Three Trainmen Die In Columbia Washout Wreck
Three Southern Railway trainmen were killed and seven injured when train 16 slid into a washout on the Columbia Newberry and Laurens tracks near Columbia South Carolina. Engineers Rattaree Poore and pilot Glenn were among the dead. several railroad workers were injured. The wreck halted wrecking efforts as another excavator derailed near the site.
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Columbia
Southern
Newberry
Laurens
J. F. Rattaree
D. B. Poore
Poore
J. G. Glenn
Columbia Newberry and L.aurens Railway
RE. Alexander
H. M. Hoff
J. F. Glymph
Greenville
J. H. Martin
B. D. Wright
J. F. Simpson
Rataree
Glenn
Missing treasurer triggers $1 million shortfall at Baptist board
The Southern Baptist home mission board announces an inability to pay current salaries after a $1,000,000 shortage linked to treasurer Clinton S. Carnes who disappeared August 26. A church committee probes loans with 150 southern banks and seeks funds to rehabilitate the board amid possible grand jury action. Carnes, who had prior fraud convictions, vanished during a business trip.
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Atlanta
Home Mission Board
The
Southern Baptist Convention
Clinton S. Carnes
CC. W. Daniel
Richmond
Carnes
Walter R. Brown
Ed A. Stephens
Joint
Church Committee
Raleigh
N. C
Southern Baptists
Joint Church Committee
Missouri
Hoover to Tour South and West in October Campaign
Herbert Hoover plans a four eastern and southern speeches including Elizabethton Tennessee on October 6 and a Boston stop, then heads west with a California vote on November 6. He will avoid Prohibition talk, focusing on industrial issues and southern growth.
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James L. West
Associated Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
New York
California
Elizabethton
Tennessee
Boston
Newark
N. J
Southland
Hoover
South
Robinson Plans Three Campaign Talks in Tennessee
Senator Joe T. Robinson arrives in Tennessee with optimism about Hoover state support. He schedules three appearances in Nashville Chattanooga and Knoxville before moving to Virginia and the Atlantic coast. Fans greet him in Texarkana on returning from Texas as Paul Jones welcomes with a speech.
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Elizabethton
Robinson
Tennessee
Democratic Standard
Hoover
Nashville
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Virginia
Atlantic Seaboard
Texas
Arkansas
Texarkana
Paul Jones
Mr. Robinson
Curtis Faces Big Speaking Itinerary
Senator Charles Curtis Republican vice presidential nominee begins a ten day 5000 mile speaking tour with thirteen speeches and numerous observations. He plans stops in Montana Wyoming Illinois Nebraska with a final return to Topeka on September 30 after Tulsa Oklahoma routing by the state party.
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Chicago
Charles Curtis
Montana
Wyoming
Curtis
Illinois
Nebraska
Evansville
Ind
Rosebud
S. C
Spencer
Iowa
Sheridan
Wyo
Hardin
Mont
Billings
Idaho
Cheyenne
Denver
Omaha
Springfield
Tulsa
Okla
O Oklahoma Republican State Central Committee
Topeka
Life Insurance executive John L. Boyd shoots self in Salisbury
John L. Boyd, superintendent of the Salisbury district for the Life Insurance Company of Virginia, killed himself with a pistol today after obtaining a permit to buy. He died about an hour later in a Salisbury hospital. He is survived by his wife and two children.
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Salisbury
N. C
John L. Boyd
The
Life Insurance Company of Virginia
Wachovia
Smith faces uphill battle as upstate shifts against him
Syracuse dispatch analyzes New York 1928 campaign dynamics with Governor Smith facing organized upstate opposition. Republicans press to overturn downstate majorities, while voters weigh business fears and Tammany influence. Past election contrasts show volatility in state returns and statewide party strength.
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New York
Gotham
Syracuse
N. Y
Smith
New York City
Upstate
Washington
Hoover
Tammany Hall
Cleveland
Taft
Roosevelt
Coolidge
Davis
la Foliette
Anti-Smith Leaders Meet in Raleigh to Organize
Anti-Smith leaders gathered in Raleigh to form an effort to defeat the Democratic presidential nominee in North Carolina. Frank R. McNinch of Charlotte announced an executive session with 15 to 20 expected attendees, while Ward H. Wood accompanied him. Attendees included Duke University President W P Few Campbell College president J A Campbell and local figures Roy M Banks and C Almon Upchurch, supporters of the Wake County Anti-Smith movement.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Frank R. MecNinch
Charlotte
Ward H. Wood
McNinch
W. P. Few
Duke University
J. A. Campbell
Campbell College
Charles H. Ireland
Greensboro
J. L. Morehead
Durham
C. Almon Upchurch
Roy M. Banks
Wake County
Man Seriously Hurt At Charlotte Grade Crossing
Charlotte, Sept. 6. H. E. Hibbard of this city was seriously injured when struck by a Southern Railway train at Lid dell street crossing. His car was dragged for nearly a block before extraction. He is reported to have a broken leg in two places and possible fractures to his back and skull.
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Charlotte
Southern Railway
Liddell Street
H. E. Hibbard
John Coolidge Says He Is Unengaged and Jobless
John Coolidge states in an interview that he is not engaged or employed. He is visiting his grandmother in Northampton after a vacation in Brule Wisconsin with his parents and spoke with W A Nay of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad in New York City while awaiting connections.
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Northampton
Mass
John Coolidge
Elmira Goodhue
Brule Wis
New York City
W. A. Nay
New York, New Haven
John
President Coolidge
Monroe official Curtis Lee drowns in lake eddy
Monroe water and light department superintendent Curtis Lee drowned after being caught in an eddy while swimming at Lake Lee yesterday afternoon. He was on a pleasure outing with several friends.
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Monroe
Lake Lee
Curtis Lee
Monroe Water and Light Department
Atlantic Seaboard Flood Watches and Record Rainfalls
The Weather Bureau reports heavy rains across the east gulf and Atlantic states up to New York. Hat teras records 9.32 inches. Wilmington 2.08. Pensacola 2.22. August 1.36. Flood danger flagged for Flint and Chattahoochee, while Columbia faces a second flood with Congaree at 26 feet noon today.
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Atlanta
Atlantic States
New York
United States Weather Bureau
Hatteras
Florida
East Gulf
Wilmington
Pensacola
August
United States
Flint and
Chattahoochee
Columbia
S. C
Congaree
Gervais Street
New Jersey Labor Body Backs Change to Prohibit Amendment
The New Jersey State Federation of Labor adopted a resolution condemning the eighteenth amendment and pledging support in the next election to any candidate who favors its modification. The measure was approved at the federation’s annual Atlantic City convention.
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Atlantic City
N. J
New Jersey State Federation of Labor Today
Hoover Campaign Plans TV Broadcast of Hoover Speech
The Republican National Committee’s motion picture section plans televised broadcast of Herbert Hoover’s Newark address on September 17. Small receiving screens would be set up in cities including San Francisco Chicago and Washington so Hoover’s supporters at home can watch and hear the speech.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Herbert Hoover
Newark
N. J
San Francisco
Chicago
California
Dollar Watch Magnate Ingersoll Dies at 69
Robert H. Ingersoll, once a Michigan farmer boy who built a vast dollar watch enterprise yielding 75 million units, died at a Denver sanatorium aged 69 after brights disease. News of his death was released yesterday. He and his brother Charles moved from a Michigan farm to New York pursuing the venture.
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Denver
Colo
Robert H. Ingersoll
Michigan
Brights
Ingersoll
Charles Ingersoll
New York
Hoover Speech In Tennessee Highlights Water Power Plans
Herbert Hoover spoke in Elizabethton Tennessee on October 6 focusing on water power development as a key to industrial expansion. He urged coordinating hydro projects with flood control irrigation and reclamation to boost efficiency and national resources. Representative J Will Taylor said the Tennessee region and nearby areas were entering a new era of industrial development with strong Republican support.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Elizabethton
Tenn
Mountain
Tennessee
Hoover
J. Will Taylor
Upper East Tennessee
Smith Goes Into West This Month
Governor Smith plans a Westward presidential campaign tour the week of September 16 with three speeches in Omaha Oklahoma City and Denver. He will speak at night and will stay away from New York that week as he considers a final schedule before returning to Albany.
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Albany
Smith
West
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Colorado
Omaha
Oklahoma City
Denver
New York State
Pacific Coast
South
Thorndyke Seville and Wife Injured in Auto Smash
Special to the Enterprise Wilmington Del Sept 6 Five persons were hurt about two miles from Smyrna on the road to Kenton when the cars of Thorndyke Seville of Chapel Hill NC and Mrs Rose Rossiter of near Smyrna collided Mrs Bethel Saville wife of the male driver was seriously injured Saville was severely cut but his injuries are not dangerous
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Wilmington
Del
Smyrna
Kenton
Thorndyke Seville
Chapel Hill N. C
Rose Rossiter
Symrna
Bethel Saville
Saville
North Dakota Republicans Split Over Hoover Endorsement
In Bismarck on September 6, North Dakota Republicans divided over Hoover. The nonpartisan league faction refused to endorse Hoover while independents backed him, voting 19 to 9 against a Hoover endorsement in a state central committee meeting. Regulars launched a separate campaign aligned with Hoover-Curtis.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Herbert Hoover
League
Hoover
Republican State Central Committee
Kansas City
Mr. Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Fred F. Graham
Republican National
Independent’s
United States
Lynn J. Frazier
Gerald P. Nye
Mr. Nye
Frazier
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St. Louis
Baptist Mission Board
Los Angeles
Earl Rowland
Wichita
Kans
Lambert - St. Louis Field
Robert Dake
Pittsburgh
Roosevelt Field
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Cessna Plane
al Lotzenberger
R. J
Davy Jones
Asbury Park
Eloise Morris
Eloise
Byron Price
MecNinch and
Upchurch
Gurtis Lee
Eddy
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Jeanette Eckerhardt
Agent Peterson
Eastern
Carolina
New Jersey
Hoovers
Will
Wife Hurt
Auto Smash
N. Dakota
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