Landslide Split at Republican Convention May Narrow Landon Lead
Stop Landon forces falter as Senator Borah balks at broad participation in anti-Kansas coalition. Old guard backs a home rule constitutional amendment on wages and hours for possible inclusion in the 1936 platform. Convention opens with Landon likely to be nominated on an early ballot, while Borah arrives from Washington and resists final ticket or platform decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Cleveland
U.P
William E. Borah
Alf M. Landon
Edward J. Duffy
Associated Press
London
Senator Borah
Idaho
Washington
Landon
Tax Bill Sent To Conference For Adjustment
Washington notes the house and senate moved to conference over the tax bill during recess for the Republican national convention. Eight Ways and Means conferees including Doughton Hill Cullen Wesson Cooper Treadway Crowther Woodruff were named to align the measure with Roosevelt plans, favoring higher undistributed profits levies and omitting a proposed increase in personal income taxes. Conferees aim to finish by recess, with relief-deficiency and several appropriation bills to be settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Bankhead
Doughton
North Caroina
Samuel B. Hill
Cullen
New York
Winson
Kentucky
Cooper
Tennessee
Treadway
Massachusetts
Crowther
Woodruff
Michigan
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Black
Alabama
la Follette
Wisconsin
Canton Decides to Fight Japan
The Canton government resolves to send an army against Japan in North China with Li Chung Jen urging officers and men to shed blood for anti Japanese salvation. Lo Wenh Kan backs resistance as the only way. observers fear fiscal strains as Canton mobilizes 150,000 troops and over 100 aircraft amid air raid preparations. Hongkong dispatch notes fifteen Nanking warships reach Amoy as Formosa-based ships are readied to move toward Shatow.
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Canton
China
Japan
Li Chung-Jen
Republic
Lo Wenh-Kan
Nanking
South
Hongkong
Amoy
Fukien
Formosa
Shatow
Kwangtung
Kawangtung
Kwangsi
Richard G. Massack
Associated Press
Faris
France
Paris
Wades
Leon Blum
Rouenton
Barentin
Pavilly
Rouen
Dunkerque
Canal
Quentin Metal
Jupiter Oil Refinery
Longjuneau
People’s Front
Sarraut
Blum
Governor urged to call special election for Byrns seat
Nashville Tennessee report says Gov Ti McAlister was asked to call a special election to fill the unexpired term of the late Speaker Joseph W Byrns. Byrns had planned to run again in November and faced no opposition in the upcoming August Democratic primary.
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Nashville
Tenn
Ti McAlister
Joseph WW. Byrns
Byrns
Judge Zimmerman in Critical Condition after Abdominal Operation
The condition of Circuit Judge A. G. Zimmerman remains critical and unchanged after a serious abdominal operation at Kthedisi hospital on Saturday. He has been an outpatient for weeks, having previously undergone a palliative operation.
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Madison
A. G. Zimmerman
Kthedisi Hospital
Jurist
Olson quits Wisconsin Workers' Alliance leader resigns at state convention
Lyle Olson of Green Bay who led the Madison march last spring resigns from the Wisconsin Workers' Alliance after critics charge his actions harmed the group. He calls the accusations baseless and accuses leaders of using wolf pack tactics by Henry Ohl Jr. Gov La Follette and Mayor Hoan of Milwaukee.
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Green Bay
Wis
Lyle Olson
Wisconsin Workers’ Alliance
Madison
Alliance
Paul Boyd
Eau Claire
Harry Horkman
Olson
Olso
Henry Ohl Jr
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
Philip la Follette
Daniel W. Hoan
Milwaukee
Thirteen Are Held in Poole Kilking
Thirteen men tied to the Black Legion kidnapping and the alleged execution of Charles A Poole were ordered held for trial on kidnapping charges. Judge Ralph W Liddy expressed doubt on whether all should face murder charges. Named are Dayton Dean Harvey Davis Ervin D Lee Urban Lipps Paul R Edwards Edgar Baldwin Herschel Gill Lowell.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
Trise
Common Pleas
Ralph Wliddy
Dayton Dean
WPA
Harvey Davis
Dean
Ervin DB
Lee
Urban Lipps
Paul R. Edwards
Edgar Baldwin
Herschel Gill
Lowell
Seven Die In Weekend Wisconsin Auto Accidents
Wisconsin weekend auto deaths rise to seven with victims including John Hart 5 Milwaukee Mrs Thomas Steele 31 Janesville Walden Carlson 21 South Milwaukee Charles Schombachler 21 Kenosha Frances Urban 17 Fort Atkinson Mrs Floyd Semmins 24 Wausau Edwin Schulz 31 Milwaukee. Accidents occurred across multiple counties from Milwaukee to Whitewater and Owen with several serious injuries reported and additional crashes under investigation.
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Milwaukee
UAI
Wisconsin
John Hart
Thomas Steele
Janesville
Walden Carlson
South Milwaukee
Charles Schombachler
Kenosha
Frances Urban
Fort Atkinson
Floyd Semmins
Wausau
Edwin Schulz
Hart
Steele
Beloit
Carlson
Charles Branger
Schombachter
Clarence Frost
Marie Talley
Schombachier
Miss Urban
Republican Leaders Begin Hoisting Farm Plank For 1936 Platform
Republican leaders push a farm welfare plank aimed at midwestern voters in the bread basket. The plan seeks market protection, bounty support, equalization for allotments, and federal aid to dispose of surpluses without destroying crops or livestock. States rights feature, with possible wage hour limits unlikely.
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Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Cleveland
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
London
Absentee Boss Charge Denied As Absurd In Hearst Saga
Washington report notes Secretary Ickes accusing Republicans of backing a preselected standard bearer. Hearst publisher denies the charge as absurd and vapid, stating Hearst will not edit the platform and that Hearst supported Johnson in 1920 while opposing Harding.
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Washington
Wiliam Randolph Hearst
Republican National
Ickes
Cleveland
Warren G. Harding
2Ir
Nearst
William Allen White
Gifford Pinchot
Frank Lowden
Landon
Hearst
USA
Hiram Johnson
Harding
Escaped asylum inmates flee as search widens
In a bold break led by Lawrence De Vol, 13 inmates escaped from St Peter State Asylum prompting guards and about 100 National Guardsmen to scour the Minnesota river bottoms and countryside. Three of the 16 initial escapees were recaptured. one sat on a bench at New Ulm. De Vol, a convicted robber and murder suspect, directed the assault, threatening guard Bert Hokanson before others joined the break.
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St. Peter, Mina
Ai—Dachine Witnners
Siinne- Miia
SS Peter State Asylum
Lawrence de Vol
Karpis
Darker Mangster
New Ulm
Here
de Vol
Bert Hokanson
Hokanson
Wim
Hokanton
George Fay
Hans Hanson
Roy Sampson
Norbert Steepie
Wisconsin Delegates Fight Settled as Cleveland Votes
Wisconsin Republicans debate a compromise candidate for national committeeman as delegates arrive in Cleveland for tonight’s caucus. Borah supporters and Otten vs Thomas in the committeewoman contest noted amid ongoing factional rivalries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard R. Smith
United Press
Cleveland
Wisconsin
Carson Lyman
Associated Press
Rlk
William J. Campbell
Oshkosh
James T
Madison
Campbell
Senator Borah
Borah
Wisconsin del
Stand Collapse in Bucharest Kills and Injures Hundreds
A packed grandstand in Bucharest collapsed before onlookers, killing three to twenty people and injuring more than 700. King Carol and heir Mihai aided rescue, directing cars to hospitals as authorities, later censored, gave differing death counts. Most victims were women, with confusion delaying identifications and officials scrambling to control the scene.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Rumanu
Lutpolier
Carol
Ponce Mihai
Edguard Leones
Czechoslovakia
Nicho- Hag
King's Aids
Mihai
Open Eyed Patriotism Urged by La Follette Convocation
Gov Philip F La Follette urged 700 graduates from three high schools at a joint convocation to develop open eyed patriotism. He called for courage to lead, to defend the rights of those we disagree with, and to work together for a common end in a world demanding interdependence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Philip F. la Follette
Hewburg Bank Robbed in Newburg Wisconsin
Suspect held up the Newburg State Bank in the afternoon, escaping with cash and securities estimated by bank officials at between 5000 and 6000 dollars. No injuries reported as police investigated the incident and reviewed security footage.
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Nowhare
Wis
Tawa Mets
Newburg State Bank
Battle Over Platform Signals GOP Rift on Wage Amendment
Landon supporters seek a constitutional amendment to permit state minimum wage laws as part of a proposed platform. London faction aims for a full program by nightfall with planks on monetary stabilization farm policy and marketing aid. Prominent figureheads including Henry J. Allen and William Allen White drive the planning amid resistance from Borah Vandenberg and Dickinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Robertson
Associated Press
Cleveland
Landon
Alf‘ Landon
Kansas
London
Resolutions Committee
Henry J. Allen
William Allen White
Emporia
Rep. Hope
Republican
London Forces
Borah
Idaho
Vandenberg
Michigan
Dickinson
Iowa
Shea Took Full Responsibility In City Trust Fund Case
A former Detroit bank teller testified that James J. O'Shea admitted taking full responsibility for cashing checks on city trust funds linked to Harry M. Tyler. Wiseman recalled O'Shea saying there was nothing to get you into trouble and that Tyler cashed checks to cover up bond purchases by the city. Cross examination noted O'Shea's signature endorsement relief for tellers and questioned the forged checks theory.
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Detroit
James J. O'Shea
Harry M. Tyler
William D. Wiseman
National Bank of Detroit
O'Shea
Wiseman
Tyler
O. Ki
Lindbergh Family Expected to Return Home in August
Paris aviator de Torres said Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife Anne and their son Jon will likely sail back to the United States in August after their stay in England. The Lindberghs and Torres are mutual friends.
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Paris
Ut — Peyronnet de Torres
Cok
Charles A. Lindbergh
Jon
United States
England
Torres
the Lindberghs
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Greef
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Shea
Teller
Lindberghs
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