Hoover reshapes campaign with weekly talks to election day
Herbert Hoover rewrites his itinerary to speak once a week until November 6. He will campaign in Elizabeth ton Tennessee Mechanics Hall Boston Madison Square Garden Palo Alto and across the West. A radio address will close the drive on November 5.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Elizabethton
Tenn
Boston
Mechanics’ Hall
Alfred E. Smith
Madison Square Garden
Newcn City
Palo Alito
Cal
Middle West
Wall Street Journal editor Clarence Barron dies at 73
Clarence W Barron prominent financial author and editor of The Wall Street Journal died at a sanatorium in Battle Creek Michigan after a coma lasting forty eight hours. He was 73 and will be buried in Boston. Barron advised Kaiser Wilhelm and Czar Nicholas I on currency and was a trusted adviser to Taft. He shifted from anti Ford editorials to admiration after meeting Ford. He headed The Boston News Bureau The Philadelphia News Bureau and led Doremus & Co.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Clarence W. Barron
Financial Authority
The
Wall Street Journal
Barron
Boston
Mass
Atlantic
Kaiser Wilhelm
Nicholas I
Taft
Washington
Treasury
Henry Ford
Ford
Boston News Bureau
Philadelphia
Doremus & Co
David A Staver Dies at 100 in Hamilton
Special Dispatch reports in Hamilton Ohio that David A Staver aged 100, believed oldest man in the city, died this afternoon at his nephew L S Fahrney’s home on South Eleventh Street. He celebrated his hundredth birthday last June and had enjoyed excellent health almost to the end.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
David A. Staver
Hamilton
L. S. Fahrney
South Eleventh Street
Doomed man invites Mencken to his last public appearance
Robert F. Blake sentenced to death for the July 16 1925 killing of J. Fred Connor invites H L Mencken to attend his hanging in Austin Texas. Gov Dan Moody has received Mencken’s inquiry about the event amid prior threats of chastisement for liberal views.
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New York World News Service
Austin
Tex
Favoritt
Robert F. Blake
H. L. Mencken
Baltimore
Blake
J. Fred Connor
Dan Moody
Mr. Mencken
Texas
Three Convicts Escape Kilby Prison in Alabama
Roy Dickerson a noted bank robber escaped Kilby Prison in Montgomery with two inmates Frank Cook and Ivanhoe Silver. Initial reports also named Roy Gilmore and Leslie Lohden as participants. Dickerson had a long criminal record including a 1920 daylight bank robbery in Phenix City with his wife and accomplices.
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Montgomery
Ala
Roy Dickerson
Kilby
Frank Cook
Ivanhoe Silver
Birmingham
Roy Gilmore
Leslie Lohdén
Cook
Silver
Dickerson
Phenix City
Coolidge Opposes Poincare Plan On War Debts
President Coolidge rejects the French Premier's proposal to pool German reparations and war debts, deeming the issue not closed and resisting taxpayer liquidation of Germany's obligations. The Debt Funding Commission has expired, and U S policy keeps debts and reparations separate and distinct.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Coolidge
Poincare
France
White House
United States
Debt Funding Commission
Germany
Graf Zeppelin Thrills England On World War I Test Flight
England watched the Graf Zeppelin on a long test flight before a planned trans Atlantic service. The airship passed the Suffolk coast near Lowestoft at 9 05 PM and then cruised toward the Midlands and London before heading northeast after midnight.
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Lowenstoff
England
English
Here
Suffolk
Wash
Thames
North Sea
Germany
London
Midlands
Metropolis
Roosevelt Visits Cincinnati Predicts Smith Defeat
Col Theodore Roosevelt on his sister's home visit in Cincinnati predicts a sound drubbing for Smith. He and Maine Governor Ralph Brewster on a GOP victory tour say prosperity is the supreme issue and expect Hoover Curtis to win nationwide. Roosevelt warns crowds compare Smith to a circus showman.
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Col. Roosevelt
Smith
Maine
G.O.P
Cincinnati
Ralph O. Brewster
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Brewster
Chamber of Commerce
Nicholas Longworth
House of Representatives
Nashville
Tenn
Hoover-Curtis
Kentucky
Missouri
Montana
Wisconsin
New York City
South
Gov. Smith
Roosevelt
Union
William Jen
Voter Registration Drive Ahead of November Election
Must register to vote in presidential election on November 6. Registration days are October 4 11 19 and 20. Polling places open for registration 8 am to 2 pm and 4 pm to 9 pm. Residents of Norwood St Bernard and Cincinnati required to register.
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Norwood and
St. Bernard
Cincinnati
Syndicate Plans Multimillion Widening Of McMillan Street
A City Planning Commission meeting revealed a proposed syndicate led by Howard Wurlitzer to finance widening McMillan Street into a cross-town boulevard. Property owners would donate land and cover damages, but officials say ten feet each side would create uneven traffic lanes and the city plans alternative cross-town widenings due to cost.
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Howard Wurlitzer
New City Parkway
Cincinnati
City Planning Commission
St. Louis
Olive Street
McMillan Street
Wurlitzer
Gilbert Avenue
Downs
Peebles Corner
Crosstown Boulevard
Locust Street
Lin
University Board accepts eight gifts including $1000 in honor of Pollak birthday
The University of Cincinnati reported eight summer gifts at the first board meeting in McMicken Hall. Donations include $1000 from Mr and Mrs Julian Pollak for the Endowment Fund honoring Mrs Pollak, $3000 to Dr Mills for Laboratory of Experimental Medicine research, and $2750 to fund a three year bacteriology fellowship. Other gifts of $500 renewals and a $250 annual scholarship from American Chemical Products Company are noted.
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Julian Pollak
University of Cincinnati
Herman Schneider
University Board of Directors
McMicken
Emil Pollak
University
George B. Bernheim
New York City
Bernheim
R. Neumann & Sons Company
Hoboken
N. J
Tanners’ Council of America
Council
Ohio River
Parkersburg
W. Va
Frances Jones
John Ari Lloyd
Lloyd
Ernesti Twitchell
Twitchell
American Chemical Products Company
Terminabie
Couple Killed In Auto Bus Collision Near Washington Court House
Mrs. Elizabeth Roettinger Townsend, 40, wife of J M Townsend of Canton Ohio, was killed instantly when the Townsend car collided with a Buckeye Stages bus eight miles east of Washington Court House Ohio. Townsend died later in a Columbus hospital. Three bus passengers were seriously injured, including Dr. St Sorge and H N Henderson. Townsend and his wife were en route to attend a birthday event for T W Appleby, Canton reps for Ohio National Life.
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Elizabeth Roettinger Townsend
J. M. Townsend
Canton
Philip Roettinger
Burns Avenue
Wyoming
Buckeye Stages, Inc
Washington D. H
Townsend
Columbus
H. F. Warner
Washington Do. H
St. Sorge
McHenry Road
Westwood
Cincinnati
Grant Hospital
H. N. Henderson
Vanceburg
M. Olsup
J. Forrest
Cleveland
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Sorge
Irate Tubercular Convicts Start Fire at Wynne Prison Farm
Tubercular inmates at Wynne State Prison Farm near Huntsville set fire to their building after discovering a tunnel. The blaze destroyed the prison and four other structures. no escapes or injuries occurred. The water tower collapsed, hindering firefighting efforts, as guards contained the incident.
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Huntsville
Tex
Wynne State Prison Farm
J. H. Spates
Longworth Attacks Tactics Of Democrats In Brooklyn Rally
Speaker Nicholas Longworth and former Governor Henry J. Allen charged the religious issue has been injected into the presidential campaign by Democratic leaders. Longworth said if the issue remains it is not the Republicans fault, while Allen denounced a whispering campaign aimed at the middle west.
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Hoover
Silas Strawn
Chicago
Reginald Baker
New Jersey
State Department
Santa Barbara
Cal
Young
Kellogg
David A. Reed
Pennsylvania
New York
Nicholas Longworth
House of Representatives
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Brooklyn
Longworth
Allen
Middle West
Train Holder Caught After Windsor Express Robbery
William Gibbs, 20, of Los Angeles, robbed a Canadian National passenger train near Chatham, Ontario of about $22,000. He was seized hours later by U S immigration authorities in Detroit while alighting a freight car ferried from Windsor and handed over to provincial police. Detained, Gibbs admitted guilt and was repatriated to Windsor as authorities investigated the haul and routes used.
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Detroit
W William Gibbs
Los Angeles
Canadian National Railway
Chatham
Ontario
United States
Gibbs
Windsor
Albert Cignac
R. H. Cromwell
Harry Roos
Roos
Prairie Siding
L. J. Gay
H. McHarg
London
Candy Company Officer Graeser Dies After Illness
Oscar L. Graeser 60 secretary treasurer of P. Echert Company and manager of National Candy Company Cincinnati plant died at Bethesda Hospital after long illness. Born in Cincinnati he lived here all his life. survived by widow Cara Heidrich Graeser a son Carl L. Graeser a daughter Mrs Lawrence Murphy three sisters Amelia Lydia Graeser and Mrs Clifford Ehrmantraut.
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Burnet Avenue
P. Echert Company
National Candy Company
Bethesda Hospital
Cincinnati
Louis Graeser
Amelia
Lydia Graeser
Graeser
Mor
P. Ebert Company
National Candy Company of
St. Louis
Cincinati Club
Excelsior Lodge of Masons
Cara Heidrich Graeser
Carl L. Graeser
Lawrence Murphy
Lydia Gra’eser
Clifford Ehrmantraut
Taxi War and Firebombings Target Hertz Farm near Carey
Chicago dispatch reports 100 policemen guard Yellow Cab property after garage bombings and a Stable fire at Hertz Leona farm in McHenry County. Incendiary blaze destroyed yearlings and two-year-olds valued around 200000, including Reigh Count. Cab feud, police sparring and ten gangster arrests accompany the unrest as investigations proceed.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
Yellow Cab Ga
Hertz
Leona Farm
Carey
McHenry County
John Hertz
Naylor
Reigh
Leonnette
Sandalphane
Insula
Sandarbar
St. Lucia
Mr. Hertz
Leona
Fox River
Anita Peabody
Crowe
Anderson beats Ace Hudkins in Olympic Arena bout
Joe Anderson the Covington middleweight defeated Ace Hudkins the Nebraska Wildcat in Los Angeles in front of a capacity crowd. The 158 pound fighters went ten rounds with Anderson winning at least six by battering and mauling Hudkins. With Hodkins victory he claims a possible bout with Mickey Walker.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Los Angeles
Joe Anderson
Covington
Ace Hudkins
Nebraska Wildcat
Olympic Arena
Anderson
Hodkins
Mickey Walker
County air service added to sheriff department
Hamilton County gains an air service after Sheriff William M. Anderson accepted Maj. Hugh Watson's offer from Watson Airport Blue Ash. A dedicated airplane will be kept ready for emergencies with pilot and fuel supplied at no cost, ceremony planned at the airport.
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Air Service
Hamilton County
William M. Anderson
Maj
Hugh Watson
Watson Airport
Blue Ash
New York Democrats Nominate Roosevelt For Governor
At the state convention in Rochester on October 2, Franklin D. Roosevelt of Hyde Park was nominated for Governor. The ticket includes Elbert H. Lehman for Lieutenant Governor Albert Conway for Attorney General Morris Tremain for Comptroller and Royal S. Copeland for United States Senator with Copeland and Tremain renominated.
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Rochester
N. Y
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Col
Elbert H. Lehman
Albert Conway
Brooklyn
Morris S. Tremain
Buffalo
United States
Royal S. Copeland
Court of Appeals
Leonard C. Crouch
Syracuse
Copeland
Tremain
Twenty Thousand Children Lead Cincinnati Parkway Dedication Parade
Twenty thousand school children marched in two columns for a grand parade to dedicate Cincinnati’s Central Parkway. The event featured a moving historical pageant from Mound Builders to La Salle, with Judge F L Hoffman as Grand Marshal and Col Simon Ross assisting.
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Central Parkway
Cincinnati
LaSalle
Ohio
F. L. Hoffman
Col
Simon Ross
Sycamore Street
Parkway
Brighton
Park Esplanade
Leave Auto in Garage and Ride Street Car Parade Advice
Col. W C Meyer urges spectators at the Central Parkway Dedication parade to leave cars at home and use street cars. He warns that huge crowds will cause traffic snarls and congestions if autos are driven to the march line, hoping to ease police workload.
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Col. W. C. Meyer
Central Parkway
Col. Meyer
Theater Operators Indicted In Xenia On Sunday Shows
Henry L. Binder and James T. Hibbert theater proprietors in Xenia Ohio were indicted by the grand jury for operating motion pictures on Sundays.
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Xenia,o
Henry L. Binder
James T. Hibbert
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