Delegates contested as Hoover and Walsh vie in primaries
Washington April 12. Presidential politics fade to background amid delegate contests and party faction shifts. Hoover leads in delegates with three of four at large. Lowden also favored. Willebrandt endorses Hoover citing prohibition enforcement. Democratic candidate Walsh gains support from Daniels and McAdoo. Meredith denounces Smith tactics in Iowa and vows to appeal to Houston if needed.
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Orth Carolina
Hoover
Lowden
Commere
Kansas City
Mabel Walker Willem Brandt
Woman's Christian’ Temperance Union
Alla A. Boole
John B. Elliott
Los Angeles
Walsh
America
William G. McAdoo
Wilson
Airplane Equipped With Card Table At Detroit Air Show
New York April 12. A modern plane features a built in card table with space for bridge poker rummy or other games. The machine equipped table was part of the aircraft that took off for the Detroit air show.
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New York
Detroit
Republican Club Favors Volstead Repeal
New York April 12 P The national affairs committee of the national Republican club moved to repeal the eighteenth amendment. It adopted a resolution to include repeal in the party platform and planned submission to members next Tuesday night. If adopted, sponsors aim to present it to the national convention by Dr Wichalas Murray Futler. The vote urged broad support with no opposition.
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New York
National Republican Club
Wichalas Murray Futler
Owsley Backs Smith Endorses Smith for President Nomination
Mig International News Service Austin April 12 Gov Alvin M Owsley a former American Legion national commander has endorsed Governor Alfred E Smith of New York for the Democratic national convention in Houston next June. Observers predict a scramble for Smith support as Owsley’s blunt backing stirs interest and may influence a potential second place bid. Moody’s prospects fade after Dallas remarks critical of prohibition.
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Mig International News Service
Austin
Vex
Gol
Alvin’ M. Owsley
United States Senate
Warl B. Mayfield
Alfred LE. Smith
New York
Houston
Ovwsley
American Legion
Owsley
Well Ag
Texas
Moody
Smith
Dallas
Widow Re elected Illinois Sheriff
In Dekalb County Illinois widow Helen Colder won re election after defeating three male rivals in Tuesday’s balloting. She halted a prison riot last winter with a fire hose and cold water, saying she treated guilty and innocent alike without campaigning.
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Chicago
Dekalb County
Helen Colder
Arrested Soldier With Slug Loot Sparks Police Action
Police chased a slot machine incident on Thursday leading to Patrolman Loura Jaimen arresting two soldiers after officers found the suspects pockets bulging with money slugs about the size of nickels and quarters.
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Loura Jaimen
2 Soldier
Iskum Reaches Port Safely After Ice Enclosure
The 70 ton motor vessel Iskum of Seattle, after three weeks cut off by ice near Alaska, anchored at Unalaska today with all crew safe and unharmed. Captain Darold Bowman reported the rescue to his wife in Shutt le, Washington, after losing radio contact on March 5 following a stop at Atka.
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Universal Service
Wash
Xead
Dar North
Iskum
Seattle
Unalaska
Sofe
Darold B. Bowman
Atka
Praying Negro Goes to Death in Chair at Texas Prison
Wilte Fisher, a young Houston man convicted of murdering his wife Rosa, was electrocuted after midnight at the state penitentiary and buried Thursday in the prison cemetery. He offered a prayer before his execution, saying he could not clearly recall the details of the slaying.
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Ava
Wilte Fisher
Houston
Girl Takes Poison Then Dies in City Hospital
A girl attempted suicide by swallowing poison late Wednesday and died at Green hospital on Thursday. Edgar Tobin, head of the Edgar Tobin Motor company and Pierce-Arrow distributor in the city, left for Detroit this week to attend the National Aero Show from April 15 to 21.
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Green Hospital
Edgar Tobin
Adlerika touted as rapid relief for long-standing indigestion
An advertisement claims 25 years of indigestion relief with Adlerika. It asserts dual action on upper and lower bowels, removes foul matter and gas, and cites testimonials from Drs Shaab Weaver and J. Weaver, plus users like J. W. Puckete. Sold at local San Antonio drugstores.
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McGuire
Dr. W
Shaab
New York
J. Weaver
J. W. Puckete
San Antonio
Sommers. Wagners Drug
Name the growing Harlandale community to win $100
The Harlandale Poultry Center area is expanding, likely becoming a city of about five thousand residents within a few years. The two by three mile district could host a community center and many enterprises, and a new dignified name is sought for the area. A $100 prize in gold is offered for the best suggested name.
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Harlandale Poultry Center
Names for Marlandale Poultry Center Contest
Readers invited to propose suitable names for the Marlandale Poultry Center. Submit up to ten legible suggestions, signed with full name, address, and telephone. Entries must be received by April 16, 1928.
Harlandale Poultry Center Promises City Country Life
San Antonio area ad promotes Harlandale Poultry Center offering self-sustaining homes with garden fruits and dairy cows. It touts large acre tracts near the city at low prices with expected 20 percent yearly value growth for five years and invites readers to visit on Pleasanton Road near the 5. W. National Key Laying Contest.
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Harlandale Poultry Center
Flores Street
Toudouze Community Center
Pleasanton Road
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