Smith Attacks Hoover Farm Policy in Newark Speech
Governor Albert E. Smith derides Hoover farm relief pledges and urges a labor friendly program promising to end injunction abuse by law. He questions Hoover’s call for a special congressional session and criticizes the GOP for courting farm votes while offering no real relief. He defends immigration stance, supports keeping government control of power, and mocks Hoover’s unemployment handling.
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United Press
Newark
N. J
Albert E. Smith
Hoover
Congress
Kansas City
New Jersey
Smith
Borah
G.O. P
Republican Campaign Committee
Department of Labor
Hughes
Zeppelin Back Home Record Set by Flight
Graf Zeppelin completes 4400 mile Atlantic crossing from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen in 71 hours 15 minutes setting a record for fast dirigible flight. Weather storms tested the ship yet Eckener praises endurance and stability amid gales. Crowd greets the airship on arrival.
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Zeppelin
Eric Keyser
United Press
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Lakehurst
N. J
Atlantic Ocean
Long Island
Putnam
England
Hugo Eckener
American
France
Nantes
Eckener
Ecken
Carefree Widow Confesses Despair After Poison Attempt
Mrs Mildred Hanley a 23 year old widow of 2972 North Denny Street swallowed poison Saturday and now lies in a city hospital ward awaiting results of emergency treatment. Doctors say recovery could take a week and she alternates between cheerfulness and despair while her photograph husband Charles E Haney remains by her side.
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City Hospital
Mildred Hanley
North Denny Street
Ward
Charles E. Haney
One Cent Milk Hike Forced by Indiana Farmers
Central Indiana dairy farmers organized in the Dairy Producers Association pressured milk distributors to raise retail milk by one cent a quart, effective November 5. Distributors blamed for the higher cost, saying pay or go without milk. Butter fat price also up to 68 cents a pound, highest since World War I, with earlier increases absorbed by distributors.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Dairy Producers Association
Milk Pool
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
N. D. McKinstray
McKinstray Brothers
Ralph Carter
National Dairy Products Company
Evansville Air Mail to Start November 19
Acting Postmaster General Glover announced that air mail service from Chicago to Evansville Indiana will begin on November 19. He noted no definite date for full service on the Chicago to Atlanta route, of which Chicago Evansville is a link. The contract was awarded to Interstate Air Lines Inc of Chicago.
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United Press
Ashington
Chicago
Evansville
Ind
Glover
Chicago-Atlanta
Chicago To
Interstate Air Lines, Inc
Funeral confusion over a misidentified body in Indiana
In Indianapolis a man named George Negley 45 of 1645 South Delaware street may have read reports of his own death and funeral in nearby Gary. A body found on Pendleton pike near Lawrence was identified by Negley’s wife as him but later proved not to be. The unidentified corpse had natural teeth while Negley had false dentures, prompting family surprise at the mistaken identity.
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George Negley
South
Delaware Street
Gary
Ind
Negley
Pendleton Pike
Lawrence
Mildred Negley
van Camp Hardware Company
Walter Claffey
Claffey
Ervin McClain
Hoover Turns Homeward On Windup Tour
Herbert Hoover begins a cross country campaign swing toward California to vote and rally voters with four speeches. He plans major remarks in Cumberland Maryland Louisville and Pueblo Colorado as he appeals for farm support and aims to conclude the bid with a White House farewell to Coolidge.
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Hoover
Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Washington
Navy
Herbert Hoover
National
California
Cumberland
Maryland
Louisville
Pueblo
Colo
Republican National Committee
Rocky Mountain States
White House
Coolidge
Republican National
Frank mutters furnace victim as violist in love test case
Lake Bluff Illinois November authorities near accepting Alfrieda Knaak love test story to explain burns in furnace at Lake Bluff station. The 29 year old book agent claimed Frank caused her injuries while a violinist named Frank Mandy, sharing a Waukegan studio with Charles Hitchcock, was linked to her astral love. Police weigh delirium versus possible bearing on case.
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Lake Bluff
Ill
Alfrieda Knaak
Frank
Alice Home Hospital
Lake Forest
Frank P. Mandy
Waukegan
Charles W. Hitchcock
Miss Knaak
Mandy
Hitchcock
Blizzard halts trains and roads in Nebraska
A early season blizzard swept Nebraska from the northwest causing blocked roads, delayed trains, and crippled communications. One foot of snow fell in the north by noon as rain iced to snow eastward and wires were blown down. Traffic was nearly stopped and tree limbs broke under the weight. Temperatures hovered around freezing with more snow forecast.
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Neb
Nebraska
Weather Bureau
Small boy shoots self with gun kept by mother
Edward Peil, 5, son of Mr and Mrs F G Peil, 1308 North Sheffield avenue, was critically wounded when a revolver kept for protection against a bootlegger's revenge discharged while he played with it. The gun had been placed under a bed and the boy's mother testified she had warned him not to touch the weapon.
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Edward Peil
F. G. Peil
North
Sheffield Avenue
City Hospital
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
Perl
Edward
Norma
Mary
Oil firm wins 25 year lease for Capitol corner site
Standard Oil Company of Indiana secures a twenty five year lease on the southwest corner of Sixteenth street and Capitol Avenue for an oil filling station. Realtor Frank Welling brokered the deal with owner Dr. J F Barnhill. Lease value estimated around $70,000 with plans for a $10,000 Bedford limestone service station matching nearby architecture.
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Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Sixteenth Street
Capitol Avenue
Frank Welling
J. F. Barnhill
Elevator mishap injures three at Ayres store
Three workmen were hurt at the L. S. Ayres store building on Meridian Street when an elevator descending from the 12th floor struck a scaffold on the 9th floor. Foreman George Kritz suffered back injuries, Robert King sustained a broken leg and internal injuries, and Alex West endured severe cuts and possible internal injuries.
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L. S. Ayres
South Meridian Street
Son
George Kritz
Singleton Street
Robert King
Alex West
Kritz
West
King
Kritz and
Newton D. Baker Confined at Home After Nervous Breakdown
Newton D. Baker, former Secretary of War under Wilson, remains confined to his Cleveland home after a nervous breakdown suffered weeks earlier. Doctors consider his condition not serious. Temperatures recorded through the morning rise from 43 at 6 am to 54 by noon.
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Cleveland, O
Newton D. Baker
Wilson
Fortune waits for boy stowaway on Zeppelin voyage
Clarence Terhune, 19, rode the Graf Zeppelin to cross the Atlantic as a stowaway and became a sought after figure in Germany. He received dozens of offers for stage and film work, books, and interviews, and was given a special permit to stay by American consul John E. Kehl. Terhune hoped to return to the United States within a week, saying he had no plans beyond that.
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Riedrichshafen
Germany
Clarence Terhune
America
Terhune
John E. Kehl
Stuttgart
Hone
Europe
United States
Xereepe
France
Zeppelin
Alfred Bachmann
Berlin
Ameri
Nother
von Hindenburg
Youthful car thief dies in jail after suicide note
In a city jail cell a 21 year old auto thief killed himself with poison after leaving a love note to his mother. Police identified the unlabeled corpse as possibly Robert Butvilas, while Hauser was tied to the stolen Chevrolet and other car thefts. Details show a hurried death amid a chaotic investigation and conflicting leads.
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City Prison
Robert Butvilas
Harold Morton
Morton
Alabama Street
Massachusetts
New Jersey
North Streets
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