Bluefield Va Wins Name Change From Graham By 64 Vote
A Virginia count of 518 votes produced a 64 voter margin approving changing Graham’s name to Bluefield Virginia. The change takes effect July 1 with planned celebrations and possible invitations to Virginia governors for a wedding style reunion.
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Graham
Bluefield
Cver
General Assembly of
Virginia
General Assembly
John
Dad
Clinch Valley News
W. Va
Virginias
Will D. Upshaw
Georgia
Polie
T Fe
Burton presses Coolidge at GOP convention keynote
Theodore F. Burton urges Republicans to rally behind Calvin Coolidge and back American adherence to the world court with Harding-Hughes reservations. He critiques Congress, praises Harding, and calls for tax cuts, reduced spending, and cautious foreign policy as the 1924 campaign opens.
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Republican Party
Theodore F. Burton
Ohio
Calvin Coolidge
Burton
President Coolidge
Congress
Coolidge
Harding
Convention
Federal Reserve System
League of Nations
Howland Elected Chairman of Rules Committee
Paul Howland of Cleveland won the post as chairman of the rules committee at the Republican national convention. He replaces Senator Ernst of Kentucky, a change prompted by Wm. Butler's earlier slate. Howland, an Ohio delegate, previously served as counsel for former Attorney General Daugherty before the Senate committee probe of the justice department.
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Cleveland
Paul Howland
Ernstof Kentucky
Wm. Butler
Coolidge
Butler
Howland
Ohio
Daugherty
Senate
Department of Justice
Oldest Republican committee member unseated at convention
Cleveland June 10 Robert H Todd of San Juan Porto Rico longest serving member on the Republican national committee and E Mont Retly of Kansas City former island governor were unseated as delegates to the national convention by the credentials committee Juan Soto and Ramon Vades arrived from Porto Rico and were seated Soto elected national committeeman to succeed Todd whose service extended over more than twenty years.
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Cleveland
Robert H. Todd
San Juan
Porto Rico
E. Mont Retly
Kansas City
Juan Soto
Ramon Vades
Soto
Todd
Harding letter decides factor in Georgia Mississippi seating
The Republican credentials committee voted to seat Georgia led by Lincoln Johnson and Mississippi led by Perry W. Howard, with Johnson and Howard hailed by their delegations. The decision followed Harding's letter criticizing Georgia leadership and influenced the Texas and Tennessee contests being settled or withdrawn.
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Cleveland
Georgia
Fant Lincoln Johnson
Mississippi
Perry W. Howard
United States
Howard
M. J. Mulvihill
Vicksburg
Credentials
Texas
District of Columbia
Tennessee
Scipio A. Jones
National Committee
Arkansas
H. L. Remmel
Johnson
Yarmouth
Louisiana
Porto Rico
Harding
C. Bascom Slemp
J. L. Phillips
RK. B. Creager
E. H. R. Green
Terrill
Hetty Green
J. M. Johnson
H. O. True
G. T. Taylor
Wyman Wilkerson
Harmony
Messenger Declares Bandits Kidnapped Him
William Lebisch a 22 year old messenger for Minsch Monell & Company of New York City walked into a Morgan City bank and deposited 45000 worth of bonds saying he had been kidnapped by bandits a week or ten days earlier He claimed to have been forced into a car and drugged while delivering 200000 in bonds and returning with 45000 in exchange New York police later reported Lebisch was arrested in Morgan City while trying to sell bonds.
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Morgan City
William Lebisch
New York City
New York
Lebisch
Minsch, Monell & Company
Broadway
William Lehisch
Villa Bests Taylor in Bantam Title Bout
Pancho Villa won a twelve round bout in Taylor Indiana despite weighing 113 1 2 pounds to 117 1 2 for James Taylor. The world flyweight champion moved up and secured the judges verdict in Terre Haute.
Parked Tractor Vehicle of Death Claims Child
In Clarksburg West Virginia on June 10 a city tractor ran over four year old James Carder son of Mr and Mrs W A Carder of 1326 Fourteenth Street Northview after he and a playmate were playing near his home the machine started and threw him beneath its wheels killing him at about 10 am
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Clarksburg
W. Va
James Carder
W. A. Carder
Fourteenth Street
Northview
La Follette Draft Platform Urges Public Ownership Reforms
Wisconsin delegation presents a La Follette insurgent platform opposing private monopoly. It calls for house cleaning in Washington departments, public ownership of railroads and water power, reform of tariffs and banking, protection of farm co operatives, lower freight rates, and vigorous action against monopolies. It condemns the Mellon tax plan and demands federal action to aid agriculture and rail regulation.
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Cleveland
la Follette Insurgenta
Republican Revolutione Committee
Wisconsin
Washington
Mellon
Jefferson
Lincoln
Department of Justice
Department of the Interior
Platform Nearing Final Form for Republican Convention
At Cleveland on June 10 the drafting committee of the Republican platform, led by Charles B. Warren, prepared a final draft to be shown to the full committee at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Wisconsin Representative Cooper signaled a Lafollette aligned substitute, while other insurgents pressed clear anti Ku Klux Klan stand. Delegates heard rapid pleas on Prohibition, labor, women’s rights, voting equality and farmer relief as reform voices from Europe to the Philippines colored the discussion.
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Cleveland
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Madden
Warren
Cooper
Wisconsin
Resolutions Committee
Lafollette
Creager
Europe
League of Nations
World Court
Weat
Phillippines
Lilly riot trials court cleared after outburst
Ebensburg Pa June 10 In the Lilly parade riot trial forty four defendants faced riot and unlawful assemblage charges. A pistol seized from the Klan special train was identified as loaned to Roy Ripple a claimed Klansman. Judge Finletter cleared the courtroom when a spectator shouted I, a Klansman since birth, declaring this is no theatre.
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Ebensburg
Johnstown
Roy Ripple
Ripple
Spmung
Thomas B. Finletter
Geo. A. Marks
Convention program outlines start of proceedings today
The convention opens with Theodore Burton presiding at 9 a.m. The invocation is by Bishop Schrembs of Cleveland. The Star Spangled Banner plays as credentials report is adopted. Mondell is escorted to the platform and delivers the permanent chairman’s address.
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Theodore Burton
Nae Schrembs
Dse
Cleveland
Burton
Frank W. Mondell
Mondell
Committee On Rules and Order of Business
Eleventh hour bid to pick running mate for Coolidge
In Cleveland on June 10 1924 leaders pressed to unite behind a Coolidge vice presidential nominee after O R Lowden declined. Candidacies gaining strength included James Harbord Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis with Beveridge and others in play. No definite decision reached as talks continued among cabinet leaders senate and house figures.
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Cleveland
O. Lowden
Coolidge
Lowden
James G. Harbord
Army
Radio Corporation of America
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Senate
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
House
Frank W. Stearns
Illinois
Harbord
American Legion
Marine Brigade
Belleau Wood
General Harbord
Curtis
Hoover
Beveridge
William &. Kenyon
Burton
University of Michigan
Sanders
Charles G. Dawes
Hyde
Missouri
Devil Anse Hatfield Memorial Service Draws Hundreds
Logan West Virginia June 10 Hundreds gathered at Stirrat to attend Hatfield family memorial services for feud victims. Speakers from the Hatfield family praised Devil Anse Hatfield as a courageous and chivalrous leader during the Hatfield McCoy feud.
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Logan
W. Va
Stirrat
Hatfield
Anse” Hatfield
Convention Opens as Coolidge Backed by Wide Republican Support
At Cleveland the Republican convention moved toward nominating Calvin Coolidge with broad backing while debate over the vice presidential pick lingered. Support for Frank Lowden waned as Herbert Hoover gained strength and a Lowden bid was effectively dismissed. The platform committee met after a calm opening session and the full platform looked ready for formal approval. nominations are due Thursday.
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Cleveland
Calvin Coolidge
Frank O. Lowden
Herbert Hoover
Illinois
Lowden
Chaiinwie Amself
Hoover
Kipover
Theodore Kurton
Ohio
White House
Burton
Congress
Mellon
Addison A. Proctor
St. Joseph
Mich
Abraham Linceln
Frank W. Mondell
Wyoming
Platform Committee
Nrional
Eee
la Follette
Wisconsin
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Twin Cities
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John Brown
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Messenger
Devil Anse Hatfield
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