Political passions rise over religion and farm relief
A sweeping account of the 1932 campaign dynamics notes farm relief and prohibition as the dominant issues. It reports Governor Smith courting farm leaders while Hoover aligns with dry southern Democrats. The religious issue surfaces via Alabama bolters and a Boston editor, with further debates over Prohibition and religious intolerance shaping the early campaign commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Price
Associated Press
Washington
South
Smith
Kansas City
Hoover
Alabama
Boston
Farm Belt
Char- Me” Bryan
Nebraska
Sehall
Minnesota
Blaine
Wisconsin
Wyckoff Declines Hoover Elector Post in West Virginia
Ole Wyckoff of Grafton cannot serve as a presidential elector due to federal employment laws. The first district would fill the vacancy with a replacement from Taylor County after his resignation, as Republicans plan a Monday meeting to appoint a successor and advise the state committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Be, Wyckoff
Grafton
Fairmont
Charles. E. Carrigan
Wyckoff
United States District Court of
West Virginia
Hoover-Curtis
Taylor County Executive Committee
Farnest FP. Clark
State Committee
Wyckett
Rpublican
Convaciontrone
First Congressional District
Taylor County
Cre
Committe
Grafton School Costs and Attendance Revealed
The annual report of the Florida Rice superintendent discusses per pupil costs and district finances. It shows total school expenditures of 1,165,800 offset by 7,850 in tuition, with 1,398 elementary and 480 high school students enrolled, and an average daily attendance around 1,169 in elementary and 436 in high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FLA. Rice Superintendent of Schools
Board of Education
Cily
Grafton
West Virginia
Graftonians
Grafton Hird
National Edution Association
State Education Association
New Meyer Transit Starts Davis Grafton Route
The Meyer Transit Company inaugurates a Davis Wisconsin area service on the Northwestern turnpike between Grafton and Oakland Maryland and Davis with a four route schedule linking to Clarksburg Philippi and Elkins. First bus leaves Bartlett Brothers terminal at 6 30 this morning with later departures at 11 50 2 30 and 4 30. The Davis Grafton line uses Bartlett terminal for now and plans point to point connections with Clarksburg Philippi Elkins and a future Fairmont link.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer Transit Company
Davis
Northwestern Turnpike
Grafton
Oakland
Clarksburg
Philippi and
Elkins
Meyer
Bartlett Brothers
Davis-Grafton
Bartlett
Philipp and Elkins
Fairmont
Grafton- Fairmont
Hassell off on next leg of long hop to Greenland
Bert Haswell and Parker Cramer departed Cochrane Ontario at 12 12 p m EST for Mt Evans Greenland completing the second leg of their Rockford Illinois to Stockholm Sweden flight in the Greater Rockford monoplane Their ascent was flawless despite two days rain delay and they planned radio only communications over the barren north route Trappers cabins and Labrador shacks would be their only visible human habitations as they cross the Lakes and forests toward Mount Evans before continuing to Greenland and then Teeland
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cochrane
Ont
Bert Haswell
Parker Cramer
Mt. Evans
Grenland
Rockford
Stockholm
Sweden
Greenland
Labrador
Mount Evans
Teeland
Five convicts again at large after escape in Texas
Richmond Texas August 18 five convicts charged with the murder of Dog Sergeant Henry Ward at Imperial state prison farm Sugarland escaped from Fort Bend county jail last night. They picked locks, climbed to the roof and lowered themselves to the ground by blanket ropes. Ward, who had charge of the bloodhounds, was slain when he aided a guard overpowered during a cotton field shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Texas
Henry Ward
Imperial State
Sugarland
Fort Bend
Ward
Four Arrested in Philadelphia Slayings Case
Philadelphia police detained two men and two women after the killings of Hugh McLeon and Manuel O Leary. Samuel Feldman and Prancis Peterson face charges, while Jennie Brooks and Grace Williams are held as suspects. Police recovered two shotguns and bullets matching the wounds at the apartment tied to the case. Judge Lewis ordered a grand jury probe into the city crime wave as Jos C Korte visits Maple Avenue family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Rcent
Hugh McCleon
Case
Manuel O' Leary
Samuel Feldman
Prancis Peterson
Jennie Brooks
Grace Williams
Peterson
Tolind
Te Brooks
McLeon
O'Leary
Williams
One Man Killed Two Hurt In War On Robbers
Aug. 18 near Waubamik residents tried to capture three robbers who looted a mail car on a Canadian Pacific train from Sudbury to Parry Sound. A farmer named Jackson was killed by a shot to the neck. One bandit was captured and $1,500 found on him. The other two escaped.
Kellogg En Route to Paris for War Peace Pact Signing
Secretary Kellogg sails from New York aboard the Isle De France bound for Paris where a multilateral renunciation of war treaty, to be signed August 27, will be formalized. He travels with Mrs. Kellogg and three state department aides, with W L Mackenzie King aboard to sign for Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kelloge
Paris
Kellogg
State Department
New York
Isle de France
Pasengers
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
Briand
France
Mr. Kellogg
Hoover quits native state on cross country campaign
Herbert Hoover leaves California for West Branch Iowa to spend a day with boyhood scenes before resuming campaign activities. The Associated Press reports he enjoyed public speaking during his California stop, delivering a main Los Angeles speech and several remarks in Long Beach and Pasadena before continuing to G rand Canyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Senator Curtis
Kansas
Topeka
Pacific Coast
Smith
Albany
James L. West
Associated Press
Grand Canyon
Ariz
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
Republican Party
California
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Walsh Plans Aid for Smith in Campaign Push
Albany dispatch reports Tom Walsh of Montana traveled to meet Governor Smith, delivering a pointed critique of Coolidge and Mellon and praising Smith as bringing a human element to Washington. Walsh urged support, cited Catholic solidarity, and predicted a preferable alignment on fundamental issues while highlighting cabinet ties and party dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Walsh
Smith
D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Albany
Montana
Walsh
Executive Mansion
Washington
William G. McAdoo
Madison Square Garden
California
New York
Coolidge
Mellon
Morrow Wins Warm Welcome Across Oaxaca Southland
American ambassador Dwight W. Morrow travels through Puebla and Oaxaca as a guest of honor. Crowds greet him at stations and in Indian villages. What was to be a quiet private trip turns into a public event as his good will and friendship with Mexico become widely known. Continued on page six.
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Jaoyer
Stanford University
Gov. Smith
John Roach
Smith
James
University of Virginia
White House
Walsh
Jon
Fall
Daugherty
Forbes
Mellon
United States
Executive Mansion
Oaxaca City
Oaxaca
Mexico
Dwight W. Morrow
Morrow
Puebla
Ittle
Mexico City
Milla
Inquest Ordered After Midnight Shooting Death
A coroner's inquest is set for 3 30 P M at the Bartlett undertaking establishment regarding the shooting of Lonnie Maattey by Clyde K Bradford. The victim died from perforated intestines in the city hospital after being shot with a .32 caliber pistol at close range. Witnesses including Mrs Gene W Ford Layne Ford William Doll Night Patrolman Charles Morris Fire Chief Ralph Lake Horace Helms were summoned. County Coroner A R Weston will conduct the inquiry. Bradford remained jailed after the victim's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie Maattey
Clyde K. Bradford
Mahaffey
W. Merle Watkins
Bartlett Undertaking Establishment
Gene W. Ford
Layne Ford
William Doll
Charles Morris
Ralph Lake
Horace Helms
A. R. Weston
Flemington
Bradford
Four in murder case tied to McKinney slaying in West Virginia
In Williamson, West Virginia on August 18, a 55 year old father, his two sons, and a daughter were jailed in Mingo county on murder charges connected to the death of Albert McKinney, 24, husband of a daughter, shot through a door in his mountain home near Gilbert. McKinney named a suspect before dying, while his wife tried to deter police questioning. State police note longstanding enmity with the wife's family since the marriage four months earlier. The jailed include Dave Cline, Cynthia McKinney, and her brothers Buffalo and John Cline, all denying knowledge of the shooting as officers cite conflicting alibis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
W. Va
Mingo County
Albert McKinney
Gilbert
McKinney
Dave Cline
Cynthia McKinney
Buffalo
John Cline
Curtis Nominated for Vice President at Kansas Statehouse
The Kansas Statehouse hosts a large Republican gathering as Charles Curtis is formally notified of his nomination for vice president. Delegations from states arrive by rail and road, with Curtis greeted by supporters, veterans, and Native American delegates. Weather calls for partly cloudy skies with possible showers this night and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Topeka
Kas
Charles Curtis
Republican Party
Curtis
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Anti-Saloon League
Promisis
Midwest
Loss
Virginia
Daniels
Carolina
Ole Wyckoff
U.S. Employe
Rice
Meyer Co
Hassell
Greater Rockford
Jos. C. Korte
Willard
Ohio
J. B. Korte
Maple Avenue
Powers
Old Iowa Town
Capitol
Alvin T. Hert
Kentucky
Republica National Committee
Prohibition
Fess
Congress
House
Senate
National Party
Work
Republican National Committee
Herbert Hobver
Charlie" Curtis
Julie Pappin
White Plume
A.C. Curtis
Indiana
Ellen Pappin
Shawnee County
Ain
Yhine
Ben Pamen
J.R. McFadden
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Powen
Fest
Governor Fisher
Penpaulsvania
Mabel Walker Wilebrandt
James Preston
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