Exhausted Republicans Cheer Leader of Party
Exhausted Republicans pack Cleveland convention hall to hail vice presidential nominee Alfred Mossman Landon as John Hamilton, Landon’s manager, proclaims the name amid shouting crowds. The cheers drown bands and Hoover boosters, with the applause indicator peaking for 25 minutes. Continued on page tight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iddie Gilmore
Associated Press
Cleveland
Alf M. Landon
London
Landon
John Hamilton
Alfred Mossman Landon
Hamilton
Suzannah
Herbert Hoover
Weather Summary for Several States
Fair and cooler conditions spread across Tennessee east and central areas tonight with Saturday generally fair. Virginia expects fair and slightly cooler conditions in the east, with Saturday fair. Kentucky sees fair weather, cooler in the southeast tonight, then Saturday fair and mildly warmer. North Carolina reports partly cloudy conditions tonight and Saturday, with scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and possibly in the extreme south tonight, and cooler readings in central and northeast portions tonight. Readings note yesterday’s high and last night’s low, plus yesterday’s rainfall measured at 7 am for the prior 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
North Carolina
Oysters Served Year Round Defy Old Superstition
In New Orleans on June 12 the AP notes oysters are available beyond the famed R months. Twenty restaurants offered six raw oysters each with sauce and crackers to prove the old belief wrong. They explained shipments now travel from beds in six hours via high speed launches and fast trucks, undermining the myth that oysters spoil outside R months.
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New Orleans
Youth pays debt in electric chair in Montgomery
Wesley Vincent, age 20, died in the electric chair in Kirby Prison today for the murder of Patrolman Forrest Harris during a Roosevelt birthday ball night club holdup in Birmingham on Jan 30 1935. Gabriel Walters and Tyrie Harrell, both from Sumter and Elmore counties, were also electrocuted for deaths in separate debt related disputes. Patrolmen witnessed Vincent stiffen as the chair activated.
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Montgomery
Ala
Wesley Vincent
Kirby
Forrest Harris
Birmingham
Gabriel Walters
Tyrie Harrell
Sumter
Elmore
Harris
Vincent
Wright Favors Lower Taxes in Tennessee Governor Bid
C W Wright Oneida publisher campaigned for the Democratic nomination in Crossville Tennessee advocating lower gasoline taxes, cigarette tax cuts, and cheaper auto license plates. He argued lower levies would boost sales and offset revenue losses, while stressing the state must fund its expenses and curb evasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crossville. Tenn
C. W. Wright
Oneida
Wright
Landon delays full GOP endorsement until platform talks
June 12 Topeka Kansas Gov Alf Landon told reporters campaign plans await a conference with the newly chosen Republican national committee in Cleveland after the convention. He appeared tired but said he felt fine and noted a congratulatory telegram from Herbert Hoover.
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Hugh Wagnon
Topeka
Kas
Alf M. Landon
New
Republican National Committee
Cleveland
Kansas
Landon
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
TVA POWER PLAN SCORED IN REPORT
Knoxville readers note a Tennessee Valley Authority power plan draws fire as TPS reports 1935 operating revenues rise to 2.94 million while net earnings fall to 820 thousand. Higher expenses cited from a 66 thousand dollar rise in power purchases amid growing sales as critics warn of public municipal competition.
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Knoxville
Tennessee Public Service Company
Focal Power Utility
TPS
Power Company
Two Negroes Await Verdict On Hold-Up Slaying Charges
Nashville jury selection opens as Judge Chester K. Hart prepares to charge jurors in the first degree murder case of Frank Haynie Jr. and Tom Franklin, both 19, charged in the May killing of J. B. Scott, a bottling company truck driver, during a lunch wagon robbery. A waiter was wounded. The state seeks the electric chair. defense pleads for life. Witness J. W. Craughhan testifies the defendants admitted shooting Scott.
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Nashville
Tenn
Criminal Court
Tofay
Chester K. Hart
Frank Haynie, Jr
Tom Franklin
J. B. Scott
Ryvey
Scott
Jack Norman
Ned Lentz
J. W. Craughan
Police Keep Down Mass Strikes In France
Paris June 12 police moved to quell mass demonstrations fearing foreign elements in the strike crisis. Arrests were made of would be crowd organizers while gendarmes barred loitering. Salengro said 687 factories evacuated from strike control in two days as talks between socialist leaders and police continued. Finance Minister Auriol denied Schacht currency control methods and warned against devaluation, proposing tax reform and credit reorganization to aid exporters.
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Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Paris
Roger Salengro
Interior
Salengro
Veterans Select Annual Officers in Shreveport Reunion
Aged Confederate veterans at their Shreveport reunion named General Homer Atkinson of Petersburg as commander-in-chief and chose General E. N. Yarbrough for Army of Northern Virginia. General J. A. Gienn and General A. L. Steele were also elected to key depart ment posts while General R. E. Bullington became honorary commander for life. The group will meet jointly with the Grand Army of the Republic at Gettysburg.
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Shreveport
Homer Atkinson
Petersburg
Harry Rene Lee
Nashville
Tenn
E. N. Yarbrough
Columbia
J. A. Gienn
Starkville
Miss
Department of Tennessee
A. L. Steele
Houston
Tex
trans-Mississippi Department
R. E. Bullington
Memphis
Waxy
Atkinson
Lee
U.C.V
Grand Army of the Republic
Gettysburg
Bhut
Publisher scores free advertising at Arkansas meeting
Max Hampton, president of the Arkansas Press Association, condemns publishers cluttering pages with free publicity. He says weekly papers are bombarded and many cannot distinguish what to charge for, urging weeklies to adopt a symbol similar to the daily press (P). He quips that the symbol may stand for assassinated press for weeklies.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Max Hampton
Arkansas Press Association
Hampton
Booneville Ark. Democrat
Associated Press
Assassinated Press
Delegates ready for return trek from Tennessee
Cleveland June 12 Amid the Republican convention's close Tennessee delegates prepare to depart early to pursue a vigorous campaign. About 200 Tennesseans joined in festive demonstrations as Landon was nominated, with John Jennings of Knoxville and others parading banners reading Tennessee Landon and Tennessee Will Land Landon With Landslide. The horde surged toward the speaker’s platform as the rally ended.
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Floyd Lehberas
Associated Press
Sta
Cleveland
Borah
Idaho
Washington
Landon
John Hightower Cleveland
Dovis
Tennessee
John C. Goins
G. Lester Hill
Crossville
Landon Tennessee
Harry Davis
Dickson
Walter Burton
Liberty
Raleigh S. Hopkins
Columbia
Edward J. Duffy
Col
Frank Knox
Ilinois
Ali M. Landon
Kansas
London
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
Col. Knox
Rush
Harry W. Nice
Maryland
Forsse- A
Walter Edge
Knox
Michigan City
Chicago Daily News
Teddy* Roosevelt
Roosevelt rails at chiselers in Texas speech
President Roosevelt denounced labor as a commodity at the Texas Centennial in Dallas, warning that monopoly and profits for a few threaten democracy and the nation’s homes, while urging a broad defense of liberty through business and agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Roosevelt
Texas
America
Cotton Bowl
Officer puzzled by language barrier at crash scene
Officer Charles Lineback investigated a two-vehicle crash at Gate City Highway and Sullivan street. He could not communicate with Mexican drivers, later using interpreters from Kingsport. none spoke English, complicating the inquiry.
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Charles Lineback
Gate City Highway
Sullivan Street
Lineback
Ofiicer Lineback
Mexico
Kingsport
Washington
Tueallen
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GOP
Alfred M. Landon
Christ
Senator Borah
TVA
Akron
Ohio
Resolutions Committee
Gorah
Willam Allen White
Mark Hanna
Idahaan
Laden
Susannah
William E. Borah
T.V.A. Power Plan
France
Paria
Veterans
Ballyhoo
G.O.P
U.S
Texas Centennial Stadium
Edward J. Dufty
Alf Bs
Cal
Chiesga
Lyadon
Tandon
Wisconsin
William KB
Tein
West Virginia
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