Hoover advisers split on Willebrandt role in campaign
Hoover aides debate whether to curb Mrs Willebrandt or allow her to press anti prohibition lines. National Committee to handle speeches while some managers fear her stance could hurt the ticket. Wisconsin reports boost Hoover with Kohler and Kletsch signaling a Hoover edge as Smith shifts voters.
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Wubert Work
Smith
Chicago
Hoover
Willebrandt
Ohio
Wisconsin
Walter J. Kohler
Alvin P. Kletsch
National Headquarters
Milwaukee
Omaha
Prohibition
Hassell and Cramer report Greenland flight route idea
Hassell and Cramer, exhausted but fit after a two week Greenland trek, advocate a northern Atlantic route via Greenland and Iceland. They favor a southern Greenland depot near Hobbs station and say a permanent America to Europe air route could evolve in four to five years for mail freight and passengers.
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United States
Hassell
Cramer
Greenland
Hobbs
Atlantic
America
Europe
Iceland
Gil Named Mexico's Head and Provisional President
Minilla Portes Gil, interior secretary in the Calles cabinet, was unanimously elected provisional president of Mexico by 277 senators and deputies. At 37, he becomes the youngest to hold the office, serving until February 5, 1930, with a constitutional successor to be elected in late November 1920.
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Calles
Mexico City
INS
Minilla Portes Gil
Mexico
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Congress
Gil
Alvaro Obregon
United States
Tamaulipas
Gillies
Qalles
Protests over life and 90 year sentences in murder case
The article reports on legal contention over consecutive versus concurrent sentencing for two youths sentenced to life for murder and 90 years for kidnapping. Clarence Darrow criticizes Clabaugh's claim of a parole possibility, while Chief Justice Sullivan calls parole release absurd.
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Mintimus Net
Clarence Darrow
John Caverly
Leopold and
Loeb
Clabaugh
Darrow
Leopold
Miss Pittsburgh Girl Granted Divorce in Greensburg
Thelma Williams Gray of Trafford Miss Pittsburgh 1926 Atlantic City pageant won a divorce from Jess Cray in Greensburg Common Pleas Court Judge C J Copeland granting the decree cited indignities and cruelties starting after their September 11 1926 marriage The former beauty pageant contestant now in Boston theater engagements offered no defense or opposition to the divorce proceedings.
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Greensburg
Thelma Williams Gray
Trafford
Pittsburgh
Atlantic City
Jess Cray
C. J. Copeland
Common Pleas
Williams
Gray
Miss James Weds Dr A E McLaughlin In Johnstown Home
Florence C James daughter of Mr and Mrs G E James of 646 Coleman Ave Johnstown married Dr A E McLaughlin of Boston at 9 pm Thursday at the bride’s parents home Rev W S Crawford officiated attended by immediate family. The bride wore tan satin crepe with pink butterfly roses and lilies of the valley. attendants wore blue satin crepe. The bride graduated from Johnstown High School class of 1924 and Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital Nurses Training 1927. The groom a Colby College and Colgate University graduate member of Theta U Fraternity and Phi Chi Medical Fraternity also studied at UMass class of 1924. They will live in Boston. Mrs McLaughlin is granddaughter of Mr and Mrs William Bush Trade City.
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Florence C. James
G. E. James
Coleman Avenue
Johnstown
A. E. McLaughlin
Boston
Mass
W. 8. Crawford
Johnstown Grove Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Miss .A. M. Owilett
Donald James
Johnstown High School
Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Colby College
Golgate University
Theta OH
Phi Chi
University of Massachusetts
McLaughlin
James J. McGraw Post
American Legion
Framington
Cresson State Sanitarium
William Bush
Trade City
Infant Thompson Helen Mimiva obituary in Spruce Grove
Infant Helen Mimiva Thompson daughter of Win R and Ruth Thompson born October 25 1927 died September 19 1923 at ten months old survived by parents one sister Blanch and one brother John grandparents and other relatives funeral held at Spruce Grove Wesleyan Methodist Church near Tenn Rus Pa with Rev Jos B Markey interment in adjoining cemetery local community offers sympathy Washington report notes Commerce Department to diagnose installment buying as part of retail trade inquiry including cash open credit bad debts and collections and deferred payment practices.
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Thompson Helen Mimiva
Win, R
Ruth Thompson
Little Helen
Blanch S
John
Spruce Grove Wesleyan Methodist Church
Tenn Rus
Jos. B. Markey
Spruce Grove
Washington
INS
America
Commerce Department
Hoss er to Lead Kiwanis as Uniontown Kiwanis chooses officers
In Uniontown Pa several thousand Kiwanis members gathered for the state convention. Belmont Mosser of St Zilvy's appears set to succeed Homer Swaney of Beaver Falls as district governor. Hazleton is favored to host the 1930 convention. Routine business included changes to district governing rules. Discussion over shifting city selection from delegates to the board was tabled.
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Uniontown
INS
Ocoupied
Belmont Mosser
St. Zilvy’s
Homer H. Swaney
Beaver Falls
Hazleton
Four Boys Involved In Shooting Incident Under Investigation
In critical condition, ADDITIONAL is paralyzed by shotgun fire. his companion Bottezal is badly wounded, with a broken bone above the ankle. Davis hit in the chest, initially thought to involve a lung, but X ray shows a bullet lodged there. Indiana County officers struggle to identify which of four boys fired the shots as guns are recovered.
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Bottezal
Davis
Indiana
Vizzino
Donia
Alleged Forgery Case Involving Paso Arrests
An alleged forger, Paso, stole six checks from a local checkbook and fled after a confrontation at Paso’s store. Police, led by Chief George O Connell, pursued him through Blairsville after a taxi driver tipped off. Paso escaped at first but was later arrested upon arriving in Blairsville.
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Buchman
Sourwine
Paso
George O'Connell
Prtl Conner
Red? McGaughey
Carney
Wayne Ave
Fair Grounds
O’connell
Blairsville
Postwar installment plans reshape U S retail trade
The government launches a nationwide survey at the request of the National Retail Credit Association to study the impact of deferred payment buying. Forty nine volunteers serve as state chairmen to aid the Commerce Department in assessing how installment plans affect debt levels and living standards.
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National Retail Credit Association
Commerce Department
Basement playroom advised to keep children safe and healthy
The Holland Institute of Thermology urges converting dry clean basements into playrooms with sunlit walls and soundproofing. A modern central heating system with an automatic humidifier can maintain about 40 percent humidity, reducing dust and soot while ensuring comfort year round.
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Holland Institute of Thermology
Salvation Army Florida Restoration Effort Seeks $12 Million
Howard W. Selby of the Florida Red Cross says hurricane relief needs total 12 million dollars to restore 2881 homes aid refugees and bury about 2400 dead. He described desolation and the cross plan to feed shelter clothe and gather the dead with 1769 bodies handled and 1600 others cremated or buried where found. funding is sought from national headquarters.
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Florida
West Palm Beach
Fla
Howard W. Selby
Red Gross
John Barton Payne
Red Cross
Selby
Aviators crash landing after engine heat and fog
Mor tis and Thaw, aviators, faced mechanical trouble as rain and fog reduced air. At 6 000 feet they lost power and attempted a forced landing. A flare failed to burn long enough, the plane hit a fence, and both men were injured, later taken to Decatur hospital. Their wives joined them after the ordeal.
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Mortis
Card of Thanks for Herbert Manner de Sire
Mr and Mrs Elsworth Manner de sire thank neighbors and friends for help during the funeral of their son Herbert. They express gratitude to the pastor for comforting words and to the choir for its singing.
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Elsworth
Herbert
Mission society hosts United Lutheran Mission Meet
The Rev. Edward T. Horn and the Rev. Fred Krueger spoke at the United Lutheran Church in the first Lutheran Church, opening the sixth biennial convention of the Women’s Missionary Society of the United Lutheran Church of America. Mrs. Wythe F. Morehead of Salem, Virginia, was re elected president at the session. Delegates heard Mrs. Emmy Ewald, general president of the Augustana Lutheran Synod, address the gathering.
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Edward T. Horn
Japan
Fred. Krueger
China
Women’s Missionary Society of
United Lutheran Church of America
Wythe F
Morehead
Salem
Emmy Ewald
Augustana Lutheran Synod
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Fred Lind
Warren Nickenson
Kittanning
Lawrence Lackard
Mary Peleppa
Carbondale
Janes Deleppa
West Philadelphia
A. J. Musser
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation
New York City
Howard Wilt of
Cockport
Wim, I. Neeley
Clymer
Earl Palmer
Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa Glass Works
Paul Smyers
Detroit
Michigan
Peter Rowley
Willsdale
Eugene Wilson
Longstable
Thomas Moorhead
J. C. Kinkey
Conemaugh Township
Thos. W. Peterman
Near Parlwood
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Brushvalley Township
A. C G. Groft
Planville
J. R. Smith
Thomas of
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J. H. Adams
Marion Center
Indiana Friends
Marshall
Ralph D. Gaznahan
Saltsburg
W. Hi Auker
Meadowbrook
School
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Behool St
West Phila
Goretté
Phila
Herbert W. Smith
Miss James
Hosser
Kiwanis
Ada
Bautiory
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Salvation Army
Chas. E
Ruet
Vioy L
Shaffer Torah
Lice M
Graftius da
Twilla Bottenhorn
David Ellis
Harry H. Bribhert
Cada
J.D. Cummins
Treutman Co
Hart Daugherty
N. Langham
Mary W. Steele
Nora
Patton
J. S. Gilhousen
A. W. Torrence Ju
A. W. Mabon
Ethel Newland
T. P. Stephens
Indiana Rotary Club
Sarah M. Wherry
K. P. Jones
J M. Thompson
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Ajax
B.O. R. Swiebivn'é Spolode Ata
Beth Steel
St. P
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Motors
Hitisan Mat
Rau
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Kelly
H. Deeene Magna
Marland Oj
NYC Ures Repenter
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Phillips Pet
Packard
Royal Dutch
One
Rock Island
Sinclair Oil Ae
Studebaker
Calperesaee
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Becbue
South Rails
Vance Na Latib St Louis
Sven Ang
Union Pac
US Rithwee
US Steel
LGB West Flee
West Air Esse Esreapeeene
Willys Overland Veers
West
Sesereweneene
Bastatan Dillon CO
United Lutheran Mission Meet
Nachman
The
Balyeat Mfg. Co
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