Nomination Watch Focuses on Smith at Convention
The AP reports Tammany leaders supportive of Alfred E. Smith arrive in Houston to establish headquarters at the Rice hotel. Norman E. Mack asserts Smith will be nominated and elected, stressing his view against prohibition and for states rights and temperance.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tammany
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Rice Hotel
Norman E. Mack
National
Mack
Smith
Paso Girl Plans Ocean Flight From New York to Paris
Juanita McDaniels of El Paso intends a nonstop flight from New York to Paris in August. She helped secure the arrest of C. G. Smoky Taylor and Kenneth Oliver near Roswell after aiding customs officers and state police in Mexico.
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Roswell
N. M
Juanita McDaniels
Pershing Drive
el Paso
New Mexico
New York
Paris
Miss McDaniels
C. G. “Smoky” Taylor
Kenneth Oliver
Customs
Rescue Efforts Expand As Italia Crew Is Found
From Kings Bay Spitzbergen, officials report General Umberto Nobile and five crew members rescued and fed after the Italia crash. Roald Amundsen and Rene Guilbaud remain missing, while ten others are lost or at sea. Major Maddalena's Savoia 55 located Nobile and dropped 650 pounds of supplies, signaling renewed hope for the stranded group.
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Umberto Nobile
Roald Amundsen
Rene Guilbaud
Tromsoe
Norway
Spitzbergen
Nobile
Riiser-Larsen
Luetzow Holm
Maddalena
Savoia 55, Finally To Find General Nobile
Kings Bay
Amundsen
Guilbaud
Svalbard
Arctic
Advent Bay
New York Leaders Prepare Smith Campaign in Preconvention Push
George R. Van Namee and Norman E. Mack head the Reed for President efforts with Thomas J. Spellacy arriving in Houston to join the Smith forces. Van Namee cites 650 votes for Smith on first ballot and says the convention should express the field from various states. Roosevelt is expected to back New York, while John W. Davis may chair the resolutions committee. No favorite VP candidate was named as talks cover many names.
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Reed For President
George R. van Namee
Norman E. Mack
Empire State
Smith
Thomas J. Spellacy
Connecticut
Houston
van Namee
New York State
Mack
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Madison Square Garden
New York
John W. Davis
Resolutions Committee
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas Thursday
The forecast calls for Thursday in Amarillo and vicinity to be partly cloudy with little temperature change. West Texas should see generally fair to partly cloudy conditions, while New Mexico options are fair with slight change in temperature. Showers have occurred from Colorado, Wyoming and Montana to the upper Mississippi Valley and the Middle Atlantic coast.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Rocky Mountain
Mississippi Valley
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Middle Atlantic
Ances
Houston Men Offer Reward for Lynchers
In Houston a $19 000 fund aims to arrest eight men who lynched Robert Powell 24 a black man accused of murdering Detec tive A W Davis. Powell was wounded and hanged from a bridge after being taken from hospital. Texas Ranger Capt Frnak Hamer leads a state inquiry with five rangers. city council puts 10000 for a six member probe. Governor Moody offers 250 reward.
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Houston
Robert Powell
A. W. Davis
Powell
Texas
Frank Hamer
Langston King
Harris County Grand Jury
Moody
Divorcee Kate Cabell Found Dead in Brooklyn Bath Tub
In Brooklyn Heights a divorcee, Mrs. Kate Cabell of Woodstock Virginia, was found dead in a bathtub of sealing water in the suite of William Connors where she resided. Connors said another woman had been drinking with him. no one was intoxicated. He was not detained.
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Associated Press
New York
Kate Cabell
Woodstock
William Connors
Brooklyn Heights
Connors
Cabell
Government Supporter Kills Peasant Leader in Belgrade
Dispatches report Marisa Ratchitch shot and killed Paul Raditch nephew of the peasant leader in the Skuptchina this morning. The Government supporter wounded two MPs and was handed to police as Belgrade telephonic links to abroad were interrupted.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Belgrade
Marisa Ratchitch
Paul Raditch
Stefan Raditch
Clues Found in Boiler Point to March Murder Case
The Fort Worth and Denver roundhouse boiler yielded two bodies allegedly from a murder last March 29. Officials describe a water vat at 125 to 156 degrees with a seven and a half foot guard fence, while a secret informant tale links oil field attorneys, bootlegging, and rum runners across New Mexico.
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Panhandle
Fort Worth & Denver
Federal Prohibition
New Mexico
Remus Freed From Ohio Asylum By Court Order
George Remus once a famed bootlegger and wife slayer was released from the Lima State Hospital for the Criminal Insane after a state supreme court ruling. The decision held that an inmate may seek a habeas corpus writ to prove sanity and win release, regardless of the hospital superintendent's view.
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United Press
Lima
Ohio
George Remus
State Hospital
Remus
State Supreme Court
Allen County Court of Appeals
Lima State Hospital
Parliaments Shooting Fatal in Belgrade Assembly Brawl
In Belgrade on June 20 a radical deputy Punica Ratchitch fired six rounds in the national assembly after opposition members interrupted proceedings. Paul Raditch was killed, Stefan Raditch seriously wounded, Dr Basaritchek gravely wounded and died en route to hospital. Other deputies Pernar Grandja and Jelasitch injured. The incident follows fierce parliamentary clashes over government policy and Nettuno treaty ratification with Italy.
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Associated Press
Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Punica Ratchitch
National Assembly
Paul Raditch
Stefan Raditch
Basaritchek
Italy
Punica Ratchitea
West Texas Chamber Adopts Resolutions At Fort Worth
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce, at its tenth annual convention in Fort Worth, endorsed highway policy unity with East and South Texas chambers. It backed stronger county education powers, appointive superintendents, and repeal of certain teaching certificates, while urging school law reform and a Texas wide labor survey. El Paso won the 1929 convention bid. Waco withdrew and Abilene supported El Paso for 1930.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
el Paso
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Waco
Ewing Thomason
Abilene
Jere
Texas
East Texas and
South Texas Chambers of Commerce
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
West Texas Chamber
West Texas
State Agricultural and Mechanical College
Southwide Cotton Council
Earhart Plans Paris Visit Then Return Flight Home
Amelia Earhart, with Stultz and Gordon, will fly to Amsterdam and Paris for a weekend, then return to England to sail for America. The group awaits a Dutch plane option while Ship Friendship remains at Southampton for shipment home.
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Miss Earhart
Paris
America
Associated Press
London
Earhart
Stultz
Medician Gordon
Amsterdam
England
Southampton
United States
President Coolidge nets six trout on first summer fishing trip
Superior Wisconsin June 20 President Coolidge enjoyed a six trout catch on his first real fishing expedition this summer at his Brule river lodge. He fished with Col BE W Starling of the secret service and returned to the lodge for luncheon. He planned a visit to the executive offices the next day.
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Associated Press
Superior
Wis
President Coolidge
Brule River
Col
BE. W. Starling
Secret Service
Coolidge
Mr. Coolidge
Cedar Island Lodge
Robbers Shoot Off Victim’s Left Foot in Highway Maiming
C. H. Watson of Deridder was robbed of 35 dollars near Deridder by four masked men who shot off his left foot and left him on the highway. Four men, including a gang member named by Watson, are held in Beauregard parish jail after a 50 mile chase to the Sabine river and into Texas. Deputies captured them at Brooks near Jasper, Texas.
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Associated Press
Lake Charles
C. H. Watson
Deridder
Derider
Watson
Beauregard Parish
Sutton Named President at Rotary Convention
B Sutton of Tampico Mexico was elected president of the International Rotary at the 19th annual convention in Minneapolis. He was unanimously chosen by acclamation. he previously served as international vice president. A separate item reports John Evans former assistant postmaster of Holdenville pleading guilty to misappropriation of postal funds and awaiting sentencing in Ardmore in October.
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United Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Tom) Sutton
Tampico
Mexico
International Rotary
Sutton
International
Holdenville
Okla
John Evans
Pauls Valley
Ardmore
Evans
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