Smith Campaign Moves Through Pennsylvania and Maryland
Governor Alfred E. Smith wheels his campaign train into Pennsylvania and plans a Baltimore visit after a Philadelphia radio address. Democrats hope favorable momentum from Pennsylvania and anti prohibition sentiment in Maryland help carry electoral votes, with Smith stopping in Centreville, Maryland, and Baltimore before returning to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Pennsylvania
Smith
Camden
N. J
Delaware River
Philadelphia
New Bridge
William S. Ware
Boston
Providence
Hartford
Baltimore
Maryland
Centreville
John J. Raskob
Tec
Democratic National Committee
Revive New Year's Day Customs Recalled by Peru School
Peru schoolchildren are urged to revive the ancient tropical American New Year’s festival based on Zelia Nuttall’s archaeological findings. Aztec and Peruvian priests observed zenith passages marking year changes and planting times, interpreting a sun god descent as signaling rains and crop planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA Service
New York
Peru
Tropical America
Zelia Nuttall
Tropics
Modern Adam Spoiled Paris Says Postwar Women Set Bad Example
Andre de Fouquieres, a noted French observer, laments that twentieth century Eve has spoiled modern Adam by letting postwar women become masculine and boyish. He argues this behavior teaches young men that all is permitted, ten years after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Andre de Fouquieres
Eve
Adam
M. de Fougieres
Bank Bandits Loot $43000 in Gary HoldUp
Six bandits robbed the Glen Park state bank in Gary taking 10000 cash and 33000 in negotiable securities plus 30 from a depositor. A young woman aided their escape as they fled toward Indianapolis on Road 20, with two airplanes aiding the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suecia Gary
Glen Park State Bank
Indianapolis
John Szabo
Adela Berger
Miss Berger
John Polansky
Rene Defries
Sam Wagner
Szabo
Richard A. Houren
Esther Johnson
John Shankins
Works to give her mother schooling
Frances Holliday 16 and her mother Edith Wray Holliday in Albany enter a reciprocal agreement. The girl will work for one year so her mother can attend library school to qualify as a librarian. The mother has taught for fourteen years and now pursues a library course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NLA Service
Albany
N. Y
Frances Holliday
Edith Wray Holliday
Frances
Holliday
Radio Commission Sets Election Return Air Time
The federal radio commission ordered broadcasters to reserve the airwaves for election returns from 8 p.m. November 6 to 12 noon November 7. All amateurs and experimental operators must stay off air, and nonbroadcast stations should avoid interference with the result for listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Federal Radio Commission
Reed Attacks Hoover Over Silence on British Citizenship
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri criticized Herbert Hoover for silence on oil scandal links and his years abroad. He mocked Hoover as a candidate for British Parliament, saying no Republican can carry the American presidency with an alien credential. He noted Hoover has not courted British titles and has no British investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lgnited
Elizabeth
N. J
James A. Reed
Herbert Hoover
Elks’ Auditorium
Reed
Hoover
Missouri
Downtown Halloween Revelers Area To Be Closed Next Thursday
Police Chief Claude M Worley announced streets in the downtown circle will be closed after 6 30 pm to concentrate Halloween celebration and curb property damage. Washington from Pennsylvania to Illinois Meridian to Washington Illinois to Ohio and Pennsylvania to Ohio plus the Circle excluding northeast segment will be blocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude M. Worley
Washington
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Meridian
Circle
Ohio
Gil Lashed by Cross Complaint Filed in Gray Divorce
Milton Golden attorney said a cable from Gil Boag in London instructed him to file a cross complaint to the divorce action brought by Gilda Gray the dancer in Port Washington Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Los Angeles
Milton Golden
Gil Boag
London
Gilda Gray
Port Washington
Wis
Dusting the Statehouse with Discarded Underwear
In Topeka the state executive council rejected stenographers complaint about using discarded underwear to dust typewriters. Clerks argued it was unhygienic and undesirable while officials noted cheaper disposal of worn undergarments versus new cheese cloth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
State Executive Council
Less Crime Dominates Chicago Race As Voters Seek Change
Chicago voters face a single major race for state's attorney on November 6 with both candidates pledging to end crime and break the supposed alliance between politicians and gangsters. Judge William J. Lindsay seeks the Democratic nomination against Judge John A. Swanson, backed by Senator Charles Deneen, while Swanson is portrayed as a Deneen puppet by Lindsay amid concerns about Chicago’s crime capital reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
State's Attorney
World Crime Capital
William J. Lindsay
John A. Swanson
Ben
Charles Swanson
Judge Swanson
Robert E. Crowe
Swanson
United States
Charles Deneen
America First
Crowe-Thompson-Small
Judge Lindsay
Sawnson
Deneen
Senate
Judge halts divorce to preserve Mrs Jones legacy
In Detroit on October 2 Judge I W Jayne refused the husband a divorce and granted Mrs Alfreda K Jones 15 dollars weekly separate maintenance to safeguard a 100000 pound legacy to her and her three sisters if they stay married by 35. The case included a jail contempt sentence for tearing a testimony letter from her husband who sought the divorce to wed his first wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Detroit
Alfreda K. Jones
Nancy
I. W. Jayne
Third Bullet Victim Found in Charlottesville Case
Jack Denny of Covington Kentucky identified as companion of two men killed near Charlottesville on Oct 2. Denny and allies Herman Steele and Dewey Colvin attempted to abduct Newman Guy to steal his car for liquor transport. In Gary Indiana an officer shot Denny after recognizing him. the officer was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Jack Denny
Covington
Charlottesville
Denny
Herman Steele
Newport
Dewey Colvin
Newman Guy
Sullivan County
Shelburn
Charlotesville
U. S. University Sells Chile Observatory
The Chile station of the Lick Observatory, operated since 1900 to observe southern skies, has been sold to the Catholic University of Chile. Associate director Dr. Robert G. Aitken said the abandonment does not end interest in the south, and a future southern station may be set up in Australia or South Africa if support returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Science Service
MT. Hamilton
Cal
Chile
Lick Observatory
Catholic University of Chile
Robert G. Aitken
University of California
Science
Split seen in progressives over election split
The Times reports a rare rift among progressives as the 1928 election nears. Key figures back Hoover or Smith, threatening the bloc’s unity and potentially reshaping Senate and House majorities.
Federation studies CAS CO PACT on municipalization proposal
A federation committee opens a study of the Citizens Gas Company contract to take the utility over by the city in 1930. Oscar Stoehr announces the panel includes D W Griffith Clarence Baker Edward Snethen Orville Schimer and Mrs C A James. City Councilman John F White may assist. The group also weighs a municipal airport purchase and a Meridian street bus route condemnation.
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Citizens Gas Company
Federation of Community Clubs
Oscar Stoehr
Federation
Chamber of Commerce
D. W. Griffith
Clarence E. Baker
Edward O. Snethen
Orville Schimer
C. A. James
Stoehr
John F. White
Oscar F. Smith
A. L. Portteus
Mother of 11 Found Dead in Indiana Cornfield
Mrs. Mike Haupt, 49, mother of eleven, was found dead on her husband’s farm east of Auburn Indiana. Authorities seek cause with a postmortem while a missing week preceded by a quarrel with her husband who had returned from the penal farm. A posse of fifty men led by Sheriff John C Armstrong located the body. no wounds or signs of a struggle were observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ind
de Kalb
Mike Haupt
Here
Haupt
John C. Armstrong
Sherifing
Electric plow claims to kill pests in fields
London reports a new electrically charged plow that generates a field as its blades pass through soil. The electric field purportedly kills insects and weeds while supplementing soil nitrogen, describing the device as a boon to crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
London
Carnegie Fund Hero Medals Awarded to 56 Recipients
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission held a fall meeting awarding 56 medals for acts of heroism in the United States and Canada. Silver medals went to three individuals and bronze to 53, with pensions and disablement benefits totaling thousands for dependents and injured heroes. Notable honorees include G Ellis Glass of Marshalltown Iowa, who attempted to save a drowning boy and perished, and Curtis J Rountry of Sioux City Iowa, who risked gas exposure to rescue a club engineer. others listed include Minnie I Campbell of Glenrock Wyoming and Grant P Chapman of Salt Lake City Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
United States
Canada
G. Ellis Glass
Marshalltown
Glass
John W. Martin
John
Iowa River
Martin
Curtis J. Rountry
Sioux City
Rountry
John Harrington
Harrington
Banquet honors Indianapolis letter carriers retirement
National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 39 and Ladies Auxiliary 140 host a banquet for retired Indianapolis carriers next Saturday at 6 30 p m at Fountain Square Christian Church. Edward W Gainer national president of the NALC will address the gathering with Postmaster Robert H Bryson and other postal officials as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Letter Carriers
Branch 39
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Indianapolis
Fountain Square Christian Church
Edward W. Gainer
Muncie
Robert H. Bryson
No Gossip Grind Marathon Proposed by Pastor
In Indianapolis a new endurance contest is proposed as a no gossip grind. Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith of University Place Christian Church floated the idea during a Friday sermon offering $500 to the woman who could endure the most hours without gossiping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Gerald L. K. Smith
University Place Christian Church
Hoover praised as sole force to feed Germany after war
Alanson B. Houghton, former postwar ambassador to Germany and New York senate candidate, lauded Herbert Hoover for leading food aid to Germany after World War I. He said Hoover fought almost single-handedly, delivering food to allies of the republic and defending German children’s lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
ST. Louis
Herbert Hoover
Alanson B. Houghton
Germany
United States
New York
Hoover
Houghton
Friends of the Republic
Zepp Groomed to Fly Home From Lakehurst
Graf Zeppelin is being prepared for a westbound flight to Friedrichshafen Germany. After cancellation of a mid western Zepp flight, workmen ready the airship for a possible Monday take off if weather allows. Dr. Hugo Eckener and Ernest A. Lehman with officers are in New York awaiting Sunday noon. Hans von Schiller remains on board as ranking officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Lakehurst
N. J
Friederichshafen
Germany
Hugo Eckener
Eckener
Ernest A. Lehman
No Young Lawyers Promise From Murray At Perry Township Meet
Democratic candidate Raymond F. Murray told 500 Perry township Democrats at the Southport Community House that he would remove the office from inexperienced student lawyers deputies. He pledged to hire special counsel for important cases and appoint deputies with proven training and experience to try every case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond F. Murray
Perry Township
Southport
Halloween Party Ideas From Washington Bureau
The Washington bureau bulletin offers suggestions for the annual Halloween visitation of ghosts goblins witches and a black cat. Readers may request a copy by mailing the coupon provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Indianapolis Times
New York Avenue
Washington, D. C
Bulletin
United States
Indiana University Fall List of 1928 Graduates
Bloomington Ind Oct 27 One hundred sixty seven students are on the fall list of Indiana University graduates for the class of 1928. Degrees include A B MA and PhD with candidates listed from many towns and cities and including home economics and medicine graduates.
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Times Special
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
S. E. Stout
College of Arts and Sciences
Irene FE
Beatty
Hayden
George E. Beauchamp
Wabash
Virginia M. Beeler
Elizabethtown
Hazel Bonke
Indianapolis
Mata H. Bonke
Fern Brown
Bringhurst
Roxie P. Brumfield Elwood
Frank 8. Burlingame
Moorer Hill
Oris W. Calvin
Nashville
James H. Carnelley
Elkhart
Wilber Garr
Spiceland
Ethel Decard Clifton
Smithville
James A. Cooley
Scottsburg
Esther F. Cover
Kokomo
Josephine Craig
Noblesville
Edward W. Cullipher
Elwood
Nathan Davis
Walter M. Eakins
Rushville
Louise E. Emerson
Owensville
Jane Easle
Evansville
Mabel Ferguson
Logansport
Terrell C. Frazier
Bedford
Filfred Gettelfinger
Ramsey
Isabele Good
Warren
Adelaide S. Gothicn
Lulu May Grantham
Fr. Wayne
Roland Haimbaugh
Rochester
Mary E. Hanes
New Palestine
Rae Hardisty
Bloomfield
Jane Ellen Hart
Garrett
Agnes M. Hawkins
Star City
Virginia Haymond
Muncie
Ruth Hinkle
Clarence A. Hoffman
Laurel
Wilda Hoopengardner
Ossian
Mary M. Howenstine
Huntington
van Irwin
Forest
Everett Janney
Alexandria
Everett Jester
Harold Johnson
Clayton
Eugene Kanning
Ft. Wayne
Elizabeth Kendall
Jeffersonville
Mary Kervan
Max Kidd
Fred Lantiff
Lola Lemon
Larwill
Lewis Lockwood
Mary J. McGinnis
Columbus
Larus Mel Mullen
Ruth Eleanor Smith Matthews
New Carlisle
Mary Edgar
Oldenburg
Lenna R. Morris
Shoals
Esther Morrison
Frankfort
Emma Moss
Horse Cave
Rowe Myers
Kirklin
Frederick G. Neel
Winamac
Ruth 5. Newcomb
Forest Noffsinger
Union City
Vera van Giesen Olds
Chicago
Katherine Page
Gerald Palmer
Hicksville
Florence G. Pearse
North Liberty
Irene Pielemeter
Freelandville
Sue Ella Potter
Evelyn Reed
Washington
Ramone Rhoads
Darlington
Mildred Rickert
Frances Vera Rooney
South Bend
John Rush
Lafayette
Pearl C. Schafer
Bremen
James Schooley
Waldron
Charlotte Shaw
Paul Shufer
Stilesville
Otto Sloop
Lyons
Iris Marie Stanger
Zelma Starr
Richmond
William Stephenson
Ollie Stuart
Mercedes Tinder
Hazel Mae Totten
Fairland
Charles Vance
Max van Osdel
Helen Vestal
Anderson
Edith Waskom
Wallonia
Harold Webbe
Marie E. Weck
Chester Weed
Dublin
Quentin Wert
Wallac
Marie West
George Whitlock
Pleasantville
Wilfred Wilson
Glezen
Melvin Wooten
Miller
Beulah Wright
Hillsboro
Chester Alter
Jesse Anderson
Roachdale
Paul Armstrong
Richard Bateman
Boonville
William Beunsley
English
Mallie Jordan Blair
William Boilce
Swayzee
Alva Botkin
Katherine Brown
Ivy Chamness
Reeta Clark
John Coffin
Carthage
Sydney Colescott
Mabel Deckard
Robert Derricks
Terre Haute
Anne Dickey
West Baden
Mary Dodson
Lee Eve
William Ferguson
Thomas Fields
Wilkinson
Frank Graham
Newell Hall
Rockville
Paul Harris
Centerville
Ona Heaton
James Hedges
Trumelton
Cleophas Henderson
Jesse Hendricks
Walter Hisey
Sullivan
Thomas Johnson
Marjorie Klinger
Milford
Maurice Lemme
Mackey
John Maigret
Ann Arbor
Mich
Hazel Means
Virgil Miller
Greentown
Joseph Mohler
Deedsville
Henry George Nester
Clara Newsom
Frank Null
Beulah Owens
Raymond Poland
Roosville
Ill
Ruby Randolph
Robert Schooley
Glen Smith
Mishawaka
Mary Spilman
Pikesville
Harley Talley
Mary Thomas
Pulaski
Cecil Twineham
Paul Usher
Hugh Waskom
Seymour
Robert Watt
Crawford Baganz
Max Blue
Warsaw
Robert Finn
Marion
Staney Gordia
Connersville
James Graham
Bernard Hyman
Ernest Mack
Ernest Norris
Harry Rabb
Harold Rininger
Rockport
Thomas Rogers
Max Salb
Jasper
Julia Swain
Julius Bell
Lawerence
Kan
Glen Blackburn
Russell Ferguson
Ralph Voris
Springfield
Mary Warner
Mildred Marie Landis
Delphi
Esther Sillery
Rovene Elien Ticen
Colfax
Parley of Medical Colleges Opens in Indianapolis
The thirty ninth annual convention of the Association of American Medical Colleges opens Monday at the Ball Nurses' Home in Indianapolis with delegates from seventy leading universities. Presidents and deans of medical schools will attend, with three sessions planned in Indianapolis and Bloomington. Nationally prominent speakers will address each session.
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The
Association of American Medical Colleges
Ball Nurses’ Home
Indianapolis
Bloomington
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