Unity Is Sought In Frantic Dawes Hoovers Bid
At the convention hall in Kansas City Col Edward Clifford of Illinois pressed for Vice President Dawes as Hoover running mate in a last hour effort. The scene centered on aligning anti Hoover forces and Dawes supporters as the political maneuvering intensified during the day.
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Convention Hall
Kansas City
U.P
Charles G. Dawes
Hoover
Col
Edward Clifford
Illinois
Dawes
Hoover Secures Republican Nomination With Pa Win
City, Mo. June 12 Hoover wins Republican nomination as Pennsylvania awards all 79 votes, pushing him over the 545 needed to clinch the nomination. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover stands as the likely Republican standard bearer.
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Convention Hall
Kansas City
Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Pennsylvania
Hoover
Hoover Set to Head Republican Nominating Convention
The Republican national convention in Kansas City opens with Herbert Hoover favored to win the nomination after Coolidge signals decline. Last night Pennsylvania’s break boosted Hoover, while anti Hoover senators and leaders failed to agree on a single compromise candidate.
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Pennsylvania
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Senator Watson
Indiana
Curtis
Kansas
Goff
West Virginia
Postpone Vacation as Mrs Coolidge Relapse Delays Trip
President Coolidge will remain in Washington through the week as Mrs Coolidge regains strength after a relapse. The long trip to the summer White House in Wisconsin is postponed indefinitely, with the presidential train delayed just before departure to Brule, Massachusetts.
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Washington
President Coolidge
Mrs. Coolidge
White House
Wisconsin
Publishers Fly From Chicago to Attend Commencement Here
Merrill C. Meigs director of the Chicago Herald-Examiner and Emory Thomason co owner of several papers arrived in Athens by air to attend Ohio university commencement. Their party of five flew about 350 miles in four hours bucking a strong head wind. They came to honor John Stewart Bryan and to honor the American Newspaper Publishers Association officials.
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Merrill C. Meigs
Chicago Herald-Examiner
Emory Thomason
John Stewart Bryan
Chicago Evening Journal
Tampa Tribune
Greensboro
North Carolina
Record
Athens
Ohio University
Chicago
Meigs
Thomason
University of Chicago
San Francisco
World
Hilton Hughes Brown
Indianapolis News
F. W. Bush
The
Athens Messenger
Arthur Johnson
Columbus Dispatch
Chris H. Reinbold
Cincinnati Times-Star
Taft
Hoover Leader Predicts New York Vote On Hoover
A.R. Ogden Mills asserts Secretary Hoover will win 70 of 90 New York delegation votes on the first ballot. An unnamed anti Hoover leader says many New York delegates will oppose him as the delegation caucuses tomorrow.
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Hoover
New York
Kansas City
A.r.ogden Mills
Secretary of the Treasury
Rescue Expeditions Rush to Italia in Dire Weather
Kings Bay Spitzbergen June 12. Rescue expeditions prepare to rush relief to the Italia crew now split into three groups in the unknown wastes off North Eastland. Lieutenant Leutzow Holm, a valiant Norwegian flier, marooned on Mosse Bay with a fuelless airplane. It will be several days before the Steamer Bragusa can reach him.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
North Eastland
Leutzow-Holm
Mosse! Bay
Brag
USA
Hoover Keeps Busy At Republican Convention
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover tracks Republican convention developments from his Kansas City observation post. A United Press wire and office extension keep Hoover instantly updated on candidate fortunes while he continues core Commerce duties and long office hours.
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Washington
U.P
Herbert Hoover
United Press
Kansas City
Washington United Press Bureau
Hoover
Commerce Department
Commerce
Smith Donahey Ticket Talk In Columbus Rumors
Rumors circulate of a fusion between New York and Ohio factions to nominate Governor Alfred E Smith and Governor Vic Donahey for president and vice president. Donahey meets with M S Tremaine by long distance call as Morris Tremaine, New York state comptroller, is named as a potential liaison. Officials would not confirm the conference or identify the man Donahey spoke with.
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Columbus
O.R
New York
Ohio
Alfred E. Smith
Vic Donahey
Donahey
Tremaine
Morris 8S
State Department of Audit and Control
Smith
New York State Comptroller
Man Sues Over Yellow Dog Scab Remarks in Court
Joe Sukulo of Black Oak district filed a $10,000 suit in St Clairsville common pleas court against Helen Silvester alleging his reputation was ruined by malicious statements on May 20 1928. He claims she called him a yellow dog dirty yellow scab and a dirty scab in the presence of others.
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ST. Clairsville
Joe Sukulo
Common Pleas Court
Helen Silvester
Black Oak
Convention Opens as 12000 Pack Kansas City Hall
At Kansas City the Republican national convention begins the process of choosing a presidential nominee with about 12 000 in attendance. The hall is decorated for the event as reporters, telegraph operators, and photographers prepare to cover the proceedings and broadcasters set up to relay the story.
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Kansas City
William Jennings Bryan
Morehhan
United States
Graham MacNamee
Union Leaders Appeal For Aid From Pickets
Belmont county mine union locals appeal to Prosecutor P W Waddell for protection from anti Lewis members who call supporters of the United Mine Workers scabs and abuse them at home. Waddell says no one in Belmont county must endure abuse and urges affidavits for warrants to stop breaches of the peace.
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ST. Clairsville
Belmont County
P. W. Waddell
anti-Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Waddell
Miners Enter Ninth Week of Macanaqua Strike
Nine hundred hard coal miners employed at the Macanaqua operations of the Glen Alden Coal Co. begin their ninth week of strike over topping coal cars. A conference between union and company officials failed to yield a settlement and adjourned with little prospect of an early agreement.
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Wilkes-Barre
Macanaqua
Glen Alden Coal Co
Thirty-Two Board Labor Train to Mines No 255 and 281
In Glouster on June 12 eighteen boarded the labor train to Mine No 255 and 281, the largest since June 4. At Trimble two and at Jacksonville twelve rode, with increasing Jacksonville riders this week. Almost 190 miners were at work Monday across Mines 255 and 281, while Mine No 10 in Derthick added ten. The mine management denied reports of quitters, stating two off duty Monday for valid reasons but back on site today.
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Derthick
Glouster
Trimble
Jacksonville
Buchtel
Heflin to Attend Houston Convention as Guest of the Party
Senator Thomas Heflin, a leading anti Smith Democrat, will attend the Houston convention as a guest of the party. He plans to participate actively to block Governor Alfred E Smith’s nomination, even though guests may not speak from the platform.
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Senator Heflin
Houston
Washington
Thomas Heflin
Democratic
Houston Con
Vention
Heflin
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Miners Favor Return to Work at Stewart Mine
About 75 of roughly 100 coal miners at the Stewart mine of Rail and River Coal attended a special meeting and indicated support for returning to work.
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Bellaire
Stewart
Rail and River Coal Company
Mexican Flier Is Forced Down by Fog
Captain Emilio Carranza, Mexican airman, was forced down by fog near light No 25 on the Washington Atlanta air mail route. News was received at Bollingfield shortly before dawn as preparations were under way to welcome the aviator.
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Washington
U.P
Emilio Carranza
Atlanta
William T
McCracken
Carranza
Bollingfield
Platform Advances Prohibition Backed Farm Plank Economy Plan
A Republican platform with a compromise farm plank endorses farm policies and the Jardine plan for cooperative marketing. It condemns prohibition nullifiers, hails economy, and reflects Coolidge policies amid last minute committee work and internal tensions among farm groups and state delegations.
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Congress
Caucus
Coolidge
Nebraska
Adam McMullen
Truck Driver Says He Shot After Attack
William M. Baker a Webb mine truck driver was held on an open charge as John B. Campbell 34 remained near death and Andy Petschauer 42 recovered after Baker said miners attacked him while he drove his truck with his 76 year old mother nearby in Bellaire.
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Bellaire
U.P
William M. Baker
Webb
John B. Campbell
Campbell
Andy Petschauer
Baker
Nationalist Occupation Triggers Clash in Tientsin Looting
Nationalists occupy Tientsin sparking a clash with police and soldiers as routed northern forces loot city districts and threaten foreign troops, amid civil war tensions.
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Shanghai
Tientsin
New Map of Europe Promises Spelling Changes
The Athens Messenger announces a new postwar map of Europe with updated spellings to reflect European usage. The Washington Information Bureau provides an exclusive first printing for readers, requiring ten cents for a copy.
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Athens Messenger
Europe
Washington Information Bureau
Ohio University honors Leonard at 124th commencement
More than 400 undergraduates plus faculty and trustees gathered as President F E Bryan led the procession from McGuffey Elms to the Men's gym for the 124th commencement. John Stewart Bryan delivered the address after which an honorary Doctor of Laws was awarded. Albert Leonard received a Doctor of Education. The event featured the Ohio University Orchestra and a tribute to the newspaper profession.
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Ohio University
McGuffey
F E. B. Bryan
Ohio University Orchestra
Dee Forest Ingerham
A. ¥. Wilcox
Athens Church
Oir
John Stewart Bryan
E. B. Bryan
University of Virginia
Harvard
Richmond Joe News-Leader
Dent
American Ewes Publisher’s Association
Bryan
Ohio
United States
American Newspaper Publisher's Association
Elmer B. Bryan
Albert Leonard
New Rochelle
N. Y
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