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October 6, 1928

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HOOVER GOES SOUTH FOR TWO ADDRESSES TODAY IN TENNESSEE; He Will Speak at Elizabethton and at the Soldiers' Home in Johnson City. BACK AT CAPITAL TOMORROW He Tells Foreign Language Editors Campaign Is Without Race Distinction. CONFERS ON PENNSYLVANIA Nominee Hears His Majority There Will Be Overwhelming--Program for Trip to Boston. Calls Campaign All-American. HOOVER GOES SOUTH FOR TWO ADDRESSES Sees a Pennsylvania Leader. Says 'Hoover Shop' Suceeds. Program of Tennessee Trip. Details of Trip to Boston. Elizabethton in Readiness.

By Special to The New York Times

Hoover goes South for 2 ss in Tenn; program; plans for Boston trip; tells foreign editors there is no race distinction in campaign

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Pro-Smith Orator Protests 'Discourtesy' in Alabama Eggs

By Unknown Author

W B Bankhead, pro-Smith, gets fusillade of eggs at s at Parrish, Ala

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DEMOCRATIC FUND UP $876,420 IN MONTH; Campaign Contributions to Oct. 1 Total $1,392,920-- Three of $50,000 Each. TRAIL THE REPUBLICANS Gift of $60,000 by T. F. Ryan Not Yet Listed--Treasurer Reports Balance of $177,111. Three $50,000 Gifts. DEMOCRATIC FUND UP $876,420 IN MONTH The Gifts in September.

By Unknown Author

Contributions to the Democratic national campaign fund received during September totaled $876,420, according to the monthly report of Colonel Herbert H. Lehman, Director of Finance of the Democratic National Committee, made public yesterday.

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Anonymous $250,000 Charity Gift to Provide Cheap Apartments for Aged Wage Earners

By Unknown Author

Anonymous gift of $250,000 to house aged; statement by C N Bliss

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HUNT CLUB CAR DIVES OFF BRIDGE, KILLING 2; Millbrook Meeting Probably Off as Three Attaches Are Badly Injured in Skid. AUTOS TAKE SIX LIVES HERE Two Girls, 6 Years Old, Die Under Trucks--Woman, Struck in 5th Av., Dead. Driver of Car Killed. City Authorites Investigating. Autos Kill Six Here. HUNT CLUB CAR DIVES OFF BRIDGE, KILLING 2 Dies in Jersey Crash.

By Special to The New York Times

2 killed; 5 injured when car from Milbrook Hunt Club dives off bridge

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Notable Births

1928Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (died 2015)^[†]

Flora MacNeil, MBE was a Scottish Gaelic traditional singer. MacNeil gained prominence after meeting Alan Lomax and Hamish Henderson during the early 1950s, and continued to perform into her later years.

1928Barbara Werle, American actress and singer (died 2013)^[†]

Barbara May Theresa Werle was an American actress, dancer and singer, best known for her role in Seconds (1966).