Jordan faces bigamy trial amid sharp courtroom exchanges
In Charlotte the Rev Willis T Jordan stands trial in Mecklen burg Superior Court on bigamy charges as witnesses including Emma Landridge Jordan Veasey Ware Jordan and Laura Jordan are expected. The defense argues amnesia may explain the alleged marriages while Greer the detective who traced Jordan is denounced as an enemy.
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Charlotte
W. T. Gleer
Columbus
Willis T. Jordan
Greer
Emma Langridge-Jordan
Jordan
J. Cliff Newell
Veasey Ware-Jordan
Winding Gulf
W. Va
John G. Carpenter
Jorada
Mich
Ware- Jordan
Mecklenburge County
Emma _ Landridge-Jordan
Washington
Dpd. C
Columbia
Veasey Ware Jordan
West Virginia
Laura Jordan
Zion, Ills
Oswego
Kansas
Republicans to pick 1928 convention city December 6
National Committee chairman Butler announced a December 6 meeting to choose the 1928 Republican National Convention site. San Francisco Cleveland Minneapolis and Detroit lead contenders amid cost and logistics concerns. Roy West will collect city data for full committee review.
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Washington
National Committee
Butler
Roy O. West
San Francisco
Cleveland
Minneapolis
Detroit
South
Mexico Reels as Executions Tighten Calles Drive
Mexico City reports show General Francisco Irano and 13 aides executed amid ongoing anti rebel operations. Governors and military chiefs pledge loyalty, with 6 rebel groups still armed but dwindling under 70,000 federal troops nationwide. Censorship tightened at borders as Veracruz and Nogales updates follow.
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Mexico City
Calles
Francisco Irano
Esidential Bureau
Acre
Pachuca
Hidalgo State
Ortheast
Arturo Laso de la Vega
Gomez
Alvarez
Nogales
Ariz
Mexico
Judge Stalnaker Loses Bid in Tampa Primary
Judge Leo Stalnaker, who warned of showing court films of liquor club patrons, was defeated in the Democratic primary for re nomination as municipal judge. Tom Watkins led with 6,004 votes to 2,680 for Stalnaker.
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Tampa
Fla
Leo Statnaker
Tom Watkins
Stalnaker
Levine Drops Gift to Mussolini’s Baby in Parachute Flight
Charles A. Levine released a gift to Premier Mussolini's newborn son Romano, a watch with a note, from a paused flight above Villa Carpena. The delivery occurred as Levine continued toward Vienna after canceling his own return flight due to yesterday's monoplane accident.
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Rome
Charles A. Levine
Little Romano
Mussolini
Villa Carpena
Forti
Levine
Vienna
Baby Romano
Columbia
Clarence Chamberlin
Atlantic
New York
Germany
Ravenna
Italian Air Service
Walter Hinchcliffe
Prince Louis Ferdinand of
Orleans
Requiem Held For Woman Lost At Sea
In London a requiem mass was celebrated at Farm Street church for Princess Loewenstein Wertheim who died in the St Raphael trans Atlantic attempt. Lilly Dillenz accompanied the scene as a passenger in Junkers plane D-1230 as Bay of Biscay flight continued. Royal Air Force trumpeters sounded taps after the service.
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London
Lilly Dillenz
Bay of Biscay
Farm Street
Loewenstein-Wertheim
St. Raphael
Royal Air Force
Wounded banker dies after payroll robbery in New Orleans
J. Douglas Acomb cashier of the New Orleans States died at a city hospital after being shot as he entered the States building Monday morning. He carried a weekly payroll of 5844 in a satchel which the robber snatched. Acomb died without giving a description of the attacker.
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New Orleans
J. Douglas Acomb
Charlotte man wins verdict in theater resort case
W E Thomas of Charlotte recovered 11850 from financier J H Cutter in Mecklenburg Superior Court for his efforts in securing a resort for Cutter's new theater in Charlotte.
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Charlotte
W. E. Thomas
J. H. Cutter
Mecklenburg Superior Court
Cutter
Low Primings Dominate Winston-Salem Tobacco Sale
Winston-Salem buyers processed 900,000 pounds of tobacco from eight warehouses as prices stayed near yesterday’s levels. An overstock of low grades by manufacturers and leaf dealers kept low primings selling at weak prices, while high grades remained comparatively firm though below last year. The year’s large crop is cited as a major factor in the overall price decline.
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Winston-Salem
Business of Organized Labor Starts Serious Convention
In Los Angeles on October 5 the American Federation of Labor convened as a flood of resolutions poured in. Secretary of Labor James J. Davis told delegates that American industry is unusually free from strife and urged cooperation between industry and labor.
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Los Angeles
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
James J. Davis
Troops Discouraged by Regent Defeats
The Daily Mail Shanghai correspondent reports Marshal Chang Tso Lin’s Manchurian troops drifting toward Peking in an ominous mood after their defeat to Yen Hei Shan’s Shansi army. Feng Yu Hsiang prepares to move north toward the capital under a Borodin plan.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Shanghai
Chang Tso- Lin
Peking
Yen Hei- Shan
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Michael Borodin
Iowa Miners Return to Work on Jacksonville Wage Scale
About 9,000 union coal miners idle since April return to work in Iowa soft coal mines. Settlement of a wage dispute set a $37.56 daily rate under the Jacksonville scale, effective until April 1 next year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mrs Levaspresto Celebrates 106th Birthday in Staten Island
At a Staten Island community party Mrs Francoise Levaspresto aged 106 expressed ambition and was noted for her stylish presence as younger guests watched. Bee confided her.
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New York
Francoise Levaspresto
Bee
Staten Island
Lindy Deflects Kiss Question as Reporter Giggles
In Memphis a reporter pressed Lindy on kissing girls. He asked for a specific instance of refusal, then the reporter giggled rather than pressing the point.
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Memphis
Lindy
Carrie Chapman Catt Calls for Dismantling Women’s Clubs
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt argues most women’s clubs should be disbanded and redirected to worthwhile causes. She questions how much energy is wasted on futile efforts likened to a kitten chasing its tail.
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New York
Carrie Chapman Catt
Oslo man bets Rockefeller $1 on Dempsey
New York reports that Ed vin Oldestein of Oslo Norway believes every Rockefeller touch turns to gold He sent Rockefeller a dollar asking him to bet it on Dempsey An employee of Rockefeller returned the dollar before the fight.
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New York
Edvin Oldestein
Oslo
Norway
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Dempsey
Insurance Against Artistic Temperament Delays Chaliapin Shows
London reports an unusual policy by C. B. Cochran that insures against Feodor Chaliapin's artistic temperament disrupting performances thereby guaranteeing scheduled concerts by the renowned Russian basso.
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London
C. B. Cochran
Feodor Chaliapin
Love's Memento of Long Ago Surrenders Hope on Her 78th Birthday
Miss Mattie Cowan recalls a long awaited soldier in a tale told by candlelight on her 78th birthday. Born in 1849 in Mecklenburg County she kept a fragile memento from a Confederate youth who once gifted her a dip candle. As years passed she waited for a sign that never came and chose to light the flame on her birth anniversary rather than marry.
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Charlotte
Mattie Cowan
Miss Cowan
Mecklenburg County
Pineville
Annie
David
Cowan
Cowan Yard
Plans for Lindbergh visit in North Carolina
City officials from Winston-Salem and Greensboro meet with City Manager P. P. Fischer and chamber executive F. J. Sizemore to plan a celebration during Colonel Charles Lindbergh’s stay in the region. Lindbergh is scheduled to arrive October 14.
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P. P. Fischer
F. J. Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Charles Lindbergh
Ten Men Charged With Ticket Scalping in Pittsburgh
Ten men were placed on police court bonds in Pittsburgh after arrests for scalping World Series tickets. Police seized 8&2 sets of tickets intended for sale at face value by officials. Barney Dreyfuss urged enforcement of the ordinance barring sale above printed price as detectives mingled with Forbes Field crowds.
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Pittsburgh
Barney Dreyfuss
Pirates
Forbes Field
Durham Girl Says Mother Drove Her Away
A 15 year old girl told police she was driven from her Durham home by her mother Ruth Bass and came to Winston-Salem with a boy and another girl. The girl was found wandering and held for investigations while the boy and the other girl left with money to buy food.
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Winston-Salem
Durham
Ruth Bass
Winston- Salem
Ruth
Lassiter Wins Street Paving Bid in High Point
R G Lassiter and company won the High Point street contract for Fifth street with a low bid of 11178.58. Murray Construction was the other bidder at 11506.72, just 328.14 higher. Work will begin immediately.
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R. G. Lassiter and Company
High Point
Fifth Street
Murray Construction Company
Lindbergh Repeats Flight To Sunrise On Memphis Start
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh lifts the nose of the Spirit of St Louis toward the rising sun as he leaves Memphis at 5:30 AM for Chattanooga and Birmingham on a new leg of his continental tour. A Commerce Department plane with Captain Donald Keyhoe led the way. Lindbergh plans a 10:30 arrival in Chattanooga.
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Memphis
Tenn
St. Louis
New York
Paris
Charles A. Lindbergh
Armstrong Field
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Department of Commerce
Donald Keyhoe
Spirit of
Junkers plane sighted off coast of France in new Atlantic attempt
The Junkers C-1230 hydroairplane flying from Norderney toward Lisbon and the Azores was sighted off the West Coast of France near La Rochelle. Pilot Frederick Loose commanded the three man crew including Karl Loewe and Paul Starke with Mme. Lilly Diller aboard. The craft carries wireless gear and mail sacks from the Bremen voyage.
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London
Land's End
Junkers
France
la Rochelle
Brest
Bay of Biscay
Portugal
Norderney
Frederick Loose
Bremen
Karl Loewe
Paul Starke
Mme
Lilly Diller
Carl Hollitzer
Vienna Moderne Theater
Lisbon
Azores
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
United States
Europa
Funeral of World War Veteran Carson
George A. Carson 36 a world war veteran died aboard ship returning from the American Legion Paris convention. He was buried today in Elmwood cemetery legion plot. Rev G Ray Jordan led services at Dilworth Methodist church and grave side rites were military in nature. Carson served six years in Co B fifth engineers and saw action at Belleau Wood St Mihiel. A guard from the American Legion drum and bugle corps attended the procession. Surviving are his parents Mr and Mrs J L Athor.
Big Guns of the Yankee Outfit Found the Offerings of the First Man Up For the Pirates
The report notes the Yankees used their top hitters to counter the Pirates in a tense game. Key moments featured powerful plays by leading stars as the lead changed hands.
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Big Guns
Pirates
World Series Opens in Pittsburgh with Big Crowd
The Pirates meet the Yankees at Forbes Field as fans flood the park in a record rush. Babe Ruth and stars pose for photographers while managers Bush and Miller stem the hype and prepare to defend their regular lineups.
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Forbes
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Yankees
Babe Rush
Altrock
Schacht
Bush
Babe Ruth
Waner Brothers
Wip Kremer
Smith
Miller
Heyt
Collins
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