Desperate High Schooler Ends Life Over Unrequited Love
Chicago report on 18-year-old Jive Chat Wills Felton who killed himself after a conflicted romance with Mary Pearce 16. Coroner states death by his own action while despondent and temporarily insane. Diary and letters reveal his heartbreak and plea for understanding as testimony unfolds. Includes details of the girl and Felton's mother and the coroner's questions during the inquest.
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Chicago
Wills Felton
Mary Pearce
Lole Fperson
Wlitess
Edward Fatelalein
Miss Pearce
Mary
Stanley
Underworld Figure Slain by 2 Gunmen in Suburban Bar
Chicago area report says Adolph Anzone, once a chauffeur for robber Klutas known as Handsome Jack, was shot by two gunmen in a tavern near Niles while playing solitaire. The killing mirrors Klutas’s years earlier assassination and recalls Anzone’s alleged betrayal of Klutas.
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Chicago
Orr
Adolph Anzone Otley
Jack” Klutas
Klutas
Niles
Underworld
Anzone
Utas
Texans Balm Suit Dismissed In Breach Case
New York Oct 28 Justice McCook dismissed a $100000 breach of promise suit against Police Capt John W Henna by Aimee Dolorey Decker of Houston Texas. Counsel Mortimer Gordon said he notified the plaintiff of trial but received no answer. Decker alleged a long correspondence and gifts as tokens of affection and claimed a default judgment once set aside due to improper service. Henna’s name appeared in magistrate court probes over large deposits and later promotions, with officials stating explanations and reports of injustice.
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New York
Supreme Court
McCook
John W. Henna
Aimee Dolorey Decker
Houston
Texas
Mortimer Gordon
Decker
Cass
Fairview Avenue
Kenus
Heman
Magistrate Courts
Dr Ice Loses His Overcoat in Kansas City Church
Dr. Harry L. Ice, a Kansas City minister, spoke to Southeast Kansas pastors when his overcoat hat and gloves were stolen from the church cloakroom. Parsons area preachers raised funds and a merchant provided a replacement coat.
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Parsons
Nan
Uch
Harry L. Ice
Kansas City
Kansas
Ice
New Deal Social Security Trust Tax Details Rumor
A circulated note claims under a 1930s social security plan workers face staged tax deductions from pay toward old age benefits. It alleges age 65 eligibility, a worker identity card, and stark contrasts with earlier pension provisions, including low weekly benefits for a $20 weekly earner.
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Washington
Finois
Long Speeches May Be Traced to Food
Dr. Ernest E Hadley of Washington DC, addressing a New York audience, linked long speeches to infant feeding patterns. He warned feeding interruptions create negativism, leading to adult fussiness, heavy drinking or smoking, and a habit of windbag talk.
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New York
Ernest E. Hadley
Washington, D. C
Hedley
Hadley
Washington School of Psychiatry
AFL to Expel Srebals From Labor Federation
Washington reports the American Federation of Labor plans to expel its rebellious faction, the committee for industrial organization, at the Tampa convention beginning November 16. Leaders, while publicly seeking peace, admit negotiations with John Lewis and the I. O. likely fail. The convention will be controlled by opponents of Lewis industrial union theory.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Tlt
Federation
Organized Labor
Tampa
Fla
John
Lewis
Chatman
OG. I. Oo
Cratte Unioniste
I International
Federal Project Symphony Slated at San Perro Play House
The Federal Project Symphony, a unit of the Federal Music Project, will give a concert at 8 30 p m Monday at the San Perro Play House directed by Juan Macias with Miss Williams Stephens steering women and professional projects. In Corpus Christi Oct 28 contracts were let for a vegetable canning plant at New London Wisconsin by Hamilton and Sons Canning Co. The investment amount was not announced.
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Wayay Symphony Group
Federal Music Project
San Perro Playhouse
Willi ‘Stephens
Juan Macias
Corpus Christi
Adolft Hamilton
Hamilton and Sons
Better Late Than Never He Finds Watch After Theft Report
In Denver on October 28 1932 Maurice Smedegaard reported his wrist watch stolen. Police checked pawnshop records and within hours the watch was recovered.
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Denver
Opt
Maurice Smedegaard
Electric Power Index Falls Weeks Ended Oct 24
The Associated Press index for electric power shows a slight decline for the week ended October 24 with the 1929-1930 base at 1141, down from 117.1 the prior week. The year earlier reading stood at 102.2.
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Electric Power
New York
Associated Press Index
Home mix pinex cough remedy ad claim
An advertisement promotes mixing Pinex cough remedy at home with syrup and sugar to create an effective, easy to prepare cough syrup. It claims fast relief, reduced phlegm, and soothing effect, urging readers to mix a two cup sugar syrup with Pinex concentrate for an at home remedy.
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Binney
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Witt
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Trica
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Caen
Monsieur de Paris
Andre Martin
Martin
Anatole Hiebler
AFL
Leo Qugter
Federal Project Symphony Slated
Gene Anern
AU Patent Offica
Rat Laye
Norway
Chesterfield
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