Yankees Jump Into Lead In First World Series Clash
70,000 fans pack Yankee Stadium as the Yankees and Cardinals open the World Series. Judge Landis tosses the first ball amid bright sun and brisk excitement with Hoyt facing Sherdel and Ruth lighting the crowd with a long foul line shot.
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Frank Getty
United Press
Yankee Stadium
New York
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Yankees
Babe
Cockey
Bill McKechnie
Miller Huggins
McKechnie
Huggins
Judge Landis
Jimmy Walker
Taylor Douthit
St. Louis
Obregon's Son Dying After Shooting Self in Mexico City
Hue rio Obregon son of late president elect Alvaro Obregon shot himself early today in Mexico City. The incident follows threats against the Obregon family after warnings given months ago by religious fanatic Jose De Leon Toral.
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United Press
Mexico City
Huerio Obregon
Alvaro Obregon
Newspaper
Obregon
Jose de Leon Toral
Baseball lineups Yankees Cardinals in first lineup listing
The Yankees lineup features Paschal at center field Koenig in left Ruth in right Gehrig at first Meusel in left Lazzeri at second Dugan at third Bengough catching Hoyt behind the plate. The Cardinals lineup lists Douthit in center Frisch at third Bottomley at first Hafey in right Harper in left Wilson at short Maranville at short and Sherdel pitching.
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Yankees
Paschal
Koenig
Ruth
Gehrig
Meusel
Lazzeri
Dugan
Bengough
Hoyt
Cardinals
Douthit
Frisch
Bottomley
Hafey
Harper
Rf Wilson
Maranville
Sherdel
Wilson
Lazerki
Cardinal
Paschel
Cardinals Yankees Play by Play Ends With Meusel homer
In a detailed summary of the innings, Meusel hits a home run into the right field bleachers driving in Ruth for a two run frame. Ruth doubled earlier as Gehrig scored on a double. Meusel drives the only homers in the described segment. No other runs were scored in the passage.
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Doub
Lazzeri
Gehrig
Paschal
Frisch
Koenig
Yankees
Hafey
Ruth
Meusel
City Born Boy Lucky Denies Farm Advantage
J. E. Smith addressed the national home study council in Chicago on October 4 denying the belief that farm born youth have the edge over city peers in achieving greatness. He cited statistics claiming three city born successful men for every one born on a farm, challenging the tradition.
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United Press
Chicago
National Home Study Council
J. E. Smith
Smith
Neck Broken in Fall at Work Injures Company Foreman
Charles Green, 58, of Coatsville Indiana is in fair condition at Indiana Christian Hospital with a broken neck after falling from a speeder while working on tracks of the T. H. I. & E. Traction Company. He serves as foreman for the firm.
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Charles Green
Coatsville
Ind
Indiana Christian Hospiti
Green
T. H., I. & E. Traction Company
Indians and Wings Ready for Little Series Tilt
Indians and Wings prepare for the fifth clash of the inter league series at Washington Park after rainouts. Rochester meetings left the standings with the Indians two wins and a tie, Wings needing four to claim the title. Managers Betzel and Southworth name their pitchers for today as officials plan to oversee the proceedings.
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WINGS
Eddie Ash
Red Wings
Washington Park
Rochester
Supreme Court Upheld Lower Court in Abel Liquor Case
Monroe Circuit Court sustained the verdict in the Tom Abel case. Abel was fined 100 dollars and given ninety days on each of two liquor counts for possession and manufacture of thirty five gallons of apple pummey. He claimed the mash was for cider exempt under the dry law.
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Monroe
Supreme Court
Tom Abel
Abel
Indiana State Farm
Probable Lineups Red Wings and Indians
Probable lineups list for Red Wings and Indians with player positions. Red Wings include Southworth Kaufmann Monahan Layne Morrow McCracken. Indians feature Matthews Connolly Haney Russell Blenkiron Spencer Holke Boone and pitcher.
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Southworth
Kaufmann
Monahan
Layne
Morrow
McCracken
Matthews
Connolly
Haney
Russell
Blenkiron
Spencer
Arstler
Holke
Boone
Attic Fire Injures Two Women. Fire Chief Reports Poor Prognosis
Christine Mack, 71, of 1633 S Meridian, was enveloped in flames while opening her attic door. she fell and broke her left leg as two others, Lettie Taylor 61 with a broken arm and Lena Fries 71, were carried out. Patrolman John O'Brien helped Mack to a city hospital where doctors fear for her recovery. Robert Taylor aided his mother and Mrs Fries down a ladder. Damage estimated at 500 dollars. cause not known.
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Christine Mack
S. Meridian St
Lettie Taylor
Lena Fries
Mack
John O'Brien
City Hospital
Robert Taylor
Coroner Blames Amusement Operator in Riverside Park Crash
Coroner C H Keever returns a verdict in the death of Nellie White 18 Mars Hill in the Sky Rocket crash at Riverside Park August 25 blaming J S Jones 59 of 3115 Northwestern Ave operator of the device for the accident Jones was not at his post at the brakes but stood six feet away smoking Keever orders grand jury action on a manslaughter charge
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C. H. Keever
Nellie White
Mars Hill
Riverside Park
J. S. Jones
Northwestern. Ave
Keever
Jones
GOP Raises Over Million in September Campaign Funds
The Republican National Committee reported to the House and Senate campaign expenditures investigating committee that September receipts totaled 1,074,870.70 dollars, bringing the total to 1,743,289.70 dollars.
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United Press
Washington
Republican National Committee
House and
Senate
PREDICTS DAILEY SWING TO GOVERNOR
Raymond F. Murray a Democratic prosecutor candidate says growing sentiment makes Frank C. Dailey’s election as governor highly probable at a Third Ward Democratic meeting held at 1908 Boulevard Pl Wednesday night.
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Frank C. Dailey
Raymond F. Murray
Boulevard Pl
Big Series at Ball Park
The Times moves its scoreboard to Washington Park for a double feature. The little world series game between Indians and Rochester starts at 12 30 and ends in time for the Rochester Indianapolis game to begin elsewhere. Fans are urged to arrive early for comfort and enthusiasm.
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Washington Park
Indians
Rochester
Indianapolis
Ball Park
Killer menaces revenge as Victor Briggs slain in Indiana
Victor H. Briggs, 60, was found shot to death on his farm porch near Williamsport Indiana. Authorities say Briggs had received threats and survived a prior shooting. A large diamond ring remained on his finger and friends suspect revenge, noting his role in helping catch three bank robbers at Hoopeston Illinois.
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United Press
Williamsport
Ind
Victor H. Briggs
Warren County
Briggs
Hoopeston
Ill
Dramatic critic Jack Conway dies in Bermuda
New York reports that 42 year old dramatic critic and slang pioneer Jack Conway died of heart disease in Bermuda on Wednesday. He coined terms such as Palooka Pushover and the verb click.
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United Press
NEW York
Jack Conway
Broadway
Bermuda
Conway
Carter family to give Hoover 23 votes in Anderson
Anderson Ind Oct 4 Ben Carter announces that Herbert Hoover will receive twenty three votes from the Carter family including his wife six daughters five sons five daughters in law and five sons in law reflecting a strong family backing in the local party slate.
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Ar Times
Anderson
Ind
Ben Carter
Herbert Hoover
Carter
State Charities Board Urges Reform of Feeble Minded Institutions
A report to Governor Ed Jackson recommends banning relatives of any board trustee from appointments to state institutions and urges expansion and modernization of the Butlerville colony and Ft. Wayne site. It calls for new buildings, improved clinics, wage earning colonies, and placing educational work under the state superintendent of public instruction. Additional items push for relocating the Indiana Women's Prison, buying a farm near Indianapolis, and establishing a psychiatric hospital with a 100 bed capacity. The board defends noting facts about all institutions including the governor’s brother.
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Ed Jackson
State Farm Colony
Butlerville
State School
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Jackson
Charities Board
Ft. Wayne
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Indiana Boys School
John A. Brown
The
Marion County Hospital For the
Julietta
Indianapolis
Indiana Women's Prison
Indiana Village
Central Here
Burglars Break Into Pi Beta Phi House at Butler University
Early this morning two men entered the Pi Beta Phi sorority house on the Butler University campus at 706 West Forty Third Street. Carrie Wells awoke to a footstep and shouted, triggering screams from about a score of residents. The burglars fled without stealing anything.
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Pi Beta Phi
Butler University
Carrie Wells
W. Forty-Third St
Aerial Wedding Planned for Walter Williams and Mary Keller
Walter Wayne Williams and Mary Evelyn Keller will marry in a six passenger Travel Air monoplane at Hoosier airport in Indianapolis at 9 a m Sunday. Their families live in Roachdale and Ladoga Indiana. Williams and Keller have not flown before and will be joined by Williams's brother and sister in law.
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Mary Evelyn Keller
Hoosier
Kessler Blvd
Lafayette Pike
Indianapolis
Williams
Roachdale
Ind
Miss Keller
Ladoga
Pennsylvania St
Hymer Wiliam
College Ave
Prince Nicholas Elopes With Bucharest Society Beauty
A Vienna dispatch reported by the Daily Express says Prince Nicholas, youngest son of Queen Marie and a member of the Regency guiding King Michael, fled to Paris with a Bucharest aristocrat as the two resided at the home of the estranged Prince Carol.
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Daily Express
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Marie
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War veteran returns after 11 years to a wife remarried
C H Peacy, missing since 1918, returns to Gloucester home to find wife May wed to war veteran Christopher Jones. He recalls being wounded with a silver plate in his head and spending years in Portland Me and New Orleans for convalescence. Wife stunned, vows not to leave her new husband.
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Gloucester
Eng
C. H. Peacy
May
Peacy
Christopher Jones
Portland
New Orleans
Crack Express Derails in Ontario Collision
The International Limited, CN Rail's premier express, derailed near Aldershot at 8 05 this morning after being sideswiped by a CP freight. Seventeen people were injured with five in serious condition.
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Hamilton
Ont
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International Limited
Canadian National Railroad
Aldershot
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Divorce Suit Details Escape From Brooklyn Navy Yard
Edward V. Ketels testified that his happy marriage ended when he and his wife moved near the Brooklyn navy yard. He said sailors visited their apartment and when he protested his wife threw crockery in the quarrel.
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Newark
N. J
Edward V. Ketels
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Paris Murder Suspect Held Over Three June Killings
Pierre Rey dubbed the Blue Beard Landru of Marseilles was dragged from his prison hospital bed and questioned about three June murders. He refused to confess but acknowledged using the alias Camille Gailliard to publish matrimonial advertisements.
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United Press
Paris
Pierre Rey
Landru
Marseilles
Camille Gailliard
Marathon Dancers Press Through Fifteen Hours
Thirty six couples began the American Legion dance marathon in Tomlinson Hall. By 12:30 today they reached fifteen hours since starting at 9:30 Wednesday night, still moving but conserving energy as cash customers watch unfold.
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American Legion
Tomlinson Hall
Millionaire's Wife Fined In Scandal Case
Mrs Gladys G Wheeler 35 wife of inventor Douglas F Wheeler pleaded guilty in a Milwaukee police court to misconduct with William Bechstein 27. Both were fined 250 plus costs and paid. Wheeler found them in a duplex after following his wife from divorce proceedings. Bechstein's mother lived there. Wheeler, Bechstein and Mrs Wheeler declined to discuss future plans. The couple separated Sept 20 after 1913 marriage. divorce suit filed.
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Gladys G. Wheeler
Douglas F. Wheeler
W. Riverside Dr
Milwaukee
William Bechstein
Indianapolis Athletic Ub
Wheeler
Bechstein
Ray Carlson
Bowman
Mera Engineering Company
Langsenkamp-Wheeler Brass Company
Milewaukee
Carl Wilde
Count Karolyi seeks US tour after admission denial
Count Michael Karolyi applied for permission to tour America for three to six months. He acknowledged likely another refusal and said he could live without America but must fight to win the principle of free speech.
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United Press
Paris
Michael Karolyi
United States
Amereica
Hourly Temperature Readout Amid Morning Conditions
A brief hourly temperature report shows a sequence from early morning readings: 6 am 66, 7 am 66, 8 am 61, 9 am 67, 10 am 70, 11 am 71, noon 72. Cloudy notes are absent and overall warming through late morning.
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