ILL-FATED FLIGHT CHICAGO NOMINATIONS AND PARTIES
Governor Alfred E. Smith, Democratic presidential hopeful, nominated at a convention with Prohibition ties. Dr. James M. Templeton and Miss Jeanette Campbell are named for influence and nomination dynamics. Hoover is cited as prohibition candidate advocate. socialist and farmer labor figures appear in the evolving ticket scene.
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Chicago
Alfred E. Smith
James M. Templeton
Cary M. C
New York
Herbert Hoover
Jeanette Campbell
Los Angeles
Tis
Nebraska
Candi
Texas Bolters Joint Republicans Aim at Alliance
Texas Democrats opposing Governor Smith move toward cooperation with the Republican Party as tests of ballot eligibility unfold. In Cameron County, Thomas Love fights to be on the primary ballot after declaring he would not vote for Smith, while county chairs await Love's appeal outcome.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
A M. Kent
Cameron County
Democratic Committee
Thomas B. Love
New York
Love
Volmey W. Taylor
Senator Thomas Visits Boise Amid Office Duties
The article notes Senator Thomas visiting Boise on July 12 to handle his office duties and clear departmental backlogs after illness and the death of Sager Frank Gooding. He also called on Governor Baldridge and met with Idaho figures during his introductory period.
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Boise
John
Sager Frank Gooding
Idaho
William F. Born
Gten
Thomas
Hoover Will Amplify Farm Views When He Gives Acceptance Speech
Seven condemned men face execution in Kentucky as the state prepares for a Friday dawn ritual. Wary of appeals, officials schedule a near hourlong procession through the death chamber with eight minutes allotted per inmate. Executions include two white men from Louisville and St. Louis and two Ky. residents, with one declaring readiness to die despite a mother and baby at home.
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Hoover
Eddyville
State Penitentiary
Charles Paul Mitra
St. Louis
Orlando “Red” Seymour
Louisville
Louieville
Hascite Dockery
Harlan
Mountain
Milford
Red” Lawson
Gorbin
Man Tells Why He Jumped From liner into the Ocean
Morton Hoyt, 20, of War, says his leap from the French liner Rochambeau last Friday was a fool stunt. He explains the group debated survival chances if someone went overboard and that his dive was not a dare from Elsie, daughter of the late Swedish minister.
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Warbhington
Morton Boyt
Rochambeau
Elsie J
United States
Artenen
Onld ‘ Bhongren
Hoover to Speak on Farm Relief at Nomination Acceptance
Secretary Hoover will not comment on campaign issues until his acceptance speech. He plans a cross country trip to California next week with stops in Chicago and Omaha and a San Francisco arrival for a July 23 event. He will be hosted by Dawes in Evanston and meet leaders en route, avoiding receptions along the route.
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Washington
Hoover
William H Settle
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation of
New York
Governor Smith
Indianapolis
Work
Republican National Committee
Palto Alto
California
Republican Party
Mr. Hoover
San Francisco
Chicago
Omaha
Dawes
Frank O. Lowden
Binots Hoover
Coolidge
White House
Brule River
St. Paul
New Schedule Drawn Up for Salt Lake City to Great Falls Flight
Salt Lake City posts new timetable for the Salt Lake City Great Falls airmail route opening Aug. 1. Northbound departures start at 10 20 a m from Salt Lake with stops Ogden Pocatello Butte Helena en route arriving Great Falls 4 30 p m. Southbound leaves Great Falls at 6 am and reaches Salt Lake by 2 10 p m with Helena 8 55 a m Butte 9 40 a m Pocatello 12 10 p m Ogden 1 60 p m.
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Salt Lake City
Great Falls
Mont
Washington
Salt Lake
Ogden
Pocatello
Butte
Helena
Man Killed by Utah Train Not Identified in Provo
In Provo Utah an unidentified man about 45 was killed when struck by a northbound Denver and Rio Grande Western train. No identification was found. Witnesses offered conflicting stories with some saying he walked into the tracks while others claimed he sat on the track. A poem in his pocket described him as a crippled miner who had worked in Utah mines.
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Provo
Utah
South Provo
Explosions Hit Broadway Kitchen on Strand Roof
On July 12 five explosions rocked the Broadway theater district between 45th and 49th Streets as a gas stove leak caused blasts in a four story building. More than 100 theater workers and many actors fled into the street while police and detectives responded to the scene. The kitchen dining and dancing saloon had been closed for two months.
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New York
Broadway
Strand
45Th
49Th Streets
Biasta
National League Games Overview and Bank Examiner Appointment
National League results include Cincinnati and Chicago wins with notable pitcher lineups, rain postponements in Philadelphia, and a 15 to 7 Chicago slugfest. In Boise, William Mackeleén becomes state bank examiner succeeding J P MacNamara who moves to a creamery position in Omaha.
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Boise
William Mackeleén
Intermountain State Bank of Cascade
J. P. MacNamara
State Department of Finance
MacNamara
Crecht
Fairmont Creameries
Omaha
Liberty Magazine Libel Suit Filed in Port Worth
Mrs Temple Houston of Woodward Oklahoma files 600000 damages suit in district court against Liberty Weekly Inc publishers of Liberty magazine. Her four children join as plaintiffs. Petition alleges June 9 article by Don Seitz claimed Temple Houston was son of the general and an Indian squaw based on Gene Sam Houston.
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Port Worth
Texas
Butt
Liberty Weekly, Inc
Liberty Magazine
Temple Houston
Woodward, Oklo
House of David factions fight spill into Benton Harbor clash
In Benton Harbor on July 12 rival House of David groups led by Mary Panel and H Dewhirst fought over control. A state receiver is seeking liquidation of colony assets after a day of violent clashes that involved about 60 colonists and led to arrests. In Lytle, rescue workers press to reach three miners buried after a second rock fall at Lytle Coal colliery. hope of survivors fades as gas and collapse hinder operations after a Monday explosion.
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Benton Harbor
House of David
Mary Panel
H Dewhirst
K. V. Ciardy
Ite
Mary Purnell
Ray Frombeck
Dewhirst
Hornbeck
Max Blume
Paul Perrodt
Mary
Perrodt
Pottsville
Lytle
Prohibition Convention Debates Hoover Endorsement
At the Chicago convention the fight over endorsing Republican candidate Herbert Hoover continues. Nearby, the former labor party executive committee weighs a third party split led by Senator Norris. A resolution backing the liquor license is debated after platform adoption.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Prohibition Party
Labor Party
Norris
Refusa
Farmersahervention
H. Rea Garber
Pittsburgh
W. A. Gay
Birmingham
Les
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