Legion Convention Opens Amid Grams And Pershing Riotous Welcome
At San Antonio the tenth annual World War veterans convention begins with Edward E. Spafford urging universal draft legislation as Pershing arrives to a throng of 30 000. Festivities include pillow stunts and carnival-like displays through the city as security keeps crowds back from the famed general.
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San Antonio
American Legion
Edward E. Spafford
World War ‘Veterans Organization
Tex
The
John J.pershing
Legion
Powder River
Black Jack
Pershing
Larry Semon Dies at Last in Victorville
Larry Semon, motion picture comedian, died in Victorville California today after a losing battle with double pneumonia. He had been reported dying Saturday and had recently sought rest at a ranch near Victorville following a nervous breakdown and financial reverses in the motion picture business.
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Victorville
Cal
Larry Semon
Lemon
Prince Back Home
Prince Regent Nicolas returns from Paris to Bucharest. Oysters advertised as Tangier Sound Oysters offer best flavor and both wholesale and retail availability via Shipp's Fish Market with phone number 2470.
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Bucharest
Nicolas
Paris
Tangier Sound
Shipp
Last Registration Day Notice for Voters
Attention voters. Registration offices open Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. This is the final registration day before the election. People seeking information may call Mail 104, 105 or 106 before 9 o'clock Tuesday evening.
Ford Aims High Output As Production Reaches 5500 Daily
Ford Motor Company reports output at 5500 cars and trucks per day in the first week of October with all assembly plants in operation. An 8509 car record from 1926 was expected to be surpassed and half a million units distributed since January. Charles Oldham acquitted in a lynching case in Houston just before the Democratic National Convention, with five more to be tried.
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New York
Ford Motor Company
Ford Assembly
Houston
Charles Oldham
Deaths and funeral notices from local city listings
Deaths include Carrie E. Smith from heart trouble at 370 Virginia Ave with service Tuesday at 2 pm at home, Rev J E Harris officiating, interment Rose Hill cemetery. John Frederick Peters, 64, died in Roanoke Va and to be buried in Funkstown with services by Rev W L Remsburg. Ira N Brown, 55, of 28 Guilford Ave, dies after short illness. funeral Tuesday at 3 pm at home, interment Smithsburg. Catherine Kretzer, 64, of 123 Foundry Street, dies after months long illness. funeral Tuesday at 2 pm with Rev G I Rider. interment Shiloh cemetery Fiddlersbury. Infant son of Mr and Mrs Albert Moore buried at Broadfording cemetery. Card of thanks from Mr and Mrs Joseph Moore for kindness after death of H Lee Moore.
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Carrie E. Smith
John G. Ernst
Virginia Ave
John and
Catherine Smith
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Reinhart F. Smith
J. E. Harris
Rose Hill Cemetery
John Frederick Peters
Funkstown
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Brave
W. L. Remsburg
Ira N. Brown
Guilford Avenue
D. Rammaciotti
Emmett Hardware Company
St. John's Lutheran Church
Modern Woodmen of America
Catherine
Ruth
J. Edward Harms
Smithsburg
Katherine Kretzer
Foundry’ Street
Grace A. B. Church
Albert J. Kretzer
Henry
Fiddlersbur
Martin L
Leon
Charles E
Frank Snooks
Joseph White
Archie Bean
Albert Moore
Broadfording
H. Lee Moore
Joseph Moore
Ady
What's on the Air in Politics
Radio schedules list Democratic and Republican speakers across networks. Miss Annie Matthews, Louis R Weizmutler, Mary T Norton, Claude A Swanson, Missa Cora Talbot, Raymond Robbins, Mrs Mella Brown, Dr John Bauer, and Dr Irving Fisher appear on various stations and debate programs with names and times. Register tomorrow last chance.
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New York
Annie Matthews
WJZ
NBS
Louis R. Weizmutler
WEAF
WHY
AGR
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
WPCH
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
WOR
Columbia
Republican
Cora Talbot
Raymond Robbins
WHAF
Chicago
i-Partisan
Mella Brown
Brooklyn Business and Professional Women’s Club
WRNY
John Bauer
Irving Fisher
WMCA
Neanderthal Tools Said 100000 Years Old Found Near Dordogne
NEW HAVEN October 8 Dr George Grant MacCurdy archeologist is home with two Neanderthal crystal rock tools he says predate 100000 years. They were dug up in Dordogne France.
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New Haven
George Grant MacCurdy
Dordogne
France
Aged Couple Debating Living Arrangements Before Judge
Judge Davison heard a continuing case about Mr. and Mrs. B. I. Angle both 71 years old. The husband, recovering from illness, is staying with relatives while his wife remains in their home. He has packed furniture and goods, seeking an agreement to live together or separate.
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B. I. Angle
Davison
Angle
100 Year Old Cousin Of Buffalo Bill Dies
Captain John Clarke Anderson, 100, cousin of William F. Cody known as Buffalo Bill, has died in Pittsburgh. His long life included gold rush participation in 1849, crossing the plains on a covered wagon, traversing the Sierra Nevadas, and aiding Kit Carson against Confederate raiders during the Civil War.
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Pittsburgh
John Clarke Anderson
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Anderson
Plains
Sierra Nevadas
Kit Carson
Famous Aviatrix From Britain Aims To Inspire U S Women
Britain's famed aviatrix Lady Heath arrives in the United States to demonstrate solo flight for American women. She previously flew from Cape Town to London and set an altitude record for women, drawing special attention this week with local seafood ads and market notices nearby.
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New York
Britain
United States
Lady Heath
Cape Town
South Africa
London
Tailor Finds Lindbergh Lookalike Cast in Play
Pierre Tristan, a Paris tailor's salesman, has been chosen by Sacha Guitry to star as Charles Lindbergh in a drama using the aviator as a symbol of modern youth. Tristan, once content to head a tailor shop department, gains a stage career after being mistaken for Lindbergh.
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Minott Saunders
NEA
Wester
Lindy
Lindbergh
Pierre Tristan
M. Guitry
Tristan
Paris
Charles Lindbergh
School Teacher Pleads Guilty in Burglary Case
Mrs Lester Livermore, 22, a former New Castle teacher, pleaded guilty to aiding her husband in a Youngstown burglary. She allegedly sat in the car with the motor running while he took jewels worth 7500 dollars and a fur coat.
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Lester Livermore
Youngtown
Livermore
New Castle
Lumber Distribution and Service Articles Highlight Industry
William J. Clapp of William J. Clapp & Co. writes in Southern Lumberman about lumber distribution and the value of lumber over substitutes. Letters praise the piece nationwide, and future issues will cover service in lumber handling as the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association promotes correct material use.
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Southern Lumberman
Lumber Industry
William J. Clapp
William J. Clapp & Co
Four Die In Berwyn Gas Tragedy
In Berwyn, a Chicago suburb, Mrs Clyde Ryker age 35 and her three children were found dead in their gas filled home. Authorities say the mother killed the children and then took her own life by turning on the gas.
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Chicago
Clyde Ryker
Berwyn
West Side
Cobb to Take Team to Japan on Exhibition Tour
Augusta report states Ty Cobb plans a year exhibition tour of Japan with a major league team. The group will sail from Portland on October 24 and return December 16 after about ten games. Names of accompanying players were not announced.
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Augusta
Japan
Portland
Oregon
United States
Phone Your Magazine Subscription To J L Ramey
Subscription plea directs readers to phone J L Ramey for new or renewal magazine orders. Ad copy uses old style phrasing and a single contact number.
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J.L. Ramey
Phore
Ady
Dormitory of Ohio Prison Destroyed in Fire
Fire gutted a dormitory at Ohio Prison trapping and forcing about 160 prisoners to flee through a second escape route. Guards opened all exits while medical staff treated more than thirty burn victims and several inmates faced life threatening injuries.
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Fort Worth
Texas
O'Malley
D. H. Howell
Rommitory
Bank Treasurer Goes On Trial
Luis F. Levy former treasurer of Huntingdon Savings Bank faces two embezzlement charges over about 40000 dollars in missing funds. The discrepancy surfaced during a bank examiner ordered audit. Levy vanished at first but later surrendered to police before criminal court proceedings under Judge Solter in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Luis F. Levy
Huntingdon Savings Bank
Solter
State Bank
Levy
Germans Tour U S Auto Industry For Study
New York October 8. One hundred twenty five members of the German Automobile Club arrive to study the American automobile industry and traffic control systems, viewing the United States as a true land of cars.
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New York
United States
German Automobile Club
Water deal at Orphans Home moves forward in Sept meeting
Washington County Home for Children plans a joint water line extension with Fahrney Home for the Aged. The arrangement includes shared spring reservoir and six inch pipe, enabling soft water for fire protection and reduced insurance costs. No other sickness reported. forty children in private homes supervised. lists donors and hospital praise.
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Washington County Home For Children
Orphans’ Home
San Mar
C. Harry Keller
Fahrney Home For
Fahrney Home
Childrens’ Home
State Board of Health
Brumback
Campbell
Washington County Hospital
Fred C. Crawford
Kathryn Steiner
Waynesboro
Max B
Sarah A. Nicodemus
J. M. Watkins
Norah M. Myers
Sallie Kausler
J. S. Kausler
Dorothy Byron Lane
Eugene E. Widmyer
Berkeley Springs
Leroy Remsburg
New Market
Jane Hammond
Harvey H. Heyser
Thomas Shelton
Danzer Metal Works
Bandit Robs Theatre in Chicago
Lone bandit robs a Chicago theatre of 6400 receipts and escapes. Other items note Hoover’s return to Washington after a Tennessee visit, and a duel in Rome leaving Prince Potens ziani wounded. Mme Mestorino in Paris plans exile with her husband, the jewelry salesman killer serving life on Devil's Island.
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Chicago
Paris
Mme. Mestorino
Devil's Island
French Guiana
Clown Fails To Win Paris Votes
Paris voters spurned humor in politics as Jacques Duconnaud, aiming for Saint Michel and Jardin des Plantes, earned only two votes. His platform proposed extending Boulevard Champollion to the sea, building a trans Atlantic canal to Paris, monthly fireworks, and weekly zoo hunting rights.
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Paris
France
Jacques Duconnaud
Chamber of Deputies
Saint Michel
Jardin Des Plantes
Duconnaud
Wall Street Opens With Early Gains On Major Stocks
New York October 8 The stock market began with upward movement as Coty rises four points and American Smelting General Motors and Union Carbide show initial gains of 13 to 14 points. Large blocks traded early with Studebaker 10 000 shares up five and Barnsdall slipping fractions. Bears appear reinforced by week end orders as prices retreat 3 to 4 points on several names including General Motors Chrysler Radio and American Zinc. CHALLENGES WORK New York October 8 Raskob challenges Work over Smith Underwood tariff remarks.
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New York
Coty
American Smettig
General Motors
Union Carbide
Studebaker
Barnsdall
Thve Bears
Chrysler
Radio
Universal Pipe
American Zine
National Lead
Drug Company Store Robbed at Wareham Pharmacy
Police report a break-in at Wareham City Pharmacy after its 48th anniversary sale. The Franklin Street door to the whole sale department was forced open, with $12 taken from a cash register and a jewelry case rifled but left untouched.
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Wareham City
Franklin St
Bishop Manning Endorses Prohibition Benefits for Nation
In New York on October 8 Bishop Manning tells his congregation he has converted to the belief that prohibition has brought and will bring benefits to the nation. The remark underscores a religious leader's public support for the prohibition policy during a period of widespread advocacy.
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New York
Manning
Markets and notices from Washington St and lodge meeting
Market prices for wheat and corn from Wheat Open High Low Close listings show Dec May Mar values with fractional percentages. Also public notice for Gateway Lodge of K of P No. 147 scheduling a special meeting on October day in 1928 with a directive to attend, labeled Very Important.
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W. R. Spielman & Co
Wareham
Washington St
Gateway Lodge of K. of P
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Cosie
Cafe de Luxe
E. Washington St
Myles Yutaka Fukunaga
Gill Jamieson
Frederick W. Jamieson
Honolulu
Fukunaga
Honolu
Loeb-Leopold
Hickman
Last Chance
U. S
Shirp
Stark
K. T. Hager
Prospect Sta
Lindy’s
Tailor Shop
Cobb
Ohio Prison
Sheaffer Lifetime Fountain Pens
Roney Bros
North Potomac Street
Coliseum
Tom Cross
Hoover
Washington
Tennessee
Rome
Prince Potensziani
Prince Lancellotti
Boloney
Bunkum
AL Smith
Gosh
Wall Street
Challenges Work
Raskob
Work
Smith
G. C. Snyder
Hamilton Hotel & A. M
Stayman
Eshleman Fruit Farm
Hagerstown
Reid
TOR Records
Talking Machine Shop
Tims
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Hoover-Curtis-Goldsborough-Zillman-Reedy
Republican State Central Committee
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