Democratic Convention Opens Amid Fierce Factional Fight
At Madison Square Garden on June 24 the Democratic national convention began amid deep dissension and looming deadlock. McAdoo leads with about 459 votes in early balloting while Al Smith fields strong backing from New York and industrial centers. a long list of contenders trails with 60 to 75 votes each in the crowded field.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Democracy
Calvin Coolidge
Nobel
Old Garden
al Smith
Coolidge
Ku Klux Klan
League of Nations and
Prohibition
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Showines
Smith
Mid-West
Massachusetts
Ennsylvania
Illinois
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Minnesota
John W. Davis
West Virginia
Indiana
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Dvis F. Houston
Texas
Carter Glass
Virginia
Joe T. Robinson
Arkansas
Charles W
Harrison speech highlights at Democratic convention
The remarks condemn Republican graft and special privilege and pledge reform. The speaker attacks the Harding Coolidge era, calls for tariff readjustment, honest public service, and stronger action against trusts and corruption while promising aid to agriculture and a steadfast foreign policy.
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Internation
Republican Party
Pizzarro
Thomas J. Walsh
Albert BR
Hanna
Quay
Penrose
Coolidge
Democratic Party
Leaders Targeted as Davis Movement Gains Steam
June 24 report from the Democratic National Convention scene shows William G. McAdoo under attack from multiple camps while Davis emerges as a rising dark horse. Campaigns circulate notes linking Davis to Morgan and Standard Oil, with rivals from Smith and various interests compiling histories to rebut him.
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McAdoo
Smith
Davis
Ralston
New York
William G. McAdoo
Pennsy
Illinois
New Jersey
Tsuana
Adamson
Congress
West
Chiro Practitioners Move to Form Separate State Board
Ohio chiropractors filed an initiative petition in Columbus urging the next General Assembly to create a separate state board of chiropractic examiners. The three-member board would consist only of chiropractors and would be appointed by the governor. If rejected, the issue would go to ballot via initiative and referendum.
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Columbus
Ohio State Medical Board
Brown
Ohio General Assembly
Board of
Chiropractic Examiners
Ohio
Universal Chiropractors’ Association
C. E. Shiling
Willard
General Assembly
Sears Brakeman Killed in Head On Freight Collision
In Columbus Ohio on June 24 brakeman RP Sears age 37 died when a locomotive collided with a caboose of a freight train near the Hocking Valley Railroad. He leaves six children.
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Columbus
Hocking Valley Railroad
Gloeckner Case Carried Over to Fall Hearing
POMEROY Ohio June 24 The Gloeckner perjury case moved from common pleas to the supreme court and was set for last Saturday but continued to October 10 due to the death of Supreme Court Judge Wanamaker. Gloeckner remains on bond awaiting final hearing.
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Gloeckner
Two-Thirds Ruling Quits in New York
In New York on June 24 the push to abolish the two-thirds rule for presidential nominations faded. McAdoo forces, active in the fight, announced they would not press the effort, dampening Democratic expectations of a convention shake up.
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New York
McAdoo
Alaska’s Mineral Output Focused on Gold Copper Silver
Alaska has produced nearly half a billion dollars in minerals with 97 percent from gold copper and silver. The data underscores the dominance of precious and base metals in the state’s mining sector.
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Alaska
Hen and rooster chase over egg sparks wartime metaphor
A fragment from Arthur Brisbane imagines a rambling scene with a hen named Piccio and Italy’s army head in pursuit of an egg in a flying machine. The piece playfully mocks wartime figures and questions ownership of the egg as a symbol of victory.
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Rangero Piccio
Italy
Piccio
Ege
Transcontinental Flight Ended at San Francisco in Record Time
Lieut. Russell L. Maughan completed a 2700 mile transcontinental flight from Mitchell Field New York to Crissy Field San Francisco in 21 hours 49 minutes with 18 hours 26 minutes of actual flying time. He blamed weather for delaying, noted strong headwinds and rain and fire along the route, and expressed intent to attempt the feat again within schedule.
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San Francisco
Russell L. Maughan
Mitchell Flying Field
New York
Lieut. Maughan
International News Service
Mitchell Field
Dayton
Long Island
Crissy Field
Two Women Hurt in Auto Crash North of Logan
Mrs. John Van Meter of Pedro and Mrs. Clyde McNab of Athens were injured when their car veered into a ditch near Enterprise on Sunday afternoon. They were taken to Cherrington Hospital by Red Star bus for treatment, with scalp wounds requiring stitches.
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van Meter
Burgin Ky Dam to become highest east of Rockies
The massive Burgin Kentucky dam under construction is set to be the tallest east of the Rocky Mountains upon completion. Two auxiliary units are planned to generate over 125000 horsepower.
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Burgin
Rocky Mountains
Democratic Convention Opens with National Hall Call
The Democratic convention opens with Cordell Hull presiding at noon. Patrick Cardinal Hayes gives the invocation, the Star Spangled Banner is sung, and Charles Greathouse reads the national committee call. Sen. Pat Harrison of Mississippi delivers the temporary chairman address as convention committees are named and a resolution honoring Woodrow Wilson is adopted.
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Cordell Hull
National Committee
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
Charles A. Greathouse
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Woodrow Wilson
Eastern Mine Output Alters Little as June Progress Stalls
The Geological Survey notes a small rise in soft coal tonnage for the first full week of June, followed by a likely holiday-related spike. May output of bituminous coal fell 8 percent from 1921. Across Ohio districts, rates vary with Southern Ohio up modestly and Eastern Ohio leading. Lake Erie coal shipments stay 40 percent below last June despite a 1923-to-1924 upward trend in the season’s cumulative tonnage.
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Nelsonville
Geological Survey
Hocking
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Westmoreland
Central
Panhandle
Stand Pipe Cleaning Starts on North Hill Site
Work on the North Hill stand pipe began Tuesday with Joe Power contractor Lancaster and his crew arriving. Exterior cleaning and painting will proceed first, interior work to start about Thursday, and water will be shut off in the served district with notice given a day in advance.
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North Hill
Wiew Joe Power
Lancaster
Gua Boom Secret Caucus Moves to Boost Cox at Democratic Convention
Ohio delegates plot a behind the scenes push to nominate Cox by streaming a private letter alleged from Woodrow Wilson praising Cox. The plan includes 48 votes for Cox and a preconvention caucus to pivot if Cox falters.
No Candidates To Be Given Send Off At State Meeting
Columbus June 24 delegates arrived for the Republican state platform convention at Memorial Hall. Indications are the convention will not endorse any governor candidate as leaders focus on the platform. Gilbert Bettman of Cincinnati will deliver the keynote and district caucuses begin at 2 p m while the platform committee meets at 5 p m at Hotel Deshler.
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Columbus
Memorial Hall
Gilbert Bettman
Cincinnati
Hotel Deshler
At & P
Red Star case moved to Supreme Court review
The Supreme Court sustained a motion to certify the record in the Nelsonville versus Ramsey et al case. It concerns Nelsonville street access for Red Star Bus passenger service and leaves the issue to be argued in the high court after mixed rulings from Athens county common pleas and the court of appeals.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Appelate Court of
Athens County
Nelsonville
Harold Ramsey
Neilsonville
Red Star Bus Company
Common Pleas Court
Cincinnati Man Sues for Divorce Over Rear Seat Chauffeur
George F. Pruitt of Cincinnati files for divorce claiming Memorial Day driving dispute. He alleges Mrs. Fannie Pruitt sat in the back seat and directed from there, criticizing his methods and kicking him in the arm, a behavior he says caused the breakup.
Notables Gather at Great Meeting in New York
Notables mingle on the floor of the convention hall as McAdoo supporters and political leaders mingle. Mrs J Borden Harriman works for McAdoo wearing a Special Officer badge while Senator Walsh chairs and Cardinal Hayes prays for divine guidance. Anna Case sings the anthem as flags rain down and a Garden crowd of 12 000 cheers.
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New York
J. Borden Harriman
McAdoo
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
George Brennan
Illinois
William E. Dever
Chicago
Brennan
Tom Taggart
Indiana
Iowa
Senator Ralston
Smith
Kansas
Garden
Jonathan M. Davis
Breckenridge Long
McAdoo Forces
Joe” Hughes
Cordell Hull
National Committee
Cardinal Hayes
Anna Case
Metropolitan Opera Co
Crawford county grand jury summoned for July 1 session
The Crawford county grand jury is summoned to meet on Tuesday July 1 to dispose of more than ten cases awaiting action.
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Bucyrus
Crawford County
Night Air Mail to Start Coast to Coast July First
Night air mail service from coast to coast will begin July 1 as a business service. Three divisions of the route have been equipped for night flying: New York to Cleveland, Chicago to Cheyenne, and Cheyenne to Rock Springs, totaling 1,160 miles across about half the transcontinental flight.
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Chicago
C. L
Paul Henderson
New York
San Francisco
Cleveland
Cheyenne
Rock Springs
Contention Bubbles Over 1924 Platform At Democratic Convention
Western governors led by Charles W Bryan press farm relief and government ownership planks while Klan condemnation clashes with religious freedom. Debate also rages over the League of Nations as Carter Glass Swanson and Baker push for an international program without strong party backing.
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New York
Isaaca Wan
Charles W. Bryean
Nebraska
William J Bryan
Croup
McAdoo
Joseph T Aeson
Arkansas
Wi Ds Bryan
United States
Bryan
Plank Bryan
League of Nations
Carter Glass
C. A. Swanson
Virginia
Newton Baker
Ohio
Woodrow Wile Zon
Construction moves on unfinished Pomeroy Athens road section
Ebersbach Construction shifted trucks to the Kerrs Run area and began cement pours for the Pomeroy Athens road. The long haul from Kerrs Run to the project site will require many trucks and drivers to supply sand gravel and cement. Camps and cooking tents are set as crews work. The county corridor from Seyville to Athens aims to yield an all year road between the county seats.
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Pomeroy, O
Ebersbach Construction Company
Pomeroy-Athens Road
Kerr
Seyville
Athens
Mine resumes operations after layoff in Yorkville
The Gayles No. 2 mine of the H. Walker Co. in Yorkville has resumed operations after a several month layoff. The company says a railroad fuel contract was obtained, enabling reopening and work to continue.
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Yorkville
H. Walker Conaining Company
Tobacco eye disease linked to heavy pipe smoking
A fragment notes tobacco eye as a serious eye ailment linked to dual habit of heavy smoking and foul pipes, suggesting a health warning about eye risk from tobacco use.
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League
Newton J. Baker
Cox
Chloe
Buckeyes
Saker
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Baker
RED Star
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