Landon Nominated Sparks Huge Topeka Rally
Thousands in Topeka Kansas hail Governor Alf Landon after the Cleveland nomination as a Republican presidential candidate. The crowd roars with Landon theme songs and fireworks while calls of We want Landon echo on executive mansion lawns. Landon signals a shift to aggressive campaign tactics once party unity is achieved.
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Miller Juniors To Play Here Tonight
The Huron Junior Legion team meets Miller Junior in their fourth league game of the season at Ravine Park at 6 15 tonight. The weekend adds a home game against Mitchell Sunday as part of a busy schedule.
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League of Nations Council Convenes June 26
Geneva reports the League of Nations Council formally convoked for June 26 with four agenda items. They include the conquest of Ethiopia by Italy, the Locarno pact guaranteeing mutual respect of territory with Britain and Italy, and the establishment of Assyrians in Isriat along with an expert report on slavery in Ethiopia.
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Roosevelt Rails Against Monopoly In Dallas Speech
President Roosevelt warned in Dallas at the Texas Centennial that turning labor into a commodity would turn America into a boarding house nation. He denounced con artists and prophets of evil while stressing democracy in government and opportunity and the need for defenders of democratic institutions in business, industry and agriculture.
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Mrs Berry's Sister Dies At Ainsworth
Mrs C W Carter sister of Governor Tom Berry's wife died in Ainsworth after an appendicitis operation. Her home was Millboro SD. The funeral is set for Saturday in Springview Nebraska. Governor Berry, in Yankton for the Dakotaland diamond jubilee, will leave for the funeral tomorrow. Mrs Berry is in Ainsworth now.
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Wesley Vincent Dies In Chair for Murder
Wesley Vincent of Shelton Washington was electrocuted at Kilby Prison for the murder of Officer Forrest Harris during a holdup that interrupted a Roosevelt birthday ball in Birmingham in 1935. His mother made the cross‑continent journey for him in his final days.
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Birmingham
Awning Fire Damages Offices and Flower Shop
Fire believed started by a cigarette thrown from a third story window stripped the awning from the office of Dr. Jay Selak on the fifth floor of the I O O F building Thursday evening. The window was scorched and a small hole burned in the awning of the Liebrecht Flower Shop on the ground floor.
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Train Bombing and Global War Flashes
Train bombing near Tel Aviv injures 14 Jewish passengers while snipers wound dozens more on a Haifa to Lydda route. Across the globe disorders flare as Syndicalists clash with Socialists in Malaya. 50 men arrested. In Japan, 31 miners die and 30 injured from a gas explosion at Otanry Colliery. A federal grand jury indicts Jess Goggleoya for shooting a Bois Fort Reservation member. The New York Supreme Court powers become a campaign issue for Norman Thomas. Potatoes drop sharply in Chicago amid high prices and fresh crop arrivals.
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Weather Forecast for Huron and Vicinity
For Huron and vicinity fair tonight and Saturday warmer. South Dakota generally fair tonight and Saturday warmer tonight and Saturday.
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Gold Clause In Platform Raises Question On What Borah Will Do
Republican delegates in Cleveland debate the impact of a gold clause added to the platform and Borah’s stance. The telegram from Alf Landon praising gold pleases some and unsettles others while Borah warns against a return to the gold standard. The convention trims planks on minimum wage and merit system as party factions seek unity.
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No Statement Yet Senator Borah Says
Washington June 12 Senator Borah of Idaho declined to say how he would vote for Governor Landon for president. Back in Washington after losing the Republican nomination battle he told reporters he was not clear on Landon’s message to the Cleveland convention. He refused to comment further and said he would have a statement only after returning to Idaho.
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Views differ on Landon selection in Cleveland
Huronians and visitors in the city offered varied opinions on the Landon convention. Some thought it would attract temporary support but fail as a November vote getter while others predicted the Republican ticket would be easily crushed by the Democratic machine. Senator Carl Weir of Beadle County forecast a Democratic victory state and nation.
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Landon Chronology of Dates From Birth to Presidency
The Landon chronology lists key life dates from 1887 birth in Middlesex Pennsylvania through education at the University of Kansas and its law school, entry into oil business, marriage to Margaret Fleming, birth of daughter Margaret Anne, service in government offices, political rise including gubernatorial nomination year 1932, and final mention of nomination for the presidency at Cleveland.
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Chamber Attacks Tax Bills In Conference Clash
The U S Chamber of Commerce denounces both House and Senate tax proposals on undistributed corporate profits. President Harper Sibley urges favoring the Senate flat tax, warning the House plan would hinder industrial growth and recovery. Conferees press differences with three days left in the session.
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Day Seconding Landon at Republican National Convention
Sioux Falls publisher Day voiced strong support for Governor Alf Landon at the Republican national convention. He praised Landon’s Kansas leadership as central to a Midwest victory and pledged South Dakota Republicans and Democrats in backing the candidate.
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Midwest
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Middle West
Pilot and Co Pilot Safe as Plane Falls Overboard
A resident reports that the pilot and co pilot of an American naval plane attached to the cruiser Memphis escaped injury by parachuting from the falling aircraft over Conde Beach in Santiago Cuba. They were rescued aboard the wrecked ship’s craft after the plane crashed into the water.
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Convention Nominates Knox for Vice Presidency at GOP
The Republican convention nominated Col. Frank Knox of Illinois for vice president with unanimous support after Landon was backed for the presidency. A draft Vandenberg movement arose but he asked his name be withdrawn. The platform stressed wage laws and gold policy, while Borah’s stance on the gold standard sparked debate.
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Knick-knack Stand Over 200 Years Old Owned by Disruds
The Rev and Mrs D S Disrud own a knick-knack stand said to be over two centuries old. It was given to them by the late Mrs Caroline Uecker.
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