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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1932

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Hoover and Curtis Are Re nominated By G O P

Guy D Haymond dies suddenly in his store chair of angina pectoris after pains in the shoulder and chest. He was a Grafton man of 84 years in business, former House of Delegates member, and past president of the local board of education. The store near Main and Latrobe, with his son Guy G Haymond assisting, saw its owner collapse before medical help could reach him. Funeral plans not announced.

Guy D. Haymond Grafton House of Delegates Board of Education of Haymond A. R. Warden Main Street Latrobe Guy G. Haymond O. S. Campbell Warden Mr. Haymond Joseph Hanway Mr. Hanway W. Mer Je Watkins

Ramsay MacDonald calls for U S aid at reparations conference

Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald told delegates from thirteen nations opening a reparations and war debts conference in Switzerland that Europe cannot act alone. He urged the United States to cooperate in broader problems and help devise policies to encourage trade and enrich nations.

Pecans Switzerland Europe United States Ramsay MacDonald Britain Cynhe

Convention flashes at Chicago reveal reformers and insistent voices

In Chicago a packed convention hall heard Mrs Agnes Jones Gifford of South Orange New Jersey deliver a quick speech about repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. Geraldine R Dodge of Madison New Jersey daughter of William A Rockefeller faced the scene as a potential presidential elector. Former Nebraska governors A J Weaver Sam R McKelvie and Adam McMullen attended the debates on the prohibition plank with mixed stances. Mrs John E Hillman of Coland predicted Charles Curtis as the nominee while internal disagreements surfaced over the party leadership and Davies.

Chicago Agnes Jones Gifford South Orange N.J New Jersey Gerladine R. Dodge Madison, N. J William A. Rockefeller Murray H. Coggeshall Nebraska Cornhusker A. J. Weaver Sam. R. McKelvie Adam McMullen George Sheldon Mississippi

West Virginia Girl Is Honored At GOP Chicago Convention

Nedra E Wilhelm of Point Pleasant West Virginia, aged 21, a veteran in politics through a suffragist grandmother and mother, is to be presented from the platform by Rep Bachmann at the Chicago GOP convention. She taught citizenship and sociology at Point Pleasant High School after graduating Goucher College and has spoken widely. Tulane was rated highest in sports horrors of any school in the Southern conference this year.

West Virginia G.O.P Chicago Nedra E. Wilhelm Point Pleasant W. Va Bachmann Goucher College Point Pleasant High School Nedra’ Rata Snell Tulane

High Spots in GOP Platform from 1932 Convention

The 1932 Republican platform, laid before the national convention, endorses Hoover leadership amid the economic crisis and seeks emergency state loans, banking reform, international monetary talks, a home loan discount system, and farm and tariff measures. It calls for forestry, mining, oil, and agricultural support, veteran legislation revision, and currency depreciation responses.

Chicago Hoover Federal Farm Board Tariff Commission Tne

Evangelist Illness and Republican Conventions Highlight June News

Los Angeles reports Evangelist Semple McPherson Hutton critically ill with conflicting diagnoses of typhoid fever and neurasthenia amid health tests. In Chicago, the Republican Convention rages over the repeal submission plank as critics mock it and leaders defend the committee’s work. Kansas City notes Marshall Deputy pleads guilty and receives life imprisonment for the kidnapping of Nell Donnelly.

Los Angeles Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton C. McKenzie Jones City Health Department Edward Huntington Williams Health Department Department Kansas City Marshall Martin Depew Downington Nell Donnelly

Tour by Civic Industrial Leaders Heads Toward Three States

Two bus loads of Pittsburgh civic and industrial leaders left today for a two day tour of Alleghany tableland visiting southwestern Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland cities in the interest of adding the large territory into bundled recreational development and unity.

Pittsburgh Alleghany Pennsylvania West Virginia Maryland

Hoover Re nominated on first Republican ballot

At Chicago Stadium on June 16 Hoover was renominated for president on the first ballot with about 1126 12 votes of 1154 as the convention applauded. Charles Curtis named running mate after a Pennsylvania delegation shift. Balloting began at 2 05 pm as states declared support and the convention pledged to Hoover.

Chicago Stadium Republican National Convertion Platform Committee Senator Bingham Connecticut Nicholas Murray Butler New York Ambrose Kennedy Rhode Island James R. Garfield Ogden Mills Hoover Curtis Herbert Hoover Charles Cuptis Pennsylvania John J. Blaine James J. Wadsworth Charles G. Dawes Illinois Joseph I. France Maryland West Virginia Chicago

Republican Platform as Submited to Convention

Chicago June 16 The Republican platform declarations submitted to the convention outline a pledge to party principles amid widespread distress and economic low mood. The document emphasizes restoring economic life, providing encouragement and relief to American families, and urging private citizen effort to work out the nation's task.

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Board of Education Donald U. S Milton Caniff Wilon Cr Se Charles Curtis John E. Hillman Coland Walt Aimee McPherson Hutton France Coolidge
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