Smith Plans 15 Campaign Speeches in Short Bid
Governor Alfred E. Smith travels to New York for informal talks to shape his presidential campaign. He plans about 15 distinct speeches over two months, all broadcast, avoiding back platform talks as his train tours key cities and border states. He will speak at Tammany’s Fourth of July event and possibly address a Ku Klux Klan gathering in Queens.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
National Democratic Committee
National Committee
Albany
Grand Central Terminal
Biltmore
Anoth
New Jersey
New England
Detroit
St. Louis
Denver
Smith
Tammany
Beaumont Suffers Third Heat Attack at Home
Thomas Beaumont of 510 North Elm Street suffered his third sudden heat disease attack in under a year. He collapsed at home after a return trip from Des Moines and was confined to bed today with the condition described as improved. He is a prominent figure in state Masonic circles.
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Thomas Beaumont
North Elm Street
Mr. Beaumont
Des Moines
June Sets Mark For Marriages
Twenty four couples were issued marriage licenses in Union county last month by county clerk Miss Emma Beaumont. The number surpassed May's eight licenses and June 1927's nineteen licenses, indicating a busy period for marriages.
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Dan Cupid
Union County
Emma _ Beaumont
Many New Cars Licensed Here In Union County June
Seventy six automobiles, most of them new, were licensed in Union county during June, reported by county treasurer Guy H. McCornock. A total of 4 242 cars now carry Union county number plates.
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Union County
Guy H. McCornock
Gang Guns Slay Frank Yale A Capone Associate
Frank Yale, 35, once linked to the Five Points gang and a friend of Al Capone, was killed in Brooklyn as a black Illinois plated sedan opened fire. Police noted his long criminal record dating to 1912 and found a gun and $1,000 in his pockets after the ambush.
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New York
Chicago
Frank Yale
Scarface
al” Capone
Big Jim” Colosimo
Dion O'Banion
Yale
Brooklyn
Tim” Murphy
Borough Park
Five Points
Body of Amundsen Found in Sea Near Norway
Paris dispatch cites Oslo messages reporting the body of Captain Roald Amundsen found at sea off Norway. No official confirmation yet.
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Amundsen
London
Paris
Exchange Telegraph Co
Oslo
Roald Amundsen
Norway
Russian ice-breaker Krassin blocked by ice off Spitzbergen
Kings Bay Norway July 1 reports the powerful ice-breaker Krassin battering toward the Nobile radio party along the northwest coast of North East Land. Heavy ice blocks her path forcing a planned route through Hinlopen with a continued report on page four.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Krassin
North East Land
Hinlopen
Baptists Elect Church Officers at Creston Meeting
At the Creston Baptist church annual meeting F A Carlson and Eric Moberg were elected deacons. Other officers include Mrs Carlson and Mrs Dorsey as deaconesses, Mrs W C Critchifield as assistant treasurer, Laura Dixon as treasurer, and Jeannette Grinnell as clerk. Rev C E Riddington of Vinton to assume pastorate August 1.
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F. A. Carlson
Eric Moberg
Baptist Church of
Creston
Carlson
Jessie Dorsey
Nina Grinnell
George Wagoner
Robert Wilbee
Don Emerson
Laura Dixon
W. C. Critchifield
Evalyn Boyd
Jeannette Grinnell
Roland Hunt
Thomas Hawkins
Esther Wright
C. H. Molby
C. V. Englund
Lethal Kiesling
Motions Heard In Macksburg Railroad Case
Judge H H Carter presided over district court in Macksburg as motions in the railroad cases were argued today. The hearing was expected to occupy most of the day.
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Macksburg
H. H. Carter
Girl Hickman 17 Kills Baby in Oakland Case
In Oakland California on July 2 17 year old Erna Janoschek known as the girl Hickman is held on first degree murder charges after strangling a year old infant Diana Liliencrentz. She explains she killed because she felt overworked and feared Mrs Liliencrentz would not support her. She then called police and described no remorse.
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Oakland
Calif
Hickman
Erna Janoschek
Erna
Diana Liliencrentz
Flip
Guy Liliencrentz
San Francisco
Diana
Francora
Police
Six Balloons Remain in Gordon Bennett Race
Detroit reports show six balloons still aloft after the start on Saturday with 12 entrants. Downed craft include the Detroit piloted by Naylor near Cass West Virginia and the Brandenburg German entry near Davis West Virginia.
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Detroit
James Gordon Bennett
Kenbridge
United States Army
Munster
W. C. Naylor
Russell Wherritt
Cass
W. Va
Otto Bertram
Davis
Woods
Local storm relief fund receives private donation
W. H. Van Sickle of 110 North Cedar Street donated $1 to The Daily Advertiser storm relief fund. The newspaper forwards all contributions to Walter Lewis of Lenox, chairman of the citizens committee overseeing relief work.
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W. H. van Sickle
North Cedar Street
Daily Advertiser
Walter Lewis
Lenox
Citizens’ Committee
Three killed as Iowa plane crashes on golf link
Clinton Iowa reports say Dr Homer K Lambert 27 pilot and his daughter Betty 4 died instantly when his plane stalled and forced landing failed over the Clinton country club golf course. Shirley Lambert 14 of Toledo Ohio died later at a hospital.
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Clinton
Iowa
Clinton Golf Course
Homer K. Lambert
Betty
Dr. Lambert
Walter S. Lambert
Geneseo,Jr
C. A. Lambert
Toledo
Shirley
Clinton Country Club
New City
City Council Meeting Cites No Business Tonight
No business is scheduled for the regular city council meeting tonight. The session will be held in the grand jury room of the courthouse.
Cromwell school vote contest set for hearing
A. E. Otis fixed Monday July 16 for the election contest hearing on the Cromwell consolidated school dissolution vote. The election court will include Otis and representatives from both sides. a recount and possible appeal to district court may follow. Objections were filed on county road proposals affecting North Cherry street and related routes. a contract for redecorating the courthouse second floor was awarded to Ray E. Courtney for 727 dollars.
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A. E. Otis
County Board of Supervisors
Cromwell Consolidated School
Otis
Consolidated School District Board
Board of Supervisors
Wray Corner
Creston
Cherry Street
Adair County
Union County
Union County Board
Ray E. Courtney
Lorimer
Hamilton Named Secretary of Chamber at Luncheon
Tom Hamilton city assessor and Creston resident was hired as secretary by Chamber of Commerce directors at a Hotel Iowana luncheon. He will begin immediately succeeding D. P. Barnes who resigned after several days.
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Tom Hamilton
Creston
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Iowana
Hamilton
D. P. Barnes
St. Joseph
Chamber
Barnes
Union County Fair Assured
Union County will hold the annual fair the week of August 20. Cicero Cobb secretary of the association told Creston Chamber directors at Iowa hotel that an advertising campaign will begin during the Fourth of July celebration. He predicted a bigger fair with harness and running races a carnival mid way and four nights of fireworks plus usual agricultural and livestock exhibits.
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Union County
Creston
Cicero Cobb
Association
Chamber of Commerce
Iowana Hotel
Cobb
Union County Parties Solidify Chances In November Vote
Republicans and Democrats meet at the county courthouse to endorse candidates and organize committees. Delegates and alternates are chosen for state and judicial conventions. party officers are reaffirmed and a part time chamber secretary is named.
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Union County
Smith
Robinson
Hoover
Fourth of July Celebration Plans for Creston Big Parade
Walter Koerner leads Creston's Fourth of July preparations with a morning parade planned as the city hosts army air lines from Kansas City. The day includes bands, a large fireworks display, emergency services, Boy Scouts, and free public events at McKinley park except for dances and rides.
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Creston
Walter Koerner
Army Airlnes
Government Air Field
Kansas City
Joy Gault
American Legion
Creston Municipal
Unior
Otlumwe
Bred Henderson
Henderson Glove Company
Ottumwa
Ottumwa Band
Henderson Company
Joe Snair
Park Pavilion
McKinley Park
Truth Should Be Basis of Child Training
Olive Roberts Barton argues that honest upbringing starts at birth with health as the foundation for character. She notes rapid social changes, calls for open truthfulness, and says future children must be free from prejudice and guided by core values rather than convention.
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Olive Roberts Barton
Europe
John
Barton
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George Swan
L. C. Bowers
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Wiley Gripp
Arden McKee
G. W. Smith
George D Newcomb
C. H. Knelel
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Elizabeth Johnson
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