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Newspaper
Sioux City Register
Location
Sioux City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1924
Page
1
Declaration calls repeal of Esch-Cummins section 15 A which fixed ICC rate guarantees a 5% return. Denounces the Forney-McCumber tariff as harming farmers, pledges lower rates. Attacks Mellon plan, proposes 40 percent surtax and lower incomes under 8? percent.
The party’s platform shows a push to regulate the coal industry for lower prices and curb control of life’s necessities. Other key planks on the Kulkdux Klan leagues, equal rights amendment, Philippine independence, child labor and foreign relations remain under committee review.
At the New York convention, McAdoo supporters push to bar references to the Ku Klux Klan from the party platform, aiming for ballots to shape the final plank. Delegates rally as Newton D. Baker speaks amid pro Cox sentiment and early delegate strength signals.
Sioux City Republicans and Democrats hold separate conventions in the courthouse to decide county chairmanships. Republicans back D. Pike or Browning with a possible dark horse. Democrats may field up to ten candidates, likely ending in a three way race featuring EH Birmingham, S Mitchell, and Dr. Keefe with Val Gibbons possibly entering. Caucuses in July set district chair elections and state officer attitudes remain unsettled.
Early returns show Sorlie leading Orth with 56 016 votes to 50 182 as R A Nestos trails. County results trickle in with Sorlie ahead by about 3 834 and a nonpartisan win expected in several offices.
Evanston June 27 The hen comes from the egg and not the egg from the hen declares Prof Conrad E Tharaldsen Northwestern University zoology department He explains that the hen carries germ cells that produce eggs and hens all tracing back to the original zygote, the foundational germ cell.
Maj. J. A. White, broadcasting the Democratic convention for the radio company, says he will report openly from Madison Square Garden despite hot letters from Ku Klux Klan sympathizers nationwide objecting to his remarks on the anti Klans demonstration. He defends his role as official broadcaster and promises to tell the world what is happening.
The opening convention session is described as chaotic with factions shifting among Democrats. The scene uses vivid imagery like the Cheshire cat fading as storm clouds gather, signaling a heated battle between competing leaders and factions within the party.
The scene shifts from smiles to stern faces as Brennan leaves his seat for a conference with henchmen. Long moves about, face like a thunder cloud, never staying in one place, as the crowd's smiles fade into scowls.
The record shows a heated exchange over delaying the convention due to an entertainment invitation for delegates. The Fitzgerald plea drew scornful reactions from the McAdoo faction, who insisted delegates attend as planned.
Clark Heilman 10 died from a fractured skull after dashing in front of a car driven by his uncle Hal Clark on Garretson avenue near Grace Methodist church. Witnesses say the act was unavoidably fatal. Clark halted within a car length and the sister Helen narrowly escaped injury. Body held at Westcott funeral home awaiting arrangements.
New York June 27 McAdoo odds lengthened again after yesterday's clash over his candidacy. J B Fried Co quotes him at 1 to 6 choice, down from 1 to 4 percent. Convention betting opened with Gov Smith at 1 to 2 to 6. Des Moines Iowa June 27 Polk County road bonds totaling 200000 were sold to the Minne Loan and Trust Co of Minneapolis.
In Omaha on June 27 a price war drives gasoline to 12.9 cents a gallon at one dealer while others slash to beat rivals. A local doctor, Fr F J Despencher, inspired by consumer plights, creates a lapel button and campaigns with neighbors to pressure dealers to lower prices, leading to nightly talks and a consumer movement.
At Madison Square Garden on June 27 the following candidates were nominated before the Democratic convention: Oscar Underwood Alabama Joseph T Robinson Arkansas William G McAdoo California Al Smith New York Samuel M Ralston Indiana Willard Saulsbury Delaware David F Houston New York Albert C Ritchie Maryland Jonathan M Davis Kansas Woodbridge N Ferris Michigan James Cox Dayton Ohio Charles Bryan Nebraska.
A four hour quake recorded at Bendani's observatory in Faensa Italy yesterday, centered south of Macquarie Island in the South Pacific. Observers note it was the strongest ground tremor yet, with needles broken by the tremors and predictions of violence for eastern Japan in the Chohi and Kyushu regions.
An arrest in Antigo Wisconsin points to George Cummings of Victoria British Columbia as a suspect in the first degree murder of his bride of one week at a tourist camp near Wittenberg on June 15. He is reportedly partially identified and sought by Shawano authorities.
The program outlines today's convention events at 10:20 a.m. with an invocation by Rev. Dr. Dwight W. Wylie, roll call for nominating and seconding speeches, and probable balloting or platform presentation. Names listed include Gov. Sisler of New Jersey, Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska, James M. Cox of Ohio, Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, and John W. Davis of West Virginia.
A Kansas City storm killed one person and wounded seven others amid heavy rain hail and wind. Flooding flooded streets as the Missouri River rose to twenty feet and the Kaw reportedly swelled, tracing a path of damage across the city.
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