Foes Rally to Block Al Smith at Democratic Convention
In Houston on June 23 AP reports anti Smith forces in the South mobilizing to deny his nomination. Indiana Senator Woollen Georgia Senator George and Cordell Hull arrive as Smith supporters claim a 700 vote first ballot tally toward 733 1 3.
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Solid South
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Missouri
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Woollen
A. C. Sallee
Evans Woollen
Indiana
Hoosier
Indianapolis
Inndiana
Sallee
Walter F. George
Georgia
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
George
Gov. Smith
Women Pray To Defeat Al Smith At Democratic Convention
Houston report notes dry women push prayer meetings over prohibition as delegates prepare for next week’s ballot. Norman Mack and Gov. Smith clash over policy while Belle Kearney and other dry leaders threaten to mobilize against Smith and Reed. Moody to speak. Georgia and Mississippi factions seek unity amid wet dry tensions. Smith leads in delegate count as platform plans stiff law enforcement plank.
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Tex
Norman E. Mack
Gov. Smith
Smith Drys
Drys
Smith
Reed
Belle Kearney
Resolutions Committee
George
Georgia
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
James Reed
Maine minister named to Roumania and Culbertson moves
Charles S. Wilson of Maine is appointed minister to Roumania succeeding William S. Culbertson who resigns as secretary of state to become ambassador to Chile. Secretary Kellogg announced the changes.
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Washington
Charles S. Wilson
Maine
Bulgaria
Roumania
William S. Culbertson
Kellogg
Culbertson
Chile
Youth robs mail car for 50000 in Blissfield stretch
An Express messenger says a lone youth about 19 staged a train car robbery between Adrian and Blissfield, seizing about 50000 in small bills. He held the messenger at gunpoint, ransacked bags, and fled in a waiting car as the train neared Blissfield station. Police sought the suspect and any accomplices, with a description broadcast and no car traced.
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Blissfield
Mich
Adrian
Chicago
Buffalo
Toledo
County Attorney Says Ownership Of Ring Unproved
Barngrover amends answer in the famous diamond case noting Lawrence J. Clark surrendered the gem to authorities and admitted no ownership. Florida investigator Jarman telegraphed for its return, claiming theft. No proof of ownership has been shown, so the diamond remains held for disposal by law.
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Cedar Rapids
Barngrover
Jones County
Elmer Johnson
Johnson
Lawrence J. Clark
Mike McGuire
Clark
O. B. Jarman
Florida
Will Rogers forecasts a vice presidential bid with tribal tags
Will Rogers writes from Houston on June 23 praising a surprise political plan by Capt. Hickman of the Texas Rangers. He envisions running as vice president on the Democratic ticket with Charley Curtis as Kaw partner. He jokes about Cherokee versus Kaw influence and mentions a Dallas Fort Worth air trip and Houston skyline.
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Capt. Hickman
The
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Hickman
Coolidge
Mary McHaughen
Rogers
Kaws
Will. P. S
Fort Worth
Texas Transport Mail
Jessie Jones
Hunt Declines Comment On State G O P Platform
Ottumwa attorney William A. Hunt, named temporary chairman for the Iowa Republican convention in Des Moines July 18, said he has not had time to consider the platform and has no statement to offer. He noted his acceptance of the keynote position and returned to Ottumwa after attending the Town State Bar Association sessions in Cedar Rapids. Hunt is Wapello county GOP chairman.
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William A. Hunt
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Town State Bar Association
Hoover
Willis L. Stern
Stern
Hunt
Wapello County
Hoover Nominated for President Notified in Palo Alto
Secretary Hoover will be formally notified of his Republican nomination at his Palo Alto home between July 25 and August 1. Secretary Work, the Republican chairman, announced the plan today.
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Palo Alto
Washington
Calif
Work
Weather Dip Follows Showers In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids recorded a low of 58 degrees at 6 am after daytime showers totaling 0.77 inches. The previous day’s high reached 74 at 4 pm as cool air settled in with autumnlike conditions.
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Cedar Rapids
Anti-War Pacts To Be Signed In Six Weeks By Powers
Washington reports that new treaties to ban armed conflict will be signed within six weeks after revision of the Kellogg Briand pact. Fifteen nations including Great Britain will receive the draft, with public release hoped for soon. The preamble now addresses objections from league obligations while preserving peace aims.
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Great Britain
State Department
League of Nations
League
War Shells Blow Up In Belgium Eight Dead Thirty Hurt
An explosion in Bruges, Belgium, killed eight people and seriously injured thirty. The blast occurred in a building storing former enemy shells awaiting destruction, shaking surrounding blocks. Two children nearby lost their legs.
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Belgium
Bruges
Planes search Arctic for Amundsen group after crash
Reports from Stockholm Rome and London describe seaplane Up land and Italian hydro airplane scouring Spitzbergen coast from South Cape to Wyde Bay and Kings Bay for Roald Amundsen and five missing men. No trace found. efforts include Nord icebreaker signals and Nobile party relief talks.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Spitzbergen
South Cape
Wyde Bay
Roald Amundsen
Rome
Major Penzo
Kings’ Bay
Norway
Rescue under way as six others reach Italia crew
Sixteen men isolated in Arctic regions were being sought as rescue expeditions rushed aid to six others in the ice bound north. Generals Umberto Nobile and his five companions were sighted twice with supplies dropped, while ten Italia crew members and six of Roald Amundsen relief party remained missing.
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Kings Bay
Arctic
Umberto Nobile
Roald Amundsen
Nobile Rescue Plan Moves to Air Takeoff
In Spitzbergen the Swedish rescue expedition bases at Virgo bay and plans a landing to remove Gen Umberto Nobile and five companions from the ice camp. A tri motor Junkers will search the coast near Cape Leigh Smith while locating the others and possibly seven more missing from the Italia drift.
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Finn Malmgren
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Maddalena
Penzo
Want Ads Phone Payment Instructions
Classified buyers may place Want Ads by phone at 6000 and request an Ad taker if they cannot visit the Gazette office. Telephone subscribers may charge their Want Ad if they have no past due balance on any Want Ad account.
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Gazette Office
Dan Hunter Unofficial Winner of Air Tour
Dan Hunter piloting a Stinson-Detroiter for Cedar Rapids Airways won the first Iowa Good Will air tour with 14 of 15 planes finishing the race in Des Moines. Unofficial results show Hunter eight minutes ahead of Carl Christiansen of Des Moines. official verdict could award a $1,000 prize.
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Hunter
Cedar Rapids Airways Inc
Iowa
Christiansen
Wilford Gerbracht
Ames
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
W. Fiske Marshall
Waterloo
Henderson Gets 10 Year Sentence At Fort Madison
M W Henderson Jr former cashier of a defunct Hawkeye bank and ex state banking official received an indeterminate sentence up to ten years at Fort Madison. Judge H E Taylor overruled a new trial motion after a fraudulent banking conviction. Henderson plans an appeal as did S H Bevins previously.
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Bevins
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Henderson
Garfield Breese
Mason City
R. 5
Beatty
Breese
John Seneff
Judge Kavanagh Arrives Late to Speak in Iowa Meeting
Judge Marcus A. Kavanagh of Chicago traveled from Ocean Grove to Cedar Rapids to address the Iowa State Bar Association but arrived at 4 p.m. after the session ended. He misunderstood the schedule and spoke only in his pocket ready to give an address that never occurred. He stayed for dinner with Mr and Mrs John M Grimm before returning to Chicago.
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Ocean Grove
N. J
Iowa State Bar Association
Marcus A. Kavanagh
Chicago
Kavanagh
State Association
John M. Grimm
Ship dives to death en route to Nicaragua
Maj. Charles A. Lutz marine aviator and Lt. H T Busbey were killed instantly when their tri motor transport crashed in FILE Virginia en route from Washington to Miami toward Managua. Corporal D C McChesney died later and Corporal Reeder Nichols survived with injuries as residents heard the crash and saw the plane circle before nose diving.
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File
Charles A. Lutz
H. T. Busbey
Maj
Lutz
D. C. McChesney
Reeder Nichols
Washington
Miami
Managua
Lee
Lieut
Busbey
Corporal Nichols
Plane crash at Pine Valley Golf Club kills student flyer
In Camden New Jersey on June 23 an airplane crash on the Pine Valley Golf club grounds killed one student and seriously injured another. The flyers reportedly took the plane for a trial flight without permission and it crashed from a height of a few hundred feet.
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N. J
INS
Pine Valley Golf Club
Half Million Dollar Mail Robbery On The Leviathan
London reports a bold registered mail robbery on the United States liner Leviathan with loot estimated at 500000 dollars. Scotland Yard suspects the crime occurred before the ship sailed from New York. Investigators seized the heavy mail bags and compiled passenger lists after the bags arrived from Southampton.
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Panama
Barbadoes
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Mexico
Tots Shout Boo At Liquor Charge Hearing
Two children shouted at County Attorney W J Barngrover and State Agent Thomas Avery as Mrs Charles Thompson 927 Fourteenth avenue faced bootlegging charges. Officers found alcohol in her possession and learned she and her husband had sold liquor to pay for their home. A warrant was issued for Charles Thompson after he failed to appear.
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W. J. Barngrover
Thomas Avery
Barngrover
Charles Thompson
Fourteenth Avenue
Thompson
Avery
Earl Stanley
Lindbergh Forced Down Twice By Fog
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh took off from Caxton at 5 45 a m for New York and landed back at 8 15 a m after nearly two and a half hours aloft fog forced him to descend last night en route from Detroit to New York. Authorities believed dense fog over the mountains made safe flying impossible.
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INS
Charles A. Lindbergh
Caxton
Here
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