Smith Blunt Charges League and Klan Aid Republicans
Governor Smith accuses the Anti-Saloon League and the Ku Klux Klan of aiding the Republican party to defeat him. He says Hoover and other leaders wobble on prohibition under the influence of intolerant forces, urging a progressive Democratic stance on policy areas.
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Maryland
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Baltimore
League
Werbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Amarillo Boy Joins Floating University Cruise Plan
Bill Childers, Amarillo resident, sails from New York on a two year educational cruise led by Sydney Greenbie. The voyage visits Asia Europe and Africa with 150 students under strict discipline and planned inland legs to broaden study beyond the ship. Childers and Dallas companions join the expedition amid plans to meet in Paris next June.
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Amarillo
Bill Childers
Olive M. Childers
Harrison Street
Europe
8. S. Rayndam
Rayndam
Sydney Greenbie
Americs
Parnassus
Troy
Ghengis
Orient
China
Question of Votes Forces River Houseboat Residency Ruling
Hartford election officials rule that Mr and Mrs Robert G Neese must establish a dry land residence within a ward to vote. Their home is a houseboat on the Connecticut river and no ward extends beyond the river bank, threatening their voting rights.
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Hartford
Conn
Robert G. Neese
Connecticut River
White Elephant Smith in Little Rock Hospital Hold
Charles Smith a New York atheist jailed for distributing literature to incite rioting has been moved to a city hospital in Little Rock. His hunger strike caused a stomach ailment now treated by Dr G D Thompson. Public opinion favors Smith while a November evolution referendum fuels heated debate over Darwinism in state textbooks.
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United Press
Little Rock
Ark
Charles Smith
New York
Smith
G. D. Thompson
Critics Growl At Talking Movies In Europe
Paris critics push back against the talking picture with Cecil Jorgfelice arguing that voice and cinema are incomparable. He says visible emotion often surpasses verbal emotion and notes few plays, mainly Shakespeare and Racine, fit with dialogue integral to action.
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Paris
France
Europe
Cecil Jorgfelice
Courrier Cinematographique
Jorgfelice
Gathorn
Shakespeare
Racine
Smokers Pay Teachers Fight Tax Shift in North China
North China middle school teachers protest to keep cigarette tax funds allocated for their salaries. They oppose moves to divert the tax for other uses, warning of diminished pay and disruption to schools.
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Peking
China
Hoover Speech Friday Focuses on Farm Relief Plan
Washington reports Herbert Hoover will deliver a key address Friday night in St. Louis emphasizing farm relief. The speech, likely to shape his post election agenda, centers on a farm board to manage crop surpluses with Federal aid, following his tariff emphasis in the acceptance speech.
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Associated Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
St. Louis
Congress
Ner
Dogs Seized From New London Farm Home
Humane agent I A Melcher and an officer found 21 dogs at Archie Babcock’s New London area farm home. Six slept in the bed with Babcock, others wandered the room. Two sacks of bread provided. after they ran out the dogs yelped for more. Babcock jailed to await arraignment.
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United Press
Appleton
Wis
I. A. Melcher
New London
Archie Babcock
Babcock
Jewelled Tortoise Stuns London Society at Maye Fair
Rupert the Jewelled tortoise captivates London society at a Maye fair. The shelled celebrity sports a gold painted back studded with crystals and attends bridge parties with his owner. He is noted as the fastest tortoise seen in society and enjoys being scratched under the chin.
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London
Rupert
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