Al Smith to head New York Empire State Building venture
Alfred E. Smith resigns memoir writing to lead the Empire State Building Corporation. He joins John J. Raskob and Pierre S. Du Pont to erect an eighty story Waldorf Astoria site skyscraper nearly 1000 feet tall, for 60 000 workers, with demolition of the Waldorf Astoria underway and an eightteen month completion target.
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United Press York
Alfred E. Smith
Empire State Building Corporation
John J. Raskob
Pierre S. du Pont
Michael Friedsam
August Heckscher
Waldorf-Astoria
Empire State Building
Konjola Ends Six Months of Stomach Misery
An Indianapolis advertising feature touts Konjola as the master medicine. Mrs. Carl White of 604 Fort Wayne Avenue credits Konjola with curing six months of disordered stomach, liver trouble, kidney pain, and neuritis after a three month course. The Konjola Man at Hook Dependable Drug Store promotes the remedy through patient testimonials.
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Konjola
Konjola Man
Illinois
Washington Streets
Indianapolis
Carl White
Fort Wayne Avenue
Mrs. White
Village Smith Brushes Sunlit Beach with Lucky Horseshoe
Addie Carlson, a New York village blacksmith and noted as a mighty fair girl, went to the beach with a horseshoe to catch sunlight. The plan was to let Old Sol shine around the horse to imprint good luck on Addie’s back, revealing her Broadway show girl persona and dance in the anvil chorus.
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Addie Carlson
New York
Old Sol
Addie
Fight Prison Goods Expansion Tangles Cotton Duck Makers
American manufacturers of cotton ducks and canvas protest to Congress against enlarging the Atlanta federal penitentiary plant. They claim convicts produce about 6,000,000 yards yearly at lower costs, supplying over half the Cotton Duck Association output. Prison labor pays convicts $12 to $15 monthly.
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Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
Washington
Congress
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Cotton Duck Association
United States
New deal sought for postal clerks nationwide policy urged
The National Federation of Postal Clerks plans a New York campaign to push a national post office policy. They argue the department shows a surplus with proper accounting and that free franked mail subsidies and other services should be financed by the treasury rather than charged to the post office. Representative Clyde Kelly will propose a bill to run postal services for service not profit with costs borne by the treasury. There are twenty six counties in southern Ireland and six in northern Ireland.
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Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
Washington
New York
National Federation of Postal Clerks
Post Office Department
National Treasury
Clyde Kelly
Pennsylvania
Congress
Palestine Visit Plans Highlight Morris Family Name Return
Morris of 1030 South Capitol avenue and wife with five children prepare to visit their native land Palestine this fall. They support a name restoration petition to revert to Aroester, the original family name. Morris came to the United States in 1906 and runs a clothing store at 858 South Meridian street. Both parents were born in Monaster, Serbia.
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Palestine
Tke Morris
South Capitol Avenue
Morris
America
United States
South Meridian Street
Monaster
Serbia
Ex-Officer Held on Federal Liquor Charge
Sam Curry, 37, of 838 Prospect Street, an ex-policeman and alleged rum runner, was held for the federal grand jury under $5,000 bonds after arraignment in US district court. Deputies pursued his car as he transported 100 gallons of alleged alcohol, finding 25 gallon cans and a .45 caliber pistol in the vehicle. Curry had been arrested months earlier on a liquor transporting charge with a smoke screen device in his car.
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Sam Curry
Prospect Street
Federal Grand Jury
United States District Court
Curry
Shell acquires Columbus Oil and Western Oil units
Shell Petroleum Corp of St Louis buys Columbus Oil Co of Columbus Ohio and Western Oil Refining Co of Indianapolis. The mergers give Shell control of 185 Silver Flash stations across Indiana Ohio and Illinois and annual gasoline sales of about 45 million gallons. Shell pledges continued quality and retains most Silver Flash staff under the Shell banner.
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Western Oil Refining Company
Indianapolis
Shell Petroleum Corporation of
St. Louis
Columbus Oil Company
Columbus
Shell
Shell Company
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Western
A. de B. Daly
Shell Petroleum Corporation
J. H. Trimble
Europe
Western Company
W. H. Trimble
Lucius French
R. E. Trimble
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Clyde Tarmelee a 51 year old carpenter failed to fit two fried eggs in his mouth side by side and after dislocating his jaw was treated at an Oakland emergency hospital where doctors reset his jaw and sent him home.
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United Press
Oakland
Cal
Clyde Tarmelee
National Anthem Day Proposed for September 14
An Indianapolis letter asks President Hoover to proclaim September 14 as a day to commemorate the Star Spangled Banner. The National Anthem Association forwarded the request, and at 9 p.m. that date the nation would stand at attention as the anthem airs on radio theaters and public gatherings.
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Indianapolis
Air Mail
Herbert Hoover
White House
National Anthem Association
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Jack Lindsey
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Seeeeeree
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