Plot Against Life of Former Leader Tarnishes Moscow
Moscow dismisses as unlikely the London tale of a plot to kill Leon Trotzky in his Alma Ata exile. The report claims him besieged by sharp shooters and blocked by local enemies as his family endures hunger and denial of aid. Izvestia cited for investigation, while Trotzky’s son defends the fortresslike residence amid remoteness and hardship.
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London
Daily 1
Trotzky
Redes
Kkestan
Moscow
Mos
Izvesta
Turkestan
Trote
Izky
Leon Trotzky
Purtis Addresses Sioux on Citizenship and Responsibility
Senator Curtis, son of the Kaw and Republican vice presidential nominee, urged Sioux to value schooling, home building, farming, and active voting. He warned against alcohol, emphasized civic duties, and encouraged informed participation in U.S. government.
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Curtis
United States
Shell
Dome
Suzanne May Takes Husband Gossip Sparks in France
In CE France on September 20 AP reports Suzanne Lengien, famed tennis star, will marry only when she wishes and will play tennis as she pleases. Her mother and Suzanne, dining with Baldwin Baldwin, grandson of E J Baldwin of California, underscore the gossip surrounding their plans.
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France
Suzanne Lengien
Suzanne
Suvanne
Baldwin “Baldwin
E. J
Lucky” Baldwin
California
Abduction Hunt Mobilizes Hawaii National Guard
In Honolulu a force of about 2,600 including 2,000 guardsmen and 600 special deputies searched the island for Gill Jamison, 10, after his kidnapping from school. Eight suspects, including five Japanese, were held as detectives probe alibis of Harry Kaisan and others amid a ransom demand of 10,000 dollars and a reported $4,000 delivered.
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Honolulu
Gill Jamison
Frederick W. Jamison
McIntosh
Sonn
Ohta
Harry Kesan
Jamison
Kaisan
National Guard
Lebrix Awarded Flying Cross in U S Ceremony
Lieutenant Commander Joseph Lebrix, who with Diewienne Costes piloted to South and North America in 1927 28, received the American Distinguished Flying Cross from General William W Harts. Costes also earned the honor on August 29 during the French fliers visit to the United States.
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Paris
Joseph Lebrix
Diewienne Costes
North American
United States
William W. Harts
Costes
Three Divorces Sought From Same Husband in Chicago
Mrs. Jose Hiltwein urged that three divorces from the same man are enough after Judge Gemmil indicated he would grant a petition for divorce from Hiltwein thrice married. The first divorce occurred in 1922 after one year of marriage. the second ended in 1923. the couple remarried on April 11 following a divorce decree.
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Chicago
Josephone Hiltwein
Gemmil
Hiltwein
Hiltweins
Bankers Disappear as Fraud Probes Hit Beemer Neb
In Beemer Nebraska investigators pursue Paul Wupper and G C Myer amid a banking sector seizure and alleged embezzlement totaling 967 000. State examiners traced Wupper after a conference with officials and he left for Lincoln then Omaha to seek funds and contact a Chicago contact for borrowing.
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State Bank
Wupper
Beemer
G. C. Myer
Beemer Bank
Lincoln
Neb
Meyer
Omaha
Chicago
Sm Bank
Eget
Jeffers Named Vice President of Union Pacific System
C R Gray announces E E Calvin will retire October 31 after fifty years of service. W M Jeffers, currently general manager, will become vice president operation Union Pacific system. N A Williams to succeed Jeffers as general manager Union Pacific railroad. Jeffers, 52, native of North Platte, began as messenger and rose through telegraphy, dispatching, and management roles to lead the railroad unit since 1917.
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Union Pacific System
E. E. Calvin
W. M. Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
Mr. Calvin
N. A. Williams
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Mr. Jeffers
Union Pacific
Calvin
North Platte
Nebraska
William Jeffers
North Patte
Green River
Denver
Consolidated
Ogden
Omaha
Jeffers
South Omaha
Council Bluffs
Harriman
Regulars Control State Convention in Wisconsin
Madison September 20 AP The conservative controlled state convention backed the Hoover and Curtis platform pledging support and called for a full legislative inquiry into excessive political spending in recent campaigns. After an seventeen hour session the Progressives were flipped to elect Herman L Ekern former attorney general and Progressive chair of the new conservative state central committee. The convention overrode Progressive positions for the first time in eight years.
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Madison
Conserva Platform
Hoover
Curtis
Walter J. Kohler
Herman L Ekern
State Central Committee
State Schools Not Be Merged
Idaho officials report no active steps toward merging the University of Idaho School of Mines and School of Engineering. W. Ellis serves as acting dean and secretary of the state bureau of mines and geology, amid opposition from mining leaders who warn the plan would jeopardize the mining school, bureau, and Moscow field station.
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School of Mines
School of Enineering
University of Idaho, & D
Commissioner of Education
Idaho Mining Association
W. Ellis
State Bureau of Mines and Geology
Francis Thompson
Vincent
Rivanei MacBeth
Mining Association
Frederick J. Kelly
Tae University
State Bureau of Imines and Geology
Moscow
Storm sweeps New England and New Jersey coastline
The tropical hurricane fringe of the West Indies and Florida lashed the North Atlantic coast from Hatteras to Boston with high seas and whole gale winds. Four people died in New Jersey from falling trees or traffic accidents while New York Harbor saw tides three feet above normal and several bridges adjusted. Downed trees, damaged power lines, and scattered phone outages disrupted urban areas including Manhattan where signs and windows were struck.
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West Indies
Florida
North Atlantic
Hatteras
Boston
Poes
New Jersey
New York Harbor
Manasquan
Point Pleasant
Manhattan
Ga E
Dany
Baseball doubleheader results and scores across leagues
National League action features St Louis and New York split results in a doubleheader with a broadcast by KSEI. Cincinnati rallies past Boston 9 5 in extras as Ash and Picinich star for Cincinnati. Pittsburgh defeats Philadelphia 6 4. Philadelphia tops Detroit 8 6, with Detriot completing a lopsided 16 8 win. St Louis beats Boston 4 2 in another game. Chicago and New York tie 0 0 after a late scoreless frame.
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RH. E. St. Louis
New York
Alexander Wd Wilson
Hubbel
Cardinals
KSEI
Woman in Maryland Kills Baby Then Shoots Self
Baltimore Md Sept 20 AP Virginia Zilka 26 told authorities at a hospital that she killed her three month old son and then shot herself citing fatigue and the baby as cross. Both were brought to the hospital from Farleigh Heights Md where the child died shortly after and the mother remained in serious condition. Husband Paul Zlika said she brooded over poverty after his long unemployment.
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Baltimore
Virginia Zilka
Hell
Farleigh Heights
Paul Zlika
Saint Penney New York Chain of Stores Fire Escape Injury
A brief local report notes a fire at a chain of stores in Saint Penney New York that caused injuries today. Details remain sparse with no further names or official statements available.
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Saint Penney
York
Eas
Chain of
Excapes
Northcott murder case draws new extradition bid
In Southern California the Northcott case widens as Riverside DA begins extradition for Gordon Northcott and his mother Mrs Louisa Northcott. Calgary and Vernon arrests move the plot, while bone tests hint at human remains on the Northcott farm and a boy in California claims a false Walter Collins identity.
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California
Riverside County District Attorney's Office
Gordon Northcott
Louisa Northcott
Young Colins
Christine Collins
Walter Colins
Walter Collins
Sanford Clark
Northcott
Illinois
Billy Felds
Canadian police hold woman and youth linked to California murder
Police in Vancouver and another Canadian city detained a woman believed to be Mrs Louisa Northcott and her son Gordon Northcott as suspects in a murder case connected to Southern California authorities. They awaited extradition or further instructions as the investigation continued.
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Vancouver
B. C
California
Louisa Northcott
Gordon Northcott
Cards and Giants Split Double Bill
At the Polo Grounds New York on September 20 the St. Louis Cardinals won game one 8 to 5 behind George J Giant’s three homers to take a three game pennant edge before about 50,000 fans. In the nightcap Prank Hogan hit a homer in the eighth as the Giants won 7 to 4, dividing the doubleheader and keeping the Cardinals two games ahead in the standings.
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Polo Grounds
New York
George J. Giant
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
Cardinals
Hoover Adheres To His Program In Campaign
At Herbert Hoover’s campaign HQ the Republican nominee said he would not respond to questions to his Democratic opponent Governor Alfred E. Smith. The inquiries on prohibition term relief and other topics were not submitted, with Hoover reiterating a policy to limit public statements to formal addresses.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Seventeen Aviators Leave Los Angeles for El Paso Flight
Seventeen aviators departed Los Angeles for El Paso on a long route to Cincinnati. The group started at 10 in the morning amid poor visibility and uncertain weather. The mission, flying over aerial highways, aimed for Cincinnati though rough conditions clouded the outlook.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
el Paso
Tex
Cincinnal
Ohio City
Harts Made a Death Pact in Detroit
Detroit report states Burr Hart and wife Grace entered a death pact. Nurse Louise Harms told police that Hart planned to kill Grace before taking his own life during the couple s financial troubles. Police say burglars were not responsible for the Harts deaths discovered last Saturday.
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Detroit
Burr Hart
Grace
Louise Harris
Hart
John Hoffman
Hoffman
Harts
Rescue on a Leaking Lumber Seamer Off Cape Hatteras
The steamship Willbabco sprung a leak in hurricane seas near Cape Hatteras. Captain C. H. McGahan, his wife, a boy and a girl, and 89 crew rode out the danger as the Guayaquil and Mallory tanker Hoxbar assisted. The woman and two children were evacuated to the Guayaquil while the vessel was towed toward New York.
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San Francisco
Cape Hatteras
Guayaquil
Willbabeco
C. H. McGahan
Brooklyn
Willbabco
Panama Railway
Une
Tae Wusyequil
High Seas
Tain McGahen
Cartagena
Bayonne
N. J
New York
Will leaves bulk to secretary in Brooklyn estate case
John H. Lindstrom of New York filed for probate leaving his widow one dollar and Ruth Prindle of Detroit one thousand dollars. The residue of an estate likely over 100000 goes to May Moeller of Brooklyn as secretary. Lindstrom died September 4 at about 45. attorney unsure of total value.
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New York
Ethel Lindstrom
Minneapolis
Minn
May Moeller
Brooklyn
John H. Lindstrom
Ruth Prindle
Detroit
Lindstrom
Albert E. Marks
Hurricane may have killed birds in West Indies
The West Indian hurricane may have wiped out the last stock of flamingoes once spread over the West Indies and southern United States. The American Nature Association warns that the birds were nearly driven extinct by a hurricane two years earlier and fear the few remaining on Andros Island in the Bahamas could not have survived last week’s blow.
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Washington
American Nature Association
West Indies
United States
Andros Island
Bahamas
Florida faces vast hurricane toll near four hundred
Loss of life from Florida’s tropical storm rose to near 400 with 325 to 400 dead reported and 15 000 huts under water. Rescue crews bring food clothing medicine and building material to Lake Okeechobee while Red Cross and state officials coordinate aid and burial efforts.
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West Palm Beach
Florida
Lake Okeechobee
Vivien Colling
John Martin
Tallahassee
Red Cross
Okeechobee
Collins
Martin
Howard W. Selby
Palm Beach
The
Tariff Proclaimed as Vital Issue in Campaign
Washington dispatch reports Republican national committeemen urged maintaining tariff as a vital campaign issue. National Chairman Work accused Governor Smith and Democrats of misleading voters on tariff with a sugar coated Underwood act. He argued Republicans stand for a protective tariff, while Democrats tilt toward a competitive tariff. The piece notes a record New York stock sale by Reed Drake ending at 415,000.
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Washington
Republican National
National Committee
Smith
Democratic Party
Work
Hoornee
New York
Ard Wilcox Drake
Los A ' Gay
Road program covers 1065 miles in two years
Boise report shows the public works department completed a 1065 mile road program costing 4.6 million dollars in the biennium. 125 contracts were set, 40 miles of new highway built, 526 miles improved with 200 miles resurfaced, and oiling applied to 300 miles. The old Oregon trail segment from the Wyoming line to the Oregon line was finished. A body believed to be Gill Jamieson was found near a canal in Honolulu.
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Boise
Department of Public Works
Joe DD Wand
Wyoming Line
Oregon Line
Honolulu
Scope
Boon Tedey
Gill Jamieson
Canal
Roye
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