Border states poised in national campaign winds
In a border district across Maryland to Oklahoma the 1928 balance shows fluctuating loyalties. Missouri leans Democratic but tugs toward Hoover, Tennessee wavers between factions, and Oklahoma shifts amid prohibition and party rifts. The strip remains pivotal as November nears.
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Louis
Maryland
Oklahoma
Missouri
Smith
Hoover
Cleveland
Bryan
Roose- Yatt
Wilson
Harding
Cool
Train Crash injures workers near Crayford Cross station
A train from Crayford crashed into buffers at Cross station this morning injuring several workers. Some were treated on site, others taken to a hospital. no deaths reported.
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Crayfordi Ng
Buffersing Cross
Women's nul anothin victory linked with international mati
The assembly approved appointments on the agenda without discussion of next session, as officials stated. The text notes ongoing international matters and a focus on immediate governance actions.
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International Mati 5
Ehoe
League
le Ansembly
Railroad wage dispute stalls as mediation fails
In Chicago on September 19 representatives of 55 western railroads and 70 000 trainmen and conductors urged President Coolidge to speed a settlement. The Federal Board of Mediation said no wage or rule adjustments were reached and action may be delayed up to two months. Unions voted for strike, with wage demands of 10 to 15 percent while roads offered 7.44 percent. The unions oppose eliminating working rules, warning of a 15 percent salary cut. J W Higgins of western carriers explained the impasse as a public matter to be understood.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Coolidge
Federal Board of Mediation
Theu
J. W. Higgins
Reporters Struck by Florida Hurricane Ride Out The Storm
In Palm Beach Florida reporters R G and J P Buchanan encountered the Florida hurricane while covering events near Kelsey City. A shed collapsed on their car and roof sections fell as the storm intensified. Gill sought shelter in a hedge then windowed a house, roof collapses forced him to stay inside amid live wires and debris. They walked into West Palm Beach after the cyclone subsided.
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ST Palm Beach
Fis
R. G
Associated Press
J. P. Buchanan
Paramount
Gill
Mobile
Kelsey City
West Palm Beach
West Prim Beach
Turkeys Raid Hopper Posts Over Orchard Battle
Brigham City Utah September 19 An army of turkeys advanced from motor trucks to attack grasshoppers threatening an 80 acre peach orchard owned by Dr A D Cooley The birds moved through rows devouring insects then transported to another orchard and finally a grain field to continue the campaign.
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Brigham City
Utah
A D. Cooley
Boy Kidnapped in Honolulu Amid Ransom Attempt
Honolulu police pursue the kidnapper of ten year old Gill Jamieson son of Frederick Jamieson vice president of the Hawaiian Trust Co. After his father paid $4000 in an unsuccessful ransom attempt the kidnapper threatened death and vanished in a crowd near a band concert.
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Honolulu
Gill Jamieson
Frederick Jamieson
Hawaiian Trust Company
Young Jamieson
H When & Men
Refusaf
Laatt
Jamieson
Dragged Gun for Last Time in Oregon Hunt Death
Reinhold H. Rohrin pioneer farmer and Union, Oregon, butcher was killed while hunting after crawling through a wire fence dragging a loaded shotgun. Buckshot struck above the hunter's heart in the late Monday incident reported from La Grande Oregon.
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LA Grande
Ore
Reinhold H. Rohrin
Union
Boxing bout delayed by rain at Ebbets Field
New York September 10 AP report says the 16 round bout between Jack Delancey and Nando Taassi at Ebbets Field was postponed until tomorrow night due to rain.
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Ebbetsfield
Jack Delancey
Nando Taassi
Kidnapped Billy Ranieri Is Released By Gang
A 10 year old boy with a black eye wandered into a Joliet Illinois filling station and told the attendant he had been kidnapped. After a 13 day search for Billy Ranieri, police said the two abductors released him near midnight. He testified the men, Italians, and a French couple who held him on a farm forced him to stay quiet and threatened him. He asked to go home to his mother and described his rough treatment before being set free.
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William Ranieri
Chicago
Shirley Thomas
Doolmate
William
Cay
Joliet, Ill
Billy Ranieri
George Mats
Hi Rents
Trailian
Stege
Billy
Weather Affects Schedule With Several Postponements
Rain forces postponements across today’s national games including Chicago at New York and Pittsburgh at Philadelphia. A doubleheader is set for Saturday with Cincinnati at Basford postponed. another doubleheader planned for tomorrow amid ongoing rain.
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Pittsburgh-Philadelphia
Basford
Food Rioting Described Amid Hurricane Crisis In Isles
A savage hurricane devastates Porto Rico and reaches the southeastern U S coast. Reports say thousands homeless and feeding riots in Puerto Rico with Red Cross relief teams in action. Nine Porto Rican guard companies police 23 towns while reserves distribute aid and assess needs.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Porto Rican National Guard
Horace M. Towser
Towner
War Department
Henry M. Baker
American Red Cross
Ensign cautions county treasurers on deposit limits
Boise Sept 19 AP L W Ensign Boise representative of the National Surety company told treasurers at the convention to keep deposits within legally required security. He warned many were bending rules by over depositing and urged counties to provide safekeeping like safety deposit vaults or county courthouse valuta to cover excess funds.
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Boise
Danka
Given Es
L. W. Ensign
National Surety Company
Idaho Man Frank Martin Elected Grand Sire
At the Odd Fellows convention in Montreal on September 19 Frank Martin of Twin Falls Idaho was elected grand sire for the coming year. He had served as deputy grand sire during the prior year and his promotion was automatic.
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Montreal
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Frank Martin
Palla
Idaho
Idaho Republicans Extend Greetings to Senator Curtis
Boise activists announce greetings to Senator Curtis the presidential nominee at a rally in Boise on Saturday led by John McMurray and Senator John Thomas. Curtis will travel by special train to Butte the following Sunday for further events.
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Boise
Idaho
Curtis
Butte
John McMurray
United States
John Thomas
Crime increases in New York City in second quarter
New York reports higher crime in the April to June period per Police Commissioner Warren. Murders and manslaughters totaled 83, up 18 from 1927 and 13 from 1926, while holdups fell and burglaries stayed about the same.
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New York
New York City
Warren
Hunt for Gordon Northcott widens in murder farm case
Los Angeles dispatch reports Riverside authorities file murder complaints against Gordon Northcott and his mother Mrs Louisa Northcott after bones of a juvenile are found. A Mint Canyon cabin tied to the case yields two pairs of boys shoes and a fresh well fire site as investigators press today. Paleontologists confirm some bones are human juvenile remains among jars of bones from the murder farm investigation.
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Los Angeles
Gordon Northcott
Louisa Northcott
Northcott
Riverside
Calif
Northcott Ranch
Sanford Clark
Young Clark
Mint Canyon
Fee
Los Angeles Museum
Dead toll soars as Florida survives hurricane damage
Florida officials reported a rising death toll from the West Indian hurricane with estimates in the hundreds in Palm Beach and nearby counties. Authorities said about 15,000 people were homeless as militiary aid and Red Cross relief moved into the stricken area. death tolls and damages were being refined amid warnings of critical sanitary and food needs.
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Associated Press
Porto Reco
Forida
Middle Atlantic
New England
Porto Rico
French West Indies
Florida
Red Cross
Maryland
Deaware
New Jersey
New York
Horace Towner
Martin Travieso
the Sand
Towner
Jacksonville
Virginia Capes
West Palm Beach
Howard Selby
Palm Beach County
Red Cross Committee
Joe T. Robinson
Miami
Hare
Fort Lauderdale
Charles H. Mann
State Board of Health
United States Army
Fourth Corps
Fort McPherson
Washington
United States Public Health Service
Palms County
Okeechobee Lake
Paohokee
Canal Point
Fis
Red Cross Organation
Lake Okeechobee
Selby
Governor Baldridge To Attend University Of Idaho Inauguration
Governor H C Baldridge will travel to Moscow to attend the inauguration of Dr. Frederick J Kelley as University of Idaho president. He is returning from southeastern Idaho fairs and will then visit Grandview for a fair before resuming campaign activities in Idaho.
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Boise
H. C. Baldridge
Moscow
Frederick J. Kelley
University of Idaho
Idaho
Grandview
Victims Found Solved Part of Oil Promoter Mystery
Bodies of a man and woman found beneath a wrecked auto near Bandberg California. The case involved Albert La Mote from Zeeland Michigan and oil promoter F. J. Walter missing since an inspection trip. Walter’s wife Evelyn D Walter of La Jolla was linked to the car. Relatives reported the firm tied to La Mute not in state records. Weather generally fair in southwest, cooler in north.
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Los Angeles
Bandberg
Cal
Mya
Albert la Mute
Zeeland
Mich
F. J. Welter
Walter
la Muta
Bakersfield
Cense
Evelyn D. Walter
le Jolla
la Huis
California
Miami
Fla
Michigan
la Mule
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