Purge Pulpits of Politics Urged at Episcopal Convention
Open air service before 20 000 as President Coolidge addresses the church. Bishop Anderson rebukes SECTIONALISM and urges removal of political influence from pulpits while church artisans work on Mt. St. Alban cathedral.
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Washington
Protestant Episcopal Church
Charles Palmerston Andern
Chicago
Coolidge
Ishop Anderson
SS. Peter and Paul
James E. Freen
Ot Offee
St. Albans
America
John T. Dallas
New Hampshire
John Gardner Murray
Maryland
New Gothic
Wife Divorces Stage Producer in Los Angeles
Selma Paley Mitchell obtained a divorce from Oliver Morosco Mitchell, famed theatrical producer. She accused cruelty including a black eye incident witnessed by a Filipino house boy. Mitchell did not contest. Selma, formerly Miss Paley, had been a stage star in New York productions.
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Los Angeles
Selma Paley Mitchell
Oliver Morosco Mitchell
Oliver Morosco
Mitchell
Selma
Paley
New York
Fourteen Convicts Escape From Wynnetta Prison Farm
Huntsville Tex Oct 10 Fourteen convicts escaped from Wynnetta Prison Farm last night by sawing a hole in the floor of the last intact building after last week s fire which destroyed five cabins causing about nine thousand dollars in damage. One was recap tured hours later as bloodhounds pursued others still at large. The escape involved inmates serving terms from bigamy to robbery with firearms and three men face upcoming trials for the tubercular building arson.
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Huntsville
Tex
Wynnetta
Registration deadline near for November 6 voting
Voters must register this fall to vote on November 6. Only three days remain for registration, today Friday and Saturday October 19 and 20, with polling places open 8 am to 2 pm and 4 pm to 9 pm. Those outside Cincinnati, Norwood, and St Bernard in Hamilton County are not required to register.
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Cincinnati
Norwood
St. Bernard
Hamilton County
Vile language cited in Straton anti Smith speech
Alabama Woman's League for White Supremacy adopted a resolution denouncing Rev. John Roach Straton of Calvary Baptist Church New York for using improper language and similes in an anti Smith address. The statement objects to political content in pulpits and praises Southern ministers for avoiding politics in church settings.
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Birmingham
Ala
John Roach Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
New York
Alabama Woman's League For
Mabel Jones West
Gov. Smith
Municipal Auditorium
Hoover studies problem in East Washington
Herbert Hoover renewed his study of Massachusetts and New York politics as he prepares speeches for those states in two weeks. He met with H Edmund MacHord and Charles D Hilles to map plans for an October 22 Madison Square Garden address and discussed a Boston visit with Samuel R Winslow.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Massachusetts
New York
H. Edmund MacHord
Charles D. Hilles
Madison Square Garden
Hoover
Boston
Samuel R. Winslow
Federal Board of Mediation
Hilles
Four Kenmore Councilmen Sent to Jail for Contempt
Akron Ohio October 10 Four Kenmore Councilmen Frank Goethke Ford A Oliver Harley Jones and Verne T Christy were sentenced to seven days in county jail and fined 50 each for contempt of court. They failed to vote to certify the annexation ballot for the November election as ordered by the Ninth District Court of Appeals. They later appeared at a council meeting and voted to certify the ballot, saying they had resigned a week earlier and believed their duties ended.
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Akron, O
Kenmore
Akron
C. G. Washburn
Ninth District Court of Appeals
Frank Goethke
Ford A. Oliver
Harley Jones
Verne T. Christy
Fear Locked Lips Reveal Murder Case Details
Burlington Iowa reports two young sisters Vera and Topsy Zippe finally tell of the killing on Huron Island in the Mississippi River. Oliver Sheppler was slain on the Zippe farm. Jake Zippe and Jonathan Hagan face first degree murder charges. The girls spoke to their grandaunt verified by Mrs Clyde Moore. The death ties to a bootlegging partnership. Sheppler had prior gun convictions and parole violations.
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Burlington
Tucson
Ariz
Huron Island
Mississippi River
Oliver Sheppler
Jake Zippe
Jake
Topsy
Vera
Zippe
Jonathan Hagan
Clyde Moore
Keithsburg
Inl
Poppy
Johnny
Grandpa
Sheppler
August Zippe
Peoria
Ill
Illinois
Longworth Attacks Democratic Caucus System In New York
Speaker Nicholas Longworth assails the Democratic caucus system citing party discipline and lack of manufacturing representation. He contends the Democratic nominee aims to drop tariff and business opposition while accusing John J. Raskob of ignorance on public affairs after a New York Republican Club address.
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New York
Nicholas Longworth
House of Representatives
New York Republican Club
House
Congress
John J. Raskob
Gridder Donald Orrahood Dead After Football Injury
Sutton High School football player Donald Orrahood aged 19 died in a hospital from a broken neck suffered in a game last Friday. The fatal injury occurred in Charlestown West Virginia.
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Charlestown
W. Va
Donald Orrahood
Sutton
Count von Stefenelli jailed over bump in Dixon Illinois
Austrian nobleman Count Rudolf von Stefenelli, 58, living on Cleneau Avenue Norwood, designer at Newman Manufacturing, spent a night in jail after a Dixon Illinois motor laws arrest. A writ of habeas corpus freed him as he explained fleeing militarism in Austria and described meeting Rudolf, Franz Josef’s son, as a motivating memory. He said he bumped another car and was allowed to proceed after the other driver dismissed damage.
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Rudolf
Count von Stefenelll
Cleneay Avenue
Norwood
Newman Manufacturing Company
Danube
Austria
United States
Cincinnati
Count von Stefenelli
Dixon
von Stefenelli
Cleneau Avenue
Franz
Cedar Rapids
Ill
Judge Dixon
Highways Committee
Martin Daly
C. O. Rose
Daly
Rose
Mr. Daly
Mr. Rose
Byrd Expedition sails for Antarctic mission in 1930
The whaler C A Larsen carrying Commander Richard E Byrd began its voyage from San Pedro amid bands, cheers, and flags as officials and civic groups waved farewell. Byrd said the expedition will fill blank spaces on the map and not return until July 1930.
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South Pole
Los Angeles
C. A. Larsen
San Pedro Harbor
Richard E. Byrd
Coast Guard
Vaughan
Byrd
California
Native Sons Organization
American Legion
Legion
George Cryer
United States
Millionaire Cop Griffin Under Fire In Police Probe
Philadelphia Oct 10 The grand jury probing police corruption heard that former officer known as the millionaire cop deposited more than 350000 in four banks after leaving the force in 1926 and claimed wealth came from real estate. District Attorney Monaghan said some money came from collections and beer money. Seven police captains testified as part of the probe into Unit No 1 and the now disbanded dry raid operation led by Gen Smedley Butler.
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Philadelphia
Sarh” Griffin
John Monaghan
Grand Jury
Griffin
Monaghan
Smedley D. Butler
Butler
John Holton
Holton
Smith Dates Set for Third Campaign Swing
New York Gov. Smith kicks off his second campaign trip with planned nighttime speeches in Sedalia Missouri on October 16 and Chicago on October 10. He will also address Louisville and travel through the Solid South border states and Illinois returning to Albany October 21. He plans rear platform appearances and meetings with local Democratic leaders in several states along the route.
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New York
Guv. Smith
Sedalia
Chicago
Louisville
Illinois
Albany
Gov. Smith
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Rich New Yorker Is Assassinated in Bronx Street Shooting
Salvatore Dagula a 50 year old wealthy cheese importer of the Bronx was killed at Thirteenth street and Avenue A. three gunmen in a big sedan fired more than a dozen shots as Dagula stood beside his car. His wife Mary and three children waited at 211 Avenue A. The killers escaped.
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New York World News Service
New York
Salvatore Daguia
Bronx
Thirteenth Street
Avenue A
East Thirteenth Street
Dagula
Mary
Daniel Carcio
Aven A
Hickman Says He Is A Guilty Sinner Ready To Die
William Edward Hickman, condemned to death for Marian Parker's murder, signs an AP letter admitting guilt and thanking the State Supreme Court for time to prepare. He denies planning suicide and says he intends to die by lethal medicine, with execution set for Friday October 19.
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San Quentin
Cal
Associated Press
Wiliam Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
State Supreme Court
James B. Holohan
University of Iowa doctors sued for body mutilation
In Davenport Iowa Miss Mabel Dunshee of St. Louis seeks 25000 damages in federal court alleging that H L Beye head of the surgical department G H Hansman and C W Baldridge assistants at the university hospital unlawfully mutilated Luke Dunshee who died September 15 1927. The suit targets the Iowa university medical staff as responsible for the alleged mutilation.
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Ke Davenport
H. L. Beye
Cc. W. Baldridge
University of Iowa
Luke Dunshee
Keota
University Hospital
Mabel Dunshee
St. Louis
Russian Prince Turin Dies After Drinking Whisky
In New York a man identified as Prince Alexander V Turin of Russia died suddenly at the Riverside drive home of Mrs Sparska Rodkoff after a luncheon and several whiskies. Authorities ordered an autopsy to determine if poison alcohol caused the death.
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New York
Prince Alexander V
Turin
Russia
Riverside Drive
Sparska Rodkoff
Charles Norris
Barge Sinks After Collision Near Statue of Liberty
A railroad barge with twenty freight cars, in tow, sank in New York Harbor after colliding with the United States Shipping Board freighter Bellhaven bound for Glasgow. No one was aboard the barge.
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New York
New York Harbor
Statue of Liberty
United States Shipping Board
Bellhaven
Glasgow
Legion Convention in Louisville Wins 1929 Site
National Legion delegates chose Louisville to host the 1929 convention after a tense vote in San Antonio. Contenders for National Commander include Gen Roy Hoffman Gen Albert Cox and John D Ewing with Hoffmans and Coxes bids seen as strongest. Delegates also weighed child welfare funding and heard a plea for peace from French official Scapini.
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San Antonio
Tex
The
American Legion
Louisville
Kentucky
Detroit
Miami
Fla
Legion
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
Edward E. Spafford
Roy Hoffman
Oklahoma City
Albert L. Cox
Raleigh
N. C
John D. Ewing
Shreveport
George Georges Scapini
Chamber of Deputies
Scapini
Dwight F. Davis
William R. Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Federation of Labor
Ex-Wife Frances Goodrich Files Divorce Suit Against Hendrik Van Loon
Frances Goodrich actress initiated divorce proceedings against author Hendrik Willem Van Loon. A Supreme Court order allowed service by publication and mailing to Van Loon in Walcheren, Veere, Holland, where he lives with his former wife Helen Criswell. The complaint names Miss Criswell as co respondent. Van Loon and Miss Goodrich wed last October in Elizabeth New Jersey.
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New York
Frances Goodrich
Hendrik Willem van Loon
Supreme Court
van Loon
Walcheren
Veere
Holland
Helen Criswell
Miss Criswell
Miss Goodmcn
Elizabeth
N.J
Ordeal Over Moriound Naval Understanding Sealed Papers
London reports the British Cabinet after a two hour meeting at 10 Downing Street decided to publish all documents related to the Moriound Anglo French naval understanding. A white paper will disclose the texts and end secrecy critics say risks US relations and Labor attacks in the approaching election.
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London
Downing Street
United States
Labor Party
Strike ties up express traffic in New York
A 9000 member strike at American Railway Express paralyzed New York City lanes. The embargo halted all merchandise handled in the city and four express trucks were forced back by pickets. George M. Harrison of the Brotherhood and a Washington mediator were expected to arrive to push a settlement.
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New York
American Railway Expres
Consignees
American Railway
Manhattan
George M. Harrison
International Brotherhood of Railway
Board of Mediation
Washington
Watches Dirigible In Flight Over City Causes Fatality
In Sandusky Ohio on October 10 a man named Anthony Loth aged 60 a cigar maker died of a heart attack believed triggered by excitement while watching the United States Navy dirigible Los Angeles pass overhead. Loth's wife, mother and six children survive.
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Sandusky
United States Navy
Los Angeles
Anthoony Loth
Storms Halt Airship Start In Germany
Gustav winds and heavy rain kept the Graf Zeppelin in its hangar at Friedrichshafen Germany delaying the trans Atlantic flight to the United States. Dr Hugo Eckener said a lull by tomorrow morning would allow the dirigible to depart and reach the ocean likely along France coast with no further major hurdles.
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Friedrichshafen
Gémany
United States
Hugo Eckener
Associated Press
France
Jurors in Hamilton County Face Public Service Refusal
Officials report a third day of juror examinations with only 93 ready for service out of 125 needed. Judge Darby laments community evading duty while Judge Hurley struggles to fill 36 criminal jurors, drawing 250 to date and ordering a new venire of 75.
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Hamilton County
Common Pleas Court
Thomas H. Darby
Edward M. Hurley
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