Roosevelt men start on final drive for votes
Convention coverage from Chicago details Roosevelt campaign managers pushing for the 100 votes needed to clinch the nomination. Anti Roosevelt forces, led by Smith and Curry, seek a unite on a compromise candidate amid talks of Ritchie and Baker as possible frontrunners. Smith allies with Hague to rally delegates while Cox and Shouse press for unity.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Missouri
Illinois
Alfred E. Smith
Tammany Hall
John F. Curry
Drake Hotel
Tammany
Smith
Curry
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Newton D. Baker
Ohio
Jouett Shouse
Ritchie
James M. Cox
Ohis
Eugene Pulliam Jr Second In Golf Play
Indianapolis June 29 The final round of the Indianapolis District Golf Association titular tournament was underway at Meridian Hills. Bill Heinlein the Indiana amateur champion led by five strokes after 18 holes with 145 gross. Eugene Pulliam Jr of Allen Country Club Lebanon posted 81 on Tuesday and moved into second with 137 net. D Sgytin shot 79 yesterday for the net end.
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Ind
Indianapolis District Golf Association
Meridian Hills
Bill Heinlein
Indiana
Heinlein
Eugene Pulliam, Jr
Alen Country Club
Lebanon
D. Sgytin
Taught Curtis Told True Story in Lindbergh Hoax Case
The New Jersey trial of boat builder John Hughes Curtis continues as prosecutor uses William E. Haskell Jr of the New York Herald Tribune to show Curtis sought publicity and cash by claiming contact with the Lindbergh kidnapers. Haskell described a dramatic sea contact scene while Colonel Lindbergh watched from the enclosure.
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Flemington
N. J
New Jersey
John Hughes Curtis
New York
Curtis
Norfolk
William E. Haskell, Jr
New York Herald Tribune
Lindbergh
Thhat
Col. Lindbergh
Haskell
Lindberghs
Constance
Edwin Bruce
Bruce
Fisher
Curtis Actu
Fourth Celebration at Ulen Country Club
Ulen Country Club entertainment committee plans a "safe and sane" all day Fourth of July program for members and house guests. Men play an eighteen hole medal golf tournament with handicap 32, and a putting event. A noon luncheon is followed by a 2 30 bridge party for women. Evening dinner and dance invite a guest couple. reservations with Mrs. McDaniel by Saturday evening.
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Ulen
Patriotic Story Hour Planned at Public Library
Miss Marie Hill, children's librarian, hosts a patriotic story hour at the public library Thursday from 10 to 11 AM. Children are asked to bring crayons to color pictures during the storytelling.
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The
Public Library
Oil payments replace dollars in East Texas oil fields
In East Texas a barter system grows around oil as money. Oil operators pledge portions of first produced oil to cover drilling costs, while supply houses, grocers, and hotels accept oil payment certificates in lieu of cash. The scheme allows drilling and paying labor with oil shares, creating a dollarless economy in a vast field.
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Oklahoma
City
United States
East
Texas
United Press
Oklahoma City Oil
U. S
Murder charge in Bakersfield age 86 filling station owner
Bakersfield Calif June 29 authorities held two youths under 20 in connection with the murder of 86 year old George W Barr proprietor of a filling station. Police say the youths identified as Joe and Leland Knoll arrived from Michigan City Ind three weeks ago and Barr was known to keep large sums of money in his safe.
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Bakersfield
Calif
George.w. Barr
Joe
Leland Knoll
Michigan City
Ind
Barr
Roosevelt May Fly to Chicago
Albany reports circulated that an airplane could be ready at Albany airport to fly Franklin D. Roosevelt to Chicago if he secured the Democratic nomination. Airport officials knew nothing of the plan and Roosevelt had not confirmed any travel.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
Roosevelt
Death by own action not due to police violence
London report states Violet Sharpe a maid in the Morrow home Englewood took her own life amid Lindbergh kidnapping inquiry. Capt Eden told the House of Commons the British Consul General in New York found no physical violence or third degree methods used by police.
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London
Violet Sharpe
Morrow
Englewood
Lindbergh
R. A. Eden
House of Commons
Eden
New York
Busy Family Weekend Visit at Forest Park Noblesville
Mr and Mrs Eugene Osbon and Mrs Anna Taylor with guests Mrs J M Hubbars and daughters Judith Ann and Marcia from New York City spent Sunday at Forest Park near Noblesville.
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Eugene Osbon
Anna Taylor
J."m. Hubbars
Judith Ann
Marcia
New York City
Forest Park
Noblesville
Bookkeeper Stephenson Takes Two Weeks Vacation
Mrs. Robert L. Stephenson will take a two weeks vacation from duties as bookkeeper at the One County State Bank. Newell Boles will oversee her responsibilities during her absence.
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Robert L. Stephenson
One County State Bank
Newell Boles
Boone County gets more fish plantings in Sugar Creek
More than 15 000 baby small mouth black bass 500 baby ringed perch and 500 baby blue gills were planted in Sugar Creek between Mechanicsburg and Darlington by the Indiana State Department of Conservation. The Riverside Hatchery in Indianapolis raised the fish brought under J R Amos and a helper with support from Boone and Montgomery County Fish and Game Associations. A prior planting occurred near Crawfordsville. The Boone County effort aims to secure annual state fish quotas and plans another planting later this season, with a meeting to organize the Boone County Fish and Game Association including Harry Richey Baren McDaniel and Ralph W Stark.
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Fish and Game Division
Indiana State Department of Conservation
Mechanicsburg
Darlington
Riverside Fish Hatchery
Indianapolis
J. R. Amos
Boone County Fish and Game Association
Montgomery County Fish and Game Association
Crawfordsville
Boone County
Harry Richey
Baren McDaniel
Ralph W. Stark
Siam to a Limited Monarchy Timed by Peaceful Change
Bangkok June 29 reports Siam shifted from an absolute to a Limited Monarchy as King Prajadhipok signed a constitution granting the people a share in government. The transition was swift and mostly bloodless with only two casualties.
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Bangkok
Siam
Prajadhipok
Germany demands Versailles treaty revision over reparations
Lausanne report says Germany insisted on revising the Versailles settlement as a precondition for any reparations payments. Chancellor Von Papen informed British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald after talks with French and German delegates sought a compromise on economic or political reparations and German armament constraints. The German communique stated the Reich would not pay further reparations unless the treaty is revised and proposed a cash contribution toward European reconstruction if revised.
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Lausanne
Germany
Ramsey MacDonald
Franz von Papen
Reich
Random Shot Kills Man on Flatboat in Grayville
Evansville Indiana June 29 A random shot fired from a small calibre rifle by Francis Bowman a Boy Scout struck Wilburn Millar 16 as he floated on a small flatboat on the Little Wabash near Grayville. Millar died at an Evansville hospital.
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Evansville
Ind
Francis Bowman
Little Wabash River
Grayville
Wilburn Millar
Millar
Arkansas Senator's Son Given Sentence
Sam Wade, 27, son of an Arkansas State Senator, was sentenced to 1 to 10 years in the Indiana State Reformatory after conviction for grand larceny. He was found guilty of stealing a ring from a Hammond pawn shop by Judge Martin Smith.
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Gary
Ind
Sam Wade
Arkansas
theIndiana State Reformatory
Martin Smith
Wade
Hammond
Committee approves straight repeal on narrow vote
The committee votes two to one for a straight repeal. Senate debates a second deficiency bill as conferees continue talks on the Wagner bill and consider appropriation measures. House handles minor bills and related steps in the process.
Indiana Lines Up With Minority In Democratic Convention
Indiana's delegation reported 30 votes for Jouett Shouse for permanent chairman at the Democratic National Convention. The Hoosiers pledged by Thomas Taggart also leaned toward Franklin D. Roosevelt for the presidential nomination, voting with the minority in seating contests from Minnesota and Louisiana. The 80 Indiana votes stood as a growing bloc without binding instructions, with signs of Hoosier headquarters in the Congress Hotel and a seated position near the rostrum in the hall.
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Chicago
Indiana
Jouett Shouse
Frank McHale
Shouse
Alfred E. Smith
Thomas Taggart
R. Earl Peters
McHale
Idine
Congress Hotel
Hoosier
Convention Hall
Wets Force Through Ber. Wineplane at Chicago Today
Chicago June 29. Outright wets captured control of the Democratic platform committee and forced through by a two to one vote a repeal plank urging immediate repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and modification of the Volstead Act. The platform committee pledged submission on repeal to state conventions and would not commit the party either way.
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Chicago
Alfred E. Smith
Albany
Frank Hague
New Jersey
Hague
Smith
Harry M. Daugherty
Warren G. Harding
James M. Cox
Ohio
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Ritchie
Newton Baker
Baker
Democratic Platform Committee
Platform Committee
Walsh
Massachusetts
Wheeler
Montana
W. A. Comstock
Michigan
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Hull
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Ator. Glass
Virginia
A. Mieka Palmer
District of Columbia
William G. McAdoo
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Iowa
Minnesota
New Hampshire
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
Alaska
Hawaii
Philippines
Eeenor Alfred &. Smith
Secret Service of Britain Greatest News Gathering Agency
London June 29 Britain s Secret Service is praised as the world s, most marvelous news gathering service. Its correspondents include society women financiers doctors lawyers scientists missionaries artists retired officers and insurance officials. Only the head of the service and his private secretary know full lists of agents. Dispatches are carried by trusted messengers with seals and badges, and records include births and marriages of foreign royals weeks before publics know.
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Britain
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Sir Robert Vansittart
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Secret Service
Europe
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