Republicans Open Convention Fight Over Prohibition
The second regular session of the Republican National Convention named Snell as permanent chairman and adopted committee reports after a long floor fight. About 25,000 spectators filled the stadium, with heated exchanges between repeal and holdout camps. James R. Garfield led the platform debate, facing jeers but delivering steady remarks as memories of President Garfield’s assassination echoed in the crowd.
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Snell
New York
Appropriations Committee
House
Nicholas Murray Butler
Ogden Mills
the Treasury
Mike
Bingham
James R. Garfield
James A Garfield
Committee On
Chicago
Garfield
Open War on Dopering Nevada Road Funds Okayed
Washington June 23 U P The senate passed the Wagner relief bill providing 1 000 000 for federal aid road reaction and 400 000 for Nevada road work as urged by Senator Oddie The measure aims to create jobs and aid the nation by expanding public works and relief loans with broader reconstruction financing established for immediate use and to go to conference with the house for final adjustment
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Nevada
Oddie
Ker L. Oddie
Bingham
Moses
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
House
Hoover
Vegas men fill I O O F offices
Nevada I O O F encampment in Ely named John C. Schmitt of Las Vegas lodge grand senior warden and Lorence Chappel grand herald, both local brothers. The annual gathering placed two lodge members in top state roles.
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Las Vegas
Odd Fellows
Nevada
Ely
John C. Schmitt
Lorence Chappel
1. O. O. F. Lodge
Piccard Plans Higher Stratosphere Flight From Zurich
Prof August Piccard will launch a second stratosphere ascent from near Zurich, heading toward the Alps in July or later. He aims to study cosmic rays from an altitude higher than his 50,000 foot previous flight and will carry a parachute and wireless gear for safety and tracking.
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Lucca Bizzardi
United Press
Brussels
Belgium
Alps
August Piccard
Zurich
Piccard
Professor Piccard
Central
Nurse St. Pierre in Court Witnesses Hutton Trial
Myrtle Jean St. Pierre broke down on the witness stand during a blistering breach of promise suit against David L. Hutton. She denied alleged intimacies with Edgar Ebens and withering cross examination by Mark Jones drew out secrets from her life as she testified.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Myrtle Jean St. Pierre
David L
Hutton
Edgar Ebens
Mark Jones
Jones
Quail
Aimee Semple McPherson
Firemen Hold Melon Bust and Claim Notice Issued
Las Vegas firemen host a watermelon bust after extinguishing a truck fire. A. Jensen donated melons and cigars. guests attend the Palace theater with department members. Congressman Arentz urges mining claim owners to record with county and post notices to retain title during 1931-33, despite waivers.
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Chamber of Commerce
Arentz
County Recorder
Congress
Las Vegas Fire Department
A. Jensen
Boulder Drug
Jensen
Witness Portal
Airle
Harold Case
Leon Rockwell
Willian Johnson
Byron Snider
Bill Hall
Archie Melott
Helen Craner
Arnold Scott
Julius DeBrinck
Dick Leavitt
Lynn Botts
Marjory Rockwell
Jim Adams
Palace Theater
Suspects in Bank Robbery and Deputy Sheriff Killing Held
Murfreesboro Arkansas June 23 two men tied to a gang that robbed a Baskin Louisiana bank last Tuesday, killed a deputy sheriff in a gun battle and escaped in a farmer’s car after kidnapping him and his wife were arrested by county officers. Dr Waller G Pico chiropractor and Dr T A Morgan dentist will rent the old Chamber of Commerce office in the Delkin building July 1. The front office will serve as a joint reception room for the Chamber which plans to move to the Grant building early next week.
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Nevada
United States of America
United States House of Representatives
Murfeesboro
Ark
U.P
Baskin, la
Waller G. Pico
T. A. Morgan
Chamber of Commerce
Delkin Building
Chamber
Grant Building
Four Marx Brothers Weigh In On Sharkey Schmeling Fight
Hollywood dated June 23. The four Marx brothers vented their opinions on the Sharkey Schmeling decision. Harpo joked about Gunboat Smith not staying on his feet. Zeppo quipped Darwin would approve a gorilla beating them. Chico admitted mixed feelings and Groucho planned to play golf post bout.
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Hollywood
Mars Brothers
der Maxie
Harpo
Gunboat Smith
Zeppo
Darwin
Chico
Groucho
Roosevelt 1 Weakest in Eld oY Antis
Roosevelt backers move to strike the two thirds rule at the Democratic national convention amid a bitter Hague statement by Alfred E. Smith lieutenant Frank Hague. James Farley announced the plan while Roosevelt loyalists pledged to push abolition. Huey Long signaled southern support may shift, urged opposition to Wall Street influence.
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Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Statf
Chicago
U.1
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Hague
Democratic Party
Smith
James A. Farley
Frank Scofield
Melvin A Traylor
Tammany
John F. Curry
Hall
New York
Huey Long
Louisiana
Wall Street
Half Million See Cardinal at Dublin Open Air Meeting
Half a million people attended a Phoenix Park rally as Cardinal Lauri presided and spoke in English on the blessed Eucharist. Mrs D T Stewart of Caliente, operated on for acute appendicitis, is recovering rapidly and will return home next week.
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Dublin
Phoenix Park
Cardi Lauri
Stewart
D. T. Stewart
Caliente
F. M. Ferguson
Beers Disputes Bubble in Semos Platform Group
Chicago June 23 The Democratic platform committee opens on provisional basis with Roosevelt and anti Roosevelt factions clashing over hot issues including Prohibition farm relief tariff and unemployment Public hearings are planned and Hitchcock Nebraska senator named chairman The Roosevelt camp predicts a concise 800 to 1000 word policy statement with repeal favoring Prohibition plank and Volstead act changes debated by Smith Alfalfa Bill Murray McAdoo monitor developments
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Nebras
Hitchcock
Alfred E. Smith
William Gibbs McAdoo
California
William “Alfalfa
Bill” Murray
Oklahoma
Provisional Committee
Lions Banquet Officers to Be Installed in Las Vegas
Army officers from Las Vegas and Boulder City will ride two new bombing planes on June 5 and 6 for observation flights over Las Vegas and surrounding areas. The Lions Club will hold its first annual officers installation Monday night with Dr. Elliot G. Rowland as toastmaster and several officers to be installed including Dr. R. R. Myers and Harley Harmon.
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Las Vegas
Boulder City
Army Air Service
Marchfield
Riverside
California
Las Vegas Western Air Landing Field
Army
Vegas
Las Vegas Lions
Elliot G. Rowland
Dr. Rowland
Lions International
Nevada
Hawaiian Islands
Rowland
Las Vegas Lions Club
R. R. Myers
Harley A. Harmon
Ira Goldring
H. N. Gambill
Walter Pico
Art Harris
Roger Foley Liontamer
Irving Golden
Mike Silver
Leo Roth
Bonus seekers urged to pan gold in west for income
James Randolph Walker former publisher and motion picture executive proposed that members of the bonus army and other unemployed be sent to gold fields in the Rocky Mountain and Pacific districts to pan for gold. He cited about 100000 people already leaving western cities to pan for free gold and earning two to five dollars daily.
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New York
Bonus Army
Rocky Mountain
Pacific
James Randolph Walker
Walker
Unified Las Vegas lawmen crack down on booze and crime
Sheriff Joe Keate and Police Chief Clay Williams announce a city county blitz after a downtown bombing. Bars and speakeasies are shut, a narcotics investigation targets organized traffic, and burglaries are being halted as clocks and evidence are recovered.
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Las Vegas
Sheriff's Office
Utr
Underworld
Nevada Electric Shop
Keate
Chief Williams
Chicago
Detroit
New York
Hoover plan agreed upon in Lausanne amid debt talks
In Lausanne Great Britain France and Italy outline in principle that the Hoover moratorium on debts and reparations should apply to inter European obligations until world conditions normalize. The report also notes Mrs Myrtle Marshall and her daughter Bonnie visiting Santa Monica after attending the Los Angeles funeral of their husband and father Glenn Marshall.
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Lausanne
U.P
Great Britain
France
Italy
Myrtle Marshall
Bonnie
Tower Auto Camp
Los Angeles
Santa Monica
Glenn Marshall
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