Hoover Opponents Weigh Coolidge on Opening Ballot
June 8 report from Kansas City shows Hoover facing a united anti Hoover front led by Lowden Curtis Watson Goff and Willis remnants. They aim to block Hoover on the first ballot by keeping their own votes while wooing enough Hoover supporters away. Pennsylvania’s 79 votes loom large as a potential swing factor in the convention battle.
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Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Lowden
Curtis
Watson
Goff
Willis
Hoover
Coolidge
Allied
Louis L. Emmerson
Illinois
Commerce
James W. Good
Mellon
Pennsylvania
Melton
Girl Given Prison Term For Murder Of An Old Lover
Marguerite Bumbaugh pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the Slaying of Walter H. Cook a prominent Niles Mich manufacturer on March 30 Prosecutor George H Bookwalter and the defense conferred in chambers Judge White sentenced Miss Bumbaugh to three to fifteen years in the Detroit house of correction Her two brothers faced murder charges but were dismissed by the prosecutor and her attorneys
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Marguerite Bumbaugh
George H. Bookwalter
Walter H. Cook
Niles, Mich
Bookwalter
Miss Bumbaugh
Charlesee Chambers
Bumug
White
Detroit
Storm Smashes East Iowa Towns Cutting Power
Severe wind and rain swept across eastern Iowa causing several towns to lose power overnight. Cedar Rapids endured outages along with Atkins Newhall Hopkinton and Fairfax while a damaged transmission line left a block without lights for about an hour. Telephone toll lines faced disruptions as temperatures ranged from 57 to 73 degrees.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa Railway and Light Corporation
Atkins
Newhall
Hopkinton
Fairfax
Fourth and Fifth Avenues
Eighth Street
Nineteenth Street
Mercury
Children Camp Opens Amid Rainy Welcome In Iowa
Undaunted by showers, undernourished children arrive at Camp Conservation for the summer in Otter Creek. Miss Edith Countryman and Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston praise the camp as unique to Iowa. Mothers and children arrive to help care for others as donations pour in from local groups to sustain the camp fund.
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Cedar Rapids
Otter Creek
Edith Countryman
Des Moines
Public Health
Elizabeth
Round Table Club
Iowa Railway and Light Offices
Josephine Wilkinson
Mable Young
Elsie Hrbek
Graduate Nurses Club
Ellis Park
King Thompson
Central Park Church
Muscle Shoals bill not dead Norris says
Senator Norris of Nebraska called President Coolidge’s failure to sign the Muscle Shoals bill unfair and possibly the last straw that could usher a third party into the race. Norris claimed the bill became law and vowed to test it, saying water power contributions could help the Republican party win in the next election.
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Washington
Coolidge
Muscle Shoals
Sen
Norris
Rep
Nebraska
Water Power “Trust
Republican Party
Muscle Shoals Bill Faces Pocket Veto Dispute
Washington reports the Muscle Shoals bill may be law or vetoed after President Coolidge did not sign by midnight. Senator Norris argues the measure becomes law and plans to insert nitrate program funding in a future appropriation bill, risking a court challenge.
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Washington
Muscle Shoals
Coolidge
Norris
Nebraska
Alabama
Congress
U. S
Fourteen Chinese Girls and Three Boys Executed as Reds
In Canyon China on June 8 AP reports fourteen girls and three schoolboys arrested in communist raids were executed after confessing as reds. About 300 students and teachers near Swatow were also arrested at a communist meeting amid rising clashes between communists and police.
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Canyon
China
Swatow
South China
Explosion on Minesweeper Kills Six in Germany
Six sailors were killed six seriously injured and others slightly injured when a mine exploded aboard a minesweeper during naval maneuvers off Schleimurde. The explosion occurred at 7 p.m. yesterday, an official announcement said. Schleimurde lies north of Kiel, a Baltic Sea base.
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Berlin
Schleimurde
Naval Staff
United Press
Keil
Baltic Sea
Hard Fighting Reported Along Paiho River Near Tanku
Fighting broke out this morning on the Paiho river above Tanku northwest of Tientsin. The firing was continuous and severe, stopping all river traffic. Two Japanese steamers escorted by a gunboat bound for Tientsin from Tanku were forced to turn back.
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Tientsin
China
Paiho River
Tanku
Balk Attempt On Life Of Jap Premier
Tokyo June 8 AP report says Baron Giichi Tanaka premier of Japan escaped a stabbing by a laborer at Ugeno station. A diet member Matsumura was wounded in the leg and a detective injured while subduing the assailant Okamura. Officials deem it a common crime without political motive.
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Balk
Tokio
Giichi Tanaka
Japan
Ugeno Station
Baron Tanaka
Utsunomiya
Seiyuka
Diet
Matsumura
Okamura
Home Office
Pekin Falls to National Army in Idaho?
Pekin, China, was taken by nationalists at 10 am in an orderly move. Normal communications are broken, rail and mail service halted since Sunday, and phone and telegraph lines have been cut, isolating the city while the foreign community remains unmoved by the changes.
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Pekin
China
Rumor Of Downed American Plane Near Koku Circuit
Report from Tientsin says a rumor remains that an American plane was shot down over the Paiho river fighting area near Koku but cannot be confirmed. Northern forces have artillery north of Tientsin signaling a possible stand, while Gen Chang Tsung Chang has fortified on the north bank of the river at Taku.
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Tientsin
China
Koku
Paiho
Taku
Chang Tsung-Chang
Shantung
Schumann-Heink Set To Sing At Convention
Madam Ernestine Schumann-Heink returns to Kansas City to perform at a convention she will sing for a group of young singers as part of a farewell tour anniversary event.
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Schumann-Heink
Kansas City
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Republicans Reject Bolt Claim On Hoover Nomination
Mrs Ruth Hanna McCormick, director of publicity for the anti Hoover coalition, says the campaign is not personal and all Republicans will support Hoover if nominated. The group aims to pressure delegates toward Lowden Curtis or Watson for a stronger November campaign.
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Kansas City
Ruth Hanna McCormick
anti-Hoover Coalition
Hoover
Lowden
Curtis
Watson
Silence from Italia SOS Calls Reach Radio Operator
A Voznesensk radio amateur reported hearing a third SOS from the missing Italia dirigible at 4 15 this morning. The message read Storm NW SOS Paterman and the operator aboard the ship is Giuseppe Biogi, not Paterman.
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Moscow
Smith
Voznesenk Divinsk
Archangel
Sos Paterman
Paterman
Giuseppe Biogi
Italia dirgible missing signals fail to reply
In Kings Bay Spitzbergen on June 8 AP reports the Citta di Milano continued weak radio calls for the missing Italia dirigible but could not confirm any signals as emanating from the airship.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Citta di Milano
Italia
Seaplanes Start Search for Missing Italia Expedition
Three seaplanes with five flyers left Leningrad for Archangel as the first leg of four flights toward Franz Josef Land to locate Gen. Umberto Nobile's polar expedition. They will not begin final landings until the Maligin ice breaker bases off Nova Zembla. The crew may skip Franz Josef Land if Italia traces remain missing. The terrain is treacherous with glacial humps and deep snow.
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Leningrad
Soviet Russia
INS
Archangel
Franz Josef Land
Umberto Nobile
Maligin
Nova Zembla Land
De Rivera Breaks Off Engagement in Madrid
Premier Primo de Rivera ends engagement to Mercedes Castellanos. Official statement says decision made at 2 PM today in Madrid.
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Madrid
Primo de Rivera
Mercedes Castelanos
Flower Show Opens At Brucemore In Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Garden Club opens its Community Flower and Garden show at Brucemore today to teach practical ways to beautify yards and homes. Guides will direct visitors from two entrances. admission is 25 cents to support the civic project. The event runs 11 a.m. today and 9 a.m. to sunset on Saturday with possible Sunday hours if rain delays occur.
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Cedar Rapids
Brucemore
George B. Douglas
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids Garden
George Beattie
Linden Drive
Gar
Farm relief plank urged in Republican program
In Kansas City June 8 AP a strong farm relief push modeled on McNary Haugen will be pressed on the Republican party. Leaders seek a declaration that protects agriculture with the tariff and extends tariff benefits to farmers. Key figures Watson Peek and Woods oversee wording with McMullen Nebraska. turnout estimates range from 40000 to 100000 depending on weather.
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Kansas City
Republican Party
Convention Resolutions Committee
Senator Watson
George N. Peek
Mark L. Woods
Watson
Peek
Gov. McMullen
Nebraska
Wood
Farm revolt looms at Republican convention for McNary-Haugen plank
Kansas City dispatch reports a farm movement to force a McNary-Haugen farm relief plank into the Republican platform. An army of 100,000 farmers is pledged to march, with endorsements from Nicholas Murray Butler and Ruth Hanna McCormick. Three planks are drafted by Smoot, Peek, and the American Farm Bureau. Governors and farmers converge from Dakotas to Ohio as hearings continue.
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Kansas City
INS
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Republican Party
Coolidge
Nicholas Murray Butler
New York
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Illinois
Committee On
Senator Smoot
Utah
George N. Peek
McNary-Haugen
Adam McMullen
Nebraska
Peek
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
McMullen
Will Rogers Says Concerning Hoover and Hollywood
Will Rogers writes from Chicago commentary on the California air mail trip, corn planting in Iowa and Nebraska, and political sentiment about Hoover. He notes Hollywood cafe bombing and ribbing Charlie Chaplin, ending with a quip about the upcoming convention.
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Gazette-Republican
Chicago
California
Air Mail
Old Beverly
Towa
Nebraska
Hoover
Hollywood
Charlie
Will
Atlantic Planes Earthbound Due To Bad Weather
Weather delays trans Atlantic attempts by two historic flights. The Columbia with Miss Mabel Bell faces dawn departure from CURTISS FIELD toward Old Orchard Maine after fog halted yesterday. In Trepassey Newfoundland fog and light winds also postpone the Friendship flight with Amelia Earhart Hear handling repairs and awaiting stronger wind.
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Atlantic
Curtiss Field
Columbia
Mabel Bell
Old Orchard
Maine
New York
Miss Mabel Bell
Miss Bell
Roosevelt Field
Oliver le Boutillier
Arthur Argles
Farm Bureaus To Place Relief Plan Before Conventions
The American Farm Bureau Federation will present the farm relief plan to both major political conventions and rely on them to craft a bill that can pass. The resolution omits the equalization fee, a feature previously backed under the McNary Haugen plan, aiming to avoid vetoes and gain legislative passage.
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Farm Bureaus
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Classified Want Ad Classifications
Readers are urged to see classifications 4 through 13 in the Want Ad section for daily listings of services and repairs. The notice highlights beauty work, coat remodeling, dry cleaning, lawn mowers, typewriters, house washing, tree trimming, sodding, wells, cement work, lawn mowing, remodeling, and photo services with ongoing daily updates.
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Want
Saturday Want Ads for the BIG
The notice advertises Saturday want ads running from 7 30 A M to 8 P M with contact via telephone number 6000 and an Ad-taker on duty.
Plane Cross Battled Storm on Flight to Australia
The Southern Cross monoplane with four crew members battled heavy rain and winds across the Pacific, edging toward Australia after two severe storms. Communication faltered at times but messages from the plane described worst weather yet at 7,500 feet and a resolve to press on toward safety and emergency whisky.
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Portland
Ore
Southern Cross
Australia
Mackay
Warner
E. H. Price
South Cross
Price
South Pacific
Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company
Smithy and I
Cheerio
O.K
H. F. Price
Suva
Harry
Jim
Honolulu
Australian aviators Near US to Australia Flight
The Southern Cross monoplane departed Naselai beach near Suva heading toward Brisbane. The tri motor hopes to cover 1,762 miles of ocean in about nineteen to twenty hours as part of a bid to become the first to fly from America to Australia.
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Suva
Fiji
America
Southern Cross
Brisbane
Queensland
Naselai Beach
Viti Levu
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Cedar Rapids News
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