Republican conference opens late for gubernatorial slate
The Wisconsin state Republican convention opened after 2 pm at the Eagles auditorium with State Chairman George L. Gilkey presiding. Delegates were welcomed, the temporary roll read, and talks outlined the plan for tentative committee work before final action.
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George L. Gilkey
Merrill
Kobler
Kohler
D. L. Krembs
St. Mary's Church
Eagles
America
Wisconsin
William L. Pieplow
State Committee
Pieplow
Plot Against Rubio Discovered in Los Angeles
Detective Lieutenant William Hynes of the Los Angeles Police Department said a communist plot to embarrass President Pascual Ortiz Rubio of Mexico was discovered in Los Angeles. He noted rumors of violence but police were prepared and Ortiz Rubio canceled his Pacific coast visit.
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el Centro
Calif
William Hynes
Los Angeles
Pascual Ortiz Rutio
Mexico
United States
Hynes
Red Squad
Ortiz Rubio
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Pacific Coast
Bodies of Seven Taken From Quarry Near Souderton
Divers and volunteers recovered seven bodies from a car that plunged into a deep abandoned quarry near Souderton Pennsylvania on Sunday. The last body was Elmer Wisham and the list includes his mother, sister, wife, 11 year old son, 3 year old niece, and Ralph Cupitt the car driver.
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Philadelphia
Souderton
Elmer Wisham
Ralph Cupitt
Fourth group of star mothers ends French pilgrimage
The fourth group of American gold star mothers, numbered 257, finished visiting war graves in France and began homeward from Cherbourg. They will sail this evening aboard the President Roosevelt, passing the sixth group expected to land tomorrow. The fifth group made grave visits today and the sick list showed improvement.
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Paris
France
Roosevelt
Cherbourg
Chicago press slayings sparked citywide crime crackdown
Alfred Lingle Tribune reporter was shot in a Michigan Avenue subway in Chicago prompting a wide police roundup. Officials including Police Commissioner Russell and Chief Investigator Roche pursued multiple theories from gang revenge to a personal vendetta linked to Cutten robberies. Coroner Bundesen prepared an inquest as 22 suspects remained in custody or under scrutiny while Rosenberg faced charges after returning from Cleveland.
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Chicago
Alfred
Jake” Lingle
Tribune
Lingle
Michigan Avenue
Randolph Street
Russell
Patrick Roche
State's Attorney’s Office
Arthur W. Cutten
Cutten
Herman N. Bundesen
Rosenberg
Cleveland
Alfred Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Simon Rosenberg
iCutten
Wild or Not Wild Jurors to Decide Geese Case
Jefferson Wisconsin U P reports Frank Fischer and a companion found six geese on a highway. They ate two and sold one before ownership disputes arose. Fischer faces poultry theft charges and a possible prison term. the case will be decided by a circuit court jury next fall on whether the geese are wild or not wild after authorities questioned their status. Fischer posted bond of 300 dollars.
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Campbell
Gilkey
State Republican Committee
Jefferson
Wis
U.P
Frank Fischer
Palmyra
Fischer
George ‘Grimm
Urdler
Wickersham Speech Clue to Hoover on Prohibition
President Hoover may be shaping a shift in prohibition policy toward education, as indicated by Chairman Wickersham in a Boston speech. The White House avoided comment while Washington readers note a possible move away from punitive enforcement toward public education on liquor’s evils.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington, BD. C
Hoover
Boston
Wickersham
Law Enforcement Commission
White House
Washington
Immigrant Exclusion Act Called a Dead Hand on the Future
Jane Addams, Hull House founder, denounces the 1924 1926 1928 immigration acts as a dead hand upon the future. She cites deportations breaking families and barring students from returning, noting rising deportations from thousands to over twelve thousand annually. Harriet L. Herring urges social workers to use textile work as a pathway to better life.
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Boston
U.P
Jane Addams
Hull House
Chicago
National Conference of Social Workers
Department of Labor
America
Miss Addams
New England
Harriet L. Herring
University of North Carolina
Lindberghs May Visit Connecticut River Shore
Old Lyme rumors say Charles A Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh may stay on the Connecticut river shore this summer. Mrs E K Dillingham of Texas has leased a house on the J N Brown estate nearby and could host them, with a landing-field suitable site noted by caretaker Sven L Pearson.
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Old Lyme
Minn
Charles A Lindbergh
Cail
Connecticut River
E. K. Dillingham
Texas
Dwight Morrow
Lindbergh
J. N. Brown
Sven L. Pearson
Campbell Urges Republican Party for Republicans
W. J. Campbell Oshkosh temporary chairman at the Wisconsin GOP convention declares the party must self preserve and bite back at dishonest candidates. He calls for rewritten campaign finance laws to define candidate and third party responsibilities and criticizes backroom deals. He says the convention should be master of its destiny with open delegate selection and no secret lines.
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W. J. Campbell
Oshkosh
A. B. Fontaine
Green Bay
Republican Party
Campbell
Ile
The
Elks
Eagles
Moose
Wis
United States
Brother identifies suspect in Grace Budd kidnapping case
Edward Budd, 19, identified Charles Howard, 49, brought from Florida on a grand larceny charge, as the kidnapper of Grace Budd. The sister’s family had a nationwide search. Mrs Budd did not recognize the man.
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New York—i
Grace Budd
Manhattan
Charles Howard
Florida
Edward Budd
Howard
Frank Howard
Farmingdale
New Hampshire
Budd
Flood Control Funds Allocated for Mississippi Tributaries
The War Department announced an allotment of 1 286 300 dollars from a 10 800 000 reserve for flood control work on the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The funds will fund projects and surveys to gauge tributary control value within the overall flood plan.
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Washington
Army
Mississippi River
War Department
Mississippi
Women’s Clubs Debate London Naval Treaty at Convention
Delegates at the General Federation of Women's Clubs biennial meeting adopted a resolution supporting quick action on the London Naval Treaty. An amendment urged that the federation approve President Hoover’s efforts and telegram the president. Mrs Alice Cobourn Eric spoke against the resolution, arguing the Senate must fully study the pact before ratification.
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Boenv
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Ben Hooper
Oshkoh Wis
Department of International Relations
Hoover
Alice Cobourn Eric
Philadelphia
United States Senate
Enc
United States
Senate
Colombian Aviator Dies in Spain Accident
Guadalajara Spain reports the death of a Colombian aviator studying Spanish military art methods. He was 150 feet in the air when his plane tangled with a captive balloon rope, leaving no time for parachute deployment.
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Guadalajara
Spain
Jose Maria Rodriguez
Baloon Rodriguez
Hutchins Questions Value of Educational Methods
Dr Robert Maynard Hutchins, president of Chicago University, challenged current education in a graduation address. He argued the system favors the average, wastes time, and stifles initiative, urging new standards and selective general and professional exams to tailor each student’s path.
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Chicago University
Chicago
Robert Maynard Hutchins
Midway
Hutchins
Field of Nineteen Certified for the Texas Primaries
Austin reports a nine teen field for the July 26 Texas gubernatorial primaries with fourteen Republicans and five Democrats certified after party meetings. Governor Moody did not run. Ferguson, impeached, attacked Moody and urged his wife Miriam Ferguson as a candidate. Republican slate includes H. S. Hume and Dr. George C Butte, who led in 1924 primary votes.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Dan Moody
James E. Ferguson
Democratic Committee
Ferguson
Miriam A. Ferguson
Moody
Hoover
Thomas B Love
Houston
H. 5. Hume
Amarillo
George C Butte
Bootleg Suspect Searched in Modoc Mountains
In Modoc county Alguras area deputies hunted Rodney Selby 35 suspected bootlegger and slayer of Federal Prohibition Agent Albert L Brown and wounding Agent Robert Davis after a shooting occurred as agents sought to arrest him for selling liquor. Davis named Selby as the killer and said he fled to rugged country northeast of Indian Springs.
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Alguras
Calif
Modoc County
Rodney Selby
Albert L. Brown
Robert Davis
Selby
Davis
Indian Springs
Brown
Senate committee screens London naval treaty papers request
The U S Senate Foreign Relations Committee debated a resolution asserting its right to secret London naval treaty papers the Hoover administration withholds The panel eyed redrafting with Senators Borah Moses and Black named to rewrite while delaying treaty consideration and pursuing signatures for round robins on action timing
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Black
Alabama
Borah
Moses
Republican
New Hampshire
Hoover
Senate
Johnson
California
Stimson
Independent Republican
Old Guard Republicans
Weather summary for Great Lakes region and observatory readouts
The report details wind and weather conditions around the Great Lakes with seas rising to fresh in the Lake Huron area and occasional strong winds over Lake Erie. Small craft warnings are posted for Huron Erie and Ontario. Upper Michigan forecasts call for generally fair but cooler and partly cloudy conditions with possible showers in the far east. The Tama observatory log notes a maximum 72 and minimum 42 with no precipitation.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Upper Lakes
Lake Huron
Lower Lakes
Lake Erie
Lakes Huron
Erie
Ontario
Upper Michigan
Northwestern
Tama
Buckstaff Observatory
Senate Debates Recommitment on Smoot Hawley Tariff
Senator Blaine Wisconsin lodges a motion to recommit the tariff bill amid charges that conferees set the lowest dairy rates while higher rates applied to wool. Vice President Curtis blocks a final vote as Heflin objects. Watson defends the measure detailing agriculture driven changes and asserts benefits amid GOP pledge.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
House
Senate
Senate Today
Blaine
Republican
Wisconsin
Curtis
Heflin
Alabama
Watson
Hoover
Congress
Indiana
Howell
Nebraska
Republican Party
Alimony Case Hears Bridge Earnings Claim
In White Plains Supreme Court Justice Mors hears Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Landstreet of New Rochelle sue BB New York insurance adjuster for separation. Landstreet argues the husband’s bridge winnings over three days should be counted toward alimony. counsel contends the adjuster’s salary alone should be used and requests no more than one third of $3,800. The court reserved decision.
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White Plains
Supreme Court
Mors
Robert
Landistreet
Mary Elizabeth Landstreet
New Rochelle
BB New York Insurance
Ali
Landstreet
Girl Sets Barn Fires in Wisconsin Visit
A visiting girl near Manitowoc Wisconsin started a blaze while playing with matches that destroyed two barns. Grandparents Mr and Mrs William Krieser reported the fire began in a barn and spread, estimated damage remains unclear.
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Manitewoc
Wis
U.P
William Krieser
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Republican Conference
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Senator Blaine
Lindberghs
Rother
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