Smith Attacks Republicans Praises Roosevelt and Wilson
Governor Smith renews criticism of Harding and Coolidge leadership, endorses McNary Haugen farm relief, defends waterway plans, and defends immigration restrict laws. He contrasts Republican leadership with Roosevelt and Wilson, alleging behind the scenes control shaping policy. He cites inland waterway delays, fiscal niggardliness, and calls for unity between farm and industry policies.
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St. Paul
Minn
Smith
Harding
Coolidge
Minneapolis
New York
Great Lakes
Sea
St. Lawrence River
Omaha
Congress
Tle
Wison
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Convicted duo hear fate in West Virginia murders
Webster Springs, Sept 27 Judge Jake Fisher handed sentences to Annie L. McKensie 43 and Seymour Smith 29 for murdering Thomas McKens ie a Blair lumberman last Oct 1. Mrs McKensie received life imprisonment while Smith drew eighteen years, the maximum for second degree murder. Both declared innocence.
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Webster Springs
W. Va
Jake Fisher
Annie Ll. McKensie
Seymour Smith
Thomas McKenesie
Bdlair
MccEnsie
Smith
Defender submarine rescue craft unveiled at Bridgeport
The 1906 privately owned Defender, remodeled by Simon Lake with navy cooperation, is touted as a salvaging and rescue submarine. Its key feature is a front trap door allowing divers to work, with navy experts to test the device in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
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United States
Simon Lake
Navy Department
Bridgeport
Conn
Navy
Pig Pen Key to Identify Kidnappers in Wisconsin Case
In Kenosha Wisconsin four masked men abducted Hendrickson an Allen A Hosiery worker late last night. They drove him to a farm yard thrown him into a box bin and burned him with hot tar taunting him before releasing him. He escaped and reported his injuries non life threatening.
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Kenosha
Wis
Bern
Hendrickson
Allen A Hosiery Company
Link Between Phillips Connolly in Queens Sewer Case
Witness Purcell testified to a 1918 meeting showing John M. Phillips, Maurice E. Connolly, and Joseph L. Sigretto together amid Queens sewer contracts. Connolly and Frederick E. Seely face conspiracy charges for defrauding the city on sewer work. Sigretto’s role tied to a Rockaway contract after bid removals.
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New York
John M. Phillips
Queens
Maurice E. Connally
Connolly
Thomas F. Purcell
Phillips
Joseph L Sigretto
Frederick E. Seely
Smith to Broadcast Milwaukee Address on National Radio
Democratic headquarters announce Governor Smith will speak in Milwaukee Saturday at 9 PM Central. The National Broadcasting Company will carry the address via WBAL Baltimore KDKA Pittsburgh WLW Cincinnati KYW Chicago KWK St Louis and KSD St Louis.
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New York
Democratic National
Smith
Milwaukee
National Broadcasting Company
WBAL
Baltimore
KDKA
Pittsburgh
WLW
Cincinnati
KYW
Chicago
KWK
St. Louis
KSD
Slot Machine Question Heads to Grand Jury
The Pittsburgh grand jury will investigate charges by Alderman J. J. Verona that police protect vice and accept graft. Three witnesses including Charles W. Collins of the Children's Service bureau testified about slot machine operators taking money from school children.
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Pittsburgh
J. J. Verona
Charles W. Collins
Children’s Service Bureau
W C T U Members Destroy 2000 Cigarette Butts
Oakland chapter reports destroying over 2000 cigarette butts in weeks long campaign to keep children from smoking. Mrs Margaret Campbell announced the progress at the convention and said the effort will continue.
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Oakland
Cal
Margaret Campbell
Church Growth Shown In 1926 Religious Census
The census bureau reports 1926 totals of 54,624,976 members in 221,983 churches and 54,624,976 members in 2,?00? denominations within 1916 figures. Expenditures by religious bodies reached $514,371,529 with property valued at $5,842,577,133. The Roman Catholic church led with 15,605,003 members and the Methodist Episcopal church headed Protestant denominations with 4,080,777 members.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Methodist Episcopal Church
Good U. S. business conditions reported by commerce secretary
Secretary Whiting said business conditions in the United States are unusually good with general activity solid. He cited strong construction as a major factor noting contracts set in the third week of September reached 192000600, the largest total on record.
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Washington
United States
Whiting
John Coolidge in Crash Of Automobiles
John Coolidge son of the president was the driver of an automobile owned by Governor John H. Trumbull that crashed into another vehicle. Wilfred Veno, 20, was seriously hurt but not in danger of death. his mother Mrs. Mary Veno, 58, was not badly hurt. The incident occurred at a street intersection in New Haven.
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New Haven
Conn
New Haven Journal-Courier
John Coolidge
John H. Trumbull
Wilfred Veno
Mary Veno
New Haven Road
Plainville
William Cunningham
Henry Miller
Young Coolidge
J. J. Corrigan
Death Toll and Flood of Hurricane Hit Palm Beach
In West Palm Beach on Sept 27 officials report over 2 000 deaths and 16 082 homeless. Property damage exceeds 50 million dollars with 11 389 homes seriously damaged and 3 584 destroyed. Red Cross seeks 12 million for relief and rehab.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
George W Carr
Howard W. Selby
Palm Beach
Red Cross
Washington
Carr
Selby
Carr Eald
Cadman to Stay Brooklyn Pastor At Central Church
The Rev. Dr. Parks Cadman will not resign his pastorate at Central Congregational Church Brooklyn to become radio pastor for the Federal Council of Churches. Cadman’s assistant said the broadcasts are a transfer of the studio from NBC to air Cadman’s weekly sermons at the Bedford branch of the YMCA, not a resignation.
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New York
Parks Cadman
Central Congregational Church
Brooklyn
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
Edward Staples
Cadman
National Broadcasting Company
Bedford
Young Men's Christian Association
Work links Democrats to camouflaged tariff stance
Dr. Herbert Work, chairman of the Republican National Committee, claims Democrats are disguising their tariff position. He argues the Underwood tariff would ruin the American farmer if in effect today and mocks efforts to persuade voters that the Democratic nominee’s tariff remarks align with policy.
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Hubert Work
Washington
Republican National Committee
Raskob
Work
Mines Set New Daily Loading Record for Year
Mines served by the Norfolk and Western railroad established a new high daily loading record for the current year. A total of 3,291 cars were loaded, indicating 164,550 tons. Yesterday’s record exceeded the previous high mark for 1928 by about forty cars.
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Norfolk and Western Railroad
Suit Over 5 Million Damages Against Imboden Files
In Kanawha county circuit court C G Martin and I G Outright sue Leonard Imboden and several corporations for 5 million dollars claiming breach of contract. They say Imboden promised leases on 310000 acres of oil and gas lands in Braxton Webster Lewis and Upshur counties and agreed on a turnover value of 1.5 million in cash and Upshur Gas and Oil stock. Plaintiffs allege they advanced 7500 for organizing Ohio Gas and Electric and incurred vast obligations under Imboden’s plans and guarantees. They claim Imboden refused to advance promised funds totaling 350000 and did not proceed with developments.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha County
C. G. Martin
I. G. Outright
Buckhannon
Leonard
Braxton
Webster
Lewis
Upshur
West Virginia
Upshur Gas and Oil Company
Imboden
Ohio Gas and Electric Company
Ohio Corporation
Bill
Hulburt Warren and Company
Confesses He Robbed Bank In Pleasantville
Sylvester Watson 45 of City, Pa confessed to robbing Citizens State Bank in Pleasantville and setting the building ablaze. Edwin Flick 26, cashier, implicated as the mastermind. Watson said Flick planned the robbery and instructed him to burn bank records after taking the cash. Police recovered $160. Watson claimed $300 was in the safe, not $7,500 as earlier reported.
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City
Sylvester Watson
M. Beatty
Citizens State Bank
Pleasantvile
Here
Edwin Flick
Watson
Flick
Strike of Dock Workers Reaches Rioting Stage
Port Adelaide Australia September 27 The strike of dock workers reached riotous action as about 2000 men invaded docks and attacked volunteers replacing strikers injuring ten severely. Police reinforced with mounted men repulsed the crowd as an attempt was made to reach workers on ships in the outer harbor.
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Port Adelaide
Australia
Canada and U S Reach Tax Accord on Great Lakes Vessels
After seven years of talks Canada and the United States finalize a reciprocal tax exemption for income of foreign registry vessels operating on the Great Lakes and connecting streams. The pact, retroactive to 1921, saves millions in taxes and avoids ongoing litigation.
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Washington
Canada
United States
Great Lakes
No Machinery Needed for Anti War Treaty
Washington reports state department officials say European nations can put the Kellogg Briand anti war pact into force without machinery. Secretary Kellogg's office called dispatches from Geneva inaccurate and lacking official authority, noting Geneva has not official backing for their claims.
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Washington
State Department
Kellogg
Geneva
Prince Chichibu Weds Mise Matsudaira In Imperial Ceremony
Prince Chichibu heir to the Japanese throne marries Mise Matsudaira daughter of a former ambassador adopting her to bridge royal title rules. Only a few witnesses attend as the ceremony centers on ancestral worship and eelike sake ritual. The couple will reside in a newly built mansion described as an English country home in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Chichibu
Mise Setsuko Matsudaira
Japan
Washington
Imperial Palace
Prince of the Blood
Imperial
Miss Matsudaira
Viscount Morio Matsudaira
Matsudaira
Amaterasu-Omi-Kami
Mayor Charged With Stuffing Ballot Boxes
Flint May or William McKeighan is arrested on charges of theft of election ballots and tampering with ballot boxes after a grand jury probe into irregularities in the state primary. He posted bond and is due for examination October 5. he backed Republican prosecutor candidate Laula McGregory and state representative candidate Delbert Wooley.
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Flint
Midh
Williamm MccKeighan
McKeighan
Laula McGregory
Delbert D. Wooley
Edison predicts higher prohibition enforcement with Hoover win
Detroit September remarks by Thomas A Edison say prohibition enforcement would rise to 75 or 80 percent if Hoover is elected He calls prohibition the great experiment and questions Kellogg pact practicality noting war persists due to human habits He equates civilization with restricting personal liberty for mankind's improvement.
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Detroit
Thomas A. Edison
Hoover
Edison
Henry Ford
Faison
Squirrels To Live Hard Beginning This Morning
West Virginia opens the squirrel hunting season tomorrow with a large turnout expected. Chief Game Warden Angelo reports district wardens indicate some hunters may have to climb trees to find standing room on opening day as the season runs through November 1. He notes a poor nut crop last year pushed squirrels away, but this year they have returned with many relatives.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Brygest Angelo
Angelo
Three Dry Men Held Under Bond In Lorain Shooting
Three members of a Lorain dry squad were held on 1500 bond each to appear before the Lorain county grand jury after a private automobile near here. Miss Berry Heywood 22 Elyria wounded in the neck and hospitalized. Officers Knitter Cieco Kiady suspended or retired pending case.
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Lorain
Miss Heywood
Charles Edwards
Miss. Heywood
Klady
Kbc
Matthews
Civil Service
Stamps on Smith Campaign Button at West Virginia Conference
Dr J T Wardle Stafford English minister opened his address with stamping a Smith campaign button on the pulpit and declaring Al Smith noise in the church. He urged abolition of war, labor relations reforms, and moral conversion of youth as part of Methodism.
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Morgantown
W. Va
J. T. Wardle-Stafford
West Virinia
On Episcopal Church
al Smith
Dr. Wardle-Stafford
Smith
Wardle-Stafford
Nat l L. Frame
West Virginia University Agricultural Extension Division
Rural Ministers’ Association
C. G. Slater
Wesley Foundation
Kost
Edwin Holt Hughes
Chic
Tee
Black Handers Blamed In Pittsburgh Shooting
Antonio Landolina r 25 was shot dead in the strip district as five men fled in a car. Police call the incident the work of Black Handers. It follows another Landolina family shooting earlier in the year when Nick Landolina 75 was killed beside his home by four gunmen.
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Pittsburgh
Antonio Landolina
Landolina
Nick Landolina
Antonio
Father of British rubber industry dies
Londonation dispatch reports the death of Sir Henry Wickham a pioneer who introduced rubber tree cultivation to Britain after observing rubber trees in Brazil in 1863. He is hailed as the father of the British rubber industry and founder of rubber cultivation.
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London
Sir Henry Wickham
Henry
Brazil
Hoover Sees G O P Victory With Virginia Delegation
Hoover told Virginia first voters the Republican party serves the country without sectional interests. He discussed Eastern campaign moves as Franklin Fort and George Mosee reported improved New England prospects. West Virginia GOP member Hallahan said the party would win Hoover and Curtis there amid tariff and Tammany concerns.
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Virginia
Franklin D. Fort
New Jersey
Republican National Committee
New England
George H. Mosee
Hubert Work
Fort
Moses
Mascachucella
Walter 8. Hallahan
West Virginia
Hoover
Curtis
Tariff
Tammany
Brokers Loaned Shepherd Money
A Chicago referee bankruptcy hearing reveals Roy C Toombs Sr and his Chicago financier group financed defense of William Darling Shepherd acquitted of murder. O R Daily, VP, says about 50000 dollars was advanced to Shepherd to gain control of an estate. the loan remains unpaid.
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Chicago
Roy C. Toombs
Toombs
William Darling Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Milllionaire Orphan
O. R. Daily
Charles
Daily
Philadelphia police graft probe widens to include more officials
District Attorney John Monaghan told a grand jury that another high police official, with bank deposits far above his $2,700 salary, showed over $36,000 since March 1926. Monaghan said investigators are pursuing a new phase of graft involving bootleggers and illegal houses.
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Philadelphia
John Monaghan
Monaghan
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