Chicago Prepares for GOP National Convention Next Week
Chicago gears up for the Republican national convention with committees settling disputes among Georgia Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina Virginia and Tennessee. Delegates and national committeemen arrive to handle tickets contracts and press arrangements as security details tighten at the Congress hotel and city hall.
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Congress Hotel
ALGER
Congress
National Committee
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
Tse
Arid Dul Usules
Monver
Curtis
Ralph Willian
Republican National Commlities
Lake Michigan
Patrick J. Sullivan
Wyoming
Rim
Claveney C. Hamlin
Colorado
Justresses
John Rockefeller, Jr
North Carolina
St. Louis
Airpline Company
Are
Cmicago
Goitue
Avith
National Republican
City Hall
William Shoemaker
Lincoln Park Zoo
House Passes Garner Relief Plan amid Senate push
WASHINGTON June 8 The House backed Garner relief with a solid Democratic vote while Senate leaders sped the economy bill. The plan includes up to 300 million to states for relief, plus later consideration of an 800 million public works fund and a 1 billion expansion of the reconstruction unit. The Senate aims to balance the budget as the economy measure moves toward passage after some revisions and an expected conference with the House.
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Garner
Velief
Wenate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senuke
House
Partey
Bur Ten
Spe
Hoey
Cally
Senate
Congress
Pont of Passapte
Hoover
Senate GOP days plan attack on resubmission plank
Washington June 8 AP Republicans in the senate discussed a joint attack on the party’s proposed resubmission plank but left with no plan for unified action at the Chicago convention. Senator Borah Idaho declined to join. Garfield chairman of the platform committee left for Chicago with a tentative resubmission plank drawing support from GOP leaders.
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Washington
Senate
Brown
Borah
Smoot
Utah
Robinson
Indiana
Steiner
Oregon
Capper
Kansas
Thomas
Idan
Coldsborough
Maryland
Vandenberg
Michigan
Garfield
Dividend Omission Marks New Policy at Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Youngstown Sheet and Tube will omit the $1.12 1 2 dividend on its preferred stock for the current quarter for the first time in almost 30 years. The company has not paid a common dividend this year. In Philadelphia, Dr. William W. Keen, a noted surgeon, died.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Bodies Sought In Cleveland Blaze
In Cleveland a six story apartment house fire left unknown deaths after an explosion. A fifth charred body was recovered as eight tenants remained unlocated over 24 hours later. Officials suspected incendiary origin while denying gas cause amid strained rescue efforts.
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Cleveland
Clara Withers
James £. Granger
Frank JL. Merrick
Brookhart Loses Nomination For Iowa Senate Seat
Des Moines June AP The Republican ticket faces a setback as Henry Field an amateur candidate known for seed growing and radio ownership falters in the race for United States Senate. Field’s campaign tour features slogans and old fashioned rally style as opponents seize on his inexperience in national politics.
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Des Moines
Vegaries of
Politics Today
Iowa
United States
Henry Field
U. S
Internal strife in Chile denied by junta head
Santiago Chile January 8 reports of unrest in the socialist junta ruling Chile were denied by Carlos Davila the junta leader in an AP interview He rejected rumors of resignations counter revolution in the south and said discontent smolders only in scattered areas Aid pledges promise jobs through state control and taxing the rich to fund recovery with Davila predicting mass employment within a month
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Santiago
Chile
Jane 8
Carlos Davila
Associated Press
Henzo
Chilwan
Senor Davila
Caile
American Tells Harrowing Tale of Life with Bandits
SHANGHAI June 8 A American steam boat captain Charles Baker released near Hankow after five months of captivity by Chinese bandits who called themselves communists describes brutal abuse and near execution. He says the outlaws held 6,000 Chinese for ransom, looted peasants, and ran a wholesale kidnapping ring across 200 miles along the Yangtze. Baker plans to return to Oakland to reunite with his family and recuperate from the ordeal.
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Shanghai
Charles Baker
Hankow
Baker
United States
Oakland
Calif
Che’ Yangtze
Safety First Fatal Winnipeg Spike Incident and Aftermath
In Winnipeg near River ton, John Makai stepped on a long iron spike while swimming. He picked it up and tossed it aside, but later his brother Stephen died from a concussion after being struck by the spike. Paris reports Premier Herriott winning a decisive confidence vote in the chamber.
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Winnipeg
Man
John Makai
Lake Winnipeg
Riverton
Stephen
Paris
Herriott
Chamber
Texans Head to Washington on Scrapped Train Convoy
Vets from all sections converge on Washington as thousands of Texans plan to travel by a scrapped train. At Texarkana the center section shows beds filled with straw for temporary barracks in the capital. The scene portrays weary travelers and a rough journey.
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Washington
Texarkana
Florida Prefers Roosevelt in Democratic Primary
Jacksonville report shows Franklin D. Roosevelt leading the presidential nomination in Florida as returns from 180 of 419 precincts place Wilcox ahead of Ruth Bryan Owen in the fourth district. Roosevelt is favored over Murray and Chassee for the national ticket, while Debating candidates Deane, Lawry, and Peterson vie in the first district with a Prohibition referendum prominent in the count.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Mark Wilcox
Prohibition Veneal
Ruth Bryan Owen
Wilcox
West Palm Beach
Owen
Willian Jennings, Bryan
Roosevelt
William HH. Murray
Okahoma
L. J. Chassee
Milwaukee
Wis
Herbert J. Deane
Sumter L. Lawry, Sr
J. Hardin Peterson
Duane Lowry
Peterson
Vanderbilt Grants 254 Degrees In Large Class
NASHVILLE Tenn June AP Vanderbilt University awarded 254 degrees today in one of the largest classes in the school history Among the graduates were five doctor of philosophy candidates 17 master of science 54 master of arts 16 bachelor of divinity 52 doctor of medicine 124 doctor of law 168 bachelor of arts and 15 degrees in the school of engineering The awarding followed the commencement address by Dr Henry Nelson Snyder president of Wofford College and member of the class of 1887 at Vanderbilt.
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Nashville
Tenn
Vanderbilt University
Henry Nelson Snyder
Wofford College
Vanderbilt
Weather Forecast Notes for Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee forecast calls for fair weather tonight with partly cloudy skies and slowly rising temperatures in the east. Virginia expected to stay fair and cool with interior sites partly cloudy and a gradual temperature increase. Readings taken at 6:00 p.m. show yesterday's data with no rainfall recorded compared to the previous year.
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Virginia
T. C. Flavris
U.S W
Insull Abandons Empire in Mass Resignations
CHICAGO June 8 Samuel Insull withdraws from all rail interests and 62 other corporations, effectively abdicating his vast utility empire. A federal court audit of Insull Utility Investments, Inc., seeks officer and director liability, potentially triggering civil action for recovery. Lindley ordered the audit as Insull resigns from major Chicago area lines and holding companies, ending his control of a vast corporate network.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Insull Utility Investments, Inc
Walter Lindley
Judee Lindley
Insull
Chicago Rapid Transit
Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
Chicago, South Shore and South Bend
Chicago Aurora and Elgin
Jas. Simpson
Marshal Field and
Lindley
Thomas Edison
Three Held in Murder at Kentucky Mine
Hopkinsville Ky June 8 three men were held at Christian county jail in connection with a mine labor dispute violence that killed Sheriff Waljan d Myers at Empire mine No 6. Goldie Fisk had been arrested earlier. grand jury probe promised. bullets and ammunition found on hills near the mine.
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Hopkinsville
Christian County
Kentucky
Wal Jan&d Myers
Empire Mine No. 6
Paul Davis
Maxie Long
Empire Mine
Goldie Fisk
Ira D. Smith
Myers
Empire Pit
Sir Barrette E. Brown
Ed, Pugh
Nashville, Tenn
W C T U Responds to Rockefeller Prohibition Remarks
Evanston Ill June 8 The national headquarters of the Women's Christian Temperance Union attacked John D Rockefeller Jr for his repeal stance calling it national stupidity The union urged state leaders to note that both parties have caved to liquor interests and warned that political expediency could reopen liquor's legal status The statement also denyies Rockefeller claim that drinking rose under prohibition as unfounded
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Evanston
Women's Christian Temperance Union
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Wsen
Rockefeller
Veterans Sit Tight as Bonus Plea Sparks Washington Crisis
Seven thousand veterans press for immediate payment of 32.4 billion in adjusted service certificates as food runs low and police brace for possible unrest. Veterans march past the Washington Monument led by George Alman, while government officials weigh sustenance plans and potential delays in Congress.
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Associated Press
Uncle Sai's
Washington
Congress
Worlare Service Men's League
Dowten Iy
Vier
Curtis
Garner
Capitol
Southern California bonus army heads for Washington
Southern California's bonus army of over 2,500 unemployed World War I veterans plans a lone journey to Washington, D. C., possibly this Saturday. HQ near downtown Los Angeles reports enlistments rising hourly as leaders seek transport, with veterans pledging to stay until the grievance is settled.
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Los Angeles
California
Bonus Army
Washington, D. C
Old Aire Grounds
Busness
Souther California
Tennessee speeds vets army on way north to Bristol
Between 400 and 500 Texas and Oklahoma bonus marchers left Nashville at dawn bound for Bristol on the Tennessee Virginia border with Washington as the end goal. Army trucks supplied by the state militia carried the men as Adjutant General W C Boyd advised Virginia of the advance and a National Guard field kitchen prepared meals en route. The expedition aimed to reach its destination by nine this evening according to official wires.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Bristol
Tennessee-Virginia
Washington
National Guard
W. C. Boyd
Virginia
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