Naming Of Al Smith Triggers Unprecedented Convention Fireworks
At Madison Square Garden Franklin D. Roosevelt uttered Qui Al Smith to close his nomination speech, igniting an unprecedented riotous celebration. New York and New England delegates surged, crowds overwhelmed gates, and air traffic was halted as Smith boosters filled the Garden. May Kennedy and Governor Sweet figures moved the day with other nominations and a long roll call looms.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
al Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Smith
New England
Bedlam
May Kennedy
Sweet
Colorado
McAdoo
Walsh
Saulsbury
Maryland
David Houston
Secretary of Agriculture
Platform Committee
Dols
Houston
Senator Ralston
Indiana
Frederick van Nuys
Indianapolis
Ralston
Al Smith Honored At Home Political Night In New York
The Madison Square Garden scene centered on Al Smith with hometown dignitaries and memory of old New York politics. Elders like Pig Tim Foley and Judge Mulquean recalled past days as Smith received a homecoming tribute amid a crowd of longtime supporters and city names.
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Percy B. Scott
United Press
Madison Square Garden
New York
al Smith
Annie Rooney
West Side
Tony Baccigelupo
Manl Street
Diamond Dana Rourke
Paddy Rivver
Irving Berlin
Mike Scatter
Dever
Tims
Sullivan
Richard Crocker
Hi Sister
Sea Gate
Dar
Dallas Debuts State’s Sportiest Municipal Golf Course
Dallas Texas June 26 officials announce a 6500 yard municipal course with a handsome club house. Golf professionals who inspected the site praise its sportiness and modern design for the city.
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Dallas
Texas
Pension Municipal
Charter meeting Friday night in Mexia public forum
The Charter Commission invites Mexia residents to a public meeting at 8 PM Friday at the Library to discuss the proposed city charter voting on July 7, 1924. Officials urge large attendance to ask questions and hear detailed explanations from commission members.
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Charter Commission
Cit
Mexia
Santa Fe to build new Canyon railroad station
In Canyon Texas on June 25 the Santa Fe Railway announced a new reinforced concrete and stucco railroad station costing 68000 dollars. The facility will measure 52 feet in width and 200 feet in length and feature decorative trim.
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Canyon
Texas
Santa Fe Railway
Rich Oil Sand Found North of Kerens
A test well by Boyd Oil Company on the J. R. McCown farm north of Kerens found a rich oil sand at 3246 feet. The discovery sits 3000 feet south of a gas well drilled sixty years ago on M. & Connor’s farm, drawing considerable local interest.
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Mexia Daily News
Corsigana
Texas
Boyd Oi Company
Edinburg Girls’ Remarkable Austin to Edinburg Trek
Four University of Texas graduates from Edinburg Onata Hlossner Gertrude Schaleben Velma Curry and Kathleen Peffley rode and walked home from Austin to Edinburg in two and a half days. They stopped in Sen Bearies San Antonio Beeville Mathis Alice and Palurrias learning lessons in travel and patience along the way.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas
Edinburg
Onata Hlossner
Gertrude Schaleben
Velma Curry
Kathleen Peffley
Sen Biarces
San Antonio
Beeville
Mathis
Alice
Paliurrias
Owsley has Chance Great Question To Him
Texas delegates show mixed signals as wet supporters push Smith and McAdoo gains, with Robinson seen as a dark horse after the eighth ballot. Michigan to back Owsley for vice president as he receives an ovation in New York. Pennsylvania to give McAdoo 20 votes with Underwood out.
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A. Garland Adair
Daily News
Madison Square Garden
New York
Texas
Underwood
San Francisco
Garden
McAdoo
Smith
Robinson
Klan
America
Michigan
Gwsley
New York State
American Legion
Pennsylvania
Maybe They Are Just Playing Possum in Jefferson County
May 26 report from Port Arthur Texas notes Sheriff Garner says locals are law sliding. He recalls after a long day he captured one bootlegger and a possum, illustrating persistence amid crime concerns.
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Port Arteur
Texas
Jefferson County
Garner
Klan Issue Sways McAdoo Delegates in Democratic Clash
United Press reports in New York detail a Klan-tinged discord within the McAdoo faction as Brennan’s bid to abolish the two thirds rule collapses. The convention scene shows the race for the Democratic nomination being destabilized, with party unity eroding and Clinton-like tensions widening.
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United Press
Waldorf Hotel
New York
George Brennan
BreAdoo
Brenn
McAdoo
Brennan
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Democratic Platform Drafts Near Completion
After a long night of debate the drafting committee settles most planks for 1924 with agreement on all but League of Nations and Ku Klux Klan. A proposed wet plank dies as a prohibition policy, while a war referendum and League reservations shape the core compromise.
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Frazer Edwards
United Press
U. P
Waldorf Hotel
New York
League of Nations
Ku. Klux.Klan
Resolutions Committee
League
Klan
Homer
Cummings
Connecticut
Key Pittman
Nevada
Lsid
Elan
Menton the ‘Klan
Wiliam J. Bryan
Congress
Clark
Supreme Court
Owen D. Young
Dawes
Woodrow Wilson
America
World Court
United States
Walsh
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Irish Free State to Have Minister in Washington
State Department says Ireland will be represented by its own minister in Washington to deal directly with the U S government on matters related to Ireland.
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Irish Free State
Washington
State Department
Ireland
Marberry Delivers Shutout as Senators Stay First
Marberry pitched a complete game shutout to keep the Senators atop the standings as the Yankees faced defeat on their home field after Babe Ruth belted the longest homer of his career in the first inning. Giants and Dodgers edged in a rain-curtailed tie, Phillies and Braves split a doubleheader, St Louis won and lost, Houser’s homer sparked a Boston win, and other late resultslined the day across the league.
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St. Leuis
Cincinnati
Houser
Ike Boone
Boston
Athletics
Yanks
Washington
White Sox
Cleveland
Rand
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Pirates
Triplet Calves Draw Attention Near Dallas
Three horned calves born to a Jersey cow owned by J. A. Stuart near Dallas attract interest from neighboring farmers. The triplets, six weeks old, are described as normal in every respect.
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Dallas
Texas
J. A. Stuart
Weather observer seeks thirteen month year plan
Fort Worth Texas June 26 Thirteen months to the year would be a 28 day month with one extra day. J F Martin chief forecaster of the US Weather Service and local forecaster B S Landis discuss the lunar month as the only logical system. The new month would be called So and would fall between June and July.
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Fort Worth
Texas
J . F. Martin
US Weathere Service
B.S. Landis
Landis
San Angelo Prison Restored Facilities For Inmates
Report from San Angelo Texas notes prison improvements including brighter cells new beds bunks and enhanced comfort for inmates during confinement.
Censors Permit Double Showing From Mrs Elinos Glyn Novel
A heated debate ends with approval to screen two Treasures drawn from Mrs Elinos Glyn s novel Three Weeks, allowing the film adaptation to be shown.
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Elinos Glyn
Out Again in Texas Woolsey Arrested for Auto Theft
Charles Woolsey aged 26 was arrested on an automobile theft charge just after leaving Eastland state prison farm where he had just completed a five year sentence.
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Houston
Texas
Charles Woolsey
Eastland State Prison
Woolsey
Gagged Runaway Suspects Halted by Empty Gas Tank
In Bhaumont Texas on June 26 three girls and a boy fled in a car after a man was relieved of a 300 diamond ring. Police waited in a car for a suspect vehicle but the fleeing auto stalled with sputtering engine and ran out of gas, stopping the chase.
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Bhaumont
Texas
Ambassador to Japan Resigns With Approval
Cyrus Woods, American ambassador to Japan, formally submitted his resignation to President Coolidge, who accepted with reluctance in Washington on June 26.
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Washington
Cyrus Woods
Japan
Colidge
Democratic women to have a strong voice in leadership
Mrs J Bor den Harriman, national committee woman, asserts that women in the Democratic party will not tolerate a small voice in choosing their leader. She disputes rumors that Emily Blair will be replaced and insists Blair’s work merits the job.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Democratic Party
J. Borden Harriman
National Committee
Washington
McAdoo
Harriman
Emily Newel Blair
Missouri
Coolidge Declines Attendance At King Cotton Pageant
President Coolidge will not attend the King Cotton pageant in Waxahachie Texas on July 3 but conveyed enthusiasm for the event. He hopes the pageant becomes a most notable and successful affair.
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Waxahachie
Texas
Coolidge
Cisco Weekly and Daily Consolidate
A consolidation unites Cisco Weekly and Cisco Daily. BE Huey becomes president of the merged enterprise with A B OFlaherty as editor and Miss Lettie O F isherty as secretary. The American will continue to publish each Thursday.
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Cisco
Cisca Fee News
American
BE. S. Huey
Consolidated Enterprise
A. B. O'Flaherty
Lettie O’fisherty
Around the World Flyers Reach India in Akyab Mission
June 26 report says United States Army round the world flyers departed Akyab for Calcusta, with weather in Texas warm and trending hot. New York also expects heat, with continued warm conditions.
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India
Calcusta
United States Army
Akyab
Texas
New York
Newspaper Man Made Happy And Justly
An interurban driver returned a reporter’s lost pocket book containing $9 after three hours. The Daily Light employee gratefully reclaimed his money, illustrating honest citizenry even in ordinary life.
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Waxahachie
Texas
Daily Light
Sunny Skies Favor Open At Hoylake
Sunny skies and perfect weather opened the British Open at Hoylake with 66 players. George Duncan and Walter Hagen emerged as early favorites in a field led by veterans and top professionals.
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Hoy Lake
England
George Duncan
Walter Hagen
Boy in coma dies after fifty-one days in coma
Manuel Middleton, 12, of Houston, Texas, died after being in a coma for fifty-one days due to spinal disease, authorities said on June 26.
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Houston
Texas
Manuel Middleton
Democratic convention schedule and fund list in New York
The official program for the Democratic convention session includes roll calls for nominating speeches, election of national committeemen and committeewomen, and reports on platform and resolutions. Subscriptions to build an arch for Mexia children are listed, with donors such as Blake Smith and J R Neece Lumber Co. donating amounts from 10 to 50 dollars.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Thomas J. Walsh
George Caleb Moor
Madison Avenue Baptist Church
Blake Smith
Jack Womack
Jesse McLendon
L.J. Stuart
Auto Supply Co
J. R. Neece
Watter Kline Boyd
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Ku Klux Klan
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Atlanta
Democratic National Committees
Georgia
William Gibbs McAdoo
IUD
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League Nations
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Harriman Antadoc
Walter Womack
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