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August 22, 1928

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100,000 EXPECTED AT THE NOTIFICATION OF SMITH TONIGHT; Capital, Alive With Excitement as the Throng of Visitors Begins to Assemble. GOVERNOR TESTS AMPLIFIER Crowd Cheers Rehearsal-- Nominee Will Appear on Capitol Steps at 7 P.M. RADIO HOOK-UP A RECORD Executive Spends Afternoon and Evening at N.H. Davis's Home at Stockbridge, Mass. 104 Radio Stations Ready. Capitol Preparations Complete. 100,000 EXPECTED AT THE NOTIFICATION Homes Open to the Visitors. Senator Gerry Arrives. Bands to Play "Sidewalks." Traffic Precautions Taken. Among Those to Be Present.

By Special to The New York Times

Plans for Smith notification completed

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HOOVER TO INVITE LOWDEN TO FARM AID CONFERENCE, HE SAYS IN IOWA SPEECH; TO DRAFT LEGISLATIVE PLAN Republican Nominee, as Has Smith, Promises to Consult Leaders. SEES RELIEF IN WATERWAYS To Get Low Rates, He Will Press Mississippi and Great LakesSt. Lawrence Routes.WEST BRANCH HAS GALA DAYFrom Breakfast at Birthplaceto Night Address Candidate'sHomecoming Is Lively. Sees Aid to All Middle West. Seems Touched As He Speaks. Historical Day for Village. Former Teacher Rides With Him. Nominee Busy All Day. Crowds Throng to Night Meeting. Seeks to Stress Home-Coming.

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

Ed, At West Branch

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Notable Births

Tinga Seisay

1928Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean academic and diplomat (died 2015)[†]

Samuel Tinga Khendekha Seisay was a Sierra Leonean diplomat and pro-democracy activist.

Karlheinz Stockhausen

1928Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer and academic (died 2007)[†]

Karlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He is known for his groundbreaking work in electronic music, having been called the "father of electronic music", for introducing controlled chance into serial composition, and for musical spatialization.