France Britain weigh US import limits on Italy war stance
Paris reports say officials in France and Britain asked Washington about restricting imports from Italy if sanctions by the League of Nations are applied. Other powers including Germany Japan and Brazil are being questioned through their ambassadors. Laval advocates halting Ethiopian war to win British conciliation.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Washington
United States
Italy
Mussolini
League of Nations
Germany
Japan
Brazil
League
Yugoslavia
Austria
Spain
Laval
Duce
Ethiopia
Mediterranean
George Russell Clerk
Clerk
Britain
Vatican
Achievement day planned for 4-H Home Demonstration clubs
Winchester urges county and city 4-H boys and girls and Home Demonstration members to attend an achievement day and project and hobby fair this Saturday. He notes many letters suggest ideas for a better community and encourages writing to share thoughts, reminding that great oaks grow from acorns.
Zenge Hit By Sweetheart Wedding Testimony
Alice Zenge testified in Judge Harringtons court that her son was emotionally struck when Dr Walter J Bauer wed Zenges sweetheart on July 14 The defense claims the jilting drove Zenge to insanity while the mother avoided a definite verdict and the prosecution did not cross examine.
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Chicago
Mandeville W. Zenge
Alice
Walter John Bauer
Bauer
Zenge
Cornelius J. Harrington
J. Andrew Zenge
Canton
Joseph Green
Mrs. Zenge
Charles Doughtery
Tugwelltown Understanding Sought in Berwyn Heights Meeting
Officials of the suburban resettlement division seek a cooperative understanding with Berwyn Heights Maryland residents over protests against a $5,500,000 low cost housing project nicknamed Tugwell town. Charles H Stein president of the Berwyn Heights Town Commission and other officials will meet J S Lanse ll chairman of the division this afternoon Darryl.
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Washington
Berwyn Heights
Tugwelltown
Charles H. Stein
J. S. Lansell
Suburban Resettlement Division
The
Resettlement Administration
Rexford G. Tugwell
Striking Welsh Miners Riot Clashes In Trelewis
In Cardiff on October 16 rival Welsh miners clashed 800 feet below ground at Trelewis Glamorgan during a coal strike meeting to decide if the stoppage should expand to 176 000 workers. Several miners sustained minor injuries in the underground melee.
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Cardiff
Wales
Trelewis
Glamorgan
G O P Gains In Bay State
Boston Republicans celebrated a bye election victory that shifted control of the State Senate to 21 to 19. William H. McSweeney of Salem defeated Democrat John C. Birmingham of Beverly in the second Essex district by 4 844 votes.
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Boston
State Senate
William H. McSweeney
Salem
John C. Birmingham
Beverly
Essex
Two Men Die In Car Crash Near Farnhurst
William E. Noble Jr. twenty six of Princess Anne Maryland died in a motor car accident near Farnhurst on the Dupont boulevard. James E. Davis twenty six of Baltimore Maryland was badly injured and brought to Wilmington Hospital where he was reported not seriously hurt.
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Wilmington
Del
William E. Noble, Jr
Princess Anne
James E. Davis
Baltimore
Farnhurst
Dupont Boulevard
Davis
Wilmington Hospital
Auto Inspection Mandatory for Virginia Drivers
Virginia motorists must have their vehicles inspected and display a colored windshield sticker within two weeks. The program, in force since October 1, runs until November 1 and requires showing the operator’s permit. It calls for a rigid safety check of brakes lights steering wipers horn rear lights mirrors and other devices with owners paying only for necessary adjustments.
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Virginia
Orchestra Wed Chuck and Rays 25 Cents Per Couple
Community notice advertising Wednesday orchestra event at Chuck and Ray's with a 25 cent per couple admission and a small local business reference to Cider Mill and Haines Milling Co offering custom grinding services.
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Orchestra
Chuck & Ray’s
Italy Doubtful Laval Move End War Not Party To Negotiations
Rome reports Italy doubts French Premier Laval can secure a peaceful settlement of the Italo Ethiopian conflict. Mussolini intends to conquer Ethiopia regardless, and Italy says it is not party to any peace talks. Refraining from bombing Addis Ababa depends on Ethiopian response.
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Rome
Italy
Laval
Mussolini
Ethiopia
East Africa
Addis Ababa
Great Britain
Paris
France
Britain
Sofia
Bulgaria
Kimon Gueorguieff
Tirana
Albania
Pandhei Evangpo
Zog
William Fox Arrested on Federal Patent Warrant
William Fox, noted motion picture mogul, was arrested in Atlantic City New Jersey on a federal warrant at the request of the congressional patents committee. He ignored a subpoena and will appear before the committee, which aims to probe patent pooling and cross licensing in film, telephone, electrical and radio. Hearings are expected to last two weeks.
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New York
William Fox
Atlantic City
N. J
Congressional Committee On Patents
David G. Berger
Fox
Berger
Berrer
Three Bargemen Adrift As Gale Sweeps Over Bay
A coal barge Lieut. Sam Mengel with three crewmen was adrift in Massachusetts Bay after breaking from the tug Wellfleet in a gale. The Wellfleet, which lost its tow last night, located the wreck and saved the crew as Nahant North Scituate and City Point coast guards searched the area. The barge, from Norfolk to Boston, carried 1400 tons of bituminous coal and sank near Boston Lightship.
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Boston
Sam Mengel
Wellfleet
Norfolk
Massachusetts Bay
Nahant
North Scituate
City Point
Coast Guard
Treasury Head Sails For Home
Paris dispatch reports Henry Morgenthau Jr. Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Morgenthau sailing today for New York aboard the Normandie.
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Treasury Head
Paris
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Secretary of the Treasury
Mass Meeting for Corn Hog Growers October 19 in Frederick
Frederick county farmers are invited to a mass meeting October 19 at 8 o'clock in the county courthouse to discuss the corn hog referendum. The event precedes district meetings and the October 26 voting date with multiple county venues listed for the ensuing week.
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Frederick County
Harrisonburg
Karpis Gangster Found Dead In Burned Barn
The Justice Department says a body found in a January fire at a barn in Ontarioville Illinois is William J. Harrison a member of the Karpis Barker kidnaping gang and identified as one of the Edward G Bremer captors. J Edgar Hoover confirms but declines further comment.
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Washington
Justice Department
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Ontarioville
Tll
William J. Harrison
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Lack of Labor May Forestall Winchester Airport Plans
Winchester officials warn a municipal airport project may be blocked by labor shortages as relief rolls dwindle. Two WPA funded projects in progress include a street program and storm sewer installation with additional armory funding under review. An alternative plan could be pursued if relief funding proves unavailable and local officials seek federal or state money.
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Winchester
Field
A. H. Pettigrew
Richmond
PWA
Frederick County
WPA
Pettigrew
Reilly Drops His Suit For Service
Edward J. Reilly former chief counsel for Bruno Hauptmann dropped his $22 398 suit for services against Hauptmann. An order of discontinuance signed by Reilly's Newark lawyers and Hauptmann's attorney was filed in the New Jersey Supreme Court.
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Reilly
Trenton
N. J
Edward J. Reilly
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
McCarter
English
Newark
C. Lloyd Fisher
Hauptmann
Supreme Court
American Federation Denounces Italy as Outlaw Nation
The American Federation of Labor called Italy an outlaw nation over the Ethiopian conflict and urged world nations to deny Italy financial and commercial aid. It approved neutrality policy and League of Nations action while rejecting stronger trade sanctions.
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American Labor Federation
Italy
Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
League of Nations
Five named suspects in mistaken murder case
Police identified Albert S. Sutton John Slim Dunn Dewey Jenkins Louis Steinberger and Claude Bailey as suspects in the mistaken identity murder of Allen B. Wilson a newspaper route man shot near Takoma Park Md October 23 Grand jury will hear presented evidence in November Officials link the killing to a gambler feud and note McDonald could not identify the attackers due to intoxication
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Washington
Allen B. Wilson
Takoma Park
Wilson
Edward
Mickey) McDonald
Montgomery County Grand Jury
Albert S. Sutton
Wilson Ee
Lorton Reformatory
John
Slim) Dunn
Alcatraz
Liberty
Dewey Jenkins
Louis Steinberg
Steinberger
Claude Bailey
Tri-State
McDonald
Sons Of Stuart Deny Father Was Mentally Infirm
In Lebanon Virginia on October 16, heirs contesting former Gov Henry C Stuart’s will claim he suffered bodily and mental infirmities and was dominated by four nephews. Defense argues the governor was capable of managing his affairs. The estate, appraised at $938,187 with $630,000 liabilities, left a net value over $300,000.
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Lebanon
Henry C. Stuart
Mary Stuart Harmon
Hollywood
Calif
Stuart Campbell
Leaves Fund For Tombstone For His Victim
George Criner 36 died on the gallows in Miles City after requesting that all his money, 32.50, be used to buy a headstone for Mary Allsup, his victim. Allsup had been stabbed to death in a quarrel, and police sergeant James Fraser was killed while investigating.
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Miles City
Mat
George Criner
Mary Allsup
Criner
James Fraser
Washington Undertaker Charged With Murder In Slashing
William H. Reaguer 50 of Culpeper Virginia, an undertaker, was held on a formal murder charge after the fatal slashing of Mrs. Willie Mae Wood in a Washington hotel. A coroner s jury ordered him held for the grand jury as detectives said he threatened the victim and urged a divorce. The victim, 21, had married a man other than Reaguer.
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Washington
William H. Reaguer
Culpeper
Willie Mae Wood
Annie O'Bannon
Over 36 Million Available For Highway Work
The Bureau of Public Roads released 36,274,750 for highway and grade crossing elimination projects. Approved highway work in 41 states and DC totals 27,557,700 from a 200 million allotment and grade crossing elimination across 27 states totals 8,717,050 from another 200 million. Contracts awarded for highway construction 8,532,412 and grade crossing elimination 2,478,864.
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Washington
Bureau of Public Roads Today
Bureau
District of Columbia
Works Progress
Fruit Auction Reports Strong Demand in Liverpool
Apples from the Samaria cargo drew good demand at Liverpool weekly auction. Prices in shillings ranged for Barrels Yorks 17 to 25 Benagp 15 to 18 Jonathan 16 to 21. Baskets Jonathan 5 to 7. Week ending shipments from New York to British ports totaled 39 455 barrels 13 152 boxes and 13 706 baskets.
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Samaria
Liverpool
Eng
G. R. Cooper, Harnden and Company
Yorks
Benagp
Jonathan
New York
Mme. Lupescu Returns To Sinaia
Mme Magda Lupescu, close associate of King Carol, returned from France to Sinaia for his forty second birthday observance but kept in seclusion and did not join the celebration at the king's summer palace.
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Sinaia
Rumania
Mme
Magda Lupescu
Carol
France
Mrs Roosevelt Promotes Self Protection From Crowds
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt says she has developed a habit of looking over people’s heads to ignore stares. She announced this self protective trick to Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences members in New York on October 16.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science
Renown Runs Aground In Mediterranean Harbor
The British battle cruiser Renown went aground in Admiralty harbor while returning to its berth after exercises with the fleet in the Mediterranean. Tugs helped refloat the vessel.
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Gibraltar
Admiralty Harbor
Mediterranean
Wanted Lady Solicitor Write W S Care Star
For sale blue chinchil a coat for a boy aged six or seven in good condition and well made. Contact 422 S Cameron or phone 439 W. Publication date October 14, 1911.
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W.S. Care Star
S. Cameron
Mustard and Other Incendiary Devices Catalogued by League
The League of Nations sanctions committee adopted a report narrowing implements of war to include mustard gas and all products designed for chemical and incendiary warfare. Eden urged economic sanctions against Italy while some states debated relief for affected nations and a possible redistribution of losses.
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Wade Werner
Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations
Roosevelt
M. Motta
Switzerland
League
Ethiopia
Il Duce
Anthony Eden
Eng
Italy
Nicholas Titulescu
Eden
Greece
Maximos
Yugoslavia
League Nations
Netherlands
Belgium
Romania
Sweden
Russia
Turkey
League Affairs
Five men named suspects in mistaken identity murder
Washington police identify five men as suspects in the mistaken identity murder of Allen B. Wilson. Other regional notes include canal zone inspection and land purchases in Washington and Maryland for recreation, church conference opening in Danville, and political moves in Europe with Italy and Bulgaria.
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Washington
Allen B. Wilson
Panama Canal Zone
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Wm. Fox
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Louise Schaffer Bauer
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Walter J. Bauer
Middletown Agricultural Building
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Opequon
Gainesboro
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