Hull Keeps Prohibition From Dominating The Democratic Race
Senator Hull of Tennessee pressed for a plank favoring submitting repeal or retention of the 18th Amendment to the states, while denouncing attempts to make prohibition the central issue. He urged ruthless retrenchment and economy across federal, state, and local governments as Roosevelt supporters and other candidates jockeyed for convention influence.
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Chicago
Hull
Tennessee
Democratic Resolutions Committee
E Hull
Roosevelt
Lake Michigan
Roosevel
Huey Long
Louisiana
Resolutions
Democratic Party
United States
James A. Farley
Farley
Smith
Dureline
James A. Reed
Missouri
Ed S. Villmunre
Reed
Byrd
Garner
Henry Breckenridge
William C. Walsh
Ritchie-for-president Committee
Maryland
Hitchie
Swift Succession of Prohi Developments Shocks Washington
Washington on June 22 reports a rapid sequence of prohibitions related events. Senator Borah accused Postmaster General Brown of favoring repeal of the 18th amendment, prompting Brown and Mills denials. Borah defended his claim and his plan to shield dry states while preventing a saloon return, with continued debate noted.
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Washington
Garner
Borah Ofdaho
Senate
Brown
Borah
Mills
E. A. van Valkenburg
Philadelphia
Ghouls Foiled in Grave Robbery At Mount Carmel
In Chicago on June 22 AP reports ghouls attempted to rob the grave of labor racketeer George Red Barker recently slain by machine gunners. They shot at caretaker Joseph Sobol who fled behind his truck. pursuit ended when front tires and vehicle were damaged. Mount Carmel Cemetery lies in Hillside west of the city.
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Chicago
George ‘Red Barker
Mount Carmel Cemetery
Barker
Joseph Sobol
Sobol
Hillside
Smith Demands Immediate Repeal of Prohibition
Chicago June 22 Alfred E Smith urged direct repeal of the Volstead act arguing the eighteenth amendment is unworkable. He called for revising the Volstead act to permit sale of beverages with limited alcohol content to redirect bootleg profits into legitimate taxes amid a heated party convention scene.
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Chicago
Alfred J Smith
Campanier
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Smith
Treasury receipts and expenditures report brief
Treasury receipts on June 20 were 15,994,157.13 with 43,696.16 in expenditures. The net balance stood at 640,294,967.42. Custom receipts for the first 20 days of June totaled 11,606,167.03.
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Treasury
Washington
Baseball to Number Players In National and American Leagues
New York June 22. The National baseball voted unanimously to number its players as does the American League. Clubs will inaugurate the system as soon as possible.
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New York
National Baseball
American League
Oh Club
ICM dismisses Cooper Sunday train operation complaint
The Interstate Commerce Commission today declined to investigate Sunday train operation, dismissing Noah W. Cooper's complaint filed by Nashville attorney. The dismissal came on motions from the Pennsylvania Railroad, Missouri Railroad, and the Association of Railway Executives. A stray line mentions a Southern constellation within the Antarctic polar circle.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Noah W. Cooper
Nashville, Tenn
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
The
Missouri Railroad Company
Association of Railway Executives
Congress 10 to Stay in Session Through Chicago Meeting
Congress plans to remain in session until mid next week to cover the Democratic national convention in Chicago. The Senate slows unemployment relief action, with a final vote hoped for today on the bill and a 600 million bond issue for federal public works. House and Senate must reconcile the Garner 2.8 billion measure as Hoover pressuring economy plans. Chambord is noted as a Renaissance French castle.
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Washington
Congress
Chicago
Senate
House
Borgh
Idaho
Robinson
Arkansas
Dill
Wheeler
Montana
Hull
Tennessee
Hoover
White House
Defunct utilities firm sued over fraud scheme in Tennessee
More than 30 plaintiffs accuse Southern Cities Utilities and related firms of a plan to dupe investors into stock sales totaling about 4000 dollars. The suit, filed in U.S. district court in Nashville, seeks rescission and recovery. Judge Joseph Higgins presided with attorneys W. H. Crowell. defendants include Southern Cities Utilities, Tennessee Electric Power, and officers Guild and Manning. The bill says salesmen enticed small investors by portraying the units as valuable yet were mere shells swallowed by mergers. Campaigns ran 1927 to 1930 from Southern Cities Power’s Chattanooga office with Guild and Manning’s cooperation.
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Nashville
U. S. District Court
Joseph Higgins
W. H. Crowell
Shelbyville
Southern Cities Utilities Company
Tennessee Electric Power Company
J. GC. Guild
B. F. Manning
Chattanooga
Southern Cities Power
Tennessee Power
Southern Cities Utilities
Tennessee
Tennessee and Virginia Weather Tiny Variations Noted
Cloudy with little change overnight in Tennessee and a partly cloudy, cooler trend in the extreme north of Virginia. Readings show yesterday’s high near 90 with minimal rain, taken at 6:00 p.m. by T. C. Harris and G. S. W. 0.
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Tennessee
Virginia
North Partion
T.C. Harris
G.S.W
Fiery Pleas as Nurse Details Hutton Romance
Myrtle St Pierre testified in a $200000 breach of promise suit against David Hutton, describing violent love scenes and intimate vows. She fainted during cross examination as she recalled him professing to marry her, singing to her, and planning a nest before his marriage to Aime Semple McPherson.
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Los Angeles
Myrtle Joan St. Pierre
Aime Semple McPherson Hutton
David Hutton
St. Pierre
Ell
Hutton
McPherson
Bonus Army to Convene on Political Action Plan
Washington plans for a Bonus Army convention to decide whether to pursue fighting opponents or back a third party, with a split between the legislative committee and executive officers. The convention would assemble 500 representatives to vote on the issue, while evacuation of soldiers continues as many take leave, and Commander Waters notes the army is shrinking.
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Washington
Bonus Army
Legislative Committee
Army
Walter W. Waters
Waters
Senate Edges Toward Vote On 2 Billion Relief Bill
Washington tense as the Senate advances a 2 billion unemployment relief measure. Senators Johnson LaFollette McNary Robinson clash over debate limits and funding, including a public works bond boost. Speaker Garner notes a Wagner bill addition could push the package into conference. An attempt to curb debate failed. Cevennes is a French mountain range.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Calif
LaFollette
Wis
Robinson
Wisconsin
McNary
Congress
Garner
Banking Committee
Arkansas
France balks at Hoover armament cuts proposal
In Lausanne June 23 France rejects President Hoover’s drastic arms cuts proposal as unacceptable. War Minister Bancor and Premier Briot discuss the plan after an advance copy was shown. France warns it will raise security questions. In Geneva silence greeted Gibson’s presentation at the disarmament conference.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Hoover
France
Joseph Paul Bancor
Geneva
Hugh Gibson
Heriot
Paul Boncour
Ginev
Oovar
Hugh S. Gibson
Roosevelt Asks Walker to Reply to Charges
Governor Roosevelt urged New York City Mayor Walker to respond to charges from Samuel Seabury and to answer supplemental accusations from civic groups in Greater New York. The exchange centers on calls for Walker’s removal amid ongoing legislative investigations of the Democratic administration.
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Walker
New York City
Samuel Seabury
Greater New York
Hofstadter
Franco British accord seen possible at Lausanne
At Lausanne a Franco British accord on reparations appears possible as France signals a policy shift including near scrapping of the Young plan. Germany proposes a five year consultative eco nomic pact while discussions consider suspending reparations, continuing in kind deliveries, and sharing a final global sum among the US and reparations recipients.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Edouard Herriot
France
MacDonald
Great Britain
Baron von Neurtach
Germany
United States
M. Hoerriot
Europe
Startling Proposal Aims to Cut Global Armaments
President Hoover unveiled a dramatic plan at the White House to reduce world armaments by about one third over ten years. Five principles call for abolishing tanks and bombing planes, cutting land forces and naval tonnage, and aligning reductions with economic relief and mutual defense. The plan, read to reporters and sent to Geneva, seeks broad, multi‑power agreement rather than U.S. action alone.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Stimson
Executive Mansion
Stimso
Harley
Adams
Army
Geneva
Hirtax
Pirst
United States
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