Davis Names His Vice Presidential Running Mate
John W. Davis of West Virginia and Governor Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska were nominated as the Democratic ticket for president and vice president at the party’s national convention. The long balloting ended with Bryan nominated for VP on the first ballot after a divisive convention marked by McAdoo and Smith factions. Bryan expressed surprise and pledged support, while Davis urged unity to push the ticket.
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Associated Pres
New York
John W. Davis
West Virginia
Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
Democratic Party
Democrat National Convention
West Virginna
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Ku Klux Klan
William G. McAdoo
Alfred E Smith
Bryan
Davis
McAdoo
Smith
Addres
United State
Das
California
Europe
Will'am Jennings Bryan
Hs Brother
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Meredith
Brbt
Iowa
Willson
Perry Woman Killed After Jolting From Auto Running Board
Mrs Ina McDonald of Perry died instantly on the Lincoln highway near Belle Plaine when she was jolted from the running board as the car struck a stone. The party had picked up hikers including six children. a coroner's inquest returned death as accidental. The widow, wife of John McDonald of Perry, leaves several children including an eight month old infant.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Ina McDonald
Perry
Lincoln Highway
Belle Plaine
McKee and Ingham Battle In State Golf Flight
Sunnyside, Waterloo July 10. Bob McKee of the Golf and Country club Des Moines opened with a commanding lead over Bill Ingham, four up through six holes. Ingham recovered but McKee won several holes to press toward the title flight in the state championship. The Des Moines rivals battled to an even start in the morning round.
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Associated Press
Sunnyside
Waterloo
Bob McKee
Bill Ingham
Ingham
McKee
Sunnyside Country Club
Golf and Country Club
Des Moines
Mississippi
Progressive Would Link Bryan With La Follette
Sheridan Carlisle of St. Louis, head of the national progressive league, telegraphed Senator La Follette urging Charles W. Bryan as running mate. He claimed La Follette and Bryan would carry every state west of Pennsylvania and north of the Mason Dixon line with several southern states.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
United States
Robert M. la Follette
Charles W. Bryan
Pennsylvania
Mason-Dixon Line
Sheridan Carlisle
National Progressive League
LeFollette
Bryan
Davis Seen as Possible Eighth Presbyterian U S President
The report notes John W. Davis could become the eighth Presbyterian president, tying the number of presidents who were communicants of the Protestant Episcopal church at eight. Mrs. Davis attends Protestant Episcopal services with him at St. John of Lattingtown Locust Valley.
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New York
John W Davis
Presbyterian
United States
Protestant Episcopal Church
Democratic national committee postpones reorganization session
New York July 10 the national committee approved John W Davis and Gov Charles W Bryan plan to delay the reorganization session until after formal candidate notification dates are set. Davis and Bryan attended and received an enthusiastic reception. Existing committee organization to continue until a new chairman is chosen.
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Associated Press
New York
John W. Davis
Charles W. Bryan
National Committee
Davis
Bryan
Women Democrats Hail Mrs Blair Without Naming Successor
A two hour N Y session of the Democratic National Committee adjourned after a unanimous resolution praising Mrs Emily Newell Blair of Missouri for her work as vice chairman. The committee did not propose a successor or call for her re election.
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New York
Democratic National Committee
Emily Newell Bdlair
Missouri
Blair
Explosion at Iowa home injures three children
Explosion of a cream separator at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rolling in Bellevue injures three children and endangers four people. Richard three, Bernice five months, and Vincent 15 months suffer serious head and leg injuries while Mrs. Rolling escapes. All are hospitalized in Maquoketa. cause not yet known.
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Associated Press
Bellevue
Iowa
Joseph Rolling
Richard
Bernice
Vincent
Maquoketa
German Tax Rule Hits Foreign Students Abroad
Berlin reports that several thousand foreign students in Germany including Americans face a ten percent income tax on private funds. Students believed they were exempt since income came from home sources, not German business, but a Dresden visa denial over untaxed funds sparked protests. About 400 American students study in German universities and seek US consular help.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Dresden
United States
Heidelberg
Last Rites For Cassady Held At Home Town
Hundreds of friends and relatives of R. W. Cassady late secretary of agriculture for Iowa, who died in Des Moines, attended his funeral at his birthplace. Services began at 10:30 a.m. with the Masonic fraternity prominent. Secretary of State Ramsay and State Auditor Haynes represented the state.
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Associated
Irese Whiting
Iowa
R. W. Cassady
Mother Learns of Son's Death by Telegraph
Des Moines telegraph operator Mrs Buith Maloney received a message from McGregor Iowa stating her 12 year old son James drowned in the Mississippi River there. He was visiting McGregor at the time.
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Des Moines
Buith Maloney
Commercial
McGregor
Iowa
James
Alimony Granted to Publisher's Wife in St Louis Divorce
Mrs Pauline Shaffer and Carroll Shaffer are divorced after Judge Joseph Sabath awards $30000 yearly alimony to Mrs Shaffer. Custody of four children granted to Mrs Shaffer. Shaffer family links to publisher John C Shaffer noted.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Pauline Shaffer
Frederic Bullard
St Louis
Joseph Sabath
Carroll Shaffer
John C. Shaffer
Shaffer
England Pleased With MacDonald Paris Visit
London reports widespread official satisfaction over Prime Minister MacDonald’s Paris trip. He plans to make an important statement in the house of commons this afternoon about his meeting with Premier Herriot of France.
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Associated Press
London
MacDonald
Paris
House of Commons
Herriot
France
Home Town of John W. Davis Celebrates Nomination
In Barkshoro West Virginia on July 10 supporters of John W Davis cheered his nomination by the Democratic party He home town club in Clarksburg staged a demonstrative celebration with parades banners and fireworks The town decorated its streets and the Davis homestead as crowds gathered to honor him as the next presiding of the United States.
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Associated Press
Barkshoro
W. Va
John W. Davis
White House
Davis
Davy
New York
Madison Square
Clarksburg
Jug
West Virgina
United States
Dawes Pleased With Bryan's Nomination
General Charles G. Dawes Republican vice presidential nominee expressed pleasure at Gov. Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska receiving the Democratic vice presidential nomination. He stressed their personal friendship despite political differences and praised Lincoln and Nebraska for the honor.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
Bryan
Lincoln
Golf Match Ends In Close 27-Hole Tie
Weybridge England July 10 George Duncan and Abe Michel led one up at 27 holes in a 72 hole match against Walter Hagen and MacDonald Smith.
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Weybridge
England
George Duncan
Abe Michel
Walter Hagen
MacDonald Smith
Bootlegger gets six months for contempt in Iowa case
Cedar Rapids, July 10. Six months in county jail and a $1,900 fine were ordered by Judge F. L. Anderson in Wastrict court for contempt of court by George Hoppe Hoppe Chicago bootlegger. He forfeited a $500 appearance bond and is believed to have returned to Chicago. Hoppe failed to appear at a bootlegging trial and has prior liquor-law trouble.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
F. L. Anderson
Wastrict
George Hoppel
Chicago
Hoppe
Chittago
Iowa corn crop to fall 20 percent in 1924 decline
Des Maines reports from July 10 that Iowa corn yields will drop about 20 percent from 1923 due to May droughts, then heavy rains and floods. Despite more acreage planted, 72 percent of normal yield is forecast, with 32 bushels per acre expected versus 40 last year. Hog numbers fall 18 percent as corn prospects shrink.
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Associated Press
Des Maines
Iowa
Charles F. Sarle
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Three Boxcar Thieves Arrested At Dubuque
Special agents from Illinois Central and Burlington railroads report three men jailed in Galena Illinois as part of an organized gang stealing sugar from boxcars at East Dubuque for months Charles Weiderholt and his son Charles along with Anthony Mitchelli were caught in a farmhouse near East Dubuque after investigators watched them break into a car and haul sugar to the residence.
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Dubuque
Galena
Ill
Illinois Central and
Burlington
East Dubuque
Charles Weiderholt
Charles
Anthony Mitchelli
Veteran Electrocuted At Plant In Iowa
Darrell W. Allman aged 26 was electrocuted at the Iowa Electric hydro plant in Manchester Iowa. His body was found suspended from a live wire after he touched it while painting. He served in the navy in World War I. The widow and three small children survive.
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Associated Press
Manchester
Iowa
Darrell W. Allman
Iowa Electric Company
Allman
Hughes Elected President of American Bar Association
Charles E Hughes secretary of state was elected president of the American Bar Association at its annual meeting. Frederick E Wadhams of Albany was reelected treasurer and Edgar T Fell of Baltimore named assistant secretary. William C Coleman of Baltimore was elected acting secretary.
Soft Drink Parlors Complicity Sparks County Cleanup
Twelve proprietors of soft drink parlors in McGregor Marquette Garber and Guttenberg are free on bonds awaiting grand jury action after a county wide cleanup staged yesterday by state federal and county officials.
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Associated Press
Elkader
Iowa
McGregor
Marquette, Garber and Guttenberg
Parisian artist lives aboard Seine barge to solve housing issue
Dutch artist Paris-Frans de Geeters treats a barge on the Seine as home. He keeps a small studio aboard for living and sleeping. He moves the boat to Fontainebleau in summer and returns to Paris in October.
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Paris
Frans de Geeters
Seine
de Geeters
Fontainebleu
United States Holds Big Lead at Olympic Games
The United States extended its lead on Day 5 of the Olympics at Colombes France. Finland star Nurmi won twice on the track while the U S dominated field events sweeping hammer throw and pole vault with Graham and Barnes of California leading. Brooker of Michigan placed third in the pole vault jump-off.
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United States
Nurmi
Finland
Glenn Graham
Lee Barnes
California
Barnes
Byting
Graham
James K Brooker
University of Michigan
Peterson
Denmark
Farmer-Labor Party Weighs La Follette Candidacy
Chicago July 10 The national farmer labor party formed in June at St Paul will decide tonight how it views Senator Robert M La Follette as a presidential candidate The executive committee meeting will likely set the course which will be communicated to a later conference of district workers party representatives at a meeting tonight.
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Chicago
National Farmer-Labor Party
St. Paul
Robert M. la Follette
Workers Party of America
Judge A J House of Maquoketa Likely Failing Health
Waterloo reports Judge A J House, appointed to the seventh district bench by Horace Bolson in 1890, is at home with little hope of recovery after 34 years of service, an Iowa record. Washington notes Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway seeks ICC approval to pledge 43 million in mortgage bonds as security for a short term loan.
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Waterloo
A. J House
Maquoketa
Horace Bolson
Iowa
Lttle
Washington
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commissing
Lown
International Baptist Young People's Union Convention Opens in Denver
The thirty third annual convention starts business sessions in Denver with over 3 000 delegates from 24 states plus representatives from Canada and France attending.
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Denver
International Baptist Young People’s Union
Canada
France
Steel company output drops in June to 3.26 million tons
New York report shows United States Steel Corp production for June 30 totalled 3,262,505 tons, down 365,585 tons from May. The release details monthly output and notes the drop in overall steel production for the period.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
United States Rejects Draft Mutual Assistance Treaty
Geneva reports the United States informs the League of Nations it cannot adhere to the draft treaty of mutual assistance. The fourth assembly had voted for circulation and requests views from all governments.
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Geneva
United States
League of Nations
Fourth Assembly of the League
Iowa Star Aubrey Devine Shows Slight Improvement
Des Moines July 10 doctors report Aubrey Devine former Iowa State football star and all American quarterback is slightly improved from kidney poisoning according to attending physicians.
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Des Moines
Aubrey Devine
Iowa State University
Funeral Planned for Clarion Bride in Gasoline Stove Tragedy
Mason City reports funeral arrangements for Mrs William Pappas of Clarion who died after bending over a lit match near a gasoline stove. Her brother Gus Vagema is being sought across Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan delaying services.
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Mason City
William Pappas
Clarion
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Gus Vagema
Bank Robbery in Oak Park Stuns Chicago
Six men in an automobile robbed the Prairie State Bank of Oak Park today after driving up to the bank and entering it. They threatened an employee and seized visible currency before fleeing and escaping.
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Chicago
Prairie State Bank
Oak Park
Wyoming banks fail to open for business
Cheyenne Wyoming July 10 state examiner's office reports four small banks in the state failed to open for business today.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
State Examiner
Wyoming
Calvin Coolidge Jr Buried In Plymouth N Hometown Tribute
Calvin Coolidge Jr the 16 year old son of President Coolidge was laid to rest in Plymouth Vt after funeral services in Northampton Ma and a burial in the family plot. Mourners including President and Mrs Coolidge traveled from Washington with military escort as local clergy eulogized the youth highlighting his wholesome character and devotion to duty and faith.
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Associated Press
Plymouth
Calvin Coolidge, Jr
President Coolidge
Ludwig
Calvin, Coolidge, Jr
Northampton
Mase
Calvin Coolidge
Mra. Coolidge
Washington
Edwards Congregational Church
Kenneth B. Welles
Edwardes Congregational Church
Goolidge
Alf
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