Maine Voters Expected Record Turnout in State Vote
Portland Maine September 8 AP The Maine state election looms as the largest vote in state history with the governor race dominated by the Ku Klux Klan issue. Democrats predict Tattingall will win a 15 000 to 30 000 plurality while Republicans forecast Brewster a 25 000 to 40 000 lead. Senator Fernald and four Maine congressmen are renominated by Republicans. Maine results seen as national barometer ahead of 1920s elections.
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Portland
Maine
Democratic State Committee
Wm. R. Tattingall
Pattingall
Ralph O. Brewster
George L. Emery
Republican State Committee
Brewster
President Coolidge
United States
Bert Fernald
Percival P. Baxter
Harding
Prince Proving Alive Factor at Meadowbrook Hunt
Syosset N Y Sept 8 AP reports the Prince of Wales has prepared for country sports on Long Island fox hunting with Meadowbrook Hunt club hounds and horses. He plans to visit Mitchel Field Mineola to greet American fliers completing their world flight round.
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Syosset
N. Y
Wales
James A. Burden
Long Island
Meadowbrook Hunt Club
Mitchel Field
Mineola
Burden Estate
Esme Howard
Pope Bestows Divine Blessing on Catholic Charities Meet
Des Moines Iowa September 8 AP The dressing of Pope Pius II was read before the national conference opening. More than 3600 delegates registered at noon. Bernardi chief probation officer New York urged parents to engage with their children and warned that there is no innocent childhood once a child wanders into movies.
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Des Moines
National Conference of Catholic Charities
Bernardi
Tammen's Will Made Public In Denver Probate
Denver officials announced the will of Harry H. Tammen, co owner of the Denver Post, admitted to probate. The estate, conservatively valued at two million dollars, will be distributed as specified.
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Tammen
Denver
Colo
Harry H. Tanmen
Denver Post
Louise Praska Freed in Rondant Mall Robbery Case
Louise Praska, formerly of New London Wisconsin, was freed today of the charge of complicity in the two million dollar Rondant mall robbery last July. She was listed as a material witness with a ten thousand dollar bond.
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Chicago
Louise Praska
New London
Wis
Birmingham petition filed for senatorial ticket on beer platform
Minneapolis resident M P Cannon circulated a petition for Merle Birmingham to run for Senate on a beer wine independence platform. He asked a hotel guest to sign, but the guest refused citing principles and revealed his name was Andrew Volstead.
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Minneapolis
Sept
M. P. Cannon
Merle Birmingham
Togo
Secretary of State
Birmingham
Cannon
Andrew Vol‘stead
Leopold Loeb trial judge seals fate in Gallows or Life ruling
Chicago, Sept 8 AP Judge John R. Caverly completed a 1000 word decision on Leopold and Loeb for verdict to be announced Wednesday. The youths faces gallows or life in state penitentiary after their May 21 murder of Robert Franks. Loeb said he was not worried as he awaited the decision.
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Chicago
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
John R. Caverly
Illinois State Penitentiary
Judge Caverly
Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Labor leader found dead on train near Syracuse
William Ryan Denver labor union leader was found with a fractured skull on a New York Central train nearing Syracuse. Investigators review travelers statements amid locomotor ataxia claims while Saratoga Springs officials will question fellow passengers and a Toledo physician noted his fitness to travel. Only $1.50 was found on the body though he was believed to have had 600.
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Syracuse
N. Y
William Ryan
Denver
New York Central
Ryan
Saratoga Springs
Saratoga
Toledo
Delegates greet Indiana leaders at Redmen congress
Indianap olis welcomed the 77th session of the Improved Order of Redmen with Governor E Branch and Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank presiding. Registration records show over 500 delegates from forty states in attendance.
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Indianapolis
Sept
Great Council of the Improved Order of Redmen of the United States
E Branch
Indiana
Samuel Lewis Shank
Aged Woman Celebrates 102nd Birthday With Jig
In Baldwin New York Mrs Hanna Eldred entertained eighty of her 183 descendants to mark her 102nd birthday. She danced a jig once enjoyed in youth then ate pickled beets and cold cuts. Her long life and family gathering drew local attention.
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Baldwin
N. Y
Hanna Eldred
Robins Rally Past Giants 7-2 In Second Meeting
Brooklyn ace Dazzy Vance hurled a strong game as the Robins beat the New York Giants 7-2 in the final game of a series before about 30 000 fans. Brown and Deberry delivered key hits, with Vance adding a homer in the seventh inning and Stock scoring on a controversial play.
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New York
New York Giants
Brooklyn Robins
Robins
Dazzy Vance
Nehf
Southpaw
Giants
Gowdy
Vance
Deberry
Wheat
Brooklyn
Fournier
Frisch
Young
Oreectai
Ot Apinden
Mitchell
Groh
Terry
Jackson
High
Brown
Wilson
Griffith
Stock
Nehl
Johnson
Southworth
Nebf
Kelly
Johnston
Snyder
O'Connell
Ryan
Weberry
Atena Stock
Robinson
Decisson
Klein
Meee
Hell
Silk Trains Pass Through Pocatello on Fast Schedule
Thirty five cars of raw silk shipped from the Orient to New York City will pass through Pocatello this evening. Three special trains running at a mile a minute compose the shipment valued at about three million dollars. American Express handles the transfer and the first train arrives at 10 45.
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Orient
New York City
Pocatelo
American Express
Fall Attacks Lease Inquiry In Supreme Court
Albert B. Fall’s lawyers seek to quash a government oil lease inquiry in the District of Columbia Supreme Court calling the grand jury probe a fishing expedition. Subpoenas issued for fifteen people target The United States v. Albert B. Fall as witnesses have appeared and questioned. Justice Siddon ordered the government to show cause why the proceedings should not be stopped.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia Today
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Fall
United States
Albert B. Ball
Hinelah Crude Oil Purchasing Company
Teapot
Siddon
Self-Styled Kurdestan Emir Ordered Deported
Washington September 8 AP Sied Zerde Cheno who called himself emir and ruler of Kurdestan was ordered deported from the United States by Assistant Secretary of Labor White.
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Washington
Sied Zerde Cheno
Emir
Kurdestan
United States
White
Child killed in odd manner in Park City
Nine year old Lawrence Finnegan died in Park City Utah when a wheel on a heavily loaded ore wagon collapsed and crushed him between the wagon and an adjacent building on Saturday night.
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Park City
Utah
Lawrence Finnegan
Clean slate on offenders shifts in Chinese theater
Shanghai dispatch reports Chekiang troops under General Chen Yao-tan advancing west of Taihu and near Changchow to block Kiangsu forces. Aims include cutting the Shanghai Nanking railway and attacking from two sides as the broader campaign unfolds. Separately Chang Tso-lin denounces Tsao Kun and Wu Pei Fu urging armed action to restore peace.
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Shanghai
Taihu
Lake
Kiating
Liuho
Shaelai
Chen Yao-tan
Fukien Province
Chekiang
Changchow
Hwangtu
Tahu
Pik Loh
Ho Feng-Lin
Kiangsu
China
Chang Tso-Lin
Tsao Kun
Wu Pei Fu
Peking
Szechewan
Kwangsi
Kwangtung
Chinese Civil War Widens Front From Shanghai to Peking
Armies of Manchuria warlord Tso Lin advance toward Beijing as Chi Shieh Yuan and Wu Pei Fu mobilize. Fighting extends from Taihu Lake southwest toward Linho and Changhing, with Shanghai contested amid official Pek ing approval for Kiangsu attacks.
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Shanghai
Tso Lin
Manchuria
Boeing
Wu Pei-Fu
China
Shangai
Mankden
Peking
Chihli
Taihu Lake
Changhing
Linho
Here
Chi Shieh Yuan
Kiangsu Province
Su Yung Baiang
Chekiang Province
Kiangsan
Pao-Lin
Yung Hian
Lu Yung-Hasiang
Centenarian Will Deter Celebration
Former United States Senator Cornelius Cole, who turns 102 on September 17, likely cannot celebrate with a birthday gathering at his Los Angeles home due to slow recovery from an illness that began in February. Physicians say he is on the mend but must avoid excitement. a trained nurse continues to tend him.
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Los Angeles
United States
Cornelius Cole
League Studies the Force Plan in League of Nations debate
Delegates from 46 governments continue talks at Geneva on compulsory arbitration security and disarmament with experts from Europe Latin America and Asia. Briand Henderson and Adachi participate as Baron Wurtemberg proposes commissions to codify international law and adopt conventions before the Agenda committee.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Europe
Latin America
Asia
M. Briand
Arthur Henderson
Home Affairs
Viscount Ishii
Japan
M. Adachi
World Court of Justice
League Council
Veice
Thee League
Baron Wurtemberg
Sweden
League
G. R. Hofmeyer
Union of South Africa
General Smuts
South Africa
Germany
Macdonald
Assembly
Baron Wurtemburg
Southern Pacific Seeks Merger with El Paso Southwestern
Hearings opened at the Interstate Commerce Commission on Southern Pacific’s plan to acquire control of the El Paso and Southwestern system. SP seeks 280000 shares of common stock and 29400000 in five per cent bonds to be issued to El Paso in exchange for securities and properties. Julius Kruttschnitt testified the merger would improve efficiency and open new territory with lower costs than other railroad developments.
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Washington
Sept
Southern Pacific Railroad
el Paso and Southwestern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles D. Mahaffie
Bureau of Finance
Southern Pacific
el Paso and Southwestern Company
Julius Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific Executive Committee
el Paso
Southwestern
New Territory
Chicagoan Dies at a Rip e Age
Rabbi Solomon Milles, 107, Chicago's oldest citizen, died yesterday and was to be buried today. He had asked three years ago that his age not be published praising restraint and noting his wife Tillie believes he is still young, about 90.
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Chicago
Solomon Milles
Tillie
World fliers reach Mitchel Field amid 21-gun salute
Army round the world fliers land at Mitchel Field New York 3:30 pm after 220 mile Boston hop in 3 hours 28 minutes. Prince of Wales attends, Lt Nungesser cheers standing by the prince. Navy escort and multiple aircraft accompany the world cruise as they depart Boston for New York.
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Mitchel Field
N. Y
Army
Boston
Nelson
New Orleans
Prince of Wales
Nungesser
Seattle
Mitchelfield
Chicago
Lowell 4H. Smith
Wwrnith
Leigh Wade
Mason M. Patrick
Smith
Patrick
New York
Providence
Connecticut
Long Island Sound
Planes Read World Flight Details At Rockwell Field
Air service experts anticipate a wordless story of the first around the world flight shown through disassembly and testing at Rockwell field San Diego. The World cruisers will be inspected before and after the journey to compare records for new insights into airplane construction and stresses.
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Washington
Aare Air Service
Rockwell Field
San di
Earth
Wackinton
Dayton
Ohio
Chicago
St. Joseph
Fort Crook
Neb
North Platte
Cheyenne
Wyo
Rock Springs
Salt Lake
Utah
Salduro
Reno
Nev
Sacramento
Calif
Eugene
Oregon
Seattle
Air Service
Patrick
Boston
Earl
Tre Oun
San Francisco
Santa Barabara
Santa Monica
San Die
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