Indiana GOP leader predicts swing to Democrats if Hoover chosen
Elza Rogers, chairman of the Indiana Republican state committee, said here that Hoover's nomination would end the ticket in Indiana and trigger a swing to the Democrats. The report notes Hoover was nominated and Rogers spoke at the event in Kansas City on June 8.
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Rogers
Hoover
United Press
Kansas City
Elza Rogers
Republic State Committee of
Indiana
Herbert Hoover
Nood Claims Delegates Sold at Republican Convention
James Vul, campaign manager for Hoover, denounces charges that Southern delegates to a Republican convention were bought and sold. He says the committee's record shows the truth and defends the delegates as unjustified.
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United Press
Kansas City
James Vul
Hoover
Carol Crown Prince Divorce Suit Filed in Bucharest Courts
June 8 in Bucharest, Princess Helene the boy king's mother filed for divorce from Crown Prince Carol. The suit was lodged with the president of the court of appeals, the authority overseeing royal procedure under state rules.
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United Press
Bucharest
Prin Helene
Nie
Carol
Presi ‘T
Court of Appeals
Southern Cross Nearing Brisbane 600 Miles Off
United Press reports the Southern Cross flying steadily toward Brisbane Australia at 6 45 a m Pacific time. The ship is believed within 659 miles of Brisbane with headwinds noted. A second dispatch from Sidney Ontario June 8 says the Southern Cross is less than 500 miles from Brisbane.
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Southern Cross
Brisbane
United Press
Portland
Australia
Sidney
S. ON
Five Year Sawdust Fire Threat Looms Near Provile
United Press reports a five year sawdust fire near Provile California as rangers plan a containment circle around the pile to stop spark spread into adjacent timberlands after past damage. ER Biggs, district inspector of the State Forestry Service, is coordinating the effort as fire season begins.
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United Pres
Provile
Calif
P. Biggs
Stat. Foretry Service
Propagandists Hub Under FTC Utilities Inquiry
United Press reports the Federal Trade Commission is investigating a propaganda network described as an industrial news agency. It claims dissemination to about 14,000 newspapers across 48 states is under scrutiny for anti public ownership messaging.
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United Press
Washington
Federal Trades Commission Utilities Inquiry
Tornado Damages Vernon Area During Address by Texas Candidate
A small tornado struck Vernon and Chillicothe in Wilbarger county injuring a woman when a brick fell as the country club roof blew off during James Allred's attorney general campaign address. Buildings suffered damage in Chillicothe amid a heat wave with temps above 100.
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United Press
Vernon
Wilbarger County
Chillicothe State
Country Club
James Allred
Texas
Chillicothe
Soviet Anti Alcohol Assembly Charts Ban on Liquor at Official Functions
Moscow reports that the Anti Alcohol Society proposes a government decree to bar vodka beer wine and other alcoholic beverages at all official Soviet banquets jubilees and celebrations. The plan includes child restrictions production limits education campaigns and anti drug dispensaries with posters for mass distribution and school courses to combat drunkenness. Voline says the society aims to educate the masses and reach children with warnings while local Soviets may restrict liquor in their districts under an early year decree.
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Eugene Lyons
United Press
Moscow
Communist Party
Nikolai Bukharin
Larin
Krumin
Boris Voline
Anti- Alcohol Society
Voline
Two Cottages Planned for Bonham Lot After Sale
Sherwood Spotts sold the old house on West 6th and Cedar streets in Bonham. The building will be moved by the new owner, the lot cleared and regraded, and two new cottages will be built at the site, a change noted as a main improvement in a desirable area.
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OLN
Sherwood Spotts
West 6Th
Cedar Streets
Mr. Spotts
Bonham
Baby strangled and dumped near Wichita riverfront
A week old baby was found strangled with a cloth strip torn from a nightgown, dragged into Fred Pietschner’s yard by the family dog in Wichita Kansas. Lower legs showed burns. police suspect the mother and are tracing a laundry-marked cloth. The body is believed dumped near the Arkansas River two blocks from the Pietschner home.
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Wichita
Kans
Fred
Pietschner
Arkansas River
Soviet to Close All Gambling Houses Nationwide
Moscow reports that all gambling houses in the Soviet Union will be closed soon under orders from the Council of People's Commissars. In the capital the Casino will end roulette and chemin de fer games nightly. Similar establishments exist in other cities and are often government run. Rumors say authorities used them to monitor certain speculators.
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United Press
Moscow
Soviet Union
Council of People's Commisars
Persistent death by own action in Provins
In Provins Mme Prochard repeatedly attempted suicide over two weeks, enduring six efforts before succeeding by hanging herself in a final act. Her husband had earlier died by suicide, compounding the tragedy.
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United Press
Paris
Mme Prochard
Provins
Women Workers in China Paid Poor Wages in Tientsin
A YWCA survey of 10 000 women workers in Tientsin shows two thirds toil 11 or more hours daily for about 20 cents gold. Less than half enjoy a weekly rest day and a quarter have none. Foreign factories skew the sample toward better conditions.
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United Press
Peking
Tientsin
North China
Young Women’s Christian Association
Weather outlook for East and West Texas
East Texas remains cloudy and unsettled with scattered thunder showers in the north tonight and Saturday. temperatures drop in the north. West Texas expects fair to partly cloudy skies and colder air in the north portion tonight into Saturday.
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East
Texas
West
President Coolidge Resorts at Cedar Island Lodge for Summer
The president will vacation at Cedar Island Lodge on the Brule River in northwestern Wisconsin 28 miles from Superior. The eight room lodge sits on a 2500 acre estate with fifteen trout pools including rainbow trout. travel from Washington is about 35 hours by train, with departure after June 1 anticipated following the government meeting.
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Brule River
Henry Clay Pierce
Pierce
Cedar Island Lodge
Washington
White House
Northampton
Brule
Wis
du L*hut
Mississippi
St. Croix River
Duluth
Lake Superior
Interstate Commerce
B. H. Meyer
New Air Record Attempts Under Rocket Propulsion in Germany
In Cassel Germany on June 8 engineers unveil a 500 pound aircraft under construction at Raab Katzenstein. Anton Raab chief pilot will test a rocket attached near the fuselage. Designers expect a tremendous speed for a short burn until the rocket exhaust ends.
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United Press
Cassel
Germany
Opal
Raab
Katzenstein Arp!e
Anton Raab
Plainview Officer Fires During Gunfight Over Car
O. J. Thompson of Amarillo is not expected to live after a Thursday gunfight with Plainview Chief H. H. Murray. Thompson said Murray shot at him as he pushed the chief off his car and Murray opened fire. Thompson was wounded in the shoulder and no charges have been filed against Murray.
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United Press
Plainview
O. J. Thompson
Amarillo
Thompson
H. H. Murray
Murray
Farmer dies and son injured in train collision
Houston June 8 W R Stiles a farmer was killed and his seven year old son Thomas badly hurt when an automobile they rode was struck by a Southern Pacific passenger train near Hockley late Thursday.
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Farmer
United Press
Houston
W. R. Stiles
Thomas
Hockley
Peking Put In The Cold For A While
Fragmentary lines indicate military action affecting Peking with southern troops taking charge and ongoing tensions as authorities consider options amid uncertain dates. The text is garbled and lacks clear dates or names beyond Peking and military forces.
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Peking
Citta di Milano Reported Contact Near Fraze Josph
In late night reports from ENG Bay on June 8 the Citta di Milano signal reception is described as receiving tad signals near Fraze Josph in the vicinity of Italia. The report notes possible connection to the Italia and cautions about navigation in the area.
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Citta DI Milano
Rano
Italia
Franz Joseph
United Press
Eng ‘Bay
Fraze Josph Tand
100000 Farmers to Attend Republican Convention
Mark Woods said 100000 farmers would rally at the Republican convention to demand a farm relief plank. Three hundred motor cars carrying 1000 farmers departed North Dakota led by Gov. A G Sorlie. another 5000 cars expected to leave on Sunday and over 100 Nebraska departures Monday.
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United Press
Kansas City
Mark Woods
Nebraska Capitalist
North Dakota
A. G. Sorlie
Nebraska
Justice returns murder verdict in Gibson deaths
In Hutington on June 8 Justice of the Peace Mott delivered a verdict of murder and death by own action in the deaths of Walter Gibson 22 and his wife Bernice 18. The ruling cites the couple’s deaths as a result of murder and self-inflicted harm.
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United Press
Hutington
Justice of the Pear
Mott Today
Walter Gibson
Bernice
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