Curtis named Republican vice presidential candidate in Topeka
In Topeka the statehouse park hosts a large Republican gathering as Senator Charles Curtis, longtime public servant from Topeka, is formally notified of the party's vice presidential nomination. Old friends and national leaders mingle with Kansas officials, discussing the political scene en route from California.
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Francis N. Stephenson
Associated Press
Topeka, Kas
Charles Curtis
Topeka
Republican Party
Curtis
National Party
Work
Republican National Committee
California
Herbert Hoover
Fielding Yest to Return as Michigan Football Coach
The Detroit News reports Fielding H. Yest will again head the Michigan football program this season. Although no official announcement has been made, the Athletic Association is understood to have Yest in active and full charge of Michigan's football fortunes.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Fielding H. Yest
University of Michigan
Detroit News
Michigan Athletic Association
Michigan
Bank Robbery on Train Leads to Farmhouse Shootings Near Waubamik
In Sound Ontario on August 18 a farmer named Jackson was killed when shot in the neck as residents pursued three bandits who had looted a mail car and escaped from a Canadian Pacific train from Sudbury to Parry Sound. Two other men were wounded. one bandit was captured with 1500 dollars on him while the others fled.
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Jdeas Parry
Sound
Ont
Waubamik
Here
Canadian Pacific
Sudbury
Parry Sound
Jackson
Slow moving storm warning issued near Tampico
The weather bureau issued a warning noting an ill defined disturbance off Tampico Mexico. It is likely moving west northwest or northwest and cautions smaller vessels in the Brownsville Texas area and nearby waters.
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Associated Press
Washington
Weather Bureau Today
Tampico
Mexico
Brownsville
Texas
Richland Farmer Sees Bee Industry as Key to Future
BE L. Austin of a 200 acre Mangham area farm promotes beekeeping as the region’s strong point for honey production. He reports 1,200 pounds sold from 35 colonies this year at 60 cents per 8 pound container and notes a state bee laboratory funded with $10,000 will aid disease study across the southern states.
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BE. L. Austin
Mangham
Richland Parish
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Hassell and Cramer Take Ozone Again 1600 Mile Flight
Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer began the second leg from Rockford Illinois to Stockholm Sweden in the Greater Rockford. They lifted at 12 12 a m EST from Cochrane Ontario after two rain delays and faced a remote northern route with only radio contact. They expect to reach Greenland then Iceland, resting at Mount Evans before continuing.
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Associated Press
Cochrane
Ont
Bert Hassell
Parker Cramer
Mount Evans
Greenland
Rockford
Ill
Stockholm
Sweden
Territory
Labrador
Iceland
Youth in Arkansas Hangs Self in County Jail
Ray Skidmore, 22, an ex convict from Melbourne, Ark, killed himself in the county jail rather than face return to the penitentiary. He had stabbed Harvey Wood in a Pineville fight two weeks earlier and was jailed on an assault with intent to kill charge.
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Melbourne
Ark
Ray Skidmore
Skidmore
Harvey Wood
Pineville
Here
Wood
Can Ad Amateur Champ final shows Yale golfer behind
W ich Lan man from Columbus Ohio trailing Ross Summerville of London Ontario by four holes after the morning round in the 36 hole Canadian amateur final. Carmen Hill held Philadelphia to seven hits to beat them 9 to 0 in the Pittsburgh game. Simmons doubled and Foxx drove him home in Philadelphia A s 3 to 2. The 200 mile national auto race at Altoona Pa was postponed to 2 p m tomorrow due to weather.
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Montreal
W.ich
Lanman
Columbus
Ohio
Yale
Ross Summerville
London
Ontario
Star
Pittsburgh
Vphiladelphia
Carmen Hill
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis
Simmons
Foxx
Altoona
Rivers Rise and Fall as Floods Persist in Virginia and Carolinas
Floodwaters receded generally across Virginia and the Carolinas with two exceptions. The Congaree at Columbia neared a 1908 high water mark while the James river near Richmond rose toward crest, threatening further flood damage to crops roads and bridges.
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Richmond
Virginia
Carolinas
Columbia
D. C
Dames
Broadriver
Lockhart
Broad River
Strother
Winnsboro
Piedmont
Lake Lure
North Carolina
Charlotte
James River
Roanoke
New River
Mexican Villagers Cheer U.S. Ambassador Morrow During Mexico Visit
In Oaxaca and Puebla states, Dwight W. Morrow is greeted as a friend of Mexico with cheers and homemade flags. The ambassador’s private trip becomes a public welcome as word of his goodwill mission spreads through villages. Governor Genaro Vasquez observes the warmth shown to the North's envoy.
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Oaxaca City
Oaxaca
Mexico
Dwight W. Morrow
Marrow
Puebla
Mexico City
Mitla
Oaxacan
Morrow
Genaro V. Vasquez
Hambone’s Meditations on Rockin’ Cheering Dealt
A comical note portrays a worker demanding payment from his boss for a rocker cheer. The piece uses dialect to emphasize a boastful claim and a confrontation over owed wages.
No Foundation For Report Of Mill Transfer
C C Sheppard general manager of Louisiana Central Lumber at Standard says there is no truth to rumors that oil at Standard has been sold to minor interests. He states no discussion of any change in Standard operations and no official information confirms a transfer.
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C. C. Sheppard
Louisiana Central Lumber Company
Standard
News-Star
Sheppard
Noted British Auto Racer Wins Royal Tourist Trophy
Keven Yon, noted British racer, won the Royal Automobile club international tourist trophy on a 4100 mile Belfast course. Leon Cushman of Great Britain finished second in a Vlis car with Don in a Le Francis car third. W. A. Dykes was injured after a crash.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Great Britain
H. Mazon
Austria
Cushman
Don
Train Ploughs Through Open Switch Killing Engineer
A Burlington limited train named the Black Hawk from Minneapolis to Chicago derailed after hitting an open switch near the Grand Crossing in La Crosse Wisconsin. Engineer one 52 of La Crosse was killed and more than ten passengers suffered minor injuries as the locomotive and two mail cars crashed through six walls of a machine shop and round house.
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Lacrosse
Wis
Burlington Road
Minneapolis
Chicago
Grand Crossing
la Crosse
Pastor Faces Trial After Brookhaven Church Yard Fight
In Decatur near Atlanta a trial opens over assault and battery charges against three Brookhaven Baptist members and pistol threats toward Pastor H. C. Johnson. The dispute stemmed from alleged remarks about a wife during prayer meeting, with O. B. Rowell accused of attacking bystander W. A. Gilbert and threatening the pastor.
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Atlanta
Brookhaven Baptist Church
Justice Court
Decatur
O. B. Rowell
W. A. Gilbert
Stander
H. C. Johnson
Gilbert
Rowell
Record Oil Production in 1927 Breaks All Time
Final figures from the US Bureau of Mines show 1927 petroleum production at 901,129,000 barrels, a historic high. Stocks rose to 65,455,000 barrels above year start, with Seminole district Oklahoma yielding 136,000,000 barrels, up from 11,000,900 in 1926, while gasoline and motor fuels output reached 394,099,000 barrels.
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Washington
United States Bureau of Mines
Bateau
Seminole
Oklahome
Gasoltine
Ad Motor
Grim Reaper Noses Ahead Infant Dead
In New Orleans an infant died en route to hospital after parents Patrick and Mrs Guillory of Kinder Louisiana sought urgent surgery. The physician warned only immediate operation could save the child. The train journey toward New Orleans ended when the baby died one mile from Baton Rouge.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Patrick Guillory
Kinder
Baton Rouge
Press Bodies of Louisiana To Consolidate
Alexandria August meeting yields plan to unify the North and South Louisiana Press associations while preserving separate identities The presidents will become vice presidents of the merged group and each side will hold semi annual meetings North group elects Wade Breazeale Chapman as officers South group elects Levagg McLeese Wade as officers
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Alexandria
Louisiana
Bastrop
Ponchatoula
U. Po Wade
Jena
C. L. Breazeale
Natchitoches
Issac Chapman
Conrad J. Levagg
New Reads
J. M. McLeese
Jennings
J. H. Wade
Port Allen
Mississippi guardsmen named for Camp Perry rifle match
Alexandria La Aug 18 The Mississippi national guard will be represented in the annual service rifle matches at Camp Perry Ohio The following will participate Major Albert T Callicott team coach Capt Houston L Gabby Staff Sgt oe M Yates First Sgt James Rovato First Sgt Ruben L Koe ger First Sgt John L Montgomery Sergt Nathaniel Howard Sergt Curtis A Mapp Firatan Geeil C Rushing First Lieut John R Dana First Sergt Cecil BE Conerly
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Alexandria
Mississippi National Guard
Camp Perry
Ohio
Albert T. Callicott
Houston L. Gabby
Oe M. Yates
James Rovato
Ruben L. Koeger
John L. Montgomery
Nathaniel Howard
Curtis A. Mapp
Firatan
Geeil C
Judge Favrot Dismisses Free School Book Suit in Louisiana
In Baton Rouge Judge George K. Favrot dismissed the Borden oil operators case challenging the free school book law on legal grounds, not constitutional. Plaintiffs plan to appeal to the state supreme court as a second suit proceeds next Friday in Shreveport, with parties arguing potential state funds usage could affect private schools.
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Baton Rouge
Atg
S. P. Borden
George K. Favrot
Nineteenth Judicial District Court
State Supreme Court
Favrot
Emmet Cochran
Shreveport
State Board of Education
Eet
Favret
Guiding Your Child by Agnes Lyne Opens Women’s Page
The News-Star features Agnes Lyne’s daily column Guiding Your Child aimed at all parents. Kirke Ik Simpson contributes a weekly Washington correspondent feature on editorial page sidelights from national events.
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Agnes Lyne Om
News-Star
Kirke Ik Simpson
Washington Cors
National Capitol
Evel
Monroe
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Richard Halliburton
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
Farmer
Mississippi
St. Louis A Ates
Memphis Vicksburg
Richland
Mr. Austin
Inter
Hassell
Cramer
Arkansas
Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Collectuh
AX Boss
the Belt Syndicate, Inc
Georgia
Middle West
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Grim Reaper
Press Bodies
J. P. Wade
Chapman
Kirke L. Simpson
Agnes Lyne
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