Farmers Barred by Police at Hoover Convention Hall Doors
Kansas City June 13 AP Two farmer protesters tried to enter the Republican convention hall to denounce Herbert Hoover. Police formed a barrier as leaders urged restraint and the crowd chanted funeral march tunes. The demonstration planned further actions tonight and tomorrow.
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Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Chopin
Edgar D. Bush
Indiana
L. W. Price
Los Angeles
Lowdon
Bush
W. H. Settle
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
Moses challenges Democrats at Republican convention
Senator Moses declared a Republican challenge to the Democrats and Tammany Hall, vowing to bury their strongest champion. He accused Democrats of flouting constitutional amendments, urged unity, and predicted an eight year GOP ascendency while attacking graft in New York City.
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Carl PD. Groat
United Press
Convention Hall
Kansas City
Republican Party
Moses
New Hampshire
Democratic Party
Tammany Hall
Alfred E. Smith
Brown
Jones
Robinson
Smith
Hamphire
Hoover
United States
New York City
League of Nations
Madison Bear (Square) Garden
Convention Iowa Harness Dealers Opens in Cedar Rapids
The nineteenth annual Iowa Retail Harness Makers convention began at Hotel Montrose with 150 members and wives expected. Mayor J F Ball gave the welcome, P H Schlatter spoke, and a women’s reception followed. Sessions continued into the afternoon with addresses by John Reid and E L Richards as members discussed competition from radio and mail order.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Montrose
Iowa Retail Harness Makers Association
J. F. Ball
P. H. Schlatter
Will Rogers Capsule on Kansas City Convention
Will Rogers notes from Kansas City diary remarks on a convention day spent mostly resting and photographing. He highlights Schumann-Heink's performance and jokes about the keynote, predicting aftermath and travel to Houston while preferring orderly crowds over hotel fuss.
Waterloo Man To Be Principal Of Grant High School
Fred J. Kluss, currently principal at West High School in Waterloo, will become principal of Grant High School next year. The move follows the departure of Homer Couch after thirteen years, with Couch and his wife moving to California. Kluss, with two children, has resigned in Waterloo and plans to relocate after finalizing affairs. confirmation from Cedar Rapids superintendent Arthur Deamer is expected after Monday’s board meeting.
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Cedar Rapids News
Fred J. Kluss
West High School of
Waterloo
Grant High School
Arthur C. Deamer
Cedar Rapids Schools
Kluss
Board of Education
Homer C. Couch
Grant School
Couch
California
Deamer
Sherburn
Minn
Fairmont
Cherokee
West High School
Sloane M. Wallace
West High
Kliuss
Amended Charge To Be Filed Against Anti-Saloon Head
Attorney General Gilliam plans to file an amended affidavit against Dr. E S Shumaker superintendent of the Indiana Anti Saloon league for violating the corrupt practices act. The amended filing location remains undecided between Judge Pattee court in South Bend or the two St Joseph county superior courts. The action began after Shumaker named Gilliam as net of record in his report on political candidates in Indiana's primary.
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Indianapolis
Gilliom
E. S. Shumaker
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Gilliiom
Gilliam
St. Joseph
South Bend
Pattee
E¢ Shumaker
Judge
Billions In Paper Profits Wiped Out In Street Wednesday
New York on June 13. Losses of paper profits in stocks in yesterday's sensational market were reckoned in billions of dollars. The decline in General Motors from its yearly high was 550 million dollars. A 5,000,000 share session was recorded as 5,193,600 shares traded. The street cited political and financial factors for the collapse, with some calling it a correction of speculative excesses fueled by borrowed capital.
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New York
General Motors
Exchange
Kansas City
June Snow Storm Blanks Gunnison Colorado
A freak June snowstorm hit Gunnison Colorado yesterday blanketing the town with snow. Temperatures then rose causing some of the snow to melt, hastening a return to normal conditions.
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Colorado
Gunnison
Colo
Cooler Weather Follows Storm After Oppressive Heat
A storm passed and cooler air settled in after yesterday’s heat. The thermometer dipped to 62 degrees by 7 am and was around 64 degrees at noon as clouds persisted.
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Cedar Rapids
Mometer
Tony
Mercury
Hoover Pick Seen as G O P Choice by Nation
Former Iowa representative James W. Good, Hoover campaign manager, says Hoover will be nominated on the first ballot. He cites the farm uprising as western overstatement, claims opposition came from Manhattan farmers, and asserts the platform will include a sound farm relief plank.
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Kansas City
James W. Good
Iowa
Hoover
United States
Lower Manhattan Island
Hooverites Control the Convention in Texas Delegation Row
At the Republican National Convention the Hoover bloc installed permanent officers and seated a challenged Texas delegation 67 to 39 with Mellon delivering Pennsylvania’s 79 for Hoover. Officials anticipated a platform fight over farm relief and prohibition as sessions continued.
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Byron Prioe
Associated Press
Convention
Kansas City
Hoover
Republican National Convention
Texas
Herbert Hoover
Mellon
Pennsylvania
Good Likely To Be New Head Of The G P Committee
Kansas City June 13 Hoover campaign general manager James W Good appears likely to become chairman of the Republican National Committee. Hoover leaders say he is pleased with Good s work and would reward him with the post if he accepts If Good declines Walter C Brown of Ohio may be chosen He previously served as assistant secretary of commerce and was a former Iowa congressman
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Kansas City
James W. Good
Herbert Hoover
Republican National Committee
Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Good
Walter C. Brown
Ohio
Commerce
Congress
Iowa
David Lawrence
Gazette and
Republican
Coolidge
Smoot
Platform Committee
Lowden
Utah
Plans for nonstop flight to Mexico City announced
Washington report notes an upcoming nonstop NYC to Mexico City flight announced by a Mexican army aviator. Details say service will begin soon, with an emphasis on rapid cross continental travel.
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Washington
New York City
Mexico City
Atpaertaen
Cee
Exican
Ie Cuenmichan'g
Republicans Press Farm Aid in Party Platform
Kansas City dispatch says the Republican platform will affirm a concrete farm aid stance. Hoover and farm leaders shape a farm plank avoiding specific bills while endorsing export subsidy principles, aiming to unite factions ahead of the convention.
This Iowan Believes Reed Smoot Is the Best Man
George S. Woodson of Des Moines declared Reed Smoot the best man in the world at a republican resolutions committee hearing in Kansas City. Smoot granted Woodson a 20 minute speaking slot amid interruptions and lively audience questions.
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Reed Smoot
Kansas City
INS
Herbert Hoover
Senator Smoot
Utah
Republican Resolutions Committee
George S. Woodson
Des Moines
Virgin Islands
Smoot
Woodson
Car fire delay on Fifth Avenue due to brake blaze
Richard White of Washington D C drove his Nash with the emergency brake set on Fifth Avenue near Twentyeth Street yesterday at about 9 55 p m A brake lining caught fire and the fire department was called There was little damage.
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Cedar Rapids
Nash
Richard White
Washington, D. C
Fifth Avenue
Twentieth Street
Grand Lodge of Iowa opens second day with near thousand attendees
About 1,000 visitors registered in Cedar Rapids for the eighty fifth annual Masonic Grand Lodge of Iowa session. Delegates from 436 lodges attended with roughly two representatives per lodge and about fifty visiting women. The program included committee reports, a world peace address by Rev Naborth Osborne, and tours of local plants after a noon luncheon at the Hotel Roosevelt.
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Cedar Rapids
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Iowa
Cedar
Malta
Crescent
Mount Hermon
Mizpah
Masonic Library
Hotel Roosevelt
Quaker Oats Company
Roy W. Hale
Fort Dodge
Naborth Osborne
First Congregational Church
Burlington
British Airman Heads Transatlantic Hop From Lisbon
Capt. Frank T. Courtney, British aviator, arrived in Lisbon at 5 30 p m on the first leg of a trans Atlantic flight to the United States. He is flying a Dornier Wal flying boat from Lisbon to the Azores to Newfoundland and then to New York with stops en route.
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New York
Lisbon
Portugal
Frank T. Courtney
United States
Pisa
Italy
The
United
Azores
New Foundland
Boeing Sup't In City To Confer On Air Mail Service
Boeing official F. E. Caldwell M. Vance of Phillips Petroleum and R. F. Mearden Iowa City airport manager met Cedar Rapids Chamber officials to plan Chicago to Lincoln air service via Cedar Rapids starting July 10. They will assess airport facilities and prepare operations, with no immediate changes to Cedar Rapids facilities and expansion as business grows.
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Cedar Rapids
F. E. Caldwell
Boeing Air Transport Company
Transcontinental Airlines
M. Vance
Phillips Petroleum Company
R. F. Mearden
Iowa City
Boeing Company
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Lincoln
Neb
Caldwell
Cheyenne
Vance
Oil Company
Boeing Concern
Omaha
Tinental
Mr. Caldwell
Dancing Contest Heals Estranged Couple in 244-Hour Marathon
In Chicago on June 13 AP reports Frank and May Brown of South Sioux City Nebraska the only married couple in a long distance dance contest began June 3 and after 244 hours on the floor withdrew to announce they had made up and would not divorce. The other two couples remaining were both said to be engaged.
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Chicago
Frank
May Brown
South Sioux City
Neb
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