Cold blasts sweep plains as Chicago hits 19 below zero
North shivers as cold blasts strike from Rapid City to New York with widespread snow and record lows. Ohio Valley and East Gulf expect relief tomorrow, while Indiana Michigan Illinois football teams practice indoors amid snow bound fields and gardeners endure freeze losses in Quincy Illinois.
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Mountain
Mid- West
Rockies
Rapid Cuy
S. B
New York
Ohio Valley
East Gulf
Middle Atlantic
New England
Washington
Ecaster
Ohio
West Virginia
Naton
Mississippi
Quincy
Ills
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Rapid City
Valentine
Nebraska
Lake
Windy cold snaps hit Dixie with killing frost
The Atlanta area recorded the season’s first killing frost as icy winds pushed temperatures down to near 40 in Atlanta and scattered readings across the Southeast. Cold gusts from the north lowered wind chill, with Nashville and Knoxville reporting frosty lows and clear to partly cloudy skies in many cities. Monroe saw 36 degrees as winter-like air settled in, per Miss Kate Key.
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A. P
Dixie
Florida
Monroe
Mid-West
Kate Key
Anti-Fascists March on Pennsylvania Avenue Night
Anti-Fascists night marched on the Pennsylvania Hotel to disrupt a Mussolini anniversary dinner. Police blocked a 400-strong mob from entering while 600 Italian Fascist Pageist regime supporters attended inside.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
York
Pennsylvania
Rome
North America
New Blow to Private Traders in Soviet Russia
Reports from Moscow dated October 29 state a new setback for private traders as officials led by M. Djerjinsky and the supreme economical council move to tighten controls. The Ukrainian government supports measures targeting private commerce and state core organizations, with officials ordered to act against nonstate canvases.
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A. P
Soviet
Russia
M. Djerjinsky
Supreme Economical Council
the Council
Protection sought for Americans in Damascus area
Ambassador Herrick in Paris asked the French government to protect American life and property in Damascus. Reporters note rumors of Da mascus area unrest and possible Arab band involvement as Beirut Da mascus railroad talks circulate. No League of Nations actions or verifications of rumors reported as the Syrian trouble raises questions about intervention.
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A. P
Herrick
Paris
Damascus
London
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League of Nations
League
Orler Restored in Damascus Denies Evacuation Reports
Paris reports from General Sarran, French high commissioner in Syria, say Orler has been restored in Damascus and that women and children were not evacuated. A few remained during the October 18 bombardment, but are returning as brigands outside Damascus cause trouble and measures are being taken against them.
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Paris
A. P
French premier faces Syria crisis and Sarrail recall talk
Paris reports Painleve's new cabinet must handle a tense Syria situation. General Sarrail seeks 15,000 reinforcements to repel Druse attacks while criticism grows over his failure to report. Painleve and Doumergue discuss the possibility of recalling Sarrail amid calls for his removal.
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Paris
A. P
Painleve
Syria
Sarrail
French High Commission
Chamber Committee On Finance
Preimier Painleve
Doumergue
Mother of slain girl testifies in Indiana murder case
In Noblesville Indiana Mrs George E Oberholtzer mother of Madge testified as the state's first witness in Hamilton County circuit court The indictment charges murder in four counts naming defendants D C Stephenson Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry A P report notes Stephenson a former Ku Klux Klan leader described as having a dual personality and a seducer of women The judge excluded most witnesses from the courtroom except the Oberholtzers and their son The defense said it will delay opening statement until after the state's evidence is presented
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Noblesville
Ind
Qet
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George E. Oberholtzer
Madge
D. C. Stephenson
Earl Klineck
Earl Gentry
Hamilton County
Oberholtzer
Charles E. Cox
Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
Dr. Jekyl
Mr. Hyde
Gentry
Klinck
Marshall
Cox
River Stage Readings for Mississippi and Ohio Rivers
The report lists river stage readings with towns and changes: Mississippi at Memphis 13.2 rising 0.1, Vicksburg 18.2 rising 0.5, New Orleans 2.9 falling 0.1, Shreveport 12.1 falling 0.3, Alexandria 11.1 falling 1.6, Camden 7.0 falling 0.7, Monroe 18.4 falling 1.0. Ohio shows Baird 19.73 rising 0.24.
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Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Red
Shreveport
Alexandria
Quachita
Camden
Monroe
Ohio
Baird
Boy Surrenders Admits He Quit Army in Texas
A 19 year old, dressed in blue overalls, walked into police headquarters and told Sergeant Clower he wished to speak privately. George E Kay son admitted desertion from the 12th Field Artillery at Fort Sam Houston after overstaying a furlough, asking to return home. he faces a court martial and possible imprisonment at Fort Leavenworth.
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Clower
George E.kayson
12Th Field Artillery
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Landry
Fort Leavenworth
Verdict Awaited in Damage Suit Against Priest
In Lake Charles Louisiana Judge Jerry Cline is expected to rule this week on a $25,000 damage suit by J Edmund Matts against Father Hubert Cramers pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Arguments centered on whether Cramers influenced Matts’ marriage separation with testimony including a letter from Matts’ wife. Defense argued the couple’s quarrels and threats by Matts caused the split, not any action by the priest.
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A. P
J. Edmund Matts
Hubert Cramers
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Jerry Cline
E. F. Gayle
Father Cramers
Matts
Cramers
L. H. Moss
T. C. Plauche
Alleged Narcotic Dealers In Caddo Plead Not Guilty
Abe Roco and Tony Lopez, named as narcotic bootleggers, pleaded not guilty in a federal court arraignment yesterday afternoon. Bond set at 10000 for Roco and 5000 for Lopez, with default remand to jail.
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Caddo
Shreveport
A. P
Abe Roco
Tony Lopez
Roco
Lopez
Ex County Treasurer Faces Grand Jury Action
Spartanburg county grand jury prepared to act against L G Miller former county treasurer charged with shortages totaling 62152986 in his accounts Miller is serving a two to four year term in the South Carolina penitentiary linked to the failure of the Bank of Duncan where he was president Indictment sought by Solicitor L Blackwood based on accounting audits of Miller's books
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Spartanburg
S. C
A. P
Spartanburg County
L. G. Miller
Miller
South Carolina Penitentiary
Bank of Duncan
L. ©. Blackwood
Oil workers killed in train collision at Sapulpa
Sapulpa Oklahoma October 29 13 AL Parker and RR Davis oil company employees were killed instantly when a St Louis San Francisco passenger train struck them at a crossing. The accident halted traffic as authorities investigated the scene.
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Sapulpa, Okla
AL. Parker
R. R. Davis
Peace Is Step Nearer League of Nations to Cope With Dispute
Reports from Paris and Sofia on October 29 describe a halt to hostilities on the Greco Bulgarian frontier and Greek troop evacuation. the League of Nations council plans a commission led by Sir Horace Tumbold to investigate and push toward settlement. In Sofia King Boris announces Bulgaria will invoke the league while Premier Alexander Tzandoff’s brother Daneso Tzankoff is shot in Sofia, motive unknown.
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Paris
A. P
League of Nations Council
Austen Chamberlain
Horace Tumbold
League of Nations
Athens
League
Petrich
Ramna
Sofia
Bulgaria
Boris
Macedonia
Vienna
Daneso Tzankoff
Alexander Tzandoff
Tzankoff
Lasky Suffered Theft of Pre-Drought Liquor Stock
Fourteen barrels of Jesse Lasky private liquor valued at $10,000 at pre war prices were stolen by hijackers from a box car in the Pennsylvania freight yards. Four barrels of silver worth $5,000 were taken as well. The haul occurred as three vans arrived to remove the consignment guarded by a detective. masked men forced the drivers and guard into an empty boxcar and secured the door.
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New York
A. P
Jesse L. Lasky
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Pennsylvania Frent
Hollywood
Mr. Lasky
Fifth Avenue
Painleve Heads Cabinet Taking Up Work Today
Paris October 29 Premier Painleve arrives at the Emsee Palace with his new cabinet for the formal presentation. Painleve remains premier and finance minister, with Aristide Briand foreign affairs and Camille Chautemps justice among other appointees. The ministry includes a new Budget portfolio to Georges Bonnet and undersecretaries covering war, aviation, housing, and more.
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Paris
Painleve
Emsee Palace
the Republic
Painteve
Finance
Joseph Cailaux
M. Painteve
Aristide Briand
Camille Chautemps
Georges Bonnet
Council
Charles Chaumet
Leo. Louvreur
M. Chaumet
Bank of France
Aime Berthod
Charles Dantelou
M. Ossola
M. Laurent-Egnac
Jammy Schmidt
Paul Benazet
M. Levasseur
Youthful Atlanta Hallowe'en Fun Promoted by Education Chief
Atlanta youth may celebrate Hallowe'en with caroling and street parades if they follow rules from Willis A. Sutton superintendent of schools. He urges children to avoid bedeviling street cars, turning on water spigots, and hanging signs on church bells, while permitting doorbell ringing and running. Last year his guidance produced exceptional results.
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Atlanta
A. P
Hallowe’en
Willis A. Sutton
Sutton
Pardoning of Hamp Hall Sparks Arkansas politics
Hamp Hall former Arkansas state board of control chair was pardoned by acting governor S B McCall prompting criticism from Governor Tom J Terral who was in Birmingham at the time. Terral vows to stay and warns future pardons will not occur while he is away and calls the act a cowardly political gang deed. He said he will “sit on the lid” upon return and supervise pardons in his three year term.
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Little Rock
Ark
A. P
Hamp Hal
State Board of Control
S. B. McCall
Fl Dorado
Hal
Arkansas
T. J. Terral
Birmingham
Terrall
McCall
Hall
J. R. Ford Company
Wyandotte
Michigan
Bank Robbers Shoot, Kill Driver In Buffalo Heist
Det A. P. reports bandits shot and killed Charles W. Clifford, bank mobile driver, and wounded two others during a $93,000 cash transport from Marine Trust to the Bank of Buffalo on downtown routes. Messenger L M Yarrington is in critical condition. John H. Meyers was wounded as thieves fled with about $117,000, leaving roughly $24,000 behind.
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Buffalo
N.Y
A. P.1
Bank of Buffalo
Charles W. Clifford
Marine Trust Company
Seven
Main Streets
North Division
L. M. Yarrington
John H. Meyers
State fair opens in Shreveport with children enjoying day
The twentieth annual Louisiana State Fair opened in Shreveport with no grand stand speeches. Thousands of children swarmed the grounds for free admission under 18 and eligibility for about one thousand awards from local businesses. Public schools declared a half holiday. Cloudy cool weather forecast a record eleven day attendance.
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Shreveport
A. P
Louisiana
Use of spitters on violin stirs Georgia Fiddlers Convention
Atlanta news reports a protest at the Georgia Fiddlers Convention over a method using granite dust moistened by the tongue to boost volume. Laughing Gid Tanner of Conyers allegedly discovered the trick, prompting Red Neck Jim Dawson to file a protest with the fair practices committee, which had not ruled on the issue by press time.
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Atlanta
Laughig Gid
Conyers
Stone Mountain
Savannah
Red Neck
Jim" Dawson
Fair Practices Committee
Death Penalty Meted Out For Two Attackers
Atlanta dispatch reports rapid Southern justice with two killings by courts and a third long sentence. C. A. Wheeler of Swainsboro Georgia will die December 21 by electric chair for a series of assaults with W Nasworths on a New York woman. Nasworths faces 20 years. The incident occurred December 12 as the woman, bound for Florida, accepted a ride. JT. Cherry, Alabama road overseer, will be electrocuted December 18 for murdering his wife October 15. A Virginia court convicted George Watts of attacking a white family. sentenced to 25 years, with an earlier two-year penitentiary record. Judge Spratleys praised the jury’s mercy. In Asheville, NC, a mob targeting Preston Neely failed to lynch him. John Reeves was arrested for an attempted attack on a white woman and then sent to the chain gang for two years.
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Atlanta
Oct
Virgina
Awhile Nin
Chan Pang
C. A. Wheeler
Swainscorn
W. al Nasworths
New York
Youne
Emmanuel County
Florida
Fwa
Hear
JT. Cherry
Alabama Road
Elizabeth City
Virgwnia
Virginia
Watts
Vernon Spratleys
Asheville
N. C
Penunty
Preston Neely
John Reeves
Reeves
Nee'y
Chain Gang
Walker Leamon Arrives at Quorum Court After Long Trek
ARKADELPHIA Ark Oct 20 Leamon a 67 year old farmer walked 26 miles to reach the annual Quorum Court session arriving on time for deliberations. A longtime advocate of economy he starts after midnight and remains active in the proceedings each year.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Ovt
A. Po J. OR
Leamon
Plot to Disable Soviet Railways Halted
Moscow reports a counter revolutionary espionage plot to destroy railways bridges and depots in Soviet Russia. Police claim the scheme was to be engineered for the general staff of a neighboring state and involved gathering military and political information for one of the great powers.
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Moscow
Alpj
Soviet
Russia
Cheka
Betta Feed Mills plans Monroe plant with 25 jobs
A Betta Feed Mills Company delegation announced plans to start construction of a Monroe plant to produce cattle and poultry feed. The Jackson Mississippi firm expects seven cars daily output, 25 employees, and expects to locate on a site with ample acreage and rail access.
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F. D. Case
Betta Feed Millis Company
T. Kk
Currie
Monroe Cnen
Means
Apaut
Jackson Company
Frel Bk
Miller
Louisiana
Cra
New Orleans
West Monroe
Postmaster at Mara Found Guilty of Shortage
James M. Marshall, postmaster at Mara in Natchitoches Parish Louisiana for 27 years, was found guilty in federal court of failing to deposit post office funds. He received a 12 month jail term and was remanded for sentence by Judge Dawkins. He was acquitted on embezzlement and missing funds charges. He claimed ignorance of the shortage and said he repaid the missing funds after the inspection.
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Shreveport
A. P
James M. Marshall
Mara
Natchstavhes Parish
Dawkins
Marshall
Post Office Department
Post Office
Plumber Killed by Gas Explosion at School
Thomas Mullinix a 41 year old plumber was instantly killed by a natural gas blast in the Peabody public school in Alexandria Louisiana. No other injuries were reported though a second explosion narrowly missed injuries to principal J B Lafsrgue and several teachers as gas was shut off. Coroner Dr Marvin Cappel led the investigation which found the blast occurred in the boiler fire box.
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Alexandria
A. P.j
Thomas Mullinix
Peabody Nezro
Marvin Cappel
J. B. Lafsrgue
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