davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-20

Texas leader should the democrats
join a majority in the house.
The Texan has devoted years to
study Of the tariff problem and es-
pecially that phase dealing with sr-
riculture. He strenuously opposed
the present tariff upon the basis
that II did not extend sufficient pro-
lection to agriculture and gave in
dustry an undue advantage. He led
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-20

east or west in the effort to increase
agricultural schedules. but farm
bloc leaders in both houses predict
there will be a different lineup IN
the next congress. and that the APP
peal of the farmers for recognition
in the formulation OF the ncw
schedules will be received In =
more friendly spirit by eastern snd
western representatives.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-20
To Seek Retailers
Meet OF '29 in Valley

Especial TO The Herald)
HARLINGEN, MAY 19.-Mrs. W. c.
Gilbert, assistant secretary Of the
Harrington Retail Merchants asso-
citation left Saturday for Wichita
Falls, to attend the state convention
Of these associations.
She will work on behalf OF the
cause Of San Benito ia getting the
1929 convention in that city.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-20

nGhAED
HARLlNGEN. May 19.-Ft
services for John Taylor Gin
died here Tuesday morning,
held from the Thompson chapel
ncsday, interment being In the
cemetery. The services were
Quoted by Rev. j. Stuart Pearce. \
byterian minister Of HarIinKan.
deceased was 4 farmer in the Bri
Coleman tract.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29
Platform
HghHghtS
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
HOUSTON, June 29.-The Demo-
cratic platform, as adopted after
its presentation to the convention
last night by Key Pittman, chairman
of the committee on resolutions, in
Guided the following planks:
Preservation of State rights and
opposition to bureaucracy.
Denunciaton Of Republican cor
ruption.
Reorganization Of Federal Gov
eminent.
Further reduction of internal
taxes
A tariff based on "the MAIN
tenance OF legitimate business and
a high standard of wages"
Farm relief by organization based
on Federal Reserve System.
Fostering Of mining industry.
Outlawing of war and "abhor-
renee" of imperialism.
No entangling alliances.
Non-interference with other ma
tiors, especially Mexico and
Nicaragua.
Recognition of Monroe doctrine.
Elimination of naval armament
competition.
Preservation to Federal and State
governments of title over water
power.
Approval Of collective bargaining
and condemnation of labor injunc-
tions.
Scientific survey Of unemployment
with Government construction
adapted thereto.
Better working conditions for
Federal employees.
Care Of wounded veterans.
Enforcement of Eighteenth and
all other amendments.
Permanent record of campaign
contributions.
No radio censorship or monopoly.
Ending Of lame duck sessions Of
Congress.
Equality for women.
Humanization of immigration
laws.
Opposition to monopoly in mer-
chant marine and maintenance of
government service if necessary.
Fulfillment Of American pledge to
Armenia.
Federal aid on education.
Strict enforcement of antitrust
laws.
Immediate independence for the
Philippines.
Territorial government for Porto
Rico, with view to ultimate State
hood.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29
DRY ISSUE out,
DANIELS HOLDS
Campaign viii Be Fought
on Corruption.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
HOUSTON, June 29.-The prohi-
bitlon issue has been eliminated
from the coming presidential cam
paign, Josephus Daniels, former
Secretary of the Navy in the Will
son Cabinet, declared early today
following adoption of the Demo-
cratic party platform and the nom
ination of Governor Alter E. Smith.
1.-THE Democratic platform just
adopted" Daniels said, "is such that
every dry man understands that
full enforcement will be given the
Eighteenth Amendment and the
Volstead act.
1.-THE plank adopted will eliminate
the entire prohibition question from
the coming campaign and the con-
test now can be waged on the para
mount issues of opposition to priv
ilege and its twin corruption.
without a strong law enforce
ment plank prohibition would have
been an issue. Now every wet and
every dry can work Fundamentally
for the election of Governor Smith.
and turn the rascals OF of Wash
ington."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29
Memory of Mrs. Smith ReUerts in Hour
of Triumph to Counting Days With Al

For it is the hour of her great
est triumph-because it is the
hour of his, Mrs. Smith is rem
iniscent.
n
CHE sat in the early hours of
~ this morning, in convention
with the din of shouting and
cheering in her ears, and could
see in memory, there, too, as she
watched the jostling crowds go
noisily past shouting his name,
the young man who used to ride
up to her house on a bicycle.
About her in the box in that
mad, tunultuous convention hall
were other members Of the fam
lily. A grown son and a grown
daughter sat with her.
There was a serious expression
on her face, tears in her eyes as
she heard the result announced
that meant for her husband the
highest honor that his party-a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29

own working groove,
rich or poor. In line
with the postmen
who go walking for
pleasure is Sir Percy
Bates, vice chairman
of theCunard Steam
ship Company, who
came sailing tn
America for a vaca-
ton. After a few
days of fishing in
Canada, he will re-
turn on the same
boat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29

diet, bad filings and bad crowns.
No more.
That ought to stop the German
savants and their anti-kissing
arguments.
Dust off the porch swing, hang
out the moon and let necking be
unrestrained, is the new slogan Of
Indianapolis lovers.
Of course there are the little
trench mouth bugs to be taken
into consideration.
But who cares about bugs
there will be a full moon Monday
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29

party he has fought with for
yearS-can give any man.
Then she smiled, happy, thor
oughly satisfied smile, and waved
her hand as delegation after dele
cation passed by to do her honor.
Long years Of battling, many
Of them lean years, had brought
her this, for him.
There was a serious expression
likewise on the face of young
Arthur Smith, who sat with his
wife. He seemed to be measuring
it all, and wondering.
Catherine Alice, his sister, now
Mrs. Francis pullman, sat behind
her mother, with her husband.
XXTHEN the wonder of it had
w passed, Arthur stepped over
to his mother, like a little boy,
and kissed her.
Then everybody in the box
kissed her. Governor Smiths
sister, Mrs. John J. Glynn of New
York, was there, and John Raskob,
Of General Motors, and Eddie
Bowling, the musical comedy star,
who Kept a tally of his own and
seemed t. be the only one who
remained altogether sane.
During the balloting, Mrs.
Smith sat, serious faced, and
twisting her fan in her hands.
The marching mob made for
the box, and the aisle was jammed
before it. The shouting, exuberant
delegates stood looking at her.
She smiled.
Then two youngsters pushed a
live Mexican burro up over the
edge of the box. Arthur took it
in his arms and held it, wiggling
animal decked out in red, white
and blue ribbon. Mrs. Smith
laughed.
Everybody was happy.
THE New York delegation
4 passed and handed the State
banner into the box. She took it
and stood up beside it. Soon a
California banner was contribu-
ted, and then the Lone Star flag
of Texas, a huge banner which
folded downward about its tall
staff into a colorful decoration.
The first inkling of Mrs. Smiths
JOY came when the Ohio delega-
ton asked to change its vote, and
then announced As Of its 43 votes
for her husband. She smiled at
this. 1t was the break that meant
the great victory.
Women predominated in the
crowd which surged up. They
stared intently at the woman who
may be the next First Lady of the
Land. They scrutinized her face
and her clothes.
She wore a lowered chiffon
dress and green, close fitting
hat, with string of amber beads
about her neck.
4
TINE woman they studied was
Il born Catherine Dunn, and
she lived on Third Avenue when
young Al Smith first knew her.
Katie Dunn she was known to
him and her friends, quiet,
reserved pretty girl, who dressed
well and sang sentimental Irish
ditties.
The family did not look with
great favor on the match they
sensed. Al was just a truck driver.
So they moved Katie with them
over to the Bronx, much farther
away than now.
But young Al had bicycle and
counting went ahead. They were
married in 1900, and began to
keep house on Oliver st.
They have five children, Alfred
E. Jr., Emily Josephine, now Mrs.
John Adams Warner; Mrs. gull
Imam, Arthur W., and Walter
.TOSanh
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29

The car was filled three feet deep
with empty bottles, collected from
one floor of the hotel.
my goodness, what are thoSe?"
said one of the astonished women.
Bottles, lady," was the reply.
An inspection followed.
Accumulation Of "Years"
zone good result accomplished by
this convention is that it has forced
you hotel people to clean out all
the bottles that have been accun1u-
lating in your closets for years" said
one of the women. "You should be
ashamed of being so untidy."
Yes, prohibition is no more of an
issue in this campaign than it is a
fact in Houston.
The South is dry. Texas is dry.
Dan Moody, Governor Of this State,
is dry. The United States is the
greatest prohibition country in the
world.
Here Are Prices
Latest quotations on Democratic
convention prices for favorite bev-
erages follow: Ginger ale, SO
cents; White Rock mineral water,
so cents; ice water, IS cents pitch
erful; whisky, Sc to SO a quart.
1t is good thing the Democratic
national conventions come only
once in four years, or these high
prices might start a revolt, or an
issue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29

"The average healthy mouth
has about twenty-five to twenty
three different kinds of germs in
it all the time" says DR.. Bray.
A MOUTH infected with pyr-
IA rhoea has no more germs
than the healthy mouth, with the
exception of the twin bugs, strep-
tococcus ard staphylococcuS. They
are puS germs"
It seems that pyrrhoea is caused
by faulty metabolism, faulty ar
ragement Of the teeth incorrect
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29
TRIUMPH AT LAST
Heart Is in THROAT, Al Admits
BY PERCY B. SCOTT

LBAY N Y ga former New York City newsboy raised on
Oliver ST. Of the metropolis famous east side today sat IN the State
preparing which, successful will elevate
him the presidency of the United States
E. Smith, the A who four times In the last ten
York last night received his
Democratic the first ballot nominated
him its presidential candidate.
political victories HIS success IN
politics has given him that assurance
But last night he seemed shy heard the
the nomination When the nominal
NJ unable sneak.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29
BY THOMAS L. STOKES,


HOUSTON, June ga woman
L L sat in her hotel apartment
here today, far from the side
walks of New York, and thought
Of a young man who used to
ride up Third Ave, on his bicycle,
hop lightly off, and run eagerly
up the steps of her home, derby
hat cooked jauntly over one ear,
a smile on his face.
Memory turns backward In the
hour of triumph.
Mrs. Alfred E. Smiths memory
turned backward today to those
days when plain Al Smith and
she were young together in
romantic New York-a New York
that whistled Little Annie
Rooney" and was content to get
where it wanted to go on lumber
ing horsecars that would stop in
the middle of the block.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29
DENIES KISSES CAUSE PYORRHEA; D

kissing is a popular pastime
INDUCED in the winter on daven-
ports and in the summer on front
porches. Usually it is harmless
from a medical standpoint, some
physicians agree.
One of the handicaps of oscula-
ton, it is said, is the well known
trench mouth"
It is a malady which swept
America after the war. It is
caused by several things, but it is
spread by kissing, physicians de-
clare
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29
7HEA; DOCToR sAYs PAsTIME HEALTHFUL IN SUMMER

A N epidemic ragged in Indian
Aapolis last winter and early
this spring, but the trouble is on
the wane now. Few signs will
appear late in the fall. This pc
culiar rise and fall of the symp-
toms has been noticed for several
years and has gone practically
unexplained.
But now it seems that the an
Swer to the mystery is "daven-
ports" and porch swings"
The little trench mouth bugs
hate the sunlight and air. In
the winter they get a chance to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29

circulate with a minimum amount
Of sun rays, but in the summer
they die off in great quantities.
Hence the ups and downs Of the
epidemic curve.
Back to the pyorrhea question.
The Germans said pyorrhea is
spread about like trench mouth
through the germs transmitted by
kissing.
American doctors come to the
rescue of the age-old pastime with
the statement that there is no
pyorrhea germ to be spread by
kissing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29
Boobies MUST REDUCE
London Cops Fight Ruling With
"Fatness Means Fitness"

LONDON, June 29.-Babe Ruth
isn't the only one who has TO re-
duce. News here is that London'S
portly Boobies" must reduce or
retire" The London cops arr
anxious about that rumor and 1t
said that the heavy bluecoats ar
presenting an argument that ia
ness means fitness" ..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29
STATE G. o. P. HEAD TO
CONFER WITH HOOVER
Plans for Indiana Campaign to Be
Discussed With Eliza o. Rogers.

Plans for Indiana Campaign TO Be
Discussed With Eliza o. Rogers.
Herbert Hoover, Republican pres
idential nominee, and Hubert Work,
chairman of the national committee,
we're to be visited at Washington
today by Eliza o. Rogers, Republican
State chairman of Lebanon, to dis
cuss plans for the conduct Of the
national campaign in Indiana.
The Republican State committee
will meet soon, possibly in connec-
ton with the annual midsummer
meeting Of the Indiana Republican
Editorial Association at West Baden,
July Is and 10, to advance cam
paign plans.
Editorial association members
have been called by E. z. Neal of
Noblesville, their president, to
meet at the Columbia Club, Sunday,
to make final plans for the West
Baden outing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29

Of affairs in India.
The Maharajah
Of Kapurthala, one
Of the richest and
most powerful Of
the native Princes
Of India, has ar
rived in London to
appear before a
British committee
investigating his
and other native
officials affairs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29


daughter, threw her arms about him
and only then did the Governor
turn to newspaper men and say:
MY heart is where my palate
ought to be-"
Friends With AL
The Governor had gathered few
friends in the ballroom Of the State
mansion to hear the returns. In
addition to his daughter and her
husband, there were Col. and Mrs.
Frederick Stewart Greene, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Moscowitz, Mr.. and Mrs.
Parker Corning, DR.. Matthias Nicoll
Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Griffin,
Mrs. J. Foster Warner, and Adjt
Gen. Franklin w. Ward, in addition
to a number of newspaper men.
Outside, a number of women
gathered early and the strains Of
1.-THE Sidewalks Of New YORK could
be heard as the women started sing
ing.
\ When it was announced the roll
eFnll was to start, Smith called his
ySfeat Dane dog Jefferson and
said:
Come on JEFF, let's listen"
Alabama Breaks Ice
The Governor seated himself COM
fortably on a divan within q few
feet of the radio instrument. The
first vote was Alabama and on that
Smith received one vote.
THAT'S one more than got four
years ago" Smith remarked.
The list proceeded to California,
which gave its entire 26 votes to the
New York Governor.
That's some different from four
years ago." he said with a chuckle,
recalling the Madison Square Gar
den convention in which Smith and
William G. McAdoo forces fought
day after day and finally elm
mated each other.
New York was called. The entire
group in the ballroom laughed.
Smith eyed them and with a
straight face remarked:
"Now, here's a hard one that will
surprise every one"
New York Comes Through
Soon the announcers' voice
doomed that New York had cast
ninety votes for the Governor.
When the roll call was completed,
showing Smith had a fraction less
than nine votes of nomination, he
stood up and smiled: Then it was
announced Ohio had switched its
votes to give the Governor the nom
nation.
New York's Governor, perhaps
recalling the far cry back to his
early days on Oliver St., was quiet.
His face was a study. His friends
were quiet.
Then Mrs. Warner rushed over
and congratulated her father in a
daughterly manner "a generous
hug.
Heart Where Palate Should Be
It was then Smith accepted his
friends congratulations, and turned
to newspaper men with the state
ment:
my nomination on the first bal
lot fills me with joy and satisfac-
ton that I know is shared by my
family and friends. My heart is
where my palate ought to be-"
Outside the crowd had grown to
more than 100. They we're shouting
exuberantly, calling for AL" and
singing the Sidewalks of New
York" Motor cars rolled up and
down the street, their sirens Shrek
ing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29
BY RAIDER WINGET

II ISSING has caused everything
N from the fall Of Troy to
musical comedies.
But kissing never has caused
pyorrhea,' says DR.. w. S. Bray,
D. D. S.
John Erskine and Irving Berlin
are responsible for the former
statements, but DR.. Bray backs up
his statement with medical science
in refuting the recent statement
of several German dentists to the
contrary
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29
SON OF EAST
TO RACE With
SON OF west
Smith and Hoover, Born in
Poverty, Battle Way
to Heights.
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
limited Press Staff Correspondent

HOUSTON, June 29-The choice
as to who shall direct the destinies
of the United States for the next
four years has narrowed now to two
men-Herbert Hoover and Alfred
Smith-both OF whom started life
in poverty and rose by utterly
different paths to meet finally as OPP
posing candidates for the pre5l-
dency of this mighty nation.
They come from the opposite
edges of this spacious land-one
from California and one from New
York.
The Republican party has chosen
to offer to the country Herbert
Hoover of California; Quaker;
born in Iowa, the heart of rural
America; orphaned in childhood;
educated as mining engineer by
waiting on tables for his more
wealthy college mates.
Won fortune Abroad
He is a man who sought his for
tune as a mining engineer in the
remote corners of Asia a prominent
business man Of London; director OF
the food supply for the starving
Belgians; American food admins
traitor during the war; Secretary OF
Commerce since 1920, and therefore,
a member of the cabinets q, Hard
ing and Coolidge. He is modern
business man, quiet personality,
| somewhat aloof; a statesman OF the
machine age, never before a can
! didate for Office.
The Democratic party has chosen
to offer to the country Alfred
Emanuel Smith of New York
Roman Catholic in faith; born in
he tenements of New York, the
haven Of the doWntrodden inrni-
= rants from Europe; forced to sell
papers on the sidewalks of Man
phattan; a fish merchants boy in
Fulton st. market.
Worked for Tammany
He was errand boy for Tammany
Hall; a precinct worker, protege of
big Tom" Foley, one of the ablest
men Tammany ever produced; one
of it's wheel horses in the Legisla-
ture at Albany; sheriff of New
York, and finally four times elected
Governor of his State; an expert
educated by rule of thumb, a great
statesman.
Never before, probably, have both
parties been SO completely swayed
by single personalities.
Each was nominated on the first
ballot. Neither had made any i'm
portant declarations of policy be-
fore being nominated. Each offered
himself as he was, without promises.
Hoover was opposed by coalition
of old line politicians, but his per-
sonal prestige, assisted by an ex-
pert political organization, crushed
it.
Personality Wins
Smith was opposed by the dry.
rural West and South, but again by
his personality and the assistance
of a group of able political man
ayers, he overrode his opponents,
even with the two-thirds rule to
handicap him. Both were taken
just as they were.
The issue which now seems likely
to be most conspicuous in the cam
paign is prohibition. Both candi-
dates are pledged by their platforms
to law enforcement.
Smith always has said he fav-
!. ored modification of the VolsteaG
Aact, to permit each State to de-
ernine its own alcoholic content.
Hoover never has committed
himself. except to say that prohi-
bition was "a noble experiment"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29
YES, BOOZE is DEAD
COuUentjOn P1OUeS Nation Is Dry
BY LOUIS ]. HEATH

HOUSTON party decided that
prohibition States thereby demon
strating again the versatility of politics and politicians
easily could
been no real issue here than
One might explain that Of the Shots fired
got into the microphone.
old wearing the w c. T. u were
walking along the corridors of
narrowly missed being down by husky pushing
box used carry away rubbish.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29
Is HOOSIER
DELEGATES IN
Smith CAMP
Thirty Votes First Cast for
WooIIen, Then Majority
Swings to Victor.
BIZ Times Special

By Times Special
HOUSTON, June 29.-Indiana's
thirty votes went to Evans Woollen
for president last night during the
first ballot, which saw the nominal
ton of Governor Alfred Smith,
Then twenty-five of the Hoosiers
swung to Smith.
Wooden received 80 votes, 2 Of
Alabama's "a going to him. His
total was announced as Z, however,
the switch occurring before the an
nouncement.
When the roll call was completed,
Delegates L. G. Ellingham, Fit.
Wayne, and R. A. Wernecke, Terre
Haute, sought unavailably to get
recognition from the chair.
Finally, Ellingham waved the
Indiana standard high in the air,
but Chairman Robinson recognized
the Ohio delegation first, and IS Of
its 48 votes swung to Smith. Missis-
sippi next was recognized, and the
squabble over its votes occurred.
Indiana Smith delegates, mean"
while, were fidgeting, anxious . Do
on the Smith band wagon.
Indiana Is Recognized
Finally the Mississippi squabble
was settled, and Chairman w. H.
O'Brien Of Indiana was recognized.
He announced twenty-five votes for
Smith, five still sticking to Woollen.
A little later the vote was an
nounced, and Indiana's standards,
those of the delegation and alter
mates alike, joined the swirling pa
rade which greeted the announce
ment that Smith was the nominee.
The Indiana delegations proceed
ure formally was decided on dur
ing a closed caucus at Indiana
headquarters at the Rice Hotel late
yesterday, in which Chairman
O'Brien won a decisive victory over
faction which desired to leave
WooIlen and vote for Smith on the
first roll call.
Loyal to WOollen
The delegations action was pre-
Dictated upon Woollen's granting
O'Brien authority to withdraw his
name.
O'Brien telegraphed Woollen for
this last night.
Sounds of sharp discussion drifted
cut into the hotel corridor from the
caucus. OBrien could be heard as
sorting that Indiana must remain
loyal to Woollen.
Both by Indiana law and from
ethical considerations, all members
appeared satisfied with the final
decision, however.