Convention Under Way With Landon Forces Strongest
The opening session of the political convention in Cleveland began amid calm on the surface, with tensions over the platform and tariff issues under the surface. Governor Alf M. Landon supporters appeared at odds over the new deal, while the keynote was delayed to this evening. Delegates, including Col. Frank Knox and Senator Borah, gathered as state caucuses loom large in shaping the nomination slate and platform.
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Land
Landon
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Resolutions Committee
Fletcher
Steiner
Oregon
Lafayetle B. Gleason
New York
John Hamilton
William Allen White
George B. de Keim
National Committee
John M. Hamilton
Borah
Idaho
Vandenberg
Michigan
Herbert Hoover
Frederick Steiner
sLandon
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Harold H. Bur
Weather forecast for Kansas with unsettled east conditions
An unsettled Kansas weather outlook predicts possible local thunder storms in the east this afternoon or tonight. Cooler temperatures are expected there tonight with Wednesday mainly fair and mild. The report notes clear morning weather, good dirt roads, and Douglas County roads described as sond. A temperature record section references yesterday's and today's readings, with a mention of a New Ford and Hamilton's-Ady.
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Kansas
Douglas
Sond
Roosevelt Starts West Tour with multiple addresses
With Congress in recess, President Roosevelt begins a 4000 mile western tour aboard a special train. He will speak in Little Rock Arkansas for Arkansas centennial, Dallas Texas at the exposition marking Texas independence, and Vincennes Indiana to honor George Rogers Clark. He plans to return to Washington Monday.
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Little Rock
Ark
Congress
West
Arkansas
Texas
Indiana
Washington
Tennessee
Commemoraton
Dallar
Mexico
Vincennes
Ind
George Rogers Clark
Ington
Tax Bill Studied as Congress Recesses After Provisional Rift
Washington June 9 1937 Congress recesses for a week while tax bill disputes persist between house and senate versions. Conferees prepare to study the measure including 289 senate amendments. President Roosevelt discusses the issue with Democratic conferees but no compromise basis seen. Major sticking point remains undistributed corporate profits levy. House proposes a graduated rate up to 42 and a half percent. Senate favors a flat 7 percent. Ashurst of Arizona introduces a constitutional amendment to empower Congress to regulate agriculture commerce industry and labor to be taken up soon.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Capitol
Rooseveltesterday
Ashurst Dariz
Ashurst
State asked to return Hauptmanns effects in New Jersey
Mrs Bruna Richard Hauptmann asked New Jersey to return the automobile and other effects seized after her husband’s arrest in the Lindbergh baby case. Hunterdon County prosecutor Anthony M Hauck Sr said no decision yet. Other trial exhibits, including the baby’s sleeping suit, are being held by the state. The state notes Col Lindbergh ransom money totaling 14700 was deposited in a New York bank and says this plus 50000 total will be recovered. officials say Hauptmann disposed of the remainder.
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Trenton
N.J
Bruna Richard Hauptmann
New Jersey
Hauptmann
Hunterdon County
Anthony M. Hauck
Hauck
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Tariff proposal pushed by Cleveland official
George Schwabe of Tulsa announced he would submit the Wirt Franklin resolution urging extension of tariff protection to natural resource industries including oil and farm products. Franklin, not on the committee, handed the fight to Orville Bullington of Wichita Falls, as Nebraska plans to assist and Kansas leaders consider his plank for the first platform draft.
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Cleveland
George Schwabe
Tulsa
Franklin
Orville Bullington
Wichita Falls
Tex
Nebraska
Kansas
Republican National Committee Today
Resolutions Committee
Herman M. Langworthy
Kansas City
Oliver_D. Street
Guntersville
Arizona
Jerrie W. Lee
Phoenix
Arkansas
Ire Cob
California
Edward S. Shatonek
Los Angeles
James Owen
Denver
Connecticut
Hiram Bingham
Lielaware—Daniel
Nlastingy
Wilwington
Pierida
John F. Harris
Wain Beach
Georgia
Wilson Williams
Woodburs
Idaho
John the Nithiis
Homer W. Jen
Indiana
James FP
Goodrich
Winchester
Igwa
Don J. Berry
Indianela Kansas
Wilam Allen White
Bim Goeading
Alk Bloomingporta
Kentuckx
King Swope
Sam W. Reynolds
Omaha
Nevada
Clyde D. Souter
Mena
New Hampstire
George H. Moses
Concord
New Jersey
Walter E. Bilge
Ventnor
New Mexico
L. C. White
Ratan
New York
John Taher
Auburn North Carolina
Charles A. Jonas
Lingalnton
North Dakota
F. J. Graham
Ellendale
Ohio
Meyers Y. Cooper
Cinvin
Salt Lake Seft
Vermont
Sterry R. Waterman
St. Johnstars
Virginia
Henry W. Anderson
Richmond
Washington
Charles Hebberd
Spot Rane
West Virginia
John H. Meek
Huntington
Wisconsin
Phillip E. Nelson
Maple
Wyoming
Milward Simpson
Vedyka
Henry Benson
Juneau Rict
Columbia
Mildred Reeves
A. G. M. Robertson
Hon. Ube
Philippines
Kenneth TG. Dar
Puerto Rico
Nathaniel A. Walcett
San Juan
Brinkerhoff Elected Honorary Kansas Vice Chairman
The Kansas delegation at the Republican national convention chose Fred Brinkerhoff Pittsburg editor as honorary vice chairman for Kansas. D. J. Fair Sterling was named to the convention committee to notify the presidential nominee, and Frank Haucke Council Grove was added to notify the vice-presidential nominee. Haucke serves as an alternate at large. Read the Journal-World daily while away. subscriptions offered by mail.
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Cleveland, O
Kansas
Fred Brinkerhoff
Pittsburg
D. J. Fair
Sterling
Frank
Haucke
Council Grove
Platform Planks Causing Trouble At Republican Meet
Cleveland June 9 Langworthy elected chairman of the Republican resolutions committee as London forces clash over key planks on monetary policy wage legislation tariff and farm subsidies. Backers of a liberal monetary stand fuse with farm groups while Borah’s push for currency reform prompts denials and new warnings ahead of the national convention.
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Cleveland
Herman Langworthy
Kansas City
London
Republican Resolutions Committee
Langworthy
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
Resolutions Committee
Bingham
J. Reuben Clark
Altho
Rep
Hope
R-Kan
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Henry Allen
William Allen White
Ogden Mills
William B. Beil
O. G. Saxon
Republican National Committee
Mills
Bell
Treasury
Hoover
Republican Finance Committee
Borah
John Hamilton
London Camaign
Landon Campaign Names Seconding Speakers in Cleveland
John M. Hamilton, Alf M. Landon’s campaign manager, announced four men and two women to deliver seconding speeches after Landon’s nomination. The roster includes Gaspar Bacon of Massachusetts, Corrine Alsop of Connecticut, Charles Moynihan of Colorado, Henry Depping of Missouri, Ruth Simms of New Mexico, and Perry Howard of Mississippi. Hamilton noted no plan for Landon to attend in Cleveland, with plans to stay in Topeka unchanged. The first ballot may not reflect full strength.
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Cleveland
John M. Hamilton
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Hamilton
Gaspar G. Bacon
Massachusetts
Corrine R. Alsop
Connecticut
Charles J. Moynihan
Colorado
Henry Depping
Missouri
Ruth McCormick Simms
New Mexico
Perry W. Howard
Dent Theodore Roosevelt
Moynihan
Salt Lake City
Denping
Kansas City
Simms
Mark Hanna
Landon
Topeka
Committee named summer term on University of Kansas
The Republican national committee announced the members for the resolutions committee, naming officials from many states and cities. Registration opens for the thirty fourth annual summer session at the University of Kansas with Prof. Chandler predicting enrollment will rise above last year’s. Classes start Thursday with final exams August 5, and the Watson Library hours are listed.
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University of Kansas
H. E., Chandler
Chandler
KKU
School of ‘Tax
Watson Library
Aso Nom
Ebock
Hold Up Jewelry Store in Wichita
The Laham Jewelry company in downtown Wichita was robbed of about 12 000 dollars in gems and cash by two men about 8 pm. Proprietor Asper B Laham was bound and pistol whipped before the pair fled. He described the attackers as about 82 years old with knowledge of jewel values. Becloses cause auto wreck.
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Wichita
Kan
Laham
Asper B. Laham
Bees swarm into Ed Carters car near Fort Scott Kansas
A swarm of bees invaded Ed Carters automobile on an overpass nine miles east of Fort Scott. Carter lost control and collided with a car driven by CO EF Avery of Hutchinson. Both drivers and five Avery family members were uninjured. vehicles were badly damaged. Also Hollywood news reports Charles Chaplin and Paulette Goddard shaken in a car accident. Goddard suffered a bump and refused medical care.
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Kan
Ed Carter
Carter
Here
CO. EF. Avery
Hutchinson
Avery
Hollywood
Calif
Charles Chaplin
Vand
Paulette Goddard
Miss Goddard
Stock Market Index Edges Lower Across Mixed Trading
The stock market index for 66 stocks finished at 62.1, down from yesterday's 61.4 as investors weighed mixed signals. The day featured modest declines in several sectors with some gains in energy names.
Mrs Hill Upsets Mark Tournament In Open Golf
In Topeka Kansas the eighth annual women s western open began with three upsets and five extra hole matches. top seed Mrs Opal Hill defeated Mrs Melvin Jones 4 and 3 to lead. upsets included Miss Phyllis Buchanan Miss Beatrice Parrett and Miss Dorothy Gustafson who all lost in extra holes.
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Kan
Topeka Country Club
Opal
Hill
Kansas City
Melvin Jones
Flassmoor
Phyllis Buchanan
Denver
Beatrice Parrett
Minneapolis
Dorothy
Edna Saenger
Shreveport
J. A. Walter
New President Selected in Nicaragua June 9
Managua reports a new president chosen to finish the unexpired term of deposed Dr. Juan Sacasa. Dr. Carlos Brenes Jarquin, a physician educated in California and El Salvador, was chosen in a joint session of the Nicaraguan congress after Sacasa was overthrown. The appointment marks a continuation of governance amid revolution.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Carlos Branes Jarquin
Juan RB. Sacasa
Brenes Jarquin
California
University of el Salvador
Sacasa
United States
Spuds Reach New York Market Prices Dip
New York on June 9 reports the spring potato shipment arrived easing fears of a spud famine. Prices fell from weekend highs above 8 dollars per barrel to around 7 dollars, ending a period of peak costs that lasted several years.
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New York
Davis Approved for Eight-Year Federal Reserve Board Term
The Senate banking committee approved Chester Davis, a retiring AAA administrator, for an eight-year term on the Federal Reserve Board. The panel also okayed Emil Schram of Illinois for a two-year appointment to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation board of directors.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Chester Davis
AAA
Federal Reserve Board
Emil Schram
Illinois
The
Reconstruction Corporation
Langworthy To Head Republican Platform Drafting Panel
May Head Committee selects Herman Langworthy 55, backed by Landon forces, to chair vital platform drafting at Cleveland. Langworthy, Kansas City financier and former Kansas City Joint Stock Land Bank receiver, is linked to Eugene Meyer and the federal reserve system.
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Kansas City
Herman Langworthy
Cleveland
Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
Hoover
Laneworthy
Fairmount
Kan
University of Kansas
Columbia University
Kansas City Joint Stock Land Bank
Langworthy
Meyer
Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank
Minie Leach
Leavenworth, Kan
Omaha Storm Deluges City with Heavy Rain and Winds
A June Omaha storm dumped more than half an inch of rain in thirty minutes while 60 mph winds toppled power lines and damaged roofs. No injuries were reported as the Omaha Central High School cadet regiment in Valley, Nebraska, saw tents torn down and orders to break camp issued before the unit planned to return to the city.
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Omaha
Valley
Neh
Omaha Central High School
Zioncheck Breaks Out at Gallinger in Bathrobe
Washington representative Marion A. Zioncheck, under mental observation at Gallinger hospital, escaped his room by removing two window screens and wandered the grounds in a white bathrobe. He yelled and smoked a long black cigar until guards restrained him.
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Washinton
Gallinger Hospital
Marion A. Zioncheck
Washington State
Pennsylvania Delegates Defer Endorsement At Caucus
Pennsylvania's delegation to the Republican convention deferred endorsing any candidate in caucus late today. Vermont's nine delegates backed Governor Alf Landon, while an Arizona meeting favored Landon but made no decision. Kentucky carried 18 of 22 London votes into organizational talks as a large new delegation gathered in the hall.
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Pennsylvania
Repuican
Kansas
Arizona
Landon
London
Tome
Caurus
New
California
Landon Warns Kansas Grads of History’s Retreat
Governor Alf Landon addressed a Kansas University graduation crowd of over 8,000, warning that the world faces a retreat from freedom and democracy. He urged students to choose progress over stagnation, defend liberty, and strive for equal opportunity while resisting monopoly and bureaucratic control.
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Alf M. Landon
K. U
Kansas
E. H. Lindley
Landon
America
Sroanle
Alan
Lindley Addresses KU Graduates at 1934 Commencement
University of Kansas 1934 graduates hear Chancellor E H Lindley urge courage and opportunity as 8000 plus fill Memorial Stadium for the commencement. He traces evolution from hands to wings and counsels continued study, beware of demagogues, and an appointment with destiny for the new generation. Gov Landon and regents member Drew McLaughlin greet, diplomas awarded, alma mater sung.
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University of Kansas
E. H. Lindley
North Bowl
Memorial Stadium
Lindley
Alf M. Landon
K. U. Band
Charles Thomas
the Baptist Church
Lindsey
Dr. Lindley
Langdon
Drew McLaughlin
Paola
Board of Regents
McLaughlin
Charles A. Puls
Trinity Lutheran Church
KK U
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