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September 21, 1928

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SMITH ASSAILS INTOLERANCE, ANSWERS FOES ON RECORD, OKLAHOMA CROWD CHEERS; APPEALS TO 'BIGOTRY' HIT Governor Charges Owen and 'His Kind' With Spurring Attacks. LINKS REPUBLICAN CHIEFS Invading Region Where Klan Is Active, Nominee Calls the Order Un-American. STATE ACHIEVEMENTS TOLD Thousands Hear Address After Thronged Streets Welcome Candidate to Their Capital. Denounces Gossip. Lays Campaign to Owen. SMITH ASSAILS INTOLERANCE Criticizes Republican Chiefs. Crowd Cheers Points in Speech. Klan Active in the State. He Gives a Token to Child. Elaborates His Farm Views.

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

Answers foes on record, a in Okla City

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'BIGOTED CAMPAIGN' ASSAILED BY WALKER; In Newark Speech Before 12,000 Mayor Turns Fire on Church Foes of Gov. Smith. SEES IT AS BIGGEST ISSUE Criticizes 'Changing Politics' of Hoovor and Thrusts at His Dry Views. Assails Prohibition Stand. 'BIGOTED CAMPAIGN' ASSAILED BY WALKER Hits at Religious Opposition. Mayor Hits at Hoover. Assails Republican Attitude. Refers to Hoover's Absence. Does Not Fear Comparison. Crowd Sings Enthusiastically. Takes Issue With Hoover.

By Unknown Author

Mayor Walker strikes at Smith opposition, s in Newark

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FLORIDA DEATHS MOUNTING, NOW 800, MANY ARE MISSING; DISEASE IMPERILS LIVING; WATER HAMPERS RESCUERS Much of Flooded Area Around Lake Okeechobee Is Inaccessible. BUZZARDS CIRCLE OVER IT Bodies of All Kinds, Including Drowned Snakes and Turtles, Float in Stagnant Waste. BURIAL OF DEAD A PROBLEM Cremation Is Planned as Few Stretches of Dry Land in Region Are Crowded With Refugees. Quarantine For Area Proposed. Rains Cut Communications. Disease Threatens Survivors. DEAD IN FLORIDA NOW PUT AT 800 Hundreds of Dead Snakes Seen. Cremation Is Planned. Believe Storm Buried Many. Estimate Damage in Cities. Many Homes Ruined. May Declare Quarantine. Burial Problem Is Urgent. Fish Dying by Thousands.

By Special to The New York Times

Death repts, &c; illus; burial a problem; insurance cos check ruin; disease threatens

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