Wall Street Not Backing Hoover Men in 1932 Campaign
Testimonies before the senate committee report Tammany has given no support to Governor Alfred E. Smith. Kuhn, Loeb financier Lewis Strauss says his firm did not donate to Hoover, but he personally raised about 30000 for the Hoover campaign. Rosenwald 10000, Moses 2900, Macy 2000 contributions cited. other donors include philanthropist John F. Harris 6500 and Warburton of Palm Beach involved in delegate seating considerations.
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New York
Tammany
Alfred E. Smith
George W
Olvany
The
Tammany Society
Senate
Street
Hoover
Wall Street
Herbert Hoover
Lewis F. ‘Strauss
Kuhn, Loeb and Comany
Strauss
Washington
John F. Harris
Palm Beach
Fla
Florida
Leonard Repogle
Warburton
Harris
Few Women Will Attend G.O.P. Meet
Washington June 2. Women comprise 49 percent of eligible voters yet will hold less than 6 percent of delegates at the 1928 Republican convention. Final tallies from states except West Virginia show 64 women delegates out of 1,089, with 239 women alternates excluding WV, totaling about 15 percent in the convention hall.
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Washington
America
West Virginia
Cleveland
Missouri
District of Columbia
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
South Dakota
South Carolina
Louisiana
Georgia
Alabama
Idaho
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Mississippi
Kansas City
Florida
Colorado
Indiana
Kansas
New Hrampshire
New Mexico
North Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Wyoming
Delegates Oppose People's Choice in WV Primaries
West Virginia delegates to Democratic and Republican national conventions show broad unpledged status and opposition to the people’s choice. In Kansas City, 16 of 19 convention votes are unpledged. 14 antiSmith in the Democratic slate. Hatfield to face Neeley in November. Taylor to challenge Conley for governor. Presidential figures show Smith leading Democratic vote and Goff ahead on the Republican side.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Kansas City
Guy D. Goff
Hoover
anti-Smith
New York
Smith
Henry D. Hatfield
M. M. Neeley
Alfred Taylor
W. G. Conley
Reed
Goff
German scholar Dr Louise Lam mert to spend year in Australia
Dr Louise Lam mert the first German woman to win an international scholarship since the war sails to Australia for a year of meteorological research. The International Federation of University Women awards the scholarship for her valuable work in the field.
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Berlin
Louise Lammert
Australia
International Federation of University Women
Lammert
Lawrance seeks bail in Durham murder case appeal
W Herbert Lawrence may file habeas corpus on Monday or Tuesday to obtain bail while awaiting the North Carolina Supreme Court ruling on his second degree murder appeal. The Durham contractor, sentenced to 30 years for the March 24 slaying of Annie Terry, is recovering from throat wounds inflicted two weeks earlier. Judge Nunn denied a bond motion.
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Durham
W. Herbert Lawrence
Supreme Court
Chatham County
Pittsboro
Jones Fuller
Annie Terry
Lawrence
R. A. Nunn
Bond
Mob Lynches Two Negroes Near Leesville
Two Blackman brothers Lee and Dave were seized from officers five miles from Boyce and shot to death by a mob while being moved from Leesville toward Shreveport. Deputies reported 20 to 25 in the mob and planned a vigorous probe.
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Alexandria
Lee
Dave Blackman
Leesville
Lhlkreveport
William Blackman
J. Frank Phillips
Long Leaf
Phillips
Shreveport
Boyce
Turner
Evidence At Utility Case Examines Publicity Methods
The Federal Trade Commission debates Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico segments of its probe into power utilities publicity. George E. Lewis testifies while letters reveal committee pamphlets aimed at educators, described as a bread pill rather than propaganda. A 1923 Iowa textbook survey notes schools removing hostile material after official attention.
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Rocky Mountain Committee
Public Utilities
Federal Trade Commission
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Commission
George E. Lewis
Lewis
M. H. Aylesworth
National Electric Light Association
New York
W. S. Vivian
Iowa
Joe Carmichael
Iowa Committee On Public Information
Carmichael
Tientsin Sees Tense Calm as Nationalist Forces Advance
China June 2 report says Tientsin remains tense but not panicky as Chinese authorities take control of the city and the railroad station amid a looming northern retreat. Japanese reports note disturbances at Fengtai near Peking, yet troops reportedly stay under control. An orderly withdrawal is possible if nationalist pursuit is restrained.
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Tientsin
China
Fengtai
Peking
Former Congressman Among Suspects In Mail Robbery Case
Chicago June 2 A former congressman Charles S Wharton is indicted with six others on charges of robbing the US mail linked to a 133000 Evergreen Park train heist. The case names Limpy Cleaver Donovan Meccia OBrien Litsinger Flannery. two remain at large. Bond set at 100000 for the group and 10000 for Wharton as he is expected to surrender. The indictment alleges Wharton and his wife were away Feb 25 to allow robbers to use their home to divide loot and that the defendants after the raid went to the Wharton home to distribute proceeds. Cleaver allegedly left 4000 at the residence and later notified where it could be found.
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Chicago
Charles S. Wharton
United States
Federal
Evergreen Park
Wharton
Charles
Limpy) Cleaver
William Donovan
Frank Meccia
Lawrence O’brien
Virgil Litsinger
John Flannery
North Carolina Voters Nominate State and Federal Aides
In Raleigh today North Carolina voters choose nominees in five congressional districts and for lieutenant governor and labor and printing commissioner. The Smith for president issue shapes campaigns with Langston Fountain Burgwyn backing Smith while Kerr Roberson Dickson Creekmore Mack Battley Bulwinkle Carpenter Abernathy Gardner face off in varied races.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
al Smith
Cordell Hull
John D. Langston
Goldsboro
R. T. Fountain
Rocky Mount
New York
W. H. S. Burgwyn
Woodland
Smith
John H. Kerr
H. G. Roberson
Oscar P. Dickson
W. W. Poll
Thomas Creekmore
Paul W. Mack
William C. Hammer
T. E. Battley
Lee Bulwinkle
John G. Carpenter
Arthur T. Abernathy
O. Max Gardner
Shelby
Federal taxes rise in May say Grissom limits tale
Raleigh June 2 The Internal revenue collections in North Carolina for May showed an increase over May 1927 but Collector William Grissom declined to publish cigarette stamp sales. He said he would not anger tobacco firms and that Washington would announce figures instead. He noted a temporary stock slump tied to cigarette lamp sales in the state.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
William Grissom
Italian Aviators Break World Duration Flight Record
Italian aviators Major Ferrarin and Captain Del Prete completed a 58 hour 37 minute nonstop flight aboard the S-64. They launched Thursday from Montecello field and landed at Montecello at 8:52 p m, after circling roughly 74 kilometers per lap and traveling about 7000 kilometers, beating the previous American record by more than an hour.
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Rome
Ferrarin
del Prete
Montecello Field
Montecello
Haldeman
Stinson
Stinson and Haldeman Set Endurance Flight Record
Eddie Stinson and Captain George Haldeman established a 53 hour 36 minute endurance flight record at Jacksonville Beach on March 29. They flew a Stinson-Detroiter cabin monoplane powered by a 220 horsepower Wright Whirlwind engine, while Ruth Elder’s former trans Atlantic attempt was connected to the test.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Jacksonville Beach
Here
Eddie Stinson
Detroit Airplane
George Haldeman
Ruth Elder
Stinson
Haldeman
Judge Meekins Resumes Hearings in Cannon Gale
Judge IL M. Meekins of the U S eastern district resumes hearing arguments by estate attorneys for James W. Cannon Concord cotton mill magnate for a bill of particulars to require the government to be specific about alleged income tax frauds. The motion arose in Blair and Cannon executors suit to recover 1 504723.85 dollars allegedly overpaid in income taxes.
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Raleigh
IL M. Meekins
United States Eastern District Court
James W. Cannon
Concord
Meekins
David H. Blair
Internal Revenue
Charles A. Cannon
Cannon
Memory of Mordecai Honored at Duke Law
A memorial service for the late Samuel F. Mordecai dean of Duke University Law School will open Duke’s 76th commencement. J. P. Frizzelie of Snow Hill S C president of the Duke Law Alumni Association will preside and speak. Dr A C McIntosh of UNC Law School will also address attendees.
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Durham
Samuel F. Mordecai
Duke University Law School
Duke University
J. P. Frizzelie
Snow Hill
S. C
Duke Law School
A. C. McIntosh
University of North Carolina Law School
Duke
Mordecai
Ski Party Eager To Hunt Italia Crew In Spitzbergen
Italian Alpine troops plan an overland search from Kings Bay Spitzbergen aided by the sealer Hobby and the Braganza to locate the Italia crew near Hinlopen Strait between Wood Bay and Wilde Fjord. They rely on May 25 wind data and presume a crash not north of 79-80 degrees latitude and 18th meridian east.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Italia
Braganza
Morrow
Luet
Graganza
von Holm
Romagna
Cittandi Milano
Wood Bay
Wilde Fjord
Hinlopen Strait
West Spitzbergen
North East Land
Italians to start air Italia mission from Italy Monday
Italians plan a Spitzbergen bound hydro airplane flight with two Italian pilots from Italy on Monday. Captain Riiser Larsen may replace one pilot. An expedition using a German plane under Lincoln Ellsworth and Roald Amundsen, who flew with Nobile across the pole, is in prospect.
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Italia
Italy
Spitzbergen
Riiser- Larsen
Flyer
Lincoln Ellsworth
New York
Roald Amundsen
General Nobile
Pole
Planes share foxes breeders complain
Airplanes over silver fox farms in Wisconsin Rapids alarm breeders who report mothers bury their young when planes pass low. One farm says six mothers were frantically burying offspring as a plane swept overhead, risking the animals' lives.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Girl Dies In Room She Secluded From Lover
In Key West, Julia Colon a 14 year vow to hide from her lover ended in tragedy. The Cuban senorita died after isolating herself in a room at her aunt’s home refusing food and medical aid during a typhoid illness. The lover had urged forgiveness but the door stayed shut.
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Key West
Fla
Peking May Be Turned To Enemy
Reports from Peking say negotiations for a peaceful turnover to the nationalists are under way. Chiang Kai-Shek Feng Yu-Hsiang and Yen Hsi-Shan say they will entrust the peace preservation committee with keeping order during the transition, with limited troops to enter. Marshal Chang Tso-Lin plans to leave Peking at midnight as Shansi leaders prepare to take over the capital peacefully.
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Tokyo
Peking
Kan Ching-Lin
Yeking
Chang Tso-Lin
Comprehensive Indictment Shocks Chicago Prohibition Era
Federal grand jury returns a sweeping indictment naming 101 residents of Melrose Park as participants in a large alcohol ring. The probe cites annual profits up to five million dollars and lists leaders including Gus H. Bohlander village president Anthony Palma trustee and Joe Montana described as the combine’s leader.
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Chicago
Illinois
Melrose Park
Gus H. Bohlander
Anthony Palma
Joe Montana
Combine
Southern Cross Sets Sights On Long Pacific Hop To Australia
At Wheeler Field Honolulu on June 2 Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and crew prepared for the next leg of their 7,788 mile journey to Australia. They had 3,144 miles to sail to Opolu or sea, with 1,200 gallons used and 1,500 gallons aboard. Opolu landing sites were favored for easier takeoffs while Suva prepared for the third leg to Brisbane.
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Honolulu
Oakland
Calif
Southern Cross
Australia
Wheeler Field
Charles Kingsford- Smith
Isle of Opolu
British Samoa
Hawaii
Here
Opolu
Suva
Brisbane
Kingsford-Smith
Spanish fliers land safely near Dawiyah after forced stop
Spanish airmen Captains Iglesias and Jimenez, flying from Spain to Karachi, made a forced landing in the Dawiyah desert 200 miles north of Baghdad after an engine failure caused by dust. They reached Nasiriyah and expect to travel to Baghdad by train, staying with the Royal Air Force.
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Bagdad
Irak
Iglesias and
Jimenez
Spain
Karachi
India
Nasiriyah
Tigris
Euphrates River
Royal Air Force
Dawiyah
Aleppo
Guilford County Prison Admissions Highlight May Totals
Raleigh report shows 82 prisoners admitted in May with 18 from Guilford County. Of the confined, 53 were white men and no white women. Laborers led the list with 50 entrants.
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Guilford Raleigh
State Prison
Guilford County
George Ross Pou
Hst
Confidence Vote in New Government in Athens
Athens deputies pass confidence in the new government by 139 to 69 with the chamber voting today. The vote stems from ongoing political changes and signals parliamentary support for the administration.
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Athens
Chamber of Deputies
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W. H. Lawrence
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Grissom
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