and resolutions, ends with a banquet as attendees prepare to vote for the same politicians responsible for tax increases.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Los Angeles
Mexico
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