Old Problems Face Parties At Chicago Convention
Washington dispatch notes Democratic and Republican conflicts shaping up for Chicago. Roosevelt and Tammany face off on nominating strategy and reform battles while dry laws dominate GOP platform talks. Dry leaders seek consensus, possibly steering focus to congressional elections.
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Washington
Trimeny
Chicago
Roosevelt
New York
Tammany
Walker
Greta Bazzard
United City
Full Vestments To Give Dublin Color
Ireland's first eucharistic congress will unfold in splendor with full dress for clergy and laity. Special robing rooms at multiple city points will organize attendees into battalions for mass meetings and processions.
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Dublin
Ireland
Taft Leads Nation In Per Capita Taxpayers
Taft, California, with a population of 3442, reported 8 income tax payers. The figure, compared to 1940 census data, suggests Taft had a higher per capita rate than the U S average and possibly the highest among U S municipalities.
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Taft, Cal
Taft, Cat
U. S
Taft
United States
Baby Goes To Jail Alone With Mother
Seven month old Donald Cope must spend four days in county jail because his mother Mrs. Gertrude Cope of Verdon was unable to pay a $1 fine. Justice Bayard Clark ordered Mrs. Cope and her mother Mrs. Amanda Stewart of Verdon to jail after they had been convicted of malicious destruction of a picture during a family quarrel. Mrs. Cope said she had no one with whom to leave the baby.
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Falls City
Neb
Donald Cope
Gertrude Cope
Verdon
Bayard Clark
Cope
Amanda Stewart
Big fish pulled from Sioux River weighs eighteen pounds
Vernon Maxwell, 11, pulled a large river catch from the Sioux River this morning. What looked like an elephant at first turned out to be a buffalo fish weighing 18 pounds.
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Sioux Falls
Vernon Maxwell
Vernon
Sioux River
Hospitals Names Involving Mary Jane Meisenhelder And Others
A list of people including Mary Jane Meisenhelder of Alpena, Eric Anderson of Huron, Joe Hofer, Jon Gergen and Robert Knutson of Huron, together with Mrs Hy McFarlane and a baby, are noted in the deal at The Hospitals and related surgical matters. The names indicate a series of medical or administrative designations connected to the deal.
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Deal
Mary Jane Meisenhelder
Alpena
Surgical
Eric Anderson
Huron
Joe Hofer
Hitchcock
Jon Gergen
Robert Knutson
Hy McFarlane
Baby
Chicago Prepares Grand Conventions of 1932
Chicago gears up for the Republican and Democratic conventions in 1932 the first city to host both in nearly 50 years. Officials expect 75,000 plus per party and more than 100,000 spectators with expanded hotels new convention hall and Chicago Stadium to handle large crowds. A lakefront fair preview and world’s fair buildup frame a showcase of the “New Chicago” along Lake Michigan.
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Chicago
Republisans
Warren G. Harding
Ing
Lake Michigan
Michigan Boulevard
Lake
Illinois
Chicago Hall Plays Pivot in Partisan Map
In Chicago, Mayor Anton J. cer mak leads a Democratic city hall while Republicans retain control of the state government. The split places the city in a strategic position to welcome either party as political dynamics unfold.
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Chicago
Anton J. Cermak
Duncan Grant Told To Remit Full Tax Shortage
Superior Wisconsin report states Duncan Grant of Scotland must remit the full amount of his personal property tax after City Treasurer George Ostrom found his spring remittance 40 cents short. Ostrom noted repeated shortfalls from Grant ranging 10 to 25 cents yearly, with this year’s deficit being the largest.
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Superior
Wis
Duncan Grant
Scotland
George Ostrom
Ostrom
Grant
Bremen Oxbone Marks Oldest German Shipping Record
An oxbone raised by a Weser river dredge bears what experts call the oldest record of German shipping. Carved on it are Saxon letters and the outline of a fifteenth century freight vessel.
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Bremen
Weser
Realistic Flight Through Space Probed By Ray of Light
Dr Walter Adams describes a space flyer riding a sun ray at 186000 miles per second. From the sun to Earth takes eight minutes while Neptune, Sirius, Arcturus and Andromeda lie along a vast timetable of hundreds of thousands of years per leg. The piece links relativity with astronomical distances and ends noting engine pressure in gears.
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F. B. Colton
Associated Press
Pasadena
Cal
Walter S. Adams
Mount Wilson Observatory
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Adams
Earth
Neptune
Sirius
Arcturus
Pleiades
Orion
Milky Way
Pilet
Messier 33
Andromeda
Spitale Arrested in Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
New York police questioned Salvatore Spitale at a Playtime club in the theatrical district after raiding officers found him there with a loaded revolver and a permit. Five other men, including Julie Behrman, were also taken into custody in the early raid.
Acquittal in Speakeasy Slaying Cited in Raid Outcome
CENTRAL AREA REPORT NOTES acquittal of a speakeasy slaying. A raid recovered two quarts of alleged whiskey. Irving Bitz, co emissary with Spitale by Col Lindbergh designation, appeared at the police station and sought a bondsman if needed.
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Irving Bitz
Spitale
Col. Lindbergh
Dead City Tries To Revive Trade In Pompe Italy
Hotels and restaurants in Pompe Italy slash prices by ten percent to boost tourism. Businesses including a few shops signal broad-based price reductions as city seeks revival of visitors and revenue.
Pompeii Rests On Visitors Amid Ruinous Silence
The ancient city largely lives by tourism as commuters and scholars return, while most of Pompeii lies in ruins and remains abandoned for about 1,853 years.
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Pompeii
Flood kills three women in Oklahoma City trapping families
Oklahoma City reports say a Sunday flood caused three drownings with unverified reports of additional deaths as many families were trapped in their homes. In Paris, Fernand Bourgson was re elected president of the chamber of deputies after receiving 50 of 550 votes.
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Oklahoma City
Paris
Fernand Bourgson
Chamber of Deputies
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