Hoover notification ceremony draws tens of thousands in Palo Alto
Crowds from nearby towns converge on California's Palo Alto for Herbert Hoover’s first public campaign address as Republican nominee. Hoover stays home before a 4 10 p m Pacific Time speech after a large parade, 99 radio stations, and a staged stadium event planned for hundred thousand capacity.
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Palo Alto
Calif
U.P
Herbert Hoover
Stanford
American Seasion Fire
Pascadena
Hoover
Kansas City
Stanford University Stadium
Cal
Gov
C. Young
California
George H. Moses
Grand Rapids Actor Rex Cherrington Dies on European Trip
Rex Cherrington, 30, a rising Broadway star from Grand Rapids, died in France shortly after leaving Grasse for a vacation en route back to New York. He gained fame in The Trial of Mary Dugan and had studied at the University of Michigan and Colgate University.
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Cherrington
University of Michigan
Colgate University
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Detroit Girl Is Saved by Screams
Miss Mary Gray, 20, cried out from a dark alley on Seven Mile Road in Detroit and attracted John Mc Neil, an oil station attendant, who halted a would be abductor. Police describe the suspect as a young and nice appearing man who fled the scene.
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Detroit
Mich
U.P
Mary Gray
Seven Mile Yoad
Trunk Line Car Strikes Horse Near Vernon Farm
A Trunk Line A car from Medina Ohio struck a horse belonging to Lewis Thayer near the Thayer farm in Vernon township Friday night. The car was badly damaged while the horse suffered serious injuries. No one in the car was hurt. The horse had escaped from its pasture without the owner’s knowledge and suddenly darted into the road, making the collision unavoidable.
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Medina
Ohio
Lewis Thayer
Thayer
Vernon Township
Quiet Ceremony Unites Local Young Couple
Bernard Breidenstein son of Mr and Mrs Peter Breidenstein and Nina Stilgens bauer of Shepherd were married Thursday in Saginaw by Rev John McNiel formerly of Shepherd. Clarence Breedenstein and Stella Breidenstein, siblings of the groom, attended. A prenuptial party was held at Buss lake Tuesday evening.
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Bernard Breidenstein
Peter Breidenstein
Nina Stilgensbauer
Shepherd
Saginaw
John McNiel
Clarence Breedenstein
Stella Breidenstein
Buss Lake
Floods Hit Tornado Area After Florida Hurricane
Floods from the hurricane aftermath menace southern and central Georgia with eight and a half inches of rain in Macon in 16 hours. Flood warnings were issued as damage mounts across the region. In Florida the storm caused crop and building destruction with extensive road and communication disruptions, and towns cut off by impassable highways. Total regional damage exceeds three million dollars. two people from the Bahama Islands are unaccounted for.
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Atlanta
Florida
Georgia
Macon
Jacksonvile
Fla
W.P
Bahama Islands
Bimini
Fuller to Recommend Four Million Dollar State Tax Reduction
Lansing August 11. Auditor general C B Fuller will recommend a 4 000 000 dollar reduction in state taxes for 1928 at a special state administrative board meeting Monday afternoon. Fuller said the report is ready for action and expects board approval.
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Fuller
Lansing
Mid
C. B. Fuller
State Administrative Board
Murdered Man Found Today Near M C Tracks
A body found near Camp Custer along the Michigan Central railroad right of way in Battle Creek Michigan is identified as a man about 25. Police say he was assaulted and thrown from a train and killed by a broken neck. The case is deemed unsolved.
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Creek
Mich
U.P
Camp Custer
Michigan Central Railroad
Five Bootleggers Fall Into Trap In Hour Near Traverse City
Five men in three cars with 80 cases of liquor were arrested by state investigators Tirank Fitz and Pickell after they rented a cottage on Grand Traverse Bay and telephoned bootleggers for deliveries. Each arrival led to immediate custody, all captured within an hour.
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Traverse City
U.A
Tirank Fitz
Pickell
Grand Traverse ‘Bay
United States Wins International Track Meet Over Britain
Stamford Bridge crowd of 141000 watched the United States defeat Britain by nine events 24 to 17 in the three mile race Britain led early but the US grabbed the medley relay and overall dominance in the Olympic stars gathering.
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Stamford -Bridge
England
U.P
America
British Empire
United States
Ford denies need to shut plant and redesign model
Cleveland Aug 11 Ford tells The Cleveland Press production now 3500 daily with part of capacity for old car and gradual gains toward a 10000 daily goal. He says the design changed to add two independent braking systems and that the plan is to build for a long run.
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Cleveland
Ohio
U.P
Cleveland Press Today
Henry Ford
Ford
Steamer W H Sawyer Sinks After Severe Storm
The 750 ton steamer W H Sawyer owned by Blodgett Steamship Co of Michigan City sank near Port Hope after storms. All aboard reportedly saved except the cook whose name was not learned. The ship had two barges in tow. crews on both were saved per captains reports.
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Beach
Mid
A.R
Port Hope
Here
W. TI. Sawyer
Cook
Blodgett Steamship Company
Michigan City
Indiana
W. H. Sawyer
Jack O’brien
A. D. Sheldon
The Fool Suit To Be Fought in Supreme Court
The Fool a play about following Jesus Christ in daily life faces a plagiarism dispute in the Supreme Court. New York writer Neil Waxman claims he wrote Soldiers of the Common Good in 1911 with the same characters and idea and seeks review of lower court rulings. Pollock and the Selwyns argue Waxman had no access and that The Fool was conceived earlier in 1900.
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Washington
U.R
Jesus Christ
Par Supreme Court
Neil Waxman
New York
Channing Pollock
Edgar
Arch Selwyn
Waxman
Pollock
Swithh
Lightning Strike Kills Youth at Bathing Beach
A brief storm at Holly’s Pond in Bathing Beach caused a fatal lightning strike. Alfred Morris, 17, of Plainfield, was killed and more than twenty others were stunned.
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South Plainfield
Holly's Pound
Alfred Morris,r
Plainfield
Youth Gives Life To Save Father
In El Paso Texas on August 11 14 year old Alfred D Acuna sacrificed his life to shield his father Guadalupe Acuna during a shootout with rival backers Jose Pena Pena opened fire and the boy died from a bullet to the heart Pena is being held in custody.
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EL Paso
Texas
Alfred D. Acuna
Hye
Guadalupe Acuna
Jose Pena
Pena
Alfred
Heat relief spreads as storms lash eastern region
Rains bring relief from heat across New York and eastern seaboard after severe electrical storms caused property damage. Cooling winds sweep the lake region from the Canadian plains, lowering temperatures but reporting up to 29 deaths in three days across Chicago and surrounding areas.
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New York
U.P
Seaboard
Chicago
U.R
Canadian Plains
Northwest
Lincoln
Nebraska
Dallas
Texas
Green to make annual report at Sonia Fair in Green
Gov Fred W Green will deliver his only political speech of the Republican primary as he presents his annual administrative report at Sonia Fair in Sonia Mich He avoids mass campaigning per state reports His secretary says no Detroit meetings are scheduled for the near term In Mexico City rebels plus 8000 surrender during the week in several states war department reports
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Sonia
Mich
U.P
Fred W.green
Lansing
Howard Lawrence
Green
Ifo
Detroit
Lawrence
Mexico City
Aguas
Calientes
Jalisco
Colima
War Department
Death by own action pact claims young couple
In Toledo Ohio Miss Sophie Newbert 27 and Wallace Stickel a World War veteran aged about 29 were found dead in a house under construction. Police described the deaths as the fulfillment of a death by own action pact with both victims shot in the temple and an automatic pistol on the girl's body.
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Toledo
Ohio
U.P
Sophie Newbert
Wallace Stickel
Goth
Nolves
Paris Fashion War Moves to Rival Nations Across Americas
Paris leaders of fashion propose global expansion through special showrooms to present French models in the United States and South America. Rene Herbst, head of the Society of Modern Decorators, says France risks losing millions as American dressmakers adapt French motifs.
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Paris
United States
South America
M. Rene Herbst
Society of Modern Decorators
Prench
Americas
Atlantic
France
Governor Smith Attends Brennan Funeral in Chicago
New York Governor Alfred E. Smith and his party return from Chicago where they attended funeral services for George J. Brennan, national Democratic political leader, at 6:50 a.m. today.
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Albany
New York
Alfred BE. Smith
Ghicngol
George J. Brennan
Local People Featured After Auto Accident in Cadillac
Teresa Smithers of Houghton lake and Cecile Florian with her niece Teresa Florian of Jerseyville were seriously bruised and shaken in a Cadillac crash Thursday afternoon. They were treated at Cadillac hospital Thursday night and later returned to Houghton lake.
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Houghton ‘Lake
Cadillac
Teresa Smithers
Cecile. Florian
Teresa Florian
Jerseyville
Houghton Lake
Lad of Thirteen Is Electrocuted
Willard Tiffin, an 18 year old, was found electrocuted beside an electric crane in a Detroit stone yard after reportedly being hurt near the crane earlier. Police believe he touched a high tension wire following an evening at the theatre with companions.
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Detroit
Mich
U.P
Willard Tiffin
Willard
Bond Theft Ties Detroiter Sextet to $500000 Theft
Six people, two women and four men, were arrested in Detroit on August 11 amid claims they aided the theft of bonds valued at about $500000 from a New York brokerage. Federal narcotics agents said drug activity linked the group, and a private detective agency and local police took over the bond investigation after a New York broker offered bonds for sale.
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Detroit
Mich
W.P
New’ York
Harriman Bank
New York
Burns Detective Agency
U.P
Nolice
M. Rosken
Rosken
Ten Thousand Copper Mines Found on Isle Royale
Isle Royale, Mich. Archaeological expedition sponsored by the Milwaukee Museum reports ten thousand ancient copper mines in a one square mile hillside area above McCarso’s cove. The pits, linked to aboriginal workers of the same stock as modern Indians, mark the world’s most extensive ancient copper field.
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Isle Royale
Mich
McCarso
George A. «West
Northwestern Museum
George R. Fox
K. ‘Warren
Three Oaks
Thieves Steal From Potts Machine. $1000 Worthof Tools Taken
Sheriff's deputies searched today for burglars who broke into Potts Machine Co late last night. Entrance was gained through a rear window and tools valued at $1000 were stolen. Local authorities pursue suspects.
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Jackson
Union Townsman Crushed by Gravel Truck Accident
Patrick Carey, 65, of Union township, remains in local hospital with serious injuries after being crushed beneath a moving gravel truck Friday near the Elmer Imhoff farm southwest of Mt. Pleasant. He fell from a township truck as he stepped onto the road. He suffered a fractured right leg with possible internal injuries. ambulance and Imhoff house care were reported.
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Patrick Carey
Union Township
Elmer Imhoff
Mt. Pleasant
Carty
Imhoff
Moon
Michigan Motor Vehicle Theft Jul Report Shows Seven Unfound
Lansing August report from the secretary of state notes 876 cars were stolen and 368 recovered in July. Only seven vehicles remain unfound, indicating less than two percent of thefts were successful.
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Lansing
Uipy
Michigan
Port Huron Highway Plan Delayed for Riverfront Development
Port Huron Chamber and commerce groups ask Highway Commissioner Franc H Rogers to postpone paving the Port Huron stretch. They aim to delay construction for at least a time to develop industrial growth along the St. Clair River front in Marysville.
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Port Huron
H. Rogers
Commercil
Orp
Port
St. Clair
Marysville
Poison mystery strikes Weatherman family in Cabool
In Cabool Missouri doctors test three Weatherman children as police probe a string of poisonings that killed Mrs Weather man and Mrs Josephine McGhee and Nancy McGhee. Cecil Weatherman is critically ill with authorities considering food contamination or berry poisoning as the cause. Weatherman cites a revenge plot and suspects enemies of the family.
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Nancy Louise McGhee
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