London Dodges Third German Raid With Aerial Barrage
London reports a fierce third German air raid in a week. Anti aircraft guns fired for over an hour while rockets lit the sky. Bombs dropped in London Kent and Essex as British defenses showcased a rapid fire system and a few enemy planes were downed. Casualties for September show 105430 officers and men dead wounded or missing. An American woman joins English nobility in war relief work.
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United Press
London
Ontil
Archies
Landoners
Eaof
Kent
Essex
Sussex
Lord French
Home Defense Forces
Congressional fights stall revenue bill amid wartime pressure
Debates stall the 38.0 billion dollar deficiency bill as congress debates soldier aid and veterans insurance. Lawmakers resist adding pork affects while President Wilson presses congressmen to campaign in their districts for the war effort.
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Dover
Lars
Ang . S. Atmittees
Porky
Congress
Hhe
Wilson
Sugar control plan outlined by food administration
The sugar distribution plan assigns domestic oversight to American members of a new sugar commission. They will fix wholesale prices and margins, while retail pricing is left to consumers. A special distributing committee will direct beet sugar distribution across the United States with named members from Detroit Denver San Francisco Salt Lake City Huntington Beach and other cities.
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Imerabers
Sir Sosept
Ada
Pobers
Earl D. ‘Babst
American Sugar Refining Company
William A. Jamison
Arbuckle
Eithens
Hoover
Commission
Food Administration
H. A. Douglas
Detroit
E. C. Howe
Denver
W. H. Hannam
San Francisco
H. Love
Salt Lake City
W.S. Petriken
S. W. Sinsheimer
Huntington Beach, Cal
W. P. Turner
Tax increases push rates on beverages and goods
The act raises whiskey taxes to 1.10 a gallon on spirits and 2.10 on bond withdrawals, with adjustments to wine, brandy, and sweet wines. Cigarettes, tobacco, and autos see hikes. piano players and sporting goods taxed. postal rates shift to three cents letter postage and a newspaper magazine zone plan. Admissions and dues projected to raise 23 million. special munitions tax set at 10 percent.
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Bonde
High House
Senate
Tob RC. Co
Cansler Attacks Newspapers In Means Case Audit
United Press reports E. T. Cansler delivers a lengthy statement attacking New York papers and public press coverage in the Means murder case. He accuses the press of lacking motive for the death of Mrs. Mande A. King and says he will not give further interviews, insisting on trial before a jury.
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United Press
Charlotte N. C
J. T. Doolin
New York
and Associates
Hayden Clement
Salisbury
Gaston B. Means
E. T. Cansler
Mande A. King
Chicago
Concord
N. C
Andor
Chicago Selected for S. W. W. Trials
Chicago selected for the trial of LW. Ww. teachers arrested on indictments returned. The proceedings are slated to be held in Chicago tonight as part of the alleged conspiracy involving treason and sabotage. The men most wanted are Tea.
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United Press
Chicago
Lairy
Diateu
Tee
Senate unlikely to expel LaFollette amid loyalty debate
Washington reports little Senate appetite to question loyalty as five petitions seek LaFollette’s expulsion for sedition. debate centers on committee action steps with no expulsion precedent. Kellogg and others push for Treasonous utterances despite broad caution.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
LaFollette
Minnesota Public Safety Commissions
la Follette
Kellogg
Minnesota
Minnesota Public Safety
St. Paul
Marshall
Washburn
Wis
Loyalty League
W. A. Coombe
Washington, D. C
A. C. Cannon
New York
D. M. Jones
Pomerene
Finance Committee
Congress
Vallandigham
House
Ohio
Campaign to conserve food supply outlined by Hoover
Federal Food Administrator Herbert Hoover announced a nationwide campaign to enroll every household in conserving and substituting foodstuffs. The drive runs October 21 to 28, aiming to complete enrollment and bolster allied support by saving and rationing food for the war effort.
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Dispatch
Raleigh
N. C
Herbert Hoover
Union
Hoover
Europe
Storm Leaves Crest View Dealers In Need Of Doctors
Ten thousand plus in damage reported as Crest View Florida near the Georgia line suffers five dead and many injured while Florala and Pensacola scramble for physicians. Storm floods Garland and cuts Montgomery telephones amid widespread destruction of crops and unroofed homes. Streetcar service halted as repairs are pursued and casualties are tallied.
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United Press
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Florida
Crest View
Fla
Florida- Georgia Line
Florala
Pensacola
Garland
Troy
Secret Service Agent Murdered in Oregon Woods
Portland reports Frank B. Rousseau, a secret service man, found dead in the woods near Portland. Miss Béssie Barton of Seattle says he feared enemies of the government. A police registration card identified Rousseau, who had been in Portland since August.
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Br United Press
Portland
Oregon
Frank B. Rousseau
Secret Service
Béssie Barton
Seattle
M S. Barton
Actifig
Smith
Rausseau
Bessie
Isseau
Galveston
Texas
National Army Men Wade Through Mud at Camp Sheridan
Ten thousand soldiers slogged through mud at Camp Sheridan in Montgomery while the sixth Toledo regiment with 1500 men arrived but could not detrain. They spent another night in their cars as a Y M C A tent and a building were damaged by a wind of 46 miles per hour. No injuries were reported.
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United .Press
Montgomery
Ala
Camp Sheridan
Toledo, Ohio
Goldsboro Faces Another Flood Threat Amid Heavy Rain
Goldsboro North Carolina September 29 Heavy rainfall began early this morning and continued into the night flooding the southeastern city. The Herman and Reuse rivers overflowed their banks with depths of two to three feet. The big ditch through the city and Stoney Creek east of Goldsboro rose to riverlike levels. Fears grew the rising waters would exceed the damage from the flood of September 15 as residents in the affected district began preparing to evacuate.
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Goldsboro
N. C
Stoney Creek
First Period Of Ele Contest Ends Saturday
A local contest closes its first period this Saturday with one week left to honor a promise to help a contestant. The message urges timely action to fulfill commitments and maximize impact this week.
Briscoe Automobile and Store Goods Auction Listing
An auction listing notes a Ford Touring valued at 775 dollars, plus items including 200 and 100 dollars in gold, a 93 dollar furniture suite, a 75 dollar Columbia Grafonda, a 50 dollar merchandise order, a 25 dollar wrist watch, and two diamond rings. It references a text per vent commission for all age-winners who stay active and are wary of new subscriptions.
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Briscoe Automobile
Ford Touring
Columbia Grafonda
J. W. H. Fuchs’ Departmet
Worey
The Patch contest sparks last week of voting drive
The article notes a contest called The Dis patch beginning the next day marking the final stretch of the first period. Candidates can gain 150 000 extra votes per 15 subscriptions and a $60 diamond ring in the final week.
Prominent LW W Leaders Arrested In Night Raid
United Press reports three top LW W leaders Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Gart Ter k a and Arturo Ett i were arrested by Justice Department agents in New York after warrants based on indictments were issued. Authorities seized trucks of literature and detained the prisoners at Department of Justice headquarters. Chicago federal authorities will jail them.
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United Press
New York
LW. W
United States
Department of Justice
Elizabeth’ Gurleys
Lw.-W
Gart Terca
Arturo Etti
John G. Baldazar
E. W
Ne Ork
Chicago
Explosives Dropped by British Airmen Over France Field
Ten tons of explosives were reportedly dropped near Gontrode and Oa British airmen conducted the operation. The report notes plosives and ammunitions were released around the aerodromes.
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London
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