Free Canal Bill Passes the Senate
The Senate approved the canal toll repeal bill by 47 to 37 despite opposition from Senator Lodge. The measure moves to the House and is expected to face committee review after the armament conference opening November 11. Senate finance panel approved amendments to tax repeal and adds new rates and rebates.
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Senate leader eyes early passage of measure before month end
He reiterated belief that the measure could reach the President by month’s end, claiming near unanimous Senate support. He did not anticipate a prolonged conference or controversy and expected the bill to become law within the current month.
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White Sox Clinch City Series Fifth Straight Win
Kil Gleason's South siders claim 9 to 5 victory over the Cubs to seal a fifth straight win in the Chicago city series and crown themselves 1927 champions among major league teams.
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Bill Kutlefer
Black leopard on the loose near Tidlependence Meo
A black leopard one of three from India escaped its cage at a zoological arena near Tidlependence and remains at large after leaping a cage bar and breaking a window, sighted by a local farmer.
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400000 To Aid Idle Workers Expansion of Federal Service
Secretary of Labor Davis ordered a request for a 400000 special congressional appropriation to expand the federal employment service in line with the conference recommendations. The move aims to create jobs and better place unemployed workers nationwide.
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Five Die as Wall Falls in Lynchburg Demolition
Five men were killed and two injured when a brick wall collapsed during city demolition work in Lynchburg Virginia. All victims were white workers employed by the city government.
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Lyenchburg
Two Breweries Seized in Chicago Crackdown
Prohibition officers under Commissioner Haynes moved to curb illegal beer supply in Chicago. The Mutual Brewing plant at 824 West Twenty second Street was seized as the first step in a city wide cleanup, with nine more breweries under investigation and imminent seizures expected. Local authorities said criminal charges will target officials of the Mutual Brewery for manufacturing possessing transporting and selling beer above legal limits.
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Ruel Brewing Company
Krijelasader
Ruth Plays Despite Injury in World Series Rally
New York reports Ruth as ailing with a crippled arm but driving the Yankees to victory against the Giants. He struck out three times but beat out a bunt for a key infield hit and sparked a late rally, helping Seibels to a 4-? win as Art Nehf faltered in the third and fourth innings.
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Yankees Edge Giants as Hoyt Leads Late Pinch Hitting
The account notes the sixth hit off him and credits Waite Hoyt with clutch pitching and late pinch hitting. The Yankees show better control than in earlier matchups, but the Giants capitalize on Hoyt’s late-game work as the box score details.
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Bank Robbers Escape With 10000 Haul Across States
Reports indicate bandits fled toward Chicago in an automobile after robbing the First National Bank of 810,000 in cash and bonds. Two bank officers and four customers were locked in the vault during the heist, triggering a posse pursuit eight miles south of Hammond and 30 miles from Chicago. Separate incidents include a Bartles Sweeney Oil station safe blow at Peoria with about 500 taken and a robbery of the State Bank of Muncie near Leavenworth with cashier L K Worthington shot after exchanges of gunfire.
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Pact of Union Signed in Central America Shaping New Federation
Reports from Tegucigalpa say Honduras Guatemala and El Salvador formed a provisional federal council to govern a new Central American federation after governments suspend. San Jose hosted the pact signing in January with Costa Rica abstaining. Nicaragua rejected the treaty over boundary and American involvement concerns. The union would place Tegucigalpa as capital and add over a million people to the region.
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Honduras adopts federal constitution with three branches
The Constituent Assembly at Tegucigalpa approves a federal constitution creating executive, legislative, and judicial branches. A federal council leads the executive, two legislative chambers include a senate and deputies, and a life-tenured supreme court forms the judiciary, with autonomy for states within the federation. Mexico vows embargo on British oil firm Bl Aguila after tax dispute. Vera Cruz cites 3.080.000 pesos patent tax.
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Bl Aguila
Three Ships in Dense Fog Crash Off Scotland Coast
The Laird Line steamer Rowan sank after a double collision in fog off Cornwall point in the North Channel. Thirteen crew and three passengers are missing. two passengers died after rescue. The Rowan carried the American Southern Syncopated Orchestra. drummer Pete Robinson was among the dead. Several ships aided in rescue, 26 survivors were brought to Glasgow, and Captain Donald Brown perished.
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Reg Rai
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London
Nationals Hit Three Homers in Second
Three Nationals homer spree in the second inning sparks a rally as Harper drives in runs. Substitutions cause a pitching change with the starter being replaced after the burst.
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Giants Win World Series Game Eight Over Yankees Injuries Cancel Ruth
In the fifth World Series game the Giants defeated the Yankees 8 to 5 as Fewster Meusel and Snyder homer for the Giants. Harper started for the Americans and was relieved after two innings by Shawkey. Babe Ruth will miss the remainder of the series due to an injured arm warned by his physician to avoid further risk.
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Greeks and Turks clash on new Asi Minor front
Special report from Athens says Greek and Turkish Nationalist forces fight a stern battle along a fresh Asi Minor front from Asian Karahisser northward to Brusa. Greek forces claim a complete victory on the southern end, driving Nationalists from the field with heavy losses.
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Brusa
Exposition Ship to Leave in January
The American steamship St. Louis will depart New York next January for a year long sales promotion tour to fifty foreign ports. Fitted as a floating exhibition hall with samples from 300 American manufacturers, the ship will showcase goods under the slogan I tell the world. Interpreters and credit men will aid manufacturers' representatives in foreign markets.
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J. Herbert Andson
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Change Your Key Harping on One Gets Out of Tune
A Globe-Democrat notice observes the repeat critic who focuses on a single subject drifts off tune with the wider world as reflected in public discourse.
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