War Clouds Over Manchurian Territory Threaten Open War
Chinese troops move north from the Yangtze as Manchurian communique reports Japanese planes bombing three Chinese trainloads. Japan seeks direct talks as the League Council meets in Geneva to avert full war. China refuses direct dealings with Tokio.
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Japan
League Council
United Press
Peiping
China
Yangtze River
Tokio
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Kijiro Sidehara
Unionists Beat Dock Workers Clash in Houston Strike
In Houston on October 13 a clash between non union longshoremen and four carloads of strikebreakers injured one dock worker seriously and left fourteen others with minor injuries. Union men attacked the strikebreakers with bats picks and bricks as they headed to pay headquarters marking the first serious trouble since the longshoremen struck.
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United Press
Houston
Tex
Hobo Day Proclaimed At Tech Campus Festivities
Saturday is proclaimed Hobo Day for Tech freshmen. Each boy must buy a fresh haircut and wear his glad rags for a best costume prize. Narcissa Andrews and Roy Gatlin, Tech students in the Ruston Lincoln Sanitarium, are reported improving rapidly. A pep meeting is set for 6 30 this evening in the Main Auditorium. Chapel hour featured Prof. P D Nelson speaking on People and ofy Relation to Them. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Eddie Evans and children in Hico, and Mr and Mrs Henry Jackson with Henrietta of Jonesville. E D McCullum left this week for Clovis New Mexico for an indefinite stay. Miss Almy Cross and Miss Minnie Young visited Misses Viola and Annie Durrett.
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Tech
Narcissa Andrews
Roy Gatlin
Ruston-Lincoln Sanitarium
Almy Cross
Minnie Young
Mosringsport
Viola
Annie Durrett
Police guard alleged axe murderer in Maryland killings
Snowhill Md Oct 13 Police guarded Orphan Jones a Black man as the countryside frets over the axe murders of Green Davis 55 his wife and two daughters Found slain in their beds with heads crushed and kerosene on clothing The Davis family belongings were found on Jones prompting his arrest before a mob threatened a lynching at the jail
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United Press
Snowhill
Orphan Jones
Green Davis
Jones
Davis
Sensations of 1931 State Fair Feature
Shreveport Louisiana hosts a midnight performance of Sensations of 1931 at the Auditorium on October 26 starting 11 30 p m It marks Izzy Crevone and his band first southern circuit appearance after five years in the east The show will move to the State Fair for six night run beginning Tuesday and includes a full production with Crevone's band prior to the fair PRIEST TELLS.
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Shreveport
Izzy Crevone
New York
Jasy Crevone
Crevone
Priest
First Meeting of Gottschalk Music Club Opens Year
The Gottschalk Music Club gathered at Mrs. E.8 Kidd’s home for the year’s first meeting. Guests included Mrs. C. B. Latimer of Hutchinson, Kans. The program honored Mendelssohn with performances by Mrs. V. C. Cupp, Hilbert Haskins, Harry Howard, Mrs. Kidd, and others, followed by a musical quiz and social hour. Mrs. V. C. Cupp received flowers for the quiz top score.
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Gottschalk Music Club
E. 8. Kidd
Doris Haskell
Dallas Goss
Travis Melton
Felix Mendelssohn
V. C. Cupp
Hilbert Haskins
Harry Howard
Kidd
J. M. Kirkland
Haskell
C. B. Latimer
Hutchinson, Kansas
Sindling
Fred Morse
George Nicol
Kathleen Graham
John Graham
Harold Beckham
Dell ‘Thatcher
J. M Kirkland
E. Crawford
A. Cann
Jo M. Sims
Elbert Haskins
EH. McFadden
Eds Kidd
In Memory of the Departed Trade sign shown at pawnbroker
A Chatham Ene pawnbroker displays a memorial wreath in his shop window with a sign reading In Memory of the Departed Trade, reflecting a somber nod to the business. The brief item notes the unusual obituary like display as local color.
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Chatham
Ene
Blondes Are Hard Beguiled, Memphis Police Bureau Claim
In Memphis, Mrs Anna Jackson head of the Women Protection Bureau asserts the city has the toughest blondes among women at police headquarters. She says she cannot explain why blondes appear harder to manage than other types but notes their presence among staff.
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Memphis
Tenn
Oct
Anna Jackson
Women’s Protective Bureau
Iowa farmers clash with doctors testing cattle in New London
In New London Iowa farmers stormed a testing site as veterinarians worked amid boos and jeers. Five hundred farmers broke into the pound and freed a youth arrested for heckling veterinarians as authorities ordered testing for tuberculosis. Soldiers were moved into the square with machine guns deployed during the confrontation.
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New London
Obeville
Pierian Club Meeting Hosts and Topics
Mrs B H Rainwater and Mrs W H Allen hosted the Pierian Club gathering at Rainwater’s home last Saturday afternoon. The program centered on Natural Resources of Gasture with papers by Mrs L James, Mrs C Guyhe, Mrs JOH Martha, and Mrs A Adams. A reception followed, and attendees included numerous named members. a $400 fine paid in Portland, Oregon, closed the proceedings.
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Pierian Club
B. H. Rainwater
B. H. Riafiwater
W. OH. Allen
Martha
A. Adams
Nitral
Servine Davely
A. Adaims
Mia WH Allen
Ci W Bond
Mra CP LP
Bryant
Mtre
Meo
J de Daavis
Citiatal Pieden
Mis
Balteen Ghahut
de Martin
Berule Nixon
Poole Stubison
Woc Sumeorston
Mirse Dell ‘Thatcher
Ache ‘Thompson
Wo Pratt
Julies Perky
Portland
Oregon
Lincoln Parish Free Fair Here October 14 17
Lincoln Parish Free Fair in Ruston marks four days of entertainment education and fun. With premium growth over 800 to 900 dollars and sixteen school displays including five high schools. Public School Day on Friday October 16 expects record attendance as visitors enjoy a redesigned setup and a free admission policy. Deputies Braswell Legge and others report penitentiary terms for convicted offenders in the October session.
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Lincoln Parish
Chamber of Commerce
Farm Council
Home Demonstration
American Legion
City of
Ruston
Johny Brown
Louisiana
The
Fair Association
E. D. McCallum
H. L. McKnight
R. H. Trussell
Antioch
C. W. Tatum
Simsboro
John L. Boddie
Burgessville
L. M. Feazel
Jackson
Clay Braswell
Emmett Leggeelt
bornHutur Houge
Due Osborne
Cal Gibson
Harry Livingston
Third Judicial District Court
Late News Flashes Across The Nation
West Orange New Jersey shows little change in Edi son condition today. Lizton Indiana two bandit loads seized Liston State Bank for two hours and escaped with 3500 after wrecking telephone lines and firing at president Marvin Bailey. Peiping China bandits looted railway stations and beat guard. thirty casualties. Gladewater Texas burglars stole four safes containing 400. Gainesville Texas Frank Hracken given 89 year term for murder of William Jones. Chicago Illinois contempt hearing for Phil D Andrea continues. A sum of 815 no bills stolen from Mrs Dor May of Princeton West Virginia returned by letter. Three detectives attended shared services in Gascon and arrested two purse snatchers.
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United Press
Lizton
Ind
Liston State Bank
Marvin Bailey
Dual Governors Arise As Cyr Takes Louisiana Oath
Lieut. Governor Paul N Cyr was sworn in as governor of Louisiana claiming Huey P Long cannot hold both governor and U S senator roles. The oath followed a prolonged legal and political clash triggered by Long’s election to the Senate creating a governance duel in Shreveport.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Paul N. Cyr
Lousiana
P. H. Anderson
Cyr
Long
United States
Huey P. Long
Oklahoma oil blaze rages as fire crew prepares blast
Oklahoma City dispatch reports Floyd Kinely, famed for East Texas oil fire work at Gladewater Overton and Kilgore, arriving to blast the burning Empire Cas and Refining Co No 2 Gustin which killed a man yesterday. Hugh L. Patton, Houston oil fire fighter, spent all night at the scene but could not control it as the well yields about 6,000 barrels daily and 20,000,004 cubic feet of gas daily.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Floyd Kinely
East Texas
Gladewater
Overton
Kilgore
Empire Cas and Refining Company
Hugh L. Patton
Houston
Fair Edition News and Carnival Hype at the Leader Booth
The final fair edition is out after a press rush of 48 hours. An ad teases white bricks and grape brick ideas. The fair opens tomorrow with coverage of carnival antics, hog entries, and daily Leader booth notices offering five dollars in gold.
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Ts Realites
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Eddie Evans
Mr. Evans
Mrs. Reeves
Hico
Henry Jackson
Little Henrietta
Jonesville
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Clovis, New Mexico
Yorktown
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Yyn
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Hoover
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George Washington
Mr. Hoover
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Iowa
World Court
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N. J
Edison
Peiping-Mukdén
Western Union
Gainsville
Frank Hracken
William Jones
Chicago
Phil D Andrea
al Capone
Federal
Wilkerson
D’ Andrea
Berra
Dor May
Princetown
W. Va
Gascon
Oklahoma
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