Smith States His Position On Prohibition Reform
Governor Alfred E. Smith sends a telegram to Senator Robinson reaffirming belief in fundamental Prohibition changes. He cites corruption, bootlegging, and lawlessness, urging that voters, via elected representatives, determine the future of national policy and temperance through Democratic principles and states rights. Smith says the saloon should be defunct and pledges to defend the constitution if elected. He also congratulates Robinson on his nomination and expresses joy at the ticket.
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Albany
Alfred BE. Smith
Robinson
Mehl
Smith
Alfred B. Smith
Joseph P. Robinson
Little Weaver Lad Remains Critical After Accident
Physicians report Fran cis Weaver in critical condition after a fractured skull from being struck by a car on West Main Street near the Hardy residence. Dr P B Suddarth operated yesterday afternoon to relieve brain pressure with limited improvement. The patient showed momentary signs of consciousness but remained comatose at press time.
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Francis Weaver
West Main Street
Hardy
Suddarh
Wread
Sentinel
Pair Sought On Warrant By Officers
Warrant issued charging assault and battery against Dorsey Tighe and Everett Stemple, locals in custody after a fight alleged Wednesday night. Earl Hickman, a Thomas taxi stand diver, filed the complaint. Hearing set for tomorrow at 10 am before Squire W. E. Leach. State Corporal J. W. Wooddell said both men will be in custody by day’s end.
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Dorsey Tighe
Everett Stemple
Stife Police
Earl Hickman
Thomas
Squire W. EB. Leach
Tighe and
Stemple
J. W. Wooddell
Ohio Republicans finalize platform at convention
After eight hours in committee the Ohio Republican platform was completed and submitted. It endorses the national and state GOP record, criticizes Democratic public welfare policies, and covers twenty planks on issues from economy to law enforcement while avoiding the wet or dry question. The convention also heard gubernatorial candidates, elected officers, and ratified presidential elector nominations.
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Columbus
National Republican Administration
Ohio Republican Party
Orange Root Ends Long Years Of Pain And Suffering
Mrs. Pearl Hully of St Charles Street Grafton West Virginia a respected local woman endorses Orange Root saying five years of digestive trouble nervousness rheumatic pain and chronic constipation improved after using the treatment She claims it relieved sour stomach gas pains and stomach burning and changed her life as an invalid candidate.
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Pearl Hulley
St. Charles St
Grafton
W. Va
Tonic and Nuggets Claim Miraculous Health Turnaround
An advertisement touts Tonic and Nuggets from Grafton Drug & Chemical Co as cures for rheumatism with dramatic personal testimonies. The copy markets wide availability and low prices, claiming rapid relief and renewed appetite after years of illness.
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Erlends
Tum
Grafton Drug & Chemical Co
Stage Beauty Seeks Divorce From Yale Football Hue
Chicago June 29 Jean ne Eagles stage star filed in superior court for divorce from Edward Harris Coy her husband since August 27 1925 at Stamford Conn She accuses extreme and repeated cruelty listing two incidents January 15 1936 when he attacked and mistreated her and November 4 1927 when she says he struck her in the face with his fins The couple had wed three years ago in a love match she described as lasting forever
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Chicago
Jeanne Eagles
Edward Harris Coy
Stamford
Conn
Local Man Frank Lowther Held on Liquor Possession
Frank Lowther, a local man, was released this week from jail after serving time for shrunkeness and turned over to state officers on a charge of liquor possession. Officers allege they found moonshine when Lowther was arrested two weeks ago. Squire W E Leach found him guilty on possession and imposed a $100 fine with 30 days extra jail time.
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Frank Lowther
Lowther
Squire W.E. Leach
Steamer Damaged In Collision Off Monomoy Point
In dense fog today the Merchants' and Minters Line steamer Greelan was beached in eighteen feet of water at Monomoy Point after a collision with the Eastern Steamship Company's steamer Evangeline bound from New York to Yarmouth. All 100 Evangeline passengers and both crews escaped unharmed as Evangeline proceeded to Yarmouth after the incident.
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Chatham
Mass
Merchants’ and Minters Line
Greelan
Eastern Steamship Company
Evangeline
New York
Yarmouth
Wessels
Greek cabinet resigns after finance minister quits
Athens reports the Greek cabinet resigned today after Finance Minister G. Kafsandaris stepped down. The Liberal party, once led by former Premier Venizelos, withdrew its support of the government triggering the collapse.
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Athens
G. Kafsandaris
Liberal Party
Venaéou
Colored Woman of Rosemont Is Dead
Mrs Rhoda Pope White a 45 year old colored resident of Rosemont died this morning at 1 30 o clock in St Marys hospital Clarksburg inching to full obituary details withheld due to fragmentary text
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Rosemont
Rhoda Pope White
St. Mary's Hospital
Clarksburg
Smith Has Most Remarkable Career
Albany June 2 A skeleton obituary outlines Governor Alfred E. Smith's life from birth December 30 1873 near Brooklyn Bridge to early work as a news boy and fish market clerk. It notes his rise in Tammany politics under Tom Foley his marriage to Katharine Dunn in 1900 five children and service as state assemblyman 1901 to 1915 and sheriff later.
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Albany
N.Y
Alfred E. Smith
Brooklyn Bridge
Fulton Fish Market
Tom Foley
Tammany
Katherine Dunn
New York
State
Slayer of Big Tim May Be In Custody
Chicago June 29 John Hand accused as the slayer of Big Tim Murphy was arraigned in police court today on a murder charge. The hearing was continued until July 6 to allow police to gather further evidence. At arrest time the linking evidence was meager, consisting only of a revolver found in Hand's home and his intimate relations with Murphy. Hand's counsel promised to furnish a $10,000 bond for his release.
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Chicago
John Hand
Big Tim” Murphy
Hand
Murphy
Farm Hand Sentenced To Death In Nebraska Murders
Chadron Nebraska June 29 Henry Sherman 19 a farm hand was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murder of three members of the Roger Pochon family near Rushville last May The victims were Roger Pochon his wife Hatne and his mother Mrs Eugene Pochon Sherman admitted the killings but pleaded insanity He said the Po chons objected to his attentions toward their daughter Ellen
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Sherman
eRger Pochon
Hatne
Eugene Pochon
Ellen
Tommy on Redpath Program at Gaiety and Cort Theatres
The play Tommy, once staged for 300 nights at the Gaiety Theater in New York and also shown near the Cort Theater in Chicago, is being brought to a chautauqua for a popular performance. It is praised as a tale drawn from everyday American life with youthful glory and was written by Toward Lindsay and Tertrand Robinson.
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Gaiety Theater
Broadway
46Th Ste
New York City
Tony
Cort Theater
Dearborn
Randolph Sts
Chicago
Chautautua
Rebels Taken and Executed in Guanajuato Battle
Mexico City dispatch reports 26 insurgents killed and five captured and executed after a three hour engagement at La Mulita near San Jose Itiborde, Guanajuato. Gen Jaime Carrillo said federal forces routed the rebels and seized 60 horses. chase ongoing with no federal casualty figures given.
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Mexico City
A la Mulita
San Jose
Guanajuato
Jaime Carrillo
Calles
Carrillo
Slayer of Young Girl Sought By Officers
Police search rural East End Saskatchewan for William Magill accused of killing Anna Jat. The girl’s body was found near a straw stack with a cut throat and torn clothes after Magill fled ten miles from the scene. A man named Peterson is said to have aided Magill in the abduction. Police report a fresh scratch on Magill’s face and bruising.
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East End
Sask
William Magill
Anna Jat
Guidit
Straw Stack
Magill
Biden Magill
Pole
Peterson
Socially Prominent New Yorker Killed
New Yorker Gordon Duval a 34 year old president of the Park Avenue Association was killed today when an elevator door malfunction led to a fall of thirteen floors inside a private department building. Nearby notes say Duval was sued in 1925 for breach of promise by Ivy St. Claire, a musical comedy dancer, though the suit was later withdrawn.
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New York
H. , Gordon
Duval
Park Avenue Association
Jenis
Ivy St. Claire
Wets Gain In Repeal Battle In Farm State
Fargo report shows North Dakota staying uncertain on repeal as returns from the unitary election trickle in. With about half of 2,192 precincts counted, repeal support trails by roughly 1,000 votes. Election tallies include 49,491 for repeal and 50,017 against repeal from 1,095 precincts. In the Republican Senate race, Wynn J. Frager leads by 10,024 over R. A. Nestos with 574 precincts still to report.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Passenger 18 Killed as Plane Crashes in Mount Pleasant
A plane crash near Mount Pleasant Indiana on June 29 left passenger Roy Kaummning dead and pilot Fin Payol seriously injured. The report notes the collision and fire, with authorities probing the cause and noting the pilot’s insurance status.
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Pasenger
Mount Pleasant
Roy Kaummning
Lomax
German women's protest against constitutional equality
Berlin reports German women protest the republican constitution granting formal equality. Dr Elsbeth Lueders in the Reichstag demands no preference for men in civil service and for women already in posts not to be replaced. She notes women receive lower state benefits despite similar premiums and calls retroactive citizenship for German women marrying foreigners.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Elsbeth Lueders
Yyuoder
Jueders
Former Grafton Boy Graduates At Balto
Local friends announce the graduation of Hearn Kitney from the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. He served as president of a large fraternity and earned a certificate for an engineering thesis. He plans further study at Johns Hopkins University or Carnegie Institute if he stays in Baltimore.
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W. C. Kitney
Baltmore
Grafton
Ollie. Garner
Hearn
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Nore
Johns Hopkins —University of Maryland Institute
Baltimore
Carnegie Institute At
Pittsburgh
Virginia Minnesota Ye Fined into Local Court
Auto licenses issued for Unance corporation operatives who moved a Chevrolet coupe from sota to Grafton, Deneen, and elsewhere. Arrested overnight, a $15 bond set. car repossessed and to be returned. District church rallies in Morgai and Fairmont attract hundreds. Gratton delegates to attend with young people from multiple churches.
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Minnesota
Unance Corporation
Sota
Grafton
Deneen
Francis
Hesota
Chevrolet
Ascise
Mai “Tors Acceptance Corporation
Cress
Gratton
Morgai
Epworth
Andrew Paul's
Jovehh ‘Evans
Flying Fortress tests by Army at Langley Field
Army at Langley Field conducts tests on the Flying Fortress bomber, a heavy multi engine plane with 75 foot wingspan, 1 050 horsepower engines, armament of five machine guns and full radio gear. Crewed by five, the craft awaits evaluation of takeoff speed climb handling and range.
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Norfolk
Way
Army
Langley Field
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Oscar
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Big Tim
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