Maddox Replies On Prohibition Plank In Georgia
Chairman G Ed Maddox of the Georgia Democratic Executive Committee replies to Bishop W N Ainsworth of the Methodist Episcopal Church South about the party platform. Maddox says the prohibition plank pledges enforcement of the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act and is not a call to repeal or modify policy. The bishop had questioned the party’s stance and the letter notes the platform was accepted to keep prohibition nonpartisan.
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Rome
Democratic Party
G. Ed Maddox
Georgia Democratic Executive Committee
W. N. Ainsworth
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Georgia
Maddox
Platform Committee
Houston
Honeymooners Sought in Aged Man Murder Case
Florida police pursue two missing newlyweds linked to the hammer killing of G. W. Simmons of Ohio. Witnesses say a blood stained sedan associated with the couple was found in Jacksonville and a camp guest describes a violent murder scene at a tourist cabin.
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G. W. Simmons
Lake City
Fla
Florida
South Georgia
L. Booth
Steubenville
Ellis
Walter Hall
Simmons
Hall
Jacksonville
Better Dairies Special Train Arrives Tomorrow
The Better Dairies Train will arrive tomorrow morning at nine o'clock on the A B and C Railroad. Farmers and town residents are invited to inspect purebred cattle, hear talks, and learn benefits of purebred stock. A prize bull worth 250 dollars will be awarded by drawing from entries. The train stays until 12 30 with programs starting at 10 30.
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A. B. and C
Thomasville
Canyon Visitor Narrow Escape in Yellowstone Canyon
Francis Haebrack, 35, of Milwaukee, dislocated knee, clung to Yellowstone Canyon wall for four hours with a 500 foot drop imminent before being rescued by four rangers. The section lacked a trail and he attempted a dangerous descent yesterday in Yellowstone Park.
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Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone Canyon
Francis Haebrack
Milwaukee
Wis
Heeney Holds Weight Edge Over Champion, Says Tunney Plan
Heeney steps into the bout with a weight advantage over the champion while Tunney arrives by plane and Tom by boat. The arrival contrasts set the stage for a regional boxing event with notable travel logistics.
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Tunney
Tom
Tunney Heeney Heavyweight Fight Promised Full Coverage
The Times Enterprise will detail the Tunney versus Heeney heavyweight bout with preliminaries crowd notes and sidelights announced as they occur. The main fight is set to begin by nine o clock Thomasville time with AP staff providing blow by blow round by round returns via leased wire.
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Gene Tunney
Tom Heeney
Yankee Stadium
Times-Enterprise
Thomasville
Associated Press
Times- Enterprise
Heeney Fights Tunney Tonight After Weigh In
In New York July 26 Tom Heeney will carry an 11 1 2 pound advantage over champion Gene Tunney for the heavyweight title bout at Yankee Stadium. Tunney weighed 192 pounds and Heeney 203 1 2 pounds at official scales as the two men exchanged brief greetings before the weigh in photos.
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New York
Tom Heeney
Gene Tunney
Yankee Stadium
Tunney
Heeney
Tom
Georgia Baptist preachers defy Dr Mell warning
Rev John E White of First Baptist Savannah rejects Dr John D Mell warning ministers to avoid politics. He says Baptist influence will align with Mell's thunder in Georgia convention and that pastors, deacons, and lay leaders stand with their congregations in the political moral crisis.
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Savannah
John E. White
First Baptist Church
John D. Mell
Georgia
Georgia Baptist Convention
Christian Index of
Atlanta
John Mell
Mr. White
Sam Jones
Billy Sunday
Mell
Dr. Mell
President Coolidge Emerges From Vacation Seclusion
President Coolidge, after six weeks of seclusion, appears at a public ceremony in Superior Wisconsin to throw the first ball at the head of the lakes baseball tournament. A special box and flag-raising ceremony marked the opening. He will visit the Iron Ranges of Northern Minnesota on August 2, per executive offices.
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Superior
Wis
Coolidge
Head of the Lakes
Mr. Coolidge
Iron Ranges
Minnesota
Simmons Fgn3 From Committee Opposes Smith in Convention
New Bern North Carolina July 26 Senator F M Simmons resigns from the Democratic National Committee after long opposition to Governor Smith. He arrived home from Maryland Sanitarium amid illness and said he would speak under his own name when ready. Simmons had backed Hull over Smith and led North Carolina delegation at Houston.
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New Bern
N. C
Furnifold
M. Simmons
Smith
Democratic National Committee
Simmons
Democratic Party
John J. Raskob
Houston
National Committee
Raskob
Maryland Sanitarium
North Carolina
Owens
Raleigh
F. M. Simmons
National Democratic Executive Committee
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Senate
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Hull-Simmons
Captain William Rule Dies at 90, Knoxville Editor
Knoxville Tenn July 26 Capt William Rule oldest active newspaper editor in the United States died today after an operation for appendicitis Peritonitis developed from the operation. He had led the Knoxville Journal and its predecessor for more than 50 years.
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Knoxville
Tenn
William Rule
United States
Captain Rule
Knoxville Journal
Captain William Rule obituary notes long newspaper career
The article recalls Captain William Rule, a Republican and former Union officer, who for over fifty years edited a newspaper in the Democratic South. He died yesterday leaving a widow aged a year older than him, a son William Rule Jr, and a daughter Lillian.
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William Rule, Jr
Lillian
William Rule
New Chicago Police Commissioner Named After Hughes Resignation
Mayor Thompson named Deputy Commissioner William F. Russell as the new Chicago police commissioner to succeed Michael Hughes. The appointment takes effect August 1 when Russell will decide whether to accept the post permanently. he remains acting commissioner until then.
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Chicago
Thompson
William F. Russell
Michael Hughes
Russell
Chicago public safety shake-up as Commissioner Hughes resigns
Chicago learns a major police department reshuffle follows Commissioner Hughes's admission that his resignation is in Mayor Thompson's hands. A drafted letter was signed, deputies to be demoted, new deputies named, and a department-wide shake-up expected after Hughes steps down.
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Michael
Enmi
Hughes
Thompson
Hoover Weighs Prohibition as National Issue
Stanford reports Herbert Hoover gathering views on prohibition from William Donovan and others as he weighs campaign stance. The article notes his likely direction aligns with party platform on enforcement and hints at farm aid section being refined before speech. Hoover travels from San Francisco to his California home region for celebrations and fishing trip.
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Stanford University
Cal
Herbert Hoover
William J. Donovan
United States
Alfred E. Smith
Houston
Mr. Hoover
Borah
Idaho
Kansas City
Hoover
Prohibition
San Francisco
Heat Wave Kills Painter as Northwest Sizzles
Seattle reports a four day heat wave with one death and numerous prostrations. James Spring, 50, a painter, fainted and fell from a railroad trestle near Seattle, fatally injured. The peak temperature reached 114 at Mabton, with 112 in Walla Walla and Union Gap, 111 in Prosser, and 110 in Toppenish.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
James Spring
Mabton
Washington
Waljla Walla
Union Gap
Prosser
Toppenish
Democratic Budget Clashes in Hoovers Campaign
The article reports shifts in party support and a proposed Democratic campaign budget of 8 million dollars. It notes the enrollment of two Democrats into the Hoover campaign, a defection from a former Republican to Governor Smith, and lists individuals Robert L. Owen and Dr. D E Mitchell as new Hoover backers. The piece situates Oklahoma's stance on national prohibition and opposition to the Tamany system, with further discussion continued on page 3.
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New York
Smith
Hoover
Robert L. Owen
Oklahoma
D .E. Mitchell
Cumberland College
Lebanon, Tenn
Unofficial American Glider Flight Record Set
Peter Huffelbach, a German pilot, stayed aloft 57 minutes over Highland Light Cape Cod near North Truro Massachusetts. The solo flight reached about 300 feet, then landed on the golf links by the lighthouse, surpassing the previous unofficial 9 minute 43 second mark set by the Wright brothers in 1911. The world record for gliders was not completed in the article.
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North Truro
Mags
Peter Huffelbach
Cape Cod
Highland Light
Here
Orville Wright
Wilbur
Smith Defends Prohibition Stance vs Owen Tammany Link
Governor Smith assails Robert L. Owen for opposing his prohibition views and ties to Tammany Hall. Smith says Owen sought Tammany support in 1924 and questions his sincerity, charging his current stance is camouflage. Owen breaks with the party over Smith policy, amid Republican campaign activity in New York.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
Robert L. Owen
Oklahoma
Tammany Hall
New York
Owen
Tammany
1928 Progressive Party platform adopted at Omaha convention
The National Progressive party platform was drawn and adopted by a 13 member audience in Omaha. Dr Henry Hoffman called the platform the best ever written and attacked bankers and Wall Street in a keynote speech. The convention, held at Hoffmans store, had 15 attendees including two reporters.
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Omaha
National Progressive
Bull Moose
Henry Hoffman
United States
Hoffman
Wall Street
International Bankers
Not & Soul
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