Smith seen as possible nominee vote plan amid convention power play
Reports say Smith may secure a first ballot nomination with broad support from Indiana and southern states. Leaders discuss night sessions, with 1,100 delegates and Moon tomorrow for key actions. Organizers race to assemble blocs including Hull, George, Moody, and Donahey to block Smith's path.
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Smith
Indiana
Woolen
Moon
Dix x
Sam Houston Hall
Woodrow Wilson
Houston
Reed
Missouri
Daniel C. Roper
South Carolina
Roper
Internal Revenue
Tha Smitth
An- Smith
Dan Moody
Texas
Hull
Tennessee
George
Georgia
Evans Wooten
Donahey
Ohio
Atlee Pomerene
Kelly Bartlett Shoe Company at 63 W Main St Grafton
The Kelly Bartlett Shoe Company in Grafton offers metropolitan shoe shopping with a complete stock from leading manufacturers. Salesmen fit feet scientifically, windows display the season’s styles, and the store aims to provide efficient service and better foot fitting for local customers.
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Grafton
W. Main St
Kelly-Bartett Shoe Company
Gratton
Bolin and Hamilton Funeral Directors at 104 Walnut St
Bolin and Milton Hamilton operate a leading funeral home in Grafton at 104 Walnut Street phone R07. They emphasize courteous, fair service with a complete staff and modern equipment, serving Taylor County with reliable embalming and funeral care.
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Grafton
Walnut St
Messrs
Bolin
Natstilon
Rockefeller denial on stock sales spreads in Indiana
The article notes Rockefeller interests denying reports that John D. Rockefeller senior and junior were selling their holdings. It cites Indiana stock concerns with 32 000 holders and asserts no shares have been sold, despite widespread questions about stake sales and delegation releases.
Kellogg Pact Emphasizes Peaceful Dispute Resolution
Secretary Kellogg notes the Kellogg treaty renounces war as national policy and urges pacific settlement of all disputes. The United States states readiness to sign immediately and hopes other nations accept without qualifications. The treaty omits self defense, which Kellogg says remains a sovereign right and implicit in every treaty.
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Kellog
United States
Kelloge
Smallpox Quarantine Ordered After Flemington Case
Wholesale vaccination is ordered in Wemington after a Flemington case. Dr Suddarth, county health officer, quarantined the Fogg household where a relative was diagnosed. The patient had recently been in Harrison county amid outbreaks. Neighbors Banks and Brown aid vaccination efforts. a man named Stuart is sought for vaccination to prevent spread. The case is Tayor county’s first in months, with no expected epidemic.
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Wemington
Suddarth
Matthew Fogg
Harrison County
Flemington
Fogg
A. G. Brown
Barbour County
Brushy Fork
Stuart
Fos
Taylor County
Mrs Evans Dies After Illness in Grafton Home
Mrs. Anna Estella Evans 44 died Saturday at 2 45 pm at 1520 Beech Street after an illness. A Wood County native, she lived in Grafton 25 years and was active in the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Ladies Auxiliary. Survived by husband H H Evans five children Clarence Mildred Arranwanna Eva and Jean one brother Ke H Steele of Ohio and one sister Mrs Blanche Rice Morgantown. Funeral 2 30 pm Baptist Church with Rev John W Brown. burial Bluemont Cemetery by Bartlett Funeral Company.
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Anna Estella Evans
Beech Street
Jane
H. Steel
Ohio
Blanche Rice
Morgantown
Baptist Church
John W.brown
Ladies’ Auxiliary
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Bluemont Cemetery
Bartlett Funeral Company
Nobile Rescue Flight Lands Leader After Ice Stranding
Nobile’s eight man expedition faced peril as rescue flyers reached near Foyn Island. The leader was carried to Hinlopen Strait and taken to Virgo Bay for care aboard the Citta Di Milano. A Swedish seaplane later attempted to pull remaining marooned men from the ice, but overturned on a second landing.
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Nobile
Foyn Island
Hinlopen Strait
Virgo Bay
Citta di Milano
Italia survivors search for Amundsen and five crew
Reports from Kings Bay to Soerfjord north of Bergen say an Italian seaplane found no trace of Roald Amundsen and his five companions. The Krassin ice breaker sails from Bergen toward Kings Bay to cover Amundsen’s planned route, amid rumors of a Moscow contact and rescue attempts by a Junkers plane aboard the Krassin. Accompanying Amundsen were Lief Dietrichsen and four French naval airmen led by Rene Guilbaud.
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Italia
Roald Amundssen
Penzo New
Kings Bay
Soerfjord
Bergen
Norway
Bear Island
Krassin
Amundgen
Fos
London
Paris
L'Information
Moscow
Roald Amundsen
Junkers
Spitzbergen
Amundsen
4 Og Amundsen
Lief Dietrichsen
Rene Guilbaud
Negro Youth Drowns Here In Heat End
A 17 year old Negro youth John Moorland, of 114 Front Street, drowned at Three Fork Creek after cramps while cooling off. He was pulled from the back water near the creek road and efforts to revive him failed. Moorland had recently operated the elevator in the Grafton Banking and Trust building and had lived here a little over a year. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Moorland and several siblings. Funeral services were held at 2 PM at the Methodist church with interment in Bluemont cemetery. Bartlett Funeral Company handled arrangements.
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John Moorland
Front Street
Three Fork Creek
Moorland
A. R. Warden
Mooreland
Grafton Banking and Trust Company
Thornton Road
Jesse Moorland
Thayer Street
Rev
T. Thomas
Bluemont Cemetery
Bartlett Funeral Company
Flight sets Amelia on Atlantic wind mastery
American flyer Amelia gains news prominence as she conquers the stormy Atlantic with a pioneering flight. Oscar Watson notes the girl aviator's achievement and its symbolism for women in aviation.
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Oscar Watson
Associated Press
Amelia
Judge Rockwell as Democratic delegate and manager
Ravenna Ohio judge David Ladd Rockwell has long attended national party events. Since 1896 he has been a Democratic observer and in 1924 served as national manager for William Gibbs McAdoo. He later attended the 1928 convention as a delegate from Ohio's Fourteenth District.
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David Ladd Rockwell
Ravenna, C
Willliam Gibbs McAdoo
Ohio
Farhart and the Friendship Piloted by Wilmer Stultz
A report links Boston’s Farhart and Newfoundlander to Wales aboard the hydro air plane Friendship piloted by youth Wilmer Stultz, with Louis Gordon as mechanic. Simultaneously Arctic flight crews search for missing Nobile party and Amundsen, while Major Maddalena and other planes supply the marooned Italia crew. Reports from Belgrade note a political shooting, Montenegrin deputy deaths, and a divorce ruling near Bucharest. Peking renamed Peiping signals Northern Peace as Chang Hsueh-liang succeeds. Poincare promotes franc stabilization. Opera House hosts Dynamite and a dog star in Call of the Heart.
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Farhart
Boston
Newfoundland
Wales
Willmer Stultz
Louis Gordon
Nobile
Maddalena
Italia
Belgrade
Peasants Party
Stefan Raditeh
Jugo Slav
Puntea Ratehiteh
Michael
Ney
Nanking
Peking
Peiping
Chang Hsueh- Liang
Chang ‘Tso-Lin
Manchuria
Poincare
Francé
Chamber of Deputies
June Jubilee pageant standings and county fair highlights
The report lists candidates led by Bertie Vandergrift with a crowded field including Isabel Wells Nena Kenter and out of town favorites in a chaotic June Jubilee event. It notes baby pageant contestants Genevieve Bary Mies Josephine Hart Minute Lucas Miss Alice Biter Miss Mildred Williams and many others amid carnival preparations, parades, and local amusements. The piece also mentions a film feature with Grand Cobb and others, and notes national guards troops and a levee crisis in nearby counties with dynamiting history and sheriff statements.
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Bertie Vandergrift
LA Jeffrys
Isabel Wells
Nena
Kenter
Brown and Dyer
E-pee
Genevieve Bary Mies
Josephine Hart
Lucas
Alice Biter
Mabel Woodward
Dorothy Swiger
Mildred Williams
Elizabeth Kelley
Mary Sullenberger
Ruth Virginia Day
Lara Deane Himelii
Nellie Simmons
Isabel Well
Sara Catherine Lucas
Eva Colebank
Viola Jeffrys
Emma Marie Warers
Edgar Tucker
Flossie Lundy
Genevieve Sanghury
Mary Virginia Kesling Mina
Dorothy Dolan
Mildred Renner
Margaret Joop
Ruth Digman
Mildred Moats
Birgie Moats
Mystery Twain
Mids
Haddie Las
Sudie Brown Titlus
Philippi
Mide Mangaret
Nichi
Jeavle McDonall
Pailine Dunhamy
Guess
Pruntytown
National Guards
Mississippi County
Arkamsna
White Rivers
tWuodrRip
Lil Lake
J. A. Dubs
Vedsiegt
Carnival Opens Tonight With Brown and Dyer Show
The Brown and Dyer Shows arrive after a tense trek from Cumberland blocked by a landslide. The carnival moves west and will open at six tonight with a parade to the athlete Field for the Moose Jubilee. Alfred Dernberger touts a clean organization, urging families to attend for a week of Jubilee features and Dixieland Troupe performances. Tomorrow features Kiddie Day at Fult on Field with reduced prices and a Baby Parade. More troops sent to protect levees in Linde Rock, Ark.
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Ottis Parrish
Moose
Alfred J. Dernberger
Brown and Dyer
Gilly Klein
Order of Moose
Anita Oe
Jay
Fultio Field
City Council approves routine business and bridge plans
City commissioners held a busy semi monthly session approving routine matters and reviewing two job applications. They discussed plans for a Penna bridge approach affecting the traction company, and tasked City Attorney FOHw to pursue a claim for damage done on Rauscher street. Mayor Cathet and Commissioner Morgan will locate a new driveway to Bluemant cemetery, with sewer issues on East Long Street to be addressed next meeting. Current bills were approved and city funds reported sound.
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Mera Suge Wa
Susa Wentie
Traction Company
Taffic
Gene W
Fohw
Ona C. Jefferys
Jefferys
Rauscher
Monongahela
Penn Palone
Texmatee
Iif
East Long Street
George R. Barnhouse
Fite
Rapida Ling
Commissa
W. McVicker
Sexton At
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Grafton Sentinel
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Merene
Kellogg
W. H. Evans
Nobile Safe
Arctic Wastes
Umberto Nobile
North Pole
Opera House
Senator Sheppard
Alngto
SRE
West Penn Public Service Company
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Linde Rock
Ark
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