Lonoke Welcomes Honored Son Joe Robinson Home
Lonoke Arkansas hosts a homecoming for Senator Joseph T. Robinson, reveering the hometown boy who began as a Tay clerk and rose to national politics. The celebration features Gov Harvey Parnell and Judge Thomas D Trimble, with calls to repudiate bigotry and support Governor Smith. Robinson plans a Dallas start to his speaking tour Monday.
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Vonoke
Ark
Little Rock
Joe Robinson
Joseph T. , Robinson
Congress
Robinson
Hot ‘Springs
Arkansas
J. J. ‘Toyne
Tha
J. 7. Rogers
Ropers
Lenoke Methodis
Robiggson
Federal Judes
John Marteneau
Harvey Parnell
Joe
Thomas D. Trimble
America
Smith
Dallas
Detroit film operators threaten wage hike walkout
Detroit motion picture machine operators union threatens a walkout unless they receive a 20 per cent wage increase this year and a 20 per cent increase next year. Negotiations with Detroit Film Theatre Owners of Michigan, Inc. set to expire at midnight tonight.
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Detroi
U.R
Detroit Motion Picture Machine Operator’s Union
Motro Ficture Theatre
Michigen, Inc
Extortion Plot Against Mrs Thaw Sparks Arrest in Pittsburgh
A Pittsburgh police report says William Beatty 42 was arrested on suspicion of writing a letter to Mrs William Thaw mother of Harry K Thaw demanding 5000 to spare her son. Detectives tailed the ransom instruction to a Highland Park location where money was to be left. Similar threats were received by other wealthy residents of Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgi
U.P
William ‘Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Willian Beatty
Wage Deadlock Holds Up Michigan Miners Strike
In Saginaw on August 31 the wage dispute between Michigan shiners and operators remains stalled. Miners reject a pay cut from 7.60 to 5.00 dollars daily and argue operators cannot match non union competition, while operators say they cannot sustain the wage under current market pressures.
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Saginaw
Michigan Shiners
Jones Leads Way In Walker Cup Singles
Robbie Jones of Atlanta finished 11 up over JT in the decisive Walker Cup singles at Chicago Golf Club Wheatland Aug 31. Philip Perkins the British amateur champion shot 70 in the shorter course to 84 for 18 holes as Jones dominated.
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Chicago Golf Club
Wheaton
U.P
Robbie Jones
Atlanta
Philip Perkins
Jones
Perkins
Shery
British Opposes Albanian King Proclamation
Reports from Tirana say the British minister protested against proclaiming Achmed Zog as king and urged postponement with approval by Greece and Yugoslavia. Demonstrations for Zog grew. airplanes dropped pamphlets praising his accession as parliament reworks the constitution toward monarchy.
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Belgrade
Tirana
Achmed Zorn
Albania
Greece
Jugo Slavia
Ahmed Zogu
Achmed Zogu
Pamphrets
Greenland Natives Aid Search For Missing Flyers
COPENTIAGEN Aug 31 A inshore hunt in Greenland sees reindeer hunters and dog teams help locate Bert Hassell and Juker Cramer, Rockford e Stockholms flyers missing since a crash. Danish governors trust Eskimo instinct to trace the pair along coastlines while fearing deadly Arctic winds from ice fields.
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Copentiagen
Greenland
Bert Hassell
Juker Cramer
Rockforde
Tisimo Jore
Tf Ilassell
Souter Switches Sides To Republicans In Grand Rapids
H Dale Souter lifelong Democrat and city commissioner said he could not back a party of nullification and would vote the Republican ticket in the upcoming election in Grand Rapids as of August 31.
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Grand Rapids
United States
HH. Dale Souter
U P Nominee Plans a Quiet Campaign for Election
Hoover and campaign leaders decide to limit speeches and let state organizations run their own efforts. Hoover will avoid publicity and respond only as he chooses to his own acceptance speech. He rests in his Moran mansion HQ with few visitors.
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Washington
U.P
Herbert Hoovers
Hoover
Moran Mansion
I. W. Prince
Boston Railroad
Prohibition Prosecution Chief Denies Hoover Influence
Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt denied that Herbert Hoover pressured her to ease enforcement in New York to aid his presidential bid. In Harrisburg former Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot announced he would support Hoover for president.
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Washington
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Herbert Hoover
New York
Harrisburg
U.P
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Death of Aged Husband Leads to Bride Arrest
Mrs Agnes Perkins Freiling was detained for questioning after the body of her husband John B Freiling 73 a wealthy retired merchant was found shot dead in their home. Coroner A L Bell ruled murder and a revolver lay at the foot of the bed a broken strong box found in the room.
Marines Battle Rebels Near Managua Leaves Casualties
In Managua on Monday night a clash between a United States marine patrol and rebels left two rebels dead five captured and one wounded. No Marines were hurt though several horses were killed in the action reported by headquarters.
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Managua
Aug
Moniay Hight
Notorious Gunman Murdered near Lafayette Street Police Station
DETROIT August 31 A notorious gunman identified as Joseph Baktashi also known as Peter Milo was shot and killed early today near the Last Lafayette street police station. Three men fired about a dozen shots then fled in a blue sedan police have descriptions and allege a revenge motive. He was 31 and had been acquitted of murder last September in a self defense claim.
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Detroit
Joseph Baktashi
Lafayette Street
Baktashi
Peter Milo
Man and Wife Die as Train Hits Auto Near Columbus
In Columbus on August 31 a Pennsylvania train struck an automobile carrying Mr and Mrs Aire Carmichael and their daughter Edith en route to a Hartford City Indiana family reunion. Mrs Carmichael, 40, died instantly, Mr Carmichael died five hours later, and Edith was cut and bruised with shock probable.
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Columbus
U.2
Aire Carmichael
Edith
Hartford City
Ind
Missing Church Treasurer Identified as Ex Convict
Atlanta August report says C B Carnes missing treasurer of the Southern Baptist Home Missionary Board is an ex convict. Identification experts matched photos with a Missouri state prisoner and a 13 month Atlanta federal pen inmate. Carnes, once a respected Atlanta businessman and nine year secretary of the board.
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Atlanta
U.P
Southern Baptist Home Missionary, Board
Carnes
B. D. Gray
Caxnes
Missouri
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Gray
Missionary Board
Health Head Urges Immunization for Three Diseases in Schools
Michigan health officials claim 5 000 diphtheria cases 12 000 scarlet fever and 509 smallpox cases may occur yearly among school children. They estimate 1 750 deaths if rates stay, with losses in work and money totaling over twelve million dollars. Dr Griswold advocates immunization for diphtheria smallpox and scarlet fever before or at term start to prevent most illnesses. Costs estimated at about 12 000 dollars for the three vaccines.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
State Health Department
Drv
BR ‘Griswold
Health Department
Dr. Griswold
Griswold
Public School Grade Changes Announced for Fall Term
That public schools will open Tuesday morning September 4 at 8 30. All children to register first day. Grade locations updated: kindergarten in Fancher for the second ward. Kinney school hosts third ward kindergarten with 1 PM sessions. Grades and locations split by ward and Broadway boundaries. high school houses grades seven to twelve.
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Fancher
New Kinney
Broadway
Fancher School
Central School
Kinney
Wallace teen sets marathon golf record in Idaho
Tommy Brand a 16 year old Wallace high school track star played 124 holes of golf in 13 and a half hours to establish what was believed a marathon golf record. His score was 741 with brief rests between rounds. The prior record of 128 holes was held by Clarence Pincher of Fort Worth Texas.
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Wallace
Idaho
Tommy Brand
Brand
Clarence Pincher
Fort Worth
Texas
Republicans plan smaller farm belt campaign budget
Washington reports that Republican organizers reject matching the Democrats’ farm belt spending. James R. Good after talks with Herbert Hoover said expenses will be comparatively small.
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Washington
U.P
James R. Good
Western
Herbert Hoover
Robinson Appeals for Dry Vote in Speech Accepting Nomination
Senator Joseph Robinson, nominated for vice president, appeals to wet and dry wings of the Democratic Party. He pledges to enforce the Volstead Act while advocating modification by Governor Smith. The acceptance ceremony drew 15,000 to 20,000 people despite rain, ending with Robinson leaving for Lonoke for a planned homecoming.
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South
Smith
Robinson
Congress
Senator Robinson
Lonoke
Central Michigan Golf Association Formed With 8 Clubs
Local golf clubs from Alma Ithaca St Johns Portland Mt Pleasant Midland Greenville and Owosso organize the Central Michigan Golf Association. The first tournament is at Ithaca on September 8 4 5 with a 3 entry fee closing September 3. An 18 hole qualifying round on September 3 seeds flights for prizes in each division.
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Alma
Ithaca
St. Johns
Portland
Wallace Gaines Hanged for Daughter’s 1926 Murder
Wallace Bob Gaines was hanged at the Washington state penitentiary today for the murder of his 19 year old daughter Sylvia in 1926.
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Walla Walla
Wash
U.P
Wallace
Bob” Gaines
Washington State Penitentiary
Sylvia
Bandits Loot Mexican Train Killing Most Soldiers
Seventy five bandits attacked a coast to coast train between Cuatla and Puente Deis in Morelos state. All but one soldier of the escort were killed and passengers robbed as express cars were looted. Relief trains with troops and doctors were sent to the scene. A second attack was reported in two days, after bandits robbed vehicles near the capital.
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Mexico
U.P
Cuatla
Puente Deispla
State of
Morelos
Fordney Endorses Green for Governor
Former Congressman Dosa h W Fordney of Saginaw endorses Governor Fred W Green for renomination and re election in a public statement issued in Lansing on August 31 reporting the longtime Michigan legislator backing the incumbent governor.
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Lansing
Doseah W Fordney
Saginaw
Congress
Fred W. Green
Convict Confesses in Old Michigan Missing Woman Case
A county jail prisoner confessed to detectives that he murdered Mrs. Clara Bannecke, 45, who vanished from Swartz Creek five years ago. The Jackson, Michigan, parole violator said he killed her and disposed of the body, with Flint detectives en route to question him.
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Toledo
Haz
Clara Bannecke
Swartz Creek
Michigan
Flint
Ile
Jackson
League declines to interpret Monroe Doctrine
The League of Nations will not interpret the Monroe Doctrine. Costa Rica had demanded an interpretation, but the council drafted a reply stating the doctrine concerns only the states directly interested and cannot be interpreted by the league.
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Geneva
U.P
League of Nations
League Council
Costa Rica
Car wreck near Rosebush injures three occupants
A sedan carrying a party from Columbus, Ohio, overturned twice on the Rosebush road about 9:30 AM after gravel on the crown caused loss of control. Driver and two women passengers were cut and bruised but no serious injuries reported. Three other cars were driven into ditches to avoid the wreck.
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O. H. Wiley ‘Farm
Rosebush
Columus
Ohio
Jorge Gravel
Republicans deny whispering campaign against Smith
In New York August 21, Republican leaders denied any whispering campaign against Governor Alfred E. Smith and said they had none planned while Dr. Hubert Work, Hoover campaign manager, Debunked Joe Robinson’s charge that Republicans were waging such tactics. Albany reports say Smith’s presidential signing will feature only extemporaneous speeches and no reading, amid questions of Omaha engagements and a dance marathon at the only hall available.
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New York
Republican Party
Alfred B. Smith
Hubert Work
Herbert Hoover
Maine
Work
Joe Robinson
Stob Springs
Albany
Siti
Alfréd
NOCD Faces Test of Career in Harmsworth Trophy Fight
Detroit August 91 U P veteran Gar Wood famed speedboat expert faces a crucial Harmsworth Trophy defense this week. English challenger Miss Marion Barbara Carstairs looms with two unknowns the Miss Los Angeles and the Scorpion while Baby Chic from Cleveland joins the American delegation. This marks Wood’s third defense against an English challenger and his second victory in the race history.
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Detroit
U.P
Gar Wood
Speci
Wood
Babara Carstairs
Cleveland
England
Osborne Bay
Isle of Wight
Mackay Edgar
Détroit River
France
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Talk “Shop
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