Many Seek Position At Hoover Backed Convention Bid
Republican leaders press to name a voice for the nomination as Hoover signals openness to Tilson and others. Tilson of Connecticut seeks vice presidency and calls Hoover to confirm support while a strategy group gauges delegates and potential votes.WASHINGTON, June 14—Groups of Republican leaders conference to name a presidential running mate with Tilson’s bid gaining tacit Hoover backing and other names such as Dawes Curtis Fess Hyde and Maccnider under consideration.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Connecticut
Hoover
Tilson
Dawes
Moses
New Hampshire
Curtis
Kansas
Fess
Ohio
Deneen
Illinois
Fuller
Massachusetts
Arthur M. Hyde
Missouri
Roysi Johnson
South Dakota
Veterans’ Bloc
Hanford Maccnider
Iowa
Washington
Convention Hotel Damaged by Fire in Kansas City
Fire tore a top floor at the Hotel Baltimore where Hoover headquarters are housed in Kansas City. Fire units contained the blaze after 8 PM, with reports of little damage.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Baltimore
Hoover
Valles
Oklahoma Man Slashes Throat and Wrist in Courthouse Death
Charles Mackay a 98 year old salesman was found dead on the first floor of the Tulsa courthouse. Relatives said despondency led to the act. The incident occurred June 13 with United Press reporting from Tulsa Oklahoma.
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United Press
Tulsa
Okla
Charles Mackay
Farmers Storm G. O. P. Convention Hall in Kansas City
On the second day of the Republican convention in Kansas City, several hundred farmers stormed Convention Hall doors to protest Herbert Hoover and press for a strong farm relief plank. Police reserves blocked entry as banners voiced anti Hoover sentiment.
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G. O. P. Convention Hall
Hoover
Kansas City
Convention
Herbert Hoover
NEA
Nobile Stranded on Ice Suffering Injuries in Polar Wasteland
General Umberto Nobile and five companions marooned near Foyne Island after a crash cannot move due to injuries to Nobile and Ceccioni. They request snow spectacles snow shoes medicines and gum boots as sun glare and melting snow worsen conditions while polar bears keep watch.
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Associated Press
Kingsbay
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
Foyne Island
Nobile
Mexican Rebels Forge Loan Upon Town Raid
Dispatches from Tixtla Guerrero report insurgents entered the ungarrisoned town looting the jail and government offices and forcing a loan upon residents during the raid.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Tixtla
Guerrero
Pecos County Plans $500000 Road Bond Election
Fort Stockton Tex June 14 The Pecos County commissioners court ordered a $500000 road bond election on July 21 after a petition signed by 500 voters. The funds would finance a network of highways across Pecos county.
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Associated Press
Fort Stockton
Tex
Pecos County
Commissioners Court Today
Christian Endeavor Delegates Parade Through Amarillo Morning
Delegates from the Christian Endeavor convention stage a 10 o'clock parade from the Central Presbyterian church with bands, colors, and marching honors. Rev H A Shaw and H G Wilson lead the event, then more than 400 visitors head to a barbecue at Harding Ranch in Palo Duro Canyons.
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Christian Endeavor Convention
Central Presbyterian Church
Christian Crusaders
H. A. Shaw
First Christian Church
Amarillo
H. G. Wilson
Christian Endeavor
Harding Ranch
Palo Duro Canyons
Everts
Mr. Everts
Dr. Thomsen
Bandits Rob Bank in Kansas City Heist
Seven gunmen staged a bold holdup at Home Trust in downtown Kansas City amid a traffic jam from a Republican convention. They seized about $16,000 then retreated as tear gas exploded. five people were wounded and one man died of heart failure.
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Kansas City
Home Trust Company
James H. Smith
Darrell Capishaw
Charles Monaco
Kenneth Knickerbocker
Monaco
Alvin Faeth
Arrest of Amarillo student nurse linked to Enid case
Mary Atkinson, a student nurse from Amarillo, freed of poison murder charges in Enid death of a minister's daughter, is jailed for investigation after a confrontation. Attorney Paul Showalter was shot and slightly wounded by Ruby Renfro, Renfro held for investigation, Showalter recovering.
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United Press
Oklahoma City
Mary Atkinson
Enid
Oklahoma
Paul F. Showalter
Nurse Released from Amarillo Hospital Under Unspecified Reason
Ruby Renfro, a student nurse, was released from an Amarillo hospital on the first of the month for an undisclosed reason. Attorney Paul V. Showalter, once connected with Misa Renfro in Amarillo, later moved to Borger and then Oklahoma City. Miss Atkinson was in Amarillo recently but not on staff. all are from Gainesville, Texas, where their parents reside.
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Ruby Renfro
Amarillo
Paul V. Showalter
Misa Renfro
Borger
Oklahoma City
Miss Atkinson
Gainesville
Texas
Defense witness details chase involving Miss Renfro and Miss Atkinson
Paul Showalter testifies that he faced harassment allegations from Miss Atkinson and describes a pursuit by Miss Renfro through streets and past railroad tracks where a shot was fired. He claims Miss Renfro later fled, while Miss Atkinson’s previous arrest over Mary Jane Bailey’s death was dismissed after a poison test. Miss Renfro says she will present her own story with legal counsel.
Santa Fe seeks to buy Orient railroad control
An application to purchase control of the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railroad was filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad.
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Associated Press
Washington
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Curtis Declines Vice Presidency Bid
Friends of Senator Curtis of Kansas said he was instructed not to have his name proposed for vice president. Rumors tied Hoover and Representative Tilson to a ticket, but no official confirmation emerged as leaders conferences continued. Curtis’ aides indicated he would not entertain the VP notion while seeking the presidency. Governor Fuller and Arthur M. Hyde were also mentioned as prominent possibilities.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Curtis
Kansas
Hoover
Tilson
Connecticut
Fuller
Massachusetts
Arthur M. Hyde
Missouri
Capitol
Palo Alto
California
Coolidge on way to Wisconsin aboard special train
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge travel toward Superior Wisconsin to assume a temporary summer White House on the Brule River. Crowds greet the passage and officials keep schedule secret for safety as the couple view countryside from the train.
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United Presa
Chicago
Mra. Coolidge
Mrs. Coolidge
Deaf Smith to vote on road bond issue in July election
Deaf Smith county voters will decide Saturday July 7 on an additional county road tax. A special election was ordered at a commissioners court session after a petition signed by more than 300 qualified taxpayers urged the vote.
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Hereford
Deaf Smith County
Commissioners Court
Prominent British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst dies
London June 14 Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst renowned as England's most militant suffragette died in a nursing home today at age sixty nine.
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Associated Press
London
Emmeline Pankhurst
England
Hoover Confirmed as Republican Nominee for President
At the Kansas City convention Hoover secures the Republican nomination after a swift national roll call. The near-unanimous victory follows a day of hostile secondaries with Lowden stepping aside on the farm relief plank. Donald McNab’s speech lauds Hoover’s World War I relief work and Americanism as delegates erupt in applause.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Lowden
Illinois
Coolidge
Moses
Wergent At Arms
Stars and Stripes
McNab
Hint
Hoover
Commerce Sec
Kentucky Democrats back Smith for president
Louisville area dispatch reports Kentucky Democrats decide to cast all 26 votes for Governor Smith of New York at the national convention. The move solidifies Smith’s front runner status among Kentucky party delegates.
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Associated Press
Lexington
Kentucky
Smith
New York
Ballot Totals Show Hoover Leading Across State Delegations
The roll call lists vote totals by state delegations with Herbert Hoover leading in most blocs. Several states split votes among Dawes Lowden Curtis Watson Norris and Coolidge, while some entries show non voting or mixed results.
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Weather Brief for Amarillo and Nearby Areas
The report notes Friday clouds in Amarillo and vicinity with generally fair conditions in west Texas and New Mexico. Showers persist in the central Rocky Mountain region and Missouri Mississippi valleys with warmer conditions in eastern districts and lower Mississippi valley.
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