Hoover Strategy Aims East In Prohibition Era Fight
Hoover plans to win the Atlantic seaboard by stressing prosperity and efficiency rather than opposing Alfred E. Smith on prohibition. He seeks to keep the East Republican while facing a railroad strike threat east of the Mississippi that could disrupt rail service and hurt the party.
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Tidewater
Massachuastts
Maryland
Alfred E. Smith
Hoover
Atlantic Seaboard
Smith
Midwest
Mississippi
Kansas City
Cedar Rapids
Republican Party
Washington
Smith defends campaign stance on prohibition matter
Governor Smith asserts that Democratic candidates may express personal views on prohibition without altering the party platform. He says no one can amend the platform at the national convention and notes that supporters praised his acceptance speech while he avoided hostile messages.
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Smith
Novemer
Capitol
Executive Mansion
New York
Levine Acosta Start New Hop From Dessau to London
Charles Levine and Bert Acosta began the first leg of an Atlantic flight from Dessau Germany to London at 3 31 today piloting a Junkers aircraft Acosta joined Levine to support the new Atlantics venture during this opening flight segment in Dessau Germany August 24.
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Dessau
Germany
INS
Europe
America
Charles Levine
Bert Acosta
London
Acosta
Levine
Atlantis
Junkers
Stricter Auto Legislation Urged At PA Convention
Edson Lott president of United States Casualty Co urged tougher auto laws at the Forty-Third Annual Convention of the Pennsylvania Association of insurance agents in Hazelton. He called for automatic license revocation for drivers with unsatisfied judgments to aid cost allocation for accident damages. W G W Matteson, president from Harrisburg, urged insurance committees in all chambers of commerce.
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Hazelton
INS
Edson
Lott
United States Casualty Company of
New York City
Pennsylvania Association of Insurance Agents
W. G. W. Matteson
Harrisburg
Cherry Tree Man Lat Ste Court House Elects Officials
The Latrobe area held a secret election to nominate Grand Chef de Gare William Yeager of Erie and other officers. Delegates and alternates to the grand promenade in San Antonio were chosen, with Beaver County’s voiture earning a silver cup for top achievement and Erie second.
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Lat Ste Court House
San Antonio
W. Yeager
Eric
Thomas Monroe
Cherry Tree
Daniel Hartbauer
Fittsburgh
William H. Miller
West Chester
Rev
L. A. Wolorshuk
Johnstown
L. I. Kingsburg
Steelton
John Lampke
Jeannette
Harry Shinton
Altoona
Edward F. Morris
St. Clair
John McCormick
Greensburg
W. Fawcett
Northwest
Henry Moulthrop
DuBois
North Central
Leroy F. Kauffman
Pike Co
Northeast
H. P. Freeston
Philadelphia
Beaver County
Midland Post
New Brighton Memorial
Erie
Beaver
Luzerne
Butler Sewage Plant Opens After Five Years of Work
Butler Pennsylvania mayor George B. Wick turned the valve to place in operation a new $400,000 sewage disposal plant. The project took five years to complete, providing modern facilities for the city.
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Butler
George B. Wick
Fair Grounds Reunion of Gibson Family Held in Indiana
The third annual Gibson family reunion at the Indiana Fair Grounds on August 28, 1928, drew a large turnout. Mrs Amanda Getty, the oldest surviving member, was guest of honor. Talks by Frank Uncapher Smicksburg Archie Brown Creekside and Mrs H W Snyder Canton Ohio covered family history and current topics. Attendees represented Baltimore Canton Pittsburgh and distant points with letters from those absent. After a hearty dinner and friendships renewed a short business meeting elected John E Gibson Indiana as president Mrs J D Cummins Indiana as secretary Archie Brown Indiana as treasurer.
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Andrew
Jane Hill Gibson
Indiana Fair Grounds
Amanda Getty
Indiana
Frank Uncapher
Smicksburg
Archie Brown
Creekside
H. W. Snyder
Canton
Ohio
Gibson
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
John E. Gibson
J. D. Cummins
Coreendiana
Side
Greenland sighting report fuels Rockford fliers search
Greenland residents reported sighting a low flying plane between Fisk en nesset and Lichtenfels on Sunday morning. Danish officials caution that confirmation is needed as search teams probe the Nuuk region for Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer of the Greater Rockford, feared lost after their flight from the United States to Stockholm.
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Toledo
INS
Joseph E. Williams
Greater Rockford
Newfoundland
Rockford
Stockholm
Sweden
Bert Hassell
Parker Cramer
He Williams
University of Michigan
The
Surface Combustion Co
New York
H. A. Jansen
Brooklyn
Newfoundlnd
Jansen
Rockford-Sweden
O. K
Chigago
Rufus Harris
Harris
Aar
Copenhagen
United States
Plana
Daugaard Jensen
Greenland
Fiskennesset
Jensen
Gothope
Fiskengessel
Hassell
Cramer
Physicians discuss open air treatment and Torrance plan
Indiana and Cambria medical associations met with Westmoreland physicians at the Torrance State Hospital site. Speakers cited open fields and humane care as key, with projected capacity of 3,000 patients at Torrance over the next decade.
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Medical Associations
Indiana
Cambria Counties
Westmoreland County Association
McKinniss
S. W. Nealon
Latrobe
Westmoreland County Medical Society
C. D. Ambrose
Ligonier
William C. Sandy
State Department of Welfare
Harrisburg
William Mayer
Pittsburgh
C. C. Wholly
Sandy
Torrance State Hospital
Torrance
Mayer
Torrance Hospital
Piblic Staridpoint
Hickman
California
Wholly
Ponselle Hit By Golf Ball Affects Benefit Plans
Rosa Ponselle dramatic soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company said she would sing tonight at a tuberculosis control society benefit in Lake Placid New York, despite being knocked unconscious yesterday by a sliced golf ball on the links. Her doctors reported her eyesight would not be impaired. Mrs Anna Johnstonbaugh of N Braddock was visiting friends in town.
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Lake Placid
N. Y
Rosa Ponselle
Metropolitan Opera Company
Indiana Visitors Fill Local Notes Roll Call
Miss Ysabelle Ribbett returns to Pittsburgh after visiting Miss Charlotte and Miss Marion Williams. Local residents and road supervisors visit county offices, attend conventions, or travel to Uniontown and Johnstown. Several Blairsville and Indiana figures attend events, with moves to new addresses noted for Miss Sara H. McGee.
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Ysabelle Ribbett
Charlotte
Marion Williams
Pittsburgh
J. T. Stewart
W. G. Stewart
Dilltown
Bedford
Cumberland
York
Gettysburg
Harrisburg
J. H. Fleming
Chambersville
GC. Beatty
Home
All Cribbs
Creekside
Washington Township
John Goheen
Overland
Uniontown
American Legion
James Nesbit
Blairsville
Indiana Busiess
Clair Mahon
Mercer
Indiana
Harry W. Nolf
North Mahoning Township
T. C. North
J. W. Barr
Marion Center
Samuel Cunningham
William J. Huey
R. C. Russell
Russell Brothers Construction Company
Heilwood
Gus Hood
Bill” Helwig
Altie
D. M. Miller
F. T. Lowman
Rose Mechling
Francis Mause
Kittanning
George Edwards
William Hoffman
Gipsy
William Smith
Arcadia
Saed
Thomas Fealer
Edward Finn
Bob Schreck
Dewitt Ray
Johnstown
George Brubaker
Sheriff’s
George Bridge
Sara H. McGee
Homer City
Ridge Avenue
Robert Sutton
Philipsburg
Plane Down at Campbell Field Recalled as Airport Hope
Large mail ship drew a crowd of over a hundred as Hodges flier landed and took off along the field. Dr Hodges praised Campbell field as an ideal airport once minor defections could be overcome, noting its suitable conditions for future use.
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Campbell Field
Hodges
Chinese Slayer of Ten Arrested in Hairfield Cal
Lou Yeung, accused of killing ten Chinese countrymen at a ranch near Hairfield, California, was captured after fleeing in a victim's car. He confessed to the slayings but provided no motive and begged for narcotics upon arrest. Authorities note he had previously attacked Nellie Wong, 14, daughter of the ranch owner, months earlier.
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Hairfield
Cal
INS
Lou Yeung
Yeung
Nellie Wong
Braddock Native Dies At 60 In Braddock
County native Lowman died at his Braddock home at 4 35 this morning at age 60. Born on a farm near Jacksonville he moved to Braddock 387 years ago to work in contracting. He served on Braddock Council 20 years and belonged to Braddock United Presbyterian Church Masons Knights of Malta and Odd Fellows. He is survived by his widow and brother John G Lowman of El Paso Texas. Interment is planned at Oakland Cemetery Indiana Monday morning at 11 o'clock.
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Oakland Cemetery
Indiana
Mystery of Dr Harty Dapper Slaying Deepens
Pittsburgh August 24 INS Authorities renewed the hunt for the killer of Dr Harty R Dapper Carrick physician lured to a secluded Bettis Field area and shot dead Two theories about motives were discarded indicating the killer may have escaped in the doctor s car which remains unrecovered The doctor had asked his father to accompany him when the stranger called but this was not unusual for the son Police note the murder occurred Monday night and the car has not been abandoned suggesting the slayer may be far from the area.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Harty R. Dapper
Carrick
Bettis Field
Dapper
Dr. Dapper
H. A. Dapper
Governor’s Prohibition Duty and Liquor Interests
The speaker accuses the governor of courting wets to gain liquor interest support and of promising to enforce prohibition only to the extent that it suits political aims. He argues that enforcing the Eighteenth Amendment is a state and national duty and cites New York’s lax enforcement as allowing illegal liquor to spill into other states.
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Smith
New York
17 year old nurse maid wins English Channel swim
Dover England August 24 Miss Hilda Sharp a 17 year old London nurse maid stranded at Shakespeare Cliff after swimming from Cape Gris Nez France to the English coast in 13 hours 5 minutes. Her feat mirrors Gertrude Ederle's 1926 record though Sharp's time is slightly slower than the American’s.
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Dover
England
Hilda Sharp
London
Shakespeare Cliff
Cape Griz Nez
France
Gertrude Ederle
New York
Miss Sharp
Ederie
Carson
George Michel
Pine Tar for Colds Still Sends Letters Across Years
Harrisburg reports letters to the Department of Forests and Waters show pine tar remains a remembered remedy for colds though less popular today. Card of Thanks from the Wachob family thanks friends and neighbors for support, sympathy, flowers, and rides to the funeral for John Milton Wachob.
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John Milton Wachob
Wachob
Kellogg to Sign Ant i War Pact in Europe Visit
Secretary Kellogg plans a brief European trip to sign the anti war treaty and then return home. He will not discuss Hungarian debt or other issues, and may travel on the Detroit rather than the Leviathan to save time. Invitations will be sent to 45 more states after August 27.
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Poincare
Gustave Stresemann
Mr. Kellogg
Europe
M. Braind
Kellogg
United States
Detroit
Dublin
Kelloge
Paris
INS
Foreign Office
Soviet
Russia
China shows the dog dance at Legion conclave
China Robinson from Southland the Orient and Way Stations drew the largest crowd at the Legion conclave in Uniontown on August 24. He taught Legionnaires a new dance step called the Dog Dance that resembled sudden midriff pains in motion.
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Uniontown
China
Southland
Orient
Way Stations
Free prizes at Tree Minstrel Show on Seventh Street
Free gifts advertised for visitors to the Tree Minstrel Show near the Fair Grounds tonight include one 60¢ bottle of Fivet Aid Oil for aches and pains one 50¢ bottle of catarrh remedy one 25¢ box of pile salve one $5 Vutel tablets for weak men and women.
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Seventh
Carter Streets
Fair Grounds
Public wedding to be held on platform at eight
A limited offer provides seven dollars and twenty five cents worth of World's Tonic medicine with a one dollar bottle purchase. If Bene WS cannot attend, the offer moves to the next show night.
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Tresses
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Dr. Brown
Wilderman
Netenrens
Wiley Il
McKenzie Teats
J. F. Hawes
Aveeeres
Carthwright
Derringer
William Sednabee
Westover
B. W. Hawes
B. W. Derringer
B. Holsopple
Dy. Bowers
Taylor
Evade
Aaron Clark
E. CG
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Ereensey
Pierce Wissen
Wells
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Eeteneee
John Johnston
Rinkseas
Frank Neff
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Parks
W. P. Percival
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A. W. Mabon
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Gene Taggart
F. R. Taggart
A. Miller
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Cherry Tree Man
Butler Sewage Plant
Ing
Copenhaken
Fiskenaesset
Anna Johnstonbaugh
N. Braddock
Braddock
M.D
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Channel Swim
Department of Forests and Waters
Beth Steel
Veseevee
Barnadall
Etre Ae van
St. Ryv
St. P
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Chen
Gen. Motors
Granby
Coara
Pet
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Rock Island
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