Hoover to Push Prohibition Stance in East Campaign
Palo Alto August 18 United Press reports Harbert Hoover will amplify his prohibition views in the East in October while maintaining his unconditional endorsement of the eighteenth amendment and its enforcement. He plans a targeted investigation into “grave abuses” in prohibition, conducted by a diverse commission, to be explained in a forthcoming speech. Reactions from Republicans nationwide praised his dry stance and support for enforcement.
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Red Gard
United Press
Palo Alto
Calif
Harbert Hoover
East
Wsittior Hye
Hoover
Hoover Aves
Alfred Smith
Boral
Smith
Isle
Feaders
Prohition
Stealing Ride Near Fatal for William Landers in ERA
In Era Pennsylvania a teen, William Landers 19 of this city, attempted to ride a truck to Buffalo weekend. A bus stopped. the trunk opened and a gas leak from the motor caused Landers to be found semi conscious. He received artificial respiration and was hospitalized, expected to recover.
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United Press Era
Hiffalo
William Landers
Landerr
Mysterious malady claims seven lives in Missouri and Chicago
A baffling illness in Cabool Missouri has killed four members of the Hethinne family and hurt others, with autopsies failing to show poison. Possible cause speculated as milk tainted by weed from a cow. In Chicago, three deaths also prompt health officials to investigate a spate of mysterious poisonings.
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uUnite
Chicago
Catherine Magliano
Joseph
Britain Faces Worsening Unemployment Crisis
London reports 1.2 million out of work as idle ranks rise by about 20,000 weekly since late May. The unemployment scare grows, with fears it will worsen, while the press warns the issue could dominate Parliament and the next general election.
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United Press
London
Great Britain
Sunday ‘Times
Jersey Coast Swept By Gales Vessels Caught
Coast Guard stations along the Jersey coast frantically checked damage from yesterday's gale. One death reported: Frank Finn of Boston drowned near Kenilworth Yacht Club in Great Neck Long Island after a small boat capsized. Rescue efforts saved Maxwell Hellman and Laurence Schwab. Fears persisted for additional losses as crews refloated ships and searched for others.
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New York
Coast Guard
Jersey
Frank Finn
Boston
Oscar Hammersteim
Kenihworth
J. Blaidell
Roserett
Yose Vn
Cen
de Peuty
New Park
Woman in Steubenville Car Crash Killed
In Steubenville on Sunday Mrs. Emmett Garrett, 30, was killed when the car she rode in crashed into a tree. Four other people, including two injured occupants, were treated for injuries.
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Unneo
Steubenville
Emmett Garrret
Isle
Garret
Importance of Big Navy to England's Defense Cited
The first Lord of the Admiralty, William Bridgeman, asserts Britain's navy is indispensable to defense and to maintaining links with dominions beyond the seas. He notes aviation grows in value but cannot replace naval power for an island nation.
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England
Wales
Britain
London
United
Henry T. Russell
United Brees
Gopyright
United Press
Ronain
Olive Bridgeman
Corre
Admiralty
Whitehall
Ten Injured In Collision Of Two L Trains
Ten persons were injured in a rear end crash on the Fulton line near Lefferts Avenue station as a three car L train struck a ten car stalled train. Firefighters extinguished a fire beneath the trestle. Passengers were thrown and trampled in the panic. one injured person was expected to die, with others treated for wounds and bruises.
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United Press
New York
BMT
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Long Island
Fultin
Lefferts Avenue
Euclid Avenue
Hammill urged to reconvene farm relief parley
New York August 13 Governor John Hamill faces a push to summon a Western states conference to gauge support for the McNary Haugen farm relief plan. George Peek, head of the North Central States Agricultural Conference, says the 1926 Hammill chaired meeting set the policy and cannot be altered without the original conference’s action. Peek asserts the committee is bound by the 1926 resolutions until formally withdrawn.
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United Press
New York
John Hamimill
Laws
Geo. HL
Peek
North Central States
Hamill
Hoover
Alfred J. Smith
Peck
Hammill
Peele
Prale
Smith
Steamer Otranto Collides With Kitano Maru
A Grimsby message to the Sunday Dispatch reports the steamer Otranto collided with the Japanese steamer Kitano Maru. Neither ship suffered serious damage. The Otranto carried 525 passengers, many Americans aboard.
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Uy United Press
London
Grimsby
Jessage
Sunday Dispatch
Rural chicken theft probe widens state inquiry
State police probe a theft of thirty six chickens from J. D. Barnhardt farm in Union township on Friday night. The case is one of many rural thefts reported in recent weeks across districts and towns as investigators pursue leads from a search warrant. Local officers and state authorities hope to identify the gang responsible and prevent further losses in Crawford and surrounding areas.
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J. D. Barnhardt
Union Township
Believe Gang
Thion
Titusylla
Crawford County
Eriga
Este
Two Cars In Sideswipe Crash In Union City Area
In Union City area near Concord road two cars sideswiped and toppled off embankments after midnight Saturday. Occupants from Union City included Harry Harkness Genevieve Hawley Harold Rice and Ethel Allen in an Essex catch and Dennis DeForest driving an Overland six coupe. DeForest suffered cuts while Hawley reported hip and back injuries. All were treated at Union City hospital and later discharged.
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Concord
Union City
Harry Harkness
Genevieve Hawley
Harold Rice
Ethel Allen
Dennis DeForest
Hawley
Union City Hospital
Open bids on grading athletic field set for Monday
Board of Education to meet in special session Monday evening August 20 to open bids for grading the rear plot of the Junior High site to become an athletic field. Last week one bid from FP J Donovan Jr of Tunkville at 75 cents per cubic yard was rejected and re-advertising planned. Plans by J R McConaghie of the Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs were prepared. drafts on display at local windows attracting attention.
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Board of Education
FP. J. Donovan, Jr
Tunkville
Farmers Hold Annual Picnic at Wattsburg
Erie county farmers gathered at Wattsburg's fair grounds for an estimated three thousand attendees. A full day of events, cattle judging by Arthur Marsh of Waterford, and a noon picnic dinner marked the outing as one of the county's most successful. County Farm Agent Crossman oversaw awards for event winners.
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Sheng
Erie County
Iin
Crossman
Blaine Kincaid
Worthwestern Bankers’ Association of Silver
Arthur Marsh
Waterford
Tocal
Smith Straton debate in church stalled in New York
Aug. 18 193? Governor Smith and Dr John Roach Straton clashed over Straton's charge that Smith is a moral danger to progress. Straton urged a church debate at Calvary Baptist, but later said he would not hold it in the church. Straton had previously shared the pulpit with Smith during the campaign.
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New York
Smith
John Roach Straton
Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
Winds of Gale Velocity Hammers Coastal Towns
A tropical disturbance off Cuba driven winds up to 75 mph battered the Florida coast. Miami, West Palm Beach, and Key West ferried shutters and warned ships as a 2400 ton vessel, the Mun n finer Manamar, ran aground near Abaco Islands. The Bahamas government tug Lady Cordeus planned refloating at high tide while hurricane warnings urged caution along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts.
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United Press
AMAMT
Pla
Finer
Manamar
Great Abn Tskund
Bahama
Cordeaus
Miami
Florida
Chiba
West Palm Beach
Key West
Sam
Mast
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Keys
Weather Bureau
Tis Center
Matecumbe
Keywrest 9
Yittatan
Munson Steamship Line
United Press Today
Abavo Islands
Nassau
Bahamas
Mimnean Ine
Mumumar
Death claims steel magnate Laughlin in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh August 14 The body of James B Laughlin 64 a director of Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation will be brought to Pittsburgh tomorrow for burial, family said Laughlin died yesterday at his summer home in Hyannisport Massachusetts after a period of ill health He had not been active in the steel firm for several years
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Pittsburgh
James B. Laughlin
Jones & Laughlin Steel Comporation
Laughlin
Hyannisport
Mass
Steel Corporation
Todays Five Best Radio Features
Listing of radio features across networks with times and sponsor names. Wiz Network presents Real Fallen at 8:30 P.M. and Roxy and His Gang at 0:80 P.M. WOR Network airs United Opera Company at 8 P.M. WEAF Network features Buick Hont at 8:20 P.M. and GE Schebectady program at 6:805 P.M. General Electric Hont appears in the schedule.
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Wiz
Roxy
WOR
United Opera Company
WEAF
Buick
General Electric
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