Al Smith Accepts Democratic Nomination In Albany
In Albany New York Gov Alfred E Smith is set to officially accept the Democratic presidential nomination before massive crowds. Estimates put 100000 plus in the capital area with as many as 200000 expected to mass in streets and park near the capitol as Key Pittman and Mayor Parker welcome Smith before his 6 45 p m acceptance address.
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Albany
al” Smith
N. Y
U.P
Huasf-side
Alfred E.smith
State Street
Capitol
John B. Packer
Key Pittman
Nevada
Thin Dresses Blamed for TB Rise Among Flappers
Los Angeles August 22 A U P report quotes Mrs. Marion Simonson of the University of California health education department blaming flimsy dresses and poor posture for slower declines in tuberculosis among young women. She notes California girls fare better, while severe climates worsen risk.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Marion Simonson
Health Education Department
University of California
California
Newburyport Mayor Faces Jail Time For Permit Violation
Newburyport Mass August 22 Jail sentence totaling 30 days and fines totaling 140 were imposed on Dossy Gillis mayor of Newburyport for operating a gas station without a permit. District Judge Nathaniel M. Jones found him guilty on 11 counts. Gillis appealed and was released on bail.
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Newburyport
Mass
U.P
Dossy Gillis
Nathaniel M. Jones
Superior Court
Jones
Hich Street
William Allen White Attacks Smith Record in Europe
Kansas editor William Allen White continued his critique of Governor Alfred E. Smith's legislative record during a European tour. White cited Smith’s reply as emotionally based and urged voters to reassess Smith's public record amid the campaign. He denied personal attacks on Smith’s character.
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Paris
U.P
William Allen White
Kansas
Today
Alfred E. Smith
New York
White
Smith
Two Dead Three Hurt In Saginaw Blaze
In Saginaw Michigan on Tuesday a fire at the Benjamin Franklin hotel killed two firemen and left two more overcome by smoke along with a bellboy in critical condition. Damages were about 75000 dollars.
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Saginaw Blaze
Benjamin “Franklin
Saginaw
Mich
Benjamin Franklin
Earl Rock
Paul Jonitz
Daniel Presly
George Straw
Fred Cohee
China and Japan name delegates to September Assembly
Japan will be represented by M. Adachi ambassador in Paris Matsuzo Nagai ambassador to Belgium and Baron Fuimira member of the House of Lords. China's representatives will be Dr Alfred Sze minister to Washington Wang King-Ku minister to Belgium and Chi Chih Charge d affaires in Paris.
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Geneva
China
Japan
M. Adachi
Paris
Matsuzo Nagai
Belgium
Baron Fujimara
House of Lords
Alfred Sze
Washington
Wang King-Ku
Chi Chih
Mrs. Dersnah Dies After Illness in Alma
Mrs. E B Dersnah died this morning at Alma hospital after an extended illness. The body goes to Stinson's Undertaking Parlors for the funeral which will be announced later. She is survived by her husband one son and one daughter.
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E. E. Dersnah
Alma
Stinson
Michigan counties to receive $20.6 million in school funds
Lansing reports that Michigan will distribute $20,604,622.56 in primary school money to counties this year, averaging $15.20 per school age resident and exceeding the counties' total state property tax by $104,603. The Education Department released the figures today.
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Lansing
U.P
Michigan
Department of Educations
Mexican police reveal plots by rebel group in Calles Obregon murder
Mexico City police published a statement detailing months of meetings at Mother Superior Concepcion's home. The group planned assassinations, bombing the Chamber of Deputies and railroad bridges, and arming rebel soldiers as part of church conflict actions following the Obregon murder.
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Mexico City
Mex
Concepcion
Plutarco Calles
Alvaro Obregon
Mexico
Chamber of Deputies
Jose de Leon Toral
Obregon
Concencion
Toral
Mother Who Killed Son Declared Sane by Panel
Mrs. Ruby Snell of Fowlerville who drowned her six year old son Paul in a bathtub was found sane by psychiatrists at the University of Michigan hospital Ann Arbor and returned home. No charges will be filed. she had previously been adjudged insane by a sanity commission appointed by Circuit Judge Lyons after the drowning.
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Fowlerville
Wich
U.P
Ruby Snell, AG
Paul
University of Michigan Hospital
Ann Arbor
Smith
Snell
Lyons
French Writer Blasts American Wives Flighty Abroad
Paris reports Mile. Germaine Leblanc says American women are flighty and quick to abandon husbands over small notes. She cites spouses facing divorce outcomes and even suggests double apartments as a solution to double marriages.
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Paris
U.P
Mile
Germaine Leblanc
United States
California
China
Alaska
Leblanc
Mystery over fate of Greater Rockford flight deepens
Washington reports no trace of the airplane Greater Rockford after Bert Hassell and Parker D. Cramer attempted a Cochrane Ontario to Greenland crossing. Professor W H Hobbs of Michigan says they were forced down in Greenland near Sukkertoppen as searches begin.
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Bert Hassell
Parker D. Cramer
Sweden
Greater Rockford
Marion
Davis Straits
North American
Greenland
Rockford
Hassell
Cramer
Washington
U.P
Cochrane
Ont
Coast Guard
Detroit
W. H. Hobbs
University of Michigan
Sukkertoppen
Detroit News
New York Times
Mt. Evans
Hobbs
Marius
Tunney Arrives in England Plans Paris Wedding
Gene Tunney, retired heavyweight champion, arrived aboard the Mauretania at Plymouth and disclosed plans to marry Mary Josephine Lauder in Paris. He avoided giving a date while confirming a prior walking tour with Thornton Wilder and a planned England visit to see George Bernard Shaw. Shaw travels from Italy to meet him.
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Plymouth
Eng
Aue
U.P
Gene Tunney
Mauretania
Payris
Mary Josephine Lauder
United States
Tunney
Europe
Thornton Wilder
England
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Italy
Daily Times Staff To Observe Fair Holiday
Mt Pleasant Daily Times will publish at noon Thursday to allow staff to attend the Isabela County Fair. Readers urged to submit notices early. Post office and city businesses close Thursday afternoon with no deliveries, though mail will be sent as usual.
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Daily Times
Mt. Pleasant
Editor's Wife Takes Blame For Shuggling Incident
Mrs Ralph H Booth wife of a Michigan newspaper publisher said she alone caused the customs penalty due to failure to declare jewelry and several worn apparel items bought in Paris totaling about 6000. She absolved her husband of fault noting gowns had been declared and the rest was her responsibility.
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New York
U.R
Ralph H. Booth
Michigan
Europe
United States Customs
Monroe Boy Killed By Train Near Home
Monroe Aug 22 10 year old Arthur McCumber of Ottawa Lake was struck and killed instantly by a New York Central passenger train while reportedly picking up coal along the tracks near his home. The engineer stated the boy was on the rails at the time.
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Monroe
Arthur McCumber
Ottawa Lake
New York Central
Joseph Andrews Dies After Two Months Illness
Joseph Andrews 36 died at 7 p.m Tuesday at 215 Farmer Avenue after a two month illness. A Mt. Pleasant resident 16 years, he was born June 19 1892 in Beal City. He worked for Columbia Sugar Co. He is survived by his wife, two daughters Helen and Dorothy, two brothers and four sisters. Funeral at Free Methodist Church North Franklin Thursday at 3:20 p.m. with Rev Daniel Skanes officiating. Burial Riverside Cemetery.
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Joseph Andrews
Mason Bowns
Farmer Avenue
Mt. Pleasant
Beal City
Columbia Sugar Co
Helen
Dorothy
Free Methodist Church
North Franklin Street
Daniel Skanes
Riverside Cemetery
New Horse Pulling Records Sought at Isabella County Fair
Heavyweight and lightweight horse pulling contests headline the Isabella County Fair program with plans under H F Moxley and Nolan Walker of Michigan State College. Four lightweight teams compete at 1 pm Thursday near the grandstand, with $100 purses and a $20 bonus for record pulls.
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Isabella County
H. F. Moxley
Michigan State College
Nolan Walker
Allen Haskins
Tonia
Ionia Free Fair
Upper Peninsula
Lower Peninsula
Caro Fair
Iowa
Tappers Swindle Victim of $135000 Wire
Montreal police report two men used a race wire confidence game to swindle J. D. Hazelbecker a Pittsburgh contractor out of 135000 dollars. The incident was disclosed today.
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Montreal
U.2
J. D. Hazelbecker
Pittsburgh
Italian Consulate in Liege Damaged by Bomb Blast
The Italian consulate at Liege was badly damaged by a bomb explosion last night at eleven. No casualties were reported. Brussels dispatch adds that authorities are investigating the incident with Belgian officials.
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Brussels
Belgium
U.P
Liege
Governor curbs LSU co ed freedoms in new semester rules
Baton Rouge Louisiana August 224 AU P co eds at Louisiana State University face tighter rules as the new semester starts under Governor Huey P Long. Dean Mary G C Herget says dates are limited to two for sophomores three for juniors and four for seniors. Curfews restrict nightly outings with latest 10 pm on nights out and 7 pm curfew on other nights. Students may not ride in cars without a parent.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Huey P. Long
Mary GC. Herget
Hoover Farm Relief Plan Backed for Rapid Action if Hoover Wins
Herbert Hoover tours Iowa meeting farm leaders from 15 states as prices sag for wheat and corn. He hints at immediate action through a federal farm board and a draft conference with top farmers to shape his relief plan before the December session.
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Cedar Rapids
U.P
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
Iowa City
Brucemore
Lowden
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Ségsio Congress
Igi
Congress
Ice
Sen
Charles
Curtis
Kanpas
Hoover-Curtis
Central State Teachers College dormitory additions begin
Construction started Tuesday by A D McRae a local contractor on several additions and improvements to the college women’s dormitory with an estimated seven thousand dollars in alterations. The work includes a pergola on the south side fifty five by thirty feet a drive to the north porch and entrance Plans drawn by Malcomsens and Higginbotham Detroit architects.
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A. D. McRae
Central State Teachers College Women’s
Malcomsens and Higginbotham
Detroit
Wine War Looms On French-Belgian Border
Paris reports warn of a bootlegging trade near the Belgian frontier as traders anticipate a shift from Canadian routes. Belgian dealers plan a protest to King Albert seeking greater leniency on wines, liqueurs, and imported beverages amid strict Brussels rules.
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Paris
U.P
Trench
Bordeaux
Burgundy
Albert
Mt Pleasant Day At Isabella County Fair Highlights Thurso Pace Entries
Mt Pleasant Day at the Isabella County Fair features two afternoon harness paces the 2:30 and 2:18 with nine horses listed in each event Nina W. leads the 2:30 field followed by Alice Shannon Ray Azoff King of Clubs Halloween Silk Dale Mable G Marvin McKinney and Dorothy King. The 2:18 pace includes Shepherd Boy Patsy Simmons Baker Frisco Freddie R Allen Bedford Harper Doctor M Joe Direct and Crystal Silk. A lightweight horse pulling contest and a full Free Act program with bands and troupes entertains alongside a grand stand fireworks finale Friday night. Agricultural industrial and mercantile exhibits complement the program including the Detroit based mechanical safety city of Michigan Mutual Liability Co. of Detroit noted in outside exhibits.
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Mt. Pleasant
Isabella County Fair
Nina W
Alice Shannon
Ray Azoff
King of Clubs
Halloween
Silk Dale
Mable G
Marvin McKinney
Dorothy King
Patsy Simmons
Baker Frisco
Freddie R
Allen Bedford
Harper
Doctor M
Joe Direct
Crystal Silk
Hickvville Rube Band
Flying Sydneys
Lallardo
Michigan Mutual Liability, Co
Detroit
Tokio Stands Firm On Treaty Revision With China
Tokyo declares to Nanjing that unequal treaties with China remain in force until October 1986 unless Japan agrees to talks. The Japanese Legation in Peking says revision possible only if Nationalists adopt a reasonable stance. News from Peking follows Nanking’s claim that expired treaties are abrogated and revisions will proceed.
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D. C
Peking
Nanking
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