Jobless Optimist Secures Hollywood Bride And Water Warnings At Hopi Snake Dance
Elmer J. Crist of Columbus, Ohio, obtained a marriage license to wed Clara Bow of Hollywood in Denver. Meanwhile Indian agent Edgar K. Miller warned Hopi Snake Dance visitors to bring ample water as drought leaves Hotevilla scarce. camping facilities and routes via Winslow, Leupp, Oraibi outlined with strict liquor rules enforced during the ceremony.
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Denver
Colo
Elmer J. Crist
Columbus
Ohio
Crist
Clara Bow
Hollywood
Calif
Seventeenth
Broadway
Miss Bow
Hotevilla
Edgar K. Miller
Reams Canyon
The
Daily Mail
Winslow
Leupp
Oraibi
Miller
Smith and Daniels discussed south attitudes on prohibition
Albany dispatch reports Secretary Daniels urging Smith to soften the prohibition issue for southern voters. Daniels doubts prohibition is the campaign’s main issue and notes his view of Smith’s Catholic ties facing southern opposition. Smith plans to ease rhetoric before Friday with speakers George and Walsh to be in attendance.
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Albany
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
Navy
Wilson
Smith
South
Woman Becomes First Female NY Republican Party Chair
Aug 15 within New York political campaigns, Sarah Schuyler Butler, vice chair of the state Republican committee, succeeds George K. Morris as chairman after his sudden death from a cerebral hemorrhage in his Drake Hotel room. Morris, 46, rose from knit goods manufacturer to key party figure under Gov. Nathan Miller.
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United Press
York
George K.morris
Republican State Committee
New York
Sarah Schuyler Butler
State Republican Committee
Morris
Drake Hotel
Miss Butler
Nicholas Murray Butler
Southampton
Nathan Miller
Democratic State Committee
Caroline O'Day
Edwin Corning
Cooper Defeats Beggs For Ohio Nomination By Margin
United Press reports Cooper of Cincinnati edged James Begg of Sandusky in the Republican gubernatorial race with 260784 to 256517 after 24 precincts unreported. Dry candidates and Anti-Saloon League nominees favored. Witt gains in Democratic subernatorial race.
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Cooper
Beggs
Ohio
United Press
Columbus
Myers Y. Cooper
Cincinnati
James T. Begg
Sandusky
Begg
Dity
Anti-Saloon League
Peter Witt
Martin L. Davey
Kent
Karl D. Bloom
Bowling Green
Witt Davey
Theodore Burton
Cleveland
Charles V. Truax
George White
Terrific Storm Tops Mexican Coast Reports Loss of Life
Reports from August 8 describe a terrific Pacific storm off Mexico’s west coast with several vessels at risk. The William A. McKenney allegedly lost some men and lumber cargo, while the Swedish motorship Santos reported a second officer gone. Other ships Morgan and Progress feared missing after leaving August 3 for fishing banks.
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San Pedro
Calif
Pacific
Mexico
Mystic Line
William A. McKenney
Standard
el Segundo
Santos
5. A. Perkins
Standard Gypsum Company
Morgan
Message From Amundsen Found In Bottle
The Hague reported a plausible Amundsen message found in a bottle near Rottumfroog detailing the position of Roald Amundsen and four companions on July 1 during searches for the Italia expedition crew. Amundsen and the four were missing since departing in a French seaplane.
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London
Daily Mail
Rottumfroog
Netherland Island
North Sea
Amundsen
Italia Party
Los Angeles Jails Five Alleged Chicago Gangsters
Five men linked to Chicago underworld were sentenced in Los Angeles after murder charges were dropped. Vito Discares Louis Tasselli and John Testini received the maximum fines of 500 dollars and 180 days in jail while Roy Amando got 180 days and Tony Zanzalo 150 days. A armored car heist and a kidnapped girl testimony framed the trial. Claire Goodrich testified they abducted her and claimed they were Chicago gangsters who had killed many people.
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Vito Discares
Louis Tasselli
John Testini
Roy Amando
Tony Zanzalo
Claire Goodrich
Chicago
Bebe Daniels Loses Her Money Restored
Bebe Daniels, actress, left a $168 purse and trinkets in a New York taxi during a visit to Great Neck. The cab driver turned in the found purse to police after she arrived from Hadley Field. Police notified Miss Daniels and she recovered her belongings.
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United Press
Great Neck
L.il
Bebe Daniels
Thomas Meighan
New York
Miss Daniels
Hadley Air Field
Storks Delay Frisco Municipal Building Work
In San Francisco a $6,000,000 municipal building project was halted for at least a week after a landlady asked to delay blasting until a tenant’s baby is born. County Supervisor Andrew J. Gallagher and contractor J. P. Holland agreed to pause construction, joking the delay could be worth millions if the baby arrives late.
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San Francisco
Andrew J. Gallagher
J. P. Holland
Holland
Gallagher
Arizona G. O. P Leaders To Meet Hoover Saturday
Arizona Republican leaders will meet Herbert Hoover Saturday as invited guests during his route to the Grand Canyon. The state executive committee officers and county committee leaders will greet Hoover at Williams at 10 am and join his special train for the canyon leg.
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Tucson
Arizona
Herbert Hoover
Grand Canyon
H. S. Corbett
Hoover
State Executive Committee
Williams, Ariz
Rail Brotherhood Endorses One State Candidate in Arizona
The Arizona joint legislative board of railway brotherhoods ended a three day convention in Phoenician Aug. 15. It to endorse only W. C. Joyner the Democratic candidate for secretary of state with unanimous support. A publicity committee was named including Mrs. T. C. Garrette Roy Brennan John Morgan V. Wood W. G. Willis and J. A. McArdle.
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Phoenin
Arib
Arizona Joint Legislative Board of Railway Brotherhoods
W. C. Joyner
Joyner
United States
T. C. Garrette
Roy Brennan
John Morgan
V. Wood
W. G. Willis
J. A. McArdle
Coolidge Praises Kellogg Pact At Wisconsin Legion Rally
President Coolidge on the Presidential Special Train en route to Superior Wisconsin lauded the Kellogg anti war treaty as a landmark toward international peace addressing about 15 000 veterans at the Wisconsin American Legion convention He urged nations to join the pact and emphasized refusing aggression and pacific dispute resolution. A brief reception followed for the president Mrs Coolidge John and the party after their overnight trip from Cedar Island Lodge.
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United Press
Superior
Wis
Coolidge
White House
Wausau
Wisconsin
American Legion
John
Cedar Island Lodge
Sicilian Code Allegedly Used in Murder Case
A 15 year old Italian girl and her family surrendered at a New York police station claiming to have shot Saferia Pantellina, 59, a fruit peddler. She said the Sicilian code compelled her to kill after alleged abuses and Pantellina planned to depart for Italy.
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New York
Saferia Pantellina
Mary Arenchia
Pantellina
Mary
Italy
Pantella
Red Cross Appeals for Flood Victims Aid
Red Cross authorities appealed to local citizens for relief for flood victims in Nogales Arizona and Nogales Sonora. Families were destitute after flood waters from Sonora mountains destroyed furniture clothing and food. About 30 businesses and 40 homes in Nogales were cleared of mud and debris.
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Nogales
Ariz
Red Cross
Sonora
Mexico
Kelley Seeks Release, Judge Refuses Bond
In Los Angeles on August 15, Leo P. Kelley defense sought bail of 50 000 arguing doubt over guilt by suggesting Myrtle Mellus husband Frank Mellus could have committed the crime. The motion was denied. Kelley a butcher, admitted a five year affair with the murdered society matron.
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United Press Transcontinental
Los Angeles
Leo P. Kelley
Myrtle Mellus
Frank Mellus
S. S. Hahn
Mellus
Hahn
Mail plane missing near Florida coast found
Pan American Airways announced a steamship message reported the Havana to Key West mail plane, missing for hours, was picked up at sea near Tampa harbor. The pilot passenger and the mail were all saved after losing their way in a storm.
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United Press Transcontinental
Havana
Pan- American Airways
Lakeview
Key West
Tampa
Florida
Schall Declines Hoover Smith Support Citing Party Ties
Thomas D. Schall the Minnesota senator announced he would not back Herbert Hoover or Governor Smith. He cited Hoover opposition to the McNary Haugen farm bill and said he remains a Republican.
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Schale
ST. Paul
Minn
Thomas D. Schall
Minnesota
Herbert Hoover
Governor Smith
Tam
Coast Guards Seize Rum Fleet Vessels Near Buffalo
Coast Guards report landing liquor cargoes after dawn while two ships were sunk. Two Buffalo men calling themselves Clifford Davis and Frank Miller were captured, as were Edward and William Mack of Niagara Falls when a patrol boat intercepted their rum ship. Shell fire damaged the first vessel and an explosion injured two coast guards.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Clifford Davis
Frank Miller
Edward
William Mack
Niagara Falls
Coast Guard
Pape Killed Amid Escape Attempt From Chicago Station
Hans Pape, held on 58 burglary counts, was killed during his second escape attempt. He freed himself from a district station by prying bars, jumped from a police squad car, and was shot after ignoring officers' halt command.
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Chicago
Hans Pape
Pape
Hoover to Hold Three Day Farm Relief Round Tables in Iowa
Hoover plans a three day farm relief conference in Iowa inviting farm tenants editors and field hands from the middle west to discuss his three fold agricultural relief program. He will speak from West Branch Iowa Tuesday night and meet editors and farmers in Cedar Rapids to discuss details before returning to Washington.
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United Press Transcontinental Wire
Palo Alto
Calif
Middle West
Herbert Hoover
Iowa
Hoover
West Branch
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Mississippi River
St. Lawrence
Alfred E. Smith
Albany
Straton Charges Gov Smith Dodges Debate
Rev Dr John Roach Straton, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, reiterates accusations that Gov Alfred E Smith is enemy of reform. He cites letters to Secretary Josephus Daniels and Senator Walter George, alleging Smith backs liquor interests and vice. Straton says Smith is trying to dodge the proposed debate.
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United Press
Greenwood Lake
N. Y
John Roach Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
Alfred E. Smith
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Wilson
Walter George
Georgia
George
Straton
Smith
Prohibition deputy among men shot in street quarrel
R J Murphy a deputy U S marshal assigned to the prohibition department was held by police after a street quarrel during which he shot two men and struck a woman. Witnesses said Murphy had been drinking while en route to serve warrants on several dry law violators in Chicago on August 15.
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Chicago
R. J. Murphy
U. S
Prohibition Department
Murphy
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Houston
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Thomas J. Walsh
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G. O. P. Committee
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Fla
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Simeon D. Fess
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Stork
Frisco
Mr. Corbett
California
Rail Brotherhood
Kfllore
Legion
Kelley
Judge
Gov. Smith
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