Progressive group plans 1 million Sentinels fund drive
Cleveland June 27 AP Followers of Senator La Follette organize The Sentinels, a nonpartisan draft group aiming to recruit 1,000,000 American sentinels to promote progressive voting. Members will wear uniforms, vow no color or creed lines, and pay two dollars to fund the campaign with the slogan a clean sweep for the spirit of 76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Conference For
Progressive Political Action
Lester P. Barlow
Draft
The
Sentinels
Barlow
Smith workers push ahead to aid Governor Smith campaign
New York June 27 AP says Franklin D Roosevelt campaign manager for Smith meets leaders at convention hall before order. Smith arrives early at his campaign headquarters and says he is in working harness for the duties ahead. He plans further talks with callers and visits around the city to bolster support.
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New York
Yesch
Smith
Ohange
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Compass
McAdoo Keeps Busy With Convention Calls in New York
William Gibbs McAdoo spent a busy day at his hotel headquarters with a steady stream of callers seeking nomination talks and convention admission tickets. He likely will not issue further statements until balloting begins, with supporters expected to speak on the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Gibbs McAdoo
McAdoo
Californian
Minnesota
Wm. J. Quinn
St. Paul
Smith
Quinn
Pussyfoot Johnson Plans California Retirement
William 9B. (Pussyfoot) Johnson, prominent temperance advocate, is in San Bernardino after a year in Africa. He will rest a week, has bought property there, and plans to retire in the city after completing his work. He predicted the world would be dry in fifteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
William
Pussyfoot) Johnson
Africa
Armored car guard killed in Bronx payroll heist
In New York on June 27 two bandits shot and killed a guard at the Mott Haven yard of the New York Central Railroad in the Bronx and escaped with a payroll of 9500 dollars.
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New York
Josephee
Mott Haven
New York Central Railroad
Bronx
Bel lum government agrees to Franco British disarmament terms
Brussella June 27 AP announced that the Bel lum government officially agreed to the terms of the Franco British disarmament of Germany.
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Brussella
Bellum
Germany
Missing plane not recovered in Alaska searches
Two expeditions from Port Moller on the Aleutian peninsula fail to locate any trace of Major Frederick L. Martin’s wrecked plane. The former commander of the American air squadron around the tair aquad rea is missing since June.
Wills Firpo Fight Date Set For August 30
Trenton New Jersey June 27 August 30 was announced as the tentative date for the Wills Firpo fight at Boyle's Thirty Acres New Jersey. The announcement came from State Boxing Commissioner Newton A Bugbee.
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Trenton
N. J
Boyle’s
Thirty Acres
New Jersey
Newton A. Bugbee
Dark Horses All Blanked For A Workout
New York June 27 AP reports that Pennsylvania delegates consider shifting to Senator Oscar W Underwood in the presidential nomination contest. They watch the anti Klan plank and expect anti Klans to move to Underwood if Smith falters. Davis supporters in West Virginia cheer when his name is nominated amid split delegation sentiment. Ralston boom gains traction as Taggart directs delegates and Taf t denies switching to Ralston. Glass movement shows Virginia backing Carter Glass as Democratic nominee candidate on a slow ballot count continuing into the fifteenth or twentieth round.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Oscar W. Underwood
Underwood
Platform Committee
al Smith
Smith
West Virginia
John W. Davis
Ralston
Taggart
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
McAdoo
Taft
Samuel M. Ralston
James M. Cox
Ohio
Dayton
Edmund Moore
Cox
Glass
Virginia
Carter Glass
Belondn
Old Dominion
Huall
Hull
Field
Oklahoma
Edge
New Jersey
Senator Walsh
Massachusetts
Walsh
Olice
Dwight W. Wylie
Central Presbyterian Church of New York
Democratic Platform Battles over Klan and League Planks
New York June 27 AP platform builders faced a deadlock over two items Klan and league of nations as subcommittees prepared minority reports. Committee toiled past 3:30 AM and adjourned to 2 PM with drafting to resume at noon.
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New York
League of Nations
Resolutions Committee
Ku Klux Klan
League
Wny
Platform Committee
Nomination Stir at Democratic Convention
The report notes James Cox placed in nomination by Newton D. Baker as secretary of war amid Glass movement talk. A Cox headquarter staffer is expected to speak, while organizers vow no demonstrations or fireworks.
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Cox
Ohio Debeee
James Cox
Newton D. Baker
Bora
Cox Headvarfare
Ocolam
Convention Still Enthused a Bit Seizures Reported in New York
Wayne B Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League said federal agents have seized 200000 cases of liquor 200 barrels of beer and 2500 gallons of beverage alcohol in New York since the Democratic national convention crowd began arriving last Saturday.
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New York
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Tammany Tiger’s Growl Awakens Bourbon Women at N D C
Women at the Democratic national convention learn practical politics as Tammany hands the vice chairmanship to local worker May Kennedy. Her Bronx campaign work and Copeland support spark questions of power and replacement, while the elder leaders watch the Blair versus successor debate subside for now.
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New York
Tammany
Tammany Braves
May Kennedy
Iss Kennedy
Bronx
Copeland
Walsh
Kennedy
Emily Newell Blair
Joplin Mo
National Committee
Scaife Letter Public Over DOJ Aid to Prohibition
Washington reports former DOJ special agent H. Scaife made public a letter to Secretary Mellon. He denies asking to be assigned to investigate prohibition affairs and accuses Mellon of denying misconduct while noting agents were sent to his train to discredit him. He claims evidence supports his statements.
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Washington
Mellon
Publc
Department of Justice
Gaston B. Means
New York
Leaves for Siam
Rangoon Burma June 27 AP The British round the world aviator Stuart Maclaren left here today for Bangkok Siam.
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Rangoon
Burma
Avistor
Stuart Maclaren
Bangkok
Siam
Railroad Ordered to Repair Track to Coal Mines by P U C
Boise June 27 The Public Utilities Commission orders the Oregon Short Line Railroad to repair tracks into coal mines under Samuels and associates and to construct a wye. The railroad must give notice to Samuels and allow 80 days to file a bond up to 27160 dollars. If bond is not filed, coal car service may be halted. Mines must deliver 20 tons of coal annually for five years unless prevented by fire flood riot war earthquakes or acts of God. Extensions apply for cave-ins strikes or coal company failures.
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Boise
H. F. Samuel
Oregon Short Railroad Company
Mr. Samuels
Semuels
Samuels
Soingao
Nominations Continue as McAdoo Flares Over Klan Issue
At the Democratic national convention in Madison Square Garden on June 27, McAdoo backers try to curb religious bias debates while nominating and seconding speeches proceed. Delegates hear a clash over the Ku Klux Klan issue with speeches from J F T O Connor and Mrs Carrol Miller, amid demonstrations and calls to start balloting before the platform is set.
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J. F. T. O'Connor
North Dakota
McAdoo
Carrol Miller
Pittsburgh
New York
Smith
Echo
Silver
New Jersey
James M. Cox
Ohio
Madison Square Garden
League of Nations
National Committee
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Pussyfoot
California
Wills-Firpo
Davis
Money Powers
Davis For Second Choice
Klan and League
Europe
Republcan
Railroad Labor Board
Fordney-McCumber
Mississippi
Hawaii
Turkey
Senate
George Brennan
Chicago
Tom Taggart
Tammany Tiger
Scaife
H. F. Samuels
Oregon
Pat Harrison
Bruce Kremer
Montana
Palai
Mno
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