Methodist and Baptist unite in movement
Houston June 29. A call by Arthur J. Barton and Bishop James Cannon Jr to dry southern Democrats to convene in Asheville July 11 to organize for electing dry nominees and defeating Gov. Alfred E. Smith is issued on their own responsibility. They urge unity of southern democracy and reference enforcement of the eighteenth amendment and Prohibition laws.
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Associated Press
Houston
Asheville
N. C
Gov. Smith
Ciru
Arthur J. Barton
Atlanta
Board of Temperance
The
Baptist Convention
James Cannon, Jr
Smith
Preliquor
Tammany Hall
South
Alfred E. Smith
Edwin C. Dinwiddie
National Conference
Harger
Chicago
Carl Vrooman
Illinois
Dr. Colvin
Prohibition National Committee
R. B. Creager
Texas
Democratic Party
Alabama
A. H. Carmichael
New York
al Eam
Japan proposes Hughes for World Court of Justice
Geneva June 29 The Associated Press reports Japan will nominate Charles Evans Hughes to the World Court of International Justice if he accepts the position It is believed many nations including Britain and France will back the nomination and Hughes is likely to accept
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Geneva
Japan
Charles Evans Hughes
World Court of International Justice
Huges
Associated Press
Hughes
League
Great Britain
France
Tennessee Suffers Big Storm Damage
Storms across Tennessee and Kentucky cause hundreds of thousands in damage to crops, buildings, and highways. Indirect fatalities include Deputy Sheriff John S. Lewis struck by a charged wire and Lois Dawkins drowned after a gas blast in Louisville. In Alexandria, 23 houses and 40 barns were destroyed as Lexington traffic halted.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Kentucky
John S. Lewis
Lois Dawkins
Louisville
Alexandria
Lexington
Steamer Beached After Collision Off Monomoy Point
The Merchants and Miners line freight steamer Grecian ran aground in 18 feet of water after a collision with the Evangeline of Eastern Steamship off Monomoy Point near Chatham Massachusetts. All 100 passengers on the Evangeline and both crews were uninjured. Evangeline continued to Yarmouth after minor damage.
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Associated Press
Chatham
Mass
Merchants and Miners Line
Grecian
Monomoy Point
Eastern Steamship Company
Evangeline
New York
Yarmouth
New Yorker Killed in Elevator Shaft
H. Gordon Duval, 34, president of the Park Avenue association, died after mistaking his private elevator door for the bathroom door and falling thirteen floors in New York on June 29.
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New York
H. Gordon Duval
Park Avenue Association
Injunction Denied in Chrysler Dodge Merger Bid
New York June 29 The Supreme Court Justice Mullan denied Calvin H. Goddard minority stockholder in Dodge Brothers a restraining injunction against the proposed merger of Chrysler Motor Car with the Dodge corporation as requested by Goddard.
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New York
Supreme Court
Mullan
Calvin H. Goddard
Dodge Brothers’ Corporation
Chrysler Motor Car Corporation
Dodge Corporation
Japanese floods take heavy toll and 100 dead
Western Japan endures severe floods with at least 100 killed and heavy property losses. Kyushu bears the worst damage as 1,500 houses and 70,000 acres flood. A 4,000-strong troop force works on embankments and communications between Kuomoto, Fukuoka, and Saga.
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Osaka
Japan
Kyushu
Kuomoto
Kukuoka
Saga
Republican national committee announces Hoover Curtis team
The new executive officers directing the Hoover Curtis campaign include Hubert Work as chairman and secretary of interior, Joseph R. Nutt as treasurer, Franklin W. Fort as secretary, Mrs. Alvin T. Hert as vice-chairman for women’s activities, and Ralph Williams as vice-chairman. The slate lists Nutt as Union Trust Cleveland president and Hert as Kentucky leader.
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Republican National Committee
Hoover-Curtis
Interior
Hubert Work
Joseph R. Nutt
Union Trust Company of
Cleveland
Franklin W. Fort
New Jersey
Alvin T. Hert
Kentucky
Ralph Williams
Oregon
Sydney Greason Prepares Two-Year Christmas Feast for Byrd Expedition
In New York on June 29, Sydney Greason, steward of the Byrd Antarctic expedition, plans two years of meals aboard the Samson. He orders about 100000 dollars worth of turkeys, ham, beef, canned fruits, powdered milk, and 60 tons of groceries. He will bake bread daily and host special holiday feasts, with sats cached at sub bases and restocked from Dunedin, New Zealand, before the voyage in September.
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New York
Sydney Greason
Greason
South Pole
Times Square
Turkey
Francis D. Coman
Johns Hopkins Hospital
George Tennant
Byrd
Arctic
Dunedin
New Zealand
Antarctic
Vanderbilt Jr Pays Million to Creditors in Chicago
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr signed a document relinquishing more than 1 million of his inheritance to repay stockholders in his bankrupt publishing enterprise. He had already given up nearly 1 million earlier and placed his signature to a trust funded by his maternal grandfather Richard T. Wilson and his paternal grandfather Cornelius Vanderbilt. He said the move is moral, not legal, and aims to wipe the slate clean with about 8,000 stockholders across the country. He had been living in Reno, Nevada.
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Chicago
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr
Richard T. Wilson
Cornelious Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Reno
Nev
Former Amarillon Dies in Arkansas
R. W. Statham father of Mrs. W. T. Williford of 603 Maryland died at 7 p.m. yesterday in Paragould Arkansas after recent health decline. He formerly lived in Amarillo and was a respected elder who belonged to the San Jacinto Methodist church. Mrs. Williford departs this morning to attend the funeral in Paragould.
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R. W. Statham
W. T. Williford
Maryland
Paragould
Ark
Statham
Amarillo
St. Louis
San Jacinto
France to Sign Anti War Treaty
Paris June 29 The cabinet decided France should sign the United States anti war treaty as soon as it was presented Foreign Minister Briand was authorized to notify Secretary Kellogg of France adherence and to forward a note with France's interpretation of the treaty provisions.
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Paris
Briand
Kellogg
France
Plane tails spins kill pilot near Wayland Iowa
Roy Kauffman 21 of Wayland Iowa died and Charles Payel of Lomax Illinois injured perhaps fatally when their plane went into a tail spin and plunged about 1500 feet near Wayland late yesterday The Associated Press reports.
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Associated Press
Mount. Pleasant
Roy Kauffman
Wayland
Iowa
Charles Payel
Lomax
Illinois
Woman Dies at 110 After Predicting Ten More Years
In Chickgo on June 29 living in the area Mrs Nettie Gagerovitz died after celebrating her 110th birthday three months earlier and predicting she would live another decade. Her death ends a long life marked by historical eras she witnessed.
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The
Associated Press
Nettie Gagerovitz
Von Hindenburg Becomes Grandfather To First Grandson
Berlin reports President Von Hindenburg is now a grandfather as his son Major Von Hindenburg and his wife welcomed a first grandson who bears the family name. The birth was announced from Berlin.
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Associated Press
Berlin
von Hindenburg
Major von Hindenburg
Bebe Daniels Hospitalized After Illness
Hollywood reports screen star Bebe Daniels in serious but not critical condition from an attack of intestinal influenza. She was rushed to a Hollywood hospital after collapsing on a film set yesterday while working on a picture.
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United Press
Hollywood
Calif
Bebe Daniels
Hollywood Hospital
Miss Daniels
Chinese Officials Move to Recognize All Foreign Obligations
A Shanghai dispatch reports the Chinese Nationalist conference on finances and economics has decided to recognize all foreign obligations of every character. The update comes from Associated Press via the Daily Express.
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Associated P. London
Jane
Shanghai
Daily Express
Walt Mason Satirizes Women Convention Exuberance
A 1928 verse notes a thousand women visiting a town for a convention, paying for rooms and meals, challenging old norms, and mocking those who lament female independence. It portrays modern gains like self-sufficiency and paid hospitality, contrasting past hospitality burdens.
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George Matthew Adams
State Leaders Rally for Panhandle Immigration Push
State leaders from Texas and Oklahoma mobilize crowds as the Board of City Development and Panhandle Plains Inc. plan to report the meeting statewide. Oklahoma prepares a large delegation led by Henry Harmon for the reunion, with expectant state meetings and surprises as states present stunts.
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Texas
Board of City Development
Panhandle Plains Inc
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Henry Harmon
Florida natives sought for Panhandle delegation
Miss Minnie Lee Johnson secretary to P. C. Bennett of the Board of City Development seeks natives of Florida for a Florida delegation. She hopes to contact former residents of the Flower State to plan the July 4 All-States celebration and can be reached at 2-2211.
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Florida
Panhandle
Minnie Lee Johnson
P. C. Bennett
Board of City Development
Ohio Buckeyes plan permanent organization in county court
Former Ohio residents met to form a permanent Ohio group ahead of the All-States reunion on July 4. Twenty Buckeyes registered, six of them Longs, with Felix Ury presiding and a business meeting set for the Harding ranch. Ohioans will wear badges bearing state names and attendee lists include John A Long Reynold Long John Long Jr Robert Long Arlie Long Thelma Bull Amel Bull Joseph Frederick T S Thomas W A Layburn J W Sell Carl E Simon L V Wallace Harry P Newhardt.
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Ohio
Long
Felix Ury
Miami County
Harding Ranch
L. V. Wallace
Harry P. Newhardt
Fifteen Nebraskans Meet at Courthouse
Fifteen former Nebraskans gathered at the county courthouse to plan attendance at the All States reunion at Harding's ranch. Mrs F E Hakes was named chair man of the delegation and a further meeting was set for Monday evening in the county courtroom. Participants included Mr and Mrs R E Clesson H A Hawley R E Logan Mr and Mrs C M East Mr and Mrs A F Krabbe Charlie Collings Wm Claude Clary and Dr Cultra.
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Harding
F. E. Hakes
Nebraska
R. E. Clesson
H. A. Hawley
R. E. Logan
C. M. East
A. F. Krabbe
Charlie Collings
Claude Clary
Cultra
Texans to wear ten gallon hats at All-States reunion
Panhandle Texans will appear at the All-States reunion and barbecue to be held at Harding's, sporting ten gallon hats and Texas spirit.
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Texas
Harding
Lone Star State delegation forms for Amarillo July Fourth
Nearly 100 residents met in the Amarillo hotel Long Horn room to plan the big celebration. F M Butler chaired briefly before handing to R E Underwood from the free state of Jack as permanent chairman. Burton Roach and E C Nelson named vice chairmen with Ross Rogers as master of entertainment. Mrs J G Short chosen secretary for the delegation. Committees to meet Col Harve Haines in the Long Horn room at 8 this evening.
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Lone Star State
Long Horn
Amarillo
F. M. Butler
R. E. Underwood
Free State
Jack
Burton Roach
E. C. Nelson
Ross Rogers
J. G. Short
Broncobusters
Texas
Col. Harve Haines
Long Horn Room
Amarillo Hotel
Natives of Illinois Plan Great Fourth
W. M. Clary of Illinois was elected permanent chairman of the Sucker state delegation for the All States reunion and July Fourth barbecue at Harding's ranch. Mrs. C. C. Barth named secretary. about 70 former Illini residents attended the courthouse meeting and pledged lively events for the celebration.
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W. M. Clary
Ilinois
Sucker
Harding
Court House
C. C. Barth
Illinois
Chicago
Tribe of Men
Wrestler Knocked Unconscious After Ring Fall
Boston report says Gus Sonneberg was knocked unconscious when he sailed through the ropes and fell to the floor during his bout with Ed Strangler Lewis. Sonneberg won the first fall but could not continue, making Lewis the winner by default.
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Boston
Gus Sonneberg
Ed “Strangler” Lewis
Sonneberg
Lewis
Texan Decapitated By Wheels Of Train
A man identified as F. W. Vallie was decapitated in Denison Texas near the M. E. T. railway yards when struck by a freight train. A note found in his pocket asked to notify his wife in Rising Star Texas. The body was to be sent to Rising Star.
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Denison
Texas
F. W. Vallie
Rising Star
Rising Tar
Nominees Begin Campaigning Across Regions
Governor Smith plans a nationwide campaign with advisers as Hoover prepares a limited radio based effort after Pacific coast stops. Smith and Robinson are expected to travel intensively from Labor Day toward election day, with parties aiming to reach every section including the South.
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Smith
Hoover
Pacific Coast
Washington
Robinson
Floods Cause Major Damage Across Lexington and Kentucky
Kentuckys Lexington and nearby areas suffered heavy flooding after 24 hours of rain. Downtown streets turned into rivers, basements flooded, and traffic halted. Major losses hit hotels Lafayette and Phoenix with about 200000 dollars in damage.
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Lexington
Associated Press
Lafayette An de Phoenix
Fayette
Reed Sends Congratulatory Message to Governor Smith
United Press reports Senator James A. Reed sent Governor Smith a warm congratulations and said he would contribute to Smiths success. Reed stated his earnest hope for Smiths success and pledged support. The message was dispatched in Houston Texas on June 29.
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United Press
Houston
Tex
James A. Reed
Smith
Democratic Convention Ends As Nomination For Robinson Is Secured
Delegates confirmed Robinson as their nominee with a united but orderly finish. Speakers from east to west touted non sectionalism while urging unity to defeat the Republicans in the fall. Harris of Georgia moved to cap speeches at five minutes as Houston officials and Jesse H Jones praised the gathering for its role in naming the national ticket.
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Robinson
Smith
Bratton
New Mexico
Walsh
Massachusetts
Bay State
United States
Harris
Georgia
Harrison
Houston
Texas
Jesse H. Jones
Democratic War Horse
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Five Henrietta men wounded as Oklahoma miners resist pay order
Six wounded were tended by a dozen Oklahoma miners who were offered 15 dollars to return home if they did not report for work. Five men agreed to report. four were shot, one beaten. Walter and Dave Mays, C A Hill, Fred Thomas, Jake Leach injured. Arthur Eagleton and John Strahota shot as union presence drew fire. Francis Keegan said workers came voluntarily in response to ads.
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Oklahoma
Walter
Dave Mays
Henrietta
C. A. Hill
Albino
Fred Thomas
Jake Leach
Arthur Eagleton
United Mine Workers of America District 14
John Strahota
Francis M. Keegan
Unclear Fragment Speculates Abuse Case in January
Fragment mentions cruelty or abuse context with unclear timing and names. Text is incomplete, offering no verifiable facts or identities to anchor a coherent report.
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Indianapolis
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Prohibition Party
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World Court OF Justice
BIG Merger
Hortense Saunders
Sidney Gresson
Tom Mulroy
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