Hoover Faces Delegates Clash Over Nomination Shape
The article outlines Hoover’s lead in delegate contests as five days before the Republican convention. Opponents led by Lowden and Watson seek blocks to block Hoover’s 545 needed votes, with strategy talks in progress and hopes to rally Pennsylvania and other delegations. Coolidge potential support and farm relief debates add to the uncertain landscape as days until the convention dwindle.
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Kanoppo
Hoover
Commerce Secretary
National Committee
House
Lowden
Senator Watson
Indiana
Watson
Curtis
Pennsylvania
Coolidge
Farm Relief
Middlewestern
West Virginia Weather and Knights of Pythias Officer Election
Fair night with rising temperatures Friday as clouds increase. Knights of Pythias announce election of officers tonight. Attendance expected for Keeper of Record and Seal.
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West Virginia
Knights OF Pythias
Record
Plane Fails to Take Off Delays Trans Pacific Flight
The Southern Cross monoplane piloted by Captain Charles Kingsford Smyth and Charles Ulm, both Americans, could not depart Suva Fiji on the planned trans Pacific leg to Brisbane Australia due to heavy surf. Fuel drums arrived late, tide was high, and daylight ended the attempt allowing a postponement to tomorrow.
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Fiji
Sime 7
Kane
Australia
Nasolai Bash
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Charles Ulm
Pacific Coast
Tioneer
FHI
Naselai Beach
Oakland
Cal
Sydney
Nine Men Convicted Of Brutal Slayings in Kentucky
Shepherdsville, Ky June 7 Nine men were convicted in circuit court here today of murder in the death of Mrs. Kate Browning 69 whose home was fired May 4 The jury fixed the sentences at life imprisonment The Browning cabin was barricaded and set afire as masked men fired from outside A lengthy deliberation followed with the jury returning a blanket verdict before being asked to list all defendants Continued on Page Fight
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Shepherdsville
Kate Browning
Browning
John Bolton
Frank Kinder
James Harris
Elner
Clarence Crenshaw
Rank
Leslie
Sellby
Golden Hodge
Basil Richardson
Page Fight
Gambling Seen As Root Of Chicago Crime Rise
Chicago reporters reveal in two new chapters a gambling syndicate with reach into many cities, tracing the underworld’s rule to the early 1900s. The Illinois Association for Criminal Justice notes persistence of gambling personalities, political upheavals reshaping crime, and increasing syndicate resilience financed by reformers’ scrutiny and the Carnegie Foundation funds. Mont Vennes, real estate man and former head of General News Bureau, is cited as central to collecting and distributing race track news across Chicago and major cities. Continued on Page Five.
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Chicago
Ilinois Association For Criminal Justice
Carnegie Foundation
Dal
Mont ‘Vennes
General News Ture
Fire injures ten at Hollywood cafe after party
A midnight fire and explosion wrecked a Hollywood cafe after film luminaries left the venue. Ten people were injured, two fatally. among the seriously injured were Theodore Nedjensky, a former Russian general, and Irving Storther. Authorities investigate possible incendiary origin as guests including Colleen Moore, John McCormack, Renee Adoree, Jack Dempsey, and Estelle Taylor were among the gifts. Continued on page four.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Theodore Nedjensky
Irving Storther
Charles Chaplin
Marquis de la Falaise
Colleen Moore
John McCormack
Renee Adoree
Wilbur Sees Navy Preparedness Upheld At Graduation
At the United States Naval Academy Annapolis June 7 Secretary Wilbur tells 171 graduates that the government now maintains a permanent officer corps and modern equipment. He recalls 1884 when deterioration was the norm and cites ongoing capital ship modernization as proof of a fixed policy of readiness.
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Annapolis
Wilbur
United States Naval Academy
Navy
More Demonstrations Against Jugo Slavia
A Vienna dispatch reports renewed and more violent anti Jugo Slavic demonstrations in Zara Dalmatia. Jugo Slavs were assaulted and property damaged by Italians with two flags spat upon and torn.
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Vienna
Neue Freie Presse
F Agram
Zagreb
Croatia
Zara
Dalmatia
Former Klansman Goes Before Jury in Fraud Case
Indianapolis June 7. Karl Klinck of Evansville charged as an accessory before the fact in connection with a fraudulent affidavit. Trial delayed due to absence of Senators Watson and Sanders. Indictment ties Klinck to a document that allegedly framed Senator Watson in a 1926 election bid. Continued on Pago Eight.
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Karl Klinck
Evansville
D. C
William Rogers
Reed
St. Louis
Rogers
Asher
Stephenson Leutenant
Thomas H. Adams
Vincennes
Ind
Watson
Pago Eight
State closes in bomb case in Monongah mine trial
In West Virginia on June 1 1927 defense seeks to prove alibi for James Toney and George Cole in a mine bombing case. Querino testified Cole joined the plan to pay for explosion, while Cole allegedly took no part in the discussion. James Ewing testified Toney stayed at his Lily home Sept 12 1927 after an injury, as he searched for work.
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W.va
James Toney
George Cole
Monongah
Ciotti Querino
Sam Ciotti
Querino
Cole
Toney
James Ewing
Tridgeville
Lily
Ewing
Divorce Sought By Princess Helen in Romania
The Lupta reports Princess Helen seeks divorce from former Crown Prince Carol after his escapades in England. General Condescu, his legal representative, has returned from Belgium with consent for a decree expected soon. Helen previously declined divorce in 1925 over religious scruples but changes cited after Carol’s expulsion. The Romanian government reportedly believes Carol cannot return as husband or heir.
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Romania
Lupta
Carol
England
Helen
Athens
Condescu
Belgium
General Averson
Magda Lepesc
Friendship Plane Fails To Lift From Water In Atlantic Hop
The monoplane Friendship carrying Amelia Earhart Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon could not rise from the harbor despite favorable wind shifts. After three failed attempts the crew prepared for a fourth try as weather expectations improved for a coastal crossing toward Europe.
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Trepasser
Atlantic
Amelia Earhart
Boston
Wilmer Stultz
Lou Gordon
Stultzland
Stultz
Miss Bell
Columbia
Bellanca
Gordon
Locate Auto Bandits Loot Detroit News Payroll
Six men robbed the Detroit News yesterday, taking about 14800 dollars. The haul was less than half the payroll, with other funds left or dropped as the robbers fled. A car escape triggered a citywide manhunt after two police officers and a News employee were wounded in a street gun battle. Patrolman George Barstad was critically wounded.
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Detroit
Detroit News
News
Istil
George Barstad
Thaw Unable to Set Foot Off Steamer in England
London reports Harry K Thaw barred from leaving the Aquitania at Southhampton under immigration rules. He will only see England from the ship deck and is likely to be denied Cherbourg landing for lack of a French visa. The liner heads back to New York on Saturday via Cherbourg.
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London
Harry K. Thaw
New York
Southhampton
England
France
Cherbourg
Aquitania
Home Secretary
Pope Reviews Mexican Case in Vatican Briefing
Rome June 7. The Mexican church situation will be reviewed exhaustively by Roman Curia officials after Pope Pius received Archbishop Ruiz Yllores of Michoacan. A semi official communique said the archbishop presented a report to the Pontiff, outlining the latest state of the controversy between church and state in Mexico.
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Roman Curia
Vatican
Pas
Monsignor Ruiz Y Jllores
Michoacan
Ruiz
Mexico
Columbia Monoplane’s fogbound night flight from Curtiss Field
After six hours aloft and loss in fog the Columbia returned to Curtiss Field unable to reach Old Orchard Maine on the first leg of the trans Atlantic Night mission. Miss Mabel Bell, sponsor, aims to proceed despite the setback, with Le Boutillier and Argles as co pilots and Surini as mechanic. Weather worsened, forcing a graceful landing back at Roosevelt Field. La Prensa later reports Miss Bell as widow of a Colombian ranch owner. she disputes the claim, detailing a past marriage in Connecticut in 1922.
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Columbia
Curtins Field
Old Orchard
Mabel Bell
Misa Bell
Charles A. Levine
Germany
Clarence Chamberlin
Roosevelt Field
Old Orchid
Long Island
Miss Bell
Oliver le Bou- Allier
Arthur Argles
Andrew Surini
le Boutillier
New York
la Prensa
Mabel Boil
Atlantic
Hernando Rocha-Schloos
Bogota
Colombia
Miss Bol
la Préned
Rocha
Connecticut
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George Story Fowler
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Queen of Diamonds
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