Subway Derailment at Times Square Kills Fourteen
A New York Times Square derailment of a New Lots express train during rush hour left fourteen dead and hundreds injured. The rear car split a switch under supervisor Baldwin and telescoped into adjacent cars causing massive pileups and chaos. Police and fire crews, aided by Mayor Walker and Commander Byrd, conducted a rapid rescue and investigation while crowds filled Times Square and subway stations nearby.
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New York Subway
New York
U.R
Inter- Boro Ranid Transit Company
New Lots
Avenue Express
Brooklyn
Times Square
Nolice
W.G. Baldwin
Baldwin
Times
Attorrney
Warren
Fire Department
Transit Commission
Fortieth Street
Interborough
Smith Rally Draws Large Jersey Crowd Ahead of Vote
Governor Alfred E. Smith faces a potential record crowd in New Jersey as Democrats from across the state converge on Spring Lake for a massive rally. Supporters lined streets and cheered as Smith rode through shore towns during his New York motor tour, boosting hopes of flipping the state in November.
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Spring Lake
N. d
Alfred E. Smith
New Jersey
New York
Daphne Sinks After Collision With German Vessel
The French steamer Daphne sank quickly after colliding with the German bark Passat. All 21 crew members were rescued.
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Dugeness
Eng
U.P
Daphne
Cummins backs Hoover for President in 1928 race
Alva Cummins, Michigan Democrat and former governor candidate, announces from Lansing his support for Herbert Hoover. He criticizes Al Smith over the Eighteenth Amendment stance and Tammany ties, arguing Smith would win a wet victory and urging loyalty to Prohibition enforcement. He cites GOP allies and party leaders as objectionable.
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Lansing
U.P
Alva Cummins
Michigan
Herbert Noover
United States
Cummins
Hoover
al Smith
Smith
Pierre Dupont
New York
Harges
Alfred Smith
Tammany Hall
Tammany
Republican Party
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Mrs Saylor Fatally Crushed Under Car in Michigan
Sonia Aug 35 Mrs Billy Saylor 74 wife of J M Saylor of U S 16 near Ferguson corners killed about 5 30 Friday afternoon when pinned under an automobile driven by her husband in a tragic accident.
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Sonia
Billy Saylor
J. M.saylor
U. S.16
Perguson Corners
Doubt Increases That Radio Calls Came From Flyers
Chicago, August 5. Amateur radio operators in Chicago Toledo and Brooklyn received Thursday night messages purporting to come from the missing Rockford to Stockholm flyers. Skeptics cited odd wave band and inexperience of supposed senders Kassell and Cramer. Relatives in Rockford believe the messages and fear the aviators are safe.
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Chicago
Toledo
Brooklyn
Rockford
Greater Rockford
Newfoundland
Associated Press
Kassell
Cramer
Greenland
Syracuse to Honor Barbuti After Amsterdam Win
Ray Barbuti, Olympic winner, returns to Syracuse to a public reception arranged by the Chamber of Commerce. He arrives before the State Fair to receive the cheers of about 100,000 residents of Syracuse and Central New York.
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Syracuse
U.rp
Ray Barbuti
Amsterdam
Syracuse Chamber of Commerce
Barbuti
New York
Isabella County Fair closes after Mt Pleasant Day rainout
The Isabella County Agricultural Society thanks Mt Pleasant business houses for closing Friday afternoon during the Isabella County Fair after Mt Pleasant Day Thursday program was rained off.
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Isabella County Agricultural Society
Mt. Pleasant
Isabella County Fair
Isabela County Agricultural Society
Hoax Radio Messages Spark Tracing Challenge
A Sunday morning report notes a heavy nenny aid for a radio operator behind a hoax. Experts warn detection would be difficult, requiring many direction detectors among roughly 20,000 US stations to trace the culprit.
Honesty Noted In Michigan Street Trade Scenes
Public honesty is praised by Michigan merchants who rely on honor systems at street stands and news dealers. Blind vendor A V Midley cites no deliberate theft while Ross Ackerman and Art Bargames report customers handling cash and change with minimal oversight, underscoring widespread trust in daily commerce.
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Mark H. Knight
A. V. Milldy
Tobacco and News Stand
State Office
Dease
Ross Ackerman
Ackerman
Washington ‘Street
Bargames
Levine 18 all set for hop to New York
Charles A Levine prepared for a western trans Atlantic flight from Croydon airport in a Junkers monoplane named the Queen of the Air. Officials said the flight would likely depart this afternoon or Sunday morning. Bert Acosta, his pilot, and Mable Bell arrived to await Levine’s arrival from Amsterdam.
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London
Charles A. Levine
Croydon
Levine
Dessau
Germany
Atlantic
Bert Acosta
Mable Bell
New York
Amsterdam
Wider streets to solve traffic problems expert says
Irving T. Bush argues in the North American Review that more and wider streets are the key to easing congestion in New York and other cities. He suggests Manhattan could be expanded by higher buildings and targeted land use to relieve pressure and create space for industry and gardens.
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New York
Irving T. Bush
Bush Terminal Company
North American Review
Bush
Manhattan
Oldest Man Believed 155 Years Old in Herzegovina
Tadija Moustasitch of Polog near Lake Mostar in Herzegovina is thought to be the world’s oldest living man at 155. Born in 1773, he recalls little of US or Serbian history, has no teeth remembered, works little, and has numerous centenarian descendants.
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Paris
U.R
United States
Tadija Moustasitch
Polog
Lake Mostar
Herzegovina
Tadija
Boston
Serbia
Karageorge
Stockingless Fad Brings Suit In Oklahoma City
Mrs Wallace sues a dancing school and its manager for 5070 dollars claiming humiliation when barred for wearing no stockings. She argues the practice of abandoning hose is not against societal rules and seeks a refund for a ballroom ticket.
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Oklahoma
City
Donne Wallace
Shoot To Kill Police Order in Cleaners War
Detroit August 25 The bombing of a New York Tailoring shop sparked renewed cleaners and dyers war violence. Highland Park police chief William S. Cross issued a shoot to kill order for bombers. Five men were arrested within thirty minutes of the blast.
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Detroit
New York
Cleaners
Dyers
William S. Cross
Highland Park
Wreck On Trunk Line 27 Wounds Woman and Boy
A car traveling 45 mph collided with a threshing machine on Trunk line 27 near Rosebush injuring a woman with facial cuts and her young son with a head wound. The driver swerved to avoid a head-on as another car approached, sending the vehicle to Mt. Pleasant for repairs. The injured woman and child were treated by a local doctor. The second woman escaped injury and continued to a northern summer resort.
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Rosebush
Riot
Talen
Mt. Pleasant
Clare
Tilden Violator of Amateur Code
New York Aug. 25 United States Lawn Tennis Association ruled that Big Bil Tilden America’s leading tennis player has violated the amateur code. Tilden who is in Boston engaged in a theatrical venture wrote newspaper articles during Wimbledon and plans to seek reinstatement as an amateur at the September meeting.
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New York
Big
Man Enjoined for Encouraging Suicide Pact
In Santiago, Manuel Velazquez Castro received an eight year sentence from the Audiencia Court for urging his sweetheart Lilia Prieto Roedriguez to kill herself. With consent he obtained two revolvers. The woman shot herself. Manuel, after a month of near death, survived.
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Santiago, de Cubs
U.P
Audiencia Court
Manuel Velazquez Castro
Lilia Prieto Roedriguez
Lilian
Manuel
Lilia
Mauel
Youths Held in Break-In At Hardware Store
Detroit police report three youths, including 17 year old George Hibbard wounded in the abdomen and in Receiving Hospital with two others detained on charges of breaking and entering a hardware store to steal beer kegs in the early morning.
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Detroit
George Hibbard
Largest crowd at Isabella County Fair Friday
The Isabella County Fair drew the largest Friday crowd of the week with music free acts harness racing and fireworks. Real Chanault won the 2:25 pace in heat order Josh ua and FG B followed. Lady Czar Moko captured the 2:18 trot in all three heats.
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Lady Czar Moko
Real Chanault
Isabella County Fair
Joshua
FG. B
Czar Moko
Great Worthy
Alley Hart
Ceee Geenegen
Oa Bs
Mable Gee
Seeeseeeee
Anna W
Sig
Lady
Czar Hoke
Ene Allie” Hart
Wenelwin Cees
Stock market surges in wild buying frenzy on Aug 25
Speculators pushed prices higher with advances up to 16.50 a share. American Can Chrysler International Nickel Montgomery Ward National Cash Register Sears Roebuck Union Carbide led new year highs as the All-Industry average neared record levels. A drop in Federal Reserve broker loans unleashed buying, overwhelming bears and driving many issues to fresh peaks before profit-taking cooled.
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New York
Firiday
American Can
American - Smelting
Chrysler
International - Nickel
Montgomery-Ward
National Cash Register
Sears-Roebuck
Union Carbide
Associated Press
Federal Reserve
Will Street
Bear
Armour A
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Rene Re Ite Smith
Repudates Smith
Indiana
Tilden
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