Raskob Blamed For Stock Market Crash Posters
Washington reports a Republican campaign poster asks who caused the stock market crash and claims John J. Raskob, Democratic National Committee chairman, sold short and influenced market mood. Raskob denounces the poster as libelous and declares he never sold short. The GOP circulated the poster nationwide citing an August 1929 Ladies Home Journal interview. Senator Robinson had previously blamed Raskob in speeches.
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Washington
Raskob
Democratic National Commitee
Democratic
Hoover
Republican National Committee
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Samuel Crowther
Ladies Home Journal
Godard Loses Chance To Prove Campbell Fired Bullets
Calvin Goddard Chicago ballistics expert fails to complete tests linking a Campbell pistol to bullets found in Mary Baker's body. Assistant U.S. Attorney Collins denies returning pistols and bullets to Chicago, stating no good purpose would be served. Campbell had been acquitted.
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Washington
Calvin Goddard
Chicago
Herbert M. Campbell
Mary Baker
United States
Collins
Goddard
Campbell
Governor Russell Celebrates 33rd Birthday in Georgia
Savannah report says Governor-elect Richard Brevard Russell Jr. will host a quiet birthday party in Winder as he marks his 33rd birthday. He has been hosted by Savannah leaders, attended a luncheon, and will attend a Georgia versus Florida football game before returning home.
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Savannah
Winder
Chief Russell
Richard Brevard Russell
Dick” Russell
Georgia
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Local labor to build U S government projects this winter
Washington reports the government will use local labor at unchanged wages for winter construction under the expanded unemployment relief program. The treasury plans to push major federal building work, seek new appropriations for fifty sites, and stress the policy of maintaining current wage levels in government contracts.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Shipping Board
Mellon
Mayor Thompson Not Out of Danger in Chicago
Chicago November 1 Mayor William Hale Thompson remains in Passavent Hospital after an appendectomy facing possible peritonitis. Doctors say he is mentally cheerful and reacting normally though not yet out of danger. He awoke after an 11 hour sleep in good spirits and asked about a speech read for him.
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Mayor Thompson
Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Passavent Hospital
J. Hamilton ‘Lewis
Chicago Tribune
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Vice President Curtis Confirms undercover Senate Agent
Hutchinson Kansas November 1 Vice President Charles Curtis revealed he approved placing an undercover prohibition agent in the Washington Senate office building. Dr James M Doran former prohibition director now commissioner of industrial alcohol said an agent had been sent there at authorities request. Curtis said he approved the assignment and believed it had other officials' approval and aimed to curb bootlegger activity on Capitol Hill.
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Hutchinson, Kas
Charles Curtis
Senate
Washington
James M. Doran
Prohibition
Industrial Alcohol
Seceretary of the
Capitol Hill
Czar Boris and Queen Ioanna Guarded by Many Officers
In Sofia on November 1, elaborate police precautions surrounded Czar Boris III and Queen Ioanna on arrival. Officials said the measures focus on Ioanna’s safety, following fears of an attack seen in Crown Prince Humbert’s Brussels betrothal incident. The couple joined crowds in plain clothes after midnight, mingling with celebrants outside the palace. A stray rifle discharge near the royal train near Madole caused confusion, with police and troops firing in error.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Boris III
Ioanna
Iloanna
Boris
Humbert
Brussels
Joanna
Madole
Bourgas
Talmadge's Home Destroyed by Fire Near McRae
Atlanta and McRae report that the home of Eugene Talmadge state commissioner of agriculture five miles from McRae burned early today. He was notified by telephone and left for the scene at once.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
McRae
Mobile shipowner held for burning boat for insurance
Wealthy Mobile ship owner Captain J. W. Amsurphy posted a 15 000 bond to answer an indictment alleging he assisted in scuttling the Rose Murphy in 1927 to collect marine insurance. The body of an additional suspect died before questioning as authorities seek others. The Rose Murphy sank carrying phosphate from Boca Grande Florida to Norfolk Virginia for the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company.
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Moobile
Ala
Norvok
J. W. Amsurphy
Mobile
Bond
Rose Murphy
Florida
Murphy
Marine Insurance
Coast Guard
Norfolk
Olive C. Roddy
Roddy
Boca Grande
Fla
Norfolk, Va
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Robert T. Ervin
Brush Fire Threatens Malibu Estates and Santa Monica Range
A major brush fire, which began in Ventura county, crossed into Los Angeles county and crept toward Malibu estates and Santa Monica properties. It burned 8,000 acres, destroyed two $15,000 homes, 40 cattle, and several summer houses, forcing 2,000 men to fight the twelve mile front as winds shift. Fire officials fear dense underbrush could halt progress before Hollywood. Ventura reports seven fires in days past charred about 50,000 acres.
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Los Angeles
Malibu
Santa Monica
Ventura County
Tsiff
Los Alisos Canyon
Hollywood
Five Die From Coal Gas Fumes in Bronx Apartment
In New York on November 1 a Bronx family of five perished from coal gas fumes. The deceased are Gustave Peterson 55 his wife Susan 48 and their children Rose 17 Gustave 13 and Kathleen 9.
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New York
Bronx
Gustave Peterson
Susan
Rose
Gustave, Jr
Kathleen
King of Kings Crowned in Abyssinia as Crowds Gather
Addis Ababa reports a quarter million tribesmen encamped around the city walls for the coronation of Ras Tafari as emperor and the queen as queen consort. The pageant draws travelers from northeastern Africa and signals one of modern times' grand ceremonial events.
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Addis Ababa
Abyssinia
Africa
Ravbarn
Solomon
Jaeha
Ras Tafari
David
George's Church
Haile Slasse I
Waizeru Monen
Savannah men held after rum runners caught today
Providence R I Nov 1 Five crew members of the rum boat Pueblos were held in 3000 bail each for trial on Nov 17 after being captured by the coast guard with about 900 cases of liquor. They pleaded not guilty and posted bail. One arrestee was listed as Robert Drury of Savannah Ga 718 Brill Street.
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Providense
R.ich
United States
Pueblos
Coast Guard
New London
Block Island
Robert Drury
Brill Street
Savannah
Wild gusher at Oklahoma City still out of control
A loud gusher at Oklahoma City’s edge continued to threaten fire disaster. Fire officials reduced the danger area to six blocks square as workers capped the spout with a steel bonnet. National guardsmen and civilians guarded the district while three hundred residents fled, schools closed, and transport halted. The well is estimated to flow 60,000 barrels daily with 100,000,000 feet of gas.
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Oklahoma City
National Guardsmen
John Gordon
Earth Shocks Stir Italian Town Near Macerata
Astrazione Italy reports a spate of tremors last night in Astra near Macerata with shocks continuing until 1:20 a m. No injuries or damage were recorded as residents remained in panic.
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Astra
Italy
Macerata
Quake in Copenhagen register minor tremor
A slight earthquake struck Copenhagen just after midnight lasting about two seconds. There was no damage reported.
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Copenhagen
Earthquake Felt in Ruegen Denmark and Sweden
An earthquake felt last night and today in Denmark and southern Sweden was also noticed on the island of Ruegen on the German Baltic coast. The tremor was distinctly perceptible but caused no damage.
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Putbus
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Ruegen
Baltic
Express wreck near Kearneysville kills engineer and scalds fireman
Martinsburg West Virginia November 1 The No 17 westbound Baltimore and Ohio express wrecked at 430 am on a curved detour track. Engineer Stanley Pickett Baltimore died. Fireman Charles Priphrey Baltimore was scalded severely and thought to die. Locomotive eight express cars and one crew car were wrecked and cleared.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Kearneysville
Stanley Pickett
Baltimore
Charles Priphrey
Durne
Clesed
Kauffman Awaiting Execution in Missouri
Paul H. Kauffman, 81, convicted of killing 17 year old Avis Woolery of Webb City Mo, awaits the death penalty after a jury found him guilty. He lured the girl to Kansas City with nursemaid job promises and murdered her.
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Kansas City
Paul H. Kauffman
Avis Woolery
Webb City
Kauffman
Girl Freed On Her Face Value By Judge
Evanston Illinois November 1 Mayme Rothacker 21 a stenographer was freed on what the newsman calls face value after speeding arraignment before Magistrate Harry H Porter lacking the ten dollar bail. The magistrate added a quip that a pretty face is bail enough, drawing police remarks.
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Evanston
Ill
Mayme Rothacker
Henry Dricker
Harry H. Porter
Nation divided by dissention in this year’s elections
Across the nation the parties stage final rallies before Tuesday’s general election choosing a new congress and governors in thirty states. Democrats predict gains in the House and reduced Republican Senate margins while Republicans hope a turn in fortunes despite looming losses.
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Byron Price
Associated Press
Carni- Mo
House of Representatives
Senate
James J. Watson
Indiana
James A. Reed
Missouri
Hyde
National Forum
Eight Men and Child Killed as Robbers Are Caught
Eight men and a child die in Lneena Tayabas Province when two robbers, caught in the act, open fire. One robber captured. the other escapes as authorities report a send of panic after arrest.
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Lneena
Tayabas
P. 1
Weather forecast for South Carolina Georgia and Florida
South Carolina and Georgia see fair skies with continuing cold and frost tonight and Sunday rising temperatures. Florida remains fair but cold with frost in extreme north and interior central area. winds mostly from the north and northeast.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Geoeseeaoe
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