Democratic Party Aims for Harmony and Farm Safeguards
In Houston June 27 Senator Robinson of Arkansas as permanent Democratic national convention chair urges harmony and honest government. He says party is not tied to prohibition and warns against Republican sham issues while stressing farm relief and a strong foreign policy.
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Houston
Tex
U.R
Robinson
Arkansas
South
Congress
Democratic Party
Jefferson
Secretary of the Treasury
Robbery at West Toledo Savings Branch Halted Cashier Plundered
Miss Gertrude Gifford a 17 year old cashier at the West Toledo Branch of the American Savings association was held up today by a bandit who fled with between 500 and 600 dollars. The bandit missed a box containing several hundred dollars.
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Toledo
U.P
Gertrude Gifford
West Toledo
American Savings Association
Boy risks life to save dog in Erie water conduit
An 18-year-old, John Raid, plunged into a manhole after his dog Jiggs when the pet fell into a MIN creek tube that supplies Erie Pennsylvania. The pair rode the rushing water for three miles beneath the city. Jiggs drowned, while John survived with bruises and mud.
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John
Jiggs
Min Creek
Erie
Athens to host 1929 Spanish War veterans convention
Athens will host the Ohio department of the Spanish American War Veterans association in 1929 after a Chillicothe encampment vote. Uhricksville was the only other bidding city. Charles F. Schaber of Bucyrus was named department commander, succeeding Judge E S Matthias of Columbus. Delegates urged fighting to close the Xenia soldiers and sailors home. Ladies auxiliary officers were to be installed with Laura Patterson of Cincinnati nominated for department president.
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Athens
Ohio
J. C C. Edmundson
Athens City
Chillicothe
Uhricksville
O.R
Charles F. Schaber
Bucyrus
Ohio Department
United Spanish War Veterans
E. 8. Matthias
Columbus
Schaber
Joseph A. Gossett
Canton
G. R. Strobel
Toledo
J. J. Biery
Findlay
William Hedrick
Herman Vellner
Cincinnati
Matthias
Xenia
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Laura Patterson
Merle Layman
Dayton
Women Murdered In Great Numbers
Paris reports a surge of woman murders resembling the Landru case with detectives chasing Camille Gaillard also known as Jerome Drat for the murder of Madam Elsie Face. Albany Democrats express confidence in New York Democrats winning the White House race.
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Paris
U.P
France
Landru
Camille Gaillard
Morocco
Jerome Drat
Elsie Face
Robinson Likely Picked as Smith Running Mate for 1932
At the Democratic National Convention in Houston on June 27 Governor Smith of New York is anticipated to name Senator Joseph Robinson as his vice presidential nominee. The platform committee begins hearings on prohibition farm relief and honesty in government while credentials fights loom over the Louisiana delegation and Senator Reed’s candidacy.
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Houston
Tex
Smith
New York
Convention
Joseph Robinson
Platform
Claude Bowers
Genevieve Clark Thomson
Champ Clark
Missouri
Louisiana
Thomson
Reed
George
Georgia
al Smith
North Dakota
Lone Star
Woodrow Wilson
Alfred E. Smith
Wilson
Robert F. Wagner
Tammany
Wagner
Hearing Set for July 10 on Dayton Power Purchase
Public utilities commission fixed July 10 for a hearing on Dayton Power and Light's bid to buy Ohio Fuel Gas properties in Bradford Sidney Troy Piqua Xenia and nearby areas. Proposed price stands at 1 587 189 92. Separately in Houston a Democratic platform row arose as farmers protested the exclusion of a farmer from the drafting sub committee.
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Columbus
Public Utilities Commission
Dayton Power and Light Company
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Bradford
Sidney
Troy
Piqua
Xenia
Houston
Tex
U.R
Farm
Democratic Platform Committee
C of C Delegates Back Tax Amendment in Ohio
Ohio chamber of commerce delegates in Columbus vote 17 to 2 to favor a wide open constitutional tax amendment with several absences noted. They expressed personal views, not official positions of entire organizations.
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Columbus
Chambers of Commerce
Ohio
Chamber of Commerce
Plans Finished for Republican Convention in Columbus
Columbus June 27 The Republican state convention arrangements were completed by Fred W. Warner of Marion as sessions were set for tomorrow at 3 PM and Friday at 10:30 AM The platform committee meets tomorrow night with the platform to be adopted Friday morning Leading gubernatorial hopefuls Attorney General Edward C Turner Myers Y Cooper and Congressman James T Begg plus short term U S Senate nominees will speak at tomorrow's session.
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Columbus
U.R
Fred W. Warner
Marion
Loan State Central Committee
Edward C. Turner
Myers Y. Cooper
James T. Begg
U. S
Herbert Hoover
Boulder Dam
California
Rocky Mountain
Arizona
Senate
Muscle Shoals
Key Pittman
Nevada
Petition Filed By Union Miner Appeals Judgment
John Reed, a union miner evicted from Ohio Collieries property, files in Common Pleas alleging trial court error. He argues the judge erred in overruling a new trial motion and demurrer, and in admitting coal company evidence and denying security for costs. He seeks reversal of the judgment.
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John Reed
Union
Ohio Collieries Company
Common Pleas Court
Justice of Peace
Carl Porter
Mantell Dies at Home in New Jersey
Shakespearean actor Robert B. Mantell died at his Brucewood country home in Atlantic Highlands New Jersey after several weeks of illness He was 74 and widower of Genevieve Hamper Mantell His son Bruce and a daughter traveling from the Pacific coast were not able to reach him in time
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Atlantic Highlands
N. J
Robert B. Mantell
Brucewood
Mantell
Baltimore
Genevieve Hamper Mantell
Bruce
Pacific Coast
Union Labor Ties Probed as Pomerene Backed for VP
The Ohio delegation caucus signals support for former Senator Pomerene as a potential vice presidential nominee. Union leader William Green of the AFL announced backing, while delegates named to assist and oversee the Ohio contingent highlight state pride and organization at the convention.
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William Green
Athens youth to broadcast radio solo
Robert Bingman a 12 year old pianist son of Mr and Mrs L H Bingman East State street will broadcast at 9 o clock Thursday night from station WSAZ Huntington West Virginia He is visiting his uncle Robert Hixson in Catlettsburg Kentucky.
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Robert Bingman
East State Street
WSAZ
Huntington
W. Va
Robert
Robert Hixson
Catlettsburg
Reed Denies Quitting Bid for Democratic Nomination
Missouri Senator James A. Reed denies reports he planned to quit his fight for the Democratic presidential nomination. He dismissed an interview attributed to J. B. Shannon claiming Reed would trade Missouri’s support if Governor Smith won on the first ballot. Reed said the statement is unauthorized, and he will pursue the presidency to the end.
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Houston
U.P
James A. Reed
Missouri
Reed
Kansas City
J. B. Shannon
Shannon
Smith
Ohio Teachers Meet Concludes at Cedar Point
The Ohio State Teachers association session at Cedar Point ended with talks on physical education and county supervisor issues. Frederick Rand Rogers of New York spoke on physical education, while Dr. Herbert L. Willett of the University of Chicago criticized vocational training as insufficiently emphasized, challenging John L. Clifton's views.
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Cedar Point
Ohio State Teachers Association
Frederick Rand Rogers
New York
Herbert L. Willett
University of Chicago
John L. Clifton
Democrats Move Toward Smith Nomination at Houston
Democrats at the Houston convention press toward nominating New York Governor Alfred E. Smith with Arkansas Senator Joseph Robinson as probable running mate. Speakers attack the Republican administration, highlighting oil and campaign contributions while platform talks focus on prohibition and farm relief amid hot storms and large gatherings.
Child Killed by Auto While Playing in Street
Steubenville report says seven year old John Still was struck and killed by a car while playing near his home on a June day. Police investigated the incident as a fatal pedestrian auto collision.
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Play Steubenville
U.R
John Still
Body found near Gallipolis in creek near Apple Grove
Police investigate a death along Eighteen Mile Creek near Apple Grove Ohio where a man identified as W. B. Witt a 34 year old coal dealer of Williamsport West Virginia was found with wounds suggesting murder authorities say the body was discovered near the Ohio riverbank and the case is being treated as a homicide
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Gallipolis
U.2
W. B. Witt
Williams Son
W. Va
Eighteen Mile Creek
Ohio River
Apple Grove
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