Decree in Simpson divorce case at Ipswich assizes
Mrs Wallis Simpson seeks divorce from Ernest Aldrich Simpson after a brief hearing. Justice Hawke grants a nisi decree and orders costs to the defendant. The case centers on alleged misconduct at the Hotel de Paris Bray Berkshire end of July with three letters shown in court.
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Simpson
Ernest Simpson
Ipswich
Eng
Suffolk
Wallis Simpson
Baltimore
Edward of
Engand
Ernest Aldrich Simpson
Ipswich Assizes
Anthony Hawke
Norman Birkett
Dvorce
United Kingdom
Henry VI
Hotel de Paris
Bray
Maidenhead
Berkshire
Justice Hawke
Stern
Birkett
Loyalist Raw Recruits Suffer Heavy Casualties
Desperate Socialist commanders in Madrid battles hurled waves of raw recruits against insurgent forces but were driven back with heavy casualties. The government counterattack struck the fascist advance near Valm ojado and Navalcarnero with planes tanks and troops.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Valmojado
Navalcarnero
Jose Verela
Wartorn
London
Lord Plymouth
Moscow
Iberian Peninsula
Portugal
Leon Degrelle
Rexists
Leopold
New Orleans Sees Chilling Winds Signal Early Winter
North winds sweep into New Orleans with a low around 56 degrees, while Shreveport reaches 44 and Greenville records 43. Officials forecast a night low of 54 to 57 as cooler conditions spread along the coast.
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New Orleans
Shreveport
Louisiana
Greenville
Mississippi Delta
Mississippi
Last Minute Briefs Arlington Man Hopes For Amnesia Victim Kin
ATLANTA Oct 27 James E Saunders of Fort Worth Texas travels to Atlanta to verify if Martin Peace is his son Police believe the youth is Dwight Saunders missing from the University of Texas at Austin since Oct 15 The case centers on a young man sought by a father from Fort Worth. San Francisco Oct 27 The suit of Mrs Gladys Luckenbach for 1000 a month separate maintenance from Lewis Luckenbach, steamship official, neared submission to Superior Judge James G Conlan.
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Atlanta
James E. Saunders
Fort Worth
Tex
Veterans Admin awards contract for Alexandria addition
The Veterans Administration awarded to Central Contracting Co. of Dallas a 44400 dollar contract to construct an addition to the VA building in Alexandria Louisiana.
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Washington
Veterans’ Administration
Central Contracting Company of
Dallas
Tex
Alexandria
Counterfeiting wanes as crackdown slows illicit raids
Washington officials report counterfeiting on the decline after a peak two years ago when prohibition repeal spurred bootleggers to seek new rackets. Agencies note fewer new bogus notes and ongoing efforts to curb illicit currency production.
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Washington
Secret Service
Police Probe Typewriter Theft Ring In New Orleans
New Orleans police said they uncovered a broad typewriter theft ring with evidence indicating more than a hundred machines were stolen from schools and other buildings for resale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Woman admits plot to kill husband in Fort Worth
Mrs. Birdie Wilkins, 33, confessed to officers and reporters that she conspired with Luther Edgar Sumrall, 27, to murder her husband Arthur Lee Wilkins, 44, a Fort Worth city water works employee.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Birdie Wilkins
Luther Edgar Sumrall
Arthur Lee Wilkins
City Water Works
Lost child Murray Miller hunted near Stevensville mountains
Murray Miller, 9, missing since Saturday, was pursued by over 300 men in Stevensville Montana as snow and rain moved into the area. A search party combed the rugged terrain seeking the boy who disappeared into the mountains.
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Stevensville
Mont
Murray Miller
Critical injuries linger for Lula Barrow in West Monroe crash
Miss Lula Barrow, 702 Wood Street West Monroe, remained in critical condition Tuesday at St Francis sanitarium after a collision with an Illinois Central switch engine. She suffered 11 left side rib fractures and severe shock. Roy Smart of Girard said he did not see the engine as his car was southbound on North Fourth Street. No charges have been filed.
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Lula Barrow
Wood Street
West Monroe
Illinois Central Railroad
St. Francis Sanitarium
Jefferson Street
John Thrasher
Brownville
Thrasher
Fred Becton
American Service Company, Ice Makers and Distributors
Sheriff's Department
Alma Browder
Bawcomville
J. T. Wilbanks
Baucomville
Consciences Pay Treasury Five Cent Stamp to Big Donation
A 145 year old story of conscience money grows to 624113.70 in the U S treasury receipts. Citizens send small tokens and large sums over time, paying back imagined debts for deeds of the past. A Gettysburg stamp and a $50000 installment illustrate the motive.
Train siege in Louisiana linked to strike unrest
Investigators disclosed Paul Graham, a veteran L A rail conductor, and two accomplices confessed to a conspiracy to burn an L and A bridge near LaPlace. Graham and Hillary Quirk, along with Joseph Doyle, faced arson charges as officers pursue a fourth suspect after a vehicle sighting near the scene. Passengers on a separate L A & R train recounted five terror filled hours near Winnfield as strike sympathizers pelted the cars with bricks and shouted.
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New Orleans
Willis Duke
St. John the Baptist Parish
Paul Graham
Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad
LaPlace
Graham
Duke
Hillary Quirk
Joseph Doyle
Edgard
Castoday
Louisiana and Arkansas
Winnfield
Shreveport
Three Youngsters Confess Hold Up
In Memphis Judge Sam O Bates sentenced three juvenile offenders to five years in institutions for juveniles with possible early paroles. Priscilla Frost 15 Beloit Wis to Good Shepherd convent Memphis paroled after one year if behavior stays good. Chester Johnson 16 and Dick Flannery 15 Chicago to State Training and Agricultural School Nashville paroled after five years if conduct is satisfactory.
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Memphis
Tenn
Sam O. Bates
Priscilla Frost
Beloit
Wis
Good Shepherd
Chester Johnson
Dick Flannery
Chicago
State Training and Agricultural School
Nashville
Starvation in Madrid Looms Captives Say
American correspondents captured by Fascists on a Madrid expedition describe semi starvation in the capital and predict Madrid could fall within two days if attacked. They report retreating with Socialist forces after recent front battles and note scarce food with lines of hungry residents and shortages of butter meat sugar and coffee.
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Talavera DE LA Reina
Spain
Madrid
Salamanca
Francisco Franco
Navalcarero
Slidell Doctor Griffith Hurt in Highway Crash
Slidell congressman-designate Dr. J K Griffith was injured in a collision between his car and a truck near Thibodaux while en route from Baton Rouge to Grand Isle for a fishing party. He sustained cuts on his hands and body bruises.
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Slidell
J. K. Griffith
Thibodaux
Baton Rouge
Grand Isle
Eight Convicts Escape Prison in Alabama Breakout
Eight white convicts tunneled from Speigne prison in Wetumpka Alabama around 2 30 a m escaping through 18 inches of earth under a wall Bloodhounds pursued them guards fired but no injuries reported Hamp Draper head of the state convict department blamed the escape on the prisons substandard sap pine floors built five years ago to replace earlier facilities He said the fault lies with the state for maintaining such an easy to escape prison.
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Wetumpea
Ala
Speigne
Hamp Draper
State Convict Department
Draper
Jason Smith
Choice Between Love And Duty May Try King Edward
News notes from New York in late October report a mix of national and local races. Among them is Alex Tinsley a justice of the peace in Ansted West Virginia who after a jail conviction plans to run for the state legislature from his cell saying being jailed helps his campaign. The piece also highlights Nebraska and Georgia voting issues including a contest for state land commissioner and other electoral questions.
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Edward J. Neil
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred M. Landon
Alex Tinsley
Ansted
Fayette County
Charleston
W. Va
Nebraska
Georgia
Edward VIII through the eyes of a foreign affairs reporter
A 27 October report profiles King Edward VIII and his romance with Wallis Simpson. It paints him as a country gentleman reluctant to kingship, torn between duty and love, and notes his loyalty to the throne amid a potential American-born queen. It cites his private life as prince and how friends called him Wales while the public knew him as Edward.
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Mary
Edward VIII
Prince of Wales
David
Associated Press
New York
King Edward
Wallis Simpson
David Windsor
England
Edward
Prince
Wales
Edward, Prince of Wales
Mrs. Simpson
Contributions to Louisiana campaign fund pledged in Monroe
Contributions totaling 111 dollars from Monroe business men and Greek-American citizens were sent Tuesday to State Treasurer A. P. Tugwell, head of the Louisiana campaign committee. Mayor Arnold Bernstein urged completing Ouachita parish's quota, noting about 700 dollars remained to meet Governor Leche and Tugwell's request before week’s end.
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Monroe
Democratic National Committee
A. P. Tugwell
Louisiana Campaign Committee
Arnold Bernstein
Ouachita Parish
Greek-American Progressive Association
Julius Kaliski
Claude Harrison
Green Mill Inn
S. A. Moss
Bernstein
Leche
Tugwell
Barber Price Act Upheld In Farmerville Ruling
In Farmerville Louisiana on October 27 Judge E Bly Walkers upheld the state uniform barber work price act governing pricing and regulations in the barber trade as valid.
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Farmerville
Ebly Walkers
Baby Derby Leader Falls From Pedestal
Toronto story where Mrs. Lily Kenny claims the most children born to her in a decade but loses standing after a provincial registrar-general ruling bars belated Millar contest registrations. Her lawyer vows to pursue court action as the Kenny camp cries foul over the decision.
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Dale Harrison
Toronto
Lily Kenny
Kenny
BE. Weldon
Millar
Six Freed After Feathering Party In California
Six men were acquitted of assault kidnapping and conspiracy in the tar and feathering of two suspected Communists during a midnight raid last year in Santa Rosa California. The jury rendered verdicts in 16 minutes for Fred Cairns William Casselberry John Barries Arthur Meese William Maher and Sidney Elphick while spectators cheered. Jack Green and Sol Nitzberg were the raid victims amid agricultural labor troubles.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
Fred Cairns
William Casselberry
John Barries
Arthur Meese
William Maher
Sidney Elphick
Jack Green
Sol Nitzberg
Youth Arrested on Murder Charge in Memphis Derby
Odell Bowden, a newspaper carrier, is charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of Ruben A. Barker. Captain Fran Glisson says Bowden planned the killing a year ago to stop alleged mistreatment after Barker stepped from a car. Preliminary hearing set before Probate Judge Sam O. Bates in Shelby County juvenile court.
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Areaa
Memphis
Tenn
Fran Glisson
The
Police Bureau
Odell Bowden
Ruben A. Barker
Bunyan Carter
Sam O. Bates
Shelby County
Gilson
Young Bowden
Barker
Glisson
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