Democratic Convention Promises Real Fireworks in Washington
Washington in June braces for a feisty Democratic Convention as Roosevelt and anti-Roosevelt factions clash over permanent and temporary chairmanships. Reports say Walsh may be backed to replace Shouse, with Moll readings indicating militant plans to control party machinery and push a strong Roosevelt block, potentially nearing a first-ballot majority of the 1134 votes.
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Washington, D. C
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jouett Shouse
Roosevelt
Barkley
Kentucky
Walsh
Montana
Shouse
Dr Leonhardt's Hem-Roid Tablets Claim Pile Cure
A newspaper ad touts Dr Leonhardt's Hem-Roid as a cure for piles offering a money back guarantee. It claims a quick internal medicine effect and urges sufferers to obtain a bottle from Somm ers drug stores and general druggists.
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Dr. Leonhardt
R Cave
Two Screen Stars Hospitalized in Hollywood Visit
Hollywood reports Joan Bennett hospital with throat infection and Elissa Landi, once a British star, with an infected eye. Both expected to leave hospital in a few days. In Spain, the curate of Cerezo De Abajo was fined by the governor for printing on church doors a ban of excommunication against the first couple married under the republic’s civil ceremony laws.
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Hollywood
Joan Bennett
Elissa Landi
Begovia
Spain
Cerezo de Abajo
Roosevelt Remains Positioned in Tammany Fallout
New York June 10 Franklin D Roosevelt campaign chief warns Tammany Hall Roosevelt can win the presidency without Tammany support. Mayor James Walker’s fate hangs on the governor as Walker faces removal calls. Farley predicts Roosevelt nominated on first Chicago ballot and carrying at least 345 electoral votes, while he hopes to win New York State, a feat unmatched by any Democrat since Cleveland.
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New York
vPi
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tammany Ball
Roosevelt
Tammany
James J. Walker
Walker
James A. Farley
Chicago
Cleveland
Royal Betrothal Ceremony Set in Coburg
Stockholm papers said the belltr hath ceremony of Prince Aeolf of Sweden to Princess Sibylle of Saxe Coburg Gotha will take place at Coburg July 1st, the king Gustav’s birthday, with Berlin telegrams hinting Coburg court may confirm the report.
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Stockholm
Aeolf
Sweden
Sibylle
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Coburg
Gustav
Berlin
German Schools Open in New Braunfels
The German summer school in New Braunfels opened with 102 pupils enrolled. Free to students of New Braunfels and Comal County, offered by the New Braunfels Independent School District. Readers are reminded of loan options in Light Classified Ads.
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New Braunfels
Comal County
New Braunfels Independent
Sprayers Turn Out to Be Bandits In Miladyepina
In Maladelpina two men posing as spray workers from the Philadelphia Rapid Transit booth entered to fumigate mosquitoes. They misled cashier Renate Liddell by hanging a sheet to conceal their spray and escaped with seven bags containing that day’s receipts.
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Maladelpina
Philadelphia
Renate Liddell
Riel
Liddell
Father and Son Shot by Strike-Breakers near St Louis
In St Louis two men hired by the General Material Company were shot dead after a strike by union workers. Witness Mrs Alice Jordan saw the shooters flee in their car, leaving Ben Cody and his son Clarence Cody dying on a narrow country road. Police pursue the theory the killings stemmed from their roles as strike breakers.
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T. Louis
General Material Company
Road Commission to Consider Bids
The Texas highway commission met to consider bids for highway construction in 20 counties estimated at 1.4 million dollars. The session was limited to contract setting and bypassed petitions for county delegation aid hearings on other matters.
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Road Commission
Austin
Texas Highway Commission
Blanket Case Settled in Federal Court
A former Ban Antonio merchant, Dan Root, faced a government claim of 1000 for blankets bought from agencies at war’s end. The matter was continued to allow Walton Hood, ex San Antonio banker now in Rio Grande Valley, to propose a compromise. Hood submitted a 500 check with a financial statement. the court approved passing the case on this submission.
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Dan Root
Ban Ansonian
Russell Wine
Walton D. Hood
San Antonio
Rio Grande Valley
Wine
Hood
Brownsville
Treasury
U S Steel Unfilled Orders Drop to New Low in May
United States Steel reported May unfilled orders fell 149 764 tons to 2 177 162 tons, marking the fourteenth consecutive monthly decline and a new record low. The note hints at longer term prospects and mentions related real estate ads in The Light.
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U.S. Steel
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Auto built in 1895 takes part in parade
Elkhart Lake Wis Lt W E Henschel owns a motortyre tubber tired horseless carriage built in 1805, still runs and is entered in numerous parades in this vintage. Hundreds of desirable rooms apartments and houses at prices that will appeal to you offered today in light classified rental ads
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Elkhart Lare
Wis
Dune
W. E. Henschel
Dynamite Plot Foiled Near Machado's Car in Havana
In Havana on June 10 police uncovered a substantial quantity of dynamite at the Miramar and Tercera streets corner wired to explode from 600 yards. Three men were arrested, including the son of prominent opposition figure Senora Mariana Dalatorre.
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Havana
Machado
Miramar
Tercera
Senora Mariana Dalatorre
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