Wall Street Tumble Wipes Out Three Billion in Value
A New York Stock Exchange selloff drove markets down sharply after 2 pm. U S Steel fell to 1901 2 as General Electric slid 44 points. Morgan pool brokers stepped in with buy orders to steady the market, halting the major decline near 1 50. Continued on page three.
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New York Stock Exchange
U.S
Exchange
Stock Exchange
Childrens
General Electric
Charles F. Mitchell
National City Bank
J. P. Morgan
Vhese
Thomas W. LaMont
J.P. Morgan & Company
Morgan & Company
Bathtub Thief Strikes Twice in Evanston
Charles F. Wheeler showed a prospective tenant a bathroom in Evanston and found the tub stolen. The next day a second tub vanished as Wheeler led the same tenant to the bathroom, prompting Wheeler to ask police to find the "cleanest man in Evanston."
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Evanston
Charles F. Wheeler
Wheeler
Car and 67 jars seized in whiskey case near Monroe
Officers Milton Coverdale and D L Roper found a battered abandoned car eight miles east of Monroe on a road between the Monroe Bastrop highway and the brick plant. Inside were sixty seven half gallon jars of whiskey. Investigators seek car ownership and how the vehicle was used to transport liquor.
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Milton Coverdale
D. L. Roper
Monroe
Monroe-Bastrop Highway
Orleans Limited on S C lines goes off rails today
The New Orleans Limited of the Illinois Central lines wrecked near Eastview Kentucky after a landslide on a sharp curve. Fireman C W Burney of Paducah was pinned beneath the locomotive for an hour before rescue. Engine and mail and baggage cars derailed. passenger coaches stayed on track.
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Orleans Limited
S. C
Eastview
New Orleans Limited
Hlinvis Central Lines
Here
C. W. Burney
Paducah
Burney
No Hope Left for Life of Senator Burton Ohio
The Associated Press reports Senator Theodore E. Burton of Ohio remains seriously ill at home with no expectation of recovery.
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Senator Burton
Washington
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Theatre Magnate Faces Assault Verdict and Sentence
Alexander Pantages, famed west coast showman, is found guilty of assaulting 17 year old Eunice Pringle and faces a mandatory sentence of one to 50 years in San Quentin. He will be sentenced November 1 before Superior Judge Charles Fricke, with a motion for new trial and appeal to be filed. Miss Pringle testified she was lured to Pantages office on August 9 for a spotlight career.
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Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages
West Coast
San Quentin Penitentiary
Eunice Pringle
Creek
Charles Fricke
Lois Pantages
Forty Feet of Natchez Street Eroded into river
Natchez Mississippi October 26 erosion plagues Silver street river front with forty feet already sloughed away into the Mississippi. The city engineering department pours a concrete batter to halt further collapse and safeguard the ferry landing and traffic between Louisiana and Mississippi. The endangered stretch, once called under the hill, recalls river pirates and gambling halls of the forties.
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Silver Street
Mississippi River
Louisiana
Mississippi
Catts Trial Given to Jurors by Judge Today
In Tampa Florida October 25 the counterfeiting trial of Sidney J Catts former Florida governor reached the jury as counsel waived all argument and agreed to submit an instruction from Federal Judge Alexander Akerman Governor Doyle E Carlton testified denying part of the defendant s claim about appointing two justices of the peace A brief recess followed before Judge Akerman resumed proceedings.
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Tampa
Fla
Sidney J. Catts
Florida
Alexander Akerman
Doyle E. Carlton
Aker
Little Francis Miller Improves After Skull Fracture
In New Orleans on October 28, the coma patient with a multiple skull fracture shows signs of improvement after an auto accident last Monday. His mother keeps vigil at his bedside and doctors report cautious progress.
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New Orleans
Franeis Miller
Small Fortune Found on Ragged Man in St. Louis
In St Louis on October 25 police found £2929 secreted in a ragged man’s coat lining. Patrolman James Fox detained the poorly dressed man for possible vagrancy and he was sent to an observation ward as investigators seek the origin of the money.
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ST. Louis
James Fox
Box
Shreveport Day Agent Attacked On City Street
Henry Prudhomme a special prohibition enforcement officer was attacked by a band of blackhanders in Shreveport. He engaged in a gun battle, was wounded with a flesh wound to the left shoulder and a minor hand abrasion, and believes he killed or wounded an assailant. His car was peppered with bullets at a street intersection.
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Ty Apwiclted Press
Shreveport
Henry Prudhomme
Prohibition
Prudhomme
Ata
Safe looted by yegg at Dixon Motor Co
A burglar cracked the Dixon Motor Co garage at 1818 DeSiard Street stealing cash about 9000 to 6000 in non negotiable notes and 200 to 300 in checks plus 5000 to 6000 in notes. Entry was gained by breaking glass and door. The thief used an eight pound sledge hammer and punch to force the safe.
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Dixon Motor Company
DeSiard Street
Harold H. Dixon
Young Athlete Kills Self After Quarrel
John M. Garrett, 22, an athlete, quarreled with a young woman friend and fatally shot himself after bidding his mother goodbye. He told a friend the morning papers would carry a story about him. The coroner ruled death by his own action.
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Associated Press
Richmond
John M. Garrett
Garrett
Japanese Premier Targeted in Apparent Attack
A reportedly deranged man was arrested after attempting to strike Premier Hamaguchi. He sprang onto a car running board near the premier’s residence, drew a digger, the vehicle swerved, and he was knocked to the ground as police seized him.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Hamaguchi
Chrysler Heiress to Wed Army Grid Star
The engagement of Miss Bernice Chrysler, daughter of the automobile manufacturer, to Edgar William Garbisch, an all American football player at West Point, has been announced by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Percy Chrysler.
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New York
Bernice Chrysler
Edgar William Garbisch
West Point
Walter Percy Chrysler
Many Attend Red Cross Regional Meeting Here
The Red Cross regional conference in Hotel Virginia drew the largest delegation to date with delegates from 14 parishes. Attendees included four national workers and several state representatives among the 15 parishes listed, including East Carroll Rapides Concordia Morehouse Caldwell Caddo Avoyelles Grant Madison Richland Franklin West Carroll Natchitoches Union Lincoln.
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Rapides
Concordia
Morehouse
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Caddo
Avoyelles
Grant
Madison
Richland
Franklin
West Carroll
Natchitoches
Union
Lincoln
Three Washington and Lee students shot near Lynchburg
Three Washington and Lee University students and their female companions were fired upon at a Lynchburg soft drink stand. Garland Farwell was arrested for feloniously wounding G. B. Wiltshire who was treated for neck and shoulder shotgun wounds. the incident also involved J. L. Warren and Lloydoff, both connected to the students, with others taking cover and fleeing.
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Lynchburg
Campbell County
Washington and Lee University
G. B. Wiltshire
Martinsimig. W. Va
Wiltshire
Hirdshoe
Garland Farwell
Lloydoff
Farwell
Falwell
J. L. Warren
Enterprise
Ala
Washington and Lee
Thomas Dunn
Detroit
Barrow to Lead Gravel Rates Hearing in New Orleans
W M Barrow named special assistant to Louisiana Public Service Commission as it prepares for a federal hearing on gravel sand stone and shell rates for public use. The case covers Louisiana west of the Mississippi and south of the Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific line with crossings along the river. Interstate Commerce Commission involvement noted.
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Ass Laten Press
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Louisiana Public Service Commission
W. M. Barrow
Percy Saint
Francis Williams
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad
Mississippi
Interstate Commerce Conmis
Officer Blames Liquor in Crime Arrests for DWI
Harry Pass, superintendent of the state bureau of investigation’s identification department, who claimed liquor caused Des Moines crimes, was arrested for driving while intoxicated. He had stated that Des Moines fingerprint records were dripping with gin last February.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Harry Pass No
Identification Department
The
State Bureau of Investigation
Passno
Former German Chancellor Dies in Rome
Prince Bernhard von Buelow, Germanys fourth chancellor and veteran diplomat, died in Rome at age 80 after months of ill health. He steered foreign policy toward diplomacy before World War I and opposed aggressive displays, later facing criticism as war loomed.
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Prince von Buelow
Germany
Rome
Italy
Dernhard von Bietow
German Empire
Prince von Burtow
von Burtow
Gross Flotibeck
Hanburg
Prince Bernhard von Buelow
Buelow
Bitter Senate clash over Bingham lobbying charge
Washington October 28 The senate faced sharp criticism and threats of action against Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut after he accused the lobby investigating committee of a political frame up. Senator Arthur Robinson led the attack saying Bingham's conduct lacked a square deal and should be openly faced. Senator Norris proposed a censure and warned he would push a resolution once parliamentary hurdles ease.
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Washington
Senate
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
Bingham
Arthur Robinson
Indiana
Robinson
Republican Party
Temblican High
Shot where heart should have been, woman survives
In Kirksville Missouri on October 18 Mrs. William W. Wilson was shot during a pursuit of two thieves after a police commandeered automobile. An X ray showed her heart was on the right side, yet she is expected to recover after the hospital treatment.
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Kirksville
William W. Wilson
News-Star selects Housebroken as next fiction serial
The News-Star announces the serial Housebroken by Paul Hervey Fox will begin next Monday. The serialized tale follows real people who quarrel and reconcile, then restart the engaging plot. Subscribers are urged to order now or contact a local News-Star agent outside Monroe and West Monroe.
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News-Star
Housebroken
Paul Hervey Fox
Agin
Monroe
West Monroe
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