Woman's angle shapes planks for Democratic platform
Chicago dispatch notes pre convention maneuvers by Democrats with a focus on women’s issues. Royal Stevens of Pennsylvania proposes a tax on money paid to foreigners for marrying American girls, while Muna Lee cites Republican limits on equal rights. Oklahoma's Alfalfa Bill Murray jokes about his wife joining campaign efforts.
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Chicago
Resolutions Committee
Royal Stevens
Pennsylvania
Muna Lee
National Woman's Party
William
Bill” Murray
Oklahoma
Believe civil war will wreck gangs in Chicago
In Chicago on June 24 AP reports a top enforcement official believes civil war within Capone’s empire could topple the crime syndicate. A diagram of the vast Capone empire shows how the jailed leader funded the network as the underworld braces for intense gang strife unseen since Capone’s rise.
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Scarface
Atanne
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Gan Strife
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WIRETAPPER KILLING SPARKS RIVER HUNT FOR BODY
Detroit reports June 24 AP that Orville Turley, an escapee from Colorado prison, faces custody doubt as Missouri and Illinois officials search the Mississippi River at St. Louis for Clyde Bailey’s body. Police quote Turley confessing to killing Bailey on June 16 near St. Louis over a $14,000 wiretapping swindle.
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Orville James Turley
Colorado
Missouri Andllinois
Mississippi
St. Louis
Clyde Bailey
Bailey
Columbus
Turley
Geonard Hagey
Missouri and North Arkansas railroad seeks loan aid
Receivers for the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad ask the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve a one year loan of 575000 dollars from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The filing amends a prior request for 1250000 dollars as officials said the commission could not grant the original. Receivers' certificates would secure the funds to pay taxes due in Arkansas.
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Washington
Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad Today
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reconstrucction Finance Corporation
Arkan
Snow Blankets Hills Near Florence in Historic Event
Heavy snow fell through the hills near Florence during the night, a phenomenon unseen in centuries by locals. The report notes unusual whiteout conditions striking the area as residents recall no prior occurrence of similar snowfall in living memory. It also mentions cows in northern Russia and Siberia wearing glasses to prevent snow blindness.
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Florence
Italy
Russia
Siberia
Teeth plucked by loan collectors in New York incident
Joe Bernstein says loan sharks Baratz brothers abducted him after a $56 loan, drove him to a dentist who removed much of his bridgework, stripped him of clothes except trousers, then released him. The Baratz brothers were arrested.
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New York
Joe Bernstein
Bernstein
Baratz
Daniel
William
Baratz Brothers
Mental efficiency varies with weight in children
In Syracuse in June 1974 a study by John Levy of Columbia University reported to the AAAS finds that 40 New York children showed improved mental scores after weight changes. Fat children grew thinner and improved mentally, while thin children became heavier and gained mental efficiency, a surprising result.
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Syracuse
New York
American Association For the Advancement of Science
John Levy
M. D
Columbia University
Cowles Nomination Backed by Senate Banking Panel
Washington June 24 The Senate Banking Committee voted 4 favorable reports on the nomination of Gardner Cowles Sr publisher of Des Moines as a director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
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Cowles
Washington
Gardner Cowles, Sr
Des Moines
The
Reconstruction Corporation
Senate Banking Committee
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