Smith Defends Reputation as Campaign Sidelines Stir
Governor Smith challenges Rev Straton over church rhetoric while reviewing guards in Peekskill and ordering Saratoga County officials to curb vice. Brennan of Chicago dies, leaving a pivotal Democratic leadership gap in Illinois. Hoover gains formal nomination at Stanford as 54th birthday dinner honors him.
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John Roach Straton
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New York City
Smith
America
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Straton
South
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Peekskill
Saratoga County
Gambing
Saratoga Springs
Chicago
Brennan
George E. Brennan
Democratic Party
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Roger Sullivan
New York
United States Senate
Frank L. Smith
Senate
Herbert Hoover
Repulicans
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Hoover
Kansas City
Houston
Drys
Missouri
Roscoe C. Patterson
Springfield
United States
Henry S. Caulfield
St. Louis
Charles M. Hay
Florida Struck by Tripic Storm Causes Wide Damage
A severe tripic storm battered Florida with early blasts on the central east coast then sweeping to the gulf, ripping roofs from houses, ravaging orchards, and blocking roads though no deaths were reported. Meanwhile Java reports the Rokatindo volcano eruption and tsunami wipe out six villages with about a thousand deaths.
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Florida
Gulf
Java
Paloenen
Dutch East Indies
Rokatindo
Submarine F1-4 Sunk in Adriatic During maneuvers
Rescue crews labored for 34 hours to raise Italian Navy submarine F1-4 after a collision in the Adriatic. Chlorine gas released from flooded batteries killed all 27 crew members, including two officers and twenty-five sailors, despite communications with salvagers by telephone.
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Adriatic
Chinese Nationalists Fail to Heed Protests, Mac Murray Says
American Minister John Van A. Mac Murray says Chinese Nationalists have not heeded repeated protests over the occupation of American mission property by Nationalist troops. He notes the continued occup tation and sternly warns of consequences.
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John van A. MacMurray
China
British Foreign Secretary Illness Sparks London Substitution
IR Austen Chamberlain, Britain's foreign secretary, is too ill to attend the Paris signing of the Kellogg anti war treaty on August 27. Lord Cushendun will serve as acting secretary. Germany reacts with concern over Chamberlain's absence and Cushendun appointment amid hopes to discuss Rhineland evacuation at Paris and Geneva talks.
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Paris
Lord Cushendun
Germany
Chamberlain
Rhineland
Stresemann
Geneva
Cushendun
Obregon party dissolves as Calles gains free hand in reforms
Mexico politics show the Obregonist faction nearly dissolving with its general secretary backing President Calles. Congress, largely supportive of Calles, backs reconstruction plans including agrarian reform, hacienda rehab, and expansion of agrarian credit and immigration. Aaron Sáenz may seek the presidency. a Mexican church leader defends clergy against Obregon murder charges.
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Mexico
Calles
Congress
Aaron Saenz
Nueva Leon
Miguel de la Mora
Mexico City
General Obregon
Concepcion Acebeda de la Liata
United States Tops Olympic Track Meet in Amsterdam
The United States won the Olympic track and field games in Amsterdam with 178 points, Finland had 102 and Great Britain 46. In the women’s events Canada led with 84 and the United States 28. The marathon was won by El Ouafi of Paris, with Manuel Plaza of Santiago second and Jose Ray finishing fifth.
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Amsterdam
United States
Finland
Great Britain
Canada
el Ouafi
Paris
Manuel Plaza
Santiago
Chile
Jose Ray
Fishes for Thief and Catches Him
Mrs Harriet J Briggs baited a thief who stole a letter with a $100 money order. She stretched a string line from under the door, watched the hall, and pulled when the decoy envelope appeared. A delivery boy was arrested.
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New York
Harriet J. Briggs
Tartar in Cafe HoldUp Triggers Paterson Shootout
In Paterson New Jersey three young bandits who raided Club Plantation were pursued by owner’s wife Mrs Lazzio after she shot at one man wounding his leg. Police captured two bandits and later recaptured a third as the men tried to escape. Several suspects tied to local robberies are in custody.
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Paterson
N. J
Lawrence Lazzio
John Caille
Charles Griffen
Griffin
Caille
Hugh McCann
Jean. McCann
Traded Wives With Pal in Brooklyn Case
In Brooklyn Federal Court Emmett Haffa faced a Mann Act charge after an alleged plan to exchange wives collapsed. Haffa, an auto mechanic, posted bail and pleaded not guilty as the alleged exchange partner Mrs. Oulda Weatherly testified she planned to wed Haffa after divorcing her husband.
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New York
Brooklyn
Emmett Haffa
Haffa
Oulda G. Weatherly
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Gossiping man jailed for kissing tale in Camden
Charles Bubeck received ninety days in jail after declaring he saw Helen Kirchhasener kissing a stranger. Judge Bertman scolded him for spreading rumors that strained family relations. Bubeck, a former German soldier, had his injuries noted from Armistice Day.
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Camden
N. J
Charles Bubeck
Helen Kirchhasener
Bertman
Bubeck
Anna
Samuel Gompers First Labor Day Editorial Inspires Hope
Extracts from Samuel Gompers first Labor Day editorial urge workers to unite and organize for rights. He notes defeats spark new conscience, warns against pessimism, and calls for thorough permanent labor organizations to advance emancipation and a better world.
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Samuel Gompers
Character Laws and Aims of the American Federation of Labor
The American Federation of Labor began in Pittsburgh in 1881 and since 1886 has been a federation of autonomous international and national unions. It includes over 3,000,000 wage workers across the United States Canada and Mexico and operates by voluntary, moral influence rather than police power. Its core rule bans overlapping membership for same work and unions may associate or disassociate freely.
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American Federation of Labor
Pittsburgh
Federation of Labor
United States
Canada
Mexico
Labor day roots and rise of American unionism
The piece reflects on Labor Day as a national holiday born by organized labor and now embraced by all Americans. It praises unionism as an essential American institution aligned with democracy, acknowledging human fallibility while highlighting its progress for workers and ongoing improvement in labor conditions.
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