Borah Breaks With Hoover Aid on Prohibition Plank
Senator Borah denounces the Republican prohibition plank and says the Chicago convention favored naked repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. He argues the platform is politically expedient, inadequate, and will yield to repeal once the campaign ends.
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Hoover
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Idaho
Norah
Brown
Mills
Fess
Ohio
Republican National Committee
United States
Bonus Bill Loss Hands Veterans Major Defeat
Washington reports the Senate defeated the soldiers' bonus bill by 62 to 18, denying immediate cash to World War veterans despite a large turnout. Thousands of ex servicemen camped around the Capitol as police blocked access and kept traffic tangled while leaders urged calm and vowed to try again.
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Senate
America
United States
Congress
Bonus
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Anacostia
Accident Destroys Left Arm Of Byars Man In OK Crash
R. J. Cowger of Byars is hospitalized in Ada after an unusual Sunday night crash on Highway 19. His left arm resting on the car door was sheared off by a truck as the vehicles collided. Cowger’s companions aided to the hospital, and officers seek the truck’s owner from its tag number.
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Byars
Ada
Cowzer
Highway 19
Cowger
B. W. Collier
Edmond
Okla
Scott
Hoover Snell
Joseph L. Scott
Los Angeles
Hoover
Kleigs
California
Roosevelt names two law years to advise on Walker case
Roosevelt appoints two law years to advise him on the Jim Walker case. The selections split duties to cover different aspects of the legal matter and ensure coordinated guidance.
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Lone Robber Holds Up Sulphur Bank Bank Robbery in Sulphur
A young man wearing dark spectacles robbed the First National Bank in Sulphur this morning of 1569 dollars and fled in a green Buick coupe on state highway 18. Cashier Co E Collins and bookkeeper Newton Rice described the robber as about 24, slight, with pursuers on the chase.
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Newton Rice
Postage rate change delayed to July six for letters
Postmaster Lewis says the new three cent rate for first class mail takes effect July 6. Postcards and other classes remain at current levels. The office has been flooded with inquiries about timing.
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Confederate veterans open second annual Richmond reunion
In Richmond Virginia on June 20 the United Confederate Veterans held the opening event of its fort second annual reunion. General C A Desaussure commander in chief arrived from Memphis to attend as veterans played Dixie and raised the stars and bars.
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Virginia
C. A. Desaussure
Memphis
Roosevelt May Win On First Ballot In Democratic Clash
New York weighs heavily as Roosevelt gains 94 votes and leaders anticipate a New York decision after arrival of delegation heads. Farley predicts Roosevelt over the top on the first ballot amid debates over a majority nomination and two thirds rule. A hunting accident kills Oren Bradshaw, 12, during squirrel hunting, with initial hope for recovery after neck and face wounds. Fourth of July celebration in Ada set with a large rally, speakers including Luther Harrison and Tom D. McKeown, county offices and state races on the program.
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Delegates Hold Fan for Murray in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Times reports a poll of 27 Oklahoma delegates to the Democratic national convention showing strong support for Gov. Murray with some members favoring submission of the prohibition question. About 16 delegates plan not to attend. Sen. Elmer Thomas will return home after Congress adjourns to pursue renomination.
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Oklahoma
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Elmer Thomas
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Booy of Pete Myers Found Near Konaw
The body of Peter Myers, 82, was found near his home three miles south of Konawa on the Oklahoma City Ada Atoka railway tracks. Officials said he died about 20 minutes before discovery from a crushed skull. No trains had passed in that interval. Bill Cavett and his son were arrested and held in the city jail pending investigation.
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Peter Myers
Here
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Bill Cavett
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Harris Withdraws From Senate Race in Oklahoma
Moses E. Harris quits the Democratic nomination bid for the United States Senate in Oklahoma City and says he will back R. M. M. Cool. The announcement came today and shifts support within the party.
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Senate
Oklahoma City
Moses E. Harris
United States Senate
Woman Gains 22 Pounds During Six Months In Pennsylvania Jail
A Pennsylvania woman reportedly gained 22 pounds while serving a six months jail term. The incident draws concern over prison conditions and inmate welfare.
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Pennsylvania
Hijackers Take Taxi Driver's Car in Station Robbery
Two men hijacked a Sloan Taxi car driven by Charley Musgraves after forcing him to drive to a pasture near Union Valley. They bound him, robbed a filling station of 17 dollars, then fled in the Plymouth. Musgraves freed himself and flagged authorities. suspects and vehicle remain at large.
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Sloan Taxi Company
Charley Musgraves
Ada
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Musgraves
Joe Guest Held After Fatal Stabbing in Rush Springs
Joe Guest, a Rush Springs store keeper, was arrested after a fatal stabbing of P. P. Worsham, 57, on a Rush Springs street. Worsham died in Oklahoma City after being stabbed in the neck following an encounter with Worsham and town constable Dan Williamson. Investigators said Guest blamed Worsham for trouble with the constable. A newly sharpened knife was found on Guest. charges had not been filed pending investigation.
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Joe Guest
Rush Springs
Oklahoma City
P. P. Worsham
Worsham
Dan Williamson
Guest
Williamson
Bryan Hammon
Hoover Plans World Armament Cut At Geneva Talk
President Hoover proposed cuts of about one third in global armaments, calling for abolition of tanks chemical warfare and large mobile guns and limits on ships carriers destroyers and submarines. He urged allied participation and linked reductions to economic relief with five guiding principles before the Geneva conference.
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Logan County Grants 25 Percent Real Estate Valuation Cut
June 22 Logan County excise equalization board adopted a resolution to reduce valuations on real estate improvements and farm lands by 25 percent for 1932. The cut takes effect with next fiscal year budgets and will force sharp expense curtailments in county city and school departments.
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Logan County Excise Equalization Board
New Well Starts in Conservation Pool North of Ada
Rev R Moore and L K Reed of Seminole spudded in Wednesday on the Brown No 1 in sw sw ne 27 5 6 conservation pool north of Ada. They are down about 200 feet with a gas show at 135 feet. The Smith Bowles Miller No 2 two locations west is reported making oil at around 1 480 feet.
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L. K. Reed
Ada
Democratic Pot Begins 10 Boil Cover at Chicago
Democratic leaders push for repeal of the 18th Amendment as Alfred E. Smith and Roosevelt factions clash over prohibition. The convention scene opens with calls for a repeal plank while Hull and Long press for economic issues and constitutional pathways.
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Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Resolutions Committee
Democratic Party
United States
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
James A. Reed
Missouri
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Garner
Henry Breckenridge
Old Dominion
Shouse
Walter L. Barlow
California
Smith
William C. Walsh
Maryland
McAdoo Files for Senate in Democratic Primary
William Gibbs McAdoo former treasury secretary under Wilson filed for the United States Senate in the Democratic primary. He challenges incumbent Senator Samuel Shortbridge in the Los Angeles area race.
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Los Angeles
William Gibbs McAdoo
Counterfeit Suspects Held for Questioning in Colby
Eli Mace of Canon City Colorado and Jack Standish of Oklahoma City were held today for federal authorities for questioning about passing counterfeit money. Mary Garden plans a July 4 comeback and fires up with fireworks.
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Kan
Eli Mace
Canon City
Col
Jack Standish
Oklahoma City
Mary Garden
Curtis Renominated on First Ballot at Republican Convention
Vice President Charles Curtis was renominated on the first ballot by the Republican National Convention. The official first ballot totals: Curtis 6833.4, McNider 178.4, Harbert 161.4.
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