Digest Poll Shows Hoover Leading With Caution on Overconfidence
The Literary Digest straw vote tallies 1,750,584 for Herbert Hoover and 987,447 for Alfred E. Smith from 2,767,000 respondents. If accurate, Hoover would win about two to one, carrying most states, but editors warn against last minute switches and note discrepancies with 1924 results.
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Roscoe B. Fleming
Washington
Literary Digest Today
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Alfred E. Smith
Hoover
Solid South
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Smith
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Coolidge
Davis
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LaFollette
Snow Storms Sweep Midwestern Region Blizzard Threat Grows
Snowstorms push from the Rockies into Nebraska, eastern Kansas, and Texas with Nebraska under a foot of snow and four foot drifts in western areas. Lincoln faces crippling effects as the blizzard peaks, while Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma and Texas brace for cold waves and freezing temps across the middle west.
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United Press
Chicago
Rocky Mountain
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Lincoln
Iowa
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Middle West
Valentine
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
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Two Die in Love Case Near La Porte
Clarence Price aged 39 shot Ruth Davis 21 on a lonely road near La Porte Indiana after she refused marriage. He then killed himself with the same pistol. Nellie Brennan, Davis’s friend and eyewitness, said the woman stated she would never marry Price.
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United Preas
First Dutch Women’s Bank Opens in Amsterdam
The first Dutch bank for women, run and managed by women, began operations in Amsterdam today marking a milestone in female financial access.
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Dutch Women’s Bank
United Press
Amsterdam
Take Your Pick of Marion County Candidates for Election
A complete list of candidates to be voted on by Marion county residents at the general election next Tuesday appears on the first page of the second section of today's Times. Clip it, study it, and take the list to the polls to remember your choices and avoid confusion.
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Marion County
Times
Fourteen Defendants Arraigned in Interstate Auto Theft Ring
In federal court fourteen defendants pleaded not guilty to charges in the interstate automobile theft ring case. William J. Laffey failed to appear and bond forfeiture was requested. Trials were set for November 13. six indicted remain at large. Other indictments included twenty one on liquor charges, four on motor theft, one narcotic and one postal charge.
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William J. Laffey
Albert Ward
United States
Lafey
Ira M. Holmes
Laffey
Baltzell
Holmes
Edward Traugott
Harry Sussman
Elmer Sussman
Wolf Sussman
W. Lee Smith
Bertram Libowitz
Robert F. McNay
Fred V. Binzer
Jacob and
Mortimer Wohlfeld
William M. Jones
Pink Jones
Ted Baldwin
Lindbergh to Fly to St Louis for Election Vote
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh plans to fly from Tarranates where he is on a hunting trip to St. Louis to cast his vote in the presidential election Tuesday, according to the American embassy.
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United Press
Mexico City
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Eee Lindbergh
Melody of Death In New York Opera House Mystery Suicide
Noel Morris a member of a historic New York family and descendant of Governor Broadford died by self inflicted gunshot after viewing Wagner's Tannhauser. Found in his East Seventieth Street apartment with a note implying the opera inspired his act. He had worked at the Russell Sage Foundation. his mother is Alice Vanderbilt Shepard, a Vanderbilt descendant.
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York
Noel Morris
America
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Morris
East Seventieth Street
Tannhauser
Orris
Russell Sage Foundation of Social Research
Alice Vanderbilt Shepard
Commodore Vanderbilt
David H
Thousands Cheer Alfred E. Smith Parade Through New York
A noon parade on Broadway and Fifth Avenue draws vast crowds to hail Governor Alfred E. Smith in a festive New York reception. Ticker tape rains down as Smith waves from an auto atop the route, followed by Democratic leaders and supporters amid light drizzle and cheering crowds.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
New York
Alfred E. Smith
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Smith
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Fifty-ninth _ street
Twenty-third Street
Fifty-ninth Street
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Central Park
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Roosevelt
Biltmore Hotel
Hoover Draws Rousing Kentucky Backing In Louisville
Herbert Hoover drew 10 000 to 12 000 Kentucky Republicans at the Jefferson County Auditorium Louisville where rain forced the move indoors He pledged continued prosperity and said the election would shape national thought and action for years He spoke with Mrs Hoover present and was introduced as the next President by Mayor William B Harrison with Governor Flem D Sampson and Senator Sackett on the platform.
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Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Hoover
California
Herbert Hoover
Kentucky
Jefferson County
Louisville
Indiana
Armory
Alfred E. Smith
Jordan
Morse
Commission
Boy Scouts distribute Community Fund posters citywide
Two of 150 Scouts chosen to place Community Fund posters in stores were Elgin Anderson of Troop 6 and Curtis Clampitts of Troop 59. Scouts from all city schools carry the message during the ninth annual drive set for November 9 to 19.
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Curtis Clampitts
Superintendent of Public Schools
Community Fund
Boy Scout Troop
Troop
Police Drag River After Bundle Thrown From Cadillac
Police dragged the White River this afternoon after a bundle was tossed from a large car onto New York Street bridge. Authorities feared the wrappings might hide a human body. Mrs. J. R. Hicks reported seeing the bundle leave a car she believed to be a Cadillac with an Ohio plate.
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New York Street
J. R. Hicks
West Sixteenth Street
Meter Free Installations Sought by Public Service Panel
About 26 000 Indianapolis Water Company customers could receive free meter installation if a plan by Public Service Commissioner Calvin McIntosh is approved. Officials said 44 000 clients already have meters and paid for them. The plan hinges on offsetting costs with goodwill and addresses past meter installation practices and transition to meter service.
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Indianapolis Water Company
Calvin McIntosh
Public Service Commission
Public Service Commissioners
O. Jordan
H. S. Morse
Shipment of horses hooves seized as rum in disguise
Port Newark officials halted a Cuba to Key West bound box car after inspectors found 2,000 gallon containers labeled hooves contained Bacardi rum. Suspicion grew from the car’s handling and the leaders’ actions drew attention to the shipment.
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United Press
Newark
N. J
Cuba
Key West
Box Letter Vouched For in Indiana Political Row
In Kokomo Indiana Nov 2 1924 an affidavit from Maxine Elliott former stenographer for D C Stephenson supports the authenticity of a letter to L A Pittenger Selma Dec 11 1924 claiming Stephenson pledged to back Harry G Leslie for speaker of the Indiana House The Dispatch published the carbon copy and Elliots sworn statement notes the pledge before Olin R Holt Elliott lives at 2003 North Harding street Indianapolis and the affidavit was sworn Thursday
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Pit Times
Kokomo
Ind
D. C. Stephenson
L. A. Pittenger
Selma
Harry G. Leslie
House of Representatives
Maxine Elliott
Stephenson
Miss Elliott
Kokomo Dispatch
Dispatch
Pittenger
Leslie
Miss Eliott
North Harding Street
Indianapolis
Olin R. Holt
Wife Praying Is Slain by Husband in Atlanta
Aurin Bugbee stormed into his estranged wife’s apartment in Atlanta and forced her and a friend to rise and pray before firing a revolver. Mrs. Bugbee died instantly while Mrs. Cora Heckman was wounded. Bugbee later leaped from a window with a pistol, calling on them to seek peace with the Lord. A neighbor and his wife were found dead in the aftermath.
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United Press
Atlanta
Aurin Bugbee
Bugbee
Mrs. Bugbee
Ice
Bughee
They Did It They Did It They Did It Victim Dies
Elfrieda Knaak, 29, Sunday school teacher in Lake Bluff, died in hospital after burns in a furnace at city hall. She uttered last words “I wonder if they did it” and “I didn’t do it,” deepening mystery over whether someone placed her in the furnace to purge a forbidden love for policeman Charles Hitchcock. Police weigh rival theories as inquest is set.
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Jack F. Hiertz
United Press
Lake Bluff
Ill
Elfrieda Knaak
Miss Knaak
Charles W. Hitchcock
Alvin Knaak
Alvin
Elfrieda
Hichcock
Frank
Sleeping sickness claims four year old Betty Mappingly
Betty Mappingly four dies after a month of unconsciousness following hospitalization for sleeping sickness at James Whitcomb Riley hospital. The Indianapolis case is rare and funeral arrangements are incomplete. A London Daily Mail Pekin correspondent notes a plague outbreak forty miles south of Peking.
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Betty Mappingly
Walter Mappingly
Dorman Street
James Whitcomb Riley Hospital
Indianapolis
United Press London
Daily Mail
Pekin
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