Bank Robbery at Home Trust in Kansas City Sparks Shootings
Six to eight bandits robbed the Home Trust Company in downtown Kansas City during a crowded Republican convention day. Loot ranged from 25,000 to 60,000 dollars as tear gas bombs drove employees from cages. Police officers and a bystander were wounded, one man died of heart trouble amid the chaos.
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Kansas City
Home Trust Company
Walnut Street
J. B. Smith
Wiggins
Bank Feiais
Six Die in Tobacco Strike Rioting in Xanthi and Drama
Six persons were killed and forty wounded at Xanthi today as tobacco workers strike disorders continued. Cavalry charged the strikers at Drama as the government pledged a firm attitude in handling the unrest.
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Athens
Xanthi
American Tobacco Company
Drama
National Valley Of Mexico Floods Prompt Heavy Losses
Dispatches from El Continental report heavy rains and a waterspout flooding the National Valley in Oaxaca, Mexico. Many lives lost, houses swept away, plantations devastated amid soon to be restored water service actions. Weather forecast notes West Virginia fair and cooler tonight and Friday. City Commission addresses delinquent water users threatening shutoff to fund water works.
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el Paso
Tex
el Continental
National Valley
Oaxaca
Mexico
Democratic county committee meeting announced
A notice states a meeting of the new Democratic County Executive committee at the Dent and Warder office at 1 30 o clock Saturday afternoon June 16th to organize. All newly elected members urged to be present. Bailey member.
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Democratic
Dent and Warder
Bailey
Battle for second place in convention continues
Associated Press dispatch from Kansas City notes Republican delegates debate potential vice presidential picks Dawes Moses and Deneen lead discussions while Hoover holds a strong delegate lead awaiting binding sentiment. States display multiple candidates and worry over second place. Continued on page seven.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Kansas City
Dawes
Moses
Deneen
Herbert Hoover
Arrest Nurse for Shooting in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City June 14 Miss Maury Atkinson nurse who last summer was cleared of a murder charge connected to the deaths of an Oklahoma minister’s wife and daughter today was held with a young woman friend for questioning in the shooting of attorney Paul F. Showalter as he left his law office. Miss Rut Renfro, also a nurse, was arrested after admitting firing the shots only after Atkinson had lost her nerve. Page Three continued.
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Oklahoma City
Maury Atkinson
Oklahoma
Polies
Coolidge
Superior
Wisconsin
Washington
Coolide
Cooidge
Hoover
Ned
White House
Mrs Pankhurst dies a Suffrage Leader of Note
London reports Emmeline Pankhurst aged 69 died in a London nursing home after a short illness. As a militant figure, she founded the Womens Social and Political Union with Christabel and led early deputations for votes for women. Her hunger strikes at Holloway Jail marked a bold path for the suffrage movement. She later supported wartime efforts before death.
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London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Womens Social and Political Union
Christabel
Wind Storms Wreck Towns Across Arkansas
Wind and rain storms swept Arkansas this week wrecking Pyatt destroying all dwellings and leaving more than 100 residents homeless. Calico Rock faced two to ten feet of water in central Arkansas while Newport prepared for a sudden rise in the White River. Bridges washed away and crop damage reported.
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Side Rock
Ark
Pyatt
Califeo Rock
Newport
Italia survivors near rescue as ice drift nears shore
General Umberto Nobile and five crew members of the Italia are believed safe near help after radio operator Biagi said a relief party is in sight. Two other airmen of the rescue effort prepare to fly relief to the castaways drifting toward North Cape as Hobey plows toward the ice floe. The fate of ten others remains uncertain.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
Italia
North East Land
Citta di Atlano
Guiseppi Biagi
Kings Day
Beech Island
Foyne 18Land
Finn Malmgren
North Cape
Hobby
Ire
Talia
Nobile
Poya Island
Riiser-Larsen
J.j¢Uten
Bitter Fight Looms In Kentucky Party
In Lexington June 14 a bitter struggle for control of the Democratic state organization opened. One faction, backed by former Governor William J. Fields, opposed a group led by Beckham supporters from last fall’s campaign when Flem D. Sampson, a Republican, defeated Beckham for governor. Beckham’s anti racing stance split the party and influenced the outcome. The race for the delegation’s sentiment toward the Democratic national convention remains uncertain.
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Lexington
William J. Fields
J. C. W. Beckham
Flem D. Sampson
Beckham
Coysrnor-smith
New York
Hould
Oil magnate acquitted by DC jury in Senate inquiry
Washington June 14 Robert W Stewart chairman of Standard Oil Company of Indiana was acquitted today by a District of Columbia Supreme court jury of misdemeanor charges for refusing to answer questions from the senate oil committee about Liberty Land profits of Continental Trading Company He smiled as the verdict was read and shook hands with the jurors Stewart argued the questions were not pertinent and while the acquittal cancels the misdemeanor charge it does not clear him of perjury charges before the grand jury which is expected to decide soon.
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Washington
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Idiana
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Senate Oil Committee
Liberty Land
Continental Trading Company
Stewart
Senate Committee
Attempt Is Made To Assassinate Prince
A Tokyo dispatch reports an assassination attempt on Prince Kuni in Formosa on May 14 during a visit. A Korean rushed the prince’s car and hurled a dagger but he was unharmed. Formosa governor general Otsumoshin Yamakami resigned, taking responsibility.
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Tondon
Tokyo
Prince Kuni
Formosa
Otsumoshin Yamakami
Bad Weather Delays Columbia Flight Crew at Harbor Grace
Harbor Grace Newfoundland June 14 unfavorable weather over the Atlantic halts preparations of the crew of the Columbia for their planned flight to Europe. Baltimore June 14 comedian George Sidney is listed as a patient at St Agnes hospital with officials declining to discuss his condition.
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Harbor Grace
N.F
Atlantic
Europe
Baltimore
George Sidney
St. Agnes Hospital
La Follette Submits Minority Platform At Convention
Wisconsin Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr. presents a minority report urging McNary-Haugen farm relief, flood control, waterway development, and resource conservation while opposing foreign entanglements and wasteful military spending. He calls for honest government and stronger campaign finance disclosure as convention debates date and candidate.
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Kansas City
Resolutions Committee
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
la Follette
Coolidge
Ite
Republican” Gai
Republican Party
Congress
Federal Reserve System
Clark Reelected Chairman for Third Term by Grafton GOP
R. P. Clark of the Grafton Independent district was reelected chairman for his third term at a Republican executive committee session in the county building. Charles H. Freeze was chosen secretary and Fre a Garter elected treasurer. J. S. Burdett’s resignation was accepted and vacancies will be filled next Wednesday with candidates for major county offices invited to attend.
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R. P. Clark
Grafton
Clark
Charles H. Freeze
Flemington
Frea Garter
Fetterman
Booths Creek
J.S. Burdett
Grafton Independent
Platform Before Meei for Republican nominee
The platform approved by the convention pledges full support for reorganizing farming marketing machinery. It omits the controversial McNary-Haugen equalization fee, proposing stabilization corporations to manage surpluses via farmer owned entities. The plank condemns no major rivals and endorses the administration and Congress.
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Kansas City
Resolutions Committee
Coolidge
Congress
West Virginia Fights for Goff at Republican Convention
West Virginia delegates at the Republican National Convention await balloting for a presidential candidate. Most focus on Senator Guy D. Goff as platform work nears completion while the party drifts toward Hoover. A. A. Lilly prepares to nominate Goff despite limited optimism. Continued on Page Two.
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Guy D. Golf
A. A. Lilly
Mountain State
Goff
West
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Standard Oil Company
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Columbia
Smoot
Byron Price
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Casaine
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President Coolidge
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Fred Carder
R. P. Cronin, JR
Boyd Jarrell
Huntington
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