Roosevelt poised to gain as delegates pile up ahead of conventions
Chicago June 5 The Roosevelt camp aims to fortify its lead as delegates roll in from Florida Mississippi Virginia Idaho and Indiana this week. With 494 pledged and 105 disputed, Roosevelt could near 700 before voting, while Hoover shows 642 pledged with 578 needed for nomination.ль
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Harold Oliver
Chicago
Hoover
Roosevelt
Indiana
Idaho
Florida
Mississippi
Virginia
North Carolina
Harry F. Byrd
Pennsylvania
New York
France
Maryland
Oregon
Prosecution of Seabury Urged Amid Fallout from Walker Testimony
Washington and Jefferson College graduates returned from commencement and discussed drafting a summary of the Walker testimony with six aides. Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick denounced city corruption, urging citizens to support action against mayor Walker in light of Judge Seabury's findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Sea- Seabury
Washington and Jefferson College
Walker
Chase
New York
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Riverside Church
Judge Seabury
Fosdick
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Hofstadter Legislative Committee
Kansas and Its Lawless Cow Towns to Learn a New Era
This piece recalls Kansas pioneer days with cowboys in Wichita and open ranges. It describes saloon culture, prohibition push by farmers wives, fort ruins, and a Kansas State College town built on barren plains, shaping a shift from cavalry to education and rural reform.
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Wichita
United States
Kansas
Union
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Maine
Kansas Legislature
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas State College
Veterans Flood Washington Route As Food Shortage Persists
Veterans from Georgia, South Carolina, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and West Coast states push toward Washington amid scarce food supplies. They travel by car and freight, with police screening for Communists and railmen steering some groups onto box cars and freight trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Washington
Georgia
South Carolina
Greensboro
N. C
Southern Railway
Spencer
Citiens
Indiana
Kentucky
Charleston
W. Va
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Baltimore and
Pennsylvania Railroad
Old Robey
Ind
Kansas City
St. Louis
el Paso
Tex
New Mexico
Wichita
Kas
Denver
Colorado
Goodland
Brawley
Cal
Southern Pacific Railroad
Yuma
Ariz
Desert
Tucson
Dallas
Texarkana
A.C. Hembree
Sargon Drug Stores Sail Record Across Twenty-Four Cars
Sargon Terminal Park and Colbert Drug Stores in Butte Ady report a sales feat with twenty four carloads moved in twenty five days across twenty seven states highlighting rapid distribution and strong demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sargon, Terminal, Park and Colbert Drug Stores
Butte—Ady
Budget Battle Looms As Senate Weighs Economy Measure
The text describes a tense Senate fight over the national economy measure and related bills. It notes a 3 percent tax on consumers amid debates, a rejected sales tax revival, and the likely adjournment timing before the Republican National Convention. It mentions veterans fund savings and the pay cut furlough proposal, with a two week adjournment expectation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Congressional
Capitol Hill
Veterans’ Fund
Hoover
Rotarians Gather in Missoula for Tenth District Convention
More than 200 delegates registered for the sixth district Rotary convention in Missoula with a packed program. Activities include a baccalaureate service at the state university, a Florence hotel reception featuring a Deer Lodge Boy Scout band, and a governor's ball at the Elks temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Rotary
State University
Florence
Deer Lodge
M. R. Marshall
Roy Glover
Great Falls
Fred Bennion
Bozeman
M. A. Brannon
University of Montana
Charles A. Mander
England
Rotary International
Butte Suffers Severe Storm With Transport Shutdown
A major district storm crippled Butte causing telegraph and telephone outages, electric lines down, and railways halted for hours. Flooded rails west of Butte, water depths rising in sections, and streetcar service suspended for days. Weather forecasters expect continued rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Combined forces to fight hoppers
Federal state city and county officials plan to renew their battle against grasshoppers threatening Fort Hall reservation crops in Bingham and Bonneville counties. The measure includes all bakeries in Nice France closed on Mondays by official decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Idaho
Fort Hall
Bingham
Bonneville
Nice
France
Plan to murder Il Duce foiled in Italy
Police arrested a would be assassin carrying two bombs and a pistol with intent to kill Mussolini. The suspect, said to have traveled from Cannes via Tivoli, faced a bomb search as King Victor Emmanuel reviewed 16,000 troops. Mussolini appeared on a balcony with 10,000 guns in view, greeting the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini
Cannes
France
Tivoli
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Sbardellotto
Il Duce
Italy
Missing Flyers Hope Seen in Wireless Clue
A wireless message from Battle Harbor offered the first definite clue to the whereabouts of Arthur Sullivan and Dr. K Karl A Kuehnert Grenfell Mission flyers missing since last Monday. Fox Harbor residents reported hearing an airplane engine Monday night and daily through Friday, suggesting the plane may be down in Lake Hubbard near there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Johns
N. F
Battle Harbor
Arthur Sullivan
K. Karl A. Kuehnert
Grenfell
Fox Harbor
Lake Hubbard
Girl Heads Counterfeit Ring Near Berlin
A 16 year old girl led a counterfeit gang at Orienburg near Berlin. She worked with her brother and sister in law and even recruited a Berlin friend by letter to join the scheme offering easy wealth without hard work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orienburg
Berlin
Movies at Paris Gare St. Lazare for Waiting Passengers
Special moving picture theaters are installed at Gare St. Lazare Paris for travelers waiting for trains. One has opened with others to follow, offering a continuous program of newsreels and short comedies. Admission is low to attract passengers with only a few minutes to spare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gare St. Lazarre
Paris
Woman bone-setter dies after decades in England
Mrs. W. Watson of Ubeeby died at Hayworthing ham England at age 94. For years she practiced bone-setting without formal training, claiming the craft came as a natural gift. Hundreds were treated for fractures and dislocations by her skilled hands.
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W. Watson
Ubeeby
Hayworthingham
England
Hoover White House outlines relief and credit plan
The White House released a statement detailing relief aims including a Parley Eldow program to stabilize commodity prices and back loans to farm cooperatives and exports with up to 300 million dollars. It backs home loan banks and district joint credit committees while urging restraint on government spending to avoid deficit.
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Farm Board
Home Loan Discount Banks
Reconstruction Corporation
Joint Committee of Industry and Finance
Federal Reserve System
Dawes
Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
Jesse H. Jones
Wilson McCarthy
Harvey C. Couch
Paul Bester
Farm Loan Bureau
Ballantine
The
Treasury
Corporation
White House
House
Senate
Hoover
Memorial Service Held by Odd Fellows Churches
Members of three Odd Fellow and three Rebekah lodges held a special memorial service at Mountain View M E church. Rev. Charles G. Cole delivered the sermon marking the first time the services were conducted in a church with ritual work incorporated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellow
Rebekah
Mountain View M. E
Charles G. Cole
Frank Hawks Out of Hospital Starts Return to Flight
Captain Frank M. Hawks, noted speed flyer, left the Worcester crash hospital after two months. He golfed today and began plans to resume his flying career, bearing permanent scars from the April 7 accident while attempting to take off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Frank M. Hawks
Worcester
Noted English Rotarian Visits Praises International Ties
Sir Charles Mander, a Wolverton varnish manufacturer knighted for service, visits and praises Rotary internationalism. He urges extending Hoover moratorium and warns against tariff walls while stressing Anglo American unity and “hands across the sea.” Lady Mander accompanies him as they praise global friendship and cross cultural exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Charles
America
Rotary
England
United States
Sam
John Bull
Wolverton
Mander
Republicans to Fight Over Prohibition Resubmission plank
In Washington and New York discussions over a prohibition resubmission plank intensify as Nicholas Murray Butler plans a vigorous fight at the Republican national convention. Butler aims to force a vote demanding Congress submit a repeal proposal to state conventions for ratification, even threatening a roll call if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
Hoover
Nicholas Murray Butler
New York
Capitol
Borah
Idaho
Moses
Washington
Chicago
Butler
Nicholas
Murray Butler
Congress
Columbia University
Old Guard
Prohibition
Committee On Resolutions
Woman found slain in Denver apartment
Mrs. Mildred Poore, 35, was found dead in her Denver apartment today. The back of her head showed injuries from a club, though coroner Dr. B. B. Jaffa noted death could also be from a fall. Her husband John Poore discovered the body on return from work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
U.R
Mildred Poore
B. B. Jaffa
John Poore
Oklahoma Flood Death Toll Reaches Seven
The flood that inundated hundreds of Oklahoma City homes Friday has raised the death toll to seven with the discovery of T. W. Tarkington's body. Rescue crews still search for Tarkington's 14 year old son, the remaining missing person.
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Oklahoma City
T. W. Tarkington
Tarkington
Walsh Urged For Convention Post
W W McDowell Montana Democratic chairman says Roosevelt forces in New York assure Roosevelt nomination. Jouett Shouse named permanent chairman by Chicago committee while Senator Barkley will be temporary chair. Senate Walsh is favored for permanent chair. McDowell notes Roosevelt could dictate selection.
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Roosevelt
New York
W. W. McDowell
Montana
James A. Farley
Jouett Shouse
Chicago
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Smith
McDowell
Senator Walsh
Madison Square Garden
Walsh
Dern in Race For Vice President Candidacy
Salt Lake City Utah June 5 George H Dern rules out another Utah governor run to seek the Democratic vice presidential nomination Wyoming Nevada Democrats already back Dern and Colorado Idaho New Mexico Arizona Montana Democrats likely to follow suit in supporting his candidacy.
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Dern
Salt Lake City
Utah
U.P
George H. Dern
Democratic Party
United States
Wyoming
Nevada
Colorado
Idaho
New Mexico
Arizona
Montana
Lawyer Agrees To Produce Man In Hit And Run Case
A man accused of aiding in a fatal hit and run forced a heavy car over a woman to fake a murder scene. Egan fled. his car found in a garage near Hallinan’s Emerald Lake cottage. A statewide search followed as Hallinan promised to produce his client. Doran claims he and Tinnin owed their freedom to Egan.
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Egan
Hallinan
Emerald Lake
San Francisco
Here
Doran
Tinnin
Annual Montana Catholic Retreats Invite State Laity
The Immaculate Conception pastor Rev Monsignor J C Willging invites Montana laity to two days of retreat aimed at spiritual self analysis and renewal. A pastoral letter defines the retreat as mental and spiritual refreshment fostering balance in salvation and a new perspective away from daily routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Willging
Immaculate Conception Church
Montana
East
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Helena
Hindenburg Plan to Quit Denied by Government Spokesman
Berlin report denied by a government spokesman who called the claim of President Von Hindenburg retiring in the fall to clear a regency under former Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm as not true. He stated the president is not considering resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
von Hindenburg
Friedrich Wilhelm
Death Probed in Alias of Hughes Case Ends With Indictments
A month long inquiry into Mrs. Hughes's death culminated when James Egan, a friend of the victim, and two others were indicted after Doran's statement and a coroner's jury recommended action. Egan was later found in a sanitarium with a suspected nervous breakdown.
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Egan
Doran
Tinnin
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Sir Charles Mander
Oklahoma
London
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Hindenburg
Man
Carl K. Kossen
Maguire
M. Grosso
Campana
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E. Lavelle
K. Stockinger
F. Nardell
Anaconda
Daly Bank
W. Jenkin
BE. Nordquist
L. Page
J. Kelly
W. LeVeaux
E. Pinkston
A. A. Dwight
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Metals Bank
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