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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1932
Page
9
Chicago reports the Republican national convention adjourned for lunch as delegates, after hearing Lester Dickinson praise the Hoover era, rushed to Chicago hotels for meals. The write finds little focus on unemployment and hunger, noting veterans and job seekers visible outside the convention.
Regulars clash over keeping a repeal plank from the platform and to keep Charley Curtis on the national ticket. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler and Senator Hiram Bingham push for a repeal plank as delegates fret over Dawes drafting and Curtis elimination amid White House influence.
A new plan at the County Poor Director M. B. Hogue's office requires entry through a rear door on Court Street. The change aims to cut confusion while maintaining the same number of callers served. A colder season note mentions a bad cold could worsen for a family.
Official order of business for the second day session shows 11 a m. opening by the chairman with prayer by Rev. Bona followed by music. Sessions include credentials and permanent organization reports, rules and order of business, and a 4 p m recess before reconvening. Adjournment set for Thursday June 16.
At Chicago on June 15 the Republican convention outlined its 1932 campaign theme by attacking Democrats and praising Hoover. Rep. Bertrand Snell urged steadfast leadership and urged delegates to press onward to victory with Hoover guiding the nation. Dickinson credited Hoover with saving the country from panic and collapse.
Chicago June 15 sixteen Republican leaders labored through the night drafting a 1932 platform authored for them by Hoover advisers. A resubmission plank for the Eighteenth Amendment and calls for public works relief, farm aid, and stronger Reconstruction Finance Corporation were included amid debates on prohibition.
May totals show 662 new books with 603 purchased 47 gifts and 12 by subscription. Cataloguing reached 326 items while 252 were discarded. Donors included California Palace of the Legion of Honor John Campbell M K Graham Lawrence chapter D A R W A McCay C H Miller Sherman Sheffler and Mrs A A Webb.
Mr and Mrs Frank Feeman and their sons James Frank Jr and Jack of Akron Ohio were hurt in an automobile accident near Frizzleburg and are listed as fair and improving today in Jameson Memorial hospital.
The piece lists delegate counts and nominating thresholds for both parties. It notes 1 154 Republican delegates with 5 748 for Hoover and 1 076 for TI France plus 11 for Norris, while Democrats need two thirds of 1 155, about 770, with Roosevelt at 660 plus others and a look at past majority outcomes and the potential impact of scrapping the two thirds rule.
Chicago June 15 The race for the Republican national chairmanship narrows to James R Garfield of Ohio or Everett Sanders of Indiana a dark horse could win if a deadlock occurs Two cabinet members Hurley and Brown are ruled out William M Butler is eliminated after Massachusetts delegation declines to name him for the national committee Hucksters and Hoover campaign talk fade as the field tightens
A trio of University of Alabama students Earl Bauman of Winter Avenue and classmates Gus Moore and Austin Cowmeadow returned to New Castle homes after touring eastern cities over the weekend.
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