Darrow Denies Prohibition Drink Claims By Bruce
Clarence Darrow, famed criminal lawyer, rejects Maryland Senator Bruce's charge that Herbert Hoover had drinks with him. Darrow says he never made such statements and suggests Hoover should answer directly, while Bruce claimed the remark came at a Westminster rally.
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Chicago
Clarence Darrow
United States
William Cabell Bruce
Maryland
Herbert Hoover
Darrow
Bruce
Westinster
Prohibition
Hiover
Cincinnati
Mr. Hoover
Lila Lee Ends Marriage With Kirkwood Declaration
Hollywood reports a split between film stars Lila Lee and James Kirkwood. Lee confirms a separation begun nine months ago during Kirkwood's European trip and notes the separation is permanent. A four year old son remains in Kirkwood's custody.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Hollywood
James Kirkwood
Lila Lee
Kirkwood
Europe
Miss Lee
Nominee's Aid Slaps Charges of Drinking
Washington dispatch reports Senator Suce and George Akerson alleging hypocrisy by Hoover over drinking. Akerson says Hoover has not touched alcohol since taking office and has never met Darrow. Hoover observed Sabbath at Sandy Springs Maryland and planned campaign HQ in California with a cross country tour.
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W. B. Ragsdale
Associated Press
Washington
George Akerson
Suce
Maryland
Akerson
Hoover
United States
Darrow
Sandy Springs
Allan
California
Senator Moses Denounces Denver Speech as Tammany Distortion
Concord New Hampshire September 23 Senator George H Moses vice chairman of the Republican Eastern Advisory Committee calls Gov Smiths Denver address typical Tammany distortion and ridicules the Democratic nominee as Mr Facing Both Ways descending from his eleven car million dollar special train to spread light and learning in those regions
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Smith
Washington
Hubert Work
Republican National Committee
Gov. Smith
Herbert Hoover
Denver
Work
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Boulder Canyon
Mr. Over
Department of Commerce
West
Concord
N. H
George H. Moses
Republican Eastern Advisory Committee
Tragedy at Madrid Novedades Theater Fire Kills Hundreds
A fire during a Sunday performance of La mejor del Puerto at the Novedades Theater in Madrid is believed to have killed hundreds. More than two hundred people are injured and receiving treatment as flames engulf the venue, with Premier De Rivera and city authorities rushing to the scene and emergency crews mobilized to move the injured.
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Madrid
Novedades Theater
Novedades
de Rivera
Ambassador Morrow Narrowly Escapes Bandit Raid
United States Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow escaped a bandit raid by about an hour while traveling between Cuernavaca and Mexico City. He arrived at the village after the attack had ended and reached Mexico City safely at 7:30 p.m. with bandits already cleared from the area.
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Mexico City
United States
Dwight W. Morrow
Cuernavaca
Cusibaveca
Ambassador Morrow
Pelican Bay Death Toll Rises Amid Flood Tragedy
In Florida two hundred more bodies were found at Pelican Bay on Lake Okeechobee, bringing the total since yesterday to 400. Red Cross officials report known dead at 1,200, with deaths estimated between 1,000 and 2,200 as relief work continues amid widespread devastation.
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West Palm Beach
Fila
Pelican Bay
Lake Okeechobee
A. L. Schaefer
Washington
American Red Cross
Schafer
Red Cross
Hall
Okeechobee
Palm Beach County
Award Selby
The
Kidnaper Yutaka Fukunaga Seized After Honolulu Killing
In Honolulu a Japanese youth Yutaka Fukunaga, 19, confessed to abducting and killing 10 year old Gill Jamieson, son of a local banker. He was captured after a ransom payment of 4000 dollars and his crime was described as similar to the Hickman case in Los Angeles. Police and vigilantes discuss the case as details emerge.
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Honolulu
Yutaka Fukunaga
Gill Jamieson
Edward E. Hickman
Marion Parker
Los Angeles
Fukunaga
Jamieson
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Frederick Jamieson
Queen’s Hospital
Smith Attacks Prohibition Record From Pulpit Says Smith Shields Saloon
Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant attorney general, told Methodist Episcopal ministers in Lorain Ohio that Gov. Smith hides behind his church to cover his record as a champion of the liquor traffic. She said Prohibition is a moral issue churches have long endorsed and accused Smith of turning it into a political weapon. The speech framed Prohibition as a party issue used to split dry forces along regional and party lines.
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Lorain
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Methodist Episcopal
Tammany
Prohibition
Red headed girl robs poker game with four youths
A young girl from the water front allied with four men to rob ten women at a Bronx card game early today. They fled with about $3,000 in jewels and cash. she was captured at the Lenox Avenue Subway station, a pistol discarded in a waste can, while her four companions remained at large.
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New York World News Service
New York
Water Front
Lower East Side
Bronx
Simpson Street
Lenox Avenue
174Th Street
Coney Island
Socialists Hope to Elect Hoover
The Socialist party aims to sway the next U.S. president by balancing power between Hoover and Smith. They favor Hoover, arguing Smith courts capital and liberal voters alike, a tactic the Socialists denounce as sham liberalism.
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Hoover
New York
Socialist Party
United States
Norman Thomas
Smith
Democratic Party
G. August Gerber
Socialist National
Associated Press
Mouse Upsets Auto On Road Near Paris Ky
In Falmouth the car carrying Mrs. A. K. Rich and her daughter from Chillicothe Ohio overturned in a ditch after the daughter screamed and leaped onto her mother. Both suffered cuts and bruises and were freed by passing motorists. The girl said a mouse ran over her foot and caused the fright. The mouse had allegedly been sheltered in a Cincinnati garage.
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New York World News Service
Paris
Falmouth
A. K. Rich
Chillicothe
Albania King’s Courtship Sparks Balkan War Fears
Ahmet Zogu, newly crowned king, faces a tangle over a marriage to a woman he has never met. Italy allegedly seeks to bind him to Princess Giovanna to secure Adriatic control, while Albania’s feudal system risks a deadly feud if the match fails.
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New York World News
Paris
Ahmet Zogu
Albania
Balkans
Italy
Adriatic Sea
Giovanna
Victor Emmanuel III
Zogu
Europe
Pce
Shefket Veraci
Elbassan
Old Sol Works Overtime Blasts Spark Rare Fire Origin
A blast on 1035 Flint street started by sunlit matches igniting cartridges via a mirrored sunbeam caused a blaze with $100 damage, described as the most unusual fire origin by Fire Marshal Hilsinger. Separate incidents followed including a ladder fall injuring Clarence Gramke and a minor sprinkler fault triggering an alarm.
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Photo Service
Flint Street
William Schuster
Hilsinger
I. V. Sutphin Company
Richmond and
Carr Streets
Clarence Gramke
Delhi Avenue
Freeman Avenue
Richmond Street
Gramke
General Hospital
Louis V. Steinle
Rutledge Avenue
Marshal Cunningham
Fire Company No. 24
Warsaw
Considine Avenues
Michael Burke
Sexton
St. Joseph's Old Cemetery
Eighth Street
Enright Avenue
Holman Annexes Class Bair Derby With Six Hour Lead
A crowded Lunken Airport crowd watched Charles W Speed Holman win the Cincinnati Airace Class B event flying a Wright Whirlwind. He finished with a 6 hour lead over rival E. E Ballough, who also piloted a Whirlwind. Dake won Class A by 5 minutes aboard an American Moth with Warner motor, averaging 83.15 mph. Hopkins placed second in Class A, Kenyon third. prize money totaled 2,500 dollars per class.
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DAKE
Charles W
St. Paul
Cincinnati Airace
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Lunken
E. E. Ballough
Laird
Ballough
el Paso
Ft. Worth
Pine Bluff
Robert A. Dake
Warner
George Hopkins
Detroit
Hopkins
Theodore W. Kenyon
Boston
Warner Motor
Kenyon
Henry C. Yeiser, Jr
Emil H. Burgin
Mineola
N. Y
Airace
Needles
Cal
Burgin
Bill’ Hutchinson
Jimmy Donolittle
Army
Wilur Wright Field
Dayton
Embryhiuable Company
Flying School
Fairchild
John Paul Riddle
al Schultz
Cleveland
Robert Sanders
Liberty
Ind
Ellis Jones
Cave City
Elmer Schmidt
Flora Avenue
Pat Love
Vulcan Aircraft Corporation
Portsmouth
Stinson, Jr
Sylvester Whitman
J. Shelly Charles
Richbord
Eaglerock
A. H. Kreider
Hagerstown
Challenger
Dick Myhres
Kinner
Ralph Haynes
Elmira
Waco
Samuel. Turner
Alexandria
Trials of Girl Born Out of Wedlock Revealed by Prominent New Yorker
New York September 23 A sensitive affidavit in a Supreme Court filing reveals the saga of Mrs Aimee Morecroft who sues to be recognized as the natural daughter of Mrs Mary Martha Parker Taylor of Baltimore and Port Chester New York The claimant alleges Allen Thorndike Rice as the father a former editor of The North American Review and U S minister to Russia The case includes a letter from Mrs Taylor’s counsel threatening to cut alimony and revoke portions of her will if the suit proceeds
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New York World News Service
New York
Aimee Henry Morecroft
Supreme Court
United States
Russia
Taylor
William Travers Jerome
Negro Sporting King Kidnapped by Harlem Underworld
Caspar Holstein, Harlem's wealthy sportsman and Elks leader, was abducted at midnight. Police arrested five men as ransom demands emerged, but the captive’s location remained unknown and officials feared he may have been killed. Holstein is a prominent Harlem figure, worth about a half million dollars, with ties to the Turf Club and philanthropy. The case highlights a clash between white bootlegger elements and Harlem’s affluent, well-spoken black community.
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New York World News Service
New York
Caspar Holstein
Sporting King
Harlem
Holstein
Naped
Virgin Islands
Negro Elks
Alf Harlem
Turf Club
West 136Th Street
John Jackson
Chicago
Michael Bernstein
Miss Polly Ann Wins Ohio Valley Outboard Regatta
Miss Polly Ann piloted by J. P. Coburn of Cincinnati captured first in the two day meet on the Ohio River course as stiff autumn winds and whitecaps tested both small outboard boats and hydroplanes. Baby Scat finished second and Emty third after delays and stalls during the ten mile free for all.
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Polly Ann
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio Valley
J. P. Coburn
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