Seven killed in church fight at Leesville
In Leesville Louisiana on September 26 a church fight during a revival left two men dead and a 19 year old injured. Everett Wisby 25 surrendered claiming self defense after shots at Whiskeehita church. He said Johnson 20 and Perkins 22 attacked him at the church door and at the pulpit.
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Leesville
Whiskeehita
Lee Johnson
Jesse Perkins
Clarch
San
Douglas Carroll
Everett Wisby
Johnson Ad Perkins
Georgia Hosiery Mills Start Overtime to Meet Demand
Rome area mills began overtime shifts to handle heavy textile orders. John M. Berry, president, said the Berry yarn plant will continue the schedule indefinitely. The Cherokee hosiery mill began operations. In Magon Adams Buck mill in Adams Buck region employs 200 workers and runs full time after 14 months closed.
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Georgia
Rome
Berry
Here
John M. Berry
Cherokee Hosiery
Magon
Adams Buck
Policeman Shot by Bandit Near Wellston Seaside Shop
Sept 24 195X Ins report says traffic policeman William Green was shot and seriously wounded today by a bandit he surprised robbing a motor supply company office near the NeayL of Limusb shopping district in Wellston B suburb. The bandit escaped on foot with about $189.
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St, Louis
INS
Willian’ Green
Neayl of Limbusy
Wellston
General LeJeune Shows Progress After Fall
Major General John A. Lejeune, who suffered a skull fracture last week, remained unconscious overnight but today showed encouraging progress and regained some consciousness in Lexington Virginia.
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LeJeune
Lexington
John A. Lejeune
Brewing Experts Convene in Detroit Convention
Three hundred experts gathered for a convention of the Master Brewers Association of America in Detroit on September 6. Officials expressed surprise at the number of master brewers still focused on improving technical aspects of brewing. The session planned to dive into technical subjects.
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Detroit
Master Brewers’ Association of America
Stolen plane crashes near Rio de Janeiro killing four
Four men died after commandeering a Pan American Airways plane and diving toward the sea after leaving the airport. Police linked Walter Voss of Germany and Joao Leal of Sao Paulo to the plot with Ernest Cabeiron, a Brazilian company employee. The watchman aboard was forced onto the craft before the crash 18 miles away. The pilot Voss was described as experienced as the aircraft plunged.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Pan-American Always
Walter Voss
Joao Leal
Sao Paulo
Ernest Cabeiron
Farmer to Face Murder Charge in Texas Gunfight
Wellington Texas Sept 16 County Attorney Luther Gribble planned to file murder charges today against Dude Underwood 25 year old farmer in the dance yard gunfight that killed Amos Matchbanke 30. Authorities said trouble began at a dance at the Underwood home after Matchbanke danced with several women including Underwood's wife. Underwood allegedly followed him into the yard and gunfire erupted.
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Farmer
Wellington
Texas
Luther Gribble
Egainst Dude Underwood
Amos Matchbanke
Underwood
Marehbanke
Underwout
Tinderwood
Retired Realty Man Kills Self in Lyons Kan
George Purdy aged 65 a retired real estate dealer shot and killed himself early today in Lyons Kansas His elder brother Frank Bordy had killed himself by shooting on April 4 1931 Police report cited as the cause of the illness or trouble in the family dynamics
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LYONS
Kan
George Purdy
Oil Exports Rise in August Under Commerce Report
The Commerce Department reports United States crude oil exports in August reached 2,830,000 barrels, averaging about 600,000 barrels per day, down 17,960 barrels from July. Total petroleum product exports were 8,205,000 barrels, up 610,000 from July and up 9,051,000 from August last year.
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WasakuTun
Department of Commerce
United States
Income, Doys. New York Bent Jotay Pacifi Railroad
Fragmented OCR notes report on payroll or income figures for a New York based railroad and associated entities. Names and dates are garbled. core item references the Pacific Railroad and a list of BATLSTS in the prior month.
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DOYS
New York
Bent
Tan and Pacifi Railroad
Jotay Res
Pnt
Neptin
Ania
Raainal
Puerto Rico Problem Told by Governor Beverly
In his first annual report to the secretary of war Governor James H. Beverly calls Puerto Rico’s population the territory’s greatest problem. He cites a population of 1,595,142 and a density of 465 people per square mile with a 204 per thousand increase. He urges agriculture, industry growth, and vocational training as partial remedies and suggests more emigration or lower birthrates.
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Ban Juan
Puerto Rico
James H. Beverly
Puerto ‘Rico
Organization of Agriculture
Drop in Exports Shown in August
Washington report shows finished transsaciarers accounted for 49.4 percent of U S exports in August valued at 40,953,000 vs 84,069,000 a year ago. Domestic exports totaled 108,875,000 against 161,494,000 last year. Exports of finished manufactures valued at 24,762,000 or 27.2 percent of 41,110,000. The percentage matched August 1831 but value fell 20,600,000 from last year.
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Washington, D. C
Labor Advocates Urge Wage Increases in U S
In Washington on September 26 the American Federation of Labor urged wage increases to boost buying power and sustain business growth. The plea called for higher pay to offset rising living costs and stimulate a robust economy.
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Washington, D. C
American Federation of Labor
Chicago Area Business Shows Improvement in August
Chicago area business improved as rail passenger traffic rose in August per the American Railway Association. Middle West automoblie wholesale sales up 10 percent in units and 6 percent in value from July. Retail sales fell 3.2 percent but rose 5 percent in value. Furniture sales up 10 percent from July. Retail activity surged as wholesalers struggled to meet demand with more buyers from the West and Northwest.
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Chicago
American Railway Association
Middle West
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Chicago Association of Commerce
Nurse’s Body Found in Guadalupe River Disaster
Kerrville Texas Sept 26 Searchers recovered the body of Miss Cleo McCallum 32 who was drowned Thursday night A nurse at Legion hospital Frerr Tullos 36 a former patient also drowned when their car was swept away by high water on a fork of the Guadalupe river Miss McCallum’s body was to be sent to Defuniak Springs Florida her former home.
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Guadalupe River
Kerrville
Texas
Cleo McCallum
Frerr ‘Tullos
Legion Hospital
Plow for Treasure in Mussolini Village Unearths Finds
Sardinia farmers in a new agricultural community named for Mussolini till the fields from dawn to dusk while ancient coins and pottery are being unearthed. The discovery draws attention beyond farming as locals sift soil for relics amid daily work.
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Mussolinia
Sardinia
M_ussolinI
Four New Charges Against Four Suspects in Deputy Mangald Slaying
Deputy William Neunhoffer filed four new complaints Monday against Eugene Banspach Joe Demark also known as Joe Tomek Edgar McDonald and two others for robbery by assault with firearms and multiple burglary and theft charges linked to the September 18 slaying of Deputy George Mangald and robberies at Gawthon's Crockett Club Ed Haig store and Mission Grocery. Confessions cited by the deputy preceded the filings. Additional burglary charges were leveled in Medina and Wilson counties against the trio.
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Wiliam Neunhoffer
Tree
George Mangald
Justice of the Peace
John F. Onion
Eugene Banspach
Joe Demark
Joe Tomek
Gawthon
Edgar McDonald
Medina County
Wilson County
Paraguay Accepts Peace Plan With New Reservations
Dr Juan Jose Boler, Paraguayan representative, said Paraguay has accepted the latest neutral proposal for a truce with Bolivia, but with conditions. He delivered Paraguay's reply to Chairman Francis White, while withholding the text. Paraguay had stated its position on every neutral condition, after neutrals rejected an earlier Bolivian proposal and demanded a complete answer.
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Paraguay
Washington, D. C
Juan' Dose Boler
Ballyia
Franccis White
Tace
Soler Eald
Stock Bluebeards Scored by Speaker
Cincinnati September 16 The National Association of Real Estate Commissioners opened its annual meeting with a speaker denouncing bluebeards in the securities field and warning the public about the erosion of funds by petty thieves bandits and bank robbers. E R Hicks of Little Rock Ark president of the association led the remarks.
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Cincinnati
National Agtariation of Real Estate Commissioners
E.R. Hicks
Little Rock
Ark
Association
King George to Return from Scotland Vacation
King George will curtail his holiday in Scotland and return to London on Friday. The move recalls the monarch’s quiet but decisive role in recent political events and suggests his influence on the present government remains pivotal.
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Condon
George
Scotland
London
Disarmament Bureau Fails to Win Germany at Conference
Geneva September 26 The disarmament conference bureau failed to induce Germany to join its deliberations and will hold until October 10 without discussing Germanys demands for arms equality. On that date the bureau will consider calling a session of the general commission resuming conference work.
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Germany
Geneva
Switzerland
Disarmament Conference Bureau
General Commission
M McPherson Named Trinity Manager at Trinity University
Waxahachie Texas September 26 1 The appointment of Wal M McPherson of Corpus Christi as business manager of Trinity University was announced today by President John H Burn. McPherson succeeds H L Williamson who died September 4 after 25 years with the university.
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M’pherson
Trinity
Waxahachie
Texas
Wal M. McPherson
Corpus Christi
Trinity University
John H. Burn
McPherson
H. L. Williamson
Mother Charged In Son's Death In Ontario
TOMONTO Ontario Sept 25 Mrs Catherine Whalen 28 of East Dorset VI was charged with murder after her seven year old son Cornelius died after suspected poisoning People say she and her son took poison the previous Wednesday following an alleged act of poisoning Mrs Whalen herself is critically ill and hospitalized with poisoning.
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Tomonto
Ontario
Catherine Whalen
East Dorset
Cornelius
Study on Youth Crime at Columbia Presbyterian Center
A Wise man at the Columbia Presbyterian center in New York outlines a study in Hanover on why youths turn to crime. The research tests whether a youth's inclination toward crime stems from physical or mental imbalance and investigates the influence of environment on delinquency.
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New York
Columbia Presbyterianyandicinal Center
Hlanover
Army aircraft debuts two man pursuit plane
An official Army Air Corps photo shows a two man pursuit plane once deemed impossible. Designed by an Air Corps engineer with Berliner Joyce Aircraft Corp, it combines fighter speed with rear gunner protection. The plane is photographed over Selfridge Field where the first squadron of six planes is stationed.
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Army Air Corps
Air Corps
Berliner
Joyce Air
Reds Victorious in Sofia Election
Reds win in Sofia as communists secure a majority of seats in the city council. Returns reversed claims of a Reds-led government and signals potential control should the result be recognized by authorities.
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Reds
Sofia
Bulgaria
Camarunists
Clf- Council
Lumber Industry Sees Big Gains, Sector Hails Demand Boom
Washington report quotes Wilson Campton, secretary of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, noting a two week rise in orders at mills. The sector emerges from a downturn as demand and production accelerate, signaling renewed momentum for lumber firms.
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Washington
Wilson Campton
Sec
Nealionel = Limbers Manufacturers’ association
Fort Smith Coal Mines Reopened After Strike
Fort Smith coal mines reopen after a three week lull. About 5000 workers back at the pits today with roughly 12,000 tons expected to be mined. When the 5600 return home tonight they will have about $19,000 in pay.
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Fort Offin
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