Insull Freed by Greek Court in Extradition Case
Samuel Insull, once head of a Midwest utilities empire, won release from extradition to Chicago as Greek appeals court found indictments lacked sufficiency. The ten page decision praised his role in the electrical industry and said his actions arose from general financial collapse, not fraud.
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Athens
Samuel Insull
America
Chicago
Greek Court of Appeals
Insull
Utilities
United States
Dwight F. Green
Green
Greece
Flood Control Dam in Kansas Faces Strong Opposition
Spirited opposition was voiced before the Mississippi valley committee against the 65 million dollar flood control dam at Kaw. Critics say a 90 foot high structure spanning two miles would inundate 116000 acres and force abandonment of two railroads, destroy a transcontinental highway, and nine towns including Wamego and St Marys.
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Washington
Mississippi Valley Committee
Public Works Administration
Kiro
Kaw
Kansas
D. C. Hill
Pottawatomie County
Wamego
St. Marys
Union Pacific
Large Addition Bought for Monongahela Forest
The national forest reservation commission approved purchasing 151,144 acres for the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia at 382 004 dollars. The Cherry River Boom and Lumber company property spans Pocahontas Webster and Nicholas counties within the 1 000 000 acre expansion zone. Rep Randolph said 160 men would gain immediate employment in surveying crews.
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Washington
National Forest Reservation Commission
Monongahela National Forest
West Virginia
Cherry River
Noted Actor Sothern Dies at 73 in New York Hotel
Edward Hugh Sothern famed for Romeo and other roles on two continents died in his hotel suite at seventy three from lobar pneumonia. His wife Julia Marlowe was at his bedside.
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New York
Edward Hugh Sothern
Romeo
Julia Marlowe
Ina Claire Owes Uncle Sam for 1929 Taxes
Actress Ina Claire, former wife of John Gilbert, was found liable for 8561 dollars in income taxes for 1929 in a stipulation judgment by the board of tax appeals.
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Ina Claire
Sam Washington
John Gilbert
Board of Tax Appeals
Warsaw Thieves Steal 85,000 Loot from Krasinski Museum
Wolff's agency reports in Warsaw that fifteen rare paintings and a Napoleonic relic, valued at 500000 zloty or about 85000 dollars, were stolen from the Krasinski museum.
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Warsaw
Berlin
Krasinski Museum
Couple Die Trying to Rescue Pet Dog at Lake Wawasee
At Lake Wawasee Indiana a man and wife Christian Payne and Elizabeth Payne both thirty eight and forty were electrocuted on a golf course while attempting to save their German police dog. The couple left a cottage on vacation and were found by a caddy with the dog and an opossum dead nearby. The coroner said the opossum touched the high voltage wire first, followed by the dog and then the couple who tried to rescue them.
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Lake Wawasee
Ind
Christian Payne
Elizabeth
Payne
Terre Haute
Paul Landis
Wealthy Michigan Manufacturer Kidnapped and Robbed
Louis E. Brooks a millionaire manufacturer and social leader was seized on a highway near Marshall Michigan by two men and a woman who beat him and forced entry to a safe inside his office. They fled with about 45000 in cash bonds and jewelry. Brooks found later at his farm home and declined to discuss the crime. Prosecutor W J Kearney called the kidnappers professionals who had watched him for a long time.
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Marshall, Mich
Louis E. Brooks
Here
Brooks
W. J. Kearney
Italy Arms Young Fascists With Machine Guns Parade Honors Mussolini
Young Fascist combat groups from 92 provinces, aged eighteen to twenty one, received machine guns in a formal armament ceremony. Dukes of Pistoia and Berzamo presided, followed by a parade before the Venice palace as they paid homage to Premier Mussolini.
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Rome
Pistoia
Duke of
Berzamo
Venzia
Mussolini
Rice Institute declines Uncle Tom's Cabin in Houston
The Rice Institute dramatic club will not stage Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Houston Little Theatre on November 27 and 28. Protests by the United Daughters of the Confederacy influenced the decision, ending the planned performances.
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Houston
Texaas
Dramatic Club of
Rice Institute
Houston Little Theater
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Capital Punishment Act for Kansas Is Indorsed
Topeka Kansas capital punishment was endorsed in principal by the Kansas legislative council working on proposals for a special session. The council asked Representative D E F Reber to draft a general capital punishment measure.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Legislative Council
D. E F. Reber
Rail Official Kills Self in New Orleans Hotel Suite
Thomas Jones Freeman seventy three central solicitor of the Texas and Pacific railroad shot and killed himself in his Desoto hotel suite in the presence of his secretary Henry Arnoult and his valet.
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New Orleans
Thomas Jones Freeman
Central
The
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Desoto Hotel
Henry Arnoult
New Forestry Head Named Washington
F A Silcox of New York is named chief of the United States forest service to succeed R Y Stuart who died from a fall. Stuart died after an accident while serving as the agency head.
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Washington
F. A. Silcox
New York
United States Forest Service
R. Y. Stuart
Roosevelt seals steel deal easing rail order and mine strike
President Roosevelt appears to have secured Steel industry agreement on a settlement of the Pennsylvania captive mine dispute and a rail price concession. United States Steel Bethlehem Inland Steel and Colorado Fuel share a potential 800000 ton rail order worth about 40 million dollars aiding job restoration. Union recognition remains contested by United Mine Workers while public works funds back rail purchases.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Pennsylvania
Public Works Administration
Transportation Co
Eastman
White House
United States Steel
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Birmingham
Ala
Bethlehem
Lackawanna
N. Y
Sparrows Point
Steelton
Inland Steel
United Mine Workers
Eleven States Qualify for Farm Corn Loans
The Farm Administration announced six additional states Colorado Mississippi Nebraska Montana North Dakota and Oregon qualify for corn loans from the Commodity Credit Corporation due to farm storage and warehouse laws. Initially loans were expected only for Iowa Illinois Minnesota South Dakota and Kansas at 50 cents per bushel for No 1 corn.
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Washington
Colorado
Mississippi
Nebraska
Montana
North Dakota
Oregon
Commodity Credit Corporation
Iowa
Ilinois
Minnesota
South Dakota
Kansas
Chicago
Son of Pancho Villa Son Held for Sanity Hearing
Pancho Villa’s son Augustin Villa aged twenty one is kept in the General Hospital psychopathic ward on an order from a Superior court judge who ordered a sanity hearing. His guardian Henry Seldner says Villa has behaved strangely since signing a film contract weeks ago.
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Los Angeles
Pancho Augustin Villa
General Hospital
Villa
Henry Seldner
Hunter Kills Woman and Wounds Baby in Virginia Woods
In Amherst county woods near Lynchburg Virginia a hunter killed a woman identified as Mrs. A H Sampley of Oklahoma and wounded her seven month old son William. The victims were traveling south with the husband when the incident occurred. The baby was taken to Lynchburg hospital for treatment.
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Lynchburg
Amherst County
A. H. Sampley
Oklahoma
William
Lynchburg Hospital
Disastrous Oceanfront Fire Destroys Jacksonville Beach
A fire swept along the Jacksonville Beach area driven by strong Atlantic winds, destroying two blocks of oceanfront property and causing estimated losses between 100 000 and 200 000 dollars.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
Atlantic
Jacksonville Beach
Mary E Lease Dies at 84 in Callicoon New York
Mary Elizabeth Lease national figure in labor and temperance movements in Kansas last century died in Callicoon New York at eighty four.
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Mary E. Lease
Callicoon
N. Y
Mary Elizabeth Lease
Kansas
Nebraska cattle and sheep on feed fall from year ago
Agricultural data show Nebraska cattle on feed October 1 nearly 10 percent lower than last year while sheep on feed fall 15 to 20 percent. Beer tax revenue for September totaled 17600 dollars, down 2305 from August 10 to 31. State collects 93 cents on each barrel from wholesale brewers and distributors.
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Nebraska
Tax reductions in three Nebraska counties reported to state official
County clerks report last year tax reductions totaling 279,546 across Seward Buffalo and Sarpy. Towns in Seward and Sarpy show small increases while most agencies cut again, with schools and townships taking the largest cuts.
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Seward, Buffalo
Sarpy
Smith
Seward
Genkelman Gold Dredging Prepares to Start River Sand Mining
With mining equipment arriving at Benkelman the Genkelman Gold Dredging company readies to dredge sands of the Republican river in search of gold. The firm holds leases on about 3000 acres along the river and officers claim tests show sufficient gold to ensure profitability.
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Benkelman
Genkelman Gold Dredging Company
Republican River
Republican
Peck criticizes corn belt as economic sore spot
George N. Peck administrator of the farm adjustment act states the corn belt is the economic sore spot of the nation. He cites long standing discontent from persistently low prices for grain and livestock over the past twelve years compared with other major commodities.
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George N. Peck
Judge Orders 35 Percent Dividend for Farmers State Bank Depositors
Judge B O Hostetler at Kearney ordered payment of a 35 percent dividend to Farmers State bank depositors. The order was sent to Lincoln for state banking officials and is expected to be paid soon. The net total of the dividends amounts to 144,912 dollars according to the official record.
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Farmers State Bank
Kearney
B. O. Hostetler
Hostetler
Lincoln
Omaha land bank leads in loan volume this year
The federal land banks report that Omaha ranks first in loan activity among twelve banks. From January 1 to August 1 total loans reached 27 million dollars, with 9.14 million attributed to the Omaha bank.
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Federal Land Bank
Omaha
Omaha Bank
Scottsbluff Council Targets Oil Pay In Project
The city postpones plans to spring and shifts focus to an oil pay in project tied to the annual sugar beet harvest. Expenditures exceed 70000 dollars with a large loan from the federal public works department backing the effort.
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Scottsbluff
Public Works Department
FSA Hog Campaign Payments Reach Multimillion Total
The September emergency hog marketing program paid farmers about 31 million dollars for hog sales. FAA reports over 6 million pigs and 220000 sows were bought and slaughtered. Roughly 100 million pounds of pork were turned over to the relief administration for distribution to the needy.
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Farm Adjustment Administration
Federal Relief Administration
Nebraska Relief Delays Hit First Pork Distribution
Washington reports no official order for Nebraska relief meat has reached the state office. Governor Bryan will transmit any order immediately, as eight carloads are anticipated to aid needy residents across the state.
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Nebraska
Washington
State Relief Office
Bryan
State September expenses showing decrease from prior month
State Budget Commissioner Smith reports total September government expenses at 1 049 892 dollars, down 228 605 from August. Highway construction and maintenance account for 439 700, penal and charitable institutions 160 000, university and state normal schools 238 000, judiciary 68 000, executive departments 29 000, civil code departments 54 000, miscellaneous 59 000, while salaries total 376 600 not including highway engineers paid from the gasoline fund.
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Smith
Resolutions Back Embargo On Farm Crop Marketing
Greeley County Farmers' Holiday association adopted resolutions favoring an embargo on marketing farm crops at a largely attended meeting in Greeley. Exceptions allowed for perishable produce and for those in need of life's necessities. The group opposed picketing and force to enforce the embargo and endorsed the North Dakota embargo as effective upon orders from state president Harry Parmenter.
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Greeley County
Greeley
North Dakota
Harry Parmenter
Last Hansom Ride Through New York Nostalgia
A late night stroll on Fifth Avenue recalls a bygone era as the narrator recalls a final hansom ride. The aged cab, its driver, and the rain evoke memories of a gilded city and simpler pleasures.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Old Delmonico’s
Kerridge
Joe Cawthorne
Queenie Vassar
Globe
Jehu
Echoes of a vanished Broadway night along Central Park
A nocturnal vignette paints a New York dreamscape near 59th Street with Guinevere echoes, ghostly carriages, and glowing modern spires. Ward Morehouse and Billy Gaxton stand outside the Essex as hansoms fade, Reisenweber’s recalls past crowds, while today’s Broadway ferries in brisk diners and neon.
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Guinevere
Ward Morehouse
Billy Gaxton
Central Park
Ghosts in Herald Square loom over long shuttered venues
A fragmented reminiscence lists vanished landmarks around Herald Square including Shanley's luncheon corner at Claridge, the Palace cinema, Clippery clip, a chain drug store once facing Knickerbocker, Bright jacketed books, Maxfield Parrish art, Browne's Chop House, Lorber's, Joels, Considine's, McGraw's billiard parlor, Herald Square Theatre, and Bennett's building with a blinking green owl, all described as ghosts.
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Shanley
Claridge
the Palace
Par- Tish
Browne
Lorber’s
Joel’s. Considine’s
John McGraw
Herald Square Theatre
Green Eyed Owl
Bennett's
Silent Exchange at the Door Sparks Apology
At a residence, a brief exchange reveals a visitor acknowledging prolonged presence at the address. The respondent apologizes, noting prior thoughts and a realization that prompted the moment of reflection.
Storm Beach Emerges as El Dorado Playwright
Short shavings note Storm Beach as a budding playwright in El Dorado Kansas with remarks on Voltaire and Dickens earnings and investments. It mentions Anthony Adverse passing 200000 copies, Geo Middleton’s Hiss Boom Blah release, and folk phrases about rafts and mischief.
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Storm Beach
el Dorado
Kansas
Voltaire
Dickens
Anthony Adverse
Farrar and Rinehart
Geo. Middleton
McNaught Syndicate, Int
Texas trip with Garner and political luminaries
A reminiscence of a Texas visit with Vice President Garner and Post Office officials. The writer describes Arlington Race Track’s movable starting gate, speeches by Farley and Garner, a Shady Oak Farm seance hosted by Amon Carter, and stops in San Antonio Uvalde and Houston. The piece praises Garner’s political influence and notes economic conference details and Roosevelt radio remarks.
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Beverly Hills
Texas
Post Office Bunch
Garner
Arlington Race Track
W. T. Waggoner
Farley
Democratic Party
Washington
John Garner
Amon Carter
Ft Worth
Shady Oak Farm
San Antonio
America
Uvalde
Unions and Industry Power Shifts Under NRA Rules
The article argues organized labor could control industry if union ranks grow from 5 million to 25 million and warns such power would dominate the United States. It cites open shop sectors like autos and films as high wage leaders and contrasts with foreign air travel expansion and domestic innovation.
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NRA
Green
American Federation of Labor
United States
United States Treasury
Government committees fight crime but gangs advance
The passage notes federal and local efforts to suppress crime through committees led by Senator Cope land of New York and police forces in cities towns and villages. It laments crime’s persistence as gangs use automatics and machine guns with clinical calm.
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Senator Copeland
New York
Many Wounds Pleads for Gold from Uncle Sam in Idaho
An elderly Nez Perce named Many Wounds asks for gold to an amount “as much gold as six mules could pull” loaded on a heavy wagon. The piece notes the 1855 pledge and remarks the man’s ignorance of changing U.S. attitudes toward gold for whites and Indians.
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Idaho
Sam
New York Flooded with fraudulent gold mining stocks
The piece warns residents that fraudulent gold mining stocks flood New York markets. It notes widespread talk of gold and suggests many people, including gullible buyers of unseen real estate and unknown stocks, are being drawn into risky schemes.
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New York
Debts and Honor Cross Atlantic Judgment Shift
The piece notes the question of foreign debts being “up to Roosevelt” and contrasts debt payment responsibilities. It cites Europe’s debts to the United States and Brazil delaying war debt payments to France, highlighting perceived acts of good faith and indignation.
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Roosevelt
Europe
United States
Brazil
France
Rising Gold Prices and Dollar Devaluation
The article notes gold prices rose from about 20 to over 32 per ounce after leaving the gold standard. It explains the rise reflects a weaker dollar, with a $1,000 bond formerly gold payable now worth about $640 in world markets.
Auto sales mark prosperity or downturn in 1933
New passenger car sales in the United States for the first nine months of 1933 exceed the total 1932 sales. Nine months of new motor truck sales also surpass 1932. Old cars wear out at an estimated five million per year, signaling a future spike in demand that may surprise manufacturers.
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Cdd
United States
Italian professor at Madrid conference links gland drying to cancer
Professor Fischera, an Italian scientist, proposes at an international cancer congress in Madrid that aging causes glands to dry and trigger cancer. He calls for replenishing glandular secretions and suggests postmortem tests to verify the theory.
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Fischera
International Cancer Congress
Madrid
King Feat Synch Twn Bervicg
Cate
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