Democratic candidates assemble as convention nears in New York
The article reports on Democratic presidential hopefuls preparing for the upcoming convention. McAdoo supporters weigh two thirds rule changes while others push for majority nominations. Smith campaign efforts expand with Roosevelt coordinating statewide efforts and regional strength claims surface.
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New York
Homer
William G. McAdoo
Smith
John W. Davis
Carter Glass
Oscar W. Underwood
McAdoo
W. J. Fields
Kentucky
Fields
Texas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Smith Committee
West
Evvery
Greer Trial Opens in Self Defense Plea in Dines Shooting
Los Angeles June 17 AP a battery of sidelights on the New Year's party shooting of Courtland Dines by Horace Greer chauffeur to film actress Mabel Normand was to proceed with a jury of ten women and two men Greer claims self defense Greer will seek acquittal and witnesses including Miss Normand Edna Purviance testifed about the confusion at Dines apartment but memory of the shooting remained unclear Dines testimony at preliminary hearing to be read due to his absence from the trial
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Los Angeles
Courtland 8Ines
Horace Greer
Mabel Normand
Greer
Dines
Denver
Miss Normand
Edna Purviance
Dines Baepee
Seased
Chicago
Morgan A. Collins
Tech O, M, & Bt
Collina
Miss Mead
Milwaukee
J. T. Watson
Spencer Brown
Warner Brothers
James Murray
Nate
Paul Wade
Tulsa
Kta
Ford's First Racer In Exhibition Run
Los Angeles June 17 AP The famed 999 racing car first built by Henry Ford and the rise of Barney Oldfield will be piloted in an exhibition run at Ascot Speedway next Sunday.
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Los Angeles
Henry Ford
Barney Oldfield
Ascot Speedway
Leopold and Loeb subjected to alienist tests as trial nears
Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb await trial for the kidnapping and slaying of Robert Franks. Alienists conduct psychological tests whose reports will frame the defense. Leopold claims the real story will stay hidden while tests annoy him and stress the need for expert judgment.
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Robert Franks
Chicago
Nathan Leopold Jr
Milionaire
Richard Leach
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Leopold
Loeb
Dicky Loeb
Dicky’ Loeb
Eastern colleges ready for Intercollegiate Regatta showdown
Poughkeepsie June 17 crews from four eastern colleges one from the middle west and a sixth from the Pacific coast gathered for the Intercollegiate Rowing Association championship regatta. Ideal weather favored three races with University of Washington aiming to repeat last year’s title win.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Intercollegiate Rowing Association
University of Washington
Spies given quick finish in Soviet prosecutions
Moscow reports rapid executions and new death sentences for suspected spies. Three months saw scores of sons executed for espionage and twelve more death sentences announced. Four accused of selling secrets linked to the Red Army were named, including a Polish mission associate who fled Russia. In Minsk the Supreme Court handed down prison terms to those convicted of espionage and related offenses.
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Moscow
Red Army
M. Techechovitsh
Leningrad
Russia
Minsk
White Russia
Seversona
Supreme Court
Twen
Missing Mail Bags Found Near Joliet
Joliet reports a mud smeared touring car loaded with 25 registered mail pouches, part of the Rondout loot from the $8,000,000 train robbery. Many pouches ripped, contents looted. jewelry packages observed. authorities tracking the case and expected further arrests.
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Joliet
Rondout, Ill
Daniel Mahoney
Reindeer Steaks for Dining Cars Celebrate Alaska Rail Service
In Seattle on June 17 AP reports the Alaska railroad will serve reindeer steaks on dining cars this summer to promote Alaskan industry. Officials hope tourists will be drawn to the state by tasting this meat.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska Railroad
Maughan To Start One Day Flight Across Nation
Army air service men sent a motor truck with supplies to Salduro Utah to support Lieutenant Russell Maughan U S A whose plan is to attempt a single day flight from the Atlantic to the Pacific next Thursday. Salduro is one of several stops on the journey. Maughan, a Utah native, has family in Logan and previously reached Rock Springs Wyoming in a prior attempt.
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Salt Lake City
Army Air Service
Salduro
Utah
Here
Great Salt Lake
Russell Maughan
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Saldado
Maughan
Logan
Rock Springs
Wyo
Antigerman Move Is Wagner Charge at Bayreuth
Siegfried Wagner, fresh from an America fundraising tour for Bayreuth festivals, spoke in Bayreuth praising the funds raised yet warning they will not sustain long term. He blamed French and anti Bayreuth propaganda in the United States for hindering his work and noted the Washington incident as a severe blows to his mission.
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Bayreuth
Bavaria
Siegfried Wagner
America
Wagner
United States
Germany
Washington
France Holds Firm on Ruhr and Security Demands
Paris reports that Gaston Doumergue vows France will not yield on control over Germany and demands proof of German good faith before Dawes plan. Herriot cabinet declares Ruhr will stay evacuated only after Dawes guarantees are in place and urges rapid ratification of postwar treaties and disarmament steps under the League of Nations.
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Paris
Gaston Doumergue
France
Germany
Dawes
Herriot
Ruhr
Russia
Washington
Turkey
League of Nations
Japanese Leaders Appeal After Demonstration Sentences
Five leaders from the June 7 Imperial hotel protest appeal their three day jail terms or 10 yen fines for participating. The incident followed a dance attended by Japanese and foreigners, sparked by opposition to the new US immigration law.
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Tokio
Imperial Hotel
United States
Immigrants from Japan Arrive on President McKinley
Immigration officers in Seattle examine 238 Japanese aboard the Admiral Oriental liner President McKinley. Many have long residence in the United States but speak no English, according to officials at the immigration station.
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Peattle
Wash
McKinley
Japan
Atlantic City Bans Smoking by Women This Summer
Atlantic City officials led by Mayor Edward L. Bader decided that visiting young women must not smoke this summer. The move followed a crackdown on smoking and came after authorities previously allowed women to go barelegged and without stockings.
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Atlantic City
Edward L. Bader
Woman Lawyer Backs Action of Department
Washington reports Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt assistant attorney general and head of the departments enforcement unit defended the Volstead act administration before the senate Daugherty committee. She rebutted charges against the justice department noting shared duties with internal revenue and weaknesses in section 26 of the act.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Senate
Daugherty
Willebrandt
Stone
Seesa
Wheeler
Montana
Prohibition
Department, of Justice
Joint Ministry Considered After Matteotti Kidnap Case
Rome reports a possible revival of a broad government team including Mussolini and former leaders Giolitti and Orlando as a response to the Matteotti kidnapping. Mussolini vows full investigation and warns press against spreading rumors that could hinder officials.
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Rome
Mussolini
Giolitti
Orlando
Matteotti
Proas
Ila A
Legislature in Uproar Over Control in Rhode Island
In Providence on June 17 AP report describes a riot as Republicans tried to block Lieutenant Governor Toupin from presiding over the Rhode Island Senate session. Deputized sheriffs, Governor Flynn, and police reserves intervened as clashes erupted between Republicans and Democrats while spectators sided with partisans.
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Providence
R. L
Toupin
State
Senate
Jonathan Andrews
Arthur A. Sherman
Flynn
Andrews
State House
Messares
Quinn
Reading
Dooley
Sprague
Sanderson
Senator Quinn
Sherman
Red agitators meet in Moscow
Moscow hosts the fifth session of the Third International with about a thousand delegates from the United States Mexico Canada and South America among nations represented Russia leads with 186 delegates Germany 40 France 20 Italy 20 Britain 10 and other countries sending two each Sessions span three weeks focusing on international economics anti racism and emancipation of minorities in colonial areas.
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Moscow
United States
Mexico
Canada
South Americ
Lenine
Zincevieff
America
Germany
France
Italy
Engand
Brasil
Russians Locate on Canada Farms
Vancouver June 17 One hundred and sixteen Russians led by General L De Mura, formerly of the late Czar's army in Kiev, arrived here aboard a Canadian Pacific steamer en route to a new Russian farm section in Canada.
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Vancouver
B. C
L. de Mura
Car
Korcow
Russia
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