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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1920
Page
1
San Francisco June 25 AP reports Vice President Marshall aims to place a safe platform by nominating a delegate from Indiana, stressing a concise platform. He says he is not running and favors a postcard style platform. Bone-dry forces push for Volstead enforcement and clash looms with Bryan and Glass shaping the debate.
Detroit June 25 AP reports Miss Corrine Gould of St. Louis and Miss Marion Zinderstein of Boston advanced to the finals of the women's national clay court championship. Gould, defending champion, beat Miss Florence Ballin of New York 6-2 9-7, while Zinderstein defeated Miss Elenora Tennant of Los Angeles 7-5 6-1. Finals set for tomorrow.
A 14 month old believed to be Blakely Coughlin, kidnapped from Norris town, was located by police in Scranton. No further details released on suspect or conditions.
Howard Figg, assistant to the attorney general, told National Garment Retailers representatives that government will not back clothing conservation aimed at modesty. Retailers showed knee length gowns as fall extremes. Figg declined to set a firm minimum but said skirts should come below the waist.
Londonderry shows tentative calm as British troops restore order after days of street fighting. Snipers exchanged fire overnight with troops dispersing looters. the death toll rises to seventeen with Patrick Mallet and Peter Campbell among the dead. A conciliation committee is to be formed to end the violence.
A law student named Sekizawa was arrested on a charge of selling war maps. An alleged accomplice, Oyama, is also being detained. The maps relate to Siberia where Oyama worked for a government surveying party.
San Francisco June 25 delegates arrive for the Democratic national convention. Georgia contest appears settled in favor of Palmer backed delegates. Hoke Smith and Tom Watson supporters contest in the credentials fight. National committee works on platform with Bryan and Walsh expected. Irish question dominates plank proposals.
Staff Photographer Macdonald captures a candid scene in San Francisco as Homer Cummings Democratic national committee chairman and his wife share a playful exchange. The moment unfolds near the Palace with Mae prompting the couple to pose and Cummings fetching his hat upstairs as requested.
New York June 25 AP. A wave of insured fur coat thefts has led to an investigation. Owners who pawned coats and filed false theft claims may stand trial for obtaining money under false pretenses. R Brown of American Surety announced the case.
President Wilson sent messages to North Carolina Governor Bickett and Senators Simmons and Oates urging swift action on the federal suffrage amendment. He noted the critical importance of state actions as legislatures prepare for special sessions next month. The Tennessee governor also discussed urging ratification to avoid North Carolina’s immediate need to act.
Washington reports evidence of a plan to unite the Communist Labor party and the Communist party into a single organization with the aim of fomenting revolution against the government. The Department of Justice indicates steps to counter spread of propaganda and notes party publications urging armed insurrection as the only path to overthrow capitalism.
Sixteen year applications from various parts of the nation to establish Shrine temples were denied while three were granted by the Shrine imperial council at its annual meeting in Portland. The temples approved were Maskah in Wichita Falls Texas Amina in Topeka Kansas and Al Kaly in Pueblo Colorado. Amarlio Texas was not granted a temple as earlier announced.
General Alvaro Obregon departed Mexico City last evening headed for Sonora. He planned to travel via Guadalajara and Manzanillo to reach his destination.
The governor comments on ratification, saying he has said all he intends to say and will accept his medicine but not claim it tastes good. He frames the issue as a political matter rather than personal approval.
Chicago June 25 AP Heads of fifteen railway unions warned the rail system risks paralysis without timely wage-board action. W G Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, blamed president Wilson for delays, saying unions faced increasing pressure from red propaganda while preparations to strike remain unapproved.
Wm. Boyce Thompson chair of the ways and means committee announced after a conference with Senator Harding that the policy started by Chairman Hays restricting campaign contributions to $1000 will be followed again this year.
Washington June 25 AP Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska says he will not accept the Democratic vice presidency or second place. He predicts the platform will avoid wet or dry planks and favors a strong league of nations plank. He argues prohibition should not be an internal party issue.
Herbert Hoover calls for rapid ratification of the Versailles treaty with Article X removed and membership in the League conditioned on disarmament. He argues the League should rely on moral and economic power and warns that military guarantees threaten U.S. independence and fuel European dissension.
In New York on June 25 AP reports General Ozanian Antranak, a member of the Armenian military mission, left for a voyage to support the Independence movement. The brief notes his enlistment and purpose in backing the cause.
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