Smith delivers rain-soaked acceptance in Albany capitol
Governor Alfred E. Smith accepts the Democratic presidential nomination in a crowded Albany capitol ceremony moved indoors by rain. He plans campaign trips to New Jersey and New York, then Syracuse for the state fair, with later events after Labor Day.
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Albany
N. Y
U.P
State Capitol
Alfred E. Smith
Assembly
New Jersey
New York
Syracuse
Capitol
Cornor
Radio signals tied to Rockford Stockholm flyers
Chicago dispatch reports the government halted two navy and two commercial radio bands after amateur operators heard nightly signals near those used by Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer, missing Rockford Stockholm fliers. Two Chicago amateurs alerted authorities saying the letters R D and A appeared in clear but faint tones. Cramer reportedly devised a letter system to show flight progress.
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Chicago
Cramer
Firing on Caldwell mine tied to election law probes
Caldwell Aug 23 authorities link a Tuesday night shooting at the Caldwell mine to prosecutions of Nobles county election law violations. No injuries reported after many shots by attackers and mine guards. Twenty more affidavits expected. 22 Democrats accused of using the Republican ticket to defeat Sheriff Schafer.
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Caldwell
Here
Nobles County
Schafer
Edward Eliswick
Eliswick
Bossy Gillis Plans Townwide Retaliation Over Fine
Newburyport mayor Bossy Gillis threatens violent reprisals against citizens after a 330 day jail term and 1140 fine imposed for operating a gasoline station without council authority. District Judge Nathaniel N. Jones presided.
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Newburyport
Mass
U.P
Bos
Sy Gillis
Bossy
Nathaniel N. Jones
Manx convention to vote on separate Isle of Man immigration quota
Aug 23 Cleveland report notes a resolution to establish a separate immigration quota from the Isle of Man to be voted on at today's session of the first International Manx convention.
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Cleveland
U.R
Isle of Man
Hoover wraps western campaign with farm leaders in Cedar Rapids
Herbert Hoover concludes his western swing in Cedar Rapids with farm leaders and labor and engineering groups meeting on agricultural issues. Senator Watson praised Hoover's three way farm relief plan and criticized Alfred E. Smith for not offering concrete relief proposals.
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Key Pittman
Nevada
Smith
Pittman
Cedar Rapids
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Chicago
Hoover
Organized Labor
Iowa Association of Engineers
James E. Watson
Indiana
Alfred E. Smith
al Smith
Watson
Congress
Sidney H Johnson 66 Dies Near Trimble
Sidney H Johnson 66 a Ohio university graduate and Cincinnati law school alumnus died at his Trimble area home after a period of ill health. He was a Phi Delta Theta member, practiced law briefly in Cincinnati, then pursued farming after returning to Ohio. Survived by widow Anna Howard and siblings Mrs. Beasley Mrs. Heald Mrs. Wolfe John M Johnson Dora Howard Miss Vinnie Johnson and A B Johnson. Funeral set for Trimble Christian church with burial at Maplewood or West Union cemetery.
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Sidney H. Johnson
Ohio University
Cincinnati Law School
Trimble
Frank J. Beasley
Johnson Home
Athens
Christian Church
Maplewood
Glouster
West Union Street
Johnson
Trimble Township
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Cincinnati
West
Ohio
Anna Howard
Near
Millfield
Milligan Howard
Clyde Heald
Frank Wolfe
John M. Johnson
Los Angeles
Calif
Dora Howard
the Plains
Vinnie Johnson
A. B. Johnson
Sidney
Fire erupts at Mine No 25 in Chauncey fatal to miner
A mine fire at Manhattan Coal Mine No 25 Chauncey caused the death of miner W. R. Thompson. Fire boss C. C. Frye aided Thompson until overcome by carbon monoxide. Investigators and National Guard secured the site. source says origin near the fan shaft with flames possibly spreading to Mine No 26. Thompson married three months ago and was hired the previous night.
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Manhattan Coal Company
Chauncey
W. R. Thompson
Athens
New Marshfield
C. C
Lum” Frye
Thompson
Frye
Miner’s House Destroyed by Fire in Nelsonville District
A miner’s house owned by Sunday Creek Coal in the Nelsonville Murray district burned to the ground after being set afire about 12:30 a.m. Firefighters believe gasoline-soaked rags were thrown at the back of the house. All furnishings were destroyed. A nearby blast at Orbiston mine at 10:25 p.m. injured no one beyond broken windows. the mine employs 105 men.
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Nelsonville
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Nelsonville-Murray
Columbus
Orbiston
Pope Pius May Have To Leave Vatican Lands
In Rome on August 23, Pope Pius XII faces a health warning from doctors and debate over a summer home outside the Vatican. The pontiff, confined to Vatican grounds for decades, may depart as heat worsens his condition and outdoor activity is limited.
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Pope Pius
Vatican Land
Rome
Vatican
Pius
Coal Mine Readies for Open Shop Operation
A force of about 40 men has been employed in the last week to clean the mine and prepare for operation on an open shop basis. The mine normally employs about 500 workers with a potential output of 1,200 tons daily.
Mammoth air circus planned to fund Greenville airport
Greenville officials announce a large air circus on Sunday September 30 to raise funds for an airport project. The facility will be built on the H L McEowen farm near Greenville, a site selected by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Greenville
U.P
H. L. Mc Eowen
Chamber of Commerce
Phantom Fight is Futile in Smith Prohibition Clash
Josephus Daniels calls Governor Smiths prohibition battle a phantom fight impossible to realize. He warns the New York governors progressive stance and Muscle Shoals plan will keep him in the Democratic party, criticizing Smiths stance and urging adherence to party lines.
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Raleigh
N. C
Smith
Secretary of Navy
Josephus Daniels
United Press
Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Wilson Cab Met
New York
Democratic Party
Ohio wage scale talks eyed for afternoon decision
Columbus August 23 The wage scale conference between mine union officials and independent coal operators may adjourn with a proposal for six dollars a day for drivers and seventy cents a ton for cutting and loading. The plan ties the Ohio scale to non union levels in Kentucky and West Virginia with possible reductions if rivals cut wages. An 18 month agreement would be allowed to suspend if competitors lower pay. Non union mines pay five dollars daily while union mines at five seventy. If accepted it ends 17 months of wage dispute. if rejected few operators remain willing to negotiate and say they are through with the union.
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Columbus
U.P
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ohio
Union
Jacksonville
Young Eagle Scout Joins Byrd South Pole Expedition
Paul Siple, 19, an Eagle scout from Erie Pennsylvania, reported aboard the New York to serve as orderly to Commander Richard E Byrd. The expedition flagship departs Saturday for New Zealand as the first of Byrd's three ships to depart.
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New York
Paul Siple
Erie
Richard E. Byrd
South Pole
New Zealand
New York Governor Smith Urges Prohibition Revision Plan
Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York outlined a program to modify the Volstead act, allow state by state liquor controls, and seek a referendum on constitutional changes. He urged enforcement of prohibition while proposing scientific definitions of alcoholic content and state sales under federal limits, insisting the saloon should be a defunct institution. He promised farm relief measures and stressed national morals and law.
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Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Albany
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Canada
Congress
Ular
Smith
Hope Fades for Aviators Missing in Greenland Flight
Officials warned only slight chances of rescue for Bert Maseell and Parker Cramer after their plane Greater Rockford vanished near Cape Chidley en route from Ontario to Greenland. Coast guard cutter Marion reported no chance if in the nearby waters as it searched about 30 miles east of Resolution Island. The pair departed Rockford Illinois to pioneer a new trans Atlantic route over Canada and Greenland toward northern Europe.
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Washington
Bert H Maseell
Parker Cramer
Greater Rockford
Cape Chidley
Ontario
Greenland
Coast Guard
Marion
Resolution Island
Rockford
Canada
Europe
Dr C B Taylor Dies in McArthur at 82
Dr Charles B Taylor 82 retired Presbyterian pastor and Civil War veteran died at his McArthur home after 18 days of intense suffering from relaxation of an artery in the brain. He was ordained in 1870 and served mainly in southeastern Ohio. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 PM in the McArthur Presbyterian church.
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Ohio
Charles B. Taylor
McArthur
Taylor
Athens
McArthur Presbyterian Church
Irving Fishkin Shoots Self At Office In Cleveland
Irving Fishkin 38, secretary and credit manager at Oppenheim Collins in Cleveland, shot and killed himself shortly after arriving at his office today.
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Cleveland
U.R
Irving Fishkin
Oppenheim Collins Company
Athens Fair Draws About 3000 Here Amid Ideal Weather
About 3000 people attended the Athens county fair yesterday as ideal weather helped boost expected record crowds. Albany grange won first place in the seven granges displays judged by Dean Alfred Vivian of Ohio State University. A Friday parade features livestock, 4 H clubs, and grange members with banners and green and white deco rations.
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Albany Grange
Alfred Vivian
Department of Articulture
Ohio State University
Sion
Albany
Canaan
Rome
Athens
Summit
Trimble
York
Grange
Pomona Grange
T. H. Johnson
County Farm Extension
Johnson
E. F. Townsend
Perry County
Escoe Ervin
Athens County
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Iowa
Blaze
C. H. Bartlett Messenger
John Shetler
T. E. Andrews
National Guard
Manhattan
Phantom
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Yasphiche
Quebec
Illinois
C. B. Taylor
W. E. Moler
W. H. Brown
Athens High School
Harlan Carpenter
G. E. “Buss
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