Dancer in Geneva Stands Trial for Spy Ring Links
In Geneva on October 30 a dark skinned Italian born dancer Virginia Capt Rota 35 formerly of Rome Paris and Madrid clubs went on trial with three men for leading a spy ring. Roger Joel 35 a Swiss arms factory draftsman and Paul Rochat a former private detective are named as ring associates. The case marks the first major war era trial held behind locked doors before five federal judges.
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Geneva
Virginia
Rota
Rome
Paris
Madrid
Roger Joel
France
Switzerland
Thorities
Paul Rochat
Operafa
Italy
Rochat
Dam
Tunisia
Algeria
Baltimore market quotes provide mixed produce and livestock prices
Oct 30 Baltimore wholesale prices show produce dull with apples and pears varying by variety. Potatoes and sweet potatoes dull. eggs 1,213 cases. butter 1,506 tubs. Livestock bids: cattle, calves, hogs, sheep pull weaker to steady. turkeys and poultry range across grades. Chicago and Philadelphia markets also note modest gains and steady values.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
U.S
Maine
Baltimore Livestock Baltimore
U. S. Dept
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Philadelphia
Local Markets and Wholesale Prices Summary
Local markets show daily corrections and a wholesale price list for bagged patent braids and feeds. The page lists bag weights from 12 to 98 pounds with per barrel prices, plus livestock items such as calves heifers and live hogs, and mentions various poultry categories and prices.
Local Market Feed and Dairy Prices Listed
A scanned market list shows prices for creamery butter in various bag sizes, plus several feed products including corn meal, mixed feed, dairy and horse feeds, and chick grower, turkey grower, and fowl feeds. Notable items include a 12 lb bag butter at 6.05 and 48 lb bags at 5.85 per barrel, with additional pricing for other dairy and animal products.
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Eevecdeas Be
Escrevsee
Cciccceccess
Secon
Stock Market Report Shows Slight Slippage Amid Cautious Traders
New York Oct 30 Stock market eased slightly with slow dealings and modest gains by some new issues near mid afternoon. Investors remained wary amid a unclear European war outlook and debated arms embargo repeal costs while prices for several major stocks and bonds fluctuated. Selected quotes included U S Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler and DuPont plus Western Union Woolworth and Packard among others.
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New York
House
Senate
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Caterpillar Tractor
Douglas Aircraft
Union Carbide
Allied Chemical
DuPont
Anaconda
Western Union
International Nickel
Great Northern
Texas Corp
al. Chem
Int. Har
J. Manville
Kennecott
M. Ward
Natl. Dairy
Wheat futures drift after initial gains in muted trading
Futures and cash grain prices softened after early gains faded. December wheat edged to 87 cents, then closed lower as selling by speculators and a weak securities tone pressured grains. Corn oats soybeans rye and lard prices posted mixed moves with various contract quotes recorded. Cash wheat remained No. 3 yellow hard in Chicago.
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Chicago
Wees
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Balagg Og Ot
Chicago Cash Grain
Turning Point May Be Nearing War Weather Shifts Front
Paris reports on October 30 that German and French patrols roamed as storms abated on the western front. Some experts see a potential turning point as dry weather could harden ground for large operations. Daladier and La Cham bre discuss defenses amid fear of a German aerial push. The Duke of Windsor reviewed troops who repulsed a sizable October 16 German attack.
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Paris
Western Front
Saarbruecken
Daladier
Air
Guy la Chambre
Verdun
Duke of Windsor
Grain market figures list prices for wheat corn and soybeans
A Baltimore market report dated October 30 shows wheat at 86 cents per bushel and corn at 63 cents per bushel. It lists mixed and white corn grades, oats and barley ranges, soybeans around 90 to 91 cents, and seed and forage prices for timothy, red clover, red top, alfalfa. Year ago comparisons note wheat 63 and corn 58 cents.
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Baltimore
Apple Market Shipping Point Report
Shipping point notes for Priday in Winchester Martinsburg and nearby areas show slow demand and steady market. Carloads f o b with usual terms wire order sales on Winesaps U S No 1 1 4 to 2 1 2 in per barrel 2 75. Bush el B Yorks U S No 1 2 1 2 to 3 in baskets. Rochester Western Central N va pan a light market dull. carloads and truckloads f o b usual terms. Twenty Ounce 3 1 4 in min 70c per bushel container 5 65 0c.
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Winchester
Martinsburg
U.S
Yorks
U. S
Rochester
N. Va
Three Shots Are Given To Doomed Men
BELLEFONTE PA October 30 Frank Lee Wilson Pennsylvania's new executioner altered his electrocution method for two Philadelphia men Edward Golden 20 and Walter Tankard 32 in the state chair both convicted of fatally beating a warehouse employee in a 26 holdup. Wilson used three separate contacts to kill each man after initial heart murmurs. Golden died 52 minutes after entering the chamber and Tankard 6 ½ minutes after. Two more Philadelphia men James Puller 26 and Fletcher Le Grand 22 await execution Monday for a banana warehouse slaying connected to an Easter suit robbery. Wilson will earn 1150 for seven executions over two weeks.
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Bellefonte
Frank Lee Wilson
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Edward Golden
Walter Tankard
Wilson
Stanley P. Ashe
Western Pensylvania
Golden
Tankard
Ashe
Robert Elliott
Nathan Krewitsky
James Puller
Fletcher le Grand
John Heyworth
William Hanamaker
Heyworth
Handley JV to Face Warren Co JV at Handley Stadium
Handley High School junior varsity team hosts Warren County junior varsity tomorrow at 3 30 PM. The game is set for Handley Stadium with anticipated local turnout and a chance for both squads to build momentum.
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Handley High School
Warren County
Handley Stadium
Source of Fatal Explosion Sought Near Rock Springs
Five small boys died in a blast believed caused by dynamite found in a coal mining area north of Rock Springs Wyoming. Officials led by Sheriff M. J. Dankowski and Coroner J. Warren Opie theorize the dynamite was detonated by a bullet fired from a borrowed hunting rifle.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
M. J. Dankowski
J. Warren Opie
Navy doubling price tagged at 4.34 billion dollars
Rep Bates said the Navy Department told him the cost of doubling the Navy would be 4,344,410,000 dollars. The figure ties to ongoing debate over the neutrality bill and defense funding.
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Washington
Bates
R-Mass
Navy Department
Intensified Submarine Campaign Hinted By German Circles
Berlin reports hint at a tougher German submarine war against British commerce. The Voelkischer Beobachter backs intensified warfare, alleging British crews threaten German captains and warning England to expect harsher measures as war on sea trade escalates.
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England
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Beobachter
Soviet Planning Big Celebration
Moscow reports say the fifth extraordinary session of the Soviet supreme council will convene to celebrate the reunion of White Russia and western Ukraine with Soviet Russia. Premier Foreign Commissar Vyacheslaff Molotoff may report, outlining Russia's stance on the European war amid calls to end hostilities.
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Moscow
Soviet Supreme Council
White
Russia
Ukraine
Poland
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Council
Molotoff
Europe
Britain
France
Balkan
Shirley Temple Social Thursday Benefit for Middletown Church
On Thursday night November 2 a Shirley Temple social will be hosted at Emma Parks Robinsons residence to benefit Middletown A M E Church. Announcement released by Mary Perkins, manager.
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Emma Parks Robinson
Middletown
Will of Isaac Mason Recorded in Winchester Court
The will of the late Isaac J. Mason of Winchester is recorded with Clerk Clark M. Smith. The residue of the estate is bequeathed to Mrs. Sue J. Mason.
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Isaac 8. Mason
Winchester
Corporation Court
Clark M. Smith
Sue J. Mason
Haul Between Trains Stuns Cumberland Gas Station
In Cumberland on October 30 a masked bandit with a crown pistol robbed Harry Jones, 24, a gasoline station attendant, of $20 as he worked. Jones suspects the suspect rode a freight train on nearby lines including the Baltimore and Ohio. The same station was robbed last August and another nearby station was held up two weeks ago.
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Cumberland
Harry Jones
Jones
Thealtimore
Ohio
France denies German submarine losses claim
Paris reports a French admiralty communique denying Germany's claim that only three U boats have been sunk. The note asserts the French likely sunk more, while semi official sources had counted at least 20 submarines sunk by British and French forces since the war began.
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Paris
Finland Rejects Need for Bases in Russian Talks
Helsinki reports indicate the Finnish government will not concede the need for naval or air bases on Finnish soil to secure its Baltic position. The Moscow talks enter a third session as Finland unites cabinet and Diet leaders behind a defense fund drive of about 9.4 million dollars, with insurers underwriting 20 percent of bonds and volunteers near one million dollars.
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Helsinki
Authoritariv
Russia
Baltic
Gulf of Finland
Moscow
Kremlin
Foreign Office
Diet
Secrecy Maintained Over Torpedo Machine Damage
Providence Rhode Island October 30 Officials kept details secret in a case about alleged damage to torpedo mechanism at Newport naval torpedo station as U S commissioner hearing for Joseph Demers Jr a West Warwick former station machinist was postponed to November 13. Demers was charged with damaging the gyro torpedo mechanism on September 25 and arraigned October 21. Hearing delayed after talks between U S Attorney J Howard McGrath and Defense Attorney Michael Decian tis. Bail of five thousand dollars remained posted by the defendant's father.
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Providence
R. I
Newport Naval Torpedo Station
United States
Joseph Demers, Jr
West Warwick
Demers
J. Howard McGrath
Defense Atorney Michael Deciantis
Slugged Aged Pair For Slurring Widowed Mother
COMANCHE Texas October 30 Henry P Haynes 23 a farm hand admitted he killed his grandmother Martha Masere 79 and her son J Haynes after they allegedly slurred his widowed mother He claimed his uncle and grandmother made the remarks and he burned them in their home The sheriff said Haynes planned to burn himself too but smoke forced him to stop and a piece of iron was found beneath one body indicating possible intent to resist capture
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Comanche
Tex
Henry P. Haynes
Wid Spivey
Haynes
Harey
Murce
Marthe Masere
J. Haynes
Spivey
Shad Roe Consumption Question Sparks Estimate
A reader asks how many eggs a person consumes when eating shad and a new portion of shad roe, ranging from 25 000 to 150 000. The query implies large roe counts but lacks specifics on serving size or egg count per portion.
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Oman
Dreamer Flares In Killing Rage in Corapolis
CORAPOLIS, Pa. Oct 30 A worker awakened by a dream hacked his wife with an army sword then killed two others and shot a woman Police say Christy Larocco 36 a friend’s sword and a pistol led to the rampage He surrendered after the tragedy The dead woman is Libby Baltempo 2 children she left behind The wounded are Rosie Larocco 28 Mario Baltempo 45 and Mary Baltempo 14
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Corapolis
Joseph Seara
Seara
Christy Larocco
Larocco
Libby Baltempo
Laroccos
Rosie
Mario Baltempo
Mary Baltempo
Baltempo
Washington Drunk Driver Fined and Jailed in Police Court
Lloyd G. Lurto, 30, Washington DC, fined 110.25 by Police Magistrate Donald Weems for drunken driving and disorderly conduct and given 30 days in jail. Officers Starrett and Wisecarver made the arrest. Other cases include Lin den Hawkins fined 10.25 for breaking and entering Shenandoah Valley Vinegar works and jailed for nonpayment. Clarence Clark 37 fined 15.25 for drunk and disorderly after a fight and broken plate glass at Apple Blossom Restaurant. Kenneth F. Cather received one month jail for passing bad checks.
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Lloyd G. Lurto
Washington
D. C
Donald Weems
Starrett and
Wisecarver
Linden Hawkins
Shenandoah Valley
Clarence Clark
Kenneth F. Cather
James Hicks
South Market Street
Frank Chilcott
Gore
Roy Larrick
Frank Sinkine
Soldier's Home
Lester Barton
Middletown
Holmes Boyd
Berryville Avenue
Five Year Suspension Granted in Embezzlement Case
Cumberland Maryland October sentence reduced for Eugene Beckman former department manager and buyer for a major Cumberland store who pleaded guilty to embezzling 454.11 and was previously sentenced to 18 months in the House of Correction by Chief Judge Lindley Sloan in Circuit Court.
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Cumberland, Md
Eugene Beckman
Cumberland
House of Correction
Lindley Sloan
Beckman
Two Youths Held After Escape From Maryland Training School
Two 15 year old boys who escaped with about 25 others from the Maryland Training School at Towson Md are held here pending their return to the school. They were picked up Thursday night after reportedly trying to steal a car.
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Maryland Training School
Towson
Cooley Divorce Decree Grants Six Month Restart
A divorce decree in Larue County grants Cooley and Paul Cooley a divorce on grounds of desertion. The ruling forbids either spouse from remarrying for six months.
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Larue
Cooley
Paul Cooley
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