Missouri candidates scramble for gains in party power
Meade Monroe reports after filing deadlines that Democrats seek organizational backing with Kansas City influence led by T. Pendergast while Republicans court Hyde Caulfield faction and Secretary Becker. With many ran for state offices, only minimal opposition exists for Auditor and Treasurer, and Congress races show shifting alignments as incumbents seek re election and new coalitions form.
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Meadec
Monroe
Hyde-Caulfield
Becker
Goveror
U. S
Govenor
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Congress
Forrest Smith
Richard R. Nacy
Pendergast
Caulfield
E. B. Clements
Macon
Missouri 1932 graduating class forms permanent org
In Columbia Missouri on June 6 AP reports the University of Missouri 1932 graduates organized a permanent alumni group after class exercises. Ivy planting at Francis Quadrangle and a wreath laid at Memorial Tower honored war dead. Dr Walter Williams addressed the crowd. Class oration by Willam Becker and history by Fern Spolander. Cecile Ellis read the class poem. The piece also mentions USC wielding a 3,000,000 pound hammer.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
Francis Quadrangle
Walter Williams
University
Willam
Becker
Brookhaven
Miss
Fern Spolander
St. Louis
Cecile Ellis
Houston
Texas
Riga Divorce Capital Hints Spark Backlash in Latvia
Milton Bronner surveys Riga Latvia as a potential divorce capital touting low costs and easy domicile. He notes a 2 dollar divorce fee, a large modern city of 400000, theaters, hotels, seashore resorts, and night life while warning readers of sensational travel appeal and the Riga Association of Hotel Men and Restaurant Owners.
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Milton Bronner
Riga
Baltic Republic
Latvia
United States
Riga Association
Reno
Nevada
Gosple
Max Reinhardt
Carvin
Little Republic
Kielow
Prohibition chief pledges effort to keep liquor from Chicago
Washington reports federal prohibition director Amos W. Woodcock said authorities are doing all they can to stop liquor sales during the Chicago national political conventions. He noted Chicago district administrator Malanehi Harney faces two major problems if inflow or sale of liquor is not prevented and praised his handling of the issue.
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United States
Latvia
Riga
Battle Riviera
Onze Fan
Otto Schwarz
Marais Vermana
Washington
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Chicago
Saiate
Malanehi Harney
Woodcock
Harney
Wisconsin
Illinois
Reynolds leads in North Carolina primary for Senate
In Charlotte on June 6 AP reports Robert R. Reynolds from Asheville led the Democratic U S Senate primary with about 2,000 votes over rival Senator Cameron Morrison. With 4935 of 1826 precincts reporting Reynolds 118,546 Morrison 116,662 and other candidates Bowie Grist Simmons trailed. A July 2 runoff seemed likely. Also Budapest reports Judge Peter Buzath died of apoplexy on the bench during a trial.
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Charlotte
N.C
Robert R. Reynolds
Asheville
Cameron Morrison
United States Senate
Reynolds
Morrisson
T. c. Bowie
West Jefferson
Frank D. Grist
Arthur Simmons
Burlington Poultryman
Budapest
U.P
Peter Buzath
Chicago gears up for Republican National Convention
Chicago mobilizes for the GOP gathering as thousands prepare to host up to 75,000 visitors. Convention preparations bloom across Ghienko Stadium conversion, hotel room bookings, street decorations and media shuttles with notable figures like Mrs Dolly Gann, John J Raskob and Alice Longworth among those reserving rooms.
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Ray Black
United Press State
Chicago
Chicaggo
Ghienko
Stevens
Congress
Dolly Gann
John J. Raskob
Alice Nicholas Longworth
Walter E. Edge
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Wiliam G. Mc Aad
California
Huey Long
Louisiana
Jcoseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Economic parley delayed by debts at Lausanne
London reports that plans for a world conference on curative economic measures likely will not solidify until the Lausanne debt talks are underway. The British government has not received replies to conference suggestions and doubts remain whether France, Germany, Belgium and Italy will commit before Lausanne concludes.
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London
Lausanne
France
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Two Spinsters Debate Men and Appearance
A brief Tit Bits quip has two spinsters arguing whether men should be chosen for brains, wealth, or appearance. One insists appearance matters most and should be sought quickly, provoking the other’s sharp reply about choosing men’s looks.
Eleventh Unsolved Murder In Greater Kansas City
The eleventh unsolved murder in Greater Kansas City since February 1 was the slaying of Earl McDowell, 42, sought by Chicago officers for a Chicago beer hall shooting March 23. His body was found on a lonely road west of Kansas City, Kansas, with head and neck wounds, apparently shot at the scene. He was well dressed and carried $17 in one packet.
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Kansas City
Earl McDowell
Chicago
Kas
Buardomen Erect A City Of Tents In Oklahoma City
National Guardsmen set up two city tents to shelter hundreds of flood refugees in Oklahoma City as heavy rains swelled the river watershed. Seven people died in the city last week and two in Shawnee Seminole counties. With 148 tents 1 200 cots and 240 blankets arriving from Fort Sill the 796 destitute families prepared to move into the southwestern canvas camp.
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Oklahoma City
National
Fort Sill
Sourthwestern
Bank of Faucett Robbed of $644 in Missouri Heist
St. Joseph Missouri June 6 cap The Bank of Faucett near Faucett south of St. Joseph was entered last night. $644 was taken. Officials found the robbery this morning after entry through a window and the vault opened with an acetylene torch.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Bank of
Intervene in Kansas City Southern stock purchase approved
The State Public Service Commission granted interventions by the Kansas City Board of Trade and the Attorney General in the Marty Cuy Fort Dodge railroad's bid to buy 104,508 shares of Kansas City Southern common stock.
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State Public Service Commission
Kansas City Board of Trade
Attorney General's Office
Fort Dodge
Kansas City Southern
California City Earthquake Damages Eureka Area
A violent quake leveled parts of Eureka killing one woman and injuring at least one more. Four shocks toppled walls, caused landslides, and shattered windows across a 250 mile area from Eureka to Rosebery Oregon. Arcata suffered property damage with no casualties. San Francisco felt a slight tremor at 12 49 pm.
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Eureka
Cal
Lerse
Rosebery
Ore
Harry McCutcheon
Arcata
San Francisco
Calif
Hope to encircle globe in six days goal set
New York June 6 AP Bennett Griffin of Oklahoma City and James Mattern of Ft Worth aim to circle the globe in six days in a pred, white and blue plane. They plan to use the Post Gatty Winnie Mae style tanks and beat the earlier around the world record. Hoover back home after weekend at Rapidan camp.
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New York
World
Bennett Griffin
Oklahoma City
James Mattern
Ft. Worth
Globe
Wiley, Post
Harold Gatty
Post-Gatty
Winnie Mae
Hoover
Washington
White House
Rapidan
Poondanie
Bonus Army Plans Great Parade Through Capital
Washington dispatch reports thousands of ex servicemen converging on the capital to press for immediate payment of the soldiers’ bonus. About 2,000 in the city with more en route, they refuse to leave despite police orders. Leaders expect a House vote on June 13.
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Associated Press
Solldiers
Pittsburgh
West
Orth
Pennsylvania Railroad
Old Robey
Ind
Kansas City
St. Louis
Roadhouse
Wichita
Brawley
Calif
Huma
Aviz
Dallas
New York
Boston
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska American Legion
Cleveland
Ponts
Michigan
Ilinois
Middle Western
East ST. Louis
Brooklyn
Alton, Railroad Co
Observe Their 70th Wedding Anniversary
Montgomery Missouri June é- AP Mr and Mrs Morrison Hendershoot of Middletown celebrated their seventieth wedding anniversary with open house for friends and relatives. They are said to be the oldest married couple in northeast Missouri. Their combined age is about 173 years.
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Montgomery
June É
Morrison Hendershoot
Middletown
Northeast
Missouri
Dewey Short Denounced For Prohibition Stance
In Springfield on June 6 AP reports at Grace Methodist Church pastor Dr. A J Croft denounced former preacher Dewey Short for his stance favoring modification of the Eighteenth Amendment. Short, 34, once a popular local preacher, now a Republican Senate candidate, advocates temperate alcohol use under strict rules. The sermon questioned whether licensing morals is possible and warned against aligning religious ideals with political positions. Short studied at Marionville College, Boston University, and Oxford, and was ordained in 1892.
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Grace Methodist Episcopel
North
Dewey Short
Short
Caétor Short
U. 8 Senate
A. 3. Croft
Jesus Christ
Dr. Croft
Marionville College
Ater
Ozark Weslyean
Boston University
Germany
Oxford
Financial Market Downturn Marks Pause After Rally
Stocks eased early in the week amid profit taking after a sharp advance in recent sessions. Major names slid 2 to 3 points with American Telephone and American Can among decliners. Brook lyn Manhattan Transit shed about 6 points on heavy selling. Dividend news was modestly positive as power and chemical stocks faced mixed results. Detroit Edison maintained a quarterly payout while Lembert cut annual voting to 4 from 8 but paid an extra 1, keeping total at 2 per quarter.
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Claude A. Jagger
Associated Press
New York
American Telephone
American Can
U. S. Steel
Consolidated Gas
Eastman
Comm Products
National Biscuit
du Pont
Allied Chemical
American Tobacco
Reynolds
Coca-Cola
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Norfolk and Western
Delaware and Hudson
Brooklyn-Manhattan
Lembert Cnt
Detroit Edison
Corn Products
National Biscuits
DuPont
Chilean Counter-Revolt Reignites In South
United Press reports a counter-revolution in southern Chile against the new socialist regime. Leaders say private property will be respected while taxes rise and some industries may be nationalized. Davila, ex-ambassador and movement figure, declares reforms aim at fiscalization and collective economy under a dictatorial Junta.
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James I
United Press Bantiago
Chile
Carlos G. Davila
South America
United Press
Davila
Washington
Juan Montero
Internaional Telephone and Telegraph
Junta
Congress
Echo portrait art debate at gallery
Two men discuss whether Echo should be depicted as a woman in a painting titled Echo. One argues she has the last word, the other notes an echo speaks only when spoken to. A separate note adds a Portland cement waste color change to tan.
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Echo
Portland
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