Hoover backed as best equipped candidate by Frear in crowd
Congressman James A. Frear urged voters to favor Herbert Hoover as best equipped for the presidency, while noting Al Smith’s record. He outlined three voter considerations: prosperity, Hoover and Smith records, and attacked Smith’s ties to Tammany. The event followed a dinner at the YMCA with the Meos¢ Band playing outside the courthouse.
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Hoover
James Frear
James A. Frear
Herbert Hoover
United States
al Smith
Frear
Tammany Tiger
Congressman Frear
New York City
Toth
Teazot Dome
Bassett
Court House
Stief
Miner fatally hurt in rock fall at Lehigh mine
Parry Barron, 39, of Leek near Fave, died in Coaldale hospital from a fractured skull after a rockfall at the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co. mine number 20 col v late yesterday. Lewis Clohan, 81, a retired Wheeling businessman, died at home after a long illness.
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Ffamaqua
U P. Parry Barron
Leek
Fave
Coaldale Hospital
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Vheeling
W. Va
Lewis Clohan
Wheeling
Unclear Fragments Reflecting Public Sentiment
The readable text presents fragmented remarks about a person named Martin and reflections on leadership, roadsters, and conscience tied to receipts. The passage lacks coherent events or identifiable actions to form a fuller news item.
Hoover Gains Backers in Madison Square Garden Rally
A New York American summary notes 22 000 at Madison Square Garden and millions on radio denounce Smiths program as state socialism. Raskob Dupont Woodin Harkness and others leave the Republican party to back Smith. Women play a role with Helen Wills for Hoover and Pinkhott for Smith. Mrs Dodge dies leaving one million. Continued on Page Seven.
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New York American, Inc
Hoover
Madison Square Garden
Governor Smith
Raskob
Dupont
Woodin
Harkness
Republican Party
Smith
Helen Wills
Rosamond Pinchot
Woodrow Wilson
Europe
Peggy
Democratic Party
E. 3. Dodge
Hoover Maintains Wide Lead In National Poll
New York Oct 26 The Literary Digest postcard poll shows Herbert Hoover ahead in all states except Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina. Hoover totals exceed 4.7 million votes about 63 percent with Alfred E. Smith around 971 thousand or 36 percent. Socialist, Workers and Prohibition candidates collect several thousand votes.
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New York
Literary Digests
Herbert Hoover
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Prohibition
Contracts Awarded on Ten Road Projects
Harrisburg reports by state highway secretary Stuart that ten of thirteen road projects bid October 24 have been awarded. The awards cover Bradford Indiana Susquehanna Westmoreland Lancaster Lawrence Mercer Washington Fulton Somerset counties with bids in Bucks Wayne and Greene counties held under advisement.
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Harrisburg
Stuart
Bradford
Indiana
Susquehanna
Westmoreland
Lancaster
Lawrence
Mercer
Washington
Fulton
Somerset
Bucks
Wayne
Greene
Herrick Declares Govt Ownership a Dismal Failure
Ambassador to France Myron T. Herrick asserts in Hoover camp briefings that government ownership in Europe is a dismal failure and warns against similar trends in the United States. He describes the American system as prosperous and denounces social ownership as harmful.
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Herrick
Washington
Herbert Hotreei
Autreg
Hoover
Madison Square Garden
Smith
Boston
Hoover Headquarters
Europe
Election Broadcast Right of Way Granted for Returns
The Federal Radio Commission ordered the broadcast of election returns on November 6 and 7. All amateurs and experimental operators must stay off the air from 8 PM November 6 to 12 noon November 7 to avoid interference unless they are broadcasting returns.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Radio Commission
Republican committee reports October campaign expenditures
The Republican national committee reported spending 2123894.64 dollars on the Hoover-Curtis campaign up to October 24 with 2261596.93 dollars raised and a balance of 137,1129 dollars from 53,217 contributors. A separate item notes Mrs John Smith, 56, killed by an automobile near Portage Pennsylvania.
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Washington
U.P
Republican National Committee
Hoover-Curtis
Joseph B. Nutt
House
Senate
Portage
John Smith
Here
Presentments Prepared in Graft Probe in Pittsburgh
Oct 29, grand jury preparings may yield as many as 200 indictments in the office of District Attorney Samuel H. Gardner. Alfred W. Forney, slot machine king, testified and left the grand jury to adjourn until Tuesday to submit presentments to Judge James B. Drew. Gardner praised Forney’s testimony while he serves a federal sentence in Allegheny County jail.
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Pittsburgh
Samuel H. Gardner
Alfred W. Forney
James B. Drew
Gardner
Forney
Allegheny County
Seventy One Stolen Autos Recovered by Patrol in September
Harrisburg patrol reports seventy one stolen motor cars recovered in September with an estimated value of forty thousand eight hundred ninety five dollars. Secretary of Highways Stuart announced. Thirty seven abandoned, thirteen found in possession of others. Twenty one arrests. For nine months total seventy six four stolen cars valued at four hundred twenty five thousand two hundred fifty seven dollars recovered.
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Harrisburg
State Highway Patrol
Stuart
Y M G A Boys Division party for 200 youths
The Boys Division of the Y M C A plans a Friday night party at 7 30 featuring ice cream and cake. A rapid fire schedule includes quoits table games and gym activities with 20 minutes of contests. Admission requires cards at the door and non member attendees must be at least 12.
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Don Benson
Lyle Knapp
Calvin Buerickle
Elmer Felder
Kay Burns
Phil Chapman
Roger Robson
Ed Johnson
Richard Traxter
Robert Whelock
David A. Smith
Roger W. Gardner
Thirty-One Killed in Wreck of Express
Paris reports the Simplon Express collided with another train at Resca Roumania killing thirty one people. A Bucharest dispatch says the crash occurred at 2 A M near Slatina, destroying a sleeping car coach baggage cars and two mail cars.
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Paris
U.P
Resca
Roumanis
Berlin
Bucharest
Slatina
Roumania
Yankee Dooodle to attempt eastward nonstop flight
Los Angeles October 26 The Yankee Dooodle monoplane holder of nonstop west and east records arrived at Mines Field after a 24 hour 52 minute trip from Roosevelt Field New York The crew Captain C B D Collyer and Harry Tucker plan another attempt to beat the 26 hour 50 minute eastward mark set in 1926 by MacReady and Kelley Tucker owns the plane and has flown all its record attempts The pilots showed fatigue after nearly a day in the air and the plane remained undamaged as they prepared for the next trial
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Los Angeless
Yankee Doiddle
C. B. D. Collyer
Harry Tucker
Mines Field
Los Angeles
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Lieuts, MacReady and Kelley
California
New York
Art Goebel
Hawaii
Tucker
Sohn
Goebel
Collyer
Motor Co Manager Robbed of $2000 in Clarksburg
E. B. Leach general manager of a Clarksburg motor company was robbed of $2000 by two men on a downtown street. They forced him to drive five miles, then shot him in the hand after he tried to resist, leaving him unconscious by the roadside before abandoning his car. The car was later found about a half mile away.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
U. P
E. B. Leach
Teach
Leach
Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh RR Discontinues Backus Station
Harrisburg October 25 the Public Service Commission granted permission to the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh railroad to discontinue maintenance of an event at Backus Station McKean County.
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Ugulation
Harrisburg
Public Service Commission
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad
Backus Station
McKean County
Zeppelin Flight Cancelled After Weather Delays at Lakehurst
Graf Zeppelin's western U S tour was canceled by Dr. Hugo Eckener due to unfavorable weather conditions and local field winds. Refueling and return preparations to Friedrichshafen were ordered as crews dejectedly watched plans falter, with hopes of European trips before winter snows.
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Lakehurst
WS. J
Graf Zeppelin
Hugo Eckener
Eckener
Europe
Germany
Mn Rowe
Dr Wekener
Craf
Friedrichshafen
Eegret
Alou
United States
County Chairman Urges Support of Four Bond Issues
Henry H. Bassett, chairman of the Republican county committee, announced support for four proposed amendments at a dinner in Warren. The amendments cover roads, State College welfare and forests. The event honored James A. Frear and called for district leaders to back Hoover and the straight Republican ticket.
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al Teast Tour
Henry H. Bassett
Republican County Committee
Herbert Hoover
Bassett
State College
James A. Frear
Wisconsin
House of Representatives
Warren
Alice Bentley
Meadville
Maurice P. Breen
Franklin
Court House
Green
Pittsburgh
Comec
Winter Weather Arrives in Warren
Cold snap hits Warren with a morning snow shower and a fall in temperature. The Pennsylvania Gas thermometer read 32 degrees at three, rose to 35 by eight, far from the previous 41 at two. Forecasters expect continued cool, with a chance of frost and increasing clouds Saturday.
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Séout
Pennsylvania Gas Company
Weather Bureau
Lady Northesk Divorced in Scotland From Lord Northesk
Lady Northesk formerly Jessica Brown of the Ziegfeld Follies was granted a divorce from Lord Northesk in Edinburgh. She charged misconduct by him in Paris in January last. he did not defend. They wed in Chicago in July 1923. Tribune manager assigns Frank R. Ford as editor and general manager. he resigns and moves to Columbus Ohio.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Lady Northesk
Jessica Brown
Lord Northesk
Paris
Chicago
Tribune
Frank R. Ford
The
Warren
Columbus Citizen
Columbus
Ohio
Word
Poisonous Berries Kill York County Boy
Poisonous berries killed nine year old son of Mr and Mrs David Reidel of Yorkana after he ate them and fell ill. A York County death reported as a berry poisoning with family named in the tragedy. In Scranton a registration board prepared to rule on removing ninety one names from the lists after canceling twenty five names in the First Ward First District.
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York
David Reidel
Yorkana
Scranton
U.P
Weather forecast for western Pai-Fair area tonight
Forecast calls for light frost in the southern portion. Saturday brings increasing cloudiness with the cold front keeping temperatures around 35 to 2 feet above. Observations note precipitation around .25 inches.
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Pai
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Miner
Rock Fall
Are Martin
Lord
Grant
Wall Street Rhind
Woodin, Et al
James E. Dyer
Herbert Schiff
Navy
U. S
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