Two thirds rule looms in presidential nomination race
State delegations caucus to back the two thirds rule potentially dimming Gov Roosevelt's bid. Will Rogers quips on abilities, while a Ahepa banquet highlights immigrant loyalty to homeland and America. Washington releases two Union Printing Office reports on Arizona prehistoric sites and Menominee music, amid talk of new federal excise taxes aimed at balancing the budget.
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Roosevelt
Washington
United States Government Printing Office
Arizona
Flagstaff
Ahepa Convention Highlights Greek American Ties in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids hosts 500 Ahepa members for the twenty fifth district convention with a parade and banquet. Governor Dan Turner lauds Ahepa in promoting American democracy and self sacrifice. speakers stress study of the Constitution and Greek roots of liberty.
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Cedar Rapids
Order of Ahepa
Roosevelt Hotel
Iowa
Minnesota
Dubuque
Tri-Cities
Greece
Mother of Democracy
Peter E. Kamachey
St. Paul
United States
State Supreme Court
Barkley Attacks Hoover in Keynote Urging Repeal Vote
Senator Alben W. Barkley assailed the Hoover administration in a Democratic National Convention keynote. He urged a public vote on repealing the Eighteenth Amendment and called for Democrats to push passage of a congressional repeal resolution to be sent to state conventions. He criticized the Smoot Hawley tariff and farm policy, pledging to lift tariff making from backroom influence and to ease agriculture’s burden through reform. He noted the 1929 transfer of power and condemned the administration’s record on agriculture, industry, credit, and unemployment.
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Chicago
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
Hoover
Congress
Protestant minister defends prohibition and offers ideas
A local Protestant minister defends prohibition as a current failure yet rejects criticism without tangible substitutes. He disputes the notion that any other regulation would be better and asserts he is full of ideas to improve policy.
Congregation Leader Launches Initiatives to Boost Living
He notes Americans stay busy with many activities but achieve little. With normalcy returning he plans to help his congregation enjoy life more. He has begun to introduce one or two innovations to start.
Minister backs flexible Sunday service time
A pastor shifts church to 9 7 o'clock during hot summers to suit congregants preferring after service recreation. He rejects blue law strictness, saying if people want to attend a baseball game Sunday afternoon, that is their business.
Quiet men enter to seek common sense at democratic convention
Chicago Journal of Commerce quotes Phil Hanna on quiet, rock ribbed Michigan and Iowa delegates arriving at the convention to inject plain, common sense into the process amid broader national debate among Democrats.
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Frrom
Michigan
Iowa
Phil Hanna
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Means Sentenced Man Fraudster Shares No Sympathy
The Minneapolis Journal cites Gaston b Means as having fraud and deceit as a life work and says his prison sentence shows he forfeits any claim to fellow feeling. It notes Democrats in Chicago will express strong views about Republicans in Washington, implying little sympathy for them.
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Minneapolis
Gaston B Means
Chicago
Washington
Iowans Named For National Committee
CHICAGO AP Members of the new democratic national committee include Iowa R F Mitchell and Mrs Flora C Etter, Minnesota Joseph Wolf and Mrs Stanley V Hodge, Nebraska Arthur F Mullen and Mrs Charles G Ryan, South Dakota W W Howes and Mrs Anna C Struble tentatively seated subject to credentials committee approval.
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Chicago
New Democratic National Committee
Iowa
R. F. Mitchell
Flora C. Etter
Minnesota
Joseph (Wolf
Stanley V. Hodge
Nebraska
Arthur F.mullen
Charles G. Ryan
South Dakota
W. W. Howes
Anna C. Struble
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
Local toll report lists 135 accidents and 171 injuries in Cedar Rapids this year with no fatalities reported. The figure emphasizes rising road incidents and safety concerns for drivers and pedestrians.
Jobless Meeting Broken Up Seeks Assembly Space
Mayor W H Stepanek plans a Tuesday morning conference with Memorial building commission members to arrange a gathering place for unemployed. The group had been dispersed after E J Hawk was taken to police headquarters during an eight o'clock meeting on the Memorial building grounds. Hawk, released, met with a twelve man committee to request space and pursue employment. Vesely Wage and Allen of the Memorial commission will discuss possible use of the Memorial building with the mayor.
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W.H. Stepanek
Memorial Building Commission
Memorial Building
E. J. Hawk
First Street
Memorial
Stepanek
Benesh
Hawk
Robert Vesely
H. H. Wage
Eugene Allen
Memorial Commission
Curtis Faces Obstructing Justice Dilemma In Lindbergh Case
On opening day of his trial in Flemington New Jersey John Hughes Curtis faced a looming choice as prosecutors outline two routes. If he claims he knew the kidnapers behind Charles A Lindbergh Jr. he could be charged with obstructing justice based on his hoax confession. If he denies contacts with the kidnapers he could face obstruction for leading the wild goose chases.
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Flemington
N. J
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
John Hughes Curtis
Lindbergh
Adam O. Robbins
Curtis
Col. Lindbergh
Jersey
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Harry Stout
Stout
Norfolk
Wrecked plane linked to Grenfell flyers found near Newfoundland
Wreckage recovered near Cape Norman identified as part of the Grenfell Labrador mission craft. Arthur Sullivan and Dr. Karl Kuenhert were aboard a pleasure flight memorial when the plane likely struck an iceberg or went down in fog in the Belle Isle straits.
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ST. Johns
Cape Norman
Newfoundland
Arthur Sullivan
Karl Kuenhert
Grenfell Labrador
Belle Isle Straits
Camp Good Health Fund Seeks Help For Handicap Children
Two boys aged 13 and 16 fainted during examination as they wait for a vacation at Camp Good Health run by the Public Health Nursing Bureau. The Cedar Rapids Gazette fund supports the camp offering rest, medically supervised meals, longer rest periods, and on site nursing for financially unable families. Readers are urged to donate to The Good Health Fund at The Cedar Gazette in Cedar Rapids.
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Pather
Elizabeth Johnston
Public Health Nursing Bureau
Camp Good Eemer
Oakdale
Good Health Fund
The
Cedar Gazette
Cedar Rap
Hunter Brothers Flying Record Breaker Killed
John Hunter famed flyer and one of the four Hunter brothers died in Rosedale Mississippi after being decapitated by a plane propeller while on the wing during maintenance. The Hunters sought to fly two planes to New Orleans to form an airline. John and Kenneth had set a prior endurance record of 553 hours 41 minutes in 1930, though later airmen surpassed it.
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John Hunter
Hunter
Chicago
New Orleans
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Walter
John
Kenneth Hunter
Dale Jackson
Forest O’brine
St. Louis
Jackson
O’brine
Heavy rains hit outlying areas as Cedar Rapids stayed damp
Skies lowered over Cedar Rapids while Linn County saw downpours north and south of the city. Walker and Center Point reported heavy showers with rising streams. motorists near Coggon and Cascade faced near flood conditions. Temperatures ranged from 70s to mid 80s as Cedar River receded slightly above June averages.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Walker
Center Point
Coggon
Cascade
Cedar River
Maryland Governor Loses Wallet In Sweltering Day
Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland faced a costly day as a wallet containing about $300 disappeared from his coat in his suite. The incident occurred amid crowded political rooms as the governor sought relief from the Sunday heat.
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Chicago
INS
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Wet day fight to go to floor of convention
At Chicago convention headquarters the platform committee faced a key clash over liquor reform. Senator David I Walsh of Massachusetts signaled a minority report to push a floor vote on repealing the Eighteenth Amendment and revising the Volstead Act.
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Chicago
Democratic Platform Committee
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
Democratic call for repeal of Prohibition in Raskob speech
In Chicago, Democratic National Chairman John J. Raskob urged a straight repeal plank against Prohibition. He faulted the Republican platform and urged a constitutional amendment to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment, restore state opposition to liquor invasions, and tax liquor to cut federal revenue.
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Chicago
John J. Raskob
Raskob
Dwight W. Morrow
United States Senate
House of Representatives
United States
Democratic Party
Thomas Jefferson
Salmon will curses ex-wife in probate file
Noah Daniel Salmon left his ex wife Grace Salmon one dollar with curses noted in the probate court will filed Monday in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Grace Salmon
Noah Daniel Salmon
Will Rogers Comments On Democratic Convention Dynamics
Will Rogers travels from California to Chicago to observe the 1932 Democratic convention scene. He notes attempts to modify the two thirds rule, predicts strategic bargaining for Illinois delegates, and recalls conversations with figures like Garner, Byrd, and Barkley while praising Father Duffy and lampooning political antics. He predicts a lively convention with surprises and humor.
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Ill
California
Roosevelt
Frank
Ritchie
Oklahoma
Jim Reed
Missouri
New York
Father Duffy
New York City
Harmony Urged by Roosevelt in Telegram
James A. Farley said Roosevelt's campaign manager that the governor's telegram ordering him to stop pushing to abrogate the two thirds voting rule needs no explanation. Farley accepted the order and said it speaks for itself.
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Chicago
James A. Pareley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Farley
Smith reaction to Roosevelt telegram ends two thirds rule dispute
Alfred E. Smith, after reading Governor Roosevelt's telegram calling an end to the two thirds rule clash, smiled and said he had nothing to say. The remark came in Chicago as the political row cooled following Roosevelt's directive.
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Chicago
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt orders halt to two thirds rule bid at convention
Gov. Roosevelt directs Chicago forces to stop efforts to abrogate the two thirds nominating rule. He cites desire for harmony at the national convention and questions the rule as undemocratic while leaving open support for a majority nominating method. He asks delegates and the rules committee to avoid protracted fights and report to the committee tonight.
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Committee On
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Committee On Rules
D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt forces strain for votes on two thirds rule
Convention field reports show Roosevelt supporters not yet pledged enough votes to change the two thirds nominating rule. Early tallies at noon list 518 backing retention and 407 for abandonment, with 241 of 1,154 convention votes unaccounted.
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Roosevelt
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