Dry Issue Split Threat Haunts 1928 Campaign
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi blasts both parties over prohibition in the 1928 race. He warns Republicans that Democratic South and North may clash on wet and dry policy, urges party unity under constitutional enforcement and Wilsonian leadership. He predicts a convention pledge to uphold laws and end the dispute.
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Intersiews
Mu Leleeiom
Keith Amecenn
Allance
Pat Harrison
Michtsippi
Harrison
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Democratic Party
Tornado Strikes St Louis Killing Ten In City Center
Mrs M Nudelman learns from sisters in this city and Miss Anna Goldbaum that a tornado near Lindell boulevard devastated St Louis killing ten people. The cyclone caused shattered windows, torn doors, uprooted trees, and major damage to a cathedral as the sky shifted from yellow to orange to black. Residents in Bridgeporters apartment were unharmed though frightened.
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M Nudelman
Wood Avenue
A Abel
Anna Goldbaum
St Louis
Abel
Miss Goldbaum
St. Louis
Mra
Lindell Boulevard
Levine Drops Watch To Mussolini's Son Romano
Charles A Levine sent a gift to newborn Romano Mussolini by parachute from a plane hovering over Premiera villa Car Pelle in Forio. The watch and message were recovered from telephone wires, then Levine continued to Vienna after abandoning his own flight plans due to a prior accident.
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Rome
Charles A Levine
Little Romano
Mussolinia
Villa Carpella
Forio
Levine
Vienna
Columbia
Bal
Romano
Leine
Leyine
Mail to Australia Flight From San Francisco by Captain Giles
Post confirms air mail to Australia on Captain Frederick Giles’s flight from San Francisco via Honolulu on October 5. Letters accepted May 12, limited to 1500, with excess diverted. Mail may be sent at San Francisco postmaster’s rate, 6 cents for first ounce and 3 cents for each additional ounce. urged to keep letters light.
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Frederick Giles
England
San Francisco
Australia
Honolulu
Meyer
Holmes Recovers From Auto Gas Attack In Bridgeport
Emergency services eased Russell F Holmes from 721 Central avenue after his garage auto exhaust filled with carbon monoxide. Found unconscious Tuesday night, he was stabilized at Bridgeport hospital where his condition remained serious but not on the danger list. A neighbor uncovered him, shut off the motor, and dragged him to fresh air before ambulance responders arrived.
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Bridgeport
Russell F Holmes
Central Avenue
Chester BE Habertin
Ala
Holmes
Imes & Edwards Silver Co
Wiscay
Segall Verdict Denied Motions Over Statutory Arson
Judge Leonard J Nickerson denies a motion to set aside Jack P Segall of Brooklyn’s jury verdict convicting him of statutory arson. Segall, awaiting a 3 to 5 year sentence at Fairfield county jail, plans an appeal to the New York Supreme Court of Errors after a May 3 fire at Kia Reduso Rubber Products in Main Street, revealing inflated stock, insurance and fraud clues.
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Leonard J Nickerson
Superior Court
Jack P Segall
Brooklyn
New York
Segall
Fairfield County
Nickerson
Supreme Court of Errors
Segella
Kia Reduso Rubber Products Company
Main Street
U S Amateur Librarian Delegate In Radio Meet
Liberia engages in first official wireless greeting with U S at International Telegraphic conference via American amateur G F Gaede of Paterson New Jersey. Gaede relays Liberian instructions and exchanges official greetings with Washington using his amateur station 2-B-G in Monrovia connection.
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Washington
Associated Press
Liberia
G F Gaede
Paterson
Monrovia
Gaede
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