Largest Cheyenne class ever graduates at 1920 commencement
The Cheyenne high school held its 41st annual commencement in the gym with the largest class to graduate. Mary Garlock read the salutatory The Magic City Beatrice Stepp gave the valedictory The class sang with a girls octet John D Clark Midwest Refining Denver delivered the main address The event featured piano and flute solos and honors awarded by Principal Worcester.
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Cheyenne
C. A. Bennett
Mary Garlock
Sadie Sherman
Whch
Beatrice Stepp
Winona von Kennel
Ruth — Griffin
Edith Marsh
Lauda Newlin
Elizabeth Moore
Helen Nicolaisen
Gladys Foresman
Kathryn Bennett
Offenbach
Widener
John D. Clark
Midwest Refining Company of
Denver
Clark
Glark
Howard Ericson
Titl
D. A. Worcester
Plank Day Confusion Delays Republican Platform
In Chicago on June 10 the party frills over a law and order plank for impartial enforcement of all laws caused a stir among wets and drys. The mislaid plank, read by Chairman Watson and Senator Smoot, was declared adopted and part of the platform after a shuffle.
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Chicago
Watson
Smoot
Resolutions Committee
Refuge From Storm Death Trap
Detroit June 10 four boys aged 13 to 18 were killed and seven injured when lightning hit a tree sheltering them this afternoon. One victim is believed fatally struck. the incident occurred as a group sheltered from the storm.
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Detroit
Dempsey Poses in Uniform Sparks Draft Charge
Mrs. Maxine Dempsey told a U S district court jury that William Harrison Jack Dempsey appeared as a shipyard worker in war time photos. She accused him of evading the draft while denying motive to claim $40 000 of a $250 000 fight payout and said she has letters proving false statements about dependents.
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San Francisco
Maxine Dempsey
William Harrison
Jack) Dempsey
United States District Court
Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Wood's name to be first in nominating speeches
General Wood will receive the covered pole as the leading speaker, with Governor Lowden second, in Chicago on June 10. Alabama has decided not to yield for Lowden's nomination, while Arizona supports Wood and is expected to yield to Governor Allen of Kansas. Arkansas is slated to yield for Lowden by Rep. Rodenberg of Illinois.
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Chicago
General Wood
Lowden
Alabama
National Committeeman Street
Arizona
Allen
Kansas
Arkansas
Rodenberg
Illinois
Col White to Be Cushion Dispenser at Frontier Park
Colonel Al White known as Hunky will hold the cushion concession at Frontier show again this year. He is currently at Tia Juana but promised to return and operate the concession. The committee unanimously approved Mr White given his history with the grand stands.
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Col. White
Frontier Park
al White
Hunky
White
Tia Juana
American Federation Wipes Color Line At Montreal Meet
The American Federation of Labor in Montreal ends the color line and pledges full equality for Negro workers within affiliated unions. A stormy session nearly sparked a race clash between southern delegates and Black workers amid taunts and heightened tensions.
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Montreal
American Federation of Labor
Wireless call saves mail plane in night descent
A government air mail plane approaching Chicago in darkness received wireless aid from Great Lakes naval station and local hams. The craft, with three passengers and 1200 pounds of mail, landed safely at 8 o clock after a wind delay on the final leg from New York to Chicago.
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Chicago
New York
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Summer Executive Mansion Established
The Wyoming summer executive mansion opens at the J. M. Carey & Bro. ranch in Careyhurst Con verse county as Mrs. Robert D. Carey and two children arrive with Mrs. Carey's mother Mrs. Freeman of Douglas and Miss Iady of Casper. Governor Carey remains at the Republican National Convention in Chicago and will join the ranch on his return to spend weekends there through October.
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J. M. Carey & Bro
Careyhurst
Converse County
Wyoming
Robert D. Carey
Carey
Free~ Man
Douglas
Iady
Casper
Chicago
Johnson predicts GOP nominee and League of Nations move
Chicago June 10 Senator Johnson said the Republican presidential candidate would be nominated tomorrow and that other candidates share his cheerfulness. He called the league of nations plan presented with reservations unsatisfactory and said the senatorial group in Washington has acted to justify their actions. He would begin with a modest number of delegates and expected more later.
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Chicago
Johnson
League of Nations
Washington
Federal Court Puts Foot Down on State Packer Receivership
In Fort Dodge Iowa Judge H T Reid named H G McMillan and G H Burlingame both of Sioux City as joint receivers of Midland Packing company with a $200000 bond. The ruling enjoins M H Havner attorney general and other state authorities from further state court receivership actions and orders transfer of all company property to the new receivers.
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Fort Dodge
H. G. McMillan
G. H. Burlingame
Sioux City
Midland Packing Company
H. T. Reid
Reid
M. H. Havner
Iowa
Owen Opens Presidential Campaign Headquarters in Frisco
Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma, seeking the Democratic nomination, arrived in Frisco and opened his campaign headquarters. He travels as part of his 40 June trip to publicize his bid.
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Owen
Frisco
San Francisco
Robert L. Owen
Oklahoma
Bright mirror hidden in Kitty aids poker ring bust
Police arrested Jim Goddard and three others in a West Sixteenth street room above the Pike saloon. About $50 in moonshine liquor was seized along with liquor and betting gear. The dealer used a concealed mirror to see players' cards as the Dawes era echoes loomed.
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Goddard
Jim Goddard
Old Pike
West Sixteenth Street
Alaska
Dry Committee Deceived Over Plank Absence at Coloseum
Prohibition leaders believed the law and order plank was in the platform but it was omitted. Senator Watson and the committee faced a late discovery of the absence amid efforts to back White’s proposed Volstead enforcement plank which failed. Wayne Wheeler said the platform’s praise of Volstead and general enforcement satisfied dry aims despite missing specific pledges.
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Coliseum
Senator Watson
Watson
Law and Order
Resolutions Committee
William Allen White
Kansas
White
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League of America
Plank
Wheeler
Republican platform on industrial relations in Chicago
The June 10 article outlines the Republican plank on labor issues. It supports collective bargaining to improve relations between employers and employees, endorses government intervention to reduce strikes, and favors impartial tribunals for public utilities and arbitration in private industry. It also calls for excluding convict labor from interstate commerce and discusses broader themes of national economy and governance.
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Chicago
Congress
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