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November 18, 1929

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Headlines from November 18, 1929

Sheriff Raids Illinois Fraternity House; Three Students Held, Supply of Liquor Seized

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Fraternity house at Univ of Ill raided; 3 students held, supply of liquor seized

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T.P. O'CONNOR DIES; 'FATHER' OF COMMONS; Greatly Beloved Parliamentary Leader Succumbs to Long Illness at Age of 81. RECENTLY QUIT HIS PAPER He Had Notable Career as Irish Champion--Death Due to Septic Poisoning. Called "Father of Commons." T.P. O'CONNOR DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Book Wins Fame and Money.

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Death; career; por

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SOCIALISTS REFUSE TO FORM NEW PARTY; Reject Plea of Holmes to Drop Name and Part of Program to Gain Victory at Polls. HE ASKS A GREAT ALLIANCE Says It Is Only Chance to Win City--Thomas and Hillquit Oppose Plan. "Not on a Golden Platter." Holmes Gets Storm of Applause. SOCIALISTS REFUSE TO FORM NEW PARTY Would Sacrifice Some of Program. Name Not Vital, Hillquit Says.

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"Jubilation meeting"; J H Holmes suggests changing party name and dropping part of platform to gain victory at polls; N Thomas and M Hillquit discuss proposal

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19 SLAIN AS MEXICO ELECTS ORTIZ RUBIO PRESIDENT; LOSERS CALL POLL A FRAUD; MORE THAN SCORE WOUNDED Widespread Intimidation Is Said to Have Barred Vasconcelist Votes. MAJORITY PUT AT MILLION Troops Are Called Out in Many Cities--American Embassy Guarded by Infantry. FIVE VICTIMS IN VERA CRUZ One Man Is Lynched at Seaport --Government Says Balloting Mostly Was Quiet. Ten Dead at 6 o'Clock. Polling Called Quiet. Vasconcelistas Issue Protest. 90 Per Cent of Vote Reported. Vasconcelos on West Coast. Ballots Stolen in Vera Cruz. Sixteen Hurt In Oil Town. Ortiz Rubio Winner in Yucatan. Quiet on Arizona Border. Texas Border Reports Quiet. Calles Deplores Clashes.

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Ortiz Rubio elected Pres; 19 slain in brawls

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GIRL SLAIN IN HOME BY JEALOUS FIANCE; Jersey City Youth Confesses He Shot Helen Wittpen, Then Phoned for Ambulance. SAYS HE WAS IN DAZE Seized, Wandering Streets, He Tells Police He Thought She Had Slighted Him. Took Pistol From Aunt's Home. Text of Confession. GIRL SLAIN IN HOME BY JEALOUS FIANCE Tells of Fatal Row.

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1929Gianna D'Angelo, American soprano and educator (died 2013)^[†]

Gianna D'Angelo was an American coloratura soprano, primarily active in the 1950s and 1960s.

Historical Events

1929Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.^[†]

The 1929 Grand Banks earthquake occurred on November 18, 1929. The shock had a moment magnitude of 7.2 and a maximum Rossi–Forel intensity of VI and was centered in the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Laurentian Slope seismic zone.

Headlines from November 18, 1929

Sheriff Raids Illinois Fraternity House; Three Students Held, Supply of Liquor Seized

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