Riots in Formosa Kill Japanese Police and Civilians
An exchange dispatch reports 200 Japanese police and civilians killed in Formosa rioting. Mountain head hunters attacked police stations, feared massacres nearby, with 1500 villagers threatening Hori. Airplanes and troops sent as communications collapse and natives resist relocation from a planned power station site.
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United Press
London
Tokio
Formosa
Taishu
War Office
Musha
Hori
Three Executives Forecast Upward Business Trend
Three eastern business leaders Col Louis Dillman W L Ross and Frank S Love issued a statement from Hot Springs Arkansas noting all signs point to an upward trend in the nation’s business. Dillman is a New York publisher and president of the American Book company Ross heads Nickel Plate and Love is a Pittsburgh banker and Pennsylvania coal operator.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Col. Louis Dillman
New York
American Book Company
W. L. Ross
Cleveland
Nickel Plate
Frank S. Love
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
New Louisianian Bishop Assumes Duties Today
The Right Reverend James Craig Morris was inducted as bishop of the Louisiana Diocese at Christ Church Cathedral New Orleans. He succeeds the late Bishop David after ten years as bishop of the Panama Canal Zone and is 60 years old.
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New Orleans
James Craig Morris
Louisiana
Episcopal Church
Christchurch
Morris
Wshop
Panama Canal Zone
David
Sheriff Killed in Ambush After Bank Robbery near Harrison
Sheriff Frank Metzel of Madison county was killed and Fred W. Bleck a Virginia City banker wounded when three bandits ambushed them near Harrison Mont after robbing the Harrison State Bank last night. The trio obtained between 1500 and 2000 dollars and a posse from Harrison Whitehall and Virginia City hunted the attackers, one thought wounded.
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United Press
Harrison, Mont
Frank Metzel
Madison County
Fred W. Bleck
Virginia City
Harrison State
Harrison
Whitehall
Job relief plan aims to replace dependent women workers
The New Orleans Federation of clubs asks the Association of Commerce to survey women and girls employed in jobs to see who truly needs them. The goal is to replace nondependent workers with those who support families, easing unemployment distress.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Federation of Clubs
The
Association of Commerce
Federation
Atlanta Fails to Get Census Population Figure
In Washington on October 28 the District of Columbia supreme court rejected Atlanta’s bid to have the census bureau publish its population as 360 692. The ruling ends a state effort to alter official census totals.
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Washington
Atlanta
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Census Bureau
Daughter of Ex President Harrison Dies in Greenwich
Mrs James Robert McKee Mary Scott Harrison daughter of President Benjamin Harrison died at her Greenwich Connecticut home after an illness since February She is survived by husband Major Russell B Harrison a daughter Mary McKee Resigner and a son Benjamin Harrison McKee Also in Washington a sister in law The former society leader sparked controversy by organizing the first dance at the executive mansion amid criticism of such entertainments.
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Associated Press
Washington
James Robert McKee
Benjamin Harrison
Berkerly Lodge
Greenwich
Conn
Russell B. Harrison
Indianapolis
Mary McKee
Benjamin Harrison McKee
Paris
New York
Executive
Paving Work Under Way on L Street Park Avenue
City engineer W. J. Neel reports three new paving sections in Monroe. Park avenue from Willow to Twelfth and L street from Third to Sixth are underway with Erin from Sixth to Seventh planned. Curb and gutter work is complete on Park avenue with base paving to start after weather clears. Lee avenue and Jackson street progress also noted.
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W. J. Neel
Park Avenue
Willow
Erin
Lee Avenue
Jackson Street
Monroe
Bank robber leaves Knoxville with 7000 in loot
Knoxville officials report the city's first bank robber in years escaped after looting the South Knoxville bank of 7000 dollars late yesterday. A blue-bodied sedan was sighted with no definite trace, and Newport authorities suspect the car headed into the mountains before the trail went cold. In New Jersey, Joe Hamley, who told police about the Legs Diamond shooting, was found dead in a ditch on South Orange avenue with a bullet wound.
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Knoxville
South Knoxville
Newport
Associated Press
Millburn
N. J
Joe Hamley
Jack
Legs) Diamond
New York
South Orange Avenue
Robbers Pose as Messengers Loot New York Jewels
Two armed men posing as telegraph messengers entered a Broadway jewelry store near Times Square before opening. They restrained a watchman, forced the manager to reveal the safe combination after distracting him with fear, and fled with gem trays valued at about 200000 dollars in a waiting car.
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Associated Press
New York
Broadway
Times Square
M. Rosenthal
Clara Bow Sets New Egg Laying Record
Clara Bow a white Leghorn hen and four pen mates set a new world egg laying record at the Illinois Agriculture Poultry Experiment Station in Kankakee They laid 1589 eggs in 361 days averaging 218 per hen The leader Clara Bow led by four eggs over Theda Bara II Julia Marlowe Little Bertha and Flaming Mamie
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Kankakee
Ill
Clara Bow
Illinois Department of Agriculture
E. H. Rucker
University of Missouri
Theda Bara II
Julia Marlowe
Little Bertha
Flaming Mamie
Jockey Edward H. Garrison Dies at 62 Known for Garrison Finish
Edward H. Snapper Garrison, famed for the Garrison Finish, died at 62 at Swedish Hospital in Brooklyn. He had appeared in good health until yesterday, ending a storied career in turf history.
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New York
Edward H
Snapper) Garrison
Swedish Hospital
Brooklyn
Hambone's Meditations by J. P. Alley
Local dialect humor piece titled Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley described in a bold voice. The excerpt uses exaggerated speech to provoke a humorous, ribald response to social norms and everyday interactions.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Bullet Hits Wood and Nabs Fugitive in New Orleans
In New Orleans on October 28 a detective's pistol fired a bullet that struck a back porch roof and knocked a piece of timber onto a fleeing man, Theodore D. Osborne, 30, a fugitive wanted from Donaldsonville. The wood fragment lacerated his leg as he climbed a fence, leading to his arrest.
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New Orleans
Theodore D. Osborne
Donaldsonville
Nurses Advisory Council Set to Meet Amid Convention
The Louisiana State Nurses' Association opens its twenty sixth annual convention with a 1 30 p m advisory council session at the Hotel Virginia ballroom. Topics include a R N arm band, a public health summer course at Tulane, appointment of the examiners board, and by law amendments. Credential cards specify delegate counts and require signatures and active resident membership. proxies are limited to officer elections and by law changes.
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Louisiana State Nurses’ Association
Hotel
Virginia
Advisory Council
R. N.” Arm Brassard
Tulane
New Orleans Social Season Opens With Debutantes
New Orleans begins its social season running to February 17 with Mardi Gras events. Tonight's Sidney Rayner concert at the auditorium marks a season highlight as debutantes make their bows led by sponsor Miss Baylissa Liebman. Teas dances and receptions follow, peaking in late November and December with formal balls and Mardi Gras events in January and February.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Sidney Rayner
Baylissa Liebman
Ring Lost in Beaumont Drains Recovered After Six Days
In Beaumont Texas on October 28 three diamond rings valued at 4500 dollars were recovered after being lost six days in sewer drains. A three carat stone was among the jewels dropped by Mrs Sam Fertitta in a basin. The search involved lifting hundreds of feet of pipes and tearing sidewalks, with expenses estimated at 500 dollars.
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Beaumont
Tex
Sam Fertitta
Noon Meets Famous Deacons Deny Opposition Led by Policy
In Memphis Tennessee Central Baptist Church faced a planned $100000 suit after deacons resigned Sunday night. Pastor Dr Ben Cox refuses to resign despite earlier church votes against him and deacons denying the charge. Cox cites opposition to his noon daily prayer feeding program as the motive.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Central Baptist Church
Ben Cox
Postal Service to Hire 250000 Workers for Christmas
Washington reports the postal service will employ nearly a quarter of a million people during the Christmas holiday season. Postmaster General Brown outlines a plan to relieve unemployment with a $6,720,000 appropriation. The hire includes 224,000 temporary clerks carriers and laborers plus additional rail mail clerks rural carriers and motor vehicle helpers.
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Washington
Postal Service
Brown
Alexandrian Wins Louisiana State 4 H Corn Championship
Franklin DeWitt of Alexandria produced 89.7 bushels of Mosby’s prolific corn on a measured acre to claim the Louisiana 4 H Corn club state title and earn a trip to the national club congress in Chicago. He also won the grand champion ten car exhibit for the North Louisiana district during Shreveport’s state fair day observances.
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Shreveport
Franklin DeWitt
Alexandria
Mosby
National Club Congress
Chicago
DeWitt
North Louisiana
Greater Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Halloween liquor warning from Industrial Alcohol Commissioner
Washington readers are warned that poor quality liquor is being marketed this year as Halloween and other holidays approach. Industrial Alcohol Commissioner James M. Doran urges citizens to beware of substandard spirits entering commerce.
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Washington
James M. Doran
Hoover Says Oil Charges Are Political Attacks
President Hoover denounced charges by Ralph S. Kelley that oil companies illegally obtained oil shale lands from the government as an attempt to smear his administration. He asserted the Kelley allegations do not meet journalistic standards and are politically motivated.
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Ralph S. Kelley
Denver Field
Department of Interior
Kelley
Lenin Mutiny Reported at Soukoum Harbor
In Soukoum harbor the Lenin mutinied crew killed Captain Sokoloff and two officers. Russian warships bombarded the steamer and took mutineers as prisoners, according to Bucharest newspapers.
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Bucharest
Romania
Lenin
Soukoum Harbor
Sokoloff
Mill Engine Accident Claims Life of Thomas Bolenbaucher
Thomas Franklin Bolenbaucher a 27 year old engineer at a Merryville lumber mill was killed when a pulley belt broke sending an engine wheel into his head. He died almost instantly and is survived by his widow and two children.
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Associated Press
Lake Charles
Thomas Franklin Bolenbaucher
Merryville
Gas Explosion Traps Miners at Sample No 4 Mine
In McAlester Oklahoma a mine blast near the Slope Pit trapped 29 night workers. Five bodies recovered by dawn and 24 remain missing amid toxic gas. Rescue efforts slow due to gas and masks with relief crews rotating before continuation of the effort.
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Mcalester
Okla
Slope Pit
Curley Donley
Roughhouse deer wrecks auto on New York road
Syracuse N Y Oct 28 The deer are getting rough An eight point buck wrecked one automobile and ditched another two miles from Bridgeport Madison County Blinded by headlights the animal ran into E Dean Damon s car damaging it The other driver swerved into a ditch as the deer lay in the road The buck with one antler knocked off fled into the Cicero swamps
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Roughhouse Deer Wrecks
New York Road
Syracuse
N. Y
Bridgeport
Madison County
E. Dean Damon
Damon
Shotgun Kills Woman in Jefferson Home
Miss Carrie B. Lewis age 33 of Jefferson parish was accidentally shot and killed at her home. An old shotgun belonging to her father discharged during house cleaning wounding her in the abdomen. The weapon had not been used in years and was believed unloaded by the family.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Carrie B. Lewis
Jefferson Parish
Miss Lewis
United States Custom House
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