National poll shows Hoover lead in early returns
In a nationwide poll by Literary Digest Hoover maintains a strong lead over Smith in early returns with a near two to one ratio. Reports from upstate New York and larger cities hint at shifts, while Virginia and North Carolina show Smith trailing. Final results may change as more data arrives before polls close.
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Moover
Literary Digest
Hoover
Smith
Upstate
New York
Virginia
North Carolina
South
Chicago
Philadelphia
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
South Carolina
E’ ‘Tho
Alabama
New York City
New York State
Thhose
Texas
Ase
First Cold Wave of Fall Sweeping East
The Literary Digest poll shows Hoover leading nationwide with 63 percent to Smith's 36 percent as returns from 29 of 43 states come in. New York City and New York State show Smith ahead in urban and state totals, while the Solid South tilts toward Hoover in Arkansas Georgia Louisiana and South Carolina.
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New York
Qool
Smith
Hoover
South
Literary Digest
Water loo Plans Dedication As Army Planes Headed Here
Waterloo officials racers and American Legion members prepare Chap man Field dedication as three Curtiss P I planes under Lieutenant Irvine depart Selfridge Field Michigan for Waterloo with a stop at Chanute Field en route. Also four bombing planes from Port Crook Nebraska set out tomorrow. Police urge no highway parking and charge for inside grounds. Audubon to celebrate fiftieth anniversary October 15 with Howard Clark as a lead speaker.
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Waterloo, Airport, Inc
Becker-Chapman Post
American Legion
Waterloo
National Aeronautic Association
Chapman Field
Fiske Marshall
Irvine
Selfridge Field
Mich
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Field
Erickson
Herb
Lesperance
Maxwell
Haynes
Omlclats
Audubon
Howard Clark
Des Moines
Audubon County
D . Freeman
E. J. Freeman
John Livingston Tmnager
Mid-West Air- Ways, Inc
Waco
Harry M. Reed
Becker-Chapman Post No
Eddie V.rickenbreker
W C T U Strives to End Cigaret Stubs
In Towa City Iowa at the annual convention the Women's Christian Temperance Union reports 57000 cigarette stubs stepped on and destroyed last year. One member claims 370 stubs were personally destroyed and the campaign will continue this year.
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Ella A. Boole
Women's Christian ‘Tem- Pernice Union
Iowa City
Hoover
Smith
Inman
Towa City
Iowa
Women's Christian ’Temperance Union of
Towa
Coast Guard Cutter Smith Reported Lost After Gale
San Francisco October 12 Coast guard cutter Smith with 13 men is believed lost off Point Arena after a gale damaged it Thursday A radio message at 936 p m said distress and sinking A United States signal was sent to northern waters and intermittent radio contact continued until midnight Coast guard officers fear the vessel went down The Smith is a large motor ram chaser used as a harbor patrol vessel in San Francisco Bay
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San Francisco
Cal
Coast Guard
Smith
Point Arena
San Francisco Bay
Wesley Bank Fails To Open Its Doors In Wesley
The First National Bank of Wesley in Kossuth County failed to open. Established 1901 with capital 25 900 and surplus 5 000, deposits 200 000. Officers listed: Mason Schmuder president Julius Kunz vice president and R Gerles cashier.
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Algona
National Bank of
Wesley
Kossuth County
Mason Schhuder
Julius Kunz
Andr. Gerles
Winter grips Rockies as snow and cold descend
A broad winter storm sweeps the Rocky region bringing snow in Wyoming Colorado Montana and Utah with temperatures plunging to 28 at Helena. Snow and hail damage crops in Nebraska North Dakota and Kansas while Utah Apple growers report losses and logan area sees a sharp cold snap.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain
Canadian Prairies
Missouri Valley
Kansas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado Rockies
Truckee
Cal
Reno
Nev
Pocatello
Ida
Bishee
Ariz
Prescott
WHO to Report Grinnell Iowa State Football Game
Des Moines radio station WHO announced it will provide a play by play of the Iowa State Grinnell football game in Grinnell Saturday at 2 p.m. The WEAF network will air Yale Georgia at 1 45 p.m. and the Navy Notre Dame game will be on WJZ at 7 15 p.m.
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Des Moines
WHO
Grinnell
Chicago
WEAF
WJZ
Navy-Notre Dame
Police and Posse Track Thief Of Rural Schoolhouse
In Peace Mississippi local police and a citizen posse searched for a two room schoolhouse stolen overnight. Officers found evidence it was hauled away but after tracking the thief about a mile the trail was lost. Children enjoyed a holiday amid the mystery.
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Caich
Pratt
Board of Education
Peace, Miss
W.pi
Prisoner Van Every Arrives in Irons for 10 Year Term
Lee Van Every, No. 12 588, escorted by Deputy Sheriff Harry Allen, arrived at the state reformatory in Anamosa at 6 30 AM to serve a decade for assault with intent to commit a statutory offense against a Waterloo girl. He is heavily shackled with both handcuffs and leg irons and will be examined for mental state and may receive medical treatment. Allen plans to return this afternoon.
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Lee van Every
State Reformatory
Ala Amoua
Waterloo
van Every
Anamosa
Harry Allen
Beig
Allen
Railway Express Strikers End Work and Lift Embargo
Striking employees of the American Railway Express company return to work in New York as the embargo on all inbound and outbound express is lifted. Normal service expected within 24 hours. The strike ended after a mass meeting led by George M. Harrison of the International Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, who arrived from Cincinnati. Company officials pledged a hearing next Wednesday for grievances.
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New York
American Railway Express Company
George M. Harrison
International Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Cincinnati
Ten Years Ago in Service Ten Years Ago at Camp
Dan Lindner of Waterloo and Mississippi Valley league circles recalls three five minute hikes in sweltering heat to the Yallroad depot. He and other members of the One Hundred Thirty third base hospital troop at Camp Sheridan Ga were ordered to march back to camp as France waited 50 near. Lindner says the armistice was signed a few days after their third depot trip ending their crossing hopes.
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Yallroad
France
Dan Lindner
Newell Street
Waterloo
Camp Sheridan
Lindner
Zeppelin Flight Log From Friedrichshafen to Mediterranean Waters
An International News Service dispatch records a Zeppelin journey starting at Friedrichshafen and crossing over Switzerland and France into the Mediterranean region. It notes sightings near Toulon and Marseille, then over Barcelona’s coast and Tarragona before heading toward Valencia and Gibraltar with later weather-report acknowledgments and faint signals.
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International News Service
Friedrichshefern
Gonstahee
Switzerland
Schaffhausen
Basel
Lyons
France
Fiew
Mortelimar
Marseilles
Toulon
Barcelona
Tarrangona
Valencia
SS. New York
Spanish
Gibraltar
Interviews With Home Folks From Years Away
Frank Skinner, artist and reporter for the Evening Courier in 1900, visited Waterloo today. He recalls watching a sensational murder case at Terre Haute Tribune with a jail mob storming, hanging, then shooting and burning a prisoner as he photographed the scene.
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Frank Skinner
Evening Courier
Minneapolis
Mitchell Advertising Agency
Waterloo Skinna
Terre Haute
Ind) Tribune
Anegra
French submarine Ondine sunk after October collision
The Ondine, 600 tons, was sunk by a Greek ship off Oparta during the night of October 3. She carried three officers and 40 men and left Cherbourg October 1 on an endurance trial. All hands feared lost. destroyers near Oporto ordered to search for survivors and wreckage.
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Paris
Ondine
Oparta
Cherbourg
Cape Finistero
Ministry of Marine
Oporto
Graf Zeppelin crosses Atlantic on way to America
Reports from Paris and New York detail the Graf Zeppelin passing the Azores Madeira and Gibraltar as it heads toward the United States. Dr. James H. Kimball notes favorable weather conditions while the airship dodges headwinds and adjusts course toward Bermuda with a long flight ahead.
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New York
America
James H. Kimball
The
Weather Bureau
Asso- Ginter
Reuter
Porta Delgada
Azores
Friedrichshafen
Eckener
American
Bermuda
Funchal
Germany
Atlantic
Graf
United States
Mediterranean
Spain
Gibraltar
Madeira Islands
Guraitar
Gynterle
Spanish Morocco
Spanist
Ts’ Gibral
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