Prohibition Debate Dominates Republican Convention
Republican delegates at the 1932 national convention faced a fierce fight over a repeal plank. With over a third supporting repeal, leaders warned of the political risk while advocating federal control of liquor and state referenda. Idaho opposed both administration and repeal. the conflict highlighted Hoover's dry campaign and debates on amending the Eighteenth Amendment.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Chicago
Hoover
Mabel Walker Willibrandt
California
Idaho
Borah
Congress
James R. Garfield
Garfield
Bingham
Connecticut
Mills
John L. Mee-Nab
Nichols Murry Butler
New York
Two St Louis Men Die by Own Hands In Separate Cases
At St Louis, Charles Cole Frederick, 49, president of St. Louis Meter and Pump Co, shot himself in his office on the eve of his firm’s bankruptcy sale. Harry Siegel, 65, Missouri State Life Insurance agent, was found dead by poison at his Clayton home after distress over ill health.
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ST. Louis
Louis Bainess
Charles Cole Frederick
St. Louis Meter and Pump Company
Harry Siegel
Missouri State Life Insurance Company
Clayton
Bank of France installs emergency Bang release in passage
In a security measure the Bank of France adds a device to release tons of Bang into the passage to its strong room during emergencies. The dialogue suggests personal drama as a man explains marriage plans and family ties with a protective aunt guarding wealth.
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Bank of France
Greta Garbo Considers Quitting Hollywood at Peak Fame
The article compares Garbo's potential retirement with other famous quitters like Calvin Coolidge and Marion Talley. It discusses her desire to return to Stockholm for theater, her simple life, and the public's skepticism about leaving wealth and fame at the crest of success. It notes past quitters' outcomes and Garbo's possible move toward a European stage.
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Greta Garbo
Hollywood
Greta
Calvin Coolidge
Gene Tunney
Coolidge
Sage
Northampton
At & Dollar & Word
Marion Talley
Metropolitan Opera
Bobby Jones
John W
Gates
New York
3. P. Morgan
Betcha&Million
Port Arthur
Texas
Mney
Charlie Chaplin
Prince of
Denmark
Chaplin
Joan Crawford
Crawford
Garbo
Sweden
Combines
Reapers
Kansas Wheat
Toles
Metropolitan
Tunney
Social Register
Greta, Garbo
Mass
Marian Tailey
Kansas
John W. Gates
Circle
Am Assoc Teams Bunched After Key Losses
The American Association saw teams bunch after three first division clubs dropped games to second division rivals. Toledo beat Minneapolis 2 to 1, Indianapolis lost both ends of a doubleheader to Kansas City 2 to 0 and 4 to 2. Milwaukee fell to Louisville 8 to 2, St Paul and Columbus idle. Today’s schedule lists Milwaukee at Louisville and Kansas City at Indianapolis with Minneapolis at Toledo.
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United Press
American Association
Toledo
Minneapolis Millers
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Smith
Fette
Milwaukee
Louisville
St. Paul
Columbus
Mineapolis
Moberly Man Heads Locomotive Firemen
A. F. Brayfield of Moberly was elected state chairman of the Missouri Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers at the annual convention. St. Louis was chosen for the 1993 meeting. F. S. Long of Clinton was elected first vice-president, T. Mitchel of St. Louis second vice-president, and G. Bush of St. Louis re-elected secretary-treasurer.
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Moberly
A. F. Brayfield
Miss Solri Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
St. Louis
F. S. Long
Clinton
T. Mitchel
Bush
Clergy Leadership Urged for National Reform
Hannibal Missouri June 16 Aggressive leadership of the clergy could unite 45 million Christian church members for reform Lansing F Smith of St Louis president of the American Educational Society told the Missouri Synod of the Presbyterian Church annual meeting last night Smith said bankers businessmen and political leaders push methods for commercial gain ignoring ethics
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Hannibal
Lansing F. Smith
St. Louis
American Educational Society
Missouri Synod of the Presbyterian Church
Smith
Flynn and Harris kept in Day Service after probe
Prohibition director Amos W. Woodcock retained Charles Flynn a Poplar Bluff agent and Thomas Harris a Springfield agent following a night hearing about recent raids on stills and a shooting. Flynn testified his gun discharged accidentally during a pursuit. Harris faced disobedience and reckless driving accusations and presented shifting accounts of a shooting. Ministers from Springfield supported Harris as Woodcock warned both to use brains over force.
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ST. Louis
Charles 8. Flynn
Prohibition
Poplar Bluff
Thomas B. Harris
Springfield
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Woodcock
Flynn
Rastus Bay
Ray
Poplar Blut
Harris
Prohibition Bureau
Dudley Mitchell
McDonald County
Mitchell
Personnel Department
Marshall
Lebanon
Springfeld
Aviatrix Mille Bernstein Dies by Poison in Algeria
The 27 year old Russian aviatrix Mille Bernstein bled herself by drinking poison in champagne at an inquest in Giskra Algeria. Her body was found at the Biskra airfield after she traveled there to attempt recapture the world straight line record held by Amelia Earhart Putnam.
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Leni Bernstein
Giskra
Algeria
Mila
Bernstein
Biskra
Amelia Earnhart Putnam
Republican plank called assinine in Missouri speech
Monroe City Missouri June 16 Col Bennett Clark Democratic U S Senator candidate assailed the Republican State convention plank on prohibition and resubmission calling it the most assinine proposition in the party across the state. He blamed Hoover and Agriculture Secretary Hyde for pressuring the plan. California's fish industry in 1931 was valued at more than 25 million dollars.
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Monroe City
St. Lows
Col
Bennett Oc
Clark
United States
Hoover
Arthur M. Hyde
California
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Jones
Mary
Joan
Gaele
Coolidge, Tunney
Missouri
Aviatrix
Jefferson Candy Co. Ll. EB
High St
Oneat Merns Ray Insurance Agency
Heyerhardt Bld
Styra Birchwood Lodge
Hexelhurnt
Wisconsin
Styra’s
Birchwood Lodge
Hazelhurst
Seel
Luckies
O. K. America
Ance Ershestyas
Erszy Tassedsy
N. B.C
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