Vice Presidential Boom Field Grows as Hoover Lead Looms
Kansas City June 12 AP Vice presidential booms pop up as Hoover builds a seeming lead with Dawes and Borah stirring the field. Names from Curtis to Pershing appear, while leaders worry about past 19%4 experience and seek a Midwest running mate. No definite word from Hoover or Dawes.
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Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Kanee
Mellon
Borah
Dawes Movement
Hoover
Rocky Mountains
Middle West
Mr. Hoover
Commerce
Dawes
Mr. Dawes
Ed Clifford
Ilinois
Senator Curtis
Kansas
Watson
Indiana
Moses
New Hampshire
Fess
Ohio
Nye
North Dakota
Fdge
New Jersey
Deneen
Tilson
Connecticut
Fish
New York
Everett Sanders
Coolidge
Hanford MacNider
Iowa
Sam R. McKenvie
Nebraska
John J. Pershing
Fisher
Pennsylvania
Puller
Massachusetts
Henry J Allen
Baker
Missouri
Henry W. Anderson
Virginia
William J. Donovan
Theodore Roosevelt
John MacKenzie
Illinois
Louis Emmerson
Frank C. Lowden
Deadlock over Farm Question Delays Convention Reports
Routine spellbinders at the convention delay action as a farm issue stalls progress. The committee says it is not ready to report, keeping decisions in limbo while discussions continue. The stalemate over farm questions holds up scheduled resolutions and agenda items.
Resolutions Sub-Committee Deadlocked Over Plank
At the Republican National Convention in Kansas City the resolutions sub committee failed to agree on the farm relief plank and may send the issue to the convention floor. Delegates clashed over seating Texas supporters for Hoover and showed division between Hoover and anti Hoover forces.
Farmers Protest Hoover at Kansas City Convention Hall
A crowd of about 300 farmers and supporters tried to enter the Hoover nomination area in Kansas City. Police and Hoover organizers blocked the doors amid shouts of We dont want Hoover and Thirty million farmers wont vote for Hoover. The demonstrators planned further action tonight as they marched through streets and to farm headquarters.
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Associated Press
Raymond Z. Henle
Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Chopin
Edgar D. Bush
Indiana
McNary-Haugen
L. W. Price
Los Angeles
Lowdon
Bush
W. H. Settle
T Indians Farm Bureau Federation
Middle West
Representative Wyant
Pennsylvania
Convention Center
Ararat Temple
Baltimore Hotel
Baltimore
Long Night Session Signals Wide Split on Farm Relief Plank
A 16 member Republican resolutions sub committee failed to settle the farm relief plank amid a long night session. Administration backed provisions on the eighteenth amendment provoked stiff opposition and the group adjourned with no report expected before Thursday. The division within the panel was wide and some expected the issue to go to the full committee or floor of the convention.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Republican Convention Resolutions Committee
Senato? Borah
Idaho
Resolutions Committee
New York
New Jersey
Iowa Endorses MacNider for Vice Presidency
Kansas City June 13 With two days left at the convention the anti Hoover forces push for a VP nominee as Hanford MacNider receives Iowa endorsement. A large protest by about five thousand farmers marched downtown voicing the movement while resolutions committee debates continue.
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George M. Hinshaw
Kansas City
Lowdon
Clarence F. Buck
Illinois
Resolutions Committee
MacNider
Hanford MacNider
Iowa corn crop in good shape and varied grain condition
Des Moines June 13 AP Iowa's corn crop stands very good to excellent as the weekly Iowa weather and crop bureau report notes slow progress due to cool temps and limited rain. Oats are generally short, winter wheat is headed from good to poor, barley fair, alfalfa and sweet clover hay cut with fair yields, and early potatoes in bloom in southern Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau
Charles D. Reed
Mexican aviator plans nonstop NYC to Mexico City flight
Captain Emilio Carranza, Mexican army aviator, announced plans to attempt a nonstop flight from New York City to Mexico City as soon as he completes a visit to New York. The announcement came in Washington on June 13.
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Washington
New York City
Mexico City
Emilio Carranza
New York
Billions Lost As Prices of Stocks Tumble Rapidly
New York reports billions of dollars in losses as stocks fell widely after a record 5,900,900 share session. General Motors dropped sharply from the year’s high, while observers blame political shifts and speculative excesses for the market collapse.
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General Motors
Kansas City
Patterson wins on recount in Iowa senate race
Des Moines Iowa June 12 AP George W Patterson of Burt won the 47th Iowa Senate seat after official tabulation credited him with 7 609 votes to 7 553 for W J Breakenridge of Rodman The recount followed unofficial returns eight days after the election.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George W. Patterson
Burt
W. J. Breakenridge
Rodman
Patterson
Tamisiea Wins Republican Nomination by Four Votes
Hugh B. Tamisiea of Missouri Valley won the Harrison county Republican nomination for state representative, defeating incumbent E. J. Cole of Woodbine by four votes after the official canvass.
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Council Bluffs. In
Hugh B. Tamisiea
Missouri Valley
Harrison County
E. J. Cole
Woodbine
Rescue Fliers Readied for Air Search of Italia Survivors
Italy's Italia disaster reports indicate Nobile party drifted northwest toward potential rescuers. radio operator Biogi said drift puts them near 80.37 N, 27.54 E as Hobby sealer crews head to North Cape for air reconnaissance toward Foyne Island. contact with crew with gas bag remains unconfirmed.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Giuseppi Biogi
Italia
Citta di Milano
North Cape
Foyne Island
Northeastland
Franz Josef Land
Giuseppi Biagi
Rescue Efforts for Italia Crew Near Spitzbergen Start
Capt Riiser-Larsen and Lieut Holm plan a morning takeoff from Spitzbergen to reach the drifting Italia crew as weather eases. The Hobby advances through leads, Nobile's radio party reported dead, and drift exposes a path toward land with the storm abated.
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Associated Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Riiser-Larsen
Luetzow Holm
Italia
Umberto Nobile
Foyne Island
Land
Coolidge Party to Leave Tonight for Wisconsin
Washington report says after a second consultation Col James F Coupal and Lieut Com Joel T Boone White House physicians assessed Mrs Coolidge as improved enough for President and Mrs Coolidge to depart tonight for the summer White House at Brule Wisconsin. Doctors noted morning temperature rise across the route and country posed no danger of catching cold during travel. Departure plans set for tonight with arrangements unchanged for Monday.
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Washington
James F. Coupal
Joel T. Boone
White House
Wisconsin
Iowa and Illinois Weather Outlook Tonight Through Thursday
The forecast notes cooler conditions in the extreme east of Iowa tonight and in the north and west of Illinois. Illinois remains generally fair tonight and Thursday with cooler readings in the northeast on Thursday.
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Iowa
Illinois
Durkin Denied Rehearing in Shanahan Slaying Case
Springfield June 13 AP Martin J Durkin convicted of killing Chicago detective Edward Shanahan lost his last chance for freedom as the Supreme Court denied his petition for a rehearing.
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Springfield
Ita
Martin J. Durkin
Edward Shanahan
Chicago
Supreme Court
Convention Program Kansas City June 13
AP reports a Kansas City convention program with music and call to order by Temporary Chairman Fess. Prayer by Bishop Thomas F. Lillis. Credentials committee report. Permanent organization panel to nominate Senator Moses of New Hampshire as permanent chairman with no opposition. Rules, resolutions, and platform discussions. Remarks by prominent Republicans and nominating speeches.
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Kansas City
Platform Committee
Coolidge
North Dakota
MacMaster
South Dakota
Fess
Texas
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
George Moses
New Hampshire
Thomas F. Lillis
Moses
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Robert Quillen
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Frank Lund
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