Two Insurance Men Charged in Wall Street Boy Kidnapping
New York reports two men, Allen W. August and George T. Clarke, a former high school football coach, were held for arraignment in the kidnapping of 9-year-old John Russell. They allegedly abducted him to raise cash, after ransom demands and a citywide manhunt.
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New York
Wall Street
John Russell
Allen W. August
Cleveland
George T. Clarke
Russell
August
Clarke
Arthur
New York City
Cestordiay
Mulrooney
Bay Ridge
Brooklyn
May Walsh
Al Smith Announces Eastern Speaking Tour
Alfred E. Smith revealed a series of talks for the New York State and National Democratic tickets. The first major address is set for October 19 at Tammany Hall with additional appearances planned in Newark Providence Boston and Buffalo from October 24 to 29.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
New York State
Tammany Hall
Newark
N.J
Providence
R. I
Boston
Albany
Buffalo
N. J
Gunfire Breaks Out at Hewittville Coal Mine Battle
In Taylorville Illinois on October 13 gunfire spattered picket lines of men and women at the Hewittville Coal Mine. National Guardsmen rushed to the scene but details remained unclear and no injuries were believed.
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Taylorville
Ill
Hewittville
National
Ohio Weather Forecast Tonight and Friday
Partly cloudy in most areas with a slight chill. In the west and north portions of the state temperatures dip modestly as the night and Friday bring continued fair conditions.
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Ohio
Ridgeville Fire Dept Faces Record 24 Hour Period
Ridgeville's volunteer fire department logged its busiest 24 hours, fighting three fires Tuesday and Wednesday. A gasoline stove blast at the McMullen home on Root Road damaged the interior and furniture. a Lorain Street residence owned by Justice Nye and occupied by the Shearer family was destroyed by fire from sparks. a barn on the Al Jackson farm on Sprague Road burned with livestock losses. The barn blaze occurred after neighbors alerted crews late in the day, despite the farm lying outside Ridgeville's service area in Cuyahoga County.
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Ridgeville
McMullen
Root Road
Arthur Falkner
Oberlin
Lorain Street
Shearer
Justice Nye
Han
al Jackson
Sprague Road
Ridgeville Department
Cuyahoga County
Thoops Restore Order in Belfast
British troops and Belfast police restored order after two days of rioting looting and hand to hand fighting. Royal Fusiliers moved into the city and patrolled with machine guns while the King’s Royal Rifles arrived as relief as curfew kept streets empty at night.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Royal Fusiliers
Hollywood
King’s Royal Rifles
Tidworth
War Office
London
Fusiliers
King's Rifles
Two Fugitive Convicts Caught in Georgia
In Decatur Georgia October 18 two convicts who escaped from Jacksonville jail where they testified in a trial of prison camp guards charged with murder were arrested. Cleo Drew and James Warford were held for Duval County sheriff en route to custody. Patrolmen Turner and Ford halted them. the fugitives admitted their identities.
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Decatur
Jacksonville
Duval County
Cleo Drew
James Warford
B. M. Turner
C. B. Ford
Communist Revolt Reported in Southern Bulgaria
Athens reports a Communist revolution in southern Bulgaria with dispatches received today. It notes the upheaval and possible organizational disruption in the region as of October 13.
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Bulgaria
Athens
Death summons Billy Sunday’s daughter in Michigan
Billy Sunday, slated to speak in Lorain for the AntiSaloon League, could not appear after receiving news Tuesday night of his daughter Avs Mark Hannes’s death in Sturgis Michigan. Lieutenant Colonel Frank B. Ebert of Los Angeles spoke in his place.
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William A
Billy Sunday
Lorain
AntiSaleon League
Mr. Sunday
Avs
Mark Hannes
Sturgis
Michigan
Col
Frank B. Ebert
Los Angeles
Bernstein on Trial Faces Cross Examination in Embezzlement Case
Alex Bernstein former chief deputy treasurer underwent rigorous cross examination by County Prosecutor Liegh ley as the state framed him as the principal in an embezzlement scheme amounting to 177 six hundred dollars. Bernstein denied using treasury funds to offset shortages and explained hold checks and secret compartments while acknowledging not reporting certain hold checks.
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Cleveland
Alex Bernstein
P.L. A. Lieghley
Bernstein
Maurice Maschke
Herman H. Finkle
Charles Bernstein
Henry A. Beckerman
Treasury
William J. Corrigan
Lieghley
L. G. Collister
Collister
Treasury Vauit
Felix O'Neil
Bright Spots In Business World
A roundup from multiple cities notes varied economic activity. Failures totaled 438, the lowest since November 1931, while Galloway Cotton Mills employees gain a 10 percent raise for 4,000 workers. Hudson and Essex car shipments rose in September, and Pennsylvania Railroad ordered 1,285 box cars needing 19,000 tons of steel. Electric output at North American Co. subsidiaries climbs weekly since Labor Day. Republic Steel resumes operations at Niles plant. Western New York prunes market shows strength for Fellenberg variety.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
Philadelphia
North American Co
Frank L. Dame
Philadelphia—Pennsylvania Railroad
Hoover Warns of False Prophets in Campaign
President Hoover, speaking to the American Bar Association in Constitutional Hall, warned that radicalism and false prophets threaten personal liberty and savings. He criticized Roosevelt and other Democrats, urged bar members to shape public opinion with support from the press, and outlined plans for a campaign swing to Cleveland with stops in Martinsburg, Cumberland, Connellsville, McKeesport, Braddock, Newcastle, Youngstown, and Akron.
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Washington
Hoover
American Bar Association
Constitutional Hall
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Association
Jgy
Cleveland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Marrinsburg
W. Va
Cumberland
Colonel Cole in critical condition after car crash
Colonel Ralph D. Cole of Findlay, commander of the Ohio Department of the American Legion, remains in Warren City Hospital with a broken neck and partial paralysis after a Tuesday auto crash on the west highway en route to Cleveland to install Legion Post officers. Doctors said recovery is unlikely.
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Warren, O
Ralph D. Cole
Findlay
Ohio Department of the American Legion
Warren City
Cole
Cleveland
Legion Post
Verdict Upheld By Appeals Court in Car Collision Case
The district court of appeals upheld a verdict for the defendant in the suit by Paul Barkac against George E. Russell. Barkac sought $25,000 damages claiming he was struck by Russell’s car in October 1930 while crossing Oberlin Road near Stop. The appeal confirms the lower court’s ruling in Cleveland.
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District Court of Appeals
Paul Barkac
Big- Tia
George E. Russell
Cleveland
Barkac
Common Pleas
Oberlin Road
Insull to be requested to leave Greece
Samuel Insull, indicted Chicago utilities magnate, will be asked to leave Greece after his wife and son arrive from Paris. Greek Interior Minister said expulsion would be decided after talks with the Premier and Foreign Office, with options including deportation or removal to a country with extradition.
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Athens
Samuel Insull
Insull
Greece
Chicago
United Press
Paris
Foreign Office
Eleutherios Venizelos
Oreign
Interior
Legation
Italy
France
Hoover to address five Cleveland audiences Saturday
President Hoover will speak at Public Hall Cleveland on Saturday night to about 10 000 in Public Hall plus 3 000 in Music Hall and thousands more in basement loud speaker areas. He will also address workers and supporters along a eight city platform tour en route to Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Hoover
Public Hall
Cleveland Committee
Public Halk
Jim
East Fth Street
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Cumberland
Martinsburg
W. Va
Connellaville
McKeesport
Braddock
New Castle
Youngstown
Akron
Will Ask State To Improve Road
County Commissioner C. D. Murray travels to Columbus to urge the state highway department to repave about 1700 feet at the south end of Oberlin on Wellington road. The unpaved stretch, once used by electric cars, now poses a safety risk, he notes, citing prior state improvements in Wellington and other towns.
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Oberlin
Wellington Road
State Highway Department
C. D. Murray
Columbus
Murray
Wellington
Fifteen Men Fall Into Huge Siphon in Mojave Desert
Fifteen workers were injured when they dropped 300 feet into a siphon of the Los Angeles aqueduct near Grapevine Canyon in the Mojave desert. Crews removed the injured and transported them to Los Angeles for treatment after a scaffolding accident during painting inside the nine foot pipe.
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Los Angeles
Indian Wells
Mojave Desert
Grapevine Canyon
Mojave
Owens River
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Drastic tariffs take effect in Canada amid trade shift
Ottawa reports new Canadian tariffs aim to divert United States sales worth 75 million to 150.09 million dollars to British Commonwealth producers. The measures cover iron and steel, textiles, chemicals, autos, tobacco, fruit, and more, part of imperial trade realignment following the Smoot Hawley Act. Premier Bennett notes Britain will adjust schedules next week to favor Canadian metals and agriculture, seeking to compensate for U S market losses.
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Ottawa
Ont
United States
British Commonwealth of Nations
Great Britain
Britain
Canada
R. B. Bennett
Bennett
Homecoming At Columbia Methodist Church Sunday
Rev. J H Jones announces a full day of Rally Day and Homecoming at Columbia Methodist Church. Morning session starts 9 45 with Sunday School at 11 00, a noon pot luck dinner, Epworth League at 2 00 with a speaker from Baldwin Wallace College, and no evening service.
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Columbia Methodist Church
J. H. Jones
Epworth League
Baldwin-Wallace College
Woman Falls 10 Stories to Death in Columbus Hotel
Mrs. James Miches, 38, wife of Deshler-Wallick Hotel manager, leaped from a thirteenth floor room in the Commodore Terry Hotel in Toledo on October 13, dying from the fall. Police investigated the incident as a possible suicide.
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Toledo
James Miches
Columbus
Tax Bills Mailed By County Treasurer
Tax bills for personal and classified property are being mailed by County Treasurer D Backus. About 7,000 bills will be sent, with payment due at the treasurer's office until October 25 and possibly longer. No penalty before Oct 25. date may be extended. Adjustments authorized by the tax commission may change some bill amounts.
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D. Backus
Backus
Tax Commission
R F C To Finance Surplus Crops Exports
Bulletin from Washington reports the Reconstruction Finance Corpora tion will advance funds to aid agriculture by financing exports of surplus crops. It plans to support sale of 15,000,000 bushels of wheat to China once legal clearance is secured.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Today
Clina
Students May Go To Elyria-Cleveland Heights Game By Bus
A potential bus charter for Elyria High School students to attend the Elyria Cleveland Heights football game was raised at a meeting. charter depends on how many students volunteer, with E Glenn Baxter directing the trip if approved. A rally at the high school tomorrow will showcase band music coach talk and cheerleader led cheers.
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Elyria High School
Elyria
Cleveland Heights
C. P. Shively
E. Glenn Baxter
Washington School
Firemen extinguish blaze in truck in Detroit front of Broad Street
Firemen were called early during Fire Prevention Week to extinguish a blaze in a large Detroit truck parked at 102 Broad Street. Friction from a spinning flat tire on the rim started the fire, destroying two tires on a rear wheel but causing no damage to the truck itself.
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Flyrna
Detroit
Broad Street
Sandusky borrows $77,000 for waterworks improvements
Sandusky has borrowed 77000 dollars from an unnamed credit source to construct a stage basin and fund additional waterworks projects. The loan was announced late yesterday. Interest rate was not publicly disclosed but believed to be about six and a half percent.
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Sandusky
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
City of Sandusky
Hamilton banker E G Ruder dies after operation
E G Ruder longtime president of the First National Bank and Trust Company in Hamilton Ohio died after complications from a stomach operation Monday. He also served as president of the Hamilton Dime Savings Bank and held interests in local enterprises including the Hamilton Industrial Bank and the Miami Valley Knitts Mine.
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Hamilton
Hamilton, O
E. G. Ruder
Flist National Bank and Trust Company
Ruder
Hamilton Dime Savings Bank
Hamilton Industrial Bask
Miami Valley
Bank Robbers Firepower Ends In Stenographers Shielding
In Grand Island Nebraska National Bank robbers seized 25000 dollars in cash and currency. A group of stenographers were forced to stand on a car running board to shield them from possible gunfire before the bandits fled.
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Grand Island
Neb
U. P
Nebraska National Bank
Supreme Court to Wave New Home
President Hoover laid the cornerstone of the Supreme Court's new 16 million dollar white marble home before a multinational legal audience. Chief Justice Hughes and John W. Davis spoke. Mrs Taft placed a tin box with telegraphics in the niche as the 12 ton block was set.
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Washington
Hoover
Supreme Court
Hughes
John W. Davis
David Lynn
Capitol
American Bar Aegatiation
William Howard Taft
Bonus Demand Presented to Hoover by Delegation
A mixed delegation from the Bonus Expeditionary Force secured an almost hour long audience with President Hoover to present demands for immediate payment of the soldiers bonus. Hoke Smith led the group while Walter Newton served as presidential secretary during the talks in Washington.
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Washington
Bonus Expeditionary Force
Hoover
Hoke Smith
Walter Nawton
200 Men to Return to Ore Mines in Cleveland District
More than 1200 workers will resume duties November 1 at the Cleveland Iron Company mines on the Upper Igan Peninsula. President William G. Mather announced the resumption, with ore stock large but operations limited to two days a week to restart after a prolonged shutdown.
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Cleveland, Q
Itos
Cleveland Iron Company
Igan Peninsula
William G. Mather
Ead Gy
Mather
Attorney Ward Spurney Dies at 88 in Cleveland
Od ward F Spurney, noted attorney and former league faceball player, died at home in Gy Heights. The 88 year old was a longtime figure in local sports and legal circles.
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Cleveland
Odward F. Spurney
Gy Heights
Spurkey
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Second Congregational Church
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Nora Mefford
President Hoover
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