Hoover Leads In Digest Poll Early Returns
The Literary Digest straw poll shows Hoover ahead of Smith among 32,350 ballots. Hoover 21,756 votes to 10,222 for Smith, 67.3 to 31.6 percent with minor candidates totaling 2.1. Wisconsin and New Jersey show shifts from 1924 patterns. Maryland favors Hoover.
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Smith
Literary Digest
Coolidge
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Conidge
Maryland
California
Nebraska
New York State
Ijdterary Digest
West High Drama Club Elects Officers for Study Season
West High School drama club elected officers Mary Pollard president Russell Hurt vice president Esther Miller secretary and Edith Young treasurer The coach Agnes Thomas said the group will study authors and plays on the first and third Mondays and stage a three act play with a one act to foster Little Theatre interest later this year
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West High School Dramatic Club
Mary Pollard
Russell Hurt
Esther Miller
Edith Young
Agnes Thomas
Egyptian Swains Roughly Treated in Ancient Love Test
In Khartoum, young men duel for a chosen bride by a brutal ritual called the mobatanah. Rivals strike each other’s backs with whip or stick until one endures longer, earning the bride and the title Abu-el-Banet. Police have banned the contests, but they persist in secret.
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Khartoum
Egypt
Sudan
Abu-el-Banet
Theodore Rehder Named Waterloo Iowa Student Council President
Theodore Rehder, West High School graduate of 1934, was appointed Thursday president of the University of Town City Iowa student council. He had served since spring to fill an uncompleted term and held over during the summer. Murray Goodman of Osceola Iowa was named vice president, Dorothy Gillis of Osage Ta secretary treasurer, and Craig Ellyson, West High graduate, was among 33 men chosen for the university glee club.
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Theodore Rehder
West High School
University of Town At
Iowa City
Rehder
Murray
Goodman
Osceola
Dorothy Gillis
Osage
Theodore Relhvler
Lincoln
Craig Ellyson
West High
Town City
University Glee Club
Ellyson
W. Ellyson
Home Park Boulevard
Charge of intent to murder filed against Wiegman
Information charging Roger Wiegman of Humboldt Iowa with assault with intent to commit murder in connection with buckshot fired into the face of road patrolman Harry F. Mason at Cedar Falls on September 14. Mason identified Wiegman as the driver. Wiegman denies, bonds fixed at $5,000. Additional charge notes a potential accomplice role and a separate warrant in another county. A second item reports Rossie Stephenson found guilty of assaulting and injuring W. Johnson at Waterloo Canning plant. Band to have hearing next Tuesday.
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Roger Wiegman
Humboldt
Harry FP
Mason
Cedar Falls
F. W. Edwards
J. C. Beem
Wiegman
Waterloo
Edwards
Manson
Warnholdt
Marnholdt
Cowity
H. T. Wagner
Black Hawk
Wagner
Magon
Rossie Stephenson
W. Fh Johnson
Waterloo Canning Company
G. §. Sager
Johnson
Stephenson
Frank Band
Dazzy Vance Dominates Cubs in National Pennant Chase
In Chicago on September 22, Dazzy Vance silenced the Cubs with a two hit game and a strikeout total that all but treed their pennant hopes. The ace pitcher dominated the lineup, letting only four Cubs reach base in five years of meetings.
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Chicago
Dazzy Vance
Cubs
Dazzy
Tbo
Water-Ino camp season cited as best in 28 years
Six hundred forty nine youths and leaders passed through the Water-Ino camp on Mor Tale this past season. The Waterloo area Y has run camps the 28 years, with wide use by local groups and by Camp Morrison and other sponsoring organizations. Bronze cedars were earned by several Waterloo boys including Don Black and Walter Pax. silver cedars by Harold Williams and others. New island equipment enhanced the program and plans press for the 1929 season.
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Ivancn
W. Co. A
Charles City
Camp Morrison
Acedition
Camp Foster
Order of the Cedar
Waterloo
Don Black
Cedar Falls
Roland White
Iowa Falls
Graham Tovey
Gray Miner
Glenn Haven
la Porte City
Walter Pax
Ray Nyhan
Henry Larsen
Wallace Lightheart
John Gray
Jasper DeBerg
Palmer Abfaller
Beryl McNally
Paw Ganffield
Harold Williams
James Eaton
Harry Case
Gram
Cost Of French Wines Shows Sharp Postwar Rise
Paris reports show ordinary French table wine prices at about 2,000 percent above prewar levels. Merchants push prices higher despite an excellent 1828 grape crop, with the apparent increase dampened by the franc’s depreciation.
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Paris
Corsican Banditry Master Perfettini Is Shot Down
From Ajaccio Corsica September 22 banditry figure Peele Perfettini the robber chieftain was gunned down by gendarmes after Corsicans rejected his low brow methods. His band robbed and killed as usual while authorities also killed the earlier Corsican Romaneus two years ago.
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Ajaccio
Corsica
Perfettini
Bendarmes
Romaneus
Unpopular figure Butie portrayed as grand hero
A fragmented reminiscence notes that Butie, though unpopular, acted with grand, picturesque flair and became a sort of popular hero amid vendetta conflicts. The passage emphasizes dramatic self-display and public perception shaping his legacy.
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Butie
France Enforces Law Against Bullfighting
Four bullfighters named Antonis Montes Emilio Vidal Batista and Marti attempted real bullfighting in Vichy. They were fined 25 cents for each bull killed and sentenced to three days in jail under the French ban on bullfights.
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Antonis Montes
Emilio
Vidal
Batista
Marti
Indicted for attempt to murder in Iowa case
Harry H. Graft of Spring Creek township was indicted by Black Hawk county grand jury on assault with intent to commit murder after he shot his wife Vera Craft beside him in their car in front of the courthouse. The same grand jury named Van Every in two bills tied to kidnapping claims and other indictments. Craft faces $20,000 bond. Van Every’s bonds set at $1,000 and $10,000. Additional women accused him of attempted kidnapping. a report notes a victim dragged along by his car. In Burlington a separate grand jury indicted KR Eccles for manslaughter in the death of his son from alcohol influence on August 4.
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Harry H. Graft
Spring Creek Township
Black Hawk County
Grand Jury
George W. Waad
Lee Var Every
Vera Craft
Craft
van Every
Wood
Ralph Davis
Des Moines Saturday Radio Schedule Highlights
A dense lay muted schedule lists phonograph records markets weather and programs across Des Moines Davenport and nearby areas. Entries include church services news reviews livestock forecasts weather reports and musical programs with multiple times and venues noted.
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Tel Orchestra
Folyphonic Quartet
Voc Mavenport
John Klein
Ime
Des Atoines
United
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Capitol Theatre
David Larence
National Light Opera
P. Weather
Bankera Life Ulttle Symphony
Woc Davenport
David Lawrence
Atwater “Kent
Des Wroren
A. M
Republican Party
Radio Farm Service
John Thompson
Elen Hughes
Philharmonic Trio
Bo R. Harlan
P. M
Deenett Wog—Davenpark
Yeeee
Republican National Committee
tWeather
Republican
Mittee
J. Palmer
General Motors
Whistler
Herb Heint
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