League of Nations faces Italy sanction vote in tense Geneva
The League of Nations assembly in Geneva saw Austria and Hungary oppose sanctions against Italy for the East Africa invasion. Crowds filled the hall and police barred spectators as diplomats argued over potential actions. A new sanctions commission was proposed to coordinate council and assembly duties.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Italy
Ethiopia
Austria
Hungary
Baron Pflugal
Council Committee of Six
League
East Africa
League Council
Committee of Six
Addis Ababa
League Assembly
Assembly
Council
Firemen Need Clear Roads To Save Lives
Winchester urges residents to stop following fire trucks to blazes. Blocking streets near burning buildings causes delays and higher losses. Keep routes open to help firefighters reach emergencies quickly and save lives.
Council Moves 2500 For Armory In Alexandria
City officials allocate 2500 to fund a one unit armory to access federal funds. Military officers confirm only one National Guard unit exists and deny reports of a multi unit armory. Brig. Gen. S Gardner Waller provided the information to officers.
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Alexandria
National Guard
S. Gardner Waller
Virginia National Guard
Alexandria Armory Site Chosen As City Votes Funds
Alexandria officials vote 2500 for the armory project and offer two city sites for the building. Sites on Cameron Street between the old City High School and the pool, and on Mount Vernon Avenue near the new high school grounds are named. The armory cost is estimated at 27500 with state and WPA funding totaling 25000.
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Alexandria
National Guard
Cameron Street
Old City
Mount Vernon Avenue
Works Progress Administration
State
WPA
Barrymore and Costello Divorce Sealed by Court Order
Dolores Costello and John Barrymore were divorced in Los Angeles as Costello testified Barrymore deserted her on August 24, 1934. She omitted earlier accusations of cruel treatment and excessive drinking in court, while Barrymore, who won a cross continent romance with Elaine Barrie, was abroad aboard his yacht Infanta en route to Miami.
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Los Angeles
Dolores Costello
John Barrymore
Deseron
Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Miami
Fla
Infanta
Court Grants Writ Against IRS in Milling Tax Case
The Eighth District Federal Court of Appeals issued a writ of supersedeas restraining Dan M. Nee from collecting AAA processing taxes from 15 Missouri milling companies. The order requires deposit of the tax funds in escrow with the Kansas City federal court clerk.
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Omaha
Neb
Eighth District
Federal Court of Appeals
Missouri
Dan M. Nee
Internal Revenue Collector
Kansas City
Hable's Palace World Series Photo of 1935 Game One
The item notes a plus feature at Hables Palace with today and Thursday special pictures from the first World Series base ball game in 1935 between Detroit and Chicago. The reference highlights a photo section likely offering images from the opening matchup.
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Detroit
Chicago
Scout Movement Endorsed By AFL Ten Years Ago
Samuel Gompers notes that the American Federation of Labor endorsed the Scout Movement twelve years ago and expresses hearty accord with that decision.
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American Federation of Labor
Scout Movement
Samuel Gompers
Pickers Tickets Offer Quick Service and Low Prices
The Evening Star notes pickers selling tickets now for fast service and reasonable prices to beat the rush.
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Lptf
the Evening Star
Armory Project Wins Final Council Approval in Winchester
Special meeting set for Thursday at 7 30 P M to vote on final passage of an ordinance funding up to 5000 for the armory site as part of the 1936 WPA project. The council approved 10 to 2 after Hable and Henry opposed, with Hable warning of a tax rise to fund a 15000 site purchase.
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Common Council
Winchester
H. Hable
H. H. Hable
J. H. Henry
C. R. Anderson
Peyton Marshall
R. Frank Barr
C. Douglass Barnett
A. Lee Cable
W. W. Dellinger
Fred W. Forney
Percy Miller
Ralph Snapp
E. J. Snapp
Mr. Hable
Semi-Pros Open Football Season With Warwick A C Visit
The local Semi-Pro team hosts Warwick A C of Washington DC on Sunday at 2 30 p m at Park grounds. Last year’s 6 0 defeat is hoped to be avenged as strengthened by new players from Handley CCC and local stars return.
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Warwick A. C
Washington, D.C
Ward
Clevenger
Handley
Anderson
Whitlock
CCC
Haymaker
Dunlap
Riley
Doffemeyer
Stine
Garber
Fletcher
Lucas
Willey
Lake
Braithwaite
Park Grounds
Traffic Delays As Fire Alarms Prompt Car Congestion
Fire officials reported a minor blaze at James Jones’s home on 518 North Kent Street caused by an overheated stove. Automobiles racing to fires delayed fire trucks, prompting warnings to dissuade drivers from the practice.
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James Jones
North Kent Street
Strayed Hereford Bull Reward Notice
Strayed Hereford bull of about 500 pounds with reward offered for information. Contact Boyce 41F12 or Winchester 930. Jas. P. Reardon Jr. notice dated October 9.
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Boyce
Jas. P. Reardon, Jr
Milk Picket Shot During Chicago Milk Strike
Herman Jures of Riley Center was wounded in the side by a shotgun blast while pickets attempted to seize three truckloads of milk near Belvidere Illinois. About 100 strikers accompanied by deputy sheriffs were involved in the confrontation. Jures was not seriously hurt.
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Herman Jures
Riley Center
Belvidere
Ill
Jares
Dismissal of 23 suits against Central Trust stockholders
Frederick Maryland October 9. Orders to dismiss 23 suits against stockholders of the defunct Central Trust Company have been entered in circuit court by attorneys for the State Bank Commissioner as receiver for the trust company. The largest case dismissed was against Dr. Benjamin C. Perry.
Vatican custodian Edoardo Perelli dies after six decades
Edoardo Perelli, custodian of Pope Pius apartment and long serving Vatican employee for 60 years under five popes, died today after a long illness in Rome.
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Rome
Edoardo Perelli
Vatican
Pickets Halt 1100 Miners Heading to Nemacolin Mine
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on October 9, picket lines stopped about 1,100 miners from entering the Nemacolin coal mine. Leaders said the action protest ed a 10 percent wage increase followed by rent hikes on company houses by Buckeye Coal Company, a Youngstown Sheet and Tube subsidiary. About 300 workers ferried over the Monongahela were turned back, and roughly 800 more from the opposite river side received the same message.
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Uniontown
Buckeye Coal Company
Monongahela River
Buckeye Company
The
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Scout Movement Honored as Civic Spirit, Harding Says
Warren G. Harding lauds the Scout Movement as essential to citizenship, expressing wholehearted support and urging adherence to its spirit of service and honor. He calls for sustained commitment to the organization and its ideals.
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Scout Movement
Warren G. Harding
Eritrean forces claim capture of Edagahamus amid front quiet
Reports from Rome and Addis Ababa describe the Eritrean army seizing Edagahamus southeast of Adi Grat while the northern front stays calm. Ethiopian forces attack on the Italian right flank yields dozens of officers captured, including a colonel.
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Rome
Edagahamus
Adigrat
Addis Ababa
Rhode Island
Delaware
Ethiopian government restricts foreign correspondents to 100 words
Addis Ababa orders foreign reporters to limit daily dispatches to 100 words amid congested communications. Censorship measures were enacted to control reporting flow.
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Addis Ababa
Italian planes sighted over Awash on Djibouti Addis Ababa line
Reports claim Italian aircraft were seen above Awash on the railway between Djibouti and Addis Ababa. No bombs were dropped.
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Addis Ababa
Awash
Djibouti
Canter Repeats as Secretary for Baltimore Conference
Rev. Dr. Harry M. Canter of Emory Methodist Church Washington reelected for a twenty first consecutive year as secretary of the Baltimore conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South at the opening of the conference in Central Church Staunton Virginia. Assistants named include C R Curtis Nolan B Harmon J Harry Smith J H Haley C J Clark J H Bean C L Beard C B Brandt E D Miller and H W Craver with duties in recording statistics and minutes sales.
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Edwin D. Mouton
Charlotte
N. C
Canter
C. R. Curtis
Jarrettsville
Nolan B Harmon
Greene Memorial Church
Roanoke
J. Harry Smith
Lewisburg
W. Va
J. H. Haley
Covington
C. J. Clark
Grace Church
J. H. Bean
Cumberland
C. L. Beard
South Roanoke
C. B. Brandt
Waynesboro
E. D. Miller
Remington
Hazing Declared A Dead Issue By Mount Rainier Mayor
Mount Rainier Maryland October 9 Mayor Norman A Pruitt called hazing at Rainier Brentwood Benool a dead issue while ill at home He said complaints stem from the term start and no action has been taken Former town clerk Bert E Sager urged censure of the school principal and teachers for permitting hazing
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MT. Rainier
Italian Left Column Commander Names Adigrat Valley Sights
General Rugzero Santini, 65, head of the Italian left column battling in northern Ethiopia, said there will be no future Italian in the land once Ethiopia is secured. He spoke while outlining Adigrat’s strategic valley and key positions near the city.
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Rugzero Santini
Ethiopia
America
Adigrat
Corn-Hog Vote Set for Oct. 26 in Virginia
John R. Hutcheson of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute fixed October 26 as the referendum day on corn-hog control in Virginia. All corn-hog producers statewide may vote, regardless of contract status for this year.
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John R. Hutcheson
Agriculture Extension Division
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Virginia
Ethiopian Colonel Captured as Ethiopian Forces Advance
Ras Seyoum reported early success on the northern front with three Ethiopian columns driving the Italian right flank and capturing an Italian colonel and 30 officers. The Ethiopian government denied reports of Eritrean invasion, poison gas use, and surrounding Aduwa with massacres.
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Addis Ababa
Ras Seyoum
Eritrea
Aduwa
Rome
Ethiopia
Paris
Djipouti
Somaliland
Addis
Ababa
Appeals Court asked to review Bonwit divorce decree
The Court of Appeals was asked to review a partial decree of divorce for Mrs. Leona F. Bonwit from Ralph B. Bonwit in Baltimore City Circuit Court No. 2. The lower court granted custody of their three minor children, alimony of 8500 dollars per year for support, and 1000 dollars for counsel fees.
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Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Leona F. Bonwit
Ralph B. Bonwit
Baltimore City
State's Attorney Salaries to Stand Unchanged
Virginia city commonwealth's attorneys will keep the same salaries next year. Comptroller E R Combs, chair of the State Compensation Board, said no one appeared to request changes, noting city and commonwealth attorneys seem satisfied with the present scale.
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Virginia
Commonweath
E. R. Combs
State Compensation Board
Commonwealth
Deans End Tour After Brother Bows Out
The barnstorming Dean and Dean firm dissolves as Paul Dean ends his pitching season after a rainout exhibition game with his brother Dizzy in St Louis.
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ST. Louis
Dean
Paul
Dizzy
St. Louis Cardinals
Hauptmann's Only Hope In U S Court
The only path for Bruno Hauptmann to reach the Supreme Court is a petition for review of today’s action by the New Jersey court. Counsel has three months to file. A stay of execution would be needed to halt the death sentence during a pending petition.
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Washington
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Supreme Court
New Jersey
United States Supreme Court
Subpoena Issued For Melvin Purvis In Stoll Kidnapping Case
A forthwith subpoena for former DOJ agent Melvin H. Purvis to testify in the Stoll kidnapping trial in Louisville was issued by Federal Judge Elwood Hamilton at the request of defense counsel. Jack Norman, representing Frances A. Robinson, sought Purvis after ending cross examination of DOJ agent H. H. Reinecke.
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Louisville
Melvin H. Purvis
Department of Justice
Stoll
Here Ofbinson, Sr
Frances A. Robinson
Elwood Hamilton
Jack Norman
Robinson
H. H. Reinecke
Purvis
Norman
Record Low First Week of October Hits Baltimore Area
The Baltimore weather bureau reports the first week of October 1899 set new low-temperature records with mean readings 10 to 12 degrees below normal. Damaging frosts and light snow were observed in western Maryland.
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Baltimore
All Weather Bureau
Baltimore Weather Bureau
Maryland
Dutch Schultz Indicted Again In Tax Conspiracy Case
New York October 9 Arthur Dutch Schultz Flegenheimer was indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy and for failure to file and pay income tax returns. The ten count indictment covers 1929 1930 and 1931, identical to charges in a prior northern district of New York case where he was tried and acquitted.
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New York
Arthur
Dutch Schultz) Flegenheimer
Labor Leader Seeks A Probe Into Airline Disaster
John Fitzpatrick president of the Chicago Federation of Labor urged a government investigation into labor troubles he says may have caused the United Airlines crash in Cheyenne Wyoming on Monday. Twelve people died in the tragedy.
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Washington
John Fitzpatrick
Chicago Federation of Labor
United Airlines
Cheyenne
Wyo
Household goods and farm machinery sale notice
Household goods and farm machinery to be sold Friday October 11 by J L and J W Jolliffe. Sale advertised in the local notice.
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J. L
J. W. Jolliffe
Chicken Supper Benefit at Ridgeway Home Place
A chicken supper from 5 30 to 10 p m Friday night October 11 at the late J J Ridgeway home place near Roland Tharp’s to benefit Paynes Church. Tickets price 35 cents.
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Roland Tharp
J. J. Ridgeway
Paynes Church
Trecard and Wilentz Held: Kidnap and Lindbergh Baby Case
Former machine gunner Trecard and co defendant Wilentz were ruled guilty of kidnapping and killing the Lindbergh baby. Prison warden briefed against possible appeals to the pardon board and federal court.
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Lindbergh
Baby
Pardon Board
Hauptmann appeal denied by New Jersey court
Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s appeal from his murder conviction is denied by the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals. The unanimous decision upholds the Flemington trial and the circumstantial evidence pointing to guilt. Lloyd Fisher, Hauptmann’s counsel, plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The ruling follows Hauptmann’s remarks about the anniversary and innocence claims.
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Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Court of Errors and Appeals
Anna
Hauptmanns
Lloyd Fisher
Hauptmann
Death House
Bruno
Lloyd
Fisher
Supreme Court of the United States
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Court of Errors and All
Supreme Court
Charles W. Parker
Flemington
Ladder
Thomas W. Trenchard
Hauptmann death sentence upheld in Lindbergh kidnapping
New Jersey's high court upheld Bruno Hauptmann's death sentence for the Lindbergh kidnapping murder. In other world items, Roosevelt faces party rift, Italy justifies Ethiopian tactics, and a line of war unsettles rail progress from Djibouti to Addis Ababa.
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Roosevelt
New York
United Corporation
New Morgan Firm
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Bruno Hauptmann
Little Charles A. Lindbergh
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