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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1920
Page
2
Widespread delegations urge the hearing to consider specific planks. Organizers and representatives plan to press for a declaration on public labor disputes and constitutional amendments limiting a president to one term.
In Louis on June 8 Herman H. Palaps of He claims his son is alive after a body was sent from a factory in Cha Thierry. Authorities say records show the son died and the department acts on those records. The father seeks proof and a possibility of a military funeral for the living.
Union pilots refuse to land a British transport carrying motor lorries at Cork harbor. They finally allow the unloading after harbor officials intervene and troops unload the vessel.
Republican big four committee will begin operations as the convention session opens. Each state delegation will provide one member to the committee handling resolutions credentials permanent organization and rules. Senator Watson of Indiana is eyed for chair of the resolutions committee with Ogden Mills of New York as a possible rival for the permanent chairmanship.
Washington reports expense statements filed by candidates with Tyler Page show nominal costs for many districts while others spend thousands. Thirty four states have non statements and face deadlines within fifteen days of the primary nominating committee.
The article notes McCormick and Beveridge as potential dark horses with McCormick viewed as favored by the old guard and Johnson Borah factions. It reports Lowden defeating Thompson forces in a large-state caucus, with Lewis Emmerson chosen as delegation chairman and McCormick winning the Sili sa seat on the resolutions committee.
About 250 pupils enrolled in the summer school today under Mobile City educational authorities. The six week session runs from June through July with instruction across core subjects and enrichment activities.
A speaker recalls past contenders like Webster Calhoun Blaine and Sherman and laments the fickleness of political fate. He urges sons to value correctness over presidency, noting many hopefuls die heartbroken chasing the prize.
Tokyo advices to Nippu Jiji say several hundred Japanese including women and children were killed at Tikolaevak Siberia by Bolsheviks on March 12 with none left alive, according to Russian witnesses cited by the Japanese war office.
The Circuit Court of Mobile County Alabama issued an order in the Ulysses Rhodes versus May Rhodes case. The order requires respondents to appear by May 18 1920 and states nonresident defendant May Rhodes must respond to asserted allegations within seven weeks.
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