Smith urged to dodge clothesline controversies in presidential bid
Senator Reed Smoot criticizes Governor Smith over drunkenness charges and whispers campaign tactics. Smoot says Smith should avoid scandal with neighborhood ladies and focus on restoring liquor business to prove presidential fitness, signaling a GOP push to favor Hoover.
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U United Press
Washington
Smith
Reed Smoot
Republican Party
Senate
Smoot
Hoover
Nine flyers fail to span continents in single flight
At Mines Field Los Angeles nine contestants who started from Roosevelt Field on Wednesday to attempt a nonstop cross country flight were forced to land. Art Goebel, initially hailed winner aboard the Yankee Doodle, was later disqualified for stopping for fuel at Prescott Arizona. Goebel and plane owner Jack Turner appeared exhausted after a brutal storm. Other pilots were ruled out by fuel shortages and weather, with Emil Burgin awaiting word and Jack Iseman reported down in Amarillo Texas.
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Art Goebel
Los Angeles
New York
Art
Arizona
Owen Hoag
Emile R Bourgin
George Haldeman
United Press
Mines Field
Roosevelt Field
Faile
Dudley Steele
National Air Races
Goebel
Prescott
Ariz
Jack Turner
Emil Burgin
Steele
Jack Iseman
State Finance Chiefs Named for Hoover-Curtis Campaign
J R Nutt, treasurer of the Republican national committee, announced state finance chairmen to raise funds for the Hoover-Curtis ticket. Milbank heads 12 eastern states, Strauss oversees 11 southeastern states, with appointed chairmen including Townsend in Arkansas Heard in Arizona Esberg in California Winne in Hawaii Easton in Idaho Wingfield in Nevada McNaughton in Oregon Creager in Texas Gates in Utah To He in Washington Spokane set for hearing.
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United Press Transcontinental Wire
Washington
J. R. Nutt
Republican National Committee
Jeremiah Milbank
New York
Lewis Strauss
Arkansas
Wallace Townsend
Little Rock
Arizona
Dwight B. Heard
Phoenix
California
Milton Esberg
San Francisco
Hawaii
James YP. Winne
Honolulu
Idaho
Stanley A. Easton
Kellogg
Nevada
George Wingfield
Reno
Oregon
FE. B. McNaughton
Portland
Texas
RR. B. Creager
Brownsville
Utah
L. S. Gates
Salt Lake City
Spokane
Drug crazed woman shoots passenger on California bus
Ruth Sword, 31, of Canutillo Texas shot Wilbur W. Ervin 40 of El Paso on a Transcontinental bus in Pomona California. A murder charge will be filed Friday. Passengers described the scene as the suspect acted crazed by drugs and stated I guess I shot the wrong man.
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United Press Transcoptizental
Pomona
Calif
Wilbur W. Ervin
el Paso
Texas
Ruth Sword
Tom Menzies
Miss Sword
Canutillo
Ervin
el Centro
James Edwards
Phoenix
Selvin
Seven Killed When Auto Hit By Train
Seven people died and another was fatally injured when a Grand Trunk freight train struck an automobile at a grade crossing near Gary Indiana. The deceased include D S Pocock 59 Milburm Missouri C C Mainer 37 Matthews Missouri Mrs Retta Mainord and Mrs Anna Jones 27 Matthews Missouri Fred Jones 20 months and his infant sister and Howard Smith 35 Dearborn Michigan. The group was en route to Flint Michigan.
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Gary
Ind
Oia
D. S. Pocock
Milbourn
C. C. Mainer
Matthews
Retta’ Mainord
Anna Jones
Fred Jones
State Veterinarian Douglas Resigns to Work in Private Practice
Phoenix Arizona September 13 1UP The resignation of State Veterinarian S Ek Douglas has been accepted effective October 1 according to an announcement from the governor's office today. Douglas said he wanted to devote his entire time to his private practice.
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Phoenix
Ariz
S. EK
Douglas
Gas refinery blast leaves three dead seven hurt
A Standard Oil gasoline still at the El Segundo refinery exploded late today killing three men and injuring seven others, with blast felt seven miles away. Relatives gathered at barred gates in a near riot as officials investigated the tragedy. The three identified victims were Frank J. Holden Charles E Lambert and Thomas J Davis.
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Callect
EL Segundo
Calif
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Frank J. Holden
Charles E., Lambert
Thomas J. Davis
Hurricane Rages Over Porto Rico According to Observatory
Havana reports the West Indian hurricane is centering over Porto Rico. Observations from Ponce indicate the storm is over Porto Rico with confirmation not yet obtained. No additional observations were received in the late afternoon.
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United Press
Havana
Cuba
Porto Rico
National Observatory
Ponce
Kerby Congratulates Hunt on Governorship Victory
Secretary of State James Kerby, defeated in the Democratic primary, congratulated Governor Hunt on his nomination and urged him to lead the party to a sweeping victory in November. The message expressed best wishes for Hunt's future leadership.
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United Press
Phoenix
Ariz
James HH. Kerby
Hunt
Beitzel Attorney Sentenced in Contempt Halt
Philadelphia engineer Russell St Clair Beitzel faced a murder trial in Los Angeles when his attorney Vernon Hamilton was jailed for contempt after arriving late. Beitzel fired Hamilton and appointed Joseph I. Fainer to resume the trial, which was ordered to restart Monday morning.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Russell St. Clair Beitzel
Philadelphia
Barbara Mauger
Joseph I. Fainer
Hamilton
Half-Breed Indian Confesses to Eureka Murder
Jack Ryan, a halfbreed Indian, confessed to the murder of Carmen Wagner, Eureka hairdresser. He was sentenced to life imprisonment at San Quentin after the confession, following an earlier acquittal for the same murder. He had just been ordered to serve a separate sentence of one to fifteen years for attacking two young girls.
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United Press
Eureka
Calif
Jack Ryan
Carmen Wagner
Ryan
San Quentin
Thomas Belvage Io
Ceath
Real clash erupts during Poland military drill near Krakow
Polish cavalry taking part in maneuvers with infantry near Krakow charged into the ranks during a rescheduled exercise. A commander ordered gas to be released to stop the stampede, halting the chaotic advance of the horses.
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Warsaw
Krakow
Spain marks De Rivera anniversary amid plot arrests
Madrid reports Primo de Rivera celebrating his fifth anniversary as dictator while a country wide plot to overthrow the government was thwarted. Hundreds were arrested or sought. leaders Sanchez Guerra Cambo and Lerroux faced detention as Rivera praised the military for maintaining order.
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United Press
Madrid
Spain
Primo de Rivera
Primo
Sanchez Guerra
Cambo
Alejandro Lerroux
Navarre
Lopez Ochoa
Aguilera
Primo de Avera
Rivera
Government
America
Trade balance favors exports in seven months data
Washington reports American merchandise exports for the seven months ended July totaling 2,754,082,056 while imports reach 2,405,669,596. The result is a favorable trade balance of 542,312,560 as published by the commerce department today.
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Washington
Robinson Misstatement of Facts Charged in Campaign
Washington reports Chairman Hubert Work of the Republican National Committee charges Senator Robinson with wilful distortion of Herbert Hoover’s farm price policy. Work says Robinson quoted select sentences from ten years of Hoover correspondence, removing context to mislead audiences. He cites Robinson Charlotte speech and acceptance remarks and calls for full publication of the correspondence.
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Washington
Robinson
Herbert Hoover
Hubert Work
Republican National Committee
Hoover
Charlotte
N. C
J. F. Reed
Missouri
Kidnappers Threaten Torture Death Over Ransom
Renewed threats of a torture death were made against 10-year-old Billie Ranieri as police in Chicago intensify efforts to locate abductors demanding 360,000 dollars. Frank Ranieri has already sent 1,000 dollars and authorities seek protection for the Ranieri children while district police patrols expand to the Sicilian quarter.
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United Press
Chicago
Billie Ranieri
Frank A. Ranieri
Alice Ranieri
Bily
Cragin
Ranieri
Explosion Ruptures Ship Hull Endangers 2000 Onboard
Fire and a nitrate explosion ripped a hole in the Aconcagua at Kane Street pier Brooklyn imperiling 2000 seamen and dockworkers aboard the South American steamship. Cargo included copper cotton and nitrates from Santiago Chile. Damage estimated at 60 000.
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Press Trancontinental
Brooklyn
N.Y
Aconcagua
South American
Kane Street
Santiago
Chile
Autopsy on Annie Stein Exhumes Insurance Crime Link
San Francisco report says an autopsy on the exhumed body of Annie Stein found heart and kidney disease as possible natural death causes. Oklahoma authorities seek pathology and city chemist tests for poison traces, while Duncan Matheson questions embalming hindering results. The case follows insurance schemes tied to Dr. Ambrossy and relatives, with multiple deaths among insured kin.
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Ty Vultea
San Francisco
Annie Stein
Oklahoma
John Ambrossy
Shawney
Okla
Veterinary
Stein
Dr. Ambrossy
Ambrossy
Mount Olivet
Duncan Matheson
State Department recognizes Albanian government under Zogu
The State Department announced recognition of the Albanian government led by King Zogu after he proclaims himself ruler, succeeding the governorship of Ahmed Bey Zogu who had previously led the country. The statement was issued from Washington on September 15.
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Washington
State Department
Zogu
Ahhmed Bey Zogu
Tornadoes Kill Thirteen in Nebraska South Dakota
United Press reports early details show two tornadoes slicing through northeast Nebraska and southeast South Dakota. Seven dead in Nebraska and six in South Dakota include teachers and farmers. towns hit include Winnebago Walthill Homer Davis Dakota City and Yankton. Damaged lines slowed casualty reports and minimal damage noted near Treton.
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United Press
Sioux City
Nebraska
South Dakota
Mary Belt
Winnebago
Helen Rooney
Homer
Frank Rehumeck
Omaha
Pender
Wathill
Andrew Larson
Willis Stewart
Oscar Haugen
James Foley
Mildred Sylliason
Walshtown
Jake Kramer
Elmer Birtleson
Davis, S. D
Davis
Dakota City
Neb
Herman Funk
Henry Glow
Walthill
Iowa
Ireton
Treton
Lone Bandit Robs 50 Passengers On Southern Pacific Train
A masked bandit halted a northbound Southern Pacific Lark train near Los Angeles, robbed about 50 passengers, and escaped with nearly $900 after forcing passengers to raise their hands. Police described the suspect as a young, dark complexioned man about 25 years old.
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United
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Mott
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