Hoover speech in Louisville marks campaign stop
Hoover travels by special train through Kentucky en route to California for a rapid tour including Indiana Illinois and St Louis where he will deliver the major address from the Coliseum steps at 8 30 pm and appeal for support on radio link up He receives a cordial Cumberland welcome with 10000 supporters as he maintains prosperity themes and rebuts Smith attacks.
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Herbert Hoover
Palo Alto
Navy
Blue Grass
Kentucky
Louisville
California
Ohio
Hoover
Cincinnati
Winton Place
Storres
Winton Lace
Sampson
Indiana
Illinois
St. Louis
Maryland
Cumberland
Republcan
Postmaster and Assistant Ousted for Postal Violation
Acting Postmaster General Clover removed Lansford Pa postmaster Robert H. Stickler and assistant Bessie Burns Stickler after finding them guilty of conspiracy to violate postal laws by circulating mail without postmarks or proper ID. The anonymous circulars attacked Herbert Hoover and local candidates in the district.
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Washington
Navy
U.P
Clover
Robert H. Stickler
Bessie Burns Stickler
Lansford
Glover
Herbert Hoover
Government petitions Supreme Court on immigration cross case
The government asked the U S Supreme Court for a hearing on a Circuit Court ruling that allowed British citizens in waned to cross into the United States to withed to vise out an immigration quo.
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Washington
U.P
U.S. Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S
Graf Zeppelin's Atlantic crossing tagged as safety milestone
German airship commander Hugo Eckener says stronger faster ships are needed after the Graf Zeppelin's storm bathed voyage. The flight faced furious gales off Newfoundland, ice floes, and a 600 kilometer course deviation, but landed near France after 67 hours aloft.
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Eric Keyser
Friedrichshafen
U.P
Germany
Atlantic
Hugo Hekener
Graf Zeppelin
Eckener
Newfoundland
New Foundland
Ireland
Bermuda
France
Loire
Lakehurst
Fire damages Townsend garage from shorted Oldsmobile sedan
A fire started by a short circuit in an Oldsmobile sedan owned by the McCune Car Co. damaged a two story frame repair shop belonging to H. O. Townsend at 41 Second Street. The blaze confined to the upper front, injuring Townsend who burned his left arm while fighting the flames. The sedan valued at 400 dollars was badly damaged. a Buick on the lower floor escaped harm. Insurance covered part of the building damage. tools and equipment were a total loss.
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McCune Car Company
H. O. Townsend
Second Street
Snowstorms Sweep To South and East
Snow storms approaching blizzard proportions swept southward and eastward from the Rocky Mountain region centering over Nebraska, eastern Kansas and Texas. Nebraska had a foot of snow with four foot drifts in western areas. Cold waves were forecast for Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and most of the Midwest.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountain
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Middle West
Judge Florence Allen Criticizes GOP Letter
Judge Florence KE Allen, non partisan candidate for the Supreme Court, objects to a Republican State Headquarters letter signed by Mrs Wilma Sinclair LeVan urging support for Judges Day and Geiger. She cites the grounds used as favoring party loyalty after the primary.
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Columbus
Florence KE. Allen
Supreme Court
Wilma Sinclair LeVan
Judge Day
Judge Geiger
Miss Allen
List of 117 precinct election booth workers dismissed in Cleveland
Judge George C. Barns and Frank A. Stetson released a public list naming 117 precinct election booth workers recommended for dismissal. An additional list was prepared by Henry B. Ballard, assistant attorney general, for the Cuyahoga County Election Board.
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Cleveland
George C. Barns
Frank A. Stetson
Cuyahoga County
Gen Burnett dies veteran Civil War commander at Sandusky
Gen O Burnett 82 former commander of the Soldiers Home at Sandusky and Civil War era Calvary officer in the Independent Battalion died here after a long illness. He was the sixth Civil War veteran to die in ten days.
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Burnett
Springfield
O. Burnett
Sandusky
South Independent Battalion of
Calvary
Women's Relief Corps Meet Tonight at Red Allen's Hall
The Women's Relief Corps convenes at 7:30 tonight in Red Allen's Hall for an evening gathering. Members are reminded to attend and participate in planned activities and discussions.
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Woman's Relief Corps
Red Alen’s
Half Million Loan Reported by Democrats
The Democratic National Committee reported a second half million dollar loan and more than $1,000,000 in expenditures in a single week to the House Campaign Expenditures Committee. For October 23 to 31 the list shows $456,217 in contributions plus the loan of October 24 from County Trust Company of New York, bringing total receipts to $1,023,894 and week expenditures to $1,056,991. The committee balance on November 1 stood at $92,094.
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Washington
U.R
Democratic Natonal Committee
Democratic National Committee
House Campaign Expenditures Committee
County Trust Company of
New York
Trial opens in Mexico for killer of Obregon
Jose De Leon Toral faces a nine member jury for the assassination of President Elect Alvaro Obregon in San Angel Mexico. Mother Superior Maria Concepcion is charged as moral instigator. A guarded court room fills beyond capacity as spectators are searched and a radio broadcast reaches thousands.
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San Angle
Mexico
Jose de Leon Toral
Alvaro Obregon
Toral
Maria Concepction
Maxmillian
Potter Potters A Potter’s Death By Self-Destruction
Despondency was the motive for J H Cole a 27 year old potter who died by his own hand in Tiffin yesterday. The case notes his occupation as a potter and records the suicide as the cause of death.
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J. H. Cole
Cole
Hie Wee Marpiad
Amendment 13 discussed by Athens judge on road levy
Athens County Common Pleas Judge L. J. Worstell explains that the proposed state amendment would raise judge salaries after February 9 next year, and that the two mill road levy outside the 15 mill limit would fund county needs while preserving existing levies. Auditor Clyde Edmundson outlines how the levy operates and its effect on tax limits and county funds.
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Clyde Edmundson
Ohio
L. J. Worstell
Athens County Common Pleas Court
League of Women Voters
Worstell
Cleveland
Common Pleas
Athens
J. Clyde Edmundson
Athens County
Mr. Edmundson
Edmundson
S. H. Bing
Ohio University
United States
Bing
Farmer-Labor Party
Democrat
Republican
Prohibition
Bellanca Columbia flight to Rome postponed again
Roosevelt Field confirms the Bellanca monoplane Columbia’s New York to Rome voyage is delayed for a second time amid unfavorable weather conditions.
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Roosevelt Field
New York
Rome
Blind Voters Among County Infirmary Inmates to Vote
In Pomeroy on November 2 staff report 20 inmates of the county infirmary eligible to vote next Tuesday. Many are infirm or blind and will need help marking ballots yet Supt Milo Stewart says they are informed on the issues. He plans to escort as many as possible to the polls in Pomeroy Precinct. Among them are three Negro preachers.
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Pomeroy
Milo Stewart Decares
Navy flyer to receive Schiff Memorial Trophy
Lieut. James E. Dyer, on duty in San Diego, will fly across the country in November to accept the Herbert Schiff Memorial Trophy from President Coolidge for safe flying. In the last fiscal year he logged 1251 hours without injuries to aircraft or personnel.
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James E. Dyer
Navy
San Diego
Cal
President Coolidge
Herbert Schiff
Dyer
Lake Bluff Girl Dies After Self Torture Story
Elfrieda Knaak a 29 year old book agent died from burns suffered at a furnace in the Lake Bluff police station basement. She clung to a tale of spiritual love for night policeman Charles Hitchcock and refused to alter her story as investigators prepared to confront her supposed lover. The death ends a strange case still under investigation.
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Lake Bluff
Ill
U.R
Elfrieda Knaak
Miss Knaak
Charles W. Hitchcock
Elfrieda
Alice Home Hospital
A. W. Smith
Hitchcock
Hoover greeted by thousands in Louisville crowd
Herbert Hoover arrived by special train from Cincinnati and was cheered by thousands despite heavy rain. Governor Sampson, Mayor Harrison, Congressman Thatcher and Republican leaders led a downtown parade to Jefferson County Armory where about 15 000 people gave Hoover a standing ovation as he spoke on peace prosperity and the American home.
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Louisville
Herbert Hoover
Cincinnati
Flem D. Sampson
Sampson
William Harrison
Maurice H. Thatcher
Republican League
Hoover
Jefferson County
Harrison
Kentucky
Mississippi
Home Town Hails Al Smith Parade In City Welcome
New York crowds lined Broadway as Alfred E. Smith led a five mile triumphal march from the Battery. Steamship whistles cheered the governor and Mrs. Smith as spectators glimpsed the state leader hailed as the future president during a homecoming celebration.
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New York
U.P
Alfred E. Smith
United States
Broadway
Battery
Damages Sought From County in Dover Township Assault
James Hedrick sues Athens County Commissioners for $1,000 in damages after a mob of five fired eight shots near the Dover Township porch on September 16, 1928. He was hit in the left knee and later operated on at St. Francis Hospital Columbus. he also cites severe nervous shock. The petition seeks costs and inclusion of the judgment in the next tax levy.
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Shota
Dover Township
James Hedrick
Athens County Commissioners
Common Pleas Court
Board of Commissioners
M. L. Weaver
Lucy Justice
Marie Weaver
Greens Run Road
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
Cincinnati Union Terminal Company Stock Authorization
The Public Utilities Commission authorized the Cincinnati Union Terminal Company to issue 35,000 shares of stock with a par value of 100 dollars per share. Proceeds will be used to acquire property for the railway terminals the company will build.
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Columbure
U.P
Cincinnati Union Terminal Company
Public Utilities Commission
McCracken Returns From Convention
Dr. T C McCracken dean of the College of Education Ohio University returned from New York City where he attended a meeting of the Executive Council of Kappa Delta Pi the national honorary educational society of which he is national executive president He spoke at a banquet hosted by Kappa chapter Teachers College Columbia University on the subject Professionalization of Teaching The Omega chapter at Ohio University will initiate about 40 members on Tuesday November 27
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Rufus Putnam Training School
Frank Salisbury
Ohio University
Parent- Teacher Association
State of
Ohio
Doctor Salisbury
Rufus Putnam School
Superviat
A. F. Hixson
Mr. Hixson
T. C. McCracken
College of Education
New York City
Kappa Delta Pi
National Honorary Educational Society
New York
Kappa Chapter
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Dean McCracken
Omega
Annavnwaad
Flight Delay Halts Transcontinental Flight Plan
Adverse weather forced Richard E. James the 17 year old New York aviator to postpone the flight. He arrived in Salt Lake City late yesterday after seeking to fly to Cheyenne Wyoming today but abandoned the 9:45 a m start.
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Salt Lake City
Richard E. James
New York
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ohio University Bobcats Honored at Sendoff to Miami Game
Hundreds of students lined Union Station to cheer the Ohio University Bobcats departing for Oxford to face Miami University on Saturday. The university band performed spirited songs as cheerleaders led enthusiastic chants, with students excused from 1 pm classes for the sendoff.
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Ohio University Bobcats
Union Station
Miami University
Oxford
Nominees for Governor Clash Over Campaign Spending
The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation launches a rural turnout drive ahead of next Tuesday’s election. It forms 22 legislative questions on agriculture and farm issues, operates in nine counties with local units, and funds farmer education to vote early and intelligently. The group stresses a nonpartisan stance focused on what it regards as right.
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Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Today
Federation
Davey and Poulson Speak at Rival Rallies in Canton
At Canton rallies, Postmaster General New addressed Republicans while Congressmen Martin L. Davey and Francis Poulson spoke for Democrats. Davey attacked Myers Y. Cooper accusing him of buying his nomination and seeking to buy the election.
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New
Canton
Martin L. Davey
Didate
Francis Poulson
Davey
Myers Y. Cooper
Cooper Demands Repeal of Peace Law in Ohio Campaign
Speaking in Cleveland Republican governor nominee Myers Y. Cooper called for immediate repeal of the Peace Law governing public utilities rates. He labeled it a rank injustice and accused opponent Davey of propaganda and personality politics. Cooper claimed 1,280,000 copies of speeches were printed at $100,000 and shipped to Ohio.
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Cleveland
Myers Y. Cooper
Cooper
Davey
Ohio
Postmaster General urges Hoover victory to keep prosperity policy
New argues prosperity as campaign focus and urges continued Republican policies by electing Herbert Hoover. He frames the voter question as whether the nation should change to advance the general welfare under the current administration.
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New
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
Haskin Seeks Return of Marked Booklet List
The Athens Messenger Information Bureau requests return of a marked booklet list with cents sent to Prefiedric J. Haskin or C. Enclosed. Instructions offer four units for one booklet, ten cents for three, or twenty cents for all six, with coin or stamps. Street appears in text.
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Prederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washi
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