Albany Church Pastor's Alleged Smith Drinking Statements
A statement with affidavit attached, issued by Edward Griffin, Governor Smith's counsel, responds to a report that Reverend Manning E. Van Nostrand claimed Alfred E. Smith was intoxicated after a Houston nomination. The affidavit from Mrs. A. J. Wickard, sworn Sept. 17, 1928, alleges Van Nostrand made similar remarks at Winona Lake, intended to belittle Smith.
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Albany
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
Edward Griffin
Smith
Executive Chamber
Manning E. van Nostrand
Emmanuel Baptist Church of
Winona Lake
Ind
Houston
Indiana
Carroll
van Nostrand
New York
United States
A. J. Wickard
Frank Poundstone
Mrs Remington Rites Arranged For Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs Minerva May Remington widow of Moses Remington who died Monday will be at 9:30 a m Sunday at the home of her daughter Mrs Charles B Howard 5723 N Meridian St with burial at Brownsville Union County She spent most of her life in Union County Her husband served two terms as Representative and State Senator and died in 1915 She is survived by a son Odlin Remington head of an electrical equipment factory in Melbourne Australia who will arrive in Indianapolis Sunday for the funeral.
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Minerva May Remington
Moses Remington
Charles B. Howard
Meridian St
Brownsville
Union County
Remington
Union
Fayette
Odlin Remington
Melbourne
Australia
Indianapolis
Campaign Log Shows Campaigns and Campaign Trail Updates
A United Press statement on Governor Alfred E. Smith's behalf denies a whispered intoxication rumor from Rev. M. E. Van Nostrand of Albany as Smith prepared for another campaign tour. Hoover heads to Elizabethton for a 2 p m speech while Robinson plans Amarillo speaking after a train incident despite the day. Curtis is ordered to rest in Chicago with a sore throat as September campaign receipts total 876,420, bringing Democratic totals to 1,392,920 versus Republicans 1,733,289.
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United Press
Govenor
Alfred E. Smith
Spike
M. E. van Nostrand
Albany
Smith
Lehman
Boy, 8, Run Down by Car on Market Street
Eight year old August Hoffman of 802 Broadway may recover after injuries sustained Friday when an automobile driven by 21 year old Harry Pringle of 1971 Madison Avenue ran him down on Market Street near East Street.
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August Hoffman
Broadway
Harry Pringle
Madison Ave
Market St
East
Counterfeiter Nabbed in Tennessee Prison Cell
Ralph Lee, Indiana bandit and escape king, was caught in the act of raising a one dollar bill with pen and ink in his Tennessee State Prison cell where he serves a thirty year robbery sentence. He tried to swallow the bill but was subdued by three officers and the warden. A steel saw and other escape tools were found among his cel lmates. Lee, about 30, is under indictment for the 1924 murder of Abner Peek and has a history of multiple prison escapes.
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Tennessee
Ralph Lee
Indiana
King
Nashville
Tenn
Lee
A. A. McCrkle
Secret Service
Abner Peek
Speedway Ave
Franklin
Buffalo
N. Y
Johnson County
Updike in Capital Seeks Clues On Lost Mailing List
Washington October 6 Representative Ralph Updike flew in to monitor Justice Department efforts to locate mailing lists missing from his office last Sunday night. He said investigators have taken fingerprints from filing cases where the lists were kept. The list held between 50 000 and 100 000 names from the Seventh district. Updike called the pursuit extremely valuable to his campaign and expressed confidence Hoover will win Marion County by 40 000 votes and carry the state ticket, while he forecasts re election prospects.
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Times
Washington
Ralph Updike
Department of Justice
Updike
Herbert Hoover
Marion County
Indiana delegate Schortemeier honored at safety council
Secretary of State Frederick E. Schortemeier was chosen from 8,000 delegates to represent Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin and Ohio on the executive committee of the national safety council at the seventeenth annual conference in New York City this week. Seven directors meet monthly to formulate policies for the chapters in sixty five leading American cities.
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Frederick E. Schortemeier
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ohio
National Safety Council
New New York City
Washington Day Victory Sunday drive seeks $1,750,000 church goal
Marion County Christian Churches leaders gathered at a YWCA dinner to back the Washington Day Victory observance on October 12. Speakers urged completion of the fund drive to build a national Christian Church in Washington. Separately petitions to run bus lines Shelbyville to Greensburg and Connersville to the Ohio line were filed with the public service commission by the Indianapolis and Southern Railroad Company.
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Marion County
Washington
Shelbyville
Greensburg
Connersville
Ohio State Line
Public Service Commission
Indianapolis and Southeastern Railroad Company
Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company
Orchard School marks seventh anniversary banquet
Fifty persons attended a Friday night banquet honoring Orchard School on its seventh anniversary. Chester A. Matravers was guest of honor as the new head master. Dr Stirling A Leonard of the University of Wisconsin English department was principal speaker.
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Orchard School
Chester A. Matravers
Stirling A. Leonard
University of Wisconsin
Navy Officer to Talk at Legion Post Tuesday
Commander O F Heslar of the U S Hawk will address the Navy Day dinner Tuesday night hosted by John H Holliday Jr American Legion Post at First Presbyterian Church. Police Chief Claude M Worley will discuss the drive against crime conditions.
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O. F. Heslar
U. S. S. Hawk
John H. Holliday Jr
Railroad chief to address Indiana University Faculty Club
Bloomington Ind Oct 6 L F Downs president of the Illinois Central Railroad will speak at the opening meeting of Indiana University Faculty Club Tuesday. He is a Greencastle native and a Purdue University Lafayette graduate.
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Bloomington
Ind
Downs
Ilinois Central Railroad
Indiana University
Greencastle
Purdue University
Lafayette
Byrd Denies Contest With Wilkins Over South Pole Trip
Commander Richard E. Byrd, en route to a south polar expedition, dismissed any contest with Sir George Wilkins. He said both parties plan research bases and charting large areas, though Byrd may be delayed by a severe cold. Mrs. Byrd will return to New York as Byrd sails on the whaler Larsen to join the expedition.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Richard E. Byrd
Sir George Hubert Wilkins
Byrd
New York
A Larsen
Indiana Naval Day Essay Contest Opens Prizes
An Indiana Naval Day committee plans a statewide essay contest in public, private and parochial schools. A boy and a girl win a five day Washington trip to meet President Coolidge. Topic is Our Navy Its Relation to Commerce and Defense. Essays must be mailed to the committee at 13 Union Trust Bldg by Friday.
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Indiana Naval Day Committee
Washington
Coolidge
Union Trust Bldg
Branaman off ballot prompts county chairmen choice
Democratic county chairmen and committees in Jackson Scott and Washington counties must select a nominee for a joint State Senator race to replace Senator Thomas H Branaman who has withdrawn. Branaman previously secured a ticket to succeed himself and was later named Supreme Court judge candidate at the Democratic convention.
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Jackson
Scott
Washington
Thomas H. Branaman
Branaman
RULES ON TAX FERRETS AND PRIVATE COLLECTORS
The attorney general Arthur L. Gilliam says county commissioners may hire private persons to collect delinquent taxes only after the treasurer has exhausted all efforts and there is an indispensable public necessity. The opinion was issued at the request of Lawrence F. Orr, chief examiner of the State board of accounts.
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Arthur L. Gilliam
Lawrence F. Orr
Columbia report shows nonfraternity scholastic rating higher
The inter fraternity council at Columbia University announced that nonfraternity men have a higher scholastic rating than fraternity men. The statement underscores academic differences across student groups at the university.
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United Press New York
Columbia University
Interfraternity Council
Woman in Chains Swims Statue of Liberty to Battery
New York on October 6 Mrs Lottie Moore Schoemmell swam nearly two miles from the Statue of Liberty to the Battery with hands and feet tied. She completed the feat in about one hour.
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New York
Lottie Moore Schoemmell
Statue of Liberty
Battery
Smith Aims for Eastern Victory in Final Campaign Drive
United Press reports Governor Alfred E. Smith tailors his final campaign month to win an Eastern sweep including New York Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island and New Jersey to reach 273 electoral votes. Directors weigh lineups with Illinois Ohio and other states, aiming for a solid South base and a key push into Pennsylvania while eyeing possible drops of Missouri Wisconsin Tennessee Nebraska Colorado Arizona Montana Nevada New Mexico in the evolving map. Election day is November 6 with 266 votes needed to win.
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Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Albany
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
Missouri
Mississippi
Ohio
Illinois
Smith
East
Pennsylvania
Texas
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Tennessee
Nebraska
Colorado
Arizona
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Kentucky
Maryland
Oklahoma
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
North
South Carolina
Sign Craft Unit Formed at Indianapolis Dinner
Organization of a local unit of the Associated Sign Crafts of North America will be effected at a dinner for Indianapolis sign contractors at the Lincoln Oct. 13. A. J. Carey, district governor from Charleston, W. Va., and E. T. Kelley, editor of Signs of the Times, will attend the dinner here, according to Henry T. Davis, manager of the Indianapolis convention bureau. Jac Leider is chairman of the local entertaining group.
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Associated Sign Crafts of North America
Indianapolis
Lincoln
A. J. Carey
Charleston
W. Va
E. T. Kelley
Signs of the Times
Henry T. Davis
Indianapolis Convention Bureau
Jac Leider
Indiana Hoover Clubs Launch Massive Drive to 500000
Indiana Hoovers for President aims to enroll half a million members by 6 p m Thursday Oct 25. Oscar G Foellinger, state Hoover Club chairman, announces Indiana Hoover Day as the drive’s final stage. County leaders receive letters and instructions, with enrollment reports to be routed up through ward, township, precinct, and county chairmen to state HQ. The effort, directed by Foellinger, Dorothy Cunningham, and Mrs Curtis Hodges, seeks statewide support for the Republican nominee.
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Indiana
Oscar G. Foellinger
Hoover Club
Hoover
Foellinger
Dorothy Cunningham
National Republican
New Traffic Rules Discussed At City Confab
A special council committee reviews recodifying the traffic code in the council chamber chaired by Edward B. Raub. Members include Robert E. Springsteen and Herman P. Lieber along with Meredith Nicholson Edward Harris and John F. White. The move aims to clarify legality of the current code republished by the Hoosier Motor Club.
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Robert E. Springsteen
Herman P. Lieber
Meredith Nicholson
Edward Harris
John F. White
Edward B. Raub
Hoosier Motor Club
Gratis
Chamber of Commerce
L. Ert Slack
Former City Jeweler to Be Buried Sunday
Funeral services for Walter M. Rosenthal 56 former Indianapolis jeweler will be held at 12:30 Sunday at the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation with burial in the Jewish Cemetery Rabbi Feurerlicht will officiate Born in Indianapolis he established the Key Jewelry Company six years ago He is survived by his widow Mrs Gertrude H Rosenthal a son Morton three brothers Albert Edwin M and Max M Rosenthal and two sisters Mrs Norbert Gunzburg er and Mrs William Mack of New York.
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Indianapolis
Walter M. Rosenthal
Miami
Fla
Feuerlicht
Rosenthal
Key Jewelry Company
Gertrude H. Rosenthal
Morton
Albert
Edwin M
Detroit
Max M. Rosenthal
Davenport
Norbert Gunzburger
William Mack
New York
City Judge Aids Florida storm relief fund fines
Terre Haute Ind Oct 6 City Judge Sam Beecher fines five motorists for minor traffic violations ordering each to donate 2 dollars to the Florida storm relief fund highlighting local efforts to aid the disaster response.
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Timea
Terre Haute
Ind
Sam Beecher
Florida Storm Relief Fund
Mail allowed for protest slogan against Marines in Nicaragua
Washington reports the Post Office Department now allows letters bearing the slogan protest against United States Marines in Nicaragua to be mailed. Earlier, stickers with similar wording were barred, prompting Civil Liberties Union protests. The department noted that as long as letters are not refused they are mailable and planned to test the issue in court if refused.
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Washington
United States
Nicaragua
Post Office Department
American Civil Liberties Union
Civil Liberties Union
Meridian St
Fall Creek
Delaware St
Ellenberger Park
Garfield Park
Ratification of Knights of Pythias Sisters Admit Plan Postponed
The grand lodge at Lafayette Indiana postponed ratifying a proposal to admit Pythian Sisters to the Knights of Pythias. The motion will be reviewed by the grand lodge to test legality before grand temple action. Officers installed include Mrs Mary Aikman Newport and several state officers across Indiana.
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Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias
K. of P
Lafayette
Ind
Grand Temple
Grand Lodge
Mary Aikman
Newport
Daisy Duvall
Richmond
Nell McCurry
Goodland
Magdalena Fred
McCordsville
Myrtle Billingsley
Greenwood
Ocie Jellison
South Bend
Grand Outer Guard
Esther Stephens
Evansville
Georgia Bates
Ft. Wayne
Minnie Johnson
Indianapolis
Orphans’ Board
ST. CLAIR ESTATE MAY BE MADE CITY PARK
The park board may acquire the six acre Robert St Clair estate at Forty Second Street and Boulevard Place for a north side community center. A petition from several hundred property owners urged purchase via the Fairview Butler Civic League. Board lacked a quorum but President Milner and Commissioner Foley signaled immediate consideration and a willing purchase at a reasonable price.
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Robert St. Clair
Forty-Second St
Boulevard Pl
The
Park Board
North Side
John E. Milner
Michael E. Foley
Foley
Fairview-Butler Civic League
City Hospital Desolate Grounds Weigh on Care
A long description of Indianapolis city hospitals surrounded by dreary, sunbaked huts and fallow land. Despite plans for landscaping and shade, the park board lacks funding as taxes fund salaries and other projects. Milnor of the park board says improvements depend on next year.
Millions Hear Candidates On Air Hookups
As the campaign nears its end, Republican and Democratic managers evaluate radio efforts and costs. About 7500000 listeners are reached as 100 watt local stations join national chains. Hoover and Smith draw varied reactions, with Smith praised for personality and humor and Hoover for clear, steady delivery.
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Leo R. Sack
Times
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committees
National
Columbia Broadcasting
Herbert Hoover
Smith
New York
Battery Record Set at Prest-O-Lite Plant
Prest-O-Lite Storage Battery Corporation reports an all time September record for production. J. H. McDuffee, vice president, says the plant runs day and night with over 1,000 workers, doubling payroll since September 1927 as the company rapidly expands.
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Prest-O-Lite Storage Battery Corporation
J. H. McDuffee
Prisoner Foils Jail Break Plot in Richmond
Whistling and singing by inmates at Wayne County jail drew Sheriff Long’s suspicion. Investigation showed Wilfred Rodgers hid a bar in his cell under cover of noise. Freed prisoner Glenn Moore, now jailed, is charged with aiding the alleged escape. Rodgers awaits hog theft trial.
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Times
Richmond
Ind
Wayne County
Henry Long
Wilfred Rodgers
Glenn Moore
Moore
Rodgers
Ball Teachers' College chief chairs state education panel
L A Pittenger Ball Teachers College president was named chairman of the legislative committee of the State education board at a Friday meeting in the office of State superintendent Roy P. Wiseheart. Other committeemen are Mrs. Beryl Holland and George H. Reitzel. Dancers from southern Indiana cities are expected to enter Monroe County's first dance marathon starting at 9 p m Friday at Cascade Gardens Dance Pavilion. An effective borers treatment for peach trees uses paradichlorobenzine sprinkled near the trunk and covered with soil.
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L. A. Pittenger
Muncie
Ball Teachers’ College
State Education Board
Roy P. Wiseheart
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Beryl Holland
Bloomington
George H. Reitzel
Brownsburg
United Press
Ind
Indiana
Monroe County
Cascade Gardens
Greensburg
Coun Ty
Lynn Thurston
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