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October 13, 1928

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SMITH CHALLENGES HOOVER TO STATE VIEWS CLEARLY; GETS TENNESSEE OVATIONS; NASHVILLE HAILS NOMINEE Thousands Hear Address After Parade Amid Welcoming Throng. ASSERTS RIVAL IS 'VAGUE' Governor Demands Definite Statement on Farm Aid and Muscle Shoals. RESTATES HIS OWN STAND Urges His Liquor Plan as States Rights--Big Reception at Chattanooga. Whistles Herald His Arrival. Thousands at the Auditorium. SMITH CHALLENGES HOOVER'S VIEWS Discusses Farm Aid and Power. Charges Hoover Is "Vague." Greeted by Tennessee Leaders. Intermittent Cries of "Hoover!" Text of Chattanooga Speech. Recalls New York Reforms. Regrets Brevity of Address. Governor Leaves for Nashville. Hailed as "Home Folks."

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

Smith challenges Hoover to state views in Nashville, Tenn, s; gets ovations; text; pors

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PRESBYTERIANS TOLD TO OBEY POLITICS BAN; Dr. Mudge Warns All Synods That the Church Law bars "Meddling" With State. WOULD HALT PARTY PLEAS Asks Inspection of Minutes in All Presbyteries, to Rescind Partisan Actions. Would Rescind Political Action. Would Preserve Church Position. PRESBYTERIANS TOLD TO OBEY POLITICS BAN Power Is Called Only Spiritual. Warned Against Bickering.

By Unknown Author

L S Mudge, stated clerk of Gen Assembly, tells members to obey politics ban

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LEHMANN DESCRIBES THE GRAF ZEPPELIN; CAPTAIN E.A. LEHMANN.

By Capt. Ernst A. Lehmann. First Officer of the Airship Graf Zeppelin, Former Executive Officer of the Zr-3.international News Reel

En route; map of route; inquiries received for return passage; illus of ship; Germans disappointed at slowness of flight; Zeppelin carries freight; Dr Eckener's plan for commercial service; E A Lehmann describes Zeppelin in detail; his por; preparations for arrival

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ZEPPELIN FAR OUT OVER ATLANTIC, RACING AT HIGH SPEED FOR BERMUDA; MAY REACH LAKEHURST SUNDAY NIGHT; ECKENER AVOIDS STORMS Leaving Gibraltar, He Passes Far to South of the Azores. SPOKEN BY MANY VESSELS Radio Communication With Both Sides of Atlantic Tells of Airship's Progress. GOOD WEATHER LIES AHEAD Ship Now More Than Half Way Here--Lakehurst Prepares to Moor It by Night. Making 65 Miles an Hour. Weather "Summerlike." Many Ships Report Craft. Passes South of the Azores. At Gibraltar Midnight Thursday. Seen West of Spanish Morocco. Seen by Steamship Virgilio. Reported by German Liner. The Gloucester Castle Sights It. Motor Vessel Sends Word. Drops Mail Bag at Funchal. Leaves Madeira at 8:55 A.M. Liner Reliance in Touch at 10 A.M. Sixty Miles West of Madeira.

By Unknown Author

preparations for arrival

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