Protests over Leopold Loeb case and Iowa radio channels
The piece notes public opposition to possible parole for Leopold and Loeb, cites Clarence Darrow and Judge Sullivan, and mentions Iowa radio channel allocations pressured by public opinion. It also reports graft arrests in Philadelphia, with police officers charged for extortion and bribery related to bootleggers.
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Iowa
Leopold-Loeb
Chicago
WOC
Washington
Hammill
Philadelphia
Cohen
Smiths water power plan attacked by utility interests
An eminent Republican source says Governor Smith's government ownership plan for water power faces opposition from utility groups. Steam generated electricity is cited as cheaper, with coal plants now displacing hydro in many cases. Public ownership is argued to remove profitability for private water powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic William Wise
Washington
D. C
Smith
Denver
Federal Trade Commission
Niagara
St. Lawrence
Gov. Smith
Courier Delivery by 30 Oclock Before Home Drop
The Courier should reach your home before 12:30. If the carrier error or other cause makes you miss the delivery by that time, call 4200 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 12:20 p m.
Portes Gil Heads Mexican Government as Provisional President
Emilio Portes Gil, a lawyer and sporter, named provisional president of Mexico by a 277 vote joint session. He will take office December 1 and serve until February 5, 1930, continuing President Calles' policies. Obregon supporters reportedly opposed the choice, with calls for Calles to act as arbitrator.
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Mexico City
U.R
Emilio Portes Gil
Mexico
Portes Gil
Theorg
Congress
Galles
Tamaulipas
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Obregon
Jose de Toral
Bcen Calles
Skrietens
Wwee
Columnnel
Powder blast at Cabrerizas Bajas fort kills and injures many
The powder magazine of the ancient Spanish fort Cabrerizas Bajas exploded near Morécen. Forty people died and about 200 were injured, including women and children. Nine soldiers at the garrison were killed. The government set aside 25,000 pesetas for relief.
Briand Denies Paris London Air Pact Claim
Paris reports Foreign Minister Briand denied a London Daily Telegraph statement that England and France formed an air agreement barring airports on the English channel and Mediterranean coast. He said the current agreement has no airport clause and referenced no supplementary accord.
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Paris
Briand
London Daily Telegraph
England
France
English Channel
Mediterranean
London
Kiwanitans Meet in Peoria for 1929 Convention
Waukegan Sept 26 1928 Delegates from Thavis and eastern Iowa will meet in Peoria for the 1929 Kiwanis convention. Selection of the convention city was the chief business before the delegates last night. O Samuel Cummings international president of Kiwanis clubs was to address the closing session today.
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Waukegan
cPi
Thavis
Iowa
Peoria
O. Samuel Cummings
Hiwanis Clubs
Short Interviews With Home Folks
The new postal rates reduce postage for books to 3 cents per pound first, then 1 cent for each additional pound within the state. Miss Callie Wieder, librarian, notes cheaper rates boost inter library loans and mail book loans to patrons away from town.
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Callie Wieder
Hoover's Speech Program Shaped to Requirement
Hoover's campaign schedule remains flexible as he weighs future speech dates. The Republican nominee awaits developments in the race and plans a broad westward itinerary before returning to California for a late November vote.
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Hoover
James L. West
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
South
Herbert Hoover
California
Palo Alto
Cohimm
Student Ends Life After Moody Meal
Des Moines Sept 26 4 R New ton Welsh 16 a high school student hanged himself from a tree limb at the Anderson home after dinner His body was found about an hour later by Mrs Andrew Anderson Coroner Dr H J Wright said the boy was nervous and recently low in spirits Mrs Anderson said he appeared bloody at dinner
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Des Moines
R—Newton Welsh
Andrew Anderson
Anderson Yard
H. J. Wright
Suit to determine value of contracts tested in Marengo district
Widespread interest centers on a district court trial over exclusiveness of producers contracts used by local farmers cooperative livestock shipping associations. George Schmidt, 35, is charged with selling livestock outside the association after allegedly guaranteeing sales through the Williamsburg branch of the county association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Cours
Farmers Co-Operative Livestock Shipping Associations
George Schmidt
Wilamsburg
Sassociaton
Campaigning Speaker Willebrandt Drives UK Role
Mrs. Ma Bel Walker Willebrandt, assistant attorney general, will continue speaking for the Republican campaign as part of a speaker’s bureau plan. Newton says some talks are not with fullHQ authority and Hoover allies defer to the bureau. She stresses the issue is moral not religious, accusing Gov. Smith of injecting religion into the race. Plans include an Oct 8 Kentucky stop and possible Southern states appearances.
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Chicago
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Walter Newton
Newton
Willebrandt
Willebrand
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Gov. Smith
Washington, D. C
U.R
Hoover- Curtis
Alfred B. Smith
Mabel
Walker Willibrandt
Herbert Hoover
Hubert Work
Republican National Committee
Coolidge
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
Work
Republican
Alfred E. Smith
Father Threatened After Son Shot in Alleged Gun War
Des Moines police guard George Rambo father of Ray Rambo after threats that he would be next. Rays’s shooting in a Hollar feud last week spurs warnings to Leo and Clifford Stanton who echoed the slain youth’s accusation against Fat Clarkson. Ray Rambo remains hospitalized at Mercy while Clarkson and the Clarkson brother BC face assault with intent to commit murder charges.
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Des Moines
INS
George Rambo
Ray Rambo
Rambo
Leo
Clifford Stanton
Young Rambo
Clarkson
Mercy Hospital
Black Hawk county GOP forms executive committee for Hoover Curtis drive
Moore Jensen Mrs Enguid Th Ong along with four regular officers of the Black Hawk county Republican central committee were named to direct the Hoover Curtis intensive political campaign. Ghaix man P H Frank announced the appointments with Clara Morrill Ed Esher and George Harris also listed in leadership roles. Moore, treasurer of Slack Hawk Construction Co, has long been active in party finance. Home listed as 1122 Vine Street. Mrs Hemsworth is a former press figure.
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Stanley D. Moore
L. ©. Hemeworth
Walter P. Jensen
Black Hawk County
Republican Central Committee
Hoover- Curtis
Ghaixman
P. H. Frank
Cedar Falls
Ed L. Esher
la Porte City
George D. Harris
Reward Offered for Des Moines Bank Robbers
The Polk County Bankers association posted a $1,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of four men who robbed the University State Bank of Des Moines about two weeks ago. The robbers reportedly obtained around $700. Separately, A. O. Clayton had his parole revoked and faced a 10 year sentence in the state reformatory at Anamosa after being indicted for robbing a grocery store.
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Des Libines
University State Bank of Des
Des Moines
Powder Factory Blast Kills 10 and Wounds 200 at Melilla
Report records a deadly powder factory explosion near Melilla Spain that killed ten and injured about two hundred. Accounts mention soldiers from Company B 168th Infantry and a shell blast hitting a road, with several men killed including Robert Snelson and others wounded.
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Melilla
Morocco
Cabrerizas
John OH. Cratsiey
Mobile
Spain
Ghatea Thierry
Robert Snelson
Snelson
St. Miniel
Plan Helping Picnic on Hoover Farm at Shenandoah
A community picnic is planned for September 28 on Herbert Hoover’s farm located 4 1/2 miles south of Graham Iowa. The event, organized with the W Co TUL taking a leading role, aims to do much good for the presidential candidate and attract local residents to attend.
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Shenandoah
Herbert Hoover
W. Co. T. UL
Graham
Fnvileton
Palm Beach Readies Opening of Tourist Season
Palm Beach, Florida, prepares for the winter season with the hurricane's damage confined mainly to landscaping. Structural damage to many homes appears comparatively slight as cleanup moves forward in advance of opening.
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Palm Beach
West Palm Beach
Fla
America
Guatemala Suspends Constitutional Guarantees Under Martial Rule
In Guatemala City on Sept 26 President Chacon and his cabinet suspended constitutional guarantees for five months citing opposition seditious activities. The decree mirrors martial law applying to meetings travel and the press amid alleged disruption to peace and credit.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Chacon
Violator of Dry Law Given Life in Michigan
Tonia Michigan September 26 A man named Alonzo Noyes 54 year old farmer near here was sentenced to life imprisonment under Michigan habitual criminal statute after pleading guilty and admitting prior burglary and grand larceny terms Prosecutor Frank G Miller noted the previous sentences Circuit Judge Royal A Hawley had no alternative The case marks the second life sentence under the dry law The article also mentions Fred Palm whose life sentence for possession of one pint of gin is awaiting appeal before the state supreme court next month.
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Tonia
Mich
U.P
Michigan
Alonzo Noyes
Here
Frank GC. Miller
Noyes
Royal A. Hawley
Fred Palm
State Supreme Court
Rains Delay Storm Zone Recovery in Florida Towns
In West Palm Beach on September 26, flood and hurricane wrecked towns near Okeechobee faced delays from heavy rains and ongoing burning of the dead. Bell Glade burial fires burned through the night as flood bodies and animal carcasses ran to rivers. Red Cross sees relief progress far from complete as leaders estimate up to 180 white and 1,400 to 21,300 Black residents lost their lives. Howard A. Seely notes $12,009,000 in hurricane relief funds is neglected or unspent.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Jeke Okeechobee
Belle Glade
Red Cross
Howard A. Seely
Manufacturer Dies in Auto Collision
Alfred J. Krank, 62, president of the Krank manufacturing company, was killed instantly when his auto collided head on with a street car near Excelsior Minnesota. The crash occurred two miles west of town this morning as Krank’s brakes apparently failed and the windshield was crushed.
League Approves General Act for Pacific Settlement
Geneva reports the ninth League of Nations assembly endorsed a general act on arbitration conciliation and pacific settlement of disputes. The act plus the Kellogg treaty aims to remove disarmament obstacles and frames model treaties for collective and separate security.
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Geneva
Ninth Assembly of the
League of Nations
Arnes
Ysl
League
Security Commission
Pacific
Hungary
Gemany
Benes
Roumania
N. P.comnene
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