Madrid executions surge after premiership change
A refugee report from Hendaye claims Madrid’s execution squads have killed well over 3,000 middle and upper class citizens since Francisco Largo Caballero became premier on September 4. The Cheka controlled by Anarchists and Syndicalists is said to hoodwink authorities as bodies are collected daily on the capital’s outskirts.
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Associated Press
Hendaye
Madrid
Francisco Largo Caballero
Sans Culottes
Caballero
Revolutionary Socialist
National Confederation of Labor
Federation of Iberian Anarchists
Popular Front
People’s Tribunal
Holy Sunday Hill
Burgos
Spain
Francisco Franco
Lord Fairfax and the Turkish Rent Tradition
The article recalls Lord Fairfax accepting wild turkeys as rent in Clarke County's early days. A tenant reportedly paid one plump wild turkey annually, inspected by Fairfax to ensure prime quality. It suggests modern readers would rely on markets for fish or turkey and that casual inspection sufficed for Fairfax then.
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Thomas
Lord Fairfax
Clarke County
Bond of Lawyer On A Blackmail Charge Boosted
Samuel Leighton Frooks, a New York attorney, is free on $5,000 bail after Justice Peyton Gordon doubled his bail from $2,500 in a blackmail case involving Carrollce, president of the Citizens National Bank of Alexandria. Frooks and Mrs. Mary Krieger are charged. Krieger posts $7,500 bond.
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Washington
Samuel Leighton Frooks
New York
Liberty Today
Alexandria, Va
Frooks
Peyton Gordon
Federal District Court
Mary Krieger
Carrol Ce
Citizens’ National Bank of Alexandria
Supreme Court
Pilots Fly Two New Taylor Cubs From Bradford to Winchester
Lester Forney arrived in Winchester at about 12 45 p m today piloting one of two new Taylor cubs from Bradford Pa on an airline William McGalliard piloted the other plane. The trip was un eventful.
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Lester Forney
Winchester
Bradford
William McGalliard
Swede Denies Baroness Seat In His Plane
Kurt Bjorkvall, 31, the Swedish aviator, flew from Floyd Bennett Field on the first leg of a trip to Stockholm. He rejected Baroness Eva Von Blixen-Finecke as a passenger, planning to fly to St Johns Newfoundland then across the Atlantic to Ireland and Sweden. The baroness expressed disappointment as Bjorkvall prepared the mono plane with 742 gallons of fuel and emergency rations for a possible 30 day sea voyage.
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New York
Kurt Bjorkvall
Floyd Bennett Field
Stockholm
Bjorkvall
Eva von Blixen-Finecke
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Ireland
Sweden
Baroness von Blixen-Finecke
Brooklyn
Mayor To Be Entertained On Homecoming Visit
The Chamber of Commerce will honor Dr. C. R. Anderson upon his return from England and the Continent with a homecoming celebration at the George Washington Hotel on October 23 at 6 30 p.m. Mrs. Anderson and their daughter Miss Susan Anderson with Miss Juanita Riley and Ross M Swimley accompany him, with sailing plans announced for October 12 from England and arrival around October 11 in Baltimore or another port. Lions Kiwanis Rotary and American Legion members will be asked to waive luncheons for the event.
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Chamber of Commerce
C. R. Anderson
England
George Washington Hotel
Lions, Kiwanis, and
Rotary Clubs
The
American Legion
Andrew Bell
Nine Miners Fall To Death In Idaho Elevator
Nine miners perished when the cage elevator at the Morning Mine near Mull an Idaho plunged 900 feet as the steel cable snapped early today. The workers were loading off shift at 1 a m when the accident occurred and identification may be delayed until payroll records are checked.
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Mullan
Idaho
Federal Mining and Smelting Company
H. G. Washburn
Jack Jameson
Resignations Highlight Westchester Presbytery Session
The Westchester Presbytery met with strong attendance as officials discussed the resignation of Rev. E B McGukin from Loudoun Street Church. He seeks immediate dissolution of pastoral relations to accept a Knoxville call. Dr Robert Glass urged preserving McGukin’s work here, arguing it will take years to complete.
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Presbyterian Church
Strasburg
Knoxville
First Presbyterian Church
E. B. McGukin
Loudoun Street
Robert McC. Glass
Presbytery
McGukin
Police Find Dismembered Woman in Boston Harbor
Police and coast guards raced along Boston Harbor and nearby shores after a woman’s legs and later internal organs were found in bags. Medical Examiner Dr. Brickley estimated the victim, about 25, brunette, 5 ft 2 in, weighed around 125 pounds, was deliberately dismembered to obscure identity.
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Boston
Boston Harbor
Deer Island
Brickley
Duchess of Kent cancels engagements for expected heir
London authorit ies announce the Duchess of Kent has cancelled autumn engagements as the nation awaits the seventh in line to the throne. The Duchess, formerly Princess Mariana of Greece, married King Edward's youngest brother on November 29, 1934. Their first child was born a year ago.
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London
Duchess of Kent
Mariana
Greece
Edward
Prince Edward
Syria
Palestine
Fawzi Bey
East
Gontimea
Widow Formerly His Assistant Murder Case In Cape Charles
Postal Inspectors named Dr H R Hege and Ed Banner as the suspects in the July mail bomb death of Curry Thomas and the wounding of his wife near Cape Charles Northampton County court records indicate a special grand jury may be convened to pursue charges.
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Curry Thomas
Cape Charles
Eastville
Northampton County
B. B. Webb
H. R. Hege
Ed. Banner
Mount Airy
N. C
Carroll County
Webb
Commonwealth
Charles Lankford
Virginia
John Nottingham
Roosevelt Pursues West Campaign Itinerary
President Roosevelt, settled at the White House for a four day stay, handles state business and finalizes a westward campaign tour. Officials say plans to extend the trip to the west coast drew pressure and may stretch the itinerary to ten days with stops possibly in Denver Omaha Chicago and Detroit.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
West
West Coast
Denver
Omaha
Chicago
Detroit
Landon accuses New Deal of News Censorship
Gov. Alf Landon denounces WPA and federal reporters as hiding costs updating that public records on WPA payrolls and administration expenses should be open to newspapers. He calls censorship of news sources a danger and cites Hopkins and Stutz as pushing red herrings in campaign rhetoric.
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Topeka
Eas
Alf M. Landon
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
Landon
WPA
Adon
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Syracuse
John G. Stutz
Kansas
Heraee
Bng
Washington
Fire Hall Is Being Razed in Local Replacement Plan
The Sarah Zane Fire Company's hall on Piccadilly street is demolished to clear space for a brick and steel replacement on North Loudoun street. The old bell, first placed in the original hall, will return to a new third tower once construction completes. Captain Richard Brown notes unemployment benefits aid workers in demolition, with phased contracts planned for the project.
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Sarah Zane Fire Company
George W. Stover
Old Hall
Richard Brown
Sarah Zane
Piccadilly Street
North Loudoun Street
Captain Brown
Mayor McNair Resigns as Pittsburgh Leader
Pittsburgh mayor William N. McNair submitted his resignation to City Clerk Edward B. Schofield effective immediately. Officials debated whether it could take effect now or require City Council action amid a political rift over his treasurer appointment.
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Pittsburgh
William N. McNair
Edward B. Schofield
City of
James P. Kirk
McNair
Roosevelt Electors organize for fund drive in Virginia
New York October 6 James A Farley announces Burr P Harrison of Winchester named local chairman for the National Council of Roosevelt Electors in Virginia The group aims to raise the national campaign fund for President Roosevelt in November Contributions go to Robert Daniel Richmond finance director and state chairman of the Council of Roosevelt Electors Harrison will appoint more local chairmen A list of assisting Democrats will be announced soon
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The
Star
New York
Burr P. Harrison
Winchester
National Council of
Roosevelt Electors
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Virginia
Roosevelt
National Committee
Robert Daniel
Richmond
Council of Roosevelt
Harrison
Yankees Clinch 4-2 World Series Win Over Giants
The New York Yankees won the 1932 World Series by defeating the New York Giants four games to two at Polo Grounds. The series concluded with a 13 5 victory in Game Six as the Yankees set a ninth inning rally record and claimed their twentieth title in a dramatic ending before 38 427 fans.
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New York
Yankees
Giants
PC Grounds
New Ice
New York Yankees
Vernon Gomez
Freddy Fitzsimmons
al Schacht
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