Senator Brandegee Dead by Own Action in Washington
Senator Frank Brandegee of Connecticut, a longtime Republican leader, committed suicide at his Washington home by inhaling gas after financial troubles. A penciled note named Emma and Rufus Kenney as beneficiaries. no motive given. He leaves no immediate relatives and will likely be buried in New London.
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Associated Press
Washington
Frank Brandegee
Connecticut
Congress
Bichauffeur
Senate
Frank B. Brandegee
Emma
Rufus
Rufus Kenney
Mr. Brandegee
Googeestone
Jones
W. D. Lindy
Lundy
Senator Brandegee
Mr. Lundy
New London
Conn
New York
John W. Weeks
Brandegee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
United States
Connecticut House of Representatives
Naion of Representatives
Iowa Red Cross Plans State Meeting in Des Moines
Judge Hubert Utterback, chairman of the Iowa Council of the American Red Cross, calls a state council meeting in Des Moines on October 20 to elect a new state director and set plans for the annual roll call between Armistice Day and Thanksgiving. Regional conferences are scheduled for Sioux City Council Bluffs Burlington Cedar Rapids Mason City and Oskaloosa.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Hubert Utterback
Iowa Council of the American Red Cross
Sioux City
Council Blaffa
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Oskaloosa
Subscriptions Open for German Loan Rapidly Overbooked
Subscriptions for America's share of the $200 million German loan opened at 16:00 and closed twelve minutes later amid heavy over subscription. Major houses could not take more as demand exceeded allotments while early trading saw about $250,000 in bonds changing hands on the New York Exchange at 94 to 92 percent of par against the 92 offering price.
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Ansociated
New York
America
New York Stock Exchange
Two Tragic Deaths in Davenport Reported
Davenport Indiana October 14 Two tragic deaths occurred last night. Rudolph Knipbals aged 52 who had been drinking heavily killed himself with a bullet to the brain. F Fitter 40 moody over domestic troubles ended his life with poison.
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Associated Press
Davenport
Rudolph Knipbals
F. Fitter
Swedish cabinet resigns under Premier Ernest Trigger
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen reports that the Swedish government led by Premier Ernest Trigger has resigned, prompting a political shift in Stockholm and potential new leadership.
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Associated Press
London
Copenhagen
Ernest Trigger
Senator Frank Brandegee Dies in Washington
The report notes Senator Frank Brandegee of Connecticut died in Washington. Leaders and colleagues including Robert LaFollette and A B Cummins issued statements praising his service, judiciary chairmanship, and analytical mind. A special election will be held to fill the vacancy.
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ST. Louis
Robert M. LaFollette
Tam
Frank Brandegee
Cummins Des
New Haven
Conn
Washington
Prince of Wales heads to Detroit after Chicago visit
Edward Albert Prince of Wales travels by special train from Chicago to Detroit after a charity dinner at the Saddle and Cycle club. He meets crowds at Field Museum and the stock yards with Louis F. Swift, tours University of Chicago, and expresses hopes for Britain–U.S. friendship. He continues on to Toronto tonight in the company of Henry Ford.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Score Society
Saddle and Cycle Club
Edward Albert, Prince of Wales
Detroit
Sir Henry Thornton
Grand Trunk Railroad
Howard Linn
Walcott Blair
Field Museum
Louis F. Swift
Prince
Henry Ford
Toronto
Secretary Wallace to Undergo Surgical Operation
Secretary Wallace of the Department of Agriculture will enter a hospital tomorrow for a surgical operation to remove the cause of exertheta which has caused him much discomfort.
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Associated Tress
Washington
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Eciathea
La Follette to Deliver Address in St Louis Tonight
Senator Robert M. La Follette arrives in St Louis for his second western campaign speech. He plans to stress farmer issues and accuses the government of farming out farm interests to banking and oil interests. He calls for emergency legislation and reforms in tariffs, freight rates, and federal agencies to aid agriculture.
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Senator la Follette
St. Louis
Associated Press
Missouri
Robert M. la Follette
Mississippi River
Kansas City
LaFollette
Republican National Committee
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Frank P. Walsh
LaFollette-Wheeler
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Chicago
J. P. Morgan
Standard Oil Company
McNary-Havgen
Norris-Sinclair
Federal Reserve and
Farm Loan Boards
Tariff and Interstate Commercce Committee
Muscle Shoals
Federal Reserve System
La Follette Speech to Be Broadcast by Davenport Station
Davenport radio station WO OF Davenport operated by the PoHer School of Chiroprath will broadcast Senator Robert M. La Follette's speech when the independent presidential candidate appears in Des Moines Wednesday night officials announced today La Follette headquarters reported cancellation notes in the tentative schedule.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Davenport
Pahoer School of Chiroprath
Robert M. la Follette
la Follette
Toda
Mrs Neal Amwyt Visits Columbus Junction Shopper
Mrs Neal Amwyt of Columbus Junction was shopping in Washington today and visiting at the home of her parents with Mrs Cephas Dodds.
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Neal Amwyt
Columbus Junction
Washington
Parente
Cephas Dodds
New Rulers of Shanghai Take Charge
Shanghai is placed under new Chinese administrators allied with the Peking government after the Chekiang defeat. Foreign authorities assist to prevent unrest during the transition while Chekiang troops retreat without leaders. A protection train for foreign settlements was fired on by mistake, with no details released. General Lu Yune Hsiang, a deposed Chekiang official, sought sanctuary in Japan with his family, fleeing Shanghai by water.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Peking
Japan
Tokio
Lu Yune Hsiang
Chekiang Province
China
Nagashi
Ho Feneg-Ling
Adventists Open Biennial Convention in Des Moines
Seventh Day Adventist clergymen from across the United States and abroad arrive for the opening of the world conference biennial in Des Moines. Plans will be discussed to expand the denomination’s hospital system which includes 51 sanitariums employing 3,067 physicians and nurses to Africa, South America and Asia.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
United States
Africa
South America
Asia
Ballots Feature Names Of Withdrawn Iowa Candidates
Iowa ballots this fall will show two withdrawn candidates Luther A Brewer of Cedar Rapids and Carrie Engle of Newton. Brewer backed Steck to defeat Brookhart. Engle was not eligible due to age. Officially, names remain on ballots though withdrawals were announced.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Luther A. Brewer
Cedar Rapids
United States
Daniel F Steck
Carrie Engle
Newton
Ramsay
Brewer
Steck
Smith W. Brookhart
Ofoice
Charles G. Dawes
Engle
Congress
Brookhart
Slath
Congressions
C. W. Ramsaver
Bloomfield
James V. Curran
Ottumwa
Famous Old Structure to House American Crafts
The facade of the old United States Assay building, once at 15 Wall Street, has been reassembled stone by stone as the front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's new American wing in Central Park. The wing will be devoted to American art from the Colonial era through the Republic.
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American Crafts
New York
United States Assay
Wall Street
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Central Park
Attorney General Stone to Speak in Des Moines October 24
United States Attorney General Stone will address the Coliseum in Des Moines on Friday evening October 24 in support of the Republican campaign. State Chairman B. B. Burnquist announced the appearance, noting Stone is a former Iowan and is coming at the request of the State central committee.
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Associated Press
Des Mines
United States
Stone
B. B. Burnquist
Des Moines
State Central Committee
Probe into Kepford Conduct at Iowa Juvenile Home
Iowa board of control opened an investigation into A B Kepford superintendent of the Toledo juvenile home on charges of cruelty misconduct and absence from duty. The probe followed a Ced ar Rapids attorney summary of a Dysart fathers allegations after a bull injures his son and hospital care delays.
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Associated Preas
Des Moines
State Board of Control
A. B. Kepford
Iowa State
Toledo
Kepford
George Claassen
Cedar Rapids
A. M. McColl
Board of Control
Claassen
Chas Zoch
Dysart
Iowa City
Zodi
Tolego
Davis declares recall plan if elected president
Illinois voters heard John W. Davis, Democratic candidate, say he would call a special election and invite a recall if he did not wipe privilege from the statutes and rid the country of corruption after two years in office.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
John W. Davis
Taxi Driver Seeks 100000 Damages in Leopold Loeb Case
Charles Ream, a Chicago taxi driver, sues Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb for 100000 damages claiming mutilation during an attack last November 21. Ream says he identified the two wealthy youths after their arrest for the murder of Robert Franks.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Charles Ream
Ream
Loeb
Leopold
Robert Franks
Pittsburg Woman Heads for Crawfordsville Visit
Mrs. T. H. Patterson of Pittsburg Kansas visited Washington briefly this morning en route to Crawfordsville to see her brother R. S. White and sister Mrs. Harvey Barnes.
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T. H. Patterson
Pittsburgh
Kan
Washington
Crawfordsville
R. 8. White
Harvey Barnes
Historic building opens with period rooms and collections
The new structure, opening Nov. 10, will feature 18 rooms furnished with original woodwork from historic rooms. It showcases American furniture, silver, glass and pottery from the 17th to early 19th centuries. The American wing aims to show how early founders valued beauty in daily life.
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American Commonwealth
ZR-3 dirigible flight path shifts toward Lakehurst
Reports from CHATHAM MASS show ZR-3 at 42.30 N 47.20 W moving 75 mph as strong winds ease. Navy and RCA stations track position while Lakehurst awaits landing and a coast tour may follow.
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Chatham
Maass
Radio Corporation of America
Mass
Lakehurst
N. J
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