Ballots Show Little Change in the Democratic Lineup
Delegates at Madison Square Garden seek a steering committee from each delegation to break the presidential deadlock. Missouri and Arkansas push the plan to meet during balloting. McAdoo supporters press for favorite sons. a motion to adjourn the convention to reconvene in Kansas City on July 21 draws laughter before a roll call. 69th Ballot totals list McAdoo 530 or 528, Smith 835 or 844, with other candidates and absences noted.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Missouri
Arkansas
George Brennan
Illinois
Brennan
McAdoo
Stalth
Franklin D.roosevelt
Norman E. Mack
Smith
United Forces
J. W W. Davis
Underwood
Glass
Robinson
Ritchie
Saulsbury
Owen
Bryan
Baker
Daniels
Total
Kansas City
Oan
Ralston
Ed. M. Semana
Oklahoma City
Geo. Brennan
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Seventy First Ballot Results Listed for McAdoo and Others
A historical ballot summary lists McAdoo at 528 percent and Smith at 333 percent with other names like Davis West Virginia 68 and Underwood 8714 plus Robinson 21 and Owen 26 and Baker 56 along with TF 5 Walsh 1 Absent 1 Total noted.
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McAdoo
Smith
Davis
West Virginia
Underwood
Jan
Robinson
Ritchie
Ulebury
Owen
Baker
Walsh
Lass
Saulsbury
Bryant
Local Coding Error Fails to Compute Correct Totals
Fragmentary OCR data lists names Pattat Smith Doris W Winderwood and others with percentages and a total 1096. Missing context makes determination of event or outcome unclear.
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Wetiiee Pattat Smith
Doris W. Winderwood
Glass
Mere Ritchie
Walshalsbury
Wen
Bryana
Faker
Total
Abent
Incomplete Ballot Totals With Mixed Names and Figures
Seventy third and seventy fourth ballot figures appear with names such as McAdoo Smith Underwood and Robinson, plus stray letters and percentages. The readable portions show inconsistent tallies and fragmented data across ballots, including references to Ritchie Owen Bryan and Ralston.
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McAdoo
Smith
Aria Underwood
Robinson
Ritchie
Baulebury
Bryan
Ralston
Kevin
Democratic National Convention Ends First Day Ballot Chaos
After seventy rounds and a tense morning, delegates at the Democratic National Convention begin the fight to unite around a hopeful nominee as hours of bargaining mark the start of the second session. Davis, Cox, McAdoo and Glass figure among the key players in the high stakes balloting.
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York
Ocratic National Convention
Ihe
Air Mail Service Expands to Handle Growing Business
S R Kent of Hollywood California selects air mail route from New York to Hollywood carrying 17 dollars 82 cents postage. Chicago air mail cargoes rise as J E Whitbeck reports eastern division says most mail is business commercial.
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Chicago
S. R. Kent
Hollywood
California
New York
Film Colony
J. E. Whitbeck
Progressives Bar Mahoney From Conference
Cleveland July 6 AP William Mahoney of St Paul is barred from the progressive conference by the credentials committee. His group the Farmer Labour federation of Minnesota is allowed representation but his actions in St Louis and at the St Paul convention make him objectionable. The convention also moves toward endorsing LaFollette and possibly a vice presidential pick. Women push for league of nations stance. telegrams from labor groups pledge support for LaFollette ahead of November vote.
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William Mahoney
St. Paul
Mahoney
Farmer-Labour Federation of
Minnesota
St. Louis
R. D. Cramer
Minneapolis
Thee Booth Data “Warrior Labor Party
Stion of Paul
Conference For Progressive
LaFollette
Resolutions Committee
League of Nations
League
Sarah Wambaugh
Boston
Mass
Geneva
Josephine Schrain
New York
League of Women Voters
Conference For Progressive Political Action
Robert M. LaFollette
Farmer-Laborites
Sceislist J
Morris Hillquist
Labor Party
Labor
Farmer
A. H. Bilver
Hardihood
T. OC. Cashen
Johnston
Olympic Games Open in Colombes with Grand Parade
The eighth Olympic games opened at Colombes stadium with Gas ton Doumergue presiding. The ceremony featured a South African lead, marching athletes, and a huge American presence with over 800 U S competitors among thousands in attendance. France posted a large delegation as well.
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Colombes
France
Gaston Doumergue
French Republic
Mount Valerien
United States
Chinese raid on Yankee vessel Talbot seizes arms in Shanghai
Chinese customs officials raided the American sailing vessel Talbot in Shanghai port and seized weapons valued at 50 000 dollars. The haul included 200 pistols and rifles 400 revolvers 135 000 rounds and eight machine guns. No arrests were made and the case was referred to American authorities. Captain N Borresen commanded the Talbot which had arrived from Vancouver with lumber.
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Shanghai
Talbot
China
N. Borresen
Vancouver
Telegraphed Call for Investigating Campaign Expenditures
Ohio anti McAdoo leader T T Ansberry urged Senator Borah to investigate money spent at the Democratic national convention and for delegate elections. He hinted at warrants for inquiry and offered to provide witnesses, without naming individuals. The probe would cover two years of spending and potential test movers.
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New York
T. T. Ansberry
Ohio
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Ansberry
Washington, D. C
Steamer Three Rivers Burn Tragedy Takes Three Lives
Three dead, five boys missing, and twelve injured reported after the side wheel steamer Three Rivers of the Baltimore and Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway burned to the water's edge in Chesapeake Bay near Cove Point. Most passengers were from Baltimore. five missing are Sun news boys.
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Three Rivers
Baltimore and Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway Company
Chesapeake Bay
Cove Point
Baltimore Evening Sun
Grisfield
Frank Hastings Dead in Port Washington at 71
Frank Seymour Hastings a 71 year old banker yachtsman and clubman died today in Port Washington N Y He served as executor of the Grover Cleveland estate president of the Trans Atlantic Trust Co and director of several oil refining companies He was also an organist and composer.
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Frank Seymour Hastings
Grover Cleveland
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High Spots of Saturday Session at the Convention
Eleventh day of the convention and sixth of presidential balloting failed to end the deadlock. Smith reached 368 on the 76th ballot as favorite sons push sought a way out with a steering committee. Abrogation of unit rule rejected. Roosevelt joined in a conference of favorite sons on agreement nomination.
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Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Favorite Sons
Kansas City
Actress struck by police in Cicero traffic stop recall
Miss Rosetta Duncan says she and her brother Harold were beaten by Cicero officers Benjamin Delaney and Charles Mordick after a traffic violation. State's Attorney Crowe orders investigation as Harold Duncan files damage suits while the revue plans a substitution for an under study.
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Chicago
Rosetta Daasan
Tee Verious
Benjamin Delaney
Charles Mondick
Miss Dunean
Harold
Attora Crowe
Harold Duncan
Flying trip cut short in Atlantic circle attempt
West Indian aviator Hubert Julian, dressed in British officer uniform, took a hydroairplane to circle the Atlantic in thirty one days. After three minutes he crashed into the water, was rescued by a police boat, and hospitalized with serious injuries. Julian said he served as a lieutenant in Canadian forces during the war.
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Hurbert Julian
Ngs
Atlantic Ocean
Flushing Bar
Suse
Copia I
Julian
Bombs Hit Candidate in Hidalgo Fireworks Shake Pachucla
In Pachucla Hidalgo violence erupts as a bomb damages the residence of Francisco Rubio a congressional candidate and Flores ally. Soldiers responding to the blast are fired upon by unknown assailants amid ongoing dynamiting riots with no reported casualties.
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Mexico
Pachuca
Hidalgo
Francisco Rubio
Flores
Look Who's Here From Idaho Town
Idaho sports scene headlines Willie Conley a boot heavy champion figure visiting Wallace. AP report notes Conley’s upcoming bout and local interest in the heavyweight scene.
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Idaho
Willie Conley
Ty Ear Om Wallace
Democrats Reject All Compromise Efforts at Convention
At Madison Square Garden on July 5 the Democratic national convention rejected plans to seek a compromise candidate. The session adjourned after uproar over staying in New York, with McAdoo and Smith stalemated and no roll call votes on key reform proposals.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
French Differ On The Policy In Dawes Plan Debate
Paris reports a deep split between French and British views on who should decide Germanys default under the Dawes plan and on the fate of the reparation commission. Briand urged a new security pact as Herriot pressed for resumed negotiations with Macdonald but British opinion remains hostile to a military agreement. Brussels notes a possible French ministerial crisis could delay the July 16 inter allied conference in London.
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Paris
Herriot
Germany
Chamber of Deputies
Briand
M. Herriot
Cannes
Macdonald
Brussels
London
Treaty to Go Before League
Geneva reports a draft disarmament and security treaty by prominent Americans may be discussed at the League of Nations assembly in September. The League’s disarmament section plans to print the document as an annex for debate and submission to the governments. Officials praise the pact’s juridical features and World Court utilization.
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Geneva
World Court of Justice
Smiths Effigy as Baseball Target
In Lofiy Branch New Jersey on July 6 an AP report notes that despite a tightly fenced ball park where a Ku Klux Klan convention occurred yesterday no effigy of Governor Smith was seen entering the venue.
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N. J
Wood Park
Smith
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