Wall Street Bets Hoover Election Amid Stock Boom
The piece notes Wall Street pricing and betting on Hoover's election while stocks soar and lending from the Midwest and Europe flows in. It mentions a 7 percent rate and 3 to 1 odds on Hoover, with contrasts to Wilson bets, and comments on farmers’ independence and profit motives. It references large private telecom finance and a surge in stock subscriptions, plus a grim note on a misused funds and personal tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Middle West
Europe
Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Curtis to take official GOP VP nom notification
Senator Curtis will receive formal notice of the Republican vice presidential nomination at 5 pm on August 18 on the steps of the state capitol in Topeka Kansas. George N. Peck heads the Farm Belt committee and backs Gov Alfred E. Smith due to Democratic farm relief plank. Dr Hebert Work will travel to Palo Alto to confer with Midwest Republican leaders on the campaign.
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Associated Press
Curtis
Topeka
Kansas
George N. Peck
Farm Belt Committee
Alfred E. Smith
Peek
Wh Smith
Hebert Work
Chicago
Ee Ruate
Hoover
Palo Alto
Sliferabe
Love Says Texas Vote Points to Al's Defeat
A political column argues the Texas vote signals the defeat of Al amid party shifts. The piece analyzes voter turnout and regional attitudes that impact the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Love
Texas
Secret charges of con game loom over Denver firm
Seven officials and employees of United States Finance corporation face conspiracy to commit false pretenses and confidence game charges in Pueblo Colorado. Two suspects have been arrested as a nationwide search proceeds for the remaining five. Authorities say Denver area residents and others were fleeced of substantial sums, possibly over a million dollars, by the company and its allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Br United
Denver
Colo
Pueblo
Colorado
United States Finance Corporation
Allied
J. Arthur Phelps
Tenth Judicial District
Joel E. Stone
First Judicial District
Rocky Ford
Sems
Frank FP. Spertschey
Amarillo- Panhandle Development Company
Billy Gamble Maintains Offices in Amarillo Past Two Years
Billy Gamble has run offices in Amarillo on and off for the last two years while spending recent months in Denver. He was well known in the area for his activities and presence.
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Billy” Gamble
Amarillo
Denver
Officials Arrests Tie to Finance Firms in Amarillo Case
P Crane, confidential representative, and several executives were arrested in Amarillo area. Accused include W A Gamble president of United States Finance Corp and Amarillo Panhandle Development Co. B W Cornelison president of Universal Exporting Co and third VP of United States Finance Corp. R A Leads secretary of Dunall Mining and Mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Gamble
United States Finance Corporation
Amarillo-Panhandle
B. W. Cornelison
Universal Eea
Meen Tee Exporting Company
R. A. Leads
Dunall Mining and Mill
Brain Injury Forcing Tunney To Quit Ring
New York Daily News reports Gene Tenney retired to prevent a recurrence of a brain injury that left him mentally bleak for four days a year ago. He spoke at a tea with two Daily News staffers and cited a fright at Specelate last summer during training for a second Dempsey bout as a trigger after a sparring partner knocked him with a hard punch.
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United Presek
New York
New York Daily News
Gene Tenaney
Tenney
Daily News
Specelate
Dempsey
Mail Robbery Leader Sentenced to 25 Years and Fine
Charles Limpy Cleaver, ring leader of the Evergreen Park mail train robbers, was sentenced to 26 years in Atlanta Federal Prison and a $10,000 fine after his motion for a new trial was denied. Charles Wharton, former congressman co conspirator, faces up to two years and a $10,000 fine on conspiracy charges. The gang stole $155,008 last February with Wharton hosting the loot split and Cleaver accused of engineering the robbery.
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Associated Pree
Chicago
Charles “Limpy
Cleaver
Evergreen Park
James H. Wilkercee
Atlanta
Charles & Wharton
Wharton
Clever
Reolier Band
Noted Comedian Injured In Solo Plane Crash Near Groton Airport
Comedian Stone severely injured after his Air Travelair biplane failed to recover from a dive near Groton airport. He was flying solo after a prior guided flight with his daughter and Lt. Campion. Stone, a Lyme, Connecticut resident, was extracted from wreckage and taken to hospital. The Groton facility hosts recently opened airport and Connecticut National Guard air service encampment.
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Groton
Steme
Stone
Peula
Jake L. Campion
Streeter
Stowe
Lyme
Conn
Star Ranch
Patty
Groeten
Pegeenock
Rhode Island State Line
43Rd Division Air Service
Connecticut National Guard
McDonald Will Compromise Refused by University
The University of Texas rejected a proposed settlement in the W. J. McDonald estate dispute. The octogenarian Paris banker left 1,250,000 dollars for an astronomical laboratory, and the case heads to retrial with Attorney General Claude Pollard to lead for the university.
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University of Texas
W. J. McDonald
Paris
Claude Pollard
Fridey
Horton Leads in Tennessee Democratic Primary Contest
Horton for governor leads Hill McAlister in the Tennessee Democratic primary based on unofficial returns from 1914 precincts out of 2 290. Horton shows 97 944 votes to McAlister 84 706, with results incomplete and pending tallies.
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Associated
Pron
Nashvilla
Tenn
Henry HW. Horton
Hill McAlister
Bie
Horton
McAlister
Wife Admits Crime Delays Executions for Thomepson and Moss
In Atlanta on August 3 a jailed man Clifford Thomepson was granted a stay as his wife confessed involvement with a lover in the murder for which he faced execution at noon. Accomplice Jim Moss also received a similar reprieve to pursue further evidence in the confession.
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San Angel
Jose de Leon Toral
Toral
Jean Correa Nieto
Federal District
Jorge Ferrandes Gallarde
Manuel Trejo
Torsl
Senora Altimire
Gallardo
Trejo
Chamber of Deputies
Speier Te Cori
de Seca
Supm
United Press
Atlanta
Clifford Thomepson
Thompson
Jim Moss
Stiolness
Tom Heeney Weds in Small Town Ceremony
New Zealand heavyweight Tom Heeney married Port Washington girl Marion Dene with local justice P. Margulles performing the ceremony. Heeney and Dene had reportedly been together for some time, with Heeney leaving for the coast after the vows. Eddie Warner, managing Heeney, acknowledged the match as plausible.
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Tom Heeney
New Zealand
Gene Termes
Marion Dene
Port Washington
P. Mergulles
United Press
Margulies
Thery
Heeney
Eddie Warner
Charley Harvey
Tom
Mies Dean
Still blast deaths rise to eighteen as more victims die
The Associated Press reports in August that the Still blast killed seven men and left ten others in critical condition. Doctors feared additional fatalities as the day progressed.
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Alee
Governor Smith Denounces Farm Fee Plan
Governor Smith rejects the equalisation fee provision of the McNary Haager farm bill calling it unacceptable. He supports controlling agricultural surpluses in principle but offers no concrete plan to implement it. He spoke after a conference with George N Peek and brief talks with reporters about relief views.
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Woter
Smith
Bernie
George N. Peek
Vares Chance for Life Held as a Gamble
Physicians treating William S. Vare of Philadelphia said today his chance for life after a paralytic stroke on Wednesday night was a gamble. The senator-elect from Pennsylvania remains in critical condition in Atlantic City New Jersey amid medical uncertainty and concern from his supporters.
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Atlantic City
N. J
William & Vare
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Austen Chamberlain Confined to Home Due to Illness
London reports Sir Austen Chamberlain confined to his home with a mild bronchial pneumonia attack after a chill. Doctors say the foreign condition is stable and no immediate danger is foreseen.
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Austen Chamberlain
London
Eng
Uses Airplane To Provide Right Food for Baby
A Chicago report describes a man who, after seeing a Michigan Central train depart, hailed a taxi to reach a National Air Transport hangar. He noted the Detroit plane had just left but air service was arranged per a doctor’s orders to delivery suitable nourishment, with a quip about the baby’s diet.
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United
Chicago
New York
Cape Cod
Michigan Central
National Air Transport
Detroit
McCartney
Rain Deluge Douses Panhandle Cities
General rain spread across the Panhandle with measurable amounts from Amarillo to Canyon. Rainfall ranged from about one half inch near Ama Fille Tecumcari and one quarter inch elsewhere with muddy roads in all directions from Amarillo. Hereford and Canyon recorded notable showers and passable routes.
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U. S&s
Clarendon
Allanreed
Ama- Fille
Tecumcari
Amarillo
Canyon
Hereford
Church Service Canceled to Allow Panhandle Assembly Travel
First Baptist church suspends Sunday preaching at the request of Dr. G L Yates to permit members to attend the Panhandle Assembly at Cota Canyon. Sunday School will meet as usual and all who can are urged to attend the Panhandle assembly.
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First Baptist Church
G. L. Yates
Pester
Cota Canyon
Wallace Bassett
Dulles
Pioneers Hope Nonstop Trans Atlantic Flight From Europe
As pilots push three earlier attempts, the dawn on Bourget field Paris marks another bid for a nonstop crossing to New York via the Azores. Multiple crews including Ferrarin and Del Prete face damaged planes and enforced aborts while British and French aviators face setbacks and shipboard progress toward Newfoundland and Rio de Janeiro.
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United Press
Atlantic
Cadiz
Spain
Horta
Azores
Liest
Paulin Paris
U. S
Cressing
Amelia Earhart
Wilmer Stalta
Lea Gorden
Polish knights of the air depart for United States
Two Polish pilots from the air service left Le Bourget at 11:48 p m Eastern time in the Marsalek Pilsedski aircraft aiming to reach New York. The Polish aviators Ksikowski and Kebate carried hopes high as they embarked from France.
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Associated Press
LE Bourget
France
Knights of the Air
Dawe
New York
Priece
Leuts Kxsikowski
Kadimir Kebate
Polish Air Service
Marsalek Pilsedski Imperor
Digteter
Heat Wave Sweeps East with Fatal Heat Death Toll
A scorching heat wave from the Atlantic spreads across the Eastern Seaboard and inland states. Meteorologists report temperatures up to 91 degrees and at least seven deaths tied to heat in Obie and New York, with several others hospitalized.
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Uatted Press
Atlantic Ocean
Buwid Hase
Obie
New York
Etx
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