Socialists Adopt Wet Plank in Presidential Campaign
At the Socialist national convention in Milwaukee on May twenty first the party adopted a wet platform calling for repeal of prohibition laws and government ownership of breweries with a state option. Natman Mattoon Thomas of New York was chosen as presidential candidate and Ed James Maurer of Harrisburg Pennsylvania as his running mate.
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Top
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James BH. Mayres
Pennsylvanis
Socialist Party
Aod
Party of Milwaukee
Mulwaukee
National Socialist
Natman Mattoon Thomas
Ed James H. Maurer
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Still Hijackers Given Two Years
Five new hijackers were sentenced to two years in Leavenworth after a March 13 raid near Joliet Illinois. Federal prohibition agents seized the still they stopped to ambush and believed the operators were still present. The hijackers thought they were holding up operators when surprised by a second detach ment of agents.
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Chicago
Leavenworth
Joliet, IL
Prohibition
Unem
Enmity May Beat Smith Roosevelt Enmity May Beat Smith
Democratic factions in New York and Washington expect a vicious showdown at Chicago. The Smith and Roosevelt camps plan to use personal disclosures from Seabury to attack each other and rally Tammany behind Smith if needed. Roosevelt allies anticipate cutting ties with Tammany to prove courage and expose municipal policies. Democratic leaders wary of both nominees welcome a candid confrontation that could derail either candidate.
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Louis Seibold Finlger
Bervin
New York
Democratic Madera
Washington
Chicago
Empire State
Sinlth
Roosevelt
Tol
Smith
Uhl
Seabury
Balk
Letter Protested by House Leader as Causing Harm
Washington May 23. Representative Rainey of Wisconsin, House Democratic leader, told Nicholas Murray Butler that the letter he and other Prombwal men sent urging leaders to lay aside partisanship to balance the budget is doing a great deal of harm. Alfred E. Smith was among signers, addressed to Representative Crispy in Georgia as the Gem erade Trader in the house. Senate leaders Watson and Rublo, Republican and Democratic, had previously protested Decommunication.
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House
Washington
Rainey
Twinois
Nicholas Murray Buller
Alfred EB. Smith
Low
Crispy
Georgia
Watson
Rubluso
Senate
Man Sets Fire to Bed and Slashes Himself in Texas
A man named Midenka, 48, attacked his wife with a pocket knife, then slit his throat and set fire to their home in BCHULENBURG Texas on May 25. Mrs. Midenka broke free and escaped to a neighbor’s house as he fled to his bedroom and poured kerosene on himself and the bed before the assault ended.
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Bchulenburg
Texas
Eo Midenka
Mra
Fraud allegations hit San Francisco men in Mexico City
Mexico City May 25 Excelsior reports two men, Fred Glilian and Harry Strugnell, claimed San Francisco wealth by posing as state department-verified agents. They allegedly sold bonds at false values and tried to fund a hotel project, later fleeing unpaid bills at the Hotel Imperial and seeking loans from guests in Havana.
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Mexico City
México
Excelsor Today
Fred Glilian
Harry Strugnell
San Francisco
California
Department of State
Strug
San Diego
Hotel Imperial Today
Hoover to Confer on Prohibition Plank
President Hoover will hold further talks with party leaders to bridge dry and wet views on the prohibition plank for the upcoming convention. A high council of organized dry leaders is summoned to meet next week to plan actions addressing a growing list of prohibitionists in both parties and an opportunity for public input on the Eighteenth Amendment.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
Declining Era in US Population Says Chicago Scientist
Dr Whelpton of the University of Chicago predicts a coming era of population decline in the United States. In the American Journal of Sociology he notes 1930 census data show fewer children under five and more people in older age groups, signaling a shifting demographic pattern.
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United States
FP. K. Whelpton
University of Chicago Research Expect
American Journal of Scctology
Whelpton
City News 8 Injury Report From Local Streets Incident
A person on 1601 2 80uth Flores Street was injured after being struck by a vehicle in the 1800 block of Magalitos Street and transported to Robert B. Green hospital. Police report details are unclear due to garbled text but indicate an open air pavilion nearby and multiple local references.
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Robert B. Green Hopital
Airways Head to Face U.S. Charge
Los Angeles dispatch reports Mark C Teveres 42, president of Latin American Airways, charged with impersonating an officer amid an alleged hijacking plot. Teveres was held for questioning after authorities say they will pursue further details. Tan cre was arrested yesterday in Long Beach and waived a hearing to be returned to Miami for further investigation.
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Los -Angeles
Arevy
Mark C. Teveres
Latin-American Airways
Olay
Fredorl Guthorities
Tancre
Long Beach
Miami
Akron Returns From Pacific Northwest Inspection
The Akron airship arrived today in Sunnyvale after a two day non stop voyage to the Pacific Northwest, moored without incident at 6 38 a m Pacific time.
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Pacific Northwest
Sunnyvale
Galil
Navy
Smith Voices Relief Plan Objection
New York May 25 Fred E Smith criticizes President Hoover on public works funding to relieve unemployment. He questions the productive versus non productive work distinction and opposes the federal bonds versus credit approach, saying both affect the bond market and express broader relief principles.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Hoover
American Society of Civil Engineers
Senator Thomas Holds Vote Lead in Idaho Primary
Idaho May 25 Senator John Thomas led for the Republican nomination as about 30 percent of precincts reported. Final tallies showed Thomas with 12 714 votes versus 807 for J Wesley Holten in Boise area races.
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Thomas
Hoish
Idaho
John Thomas
Washington
J. Wesley Holten
Dry Agents Raid Two Exclusive N Y Night Clubs
Promition agents raided two fashionable New York night clubs valued at $100,000 each, seizing contraband drinks as the resorts served alcohol. One club is described as a white stone building opposite the Rockefeller home. several prisoners were taken.
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N.Y
WEW
York
tNa
Joba BD
Rockefetter
Laken
Labor Bank in New York to Reopen in May
New capital totaling 2 000 000 has been obtained to reopen the Federation Bank and Trust Company, which closed last October due to losses and depreciation. The bank, reporting forward, plans to resume operations under new capitalization and management.
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Labor Bank
N. Y
New York
Federation Bank and Trust
Winel
Pinus
Jaboe Institution
U S ARGUING OVER NICARAGUA INVOLVES MARINES SENT
Dr Pedro Juse Zepeda demanded U S action in Nicaragua asserting the nation owes it to its people and the world to declare its presence. He criticized twenty years of policy and questioned the ultimate goal of American involvement while reports indicated more Marines were being deployed to Nicaragua.
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Mexico City
United States
Jy General
Nicaragua
Pedro Juse Zepeda
Genaugue
Tino Sandine
Nicarapgen
Nighragua San
Zepeda
Fire Destroys 1000 Homes in Charsadda Village
A massive blaze in Charsadda village near Peshawar destroyed about a thousand houses and shops today. Fire crews battled the flames as residents watched, with authorities estimating extensive property losses and calling for aid to affected families.
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Peshawar
India
Charsadda
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