Will Rogers Says Bingham Finds Tariff Expert Like Miracle
Special To The Mawr Beverly Fills Cal Nov 6 They censure Senator Bing ham for ete gaging a man that knew something about the tarts If he had hired a man nothing about it or better still nothing about anything why that would have been O E For Bingham to find some body that knew about the tari was almost as big a miracle as his action was a disgrace. Punny part about it all is that all these arguments and all these investigations is over a bill that won't pass anyhow. So all this is just like discuss ing yesterday's tveather. Yours WILL ROGERS
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Will Rogers
Quiet Election Day Noted Across City And Odd Headlines
Voters faced a calm election with bond issue results drawing attention. A Neshannock creek district opposed flood prevention funding while others showed unexpected voting patterns. Weather turns motorists to anticold radiator measures as headlines note Walnio Boulevard's impact and a curious number 1064 plate record.
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Neshannock Creek
Democrats Win Cambria County Judge Race in GOP Toss
In Johnstown Pa on November 6 Democrats claimed the Cambria County common pleas judgeship. Ivan J McKenrick defeated Republican appointee Judge Frank P Barnhart by about 800 votes, with McKenrick leading the ticket by more than 3500 votes.
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Qoaternational News Service
Johnstown
Common Pleas
Cambria County
Frank P. Barnhart
Fisher
Ivan J. McKenrick
McKenrick
Barnhart
Daily Weather Report Summary for 14-Hour Period
Weather statistics show a maximum temperature of 7 degrees and a minimum of 49 degrees with no precipitation. River stage at 5.6 feet and falling.
City Republicans sweep New Castle election by large majority
New Castle voters returned all Republicans on Tuesday with wide margins. City Controller Phil G. Greer won 7,187 votes after a short interim term. Council seats went to W Stanley Treser 6,944 and Louis Genkinger 4,917, with M L Wallace 5,226 and Joseph Hahn 2,1502 in lower rankings. School directors Cleland, Ashmor Douthett, Bauman, Woolcock each secured party bids with strong totals. Continued on page three.
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M. L. Wallace
Louis G. Genkinger
Wallace
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Treser
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Genkinger
Joseph Hahn
Greer
Phil.g. Greer
Alvah L. Porter
Ethel Ashmore Douthett
Albert ‘W
Improvements Must Be Made After Bond Rejection
Mayor Gillespie stated improvements will occur when necessary and paid for by the people. After bond defeat, council members voiced reactions that the voters spoke and decisions stand. The proposed bonds totaling 1,250,000 would fund five years of city improvements.
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Tyler
City Hall
Solonsi
Davies
Y Reeves
Brookhart Tells Wall Street Booze Party Story Before Grand Jury
Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa testified before a federal grand jury in Washington about a "Wall Street booze party" hosted by Walter J. Fahy, a New York broker, in 1926. Brookhart described the event and said masks filled with whiskey were distributed. The testimony aimed to illuminate prohibition enforcement in the capital as several senators were named in connections to the case.
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Iowa
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Senate
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Utah
Page
New Jersey
Moses
New Hampshire
Sena
Republican Sweep Of State Surprises Observers
Northumberland Lancaster and Scranton provide upsets as Republicans win key races. Incumbents William H. Keller and Thomas J. Bald ridge are re-elected by large margins over Democrat Henry C. Niles. Minor party splits reflected in statewide results.
Seven Killed In German Plane Crash Near Croydon
International News Service reports a German Junker tri motor plane operated by Lufthansa bound for Croydon from Amsterdam crashed near Marden Kent. Seven passengers were killed, three survivors, including two officers seriously burned. Pilot may have lost control in heavy fog and rain near destination. English victims named Jones Milne Jaspar home addresses not disclosed.
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Hermann Koehl
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James Fitzmaurice
X-Kaiser
Alexandre’ Zoubkoff
To. Zoubkoff
Virginia Returns to Democrats in Key Off Year Victory
Democrats celebrate a strong showing in off year results led by Virginia where John Garland Pollard appears set to win the governorship by a large margin. Analysts see bolting Democrats returning to the party fold, signaling a hopeful trend for next year’s congressional contests despite Republican and Anti-Smith efforts in Virginia.
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R. Holmes International
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Virginia
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Old’ Dominion
al. Smith
South
James Cannon, Jr
Dan
Air Mail Flier Jumps to Safety
Nov 6. Pilot Thomas P Nelson of Plainfield New Jersey forced to bail out when a mail plane caught fire over Ringstown. He opened his parachute at about one thousand feet and landed safely. The plane and most of the mail were destroyed.
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Shenandoahr
Thomas P.nelson
Plainfield
New York
Cleveland
Ringtown
Strom
Mayor Walker Re elected By Large Vote In New York
James J. Walker won a landslide re election with 865549 votes in 3411 districts. Fiorello La Guardia trailed with 368384. Norman Thomas received 14931 votes and Richard Enright 5956. Tammmany leaders and Democratic ticket swept to victory across boroughs led by Berry and McKee.
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New York
James L. Kilgallen
Thomas
Norman
Richard E. Enright
Square Deal Party
Walker
la Guardia
Enright
Tammany
Charles W. Berry
Joseph W. McKee
Julius Miller
Manhattan
Henry Bruckner
Woman Charged With Killing Of Young Girl
A warrant issued in Woodbury New Jersey charges Gladys Parks alias Baker with the murder of Dorothy Rogers age four. The suspect, said to be in St Louis, is connected to a found skeleton of a young girl near National Park. Investigation tied a Camden home and a cabaret dancer to the case as neighbors noted the girl had vanished days earlier. The taxi driver and the missing girl’s father were detained as witnesses.
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Edward H. Curtis
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Mational Park
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Camden
Philadelphia
Alan Rogers
Woodbury Insurance
Dorothy
Hoover apologizes to Senator Johnson over dinner invite
President Hoover dispatches a letter to Senator Hiram Johnson of California admitting an inadvertent omission in inviting Johnson to the White House dinner for Ambassador Dawes. The apology states the mistake was not due to any political reason and expresses deep regret, with Johnson declining to comment.
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California
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Foreign’ Relations Committee
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Johnson
Whitehouse
Ramses
Voting Machine: A Splendid Vote Sparks County Results
A split, nationwide measure on a new voting machine appears in uncertainty as incomplete returns show varied support across Pennsylvania counties. In many locales the issue was decided as a city question, with counties like Schuylkill, Allegheny, Philadelphia, Erie, Fayette and Lackawanna reporting mixed tallies and several towns listed as polling sites. The fluctuating returns underscore a fractured posture toward the machine amid the broader debate over its adoption or rejection.
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Pennsylvania
Nelstad
Earle Peacox Assigned to Coal Pile at Sing Sing
Ossining New York November 6. Earle Peacox today was assigned to work on the coal pile at Sing Sing prison. His request for a radio expert job and a knit shop position were denied, keeping him under prison labor details.
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N.Y
Earte Penacox
Sing Sing
Peacox
Powers Named District Attorney by County Voters
Lawrence County voters cast about 9000 absentee ballots in the 1928 presidential election. Republican candidates swept into office with decisive majorities as John S. Powers was chosen district attorney. Other county officers included Sheriff Frank N. Johnston and Register and Recorder Miss Jeanette W. Button with a light but clear turnout. Continuous continuation noted on page two.
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Lawrence County
John S. Powers
Fage Two
Kline Re-Elected Pittsburgh Mayor in Historic Victory
Pittsburgh voters re-elected Mayor Charles H. Kline as the first incumbent to win another term. Thomas A. Dunn, the Democratic candidate, drew sizable support. A voting machine measure passed in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, with no major disturbances reported. William H. KeYer and Thomas Baldridge were re-elected to the superior court bench over Democrat Henry C. Niles.
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Charles H. Kline
Toda
Pitsburgh
Thomas ‘A. Dunn
Duan
Allegheny County
Wilmerding
Glassport
Wiliam HE. KeYer
Thomas 4. Baldridge
Superior Court
Henry C. Niles
Battle of electors echoes in village bells
Arthur Mometer recalls a chaotic election season as candidates clash and the contest ends with a sense of village pride. Paper shells and lucky victors mark an annual rite that preserves state and local traditions for years, despite weather and crowd noise.
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