Smith Urges State Control Liquor Sale
Governor Alfred E. Smith paves the way for a presidential campaign with a front porch style address in Albany. He and Mrs. Smith plan stops in New Jersey and New York to rally voters then head to Sea Girt for a rally and review. the weather forced moving the nomination ceremony indoors to the assembly chamber with radio coverage arranged across about 100 stations. Smith backs modification of the Volstead Act and a state liquor sales system by referendum. vows strict enforcement of Prohibition laws and opposes reopening saloons.
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Albany
Alfred BE. Smith
New Jersey
Smith
State ‘Capitol
Capitol
Assembly Chamber
Executive Mansion
Assembly
N. Y
U. P
Alfred Smith
New York
Canada
Jitney Ticket War Still On In Detroit
Detroit police continue summoning jitney drivers as attorney Edward Barnard argues officials risk disaster with tickets. Corporation counsel Clarence Wilcox orders prosecutions despite a Supreme Court ruling, while the city broadens its enforcement. About 600 jitney drivers have received tags.
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Detroit
Mich
U.P
Edward Barnard
Barnard
Clarence D. Wilcox
Wilcox
Supreme Court
Stabbing Aims at Tennessee Governor Nominee in Fight
Raleigh S. Hopkins Republican candidate for Tennessee governor was stabbed in the arm at a Republican state executive committee meeting in Nashville. John W. Jackson, former Columbia postmaster, was arrested on assault with a weapon charge and bonded. Hopkins’ condition was listed as serious but not dangerous after the fight over election irregularities in Giles County.
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Nashville
Tenn
U.P
Raleigh S. Hopkins
Tennessee
Republican State Executive Committee
John W. Jackson
Columbia
Hopkins
Jackson
Giles County
W. H. Lindsay
Giles
Lindsay
Oat Thief Arrested in Jackson Neighbor Ado
Jay Laghman twenty eight of Jackson arraigned on charges of stealing ten dollars worth of oats from neighbor Allen Martin. The case highlights oat theft as news in an era of big transport.
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Jackson, Mich
Jay Laghman
Allen Martin
Missing Rockford flyers feared lost at sea in cold search
Reports from Chicago and Washington say the missing Rockford aviators Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer may have veered off course and landed near Greenland or Quebec. Coast guard cutter Marion continues south along the Labrador current with little chance of survival if in the water near Resolution Island. Amateur radio operators report hearing signals believed linked to the missing flight on two navy bands and two broadcaster bands.
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Chicago
U.P
United States
Hassell
Cramer
Rockford
Washington
Coast Guard
Marion
Bert Hassell
Parker’ Cramer
Resolution Island
Labrador
Parker Cramer
Deauville Sees Backless Bathing Suits Trend
In Deauville the latest fashion returns to backless bathing suits with shoulder straps and a bib while keeping a lower back cut. Cartoonists mocked prior styles, but beachgoers now reveal more sun on bare backs as practical shoppers question the need for backs.
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Deauville
U.P
Homicide Punishments In Michigan In 1927 Examined
Lansing reports from the attorney general and prosecutors show that over two thirds of 1927 homicide offenders in Michigan did not serve a day or pay a dollar. The year logged 378 homicides with 114 convictions and 30 daily life sentences, implying about 570 years served at 1.5 years per killer.
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Lansing
U.R
Michigan
Attorney General’s Office
Commissioner’ of Pardons
Pdvoles
Daniels says Smith liquor stand docked in prohibition fight
In a United Press interview former Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels accuses Governor Smith of pursuing a phantom fight against prohibition. Daniels criticizes Smith for proposed measures seen as futile sidesteps and notes Hoover’s failure to oppose the water power trust and GOP leadership under Harding and Coolidge.
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Raleigh
N. CG
U.P
Smith
Josephus Daniels
United Press
Daniels
Raleigh’News
Wilson
New York
Democratic Party
Herber Hoover
Water Power Trust
Hardings
Coolidge
Republican ‘Party
Prohibition
One Killed and Five Injured in Minnesota Train Wreck
Stillwater Minnesota August 28 One person was killed and at least seven others injured when an Oraha Northwestern passenger train struck a helper engine and derailed. The engineer William Richard of Minnesota was pinned under the locomotive as five cars and the engine left the track. Injured passengers were taken to St Paul by an auxiliary train and none were reported in serious condition.
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Stillwater
Minn
U.rp
William Richard
Minnesota
Aken
St. Paul
Message May Shed Light on Miss Doran Air Race
A note found in a corked perfume bottle off Aberdeen Washington claims to reveal fate of Miss Mildred Doran, the Michigan teacher and sole woman in the Dole air race. The scrap mentions gas running low and water, noting the date October 2, 1927, and references the ill fated Miss Doran and her two companions.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Doran
Mildred Doran
Michigan
Miss Doran
Oakland
Elizabeth Conrad Named Dean of Women at Michigan State College
Lansing Aug 23 Miss Elizabeth Conrad named dean of women at Michigan State College announced by Dean R S Shaw. Conrad moves from University of Iowa where she taught French and advised women since 1924 after earlier tenure as dean of women at Ohio State University 1919 to 1924 serving 2300 women students. She holds a PhD and has studied abroad. Shaw cites enrollment of more than 1000 women students this fall as a reason for high quality leadership.
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Conrad
Wedding date for Gene Tunney and Mary Jo Lauder undecided
Mrs George Lauder says plans for the wedding of Gene Tunney and Miss Mary Jo Lauder are absolutely undecided. The fiancé is the retired champion's heir apparent and the couple remain mum on a venue or date despite reports of a Pais location in England.
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Gene
Bristol
Met
W.P
Gene Tunney
Mary Josephine
Lauder
George Lauder
Champion
United Press
England
Pais
Fair program hailed as one of the best at Isabella County Fair
The Isabella County Fair earns high praise for its Free Acts including the Lallarde troupe Flying Sidneys and Hickville Rube band. The six figures high bars and the auto polo exhibition promise thrills while fireworks finale wows the crowd. Races feature 2:30 pace 2:18 pace and final day harness events.
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Isabella County Fair
Lallarde
Flying Sidneys
Hickville Rube Band
Vesuvius
Former local resident Charles Jones dies in Lansing
Word reached here of the death of Charles Jones, former Mr. Pleasant resident and step father of Tred McConnel, who died at his Lansing home on Wednesday evening after a brief illness. He had lived in Lansing for ten years after thirty years in Mt. Pleasant and nearby areas. Funeral services will be held at his Lansing home Friday at 2 p.m. with burial in Lansing.
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Lansing
Charles’ Jones
Mr. Pleasant
Tred McConhel
Jones
Mt. Pleasant
Oldest and youngest Legion members in Miami story
The American Legion scene in Miami features John W. Boucher 84, the oldest member, and George E. Mac Kendie 23, the youngest, living in the city as of August.
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Miami
Fla
American Legion
John W. Boucher
George E. MacKendie
Detroit Opens Women's Movement HQ for Green Campaign
Detroit women have a new headquarters opened by Miss Isabel Larwill to connect Detroit and statewide women voters ahead of the upcoming primary. The effort supports Fred W. Green for renomination and notes no committees will be appointed by the Michigan Republican Women's Central Committee.
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Detroit
Fred W. Green
Isabel Larwill
Labor’ and Industry
Michigan Republican Central Committee
Michigan
Larwill
Michigan Republican Women’s Central Committee
Michigan boys complete Citizens Military Training Camp at Camp Custer
Seven Isabella County youths finished a 30 day CMTC training at Camp Custer. They reported heavier, sturdier builds and better fitness after the camp. The group included James Gleason, William Moses of Mt Pleasant and George Hoffman among others, with final parade and return home planned for Friday.
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Custer
Specia
Isabella County
U. S.S. Army
James J. Gleason
William A. Moses
Mt. Pleasant
George W. Hoffman
George W. Hoffman, ‘Wayne P. Frost
Adrian L. Barr
Louis E. Bigelow
Shepherd
Wendell
H. Dralette
Weidman
Dersnah Funeral to be Held Saturday
The funeral for Mrs. B. E. Dersnah who died in Alma will be at Stinson Undertaking Parlors on Saturday August 25 at 10 o clock. Mrs Dersnah's brother Glen Riley of Idaho is expected to arrive Friday.
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B. E. Dersnah
Alma
Stinson
Gene Tunney Nears Return to Paris for Lectures and Walkabout
Paris observers expect Gene Tunney to visit the Sorbonne and enroll as an art student while considering philosopher talk. French sentiment notes his prior boxing fame and possible shift to a literary life, with Le Mans memories shaping expectations of a warm welcome or a quick rail ride home.
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Ralph Heinzen
United Press
Paris
U.P
Gene Tunney
France
Sorbonne
Intellectua
Gene
Tod
Voltaire
Juptin Quarter
Tynney
Monmartre
Isa bella County fair opens with fast pace and feature race
The Isa bella County fair Wednesday opened with strong pace in the 2:14 and 2:25 events. Tommy G, a favored sorrel, won the pacing feature after a close two-heat effort, with Ramey Payne close behind. Mable Czar Moko won the 2:25 trot in two straight heats, Toneful upset in heat three, and a lighter program note records a 2650 pound dynamometer pull by Allen Haskins’ team in an exhibition.
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Isabella County Fair
Tommy G
Hazel McGregor
Y Ramey Payne
Ramey Payne
Oval
Mable Czar Moko
Toneful
Cushing
Allen Haskins
Tonia
Michigan State College
Clevelander's Yacht Fired On By Coast Guard
Millionaire Clevelander M F Bromley claims his yacht was fired upon by U S coast guard near Edgewater Beach as he cruised with friends. Coast Guard cutter 23T fired warning shots when the vessel did not stop, then boarded at Rocky River harbor. Commandant Capt Clark Potts denied the firing and said the shot was only a warning.
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Cleveland
M. F. Bromley
Coast Guards
Edgewater Beach
Washington
Broffley
Iyhen
Coast Guard
Rocky
Clark Potts
Bromley
Potts
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Alfred E. Smith
Smith Liquor Stand
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M.S
Ohio State University
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Sever Isabella County Boys
Dersnah
Tunney
Greenwich Village
Heeney
Georges Carpentier
Pullman
Tommy G.paces
Fehtiay Ramey
Payne
Hee
Hazel’ McGregor
Baldy
Jay
Brooks
Billy Earl
Mable Cea
Morgan
Ati
Goast
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