Democrats Ready to Nominate Smith at Houston Convention
The 1928 Democratic National Convention opened in Houston Texas with Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York expected to be the nominee. Delegates and guests filled the sweltering hall while discussions on the vice presidential choice and a dry platform continued amid bands, pageantry, and Rio grande style pageantry.
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Houston
Tex
Cohorts of
Democracy
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Houston Enterprise
Smith
Joseph Robinson
United States Senate
Claude Bowers
Texas
Graham McNamee
Dixie
Senator Edwards
New Jersey
Edwin Halsey
Virginia
Caraway
Arkansas
Senator Robinson
California
McAdoo
Hoover Republican
Kansas City
Ellison D. Smith
South Carolina
Bratton
Melvina Passmore
Four Hundred Attend Day of Playgrounds in Elyria
More than four hundred Elyria children visited the first day of supervised playgrounds Monday under H H Stiffler of the high school. The four sites are Ely Jefferson McKinley and Hamilton schools run by the Board of Education. Afternoon and evening sessions were held with baseball, stories, and games. Plans include hare and hound chases and treasure hunts. Stiffler will have weekly reports on activities published in the Chronicle Telegram.
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Elyria
H. H. Stiffler
Elyria Board of Education
Ely
Jefferson
McKinley
Hamilton
Stiffler
Chronicle-Telegram
Prayer by Methodist Bishop Opens Democratic National Convention
Houston, June 26. Rev. R. Hay, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, offered a prayer at the opening of the Democratic national convention. He asked divine wisdom to guide deliberations and blessings for the nation, urging unity, justice, and the welfare of all citizens.
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Houston
Tex
R. Hay
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Jesus Christ
United States
First Clue In Liner Mail Robbery
BULLETIN New York June 26 The first clue to the Leviathan liner mail robbery emerged when police staged a theft with a murder in midtown. Edwin Jer ge, shot June 10, is thought killed for knowing either too much or too little about the robbery. Inspector C H Clarahan of the post office proposed two theories linking the shooting to the job.
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New York
Edwin Jerg2
C. H. Clarahan
Post Office Department
Jerge
Clarahan
Tomlin Fined For Drunken Driving
Elyria resident Mat Tomlin was fined $100 and costs after changing his plea to guilty in common pleas court. Judge W B Thompson presided as Tomlin, previously indicted by the grand jury, switched from not guilty to guilty on the drunken driving charge.
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Mat Tomlin
Elyria
W. B. Thompson
Common Pleas Court
Tomlin
Fireworks Blast Costs Five Lives in Thompsonville
An explosion at the New England Fireworks Company in North Thompsonville killed five people. Wreckage flew through the air as flames erupted, and the blast roar was heard for miles. Local officials rushed to the scene to assess damage and casualties.
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Niles
Real Estate Board Host Encourages Community Role
Frank Bicknell, secretary of the Cleveland Real Estate Board, urges Elyria Lorain County Realtors to build community through organized effort. The newly chartered Elyria Lorain County Real Estate Board considers a multiple listing system and monthly meetings to boost values and trust.
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Frank Bicknell
Cleveland Real Estate Board
American Real Estate Board
Elyria-Lorain
Chamber of Commerce
Bicknell
Roy J. Miller
E. J. Fellow
Lister
Sidelights At Houston Convention Meals Rise At Rice Hotel
Houston June 26 meals at the Rice Hotel rose for convention crowds with regular dinners up 50 cents and luncheons breakfasts ginger ale and bottled water up 25 percent or more. Former Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and his wife were forced to share a table with a 200 pound stranger due to crowding. Houston girls wear tiny brown derbies held by rubber chin bands. Delegate M F Kincaid of St Paul states he is not running for any office. K K K uniforms are advertised for rent at the Rice Hotel. Alabama delegates avoid comment on Senator Heflin's arrival.
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Gore
Ohiliehoma
Josephus Daniels
Wilson Cabinet
Pat Marrison Stephens
Mississippi
Tman
Heflin
Alabeam
Alabams
Houston
Texas
Rice
Jesse Jones
Navy
M. F. Kincaid
St. Paul
Rice Hotel
Alabama
Governor Smith Sits Unperturbed In Albany Offices
Albany June 26 Governor Alfred E. Smith remained calm at his Albany offices while friends and campaign managers work toward his presidential nomination on the first ballot at the Democratic National Convention. The governor, not directly active, received convention reports by telegraph and telephone as assistants handled the campaign. A special United Press wire into the executive offices marks a first in state history. Linemen installed a new radio and a four-hat package arrived for the governor's staff.
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Albany
N. Y
Bis
Texas
Alfred E. Smith
Capitol
New York City
John W. Davis
New York
Biltmore Hotel
Manhattan Club
Madison Square Garden
United Press
Press Association
Elyria Library Board Approves Plans for New Library
The Elyria Library Board approved tentative plans for a new library on the property to host the Historical Society. Plans have been sent to contractors for bids, and the contract may be awarded in early July if suitable bids arrive, according to H. W. Ingersoll.
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Elyria Library Board
The
Historical Society
H. W. Ingersoll
Compromise dry plank to be offered convention
The Ohio delegation at its caucus elected W. Julian as national committeeman and Mrs. Bernice Pyke as national committeewoman. Newton Baker and Claude Meeker named to resolutions and delegation chair respectively. A compromise dry plank promising enforcement of all laws was worked with the Smith faction, avoiding the 18th amendment mention. Drys plan to push stronger language faced opposition from moderates.
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Houston
Tex
Ohio
W. Julian
Cincinnati
Bernice
Pyke
Cleveland
Newton D. Baker
Claude Meeker
Columbus
Matt Denver
Wilmington
Josephine McGowan
Canton
Harry Taylor
Portsmouth
Catherine Carter
Henry Goeke
Lime
W. W. Durbin
Kenton
Buckeye Democrats Harmonious Group at Democratic National Convention
Ohio Democrats arrived in Houston to present a united front for the Democratic National Convention. Delegates planned to back Governor Al Smith of New York, with a complimentary vote to former Senator Atlee Pomerene, though his wife attended without a message from him. George White of Marietta released delegates to support harmony, signaling potential votes shifting on the ballot if Smith seems certain.
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al Smith
Houston
Studers
Texas
Ohio
Pomerene
George White
Marietta
Smith
Baker
Nominee Houston Seeks Democratic Unity At Convention
Gov Alfred B Smith enters the Democratic National Convention with a blank nomination to be formalized Thursday or Monday. The South and West back Smith, superseding Tammany Hall loyalties, as he would write his own platform on prohibition corruption reform and election machinery while pursuing water power.
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Houston
Texas
Alfred B. Smith
Democratic Party
Smith
Bryan
Gov. Smith
Tammany Hall
The
Prairies
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Mora
Mora Hones
West River man fined for liquor transport in police court
Alex Pielak of West River street was fined 250 dollars plus costs by Mayor James A. Hewitt after being found guilty of liquor transporting. Sentence was deferred as the arrest followed a police discovery of alcohol in the car on Won River street. A second liquor possession case against Pielak was nolled, per police chief J. Stan Kard.
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Alex Pielak
West River Street
James A. Hewitt
Pielak
Won River Street
Plelak
J. Stankard
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