Greeks Invasion Intensifies In Bulgarian War Zone
Greek bombardments continue in Macedonia as Greek troops push deeper into Bulgarian territory. Bulgarian refugees number in tens of thousands fleeing hunger cold and pillage with reports of 240 square miles seized and civilians suffering. The League of Nations council convenes in Paris to seek peace and arbitration proposals under its covenant.
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Associated Press
League of Nations
Council of the League
Petrich
Macedonia
Athens
Bulgaria
Greece
Sofia
Council of the
Paris
Aristide Briand
Two Women Arrested Over Pacific Coast Mail Robbery
Chicago postal inspectors arrested Mrs. Dorothy Lee co of Los Angeles and Genevieve Gurino after a $500000 mail robbery near Los Angeles on October 8. They confessed taking $80000 cash and jewelry from Mrs. co’s husband during a dispute and face removal proceedings to California for charges.
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Chicago
Dorothy Leeco
Los Angeles
Genevieve Gurino
Tesiano
Gurino
United States
California
Death of General Hsing in Shanghai Crisis Report
Shanghai dispatches report General Hsing Shih-Lien, regional commander for General Chang Tso-Lin, killed himself after retreating up the Yangtse amid Cheki troops occupation. The dramatic event concludes a command crisis in Shanghai as forces moved to their positions.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Hsingshih- Lien
Chang Tso-Lin
Hsing
Yangtse
Shangoa
Mallet Robber Makes Off With 30000-Pound Jewelry Haul
London notices report a young man used a mallet to smash a jewelers shop window on Bond Street at noon. He escaped with a tray of rings valued at 30000 pounds, about 150000 dollars, as shoppers milled nearby.
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London
Bond Street
Weidmeier Bond Forfeit In Multi State Swindle Case
John W. Weidmeier, accused of swindling six women under various aliases, failed to appear in St Louis court. his $5,000 bond was forfeited while he faces Mann act charges in Chicago. Victims include Esther Wexler and four others identified by pictures. the case links to Mrs Virginia Beaverbrook in Washington.
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St. Louis
John W. Weidmeier
Chicago
Esther Wexler
Weidmeier
Ernest A. Fisher
Margaretta Hoffman
Virginia Martin
Washington, D. C
Rose Berken
New York
Carrie Hymans
Ada Frank
Detroit
Washington
Virginia M. Beaverbrook
J. W. Weidmeier
Weidemeier
Beaverbrook
Martin
Canton
Miss
Gloria Swanson Fined for Missing Witness
New York October 94 AP Gloria Swanson film actress was fined 250 dollars by referee Robert M Marsh in federal court for failing to appear as a witness in the separation suit brought by Janet Beecher against her husband Dr Richard Hoff. Swanson sailed for Europe and will be fined upon her return with an explanation of her absence.
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New York
Gloria Swanson
Robert M. Marsh
Janet Beecher
Richard H. Hoff
Miss Swanson
Europe
Forty Vessels Lost In Severe Cyclone In Persia Gulf
A cyclone has sunk forty vessels in the Persia gulf amid the worst storm of the generation. Reports from Burshire Persia estimate a death toll ranging from 1,000 to 7,000.
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Karachi
India
Persia Gulf
Burshire
Persia
Greek Legation Denies Petrich Bombardment Claims
The Greek legation released a statement today denying that the city of Petrich had been bombarded. It said only a few shells were fired at the railroad station to hinder transfer of Bulgarian troops arriving by the narrow gauge line near Doudnitsa, with no general bombardment.
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Washington
Get
Petrich
Tom Doudnitsa Nere
Mauretania Sails With Gold and Leverhulme Treasures
The Cunard liner Mauretania departed for New York carrying gold valued at 2,000,000 pounds sterling and the first consignment of the late Lord Leverhulme art treasures slated for sale in the United States.
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Southampton
England
Cunard
New York
Lord Leverhulme
United States
Taft elected president of North American YMCA convention
Charles P. Taft II of Cincinnati won the presidency of the international YMCA convention in Washington at age 28, becoming the youngest person to hold the post as sessions opened.
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Wasington
Charles P. Taft, II
Cincinnati
International Convention of Young Men’s Christian Associations of North America
Street car overturns injuring Benson students in Portland
A street car carrying Benson Polytechnic high school boys overturned on a downtown curve in Portland on October 24. About twenty boys were injured and transported to a hospital while en route to a football game.
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Portland
Ore
Benson Polytechnic High School
Good Time Cheyenne Wee Det Plane Arrival
A terse dispatch notes the arrival of a plane in Cheyenne at 2 o clock mountain standard time. The fragmented text confirms the time and location of the arrival with minimal additional details.
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Cheyenne
Wee Det
Mountain
Bootleggers Fight Ends in Three Deaths in New York Basement
Police say a large bootlegger confrontation in a rooming house basement left three men dead and others fleeing. Victims identified include Michael Orza of Yonkers and Vincenzo Schiamameo of Manhattan, with one survivor known only as Willie. Evidence includes torn tables, broken chairs, and eleven bullets found on walls. Chief Boatswain’s Mate Whitehead linked liquor seized to a rum ship, suggesting broader bootleg warfare.
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New York
John Magliorretti
Michael Orza
Yonkers
N. Y
Vincenzo Schiamameo
Manhattan
Willie
Palma
Whitehead
Noank
Rum Row
Curran predicts early settlement of anthracite strike
Philadelphia report quotes Rev John J Curran rector of St Marys Wilkesbarre saying he expects a quick end to the miners strike after discussions with UMW president John L Lewis. He cites dwindling coal supplies and rising prices with some dealers asking up to 22 a ton for chestnut and stove sizes.
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Philadelphia
John J. Curran
St. Mary’s
Wilkesbarre
Father Curran
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Atlantic City
Seoon
Bodies identified from sunken S-51 in Newport
Two sailors perished when the navy submarine S-51 sank. One body was Lt. James Dudley Hazelden Jr. of Milton SC, 28, single, found in pajama clothes. The other was Robert E. Noble, 25, motor machinist’s mate first class of Merrimac MA, identified through wallet and prints found with the remains.
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Newport, R. I
James Dudley Hazelden
Milton
South Carolina
Robert E. Noble
Merrimac
Hazelden
Troops Massing on the Frontier Heightens Greek Push
Sofia reports large Greek contingents moving toward the Bulgarian frontier amid accusations of a seven mile penetration on a 20 mile front. Bulgaria appeals to the League of Nations after noting Greece advanced as Sofia proposed a joint inquiry and ceasefire.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Athens
Greece
League of Nations Council
A.s
League
Couple killed while hunting in backwoods near Eureka
Eureka Calif Oct 24 The body of Carmen Wagner 18 owner of a Fersdale beauty parlor was found in a crude grave in a remote wooded area east of Eureka. Henry Sweet her hunting companion was found murdered near his car. Walter David 24 was arrested as investigators seek motive and the fate of the missing Wagner.
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Eureka
Calif
Carmen Wagner
Fersdale Beauty Parlor
Here
Pronto
Henry Sweet
Henry Sweet, Youthful Companion of Miss Wagner
Miss Wagner
Sweet
Mies Wagner
Walter David
Jack Ryan
David
Wagner
Glasgow University rector election ends amid campus siege
In Glasgow on polling day Austen Chamberlain won the rector’s contest over K Gherst on and Sidney Webb. The university campus faced a three hour battle with decayed missiles as egg hoaxes and other crude objects were used during the final campaigning and student skirmishes.
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Glasgow
Glasgow University
Austen Chamberlain
K. Ghesterton
Sidney Webb
Board of Trade
Seat of
Learning
Judge Advocates Prohibition Repeal Over Volstead Act
Judge Joseph B. David of the municipal court said enforcement would jail 75 percent of Chicago’s 3,000,000 people and called legislators hypocrites. He urged repeal or frank admission of prohibition’s failure. He scolded two police officers who searched Walter Juswicz’s home after they bought liquor from him.
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Collnge
Joseph B. David
Municipal Court Today
Chicago
Jude
David
Walter Juswicz
Eskimo Slayer Sentenced to Fifteen Years in Federal Prison
Timothy Dienouluck an Eskimo from a Yukon village was to serve a 15 year federal term at McNeil Island after shooting a tribe medicine man with a shotgun following his father's death believed caused by a wizard's spell. He traveled to Seattle to begin serving his sentence.
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Seattle
Timothy Dienouluck
South Fork
Yukon River
Nome
McNeil Island Federal Prison
Dienouluck
Beattle
British Incensed at the Charge
London broadside notes Britain furious over Brigadier General J Y Charteris statement in New York denying Germans used bodies of fallen soldiers for fats in munitions. If authentic, the war office may launch an inquiry.
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London
J. Y. Charteria
New York
War Office
Patrol boats aiding rum runners in New London arrests
Startling evidence of collusion between liquor transports and coast guard patrol boats guarding rum runners surfaced as officials announce two arrests. Filipino Guillino Manalli of the destroyer Trippe and Felix Palma of patrol boat CG-187 are named in the case.
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New London
Conn
Coast Guard
Guillino Manalli
United States
Trippe
Felix Palma
Reds Working Among Negroes
Washington reports communist agitators seek to recruit American Negroes through a Chicago congress described as organized by communists with a view to awakening revolutionary significance for the race. The American Federation of Labor warns unions that delegates may be sent to the congress.
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Washington
American Negro Labor Congress
Chicago
King Fromussia
America
Congress
Atlantic
Third Internationale
Lovett Ford- Whitman
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Asanta
North America
Conress
Planes Collide Near Oceanside. One Killed
Two Navy planes from the North Island naval air station collided off Oceanside 45 miles north of San Diego. Lieutenant Edgar L. Adams was killed, while Lieutenant L. C. Stevens and Chief Machinist's Mate J. Mills suffered minor injuries.
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San Diego
Edgar L. Adams
U.S. N
Battle Fleet
North Island Naval Air Station
Oceanside
Here
L. C. Stevens
J. Mills
Greeks Order Advance Against Rupel Pass
A Athens communique states the Greek commander ordered an early advance to seize Rupel pass. The move targets a route used by Bulgarians in incursions into Greek territory, aiming to secure the area and push back hostile movements.
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Vienna
Athens
Greece and Bulgaria in clash over Petrich patrols
Greek forces advance toward Rupel pass threaten further incursions into Bulgarian territory despite League of Nations mediation. Sofia vows to resist within Neuilly limits as Paris conference heads to assess the dispute. Bulgarian artillery remains limited to two field guns, with morale high among officers and troops.
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Associated Press
League of Nations
Petrich
Struma
Rupel Pass
Sufia
Bulgaria
League Council
Paris
Sofia
Neuilly
Balkan fronts shift as Bulgarian troops gain ground amid Greek shelling
Dispatches state Bia mobilizes and 40 comitadjis and regulars head to Melnik, 18 miles northeast of Petric, as Greek shell fire targets Melnik. Geneva reports Greece confirms Bulgarian troops occupy a block house on Greek territory north of Demirhisar as nations seek de escalation.
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Vienna
E. Say Bia
Eports
Comitadjis Beuda
Melnik
Petrich
Geneva
Negee of Nations
Demirhissar
Forests Going Under the Axe Story on U S Timber Declines
Census figures show total US lumber cut last year at 36.29 billion board feet, a 3.3 percent drop. Washington led at over six million feet with a 6.1 percent fall, Oregon down 7.6 percent, California and Nevada about two billion feet, Mississippi up 43 percent, signaling broader forest conservation concerns.
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Washington
Census Bureau
W. B. Greeley
Forestry Service
Oregon
Louisiana
Mississippi
California
Nevada
Opening of League Council Meeting Delayed to Monday
Paris reports the League of Nations Council will open Monday in the Quai dOrsay to hear an inquiry into the Greco Bulgarian dispute. Foreign Minister leads the council in this tense session.
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Paris
League of Nations Council
Quai D’orsay
Sallles
Dent
Counsil
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