Insull Ordered Out of Greece as U S Pressures Grow
In Athens the government plans to revoke Samuel Insull’s residence permit by December 31 1933 and deport him to satisfy U S demands for extradition over his Chicago utilities bankruptcy. A Greek senate inquiry and statements by Foreign Minister Maximos signal a tightening effort amid strained Greco American ties.
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Athens
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Greece
Insull
United States
D. Maximos
King
Toronto
Ilinois
Martin J. Insull
Kingstone
Ontario Supreme Court
Insull Utilities
Nonpartisan League Revived by Townley in North Dakota
Arthur C. Townley again presides over the National Nonpartisan League in Bismarck as Gov. William A. Langer backs an industrial program. The plan seeks expansion of state enterprises including banks mills elevators packing plants tanneries and factories to create markets for farmers products and rural jobs.
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North Dakota
Bismarck
N. D
Nonpartisan League
Arthur C. Townley
William A. Langer
Townley
Lawyer Doomed to Die for Poison Slaying
Benton Ark. A jury rejects insanity plea and imposes death for Mark H. Shank Akron Ohio attorney convicted of poisoning Alvin Colley at a picnic last August 15. Shank also faces murder charges for Colley wife and two children. Prosecutors say motive was fear of implicated theft and desire to avoid jail.
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Benton
Ark
Mark H. Shank
Akron
Ohio
Alvin Colley
Shank
Colley
Barberton
Four Get Life for Kidnapping Banker in Iowa Raid
Four twenty one year old bandits were sentenced to life at Anamosa reformatory for kidnapping a banker and attempting a robbery at the Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank in Manchester Iowa on November 12. Suspects Joe Miezejewski of Milwaukee Jerry Schwemier of Kilbourne Wisconsin Sterling Hart of Chicago and Don Donovan of La Farge Wisconsin were captured the night after the bold raid in a gun battle near Kenosha Wisconsin.
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Manchester
Iowa
Anamosa Reformatory
Farmers and Merchants’ Savings Bank
Joe Miezejewski
Milwaukee
Jerry Schwemier
Kilbourne
Wis
Sterling Hart
Chicago
Don Donovan
la Farge
Kenosha
Warren W. Finney
Emporia
Kan
Italy Demands Rapid League Reform Stance
In a secret Fascist Grand Council meeting led by Premier Mussolini, Italy declares it will remain in the League of Nations only if reform is radical and swift. The decision signals a hard line on international cooperation.
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Italy
League
Rome
Fascist Party
League of Nations
Mussolini
Actress Constance Cummings Hurt In Palm Springs Horse Accident
Hollywood actress Constance Cummings was brought to the city with a fractured wrist after a horse threw her in Palm Springs. She suffered the injury while riding and was transported for treatment.
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Hollywood
Calif
Constance Cummings
Palm Springs
Woman Admits Ax Murder of Husband in Draflin
Mrs. Goldie Fraley of Pikeville confesses to officials that she killed her husband Charles Fraley with an ax after he beat her and chased her from their Draflin home. Police report the victim was thirty five and the suspect twenty nine.
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Pikeville
Goldie Fraley
Charles Fraley
Draflin
Earthquake Kills 400 in Szechwan Towns Hunyuan and Fuli
Reports from Chengtu say more than 400 people died in a powerful quake that struck Hunyuan and Fuli in southern Szechwan. Property losses exceed 3 million dollars as rescuers search for survivors.
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Shanghai
Hunyuan
Fuli
Szechwan
Chengtu
Champion steer named at Chicago International Livestock Show
Oakleigh Thorne of Briarcliff farms presents Briarcliff Model, an eighteen month old 1,217 pound Aberdeen Angus, as grand champion steer at the International Livestock exhibit in Chicago. Even Page of Oklahoma A and M placed second. University of Illinois and Wyoming Hereford ranch contenders also competed. Purdue University won grand champion barrow for the third year running, with Lafayette, Indiana’s school farm taking reserve honors. Henry Marshall of Lafayette elected IL A president. 4 H’s Harry Hege Jr. of West Point and Elena Shoup of Bartlesville highlighted national and youth competitions. C Worth Holmes of Joy, Mercer county, Illinois named international corn king. Gilman Stewart of Greensburg, Indiana crowned corn prince. Gerald Foster of Sharpsville, Indiana won reserve sweepstakes.
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Chicago
Oakleigh Thorne
New York
Briarcliff
Thorne
Duchess County
Page
Oklahoma A. and
M. College of
Henry Marshall
Lafayette
Ind
Lafayette Courier and Journal
International Live Stock Association
Harry Hege, Jr
West Point
Elena Shoup
Bartlesville
Okla
Illinois
C. Worth Holmes
Joy
Mercer County
Gilman Stewart
Greensburg
Decatur County
Indiana
Gerald Foster
Sharpsville
Tipton County
Governor halts home seizures in North Dakota winter
Governor William A. Langer issued two proclamations to shield the financially helpless from eviction and debt collection this winter. The orders stop officers from dispossessing families and from taking household goods to satisfy debts through March 1, 1984. The eviction order may still be issued if the lessee can show rent payment ability with proper notice.
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Bismarck
N. D
William A. Langer
Planes Rescue Five From Freezing Wastes
Five injured and sick people plucked from the northland by rescue planes received medical attention in Fort McMurray as two planes carried the season's first mail. Pilot Walter Gilbert and a Fort Smith priest flew to Great Bear lake to bring the hospital cases to Alberta's railhead.
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Fort McMurray
Alta
Northland
Walter Gilbert
Fort Smith
Great Bear Lake
Alberta
Bid Honors Arthur Currie at Montreal Funeral
Funeral rites were held in Montreal for Sir Arthur Currie wartime commander of Canada's forces and since 1920 principal of McGill University. The ceremony reflected the high esteem reserved by the British empire for its greatest heroes.
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Currie Montreal
British Empire
Sir Arthur Currie
Canada
McGill University
Danish King Sent Holiday Greeting to Americans
King Christian of Denmark sent a holiday greeting to Danes in America praising their preservation of the best of European heritage brought to the United States.
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New York
Christian of Denmark
America
Europe
Austrian Nazi Leader Arrested Amid Treason Charge
Police under Dollfuss arrest Alfred Frauenfeld head of the Austrian Nazi movement on treason charges. He faces a prison term or possible concentration camp as punishment.
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Austria
Vienna
Dollfuss
Alfred Frauenfeld
Frauenfeld
Archives Burned as Fire Destroys Istanbul Law Courts
A blaze in Istanbul destroyed the seventy year old law courts building, wiping out almost all judicial archives of Turkey up to 1925 when Ankara became the capital. The fire effaced decades of records central to the nation's legal history and administration.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Ankara
Zaharoff Seeks Prolonged Silence Before Grim Reaper
Sir Basil Zaharoff, 84, famed armaments dealer, lives in guarded isolation. Two doctors attend him, Mackenzie his confidant and nurse, with others on standby at Monte Carlo and Paris as he nears an unseen end. He travels little, often by Rolls Royce, and relies on constant vigilance and sterilized food.
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Basil Zaharoff
Grim Reaper
Morris Gilbert
New York World- Telegram
Basil
Busi] Zaharoff
Sir Basil
Europe
Asia
International Armament Ring
Avenue Hoche
Etoile
Paris
Monte Carlo
London
Mackenzie
Captain Mackenzie
Sir Basil Zaharoff
Mac
Kenzie
Michla
Riviera
Zaharoff
Boyer
Marian
Montague Norman
Bank of England
Rex Ingram Adopts Islam Seeks World Reform Through Faith
The Irish born director Rex Ingram now Ben Aalon Nacired Deen advocates a modified Islam to cure global economic ills. He has secluded himself to write and predicts Islam will become the world’s dominant religion. He cites Moslems’ restful hours as a model for shorter workdays and greater employment, claiming happiness would rise. Born in Dublin in 1892, he studied sculpture at Yale before embracing the faith after a Morocco trip.
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Rex Ingram
Motion Picture Fame
Ben Aalon Nacired’ Deen
Chicago Tribune
Near East
Ingram
Morocco
Mostems
Dublin
Ireland
America
Yale University
Modern Millinery Quip Sparks Light Housewife Banter
A witty exchange lands in the humor column as a wife shows off a new hat and her husband replies that he preferred it on the milliner's stand, delivering a playful jab about fashion.
New Leisure Under the NRA Reforms Spurs Civic Use
The Cleveland Plain Dealer argues NRA driven shorter hours and a 35 to 40 hour week create vast leisure time. It calls for education and public recreation to channel this shift, citing libraries museums adult education and Grover Whalen’s New York committee as models.
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New York
NRA
Aristotle
Cleveland and
Fenn Colleges
Grover Whalen
Cleveland
Gotham
America
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pocketbook Of Hidden Things And Old Receipts
A humorous meditation on a pocketbook loaded with age worn receipts, postcards, stamps, a bank book, an engagement ring, a truncated list of mementos, and a single dime found at week’s end. The narrator jokes about being a de facto "bond holder" with no money and muses on how forgotten pockets fill with items and memories.
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Mary’s
Chicago
Iago
Traveling men swap tales in a Smith Center drug store
In a Smith Center drug store a group of traveling men trade tall tales about radios while an old man listens. He boasts a two-tube radio and jokes that he can tune out a quartet by listening to the other three voices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Center
Missouri-Pacific Magazine
Children in Institutions Decline While Foster Placements Rise
The federal children's bureau reports a 7 percent drop in children in institutions and an 11 percent rise in foster-home placements for the year ending last June. The findings are based on a survey of 13 cities.
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Federal Children’s Bureau
Literary Digest
Beware the Cough or Cold that Hangs On
Coughs and colds linger and may cause trouble. Creomulsion offers soothing and healing for inflamed membranes. It is claimed to inhibit germ growth and is advertised with a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved.
Variations in Locust Colors Explained by Phase Change
Mexican dispatches claim green locusts are turning red and attacking crops. Entomologists note this is a phase change, not a new species, as African studies show solitary green forms can become red migratory forms.
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B. P. Uvarov
Imperial Institute of Entomology
J. C. Faure
University of South Africa
Africa
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