Roosevelt Garner control shapes Philadelphia convention scene
Philadelphia dispatch reports Democrats in strong control of the 1932 convention effort with Roosevelt and Garner poised for nomination. Debate grows over abandoning the two-thirds rule, with Southern opposition likely to challenge a majority rule. Farley forecasts a lean platform and a $2 million campaign fund backed by 5000 nominator rallies.
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Philadelphia
Pee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Nance Garner
Roosevelt
Union Party
Representative Lemke
North Dakota
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
Party
James A. Farley
National Committee
Garner
Cleveland
Farley
South
Candidacy Filed for Ninth District Representative
Frankfort reports J M Robinson of Laurel county filed with the Secretary of State for the Republican nomination to the United States House of Representatives from the Ninth District. Incumbent Rep John M Robison Barbourville seeks reelection.
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Frankfort
J. M. Robinson
Laurel County
John M. Robison
Barbourville
Weather outlook across states with cooling trend
Tennessee shows generally fair weather Sunday and Monday with cooler conditions. Virginia expects scattered showers Sunday then cooler and Monday fair. Kentucky predicts fair and cooler conditions Sunday with cloudy skies. North Carolina hazy Sunday with slightly warmer central areas and Monday partly cloudy with possible showers in the east. Highs reach near 98 Friday, 99 yesterday. lows around 59.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
North Carolina
TVA Offices Sought Move to Muscle Shoals Area
Taxpayers Harry J. Frahn and J. C. Harris of Sheffield Alabama filed in Federal court a mandamus petition to relocate TVA principal offices from Knoxville Tennessee to the Muscle Shoals area. The petition cites TVA act mandating offices near Wilson dam. Knoxville lies about 275 miles distant.
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Birmingham
Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville
Tenn
Muscle Shoals
Harry J. Frahn
J. C. Harris
Sheffield
Ala
TVA
Wilson Dam
Tobacco crop hit by drought across Kentucky
The Associated Press reports drought has cut Kentucky tobacco by about two thirds with more losses likely without rain early next week. State statistician Tom Middleton said about 25 percent of plants are out now, far above the normal 80 percent at this time. Corn and hay suffer, pastures dry and milk prices rise amid feed concerns. Meteorologist James Kendall warned rain prospects are slim, tobacco drying, and strawberries failing after a midseason start. Prayers for rain were held in Danville as temperatures reached 100 degrees.
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Associated Press
Kentucky
Tom Middleton
State Agriculture Department
Frankfort
Louisville
James L. Kendall
Louisville Weather Bureau
Danville
Hopkinsville
Liberty Leaguers May Walk Away From Democrats
Jouett Shouse, president of the American Liberty League, said the Democrats owe no loyalty to the New Deal and hinted they may sever ties from the party at Philadelphia. He urged caution and called for a candidate with hard-headed business sense to lead national rehabilitation.
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Shouse
New Deal
Washington
Jouett Shouse
American Liberty League
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Senate clash over AAA fraud claims in Texas
Senate debate sharpened around Senator Steiner of Oregon who alleged wholesale fraud and forgeries in the AAA Texas administration. Senator Connally of Texas countered that Steiner’s information came from a discharged, discredited former AAA employee. Senator Bilbo of Mississippi said the individual, P. W. Pryor, had been indicted in Missouri for embezzlement.
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Washington
Senate
Steiner
Oregon
AAA
Texas
Connally
D-Tex
Bilbo
D-Miss
P. W. Pryor
Missouri
Department of Justice
Mississippi
White House
Congress
Frazier- Lemke
Frazier
R-Nd
House
R-Ore
Oregonian
Doughton
Guffey-Vinson bill killed by Senate filibuster
In Washington the substitute Guffey-Vinson bill to establish price codes for soft coal failed as the Senate adjourned sine die after a long filibuster led by Senator Holt. The bill would have created 23 producing districts and nine price areas under a coal commission backed by United Mine Workers.
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Washington
Guffey-Vinson
Senate
Gufey
Supreme Court
Holt
D-W.va
Guffey
D-Pa
United States
House
D-W. Va
Lewis
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
West Virginia
John L Lewis
United Mine Workers
Robinson
Arkansas
Debris Probes Tie Death Toll to Sixteen After Bronx Collapse
In New York on June 20 the seven story Mosholu Parkway building collapse left sixteen dead and ten hospitalized as crews finished digging the debris. Officials halted search operations, launching an investigation into the cave in while workers who were on the roof sought their pay. The ruin bore banners reading The House of Tomorrow, and most victims were bricklayers awaiting payday. Also reported: Herman Schadow, longtime Lenox Hill hospital messenger, died at 73 after his ten year pay envelopes with cash were found intact, totaling about seven thousand dollars in estate assets.
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New York
Mosholu Parkway
Bronx
House of Tomorrow
Herman Schadow
Lenox Hill Hospital
Schadow
James Egan
Liberty Bonds
Trainer Jack Weaver Cleared by Kentucky Racing Commission
The Kentucky Racing Commission cleared trainer Jack Weaver of any connection with doping charges after a special meeting. Weaver had been suspended by Latonia Stewards pending a chemist's report showing traces of a stimulant in a saliva test from Grey Friar which won at Latonia on June 11.
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Covington
Kentucky Racing Commission
Jack Weaver
Grey Friar
Latonia
Latonia Jockey Club
Weaver
Congress Passes Tax Treasury Post Office Bills In Wind-Up
In Washington the tax treasury and post office appropriation subsidies clear Congress. Roosevelt lifts embargo restrictions against Italy and Ethiopia. A sense of convention fights in Philadelphia over two thirds rule. A mix of domestic and international actions marks the day.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury-Post Office
Congress
Roosevelt
Italy
Ethiopia
Philadelphia
Akron
Lemke
KentuckY Senator to Be Extradited
Governor Chandler orders the extradition of Senator John T. Murphy to Cincinnati to face charges of obtaining about fifty thousand dollars with forged signatures. The case involves funds from the Lincoln National Bank tied to Marie Therese Corby and Madeline Morgan Webber.
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Frankfort
A. B. Chandler
Ohio
John T. Murphy
Cincinnati
Rial
Lincoln National Bank of
Madeline Corby Morgan Webber
Marie Therese Corby
Detroit
Murphy
Courts of
Senate Candidate Five Injured in Kentucky Feud
Five men were hurt in Olive Hill Kentucky when a fight erupted involving knives rocks clubs and a pistol in a store clash. Boss Dyre 68 and Ern Dyre 30 were among those injured with others including Ellis Lawson Buck Lawson and Matt Wilson. Police said Dyre and his son led the attack, firing at the Lawson store before authorities intervened.
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Olive Hill
Boss Dyre
Ern Dyre
Boss Pyre
Ellis Lawson
Buck
Matt Wilson
Storm Store
Jim Haney
Dyre
Wilson
Lawson
Ern Dawson
Roosevelt lifts ban on munitions and adjourns Congress
The 74th Congress adjourned sine die after ending the Guffey-Vinson coal control fight amid a filibuster. President Roosevelt lifted embargoes on Italy and Ethiopia as war ceased, revoking arms and financial bans and easing trade restrictions.
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Roosevelt
Italy
Ethiopia
Washington
United States
League of Nations
State Department
Belated Funeral Planned for 25-Year-Dead Guy Bohannon
In Cookeville Tennessee relatives and friends will gather at the grave of Guy Bohannon who died 25 years ago for belated funeral services. Jeff Wall now a revival singer recalls attending the burial without a ceremony and says he will finally take part in the funeral on the planned gathering day.
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Cookeville
Tenn
Guy Bohannon
Bohannon
Jeff Wall
Lemke Aims August Union Party Convention In Cleveland
Representative Lemke of Indiana announces the Union party plans a mass convention in Cleveland in August to launch a 15 plank platform with economic slavery as the main issue. He says delegates may be limited by time and will meet with National Farmers Union leaders to discuss campaign strategy.
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Washington
Lemke
R-Ind
Union Party
Cleveland
Lincoln
E. H. Everson
St. Charles
S. D
National Farmers Union
Ed Kennedy
Kankakee
North Dakotan
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