Democrats Form National Group to Fight Smith
A national slate of “dry Democrats” from seventeen states organized the National Constitutional Democratic committee in Memphis to oppose Governor Smiths presidential bid. The group denounces Smith for opposing prohibition and federal law, urging Democrats to defeat him to preserve the constitution and constitutional order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Memphis
National
Constituional Democratic Committee
Bolter
Andrew Jackson
M. D. Lightfoot
Springfield
R. Hugh Jarvis
Morgantown
W. Va
Tammay Hall
Prohibition
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Hurricane Heads for Haiti and Cuba
A tropical hurricane endangered Haiti and Cuba as its center neared the eastern end of Haiti, sweeping Porto Rico and paralyzing San Juan. Warning from the weather bureau urged caution for vessels, with the storm described as dangerous and expected to pass south of Santo Domingo. Frum a German sailor in a collapsible canoe near the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
West Indies
Haiti
Cuba
United States Weather Bureau
Porto Rico
San Juan
Weather Bureau
Santo Domingo
To Rico
City O
Domingo
Orenzo
Franz Romer
Smokeless Operators Postpone Merger Talk Until Special Meeting
The Smokeless Coal Operators Association postpones discussion of a proposed merger of ninety one coal firms in Southern West Virginia to an indefinite date. Several companies have not yet reported their decisions, and a special meeting will be called later to consider the merger. Final golf tournament matches will be played tomorrow after the annual session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
West Virginia
Smokeless Coal Operators’ Association
Smith sticks to six speech plan on first campaign tour
Governor Smith will limit public remarks to six speeches across Omaha Oklahoma City Denver Helena St Paul and Milwaukee while touring by train. He will greet listeners from the rear platform at stations and conserve voice for planned Rochester convention address October 1 2. He dismisses Fargo chatter and will not speak during the North Dakota stop.
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Paul FP. Haucpert
Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Smith
Northwest
Omaha
Oklahoma City
Denver
Helena
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Rochester
New York
Democrats
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Chicago
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Fargo
Roy Toombs Arrested in Big Insurance Case
Chicago dispatch reports Roy Toombs, president of the International Life Insurance Co of St Louis, held on $5,000 bond after arrest on Missouri governor warrants for embezzlement. He sought habeas corpus to block extradition with a preliminary hearing set for October 8. Authorities say $3.5 million is involved in alleged manipulation of company assets.
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Chicago
Roy Toombs
Missouri
International Life Insurance Company of
St. Louis
Toombs
Gav
Er. G. Davison
Hoover analyzes fight in eastern states in campaign
Herbert Hoover deepens study of northeastern campaign hurdles with Senator Moses. Vermont delegation reports solid or improving outlook. New Jersey outlook brighter, Massachusetts cited as trouble. Labor support appears favorable as David Robertson denies Democratic labor gains. Hoover may postpone Chesapeake Bay fishing trip due to schedule.
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Herbert Hoover
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Vermont
W. B. Ragsdale
Associated Proes
Washington
Moses
New Hampshire
Hoover
Coolidge
Newark
N. J
Kellogg
Secretary of State
New York
Rhode Island
Connecticut
David Robertson
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railway Firemen
Chesapeake Bay
Senator Curtis
Kansas
Beitzel Murder Trial Delayed to Monday
In Los Angeles on September 13 the Beitzel murder trial was postponed to Monday to allow new attorney Joseph Fainer to review the case. Former counsel Verne Hamilton received a three month jail term for contempt and unethical conduct after being cited by court staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Russell Beitzel
Barbara Mauger
Joseph Fainer
Burnell
Hamilton
Heat in Alto Wreck Wrecks Car on Wet Wheeling-Fairmont Road
Wilard F. Prizemayer of Clarkeburg sustained a scalp laceration and other injuries when his auto skidded on a wet surface, crashed through a fence, and plunged 40 feet down an embankment on the Wheeling-Fairmont road in Moundsville. The car was wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alto
Moundaville
W. Va
Wilard F. Prizemayer
Clarkeburg
Wheeling-Fairmont Road
Tornado Hits Northeastern Nebraska Killing Eight
A tornado swept across Dakota City and several villages in Northeastern Nebraska, killing eight people and injuring many others. The path stretched from Pender to the Missouri River near the Sioux City area, with damage to homes, telegraph lines, and roads hindering a precise tally. Names of victims include Andrew Larsen Miss Mies Bell Miss Phyllis Stuart Miss Helen Graham Raymond Reem and Ralph Norris’s sons. Rescue crews rushed residents to cyclone shelters as the storm passed.
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Dakota City
Nebr
Nebraska
Andrew Larsen
Walthill
Mies
Bell
Phyllis Stuart
Bear Winnebago
Helen Graham
Homer
Raymond Reem
Ralph Norris
D. Kinsize
Pender
Fordyvoa Winnebago
Omaha
Loready
Netraska
Missouri River
Sioux City
Omaha Bee News
Winnebago
Norris
Winneme
F. H. Forrest
Forrest
Feature Race Event Of Air Derby Fails To Produce Winner
The 1928 national air races feature from New York to Los Angeles ended without a clear winner as Art Goebel of Los Angeles claimed victory after a stop in Prescott Arizona for repairs. Goebel landed at Mines Field in California and admitted the non stop flight claim was not accurate. Other contestants reached various points along the route with no decisive finish. A crash near Decatur Indiana marred the event injuring Captain John Morris and passenger William Thaw II. The list of landings includes Leboutellier McMillin Page Thaw Iseman Burgin with multiple detours and delays.
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Los Angeles
New York
Art Goebel
Mines Field
Goebel
Prescott
Ariz
Roosevelt Field
George Haldeman
Detroit
Bellanca
Albuquerque
N. M
N. M., At 5:05 P. m. Haldeman
Flagstaff
Haldeman
St. Louis
John Morris
Co' William Thaw II
Decater
Ind
Col. Thaw
Morris Leas
Lafayette Escadrille
Oliver Leboutellier
East Orange
N. J
Clifford McMillin
Syracuse
N. Y
Chase
Randolph Page
Northville
Mich
Allentown
William Thaw II
Pittsburgh
Decatur
Jack Iseman
Rockaway Naval Air Station
Amarillo
Texas
Emil Burgin
Mineola
Willard, N. M
Hoover to visit Philadelphia for Republican Women’s club
Mrs. Herbert Hoover plans to visit Philadelphia next Wednesday to attend the opening of the Republican Women’s club there, joining her husband on his campaign swing to New Jersey. The Philadelphia event could affect the timing of Hoover’s Newark trip and return to Washington. Dr. Hubert Work accused Senator Robinson of quote distortion from Hoover’s letters to paint a misleading picture.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Philadelphia
New Republican Women's Club
New Jersey
Clement
Hoover
Newark
William Penn
Hannah Hoover
New York
Hubert Work
Joe T. Robinson
Robinson
Charlotte
Work
George Peek
Europe
T. F. Reed
Ofinnesota
Catholic candidate urged for presidency by Mrs Rosas
Mrs Nellie Tayloe Rosas former Wyoming governor told audiences on Maryland's Eastern shore that after 150 years the United States should elect a Catholic to the presidency. She urged support for Alfred E. Smith and noted Jefferson's stance on religion while promoting the Princess Anne club to back the Democratic nominee.
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Centreville
Nellie Tayloe Rosas
Wyoming
Maryland
Houston
Salisbury
Alfred E. Smith
Ross
Princess Ae
M& Rose
Teas Ait Secattasaiay Ter
Club of
Princess Anne
Court orders lower assessment review for Monongalia lands
West Virginia supreme court grants mandamus directing P D Morr judge to hear Monongalia Improvement Co appeal from board of equalization and review and to reduce the coal land assessment from 10 to 15 dollars per acre or show cause for not doing so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
P. D. Morr’s
Marshall County Circuit Court
Monongalia Improvement Company
Board of Equalization and Review
State Supreme Court
Board of Review and Equalization
Windstorm Strikes Rindge New Hampshire
A terrific late afternoon windstorm in Rindge uprooted trees felled chimneys and swept shingles from roofs. The storm damaged about four miles long and half a mile wide, cutting telephone and telegraph lines and disrupting communication. No deaths or injuries were reported.
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Keene
N. H
Rindge
Here
Despondent man commits suicide in Charleston home
Police said 63 year old William J. Jenkins shot himself at his Charleston residence on Sept 14 due to an incurable illness. He died shortly after officers arrived to investigate the disturbance.
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Charleston
W. Va
William J. Jenkins
Republicans Hold WV Region Conference in Second District
In Keyser West Virginia on September 13 the first of six regional GOP conferences gathered second district candidates and county leaders. State chairman Charles Carrigan and staff outlined organization plans, with emphasis on women voters and vote-getting efforts across thirteen counties. Bowman reported district survey results as satisfactory and Vernon Johnson joined as a Morgan County delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keyser
W. Va
West Virginia
Stanley Hodges
Panhandle
Barbour
Hodges
Buckhannon
State Committee
Charles E. Carrigan
H. N. Bradley
Thomas H. Scott
C. M. Jones
Frank L. Bowman
Vernon K. Johnson
Morgan County
House of Delegates
Year old boy loses right leg in railroad yard accident
Earl Kidd, a year old son of C. Bh Kidd of Mulberry Street and an assistant car foreman for the Norfolk and Western railroad, was fatally injured when his right leg was severed by a freight train in the west end yard. He was taken to Bluefield sanitarium for treatment after a blood transfusion using his father's blood. his condition was grave late last night.
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Earl Kidd
C. Bh. Kidd
Mulberry Street
Norfolk and Western Railroad
West End
Bluefield
Minnesota Banker Freed by Coolidge Commutation
Washington, March 15. President Coolidge commuted the five year term of W. M. Barker an official of the First National Bank of Urey Eagle Minnesota. Barker pleaded guilty to defalcation and was convicted on August 27 1927. Parole eligibility was set for April 28 1928.
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Washington
Coolidge
W. M. Barker
First National Bank
Urey Eagle
Minnesota
Sargent
Parker
Airway Age trophy derby prize report
The non stop New York to Los Angeles derby awards a silver goddess of flight trophy shown by Jane Winton. The piece features a globe, a tall column, and four bas relief panels of New York skyline, Middle West wheat fields, the Rocky Mountains, and Los Angeles skyline. The trophy’s disposition remains undetermined. Art Goebel and his Yan kee Doodle plane were the sole finisher with a forced landing in Arizona.
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Pus
New York
Los Angeles
Jane Winton
Middle West
Rocky Mountains
Art Goebel
Arizona
Robinson Defends Immigration Plan In Campaign Voice
Senator Joe Robinson, speaking by radio, defends his immigration plan and accuses opponents of using unethical methods to fear defeat. He travels to South Carolina defend against claims the Democrats rely on secret or biased ties to labor and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Joe Robinson
South Carolina
Democratic Party
Mafia Kidnapping Search Grips Chicago Amid Ransom Probe
In Chicago investigators hunted the Mafia today for 10 year old Billy Ranieri who vanished after leaving school. Police and Italian detectives joined Billy’s father A Frank Ranieri in seeking the boy and a $60 000 ransom, amid terrified mothers keeping children indoors. Witness Rose Gondeck described a car following Billy and two men abducting him, while the boy’s family faced threats and silence as the case unfolded.
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Chicago
Billy Ranieri
Lice Omia Lesioner
Sohoul
A. Frank Ranieri
Alice Ranieri
Billy
Straneere Ln
Rose Gondeck
Ranier
Pilly
Bandit Jaworski Captured After Pittsburgh Hold Up Fight
Paul Jaworski, famed for the 1927 Express payroll robbery, was shot and captured in Cleveland after a fierce confrontation in a lumberyard house. Patrolman Anthony Wileczorek was killed. George Effinger wounded and dying. Jaworski had escaped Allegheny jail years earlier while awaiting execution for the guard’s death.
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Cleveland
Paul Jaworski
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Jaworski
Anthony Wileczorek
George F. Effinger
Hen Majsterok
Stander
Wleesorek
Effinger
Atrolman
Youra Koudela
Pittsburch Terminal Coal Company
Detroit
Detroit News
St. Alexis Hospital
Mian Confesses to Killing Girl in Charleston
William Stewart, 24, a taxi driver, confessed to the murder of his ex wife Norma Ferguson, 25, after being held in the county jail without bond. He allegedly admitted shooting her when she tried to go to her mother's home, corroborating witnesses but differing on the number of shots. A coroner's jury had previously ruled the death a homicide.
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Charleston
W. Va
Norma Virginia Ferguson
William Stewart
Crand
Stewart
John Britton
James Ferguson
Ferguson
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Philly
Republican Woman's Club
Mary Bainbridge Hayden
Dr. Work
Nellie Ross
Religious Liberty
al Smith
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Carrigan
Engineered Express CO
Mian
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