Democratic attack on Republican privilege at national convention
At Houston on June 27 AP reports Democratic keynote speaker Claude Bowers denounced Republican corruption and privilege. He accused Harding officials and Mellon of favoring the wealthy, urged Lincolnian equality, and urged removing privilege from the farm sector amid criticisms of Coolidge policies and farm relief delays. He framed Jeffersonian democracy as the alternative.
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Democratic Party
Claude G. Bowers
New York World
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Alexander Hamilton
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Secretary Mellon
President Coolidge
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Harry Sinclair
Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
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Patriotic Club
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Bowers Attacks Corruption and Promotes Jeffersonian Democracy
In a sharp speech, Mr. Bowers denounces Republican corruption over seven and a half years, mocks "Coolidge prosperity" as mythical, and accuses officials of squandering funds while praising Lafollette and Walsh. He contrasts Wilson era honesty with present misdeeds and extols Jeffersonian democracy as a unifying principle for reform.
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J Hana
Bowers
Roosevelt
Wilson
Daniels
Lafollette
Walsh
Montana
Nicaragua
Bower
Philadelphia
Nicara
Zea
Chicago
Jefferson
Jackson
Lincoln
Woman insurgent leader blamed for train wrecks in Mexico
AP reports claim a woman led insurgents who wrecked the Laredo to Mexico City train, killing the engineer and fireman, with prior attacks near Queratero and Guanajuato. The War Department says it has no knowledge of her activities. reinforcements were sent after two more attempted wrecks in the district.
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Mexico, City
Laredo
Mexico City
Queratero
Agrippiina
Guanjuato
War Department
Wheat Growers in Meet Annual Conference in Wichita
Wheat pool stockholders from Kansas Nebraska and Colorado held the Southwest annual conference in Wichita. John Vesecky Timken was re-elected president of the Southwest Cooperative Wheat Growers Association. Ward Young Kansas City secretary L L Wilson Wichita treasurer Ernest Green Hastings first vice president C L Hover Longmont second vice president were named to key posts.
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Wichita
Wheat Pool
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Southwest
Co-operative Wheat Growers’ Association
John Vesecky
Timken
Co-operative Wheat Marketing ‘Association
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J.longmont
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Kansas Steps Up In Farmers March At Democratic Convention
Kansas delegates backed a plank demanding farm relief and equal treatment for agriculture. Claude Gowers urged ending privilege in farmers’ pockets while Andy Shearer pushed for a self funded program to balance exportable surplus and parity with other industries. Kansas leaders predicted a third party could form under Governor Lowden if Smith is nominated.
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Houston
Kansas
Resolutions Committee
Surflower State
Sam Houston Hall
Claude G. Bowers
Paul A. Jones
Lyons
Congress
Bowers
W. H. Ryan
Galena
Shearer
Democratic Party
Lowden
Illinois
Alfred E. Smith
Middlewest
C. E. Huff
C.praised
Kansas Farmers Union
Salina
Heavy rains sweep western Kansas with several towns reporting inches
News from June 27 notes heavy rainfall across western Kansas with Hays at 1.05 inches Colby .42 Wakeeney .41 Norton .28 Oberlin .28 Ellsworth .21 and a light drizzle across the territory. Farmers seek dry spells for crops as warm weather is urged and oil financier E M Marland travels east for business, denying any link to his secretary Miss Lydie Hiller Roberts who remains ill at her parents home near Philadelphia.
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Salina
Here
Hays
Colby
Wakeeney
Norton
Oberlin
Ellsworth
E.W. Marland
New York
E. M. Marland
Ponta City
Okla
Lydie Hiller Roberts
John. E. Hale
Theft Reported From L McFarland House on Penn Street
Police report theft at a residence on Penn Street where a gold band ring was stolen. The incident was reported yesterday afternoon by L McFarland and involved no known suspects at this time. Ady Orley M. Smith from Coal Co. can be reached at 433 for details.
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Aine Allen
L. McFarland
Pennpolice
Sylvania
Orley M. Smith
Coal Co
Ady
Reed aims for presidency as Smith forces press on
Houston dispatch reports Senator Reed of Missouri rallying for the presidency amid Southern support for Governor Smith. Reed denies interest in the vice presidency and denounces Hoover’s war price fixes while defending constitutional law and farm relief. The South pushes for a dry plank as Smith appears poised to win the nomination.
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Houston
Reed
Missouri
Smith
Herbert Hoover
Southland
Arkansas
United States
Shatter Pillarsi in Louvain Library Turmoil in Belgian city
In Louvain Belgium on June 27 a crowd of about three hundred students and civilians clashed with four police officers as Witney Warren invaded the Balustrade library works and shattered pillars Rector Ladeuze wanted, amid protests over an American architect. A court case arose this morning over a car parked on Massachusetts Street.
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Louvain
Belgium
Gap
Witney Warren
Ladeuze
D. Strarthout
Massachusetts Street
Baby Clinic Friday in Kansas City Health Rooms
Dr Batty M Gilkey of Kansas City will lead the baby clinic at the city hall health rooms Friday afternoon. Dr Harry M Hees of Kansas City, Mo., will assist. Three patients were seen yesterday morning at the stomach clinic in the city hall under Dr G W Jones.
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Harry M Hees
Kansas City
City Hall
G. W. Jones
Smith Men Seated by Credentials Committee at Democratic Convention
Houston June 26 AP reports the credentials committee seated twenty six delegates pledged for Smith with a Louisiana bloc favoring Smith over Reed. Of forty nine votes only seven supported Reed, the rest aligning with Smith. Sleeper seats in the canal zone and Baltimore area were allocated, while two Philadelphia seats backed Smith. Delegates from Missouri North Carolina Alabama Texas and Florida debated possible floor challenges but ended with plans to consult their delegations before today’s convention session.
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Houston
Smith
Louisiana
Reed
Canal Zone
L.O. Keen
Frank T. Hamlin
District of Columbia
Costello
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Cerdentials
Missouri
North Carolina
Alabama
Texas
Florida
Mae Murray Refuses Details On New Baby Arrival
Beverly Hills June 27 Mae Murray declined to provide information about her newborn son born days earlier to Prince David M Divini. Reporters pressed for details as she arrived from the East, while the husband said news was withheld to protect her career.
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Cal
Mae Murray
Mily
Miss Murray
M'Divini
Vaudeville Actress Involved In Public Controversy
A vaudeville actress defends her privacy amid questions about a child’s involvement in a rehearsal. She denies any public concern and asserts the scene was not meant to harm or reveal private matters.
First successful airplane television reception near Chicago
Passengers in a tri motor monoplane over Chicago saw faces and heard voices from a radio studio several miles away. The experiment transmitted television from WCFL Chicago Federation of Labor studios, marking a milestone in airborne broadcasting.
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Chicago
WCFL
Chicago Federation of Labor
Cars Pulled In For Street Sweeper Operation
Police pulled in three cars on East Seventh to clear the street for the morning street sweeper. The vehicles included an old touring car a Ford roadster and an Essex sedan. The street sweeper operates from 2 to 6 each morning.
Card of Thanks for sympathy and floral offerings
We express appreciation for the sympathy during illness and death of our devoted husband and father. We thank the ministers the quartet and all who sent floral offerings. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Custard Mrs. Thomas J. Custard Mr. and Mrs. John Price and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Phillips.
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Charles Custard
Thomas J. Custard
Fred Phillins
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