In the Spotlight of TODAY'S News In Hot Springs
Governor Al Smith and Senator Joe Robinson are showcased as political tensions surface within the Democratic ticket. Robinson demonstrates how pro remains can bridge wet-dry divides by attacking GOP enforcement of the Volstead act while advocating party unity. The column also covers town news, Albania's king bid, a Traer drunken-driving case, and Transcontinental Air Transport plans.
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al Smith
New York
Joe Robinson
Arkansas
Hot Springs
Campaign formula for Smith nears edge of victory
Washington Aug. 31 The Democratic plan to win the presidency rests on carrying all eastern states and the Solid South, then splitting the Border and Western battlegrounds. Analysts note the path hinges on holding large states like New York and Massachusetts and the border trio Kentucky Tennessee Missouri, while losses in any key state could doom the campaign.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Raskob
Gov. Smith
Oklahoma
New York
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Delaware
Maryland
Smith
Solid South
South
Bor
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
West
Ohio
California
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Montana
South Dakota
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Nebraska
New Jeraey
Nomination Notify Senator Robinson As Democratic VP Candidate
Notified in Hot Springs Arkansas on August 31 Senator Joe Robinson was named the Democratic vice presidential nominee. Claude G Bowers praised Robinsons seasoned leadership democracy and fidelity to American ideals while urging less bureaucracy and more swift action against corruption.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Arkansas
Joe T. Rodlison
Claude G. Bowers
Newark
Senator Robinson
Bowers
Dublin tribute paid to Kellogg at Bellegue hotel banquet
In Dublin on August 31 American Secretary of State and party, likely to stay until Monday then sail aboard the Leviathan from Cherbourg to New York. A state banquet in honor at the Shelburne hotel drew about 3,000 guests and featured high officials present for the secretary’s visit.
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Dublin
Frank B. Kellogg
Detroit
Cherbourg
New York
Belloge
Shelburne
Free State
Plaza
Robinson Returns Home for Campaign Stop in Lonoke
Joe Robinson, campaigning for vice president, returns to his Lonoke birthplace to a large crowd on the village's picnic grove. J. J. Doran, a former teacher, hosts as Robinson urges tolerance and unity, denouncing religious bias in politics. A basket dinner follows the welcome, then a trip to Little Rock for rest before a Dallas campaign stop.
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Lonoke
Ark
J. J. Doran
Joe Robinson
Arkansas Hills
Joe
United States
Arkansas
Robinson
J. ¥. Rogers
America
Hot Springs
Guv
Smith
Thomas B. Trimble
Tot Springs
Ralator Robinson
Little Rock
Dallas
TINNED ARREST SHAKES GERMAN INDUSTRIAL GIANT
Berlin reports Hugo Stinnes son of the late magnate suffers a nervous breakdown after his arrest on charges tied to a plot to swindle the government through war bond declarations. The probe centers on a 400,000 609 gold mark scheme with a supposed gang operating from Paris and Amsterdam.
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Berlin
Hugo Stinnes
Saise
Gertmany
Stinnes
Pans
Amsterdam
Woman Killed in Automobile Crash in Des Moines
Des Moines Aug. 31 Mrs Elizabeth Lawrence 23 an employee of Meredith publications was killed this morning when the automobile she rode in collided with another car She was thrown against the windshield Her husband Roy Lawrence was seriously injured and her brother Charles Benning Webb Iowa was slightly hurt Both cars reportedly traveled at a crawl speed according to witnesses
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Des Moines
Elizabeth Lawrence
Meredith Publications
Roy Lawrence
Town Lutheran Hospital
Charles Benning
Webb
Prison escape leads to fatal shooting in Manchester
Arthur Hentges 23 was recaptured at his parents home after fleeing Manchester jail following a break from Delaware county jail. A Sheriff Utiley shot him as he bolted while being taken away. The bullet pierced his back and intestines, and he remained in critical condition at Alien Memorial hospital. He faced intoxication and statutory charges in Stockton before the escape.
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Harry Aspley
Manchester
Delaware County
Arthur Hentges
Alien Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Hentges
Stockton
Kan
Henry Hentges
Utiley
Vera Craft
Anna Frerichs
Reinbeck
Houdini Kid Breaches Keokuk Jail Again
Keokuk August 31 IINS Police recount Frank D Long 25 who boasted he would escape. He set fire to his cell tore floor and escaped through a basement window. Apprehended in Navoo Illinois still in handcuffs as he rode away in a stolen car. Authorities seek when his next Houdini act will occur.
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Keokuk
Frank D. Long
Navoo, Til
Milwaukee Tragedy: Husband Kills Wife and Wounds Boarder
Melvin Payne aged 36 shot and killed his wife Frances, mother of three, and wounded boarder Palfrey, probably fatally, after returning home to find Palfrey with his wife. Payne, a member of the volunteer rescue army, had recently moved them from Athens, Georgia. Palfrey was found with Mrs. Payne as Payne fired a revolver into a bed where she hid. Palfrey was shot while fleeing the Payne residence.
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Milwaukee
Wis
INS
Melvin
Payne
Mejer
Volunteer Rescue Army
Frances
EL Palfrey
Palfrey
Paynes
Athens
Lifelong Democrat to Support Hoover
George W. Lane of Chicago brother of the late Franklin K. Lane announced he would vote for Herbert Hoover. Lane, a lifelong Democrat, said no man is more qualified for the presidency in his view and urged the Republican party to nominate Hoover.
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Washington, DD
George W. Lane
Chicago
Franklin KE. Lane
Wilson
Republican National
Herbert Hoover
Lane
Mexican Bandits Kidnap American Bumsted in Mexico
Washington reports E. J. Bumsted of Los Angeles was kidnapped by Mexican bandits Aug. 25. The U.S. consul at Guadalajara notified the state department, and the American embassy in Mexico City asked action to secure his release. Bumsted had gone to Mexico in June to work at the Humboldt mine. The news item also notes a separate birth in Hammond, Indiana, with the child to be named Hoover Smith Kinski.
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Washington, D. C
INS
E. J. Bumnested
Los Angeles
State Department
E. B. Lowry
Guadalajara
Mexico City
Bumsted
Moxica
Humboldt
Taby
Hammond
Ind
U.P
Phil Kltinski
Calumet City
Hoover Smith Kinski
Farmer shoots wife in street. surrenders at jail
Spring Creek township farmer Vera shot twice on the street Wednesday. She is recovering at Allen hospital. Craft gave himself up at Black Hawk county jail immediately after the shooting. No charge has been filed.
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Spring Creek Township
Vera
Allen Hospital
Black Hawk County
Craft
Levine Planning Hop From Paris For Transatlantic Run
Charles A. Levine Mabel Bell and Beré Acosta began a transatlantic attempt from Paris after Croydon officials denied use of their field. The trio departed Croydon for Le Bourget at 9 30 a m and reached Brussels by 11 45 a m.
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Loneoa
Paris
Charles A. Levine
Mabel
Bell
Queen of Diamonds
Beré Acosta
Croydon
le’ Bourget
Acosta
Centrals
Croydon Field
Levine
Brussels
Planes Fly Between Chicago and Twin Cities to Cut Travel Time
Trans-Continental Air Transport and Northwest Airways begin passenger air service linking Chicago with Minneapolis and St Paul. Flights reduce Chicago Twin Cities trip by about eight hours, four hours to St Paul, four hours ten to Minneapolis, with eastbound times from Minneapolis 3:40 to Chicago 3:30. Carlson pilots and Ford all metal planes with 12 seats, 400 hp Pratt Whitney Wasp engines, cruising 115 mph. Clark sworn in as secretary of state, succeeding Olds.
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Transcontinental Air Transport
Pennsylvania Railroad
Curtiss and Wright
Department Or Commerce
Chicago
Twin Cities
Railway
Windy City
St. Paul-Minneapolis
O', Lindbergh
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United States
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Northwest Airways, Inc
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Railair
Chicago-Minneappolis
Trans-Continental Air’ 'Transport, Inc
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
Wright Aeronautical Company
New
Charles A. Lindbergh
Pennsylvania, Railroad
New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Pacific Northwest
Cicero
North Philadelphia
Englewood Station
Cicero Field
St Paul
Cicero Geld
Englewood
Lngine
Union Station
Engiewood
Servce
Atl-Mal
United States Department of Commerce
Marines rout rebel band near Macuelzo
Anagua, Nic Aug 31 Two Sandinistas were killed, one wounded, and five captured when a patrol of 12 marines under Captain George F. Stockes routed a 40-strong rebel band near Macuelzo Tuesday. Marines reported no casualties. News reached headquarters after difficult communication, with Captain Stockes relaying details via ground-printed messages shown to low-flying airplanes.
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Anagua
Nic
George FB. Stockes
Macuelzo
Stockes
FARM COMMITTEE MAY FAVOR SMITE
Des Moines August 31 An INS report says the Corn Belt Farm Relief committee supports Alfred E. Smith for president. The group, with leaders from major agricultural bodies, backs the national Democratic farm relief plank and represents about 1,006,000 farmers. In Moscow the same day Soviet leadership did not comment on Governor Smith.
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Des Moines
INS
Alfred E. Smith
Corn Belt Farm Relief Committee
Moscow
Smith
Aia
France
Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Mayor Opens Fine School for Autoists
Mayor F. H. Schleiter launched a traffic education school in Ames Iowa to curtail traffic violations. Forty one motorists paid a dollar matriculation fee yesterday to attend sessions in the mayor's court. He warned that second lessons will cost more.
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Ames
fiInsj
F. H. Schleiter
Hold Shack Owner for Fatal Shooting of Livestock Buyer
Arne, owner of a fishing shack on the Des Moines River near Rolfe, Iowa, is jailed in Pocahontas charged with murder after cattle buyer C. W. Cechin was found dead with a gunshot wound. The coroner's jury linked Arnett to the fatal shooting. the men were friends and had been drinking.
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Rolfe
UPR
Finver
Arnett
Colin
Courier delivery deadline notice from late edition
The Courier promises home delivery before thirty minutes past the hour. If the newspaper is late due to carrier error or other cause, call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Calls should reach by 6:30 p.m. for prompt assistance.
Ten Years Ago in the Service Remembered at Montdidier
Henry E. Brunscheon recalls the first fatal moment of his unit in France near Montdidier. A German shell struck while men sat in a shack dugout behind the front lines, killing a comrade instantly. The unit had been in combat for 52 days.
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Henry E. Brunscheon
Kern Street
Montdidier
France
Mat
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