West Virginia GOP delegates hold love feast caucus
Kansas City June 12 AP report says West Virginia Republicans met at the State Hotel to organize for the national committeeman and committeewoman elections. Avie John Marshall was elected chairman. Sutherland presided. Delegates debated Hoover and Lowden loyalties, delaying votes to Wednesday. most backed Gott first ballot with Lowden second.
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Kansas City
West Virginia
Miously
Avie John Marshall
Parkersburg
U. S
H. Waggy
Charles “J. Schuck
Wheeling
W. C. McKell
Glen Jean
J. H. Gaines
Charleston
Boyd Jarrell
Huntington
Vernon Johnson
Berkeley Springs
Wright
Ceredo
Howard Sutherland
Jarrell
Gaines
J. G. Bradley
Dundon
Bradley
Guy D. Goff
Hoover
White
Goff
S.M. Hoff
Sutherland
Lena Lowe Yost
National Committee
Highland
Gott
Wade Pepper
Clarksburg
Gof
Lowden
Rain Dampens Start of Republican Conclave in Kansas City
Rain and strong winds greeted convention crowds as 16,000 expected attendees prepared for the opening of the Republican conclave in Kansas City. Weather threatened delays but held steady as delegates gathered and awaited proceedings.
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gBhsas City
Egy
Weather forecast for West Virginia showers and warmer
The forecast indicates showers tonight and Wednesday across West Virginia with warmer conditions tonight and in the east portion on Wednesday. Affected areas include the western regions tonight and eastern portions by Wednesday with lingering rain chances and temperature rise through midweek.
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West
Virginia
East Portion
Colored lad electrocuted early today in Grafton
A youth of 18, Joe Jackson, was killed when a prank to disable a street light near the colored Baptist church in South Grafton went wrong. With John Boston Jr Theodore McDonald and William Hall, the group attempted to pull the bulb, Jackson grabbed the reflector and received a full electric shock, Hall nearby also struck. They carried him toward Dr Warder’s residence but Night Patrolman Mays arrived and confirmed Jackson dead.
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Colored Baptist
South Grafton
Joe Jackson
Pauld B. Jackson
Barrett Street
Jackson
John Boston, Jr
Theodore McDonald
William Hall
Hall
Baptist Church
Boston
Grafton Bridge
A. 5
W. J. Mays
Fess Praises President in Keynote Talk at RNC
Simeon D. Fess of Ohio delivered the keynote to the Republican national convention in Kansas City praising Calvin Coolidge as the party leader and emphasizing his record and leadership. He urged support for policies while opposing artificial farm relief and speculation on future government influence. The address lauded Coolidge’s judgment, vision, and public duty.
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Kansas City
Coolidge
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
O'io
Delates
Fess
Calvin Coolidge
Pew
Miss Mabel Boll Heads Toward Transatlantic Flight
Miss Boll prepared to fly the Columbia monoplane from Roosevelt Field to Harbor Grace N F on a second attempt to cross the Atlantic. Pilots Capt Le Boullier and Arthur Argles joined owner Charles Levine’s chief mechanic Andrew Surrint aboard. Weather forecast prompted a cautious approach with a direct Europe flight unlikely. takeoff succeeded after a long run despite earlier fog.
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N. F
Mabel Boll
Atlantic
Columbia
Harbor Grace
Germany
Oliver le Boutillier
Arthur Argles
Royal Air Frew
Andrew Surrint
Ehlef Me
Charles A. Levine
Miss Bell
Queen of Diamonds
Josephine Bell
Rochester
N .Y
Levine
Here
Europe
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Hoover Strength Widens At Democratic Convention
Delegates from Pennsylvania choose to back Herbert Hoover on the first ballot as Secretary Mellon urges unity. Idaho and New Jersey switch to Hoover. Coolidge is effectively out. Hoover’s nomination seems assured though floor votes will continue.
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Commerce
New Jersey
Hoover
Edge
Kansas City
Herbert Toover
Republic National Convention
Pennesylvania
Mellon
Butler
Republican National Committee
Massachusetts
Masachusetts
Secretary of Commerce
Idaho
Senator Borah
Hoover Bandwagon
View
James W. Good
Hoover-in-Washington
Coolidge
Scretary of Commerce
Robert W. Wheatley
Associated Press
Herbert Hoover
Pennsylvana
Metlon
Phildelphia
Coolridge
Wiliam
Ware
Melloh
Treasury
Nobile Leads Small Group Toward Ship
Kings Bay Spitzbergen June 12. Hungry and frost bit ten six crew members of the Italia including General Umberto Nobile make a perilous march across Arctic ice toward the ice breaker Brasai za. Rumors place one crewman missing and possibly aboard the gondola of the airship at the time of disaster.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
Brasaiiza
Tost
Ttwlia
Citta di Milano
Italia
Youth victor in battle to beat gallows in Utah firing squad
Manti Utah June 1 Sheldon Reid Clark 23 confessed slayer of Don Solovich former butler in Lita Grey Chaplin home was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Jury verdict in under four hours. sentencing set for June 15. Clark claimed self defense after a January 6 death on a road near Gimison Utah. He admitted taking about $2000 but denied robbery as motive.
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Utah
Sheldon Reid Clark
Don Solovich
Lita Grey Chaplin
Clark
Solovich
Gimison
Solavich
Butler
Lark
Oribery
Hind Clark Brew Foundenty
Three Bridge Workers Die In Collapse At Ohio River Span
Parkersburg W V June 12 three bridge workers were drowned when a temporary trestle supporting a bridge across the Ohio River between St Marys W Va and Lower Newport Ohio collapsed. Victims Harry Martin Raymond Pura and Ralph Cline worked for the American Bridge Company. Martin's body was recovered with others missing as rescuers searched the wrecked girders. Water from recent rains weakened the temporary supports and work began to raise the fallen span.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Ohio River
St Mary's
W. Via
Newport
Ohio
Harry Martin
New Martinsville
Raymond Pura
Oriedo
Ralph Cline
Radford
Virginia
Rive
Bailey Brown First 70 Die Price Claims
A paper titled Bailey Brown Hero by Andrew Price recounts first Civil War land battle history in Philippi and earlier deaths. Miss Mattie Jace presented at Betsy Ross Tent meeting, detailing May 1861 confusion in northwest West Virginia including Gratton and Porterfield Lee interactions and Taylor county as contested by North and South.
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Phiipps
Brown
Northwest
West Virginia
Gratton
Baltimore and Ohio
Virginia
Porterfield
Robert E. Lee
Lee
Taylor County
Dailey Brown
Tuck
Death Of Chang Tso Lin Announced In Tokyo
Tokyo June 12 reports confirm Chang Tso Lin dictator of northern China died in a Mukden bombing after abdication. Several aides were killed, including Wu Chung-Sheng. Initial rumors of slight injury gave way to news of his comatose condition as attacks disrupted his retreat from Peking.
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Tokyo
Japanese War Office
Chang-Tso- Lin
Mukden
Chang
Peking
Wu Chung - Sheng
Heisungkiang
China
Kansas City Hall Echoes Past Event
An Associated Press report recalls the Kansas City hall as a venue of major political moments. It notes the 1928 Republican national convention and past figures like William Jennings Bryan, Coolidge, Hoover, Lowden, and Woodrow Wilson. The piece hints at future 1923 presidential campaign beginnings and references Wilson’s League of Nations covenant speech.
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Kirk L. Simpson
Associated Press
Kansas City
Republican Party
William Jennings Bryan
Coolidge
Hoover
Lowden
Party of All America
Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Convention Gets Going in Kansas City Nomination Push
In Kansas City at the Republican convention, Hoover leads the push for the nomination with Coolidge expected not to run again. The opening session confirms a rapid pursuit of Hoover on the first ballot, as key figures shift to his camp and vice presidential selections remain a contentious point.
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Kansas City
Coolidge
Hoover
Dower
Republican National Committee
Pennsylvania
Idaho
Vermont
Secrretary Mellon
Butler
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