Peek and Steiner Are Most Favored in Rival Talks
The convention showed harmony as leaders debated favoring Peek and Steiner for the vice presidency. Snell, elected permanent chairman, urged unity to oppose Roosevelt’s alleged unconstitutional dictatorship. Borah and Landon were aligned on anti monopoly, while Steiner and Snell hinted at coherent opposition to the New Deal and a return to sound money.
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Byther
Sen
Steiner
Snell
Peek
Lowden
Borah
Alfred E. Smith
Obituary James F. Satter And Mrs Ida May Elkins
James F. Satter 78 died yesterday at his nephew James Satter’s home in Lower Falls St Albans Funeral services will be at Bartlett chapel at ten o’clock tomorrow Burial will follow in Teays Hill cemetery Ida May Elkins 31 died in Charleston hospital Services for her are at 2 50 p m today at her sister Mrs B W Gates residence 490 Brown Street Rev Lem Ashworth officiating Burial in Spring Hill cemetery Her body has been moved from Noble Long mortuary to Mrs Gates home
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James F. Satter
James F. Sattes
James Satter
Lower Falls
St. Albans
Bartlett Chapel
Teays Hill Cemetery
Hoover Urges United Assault on New Deal
Herbert Hoover urged Americans to unite against the New Deal as he framed liberty as the core American value. He told the convention that freedom includes personal initiative and responsibility, and asked Republicans to choose a holy crusade for liberty to shape the nation's future. He warned against appeasement and stressed the duty of party members to defend constitutional rights.
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Hoover
United
New Deal
Constitution Broad Texans Told by FDR
FDR asserts that meeting human suffering cannot rely on relaxing human effort. He cites crowded tenements and farming areas with undernourishment and poverty. If local and state governments cannot restore purchasing power after reasonable efforts, the nation must address the national poverty problem.
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Fdr
Hoover Urges Recovery Path at Convention
Highlights of his speech urge lifting the country from instability toward genuine recovery. He warns of a swing from radicalism to selfish interests and calls the Republican party to pursue true social betterment and freedom in the economic field. The convention should declare the source of economic prosperity in freedom.
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Republic
Republican Party
Britain signals end to sanctions amid leadership bid
In a speech to the Tory 190 Club Chamberlain, seen as likely future prime minister, urged dropping sanctions and pursuing regional pacts within the League framework. He warned time is short to rearm and prepare for future contingencies while criticizing the League as unable to halt Mussolini’s Ethiopia conquest.
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Chamberlain
Britain
Amberlain
League
Mussolini
Ethiopia
190
Stanley Paldwin
Chambelain
Aawar
Tax Returns Indexed Amid Dozens of Reports
The department plans to index over 200000 employer salary reports. Officials expect to verify returns by November 1 after September 1 indexing. Five percent penalties apply for initial delinquency and one percent monthly thereafter.
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Berio
Delegates Take Borah Planks at National Convention
Delegates reported progress on a compromise monetary plank favoring sound currency as 85 of New York’s 90 votes backed the proposal. A subcommittee invited Senator Borah to meet, but he declined to attend, choosing to stay at his hotel.
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London
Borah
New York States
Gov. Landon
Landon
Trent
Barah
Hoover
Senator Borah
Idaho
Monver
Subcommittee
Bills Move to Relief as Resignations Shake Legislature
The resignation of A. G. Matthews of Granteville to become state Compensation commissioner triggers a series of vacancies. Howard Euler in Kanawha, A. G. Breedlove in Boone, C. Proster in Fayette, F. W. Perry in Cabell, and E. E. Cottrill in Gilmer have left their seats. Breedlove had resigned to keep WPA jobs, then tried to withdraw resignations but the governor ruled the house must decide.
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A. G. Matthews
Granteville
Kanawha
Howard Euler
Boone County
A. G. Breedlove
Fayette County
Proster
Cabell County
F. W. Perry
Gilmer
E. E. Cottrill
Ty George F
Jack R. Adams
Breedlove
WPA
House
Black Legion Torch Squad Revealed In Detroit Case
Four men named by Prosecutor Duncan C. McCrea admitted involvement with a roving Black Legion squad directed by high officers to burn homes of suspected Communists. The group allegedly carried out arsons including the Mottenhauer home in Oakland County in 1954.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Duncan C. McCrea
Frank Rice
Packard Motor Car Co
Clarence Frye
Dodge Truck
Chrysler Corp
Albert Swanson
Detroit City Gas Co
Roy Hepner
McCrea
William F. Mottenhauer
Oakland County
West Virginia Delegates Debate 1920 Nominees at Convention
Delegates discussed Bachmann and potential picks including Theodore Roosevelt Jr and James W. Wadsworth of New York along with others as possible vice presidential candidates. Walter S. Hallanan presented the credentials report while H Roy Waveh Buckhannon was seated as honorary vice chairman. Frank W. Bowers of Wheel ing attended, his son George W. Bowers representing Mannington.
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Bachmann
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
James W. Wadsworth
New York
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Frederick Steiner
Oregon
Walter S. Hallanan
South Carolina
H. Roy Waveh
Buckhannon
Frank W. Bowers
Wheeling
George W. Bowers
Mannington
Beavers
Rutherford B. Hayes
Old Guard Leaders Are Shunted Aside Landmark GOP power shift in Pennsylvania delegates.
Pro Republicans delivered smashing blows to the Old Guard in a party showdown. The Keystone State backed Landon on the first ballot as David A. Reed and James J. Davis were overridden, signaling a dramatic realignment in delegation loyalties.
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London
Old Guard
Pennsylvania
Landon
Reid
Davies
Keystone State
David A. Reed
James J. Davis
Sen. Bergh
Sen. Steiner
Sen
Dickinson
Col
Frank Knox
Vandenberg
Louisiana
Aes
Three Long Years Campaign Song Emerges At GOP Convention
At convention hall Cleveland delegates received a new campaign tune titled Three Long Years set to Three Blind Mice. Senator Steiner of Oregon invoked the line repeatedly amid attacks on the administration, with the material circulated by the Republican national committee.
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Cleve
Land
Sen. Steiner
Oregon
Republican National Committee
PSC Rules on Sophia Consumer Complaints
The public service commission ordered new or reconditioned meters for a Sophia Raleigh County complainant and removed charges for reconnections after service disruption. The report also notes political delegate shifts in Pennsylvania and Louisiana surrounding London support, with a fire at a Gardner Street dwelling causing about $30 in damage.
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PSC
Sophia Consumer Complaints
Public Service Commission
Sophia
Raleigh County
Clifford
Gardner Street
London
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