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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1928
Page
2
News review notes United States rejection of the Anglo French naval plan. Mussolini’s formal objections seek armament limits by all branches and allege continental European parity with France as a goal. Paris presses Briand correspondence while Britain prepares to publish documents and leaders campaign across the U S with Hoover and Ritchie alternating in drive.
Chiang Kai-shek, aged 41, is elected president of the Nationalist government spanning China and Manchuria and inaugurated on October 10, 1921. He leads the Kuomintang central executive committee, with foreign congratulations from the United States, Germany, France, and the Netherlands. A famine relief mission reports dire conditions in Kansu with drought ruin, and Moslem revolts have killed or displaced many, including at least 200,000 people.
AL SMITH was nearly quiet for the early part of last week but on Wednesday night he left New York for a return that day. He planned to resume public appearances and speeches in key states as the campaign moves forward.
San Antonio hosted a Legion convention with Pershing urging good government and voter turnout. Lord Allenby received the Distinguished Service Cross as a huge parade of about 10,000 members marched four hours past the Alamo. Louisville won next year’s gathering. Paul V. McNutt named national commander.
The United Spanish War Veterans held their annual convention in Havana with over 7,000 attendees including President Machado. Col William L Grayson of Savannah was elected commander in chief, Otto Raths of Minnesota senior vice commander and Frank E B Shea of Connecticut junior vice commander. The parade honored Cuba’s ten year revolt with Cuban forces and sailors from the Texas present. The Maine memorial was officially dedicated during the ceremonies.
The American navy dirigible Los Angeles completed a Lakehurst to San Antonio round trip to visit the Texas city during the American Legion convention. An airman complained of narrowly avoiding a collision with the airship due to its lack of lights one night.
Commander Richard E. Byrd leads his party aboard the whaler A. Larsen from San Pedro California bound for the Antarctic. The flagship sails with Byrd and companions aboard the voyage prep to explore and chart unseen polar regions.
The high court declines to review a ruling allowing evidence obtained by wire tapping in federal cases despite state laws criminalizing tapping. Justice Holmes dissented, condemning lawbreaking to enforce another. New York reports 30 suspected poisonings linked to alcohol, prompting a clampdown on Lower East Side speakeasies. The New York Yankees clinched a fourth straight World Series title over the St. Louis Cardinals with a homer-heavy finale. Babe Ruth capped the season with three homers as gate shares reach 5531 and 4197 dollars per player. New Bedford workers end a 25 week strike with a 5 percent wage cut compromise. 80 days' notice of future cuts required.
The Graf Zeppelin, the first passenger carrying dirigible to fly the Atlantic, departed Friedrichshafen Thursday morning and landed at Lakehurst N J. Three paying passengers, two Americans, plus four press reporters and official guests including Commander Rosen dahl and Count Zeppelin's son-in-law attended. A large amount of mail traveled with the airship. The craft planned to stay in the United States about ten days before returning to Germany.
Broadcast listings show daily programs across NBC Red and Blue networks from October 21 to 24 with time slots for United Radio Corporation Stetson Parade Maj Bowes party David Lawrence Atwater Kent and more alongside Roxy Strolls Anglo Persians Collier's Radio Hour and Eveready Hour including The Cabin Door Copeland Hour and Slumber Music with various performances and talks.
The day shows a series of programs including Tower Health Exercises at 7 00 am Radio Household Institute at 11 15 am Coward Comfort Hour at 7 30 pm Halsey Stuart at 10 00 pm Copeland Tour at 10 00 am Champion Sparkers at 8 00 pm Maxwell House Hour at 9 30 pm and Michelin Hour at 10 00 pm.
Friday events list morning Tower Health Exercises at 7:00 a m and Damrosch Educational Concerts at 11:09 a m. Evening programs include Wonder Hour Happiness Candy Stores Cities Service Hour Interwoven Stocking Co Dixies Circus Armstrong Quakers and Wrigley Review with start times from 7:00 p m to 9:00 p m.
A schedule page lists game times for Dartmouth versus Harvard and Yale versus Army on Saturday and extends to evening programs Godfrey Ludlow and Philco Hour. It enumerates National Broadcasting Company Red and Blue networks stations across major U S cities including WEAF WJZ WBZ WHAM KDKA WTMJ KOA and others in Boston New York Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh and more.
The Ford Motor Company and dealers offer free inspection service for new owners of the Ford. The check includes battery, generator, distributor, carburetor, lights, brakes, shocks, tires, steering, oil change and chassis lubrication at no labor or material cost except for parts or when repairs arise from accident, neglect, or misuse.
Sheriff I Fred J Cresswell announces election day November 6 1928 in Clermont County Ohio Electors will vote at designated township ward and precinct places from 630 am to 630 pm EST for national state and county offices including one President and one Vice President and twenty four electors.
The ballot lists for governor and lieutenant governor in full term and unexpired term, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, attorney general, and a single congressional representative candidate. Voters will select these statewide offices and the congressional ticket.
A ballot item listing one United States Senator for a full term an additional United States Senator for an unexpired term and a combined ticket including one Senator and one Representative to the General Assembly. The notice enumerates the positions and implied candidates.
Two Judges of the Supreme Court of Ohio, one Judge of the Court of Appeals Fourth District, full term and unexpired term, and one Judge of the Clermont County Probate Court are noted for election or appointment in the upcoming cycle. The document outlines positions across the state judiciary.
Ballot text lists races for Clerk of Courts Sheriff County Commissioners Treasurer Surveyor Prosecuting Attorney Coroner and seeks a yea or no vote on a Proposed Amendment to Article IV Section in the Ohio constitution. The amendment would make salary changes for listed courts effective for all judges once any judge is affected.
A 1928 notice from Clermont County Ohio Sheriff announces proposed changes to Article IV Section 14 of the state constitution. It details how compensation for judges shall be set by law and not diminished or increased during terms, with penalties for voting for non judicial offices. The schedule indicates repeal of the old Section 14 if the proposal passes, dated October 8, 1928, Batavia.
A Missouri woman mails a humorous remark to a radio station noting that since broadcasting began their cat sleeps in the barn. The item appears in the Boston Transcript as a light reader contribution.
A speaker urges ignoring slanderous prattle and living in innocence while the world discusses Mollere. The remark condemns gossip and defends a restrained, private life amid public chatter.
Smoke can be removed from bricks with dilute muriatic acid or gasoline but soot often penetrates brick pores, making removal difficult or impossible as a general rule.
William Ellsworth editor of Readings From the New Poets cites that about six hundred poets supply verse to American magazines each year in round numbers.
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