Smith Plans Chicago Trip After Campaign Stop
Governor Smith left Sedalia at 10 a m for Chicago aboard his special train after a brief exercise at the Missouri Pacific station. He carries his party's standard into Illinois for the seventh and last speech of his second campaign tour, with stops at Springfield Bloomington Jol es and other cities en route. He will speak Friday night in Chicago after three nights in the city and argues Republican claims of savings are misrepresented.
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Sedalia
Missouri
Coolidge
Smith
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Springfield
Bloomington
Joles
Ilinois
State Fairgrounds
Economy Dlems
Night Club Hostess Slain in Queens Apartment
Mrs. Alta Bonello also known as Mrs. S C Welch was found murdered in her Sunnyside Queens apartment. A detective found her body after visiting to question her about Tony Bonello, her alleged husband held in Kansas City for a bank robbery conspiracy. Evidence included a bloody carving knife a flat iron and a hammer. Police described her as a New York night club hostess.
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New York
Alta Bonello
S. C. Welch
Sunnyside
Queens
Tony Bonello
Kansas City
Al Smith Her First Words Prophesy Election Cheer
In Clearspring and Fairview Mountain districts, voters feel sure of the November 6 presidential result. Doris Suffacool, daughter of Wade and family near Fairview Mountain, uttered her first words as Al Smith, repeated often, echoing a Democratic lean in the household as prophecies in campaigns are made.
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Clearspring
Fairview Mountain
Doris
Wade Hampton
al Smith
City projects near completion amid power plant changes
City schedules indicate the municipal light plant will shed reliance on the old plant within a week as cutting in new power lines proceeds and the old facility will be dismantled within a month unless buyers emerge. A second major project, the Williamsport water pumping station, will be tested this week with limited winter use expected. The Bridgeport station will also be dismantled.
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City Light Plant
Williamsport
Water Commission
Bridgeport
Beautiful Rainbow Seen Here in Western Heavens
A rare morning rainbow appeared shortly after 6 am above the eastern mountains near Hagerstown. Records note two rainbows with full color spectra, red outer in the primary bow and violet inner, while the secondary bow reversed the order. Locals once believed such signs foretold omens, recalling Civil War era mirages of marching soldiers and auroral misreadings.
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Hagerstown
Verdige School Blast Wounds Two Children
A Verdige Nebraska country school explosion injured two young children and damaged the stove and roof. Miss Agnes Motica, the teacher, narrowly escaped harm as dynamite was placed in the schoolhouse store. Officials found a broken window and could not determine a motive. In Aurora Illinois, a separate incident at the J H Freeman school under construction prompted a $3000 reward hunt amid $20,000 damage from the bomb blast.
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Verdige
Nebr
Ottawa
Illinois
Agnes Motica
Aurora
Ill
J. H. Freeman
Fire damages old building at Springfield Farm Williamsport
A midnight blaze at a stone building at Springfield Farm Williamsport damaged the attic of a 150 year old structure once a still house. Mrs C Goodloe Edgar of Detroit was staying there with Col and Mrs Edgar who arrived from Washington. Firemen aided by locals controlled the flames with water causing most damage to rafters and attic end.
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Springfield Farm
Williamsport
C. Goodloe Edgar
Detroit
Col
Edgar
Springfield
Washington
Antietam
Ford Finds Money Won’t Buy A Shay
Havana October 17 Henry Ford seeks to buy a Volanta a one horse shay kept in Cuba for an annual carnival. Only eight such carriages remain and Ford cannot obtain one despite his money as these are carefully preserved for the carnival use.
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Havana
Henry Ford
Shay
Cuba
Henry
Bank Bandits Escape With 25300 In Cash In Arkansas Heist
Two men wearing smoked goggles locked five Citizens Bank employees in the vault in M Ghee Arkansas and escaped with 25300 in cash today. Police launched an immediate search as the employees were confined for about ten minutes.
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M'Ghee
Ark
Citizens Bank
Master Comes To Defense Of Dog
John Campbell told Wyandotte city council his ten year old dog is being harassed by a younger neighbor’s dog and asked protection from “lickings”. The council debated its reach and referred the legal question to the city attorney for an opinion.
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Detroit
Wyandotte
John Campbell
Chicago Bombings Struck Tire Shops and Storefronts
Four blasts shattered calm in Chicago as three attacks targeted tire and battery shops and a shoe store on Roosevelt road. Police see possible labor racketeering links in the Illinois Battery Service case while total damage runs into thousands.
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Chicago
Kernard Shoe
Roosevelt Road
Illinois Battery Service
Speedway Tire Service, Inc
Tire Service and Battery Shop
Police Warn On Leaf Burning And Street Debris
Chief of Police Barber warns residents about the law prohibiting leaves being thrown into streets and alleys and the burning of leaves. The rule will be enforced to stop the practice.
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Barber
Life of Governor Smith to Be Dramatized on Radio
New York October 17 The Life of Governor Smith will be dramatized as a radio drama Sunday night on a national Columbia network with an all star Broadway cast. Three actors will portray Alfred E Smith the boy Alfred Al Smith and Governor Smith. Cast also includes Helen Hayes Peggy Wood William Boyd Willard Mack Helen MacKellar Rosamond Pinchot Gaston. Governor Smith said he cannot listen but seeks a copy of the script and extends greetings to the participants.
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New York
Governor Smith
Columbia
Alfred E. Smith
Alfred
Howard Merril
al Smith
Arthur Vinton
Richard Bennett
Helen Hayes
Peggy Wood
William Boyd
Willard Mack
Helen MacKellar
Rosamond Pinchot Gaston
Sedalia
Democratic National Committee
American sets a new record at Tokyo meet
Johnny Weissmuller of Chicago swam 150 yards freestyle in one minute 26.35 seconds to claim a record at the international exhibitions in the Tamagawa pool in Tokyo on October 17.
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Tokyo
Johnny Weissmuller
Chicago
Tamagawa
Water Line Progress in Hagerstown Near Finish by Nov 1
Indications point to completing the Potomac river water system pipeline in Hagerstown by November 1. Contractor W Harry Angle moves rapidly along Summit avenue and Howard street with about three thousand feet remaining, barring misfortune or delays from other causes.
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Hagerstown
W. Harry Angle
Summit Avenue
Howard Street
English aviator attempts Atlantic crossing from St Johns
Commander H. C. MacDonald, an English aviator, took off this afternoon from Harbor Grace in a Moth type airplane aiming to fly across the Atlantic Ocean to England.
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Bor Grace
Atlantic Ocean
England
Registration Adds 3358 To County Books
Official registration figures announced at noon by the Board of Election Supervisors show the county total registered voters at 24,581, up from 21,223 in 1926, a gain of 3,358. Republicans total 12,922 and Democrats 11,002, with independents and minor parties making up the balance. Democrats downplay the Republican rise, noting some Smith-Robinson supporters registered Republican for personal reasons while planning to vote Democratic.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Hickman Moves to Death Cell at San Quentin
William Edward Hickman, sentenced to hang for the December kidnapping and slaying of Marian Parker, is to be transferred tonight from his condemned cell to the death chamber. Warden Holohan refused to convene Marion county physicians to rule on his sanity, and Governor Young denied appeals, stating this would be Hickman’s last chance to escape the noose.
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San Quentin
Cal
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
James B. Holohan
Marion County
C. C. Young
Hickman
Charlie Chaplin to cast virgin leading lady in film
Hollywood reports Charlie Chaplin will pair with Vir ginia Cherill a 20 year old Chicago native described as a blue eyed blonde making her screen debut in the next Chaplin production.
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Charlie
Blue Eyed
Hollywood
Charlie Chaplin
Virginia Cherill
Chicago
International Shoe Co. Cuts Wholesale Shoe Prices
The International Shoe Company announced a wholesale price reduction on shoes from 5 to 25 cents per nail due to a drop in mica of hides.
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ST. Lgcis
International Shoe Company
Baby hurt in street accident involving local jeweler’s grandson
Bobby Baker three-year-old grandson of George Baker a Easting ton street jeweler was treated at the hospital this morning after being struck by an auto. His injuries are not serious.
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Bobby Baker
George Baker
East Ashington Street
Sure Cure For Wire Worms
A reader proposes a spray using oil of thyme oil of cedar and gasoline in equal five cent portions claiming it cures wire worms. The Tennessee origin is noted and the idea is presented by The Daily Mail for what it may be worth.
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Tennessee
The
Daily Mail
U S Dirigible Rides Out Of Fierce Storm
U S Army semi rigid dirigible R 5 1 returning from a 1000 mile San Antonio exhibition flight to the American Legion convention limped to its hangar near Scott Field Illinois after a three hour battle with line squalls along the Mississippi near Memphis Captain W E Kepner in command with four officers and nine enlisted men said the envelope was ripped and the nose crushed by the violent weather The ship strained but the four Liberty engines kept it moving and allowed a cautious landing contrasting with the fate of rigid airships like the Graf Zeppelin or the Los Angeles
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Scott Fi&ld
Ill
W. E. Kepner
Kepner
Fogelsanger
Keener
Los Angeles
Bert
Woman Seriously Injured In Fall At Home
Mrs Ida Rowe aged 65 of Shady Grove is in serious condition after falling down a flight of steps at her residence. She sustained a fracture three inches below the right hip and remains under medical care.
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Ida Rowe
Shady Grove
Zeppelin to tour eastern U S after repairs
New York Oct 17 The Graf Zeppelin plans an eastern United States tour after repairing a damaged horizontal fin. Dr Hugo Eckener announced the return to Germany in about ten days. The itinerary listed Pittsburgh Akron Detroit and possibly Chicago. The return voyage from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst would take about two days with favorable winds.
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New York
Graf Zeppelin
Germany
United States
Hugo Eckener
Bermuda
Pittsburgh
Akron
Detroit
Chicago
Eckener
Friedrichshafen
Lakehurst
BE. H. Layman
Zep's Tap Over Radio Set For Tonight Broadcast
Lieut. Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, commander of the dirigible Los Angeles and Graf Zeppelin passenger, will recount his experiences tonight on a radio hook up. Amelia Earhart, first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, will introduce him. The program starts at 9:30 p.m. eastern time on WEAF WRC and 15 other stations.
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New York
Charles E. Rosendahl
Los Angeles
Amelia Earhart
WEAF
WRC
Summerlike heat grips Hagerstown area
The region endures unusually high humidity and near 63.5 F temperatures as summerlike skies persist. Forecasters promise showers tonight but no temperature change for 24 hours, recalling snow squalls and a cyclone in October 17 records from three decades ago.
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Weather Bureau
Divorces Mostly Among Non-Church Going
The Episcopal Church report says divorces are chiefly among those outside church influence. The House of Bishops discussed a three year study urging no change to church law which bars remarriage after divorce except when the parties are innocent in statutory cases. The survey cites fast marriages, no children, sex tensions and home displacement as factors weakening marriage.
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Episcopal Church
Washington
House of Bishops
The
Herman Page
Michigan
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U. S
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