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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1928
Page
1
President Coolidge told a Washington audience the nation has improved since 1921, crediting lower taxes and a shrinking budget. He touted prosperity from disciplined finances and war veteran support, while avoiding comment on the upcoming Kansas City convention and his own political future.
Bluefield prohibition officer Ell Watkins is freed from civil liability after Mrs. Arnold Wise drops her suit seeking $3,500 from the surety company that bonded him. The federal case linked to the Moonshine kill at Horsepen, McDowell County, was moved to the Southern District of West Virginia and the civil action scratched from the docket. The court schedules a full week of civil trials as the criminal docket proceeds.
June reports from Rio Janeiro say over 100 people died of starvation in Northwest Brazil and about same number of cattle perished. In Sao Joao, many died and residents abandon the region as bandits operate amid the distress with numerous holdups and crimes reported.
General Umberto Nobile and five companions trek the Arctic ice toward the rescue steamer Braganza. Two injured, frost bite hampering progress as the Italia crew split after May 25 disaster. The group reports limited fuel, rationed supplies, and drifting west toward land.
Washington reports postponement of the presidential party’s trip to Brule Wisconsin due to Mrs Coolidge illness. Physicians say condition not serious but fatigue from travel favors temporary postponement, announced at the White House just before departure time.
Miss Mabel Boll and pilots Captain Arthur Argles and Captain Oliver Le Boutillier wait at Curtiss Field for favorable weather to proceed with their monoplane Columbia flight to Europe. A lone mechanic works on the motor as conditions clear.
Ruth Pratt the sole New York City woman alderman arrived in Kansas City with Mrs. Longworth and said New York women show strong pro Hoover sentiment. She called Hoover a legendary figure admired by women of every class who supported him during the war.
In Sharon Pennsylvania the Shenango River claimed two lives when a boat capsized near the water works. Anthony Novasel, 13, fell overboard as two companions reached safety. Marc Giarich, 21, died attempting a rescue.
E A Simmons president of Glade Fork Coal and Lumber killed in Glade Creek shooting over pay dispute. R E Hodges assistant wounded. Cam Neely, contractor worker, fled. bloodhounds tracked toward his Crow Raleigh County home. Payroll clerk B D Lacy escaped unharmed.
In Trepassey Newfoundland a weather break gives Amelia Earhart and crew hope to resume the attempt in the Fokker Friendship. Earhart, a Boston social worker, aims to be the first woman to complete a transatlantic flight with pilot Wilmer Stultz and mechanic Lou Gordon.
The Maryland delegation to the Republican national convention selected W. F. Broening as chairman William P. Jackson as national committeeman Mrs W Braden Lowndes as national committeewoman and Representative Frederick N Zihlman as member of the resolutions committee in Kansas City June 11.
Mexico City June 11 Capt Emilio Carranza of the Mexican army air service left Valbuena field at 8 10 am bound for Washington 20 hour flight hoped Carranza pilots a plane similar to the Spirit of St Louis that carried Col Charles A Lindbergh to Paris and back to Mexico arriving in Washington.
Roy Hale and wife Inez Hale were arrested after Roy Hale escaped from Deputy Marshal John Hunt on the way to jail. They’re charged with breaking and entering the Blackford post office in Russell County Virginia, with the office run by W. D. Artrip. Inez Hale remains jailed and Hunt sought Hale’s capture.
George K. Morris, chairman of the New York delegation, said there likely won’t be a poll of Empire State delegates before Wednesday night. He stood by his earlier view for President Coolidge and did not forecast the first ballot lineup beyond predicting Coolidge would get sixty of the ninety New York votes.
Rain and continued cloudiness with slightly higher temperatures are forecast for tomorrow's opening session. Temperatures are expected to range from the mid sixties to around eighty, with tonight and tomorrow bringing local showers and possible clearing late tomorrow or Wednesday.
Late tonight a pamphlet circulated on the street proposing Andrew Mellon for president and James E. Watson for vice president. Mellon laughed heartily when shown the flier and declined to comment.
Three women will second the presidential nominee selections. Christine Bradley South of Kentucky will second for Secretary Hoover, Ruth Hanna McCormick will second for London, and H J Cornwell of St John Kaw will second for Senator Curtis. Nominations for Watson and Goff will be seconded by men.
James W. Goode, manager for Herbert Hoover, says the secretary’s name will be presented with assured confidence the nominee will be chosen by the convention and the country in November. A farmers demonstration against Hoover in Kansas City failed to materialize.
Charles D. Hilles and George K. Morris kept control of New Jersey Republican party organizations and pushed through their slate of convention committee members. They won reelection as national committeeman and state chairman and blocked Ogden Mills from the committee, instead placing Alanson B. Houghton. Mills faced opposition for backing prohibition and the eighteenth amendment in the draft platform, aligning with Hoover.
Workers who joined the allied fight against Hoover received a final exhortation to carry on the battle. Senator James E. Watson of Indiana declared confidence the campaign defeated Hoover and praised any Mississippi Valley state ally including Senator Goff. The meeting then became a Watson rally with beat Hoover as the main message.
A crowd of dirt farmers shouted and clapped at a farm meeting today as leaders denounced President Coolidge's veto of the McNary Haugen bill and urged a Middle Westerner as the Republican nominee. Officials said the gathering could become a continuing movement with plans to parade tomorrow.
Prohibition leaders plan a united campaign for a dry ticket and a strong enforcement plank. The Women’s National Committee on Law Enforcement urged Republican support for enforcement in their platform. F Scott McBride leads the movement as Dr Nicholas Murray Butler voices demand for strict enforcement as the key plank.
Wade Pepper of Clarksburg pledges to Commerce Secretary and is urged to switch over. Hallowan named to Credentials Committee as part of the nomination process.
On the eve of the Republican convention the West Virginia delegation planned to organize to back Senator Guy D. Goff of Clarksburg for the nomination. Fifteen delegates were pledged to Goff, with opposition to Hoover figures Senator Virgil Highland and Mrs Lenna Lowe Yost facing resistance on the national committee. Wade Pepper of Clarksburg eyed to switch to Goff amid pressure, while Walter S Hallanan received the credentials assignment and aimed to join anti Hoover efforts to challenge seating of Hoover delegates from three Southern states.
Delegates from Vermont agreed to vote solidly for Herbert Hoover and to have one delegate second his nomination. W. R. Austin of Burlington was chosen to deliver the second. Earl Kinsley, Vermont national committeeman, said Vermont supports Coolidge if he is a candidate but believes he is not.
Eight Americans will be presented at the fourth court of the season tomorrow. The list includes Vice Admiral G. H. Purrage of Washington and Roanoke resident Mrs. Ronald Randolph Fairfax, plus Miss Anne Washington Perine of Baltimore and other women from Milwaukee Atlanta and Toledo.
The Ohio Willig delegation announced a first ballot tally of five votes for Coolidge, three for Curtis, two for Hughes, and ten for Lowden. Hoover would receive three votes initially, with later balloting dependent on developments.
Hamilton North Carolina June 11 4 The honorary degree of doctor of science was conferred today by Colgate University on Nat Frame director of the extension department of West Virginia University Morgantown
Secretary Hoover stays in seclusion at the commerce department while keeping direct, continuous communications with the Kansas City Republican convention. A long distance telephone link and a nearby radio set allow him to monitor the proceedings and maintain prompt supervision of the nomination process.
Borah asserts his prohibition declaration calls for rigid enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment and denies a proposal to repeal it. The debate centers on platform positions that may clash before being settled, with no immediate prospect of compromise.
Kansas City June 11 A tentative Republican platform draft faces sharp debate as the revolutionary committee prepares to finalize it. Farm relief prohibition and anti corporation planks spark disagreements with some leaders pushing an equalization fee and others seeking strict enforcement of the eighteenth amendment. Senator Smoot chairs the platform committee while Senator Borah pushes for anti corruption language and a referendum on liquor. Turn to Page Four.
Hoover Star Ia rises as rivals mobilize with a roll call to precede a keynote talk by Fess Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Hoover supporter and Chairman of Credentials Committee, with nominating addresses due Wednesday.
Kansas City reports the Republican convention opening at 11 am with Hoover favored but divisions over the agricultural plank and nomination process. Boisterous delegates fill the city as committees prepare credentials, platform, and rules while hopefuls like Hoover allies Lowden and Reed Smoot vie for influence.
Pennsylvania delegation leader Vare declared support for Herbert Hoover while confirming Coolidge would seek renomination. Mellon remained silent as Coolidge backers press for first ballot hopes, with Reed predicting a message from the president and delegates contemplating a possible compromise.
Kansas City June 11 Republican national committee chairman William M. Butler said he had received no word from President Coolidge about running this year and expected no word before balloting. Butler noted he would cast his first vote without knowing how. Massachusetts delegation will vote tomorrow on its first choice amid the Draft Coolidge discourse.
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