Episcopal Bishops Back Prohibition Enforcement At Convention
The House of Bishops endorsed renewed government efforts to enforce prohibition and anti narcotic laws. They urged church members to model obedience to law while debating anti narcotic education week and the separation of church and state.
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Washington
House of Bishops of the
Episcopal Church
Committee On Social Service
John Ward
Erie
William Green
Mississippi
Thomas F. Gailor
Tennessee
William T. Manning
New York
House
Church Temperance Society
James H. Freeman
Washington, D. C
Ward
United States
Social Service Committee
Harry S. Longley
Iowa
Edward L. Parsons
California
Gailor
Theodore Reese
Southern Ohio
House of Deputies
Smith Opens East Campaign With Boston Swing
Alfred E. Smith, rested at home, heads from Albany to Boston for a series of speeches. He plans ten minute stops at Worcester and Springfield en route, emphasizing labor questions and responding to Hoover in New York City last night.
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Albany
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
Atlantic Seaboard
Boston
Massachusetts
Worcester Springfield
Nomine Party
Herbert Hoover
York City
Death of G B McCutcheon at New York luncheon
George Barr McCutcheon 62, famed Graustark author, collapsed after lunch at the Dutch Treat Club luncheon in the Hotel Martinique New York. He died in the washroom. hotel doctor certified death. He was born in Tippecanoe County Indiana on July 26 1866 and studied at Purdue. He began writing after a stint as a reporter and produced many popular novels including Graustark Brewster's Millions and a prolific output through a long career. He is survived by his widow and his brother John T McCutcheon cartoonist.
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New York
George Barr McCutcheon
Martinique
Loren Palmer
Arthur Train
Thomas L. Masson
Robert Dickey
Ind
Purdue University
Lafayette
McCutcheon
South
John T
Hero dog loses show due to swelled head mischief
In Evanston a leading stage dog owned by Miss Frances Morris caused a scene by philandering with other dogs. He was nabbed by a dog catcher minutes before curtain, hauled to the pound, then bathed and returned to perform despite missing cues. The trainer paid five dollars to proceed.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
Evanston Theater
Frances Morris
Miss Morris
Dog Pound
Ten-year-old clears up Newark kidnapping case with story
Albert Lerner told a class story that matched a local mystery. Dorothy MacLear, 10, took a doll carriage with infant John Chaney Jr., 7 weeks old, then returned him and abandoned the carriage. Police concluded no real abduction occurred.
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Boy
New Jersey
New York World News Service
Newark
N. J
Albert Larner
Elizabeth Avenue
Miller Street
Albert
Dorothy MacLear
George MacLear
Hunter Street
Dorothy
Sherman Avenue
Providence
John Clay Chaney, Jr
Broad Street
John
East Bigelow Street
Albert Lerner
Osborn County man shoots self amid murder case
Fred Kaser, charged with killing his brother Albert and his family of eight and burning their Osborne County farm, killed himself at his Covert area home. A note claimed innocence while blaming the pressure of a murder trial. authorities pursued further test results as bodies of six children were exhumed. Neighbors cited a prior quarrel between Fred and Albert.
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Osborne
Kan
Fred Kaser
Covert
Kaser
Albert Kaser
Osborne County
Fred
Albert
Chinese killer Leong Ying hangs self in San Quentin cell
Leong Ying, awaiting execution for the Fairfield rice field massacre, hanged himself with a towel in his San Quentin cell. He was to be executed November 9 after fatally shooting ten Chinese at Bryan fruit ranch on August 22, including a woman and a child. doctors cited narcotic addiction.
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San Quentin
Cal
Leong Ying
Fairfield
Ying
Bryan Fruit Ranch
Bank cashier commits suicide after bank closure in Citra
H. W. Hoffman cashier of the Bank of Citra shot himself today after the bank was closed on Saturday. He died from gunshot wounds to the head and heart. The tragedy occurred in Ocala Florida with authorities investigating the incident.
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Ocala
Fla
H. W. Hoffman
Bank of Citra
Convicted Attorney Takes Poison in Courtroom in Mississippi
Fred Hamilton Water Valley attorney attempted suicide in the federal courtroom at Clarksdale after being convicted of conspiracy in the slaying of J H Pruitt an informer in liquor cases. He was sentenced to six years and fined 5000 while his condition was described as serious.
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Mississippi
Clarksdale
Miss
Fred Hamilton
Water Valley
J. H. Pruitt
Hamilton
Yalobusha County
North
Kroger Gains Control of Piggly Wiggly Ownership
Kroger Grocery and Baking of Cincinnati today exercised its option to buy two thirds of the common stock of Piggly Wiggly Corporation of Memphis Tennessee. Piggly Wiggly owns the system patents and trade name in the United States and Canada and operates about 2600 stores bearing the brand.
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New York
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
Cincinnati
Piggly Wiggly Corporation
Memphis
Tenn
United States
Canada
Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc
Middle West
Kroger Grocery and Baking
Piggly Wiggly
Otto Marx
W. H. Albers
Kroger Company
Fire kills six at Eagle Hotel in Chicago
A blaze roared through the Eagle Hotel on South State Street killing six men and burning about a half dozen more. The death toll included a 70 year old cook and several registered guests. the origin was undetermined and a night clerk, Charles Cook, was briefly detained before release. Firemen called the building a death trap.
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Chicago
South State Street
Eagle Hotel
Charles Cook
Fire Department
Daniel Celestine
John Henry
New York
W. Price
St. Louis
S. T. Roberts
Hugh Roberts
Shaw Open to King of America Nomination
George Bernard Shaw said he would consider the Royalist League of America’s nomination as King of America. He noted it could be possible a Royalist party might arise in the United States but would suggest an Emperor rather than a King since the US is a league of nations.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
America
League of America
United States
League of Nations
N. Y. World’ News Service
N. Y. World) Press Pub. Co
Candates
Smith
Hoover
Hughes
Gov. Smith
New York
Albany
Washington
Smi
Mr. Hughes
Graf Zeppelin Ready for 10 City Mid West Tour
Graf Zeppelin stood prepared at Lakehurst to launch on a mid western flight after repairs. Dr Hugo Eckener and Lieut Commander Charles Rosendahl returned to the Naval Air Station from Akron and Chicago. The airship’s lifting cells are full of hydrogen and its fuel tanks loaded, awaiting a one minute notice to move from the hangar. Navy and Goodyear-Zeppelin mechanics repaired storm damage to the port stabilizing fin under Z H Wicks supervision.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Hugo Eckener
Charles E. Rosendahl
Naval Air Station
Akron
Chicago
Graf Zeppelin
Navy
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation
Z. H. Wicks
Ohio Election Jam May Be Handled In Big Precincts
Ohio officials warn of record turnout for November 6 and instruct county boards to expand polling capacity. In Cincinnati one precinct may exceed 899 registered voters, while others expect over 1,200 voters. Extra deputies, tents, and additional booths may be used to ensure all voters in line by 6:30 p.m. can cast ballots.
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Ohio
Columbus
Clarence J. Brown
Brown
Cincinnati
Young Washington girl wins Hoover autograph moment
Ten year old Mariana Evans of Washington bypassed normal access to President Hoover by proxy to receive a personal autograph. Hoover paused his campaign prep, signed a photograph for Mariana and added a personal note hoping to meet her someday. Mariana’s father Joshua Evans is District National Bank VP and her mother serves as a George Washington University director.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mariana Evans
Herbert Hoover
Mariana
Tut
Hoover
Joshua Evans
District National Bank
George Washington University
World’s fattest lady Maude Weiss dies at 48
Maude Weiss once billed as the world’s fattest woman died at her Galesburg home at age 48. Once 600 pounds, she reduced to 300 by illness, toured the world with carnival troupes for a dozen years, and had visited nearly every country. Doctors cited heart disease as the likely cause.
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Galesburg
Ill
Maude Weiss
Fifteen Year Old Slayer Sentenced to Life
Rex Meade, fiftee n year old, pleads guilty to murder and is sentenced to life for killing E. D. Dewey at the Dewey cabin breakfast table several weeks earlier in Portland Oregon.
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Portland
Ore
Rex Meade
E. D. Dewey
Dewey
Woman Held as Rum Runner in Covington Case
A 29 year old woman listed as Miss Eva Lloyd of Hamilton Ohio was arrested for running liquor across the Suspension Bridge into Covington Kentucky. She gave false names and a fictitious address to Prohibition Agents and a U S Commissioner. Two Hamilton men were arrested with her and may face conspiracy charges.
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Eva Lloyd
North Third Street
Hamilton
Covington
C. C. Stroup
George Reglé
Lawrence Fury
Floyd
Indianapolis
Ind
Harry N. Smith
United States
Albert Bonner
Fifth and Henry Streets
Bonner
Sylvester E. Davis
Greenwood Avenue
Roy Schmidt
South Front Street
Davis
Cincinnati
Covington (Ky
New Answer Smith Attacks With Figures
Postmaster General refutes Gov. Alfred E. Smith on costs of government in Sedalia address. He cites unoccupied post offices, office construction in New York Missouri and other areas, claims debt reduction, and disputes Smith’s savings figures and budget assertions with corrected data.
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City
N. J
New
Alfred E. Smith
Sedalia
Smith
Wilson
New York State
Missouri
Gov. Smith
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Motors Company
President Coolidge
Raskob
Lord
Chicago
Department of Commerce
Hera
Four Die When Plane Crashes While Searching for Missing Courier
In the Oracle district near Tucson four men were killed when a monoplane crashed during a search for William Hyatt, an 18 year old missing newspaper carrier. Victims were pilot George Peck Tucson deputy sheriff Clifford Nelson passenger Harold Whitman and Bruce McIntyre 19 son of Omaha native George C. McIntyre. Hyatt’s body was found nearby the same night.
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Tucson
Ariz
Oracle District
William Hyatt
Santa Catalina Mountains
George Peck
Cliffford Nelson
Harold Whitman
Bruce McIntyre
George C. McIntyre
Omaha
Neb
University of Arizona
Arizona
Jim McDonald
Hyatt
Hughes Endorses Hoover In St Joseph Speech
Charles E. Hughes urged voters to choose Herbert Hoover in a St Joseph rally and NBC radio appearance. He defended Hoover on economy and national policy, denounced religious bigotry, and argued Hoover has greater knowledge of national affairs than Alfred E. Smith.
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ST. Joseph
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Charles E. Hughes
Mr. Hughes
Smith
Hoover
Hughes
Munical Auditorium
KFEQ
National Broadcasting Company
St. Louis
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