Rival forces vie for control at Democratic convention
Chicago June 20 The Democratic presidential race shifts as New York leaders pledge 94 votes for Smith or Roosevelt. Smith’s backers open headquarters as Kremer is named rules committee chair. Anti Roosevelt forces, McAdoo and Byrd, arrive with Smith looming. Tammany figures and New York City leaders plan floor fights and a farm relief plank.
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Chicago
New York
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Joseph Israel, II
Smith
James A. Farley
J. Bruce Kremer
Montana
Rules Committee
William G. McAdoo
California
John J. Raskob
National Committee
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Tammany
John Curry
John H. McCooey
Brooklyn
Walker
Dudley Field Malone
New York City
Thomas Spellaly
Connecticut
Jouett Shouse
Senator Walsh
Shouse
Farley
Resolutions Committee
Roosevelt preconvention skirmish centers on New York votes
New York's 94 votes loom large as Roosevelt backers in Chicago anticipate a New York decision soon after delegation heads arrive. Farley refuses comment but predicts a first ballot victory. NYC leaders mull moving to a majority nomination if needed. Delegates from New York, including Curry and Flynn, travel to Chicago as the convention heats up.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Chicago
New York
Roosevelt
Empire State
Alfred E. Smith
James A. Farley
Friends
Roosevelt Council
John’ Curry
Tammany Chieftain
Edward J. Flynn
Farley
Bronx
Farmer shoots wife and children in Canton tragedy
Paul Hardin, a 30 year old farmer near Canton Georgia, killed his wife and four children with a pistol and then died by suicide. The crime was discovered by his father John Henry M Hardin who found the bodies and alerted police. A coroner's jury ruled Hardin killed the family and took his own life amid worries over a federal liquor charge.
Four Dead in Canton Farmhouse Tragedy
In Canton Georgia a farmer Paul Hardin 30 his wife 24 and their four children were found shot to death at the family home ten miles southwest of Canton. Police believe Hardin killed his wife and children and then shot himself. The bodies were found by Hardin's father John Henry Hardin who visited this morning. A young girl believed alive was rushed to a hospital but died. An inquest was underway. The children were Henry G. 6 Ruth 4 Dorothy 2 and Pearl 1.
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Paul Hardin
Here
John Henry M Hardin
Hardin
Henry G
Ruth
Dorothy
Pearl
Young Hardin
John Henry Hardin
Louise Kibbee 80 Widow of Judge Kibbee Dies in Atlanta
Mrs Louise Taylor Kibbee 80 widow of the late Judge Charles C Kibbee of the Hawkinsville circuit died at Mountain View after a week long illness. A longtime Mountain View resident she aided local development. Funeral services will be held here tomorrow morning with burial in Macon.
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Louise Taylor Kibbee
Charles C. Kibbee
Supreme Court of
Hawkinsville
Mountain View
Macon
Funeral services for Robert Scott Lovett Tuesday
New York June 20 funeral services will be held tomorrow at Long Island for Robert Scott Lovett who directed the Union Pacific Railroad system after Harriman's death in 1909. He died yesterday aged 71. Lovett rose from Texas railroad lawyer to general counsel for Harriman lines and led Union Pacific and Southern Pacific as president and chairman before health issues in 1924.
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Locust Valley
Long Island
Robert Scott Lovett
Union Pacific Railroad System
E. H. Harriman
Texas
Harriman
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific System
San Jacinto
Houston
Last Tax Free Day Ends For Many Goods
Washington reports today is the final tax free day for matches automobiles candy radios face powder yachts and a long list of items now subject to the new emergency tax law. Buyers urged to complete purchases before prices rise tomorrow as movies telegrams long distance calls and bank loans will cost more. Three cent stamps will still be needed after next month.
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Washington
Amelia Earhart Putnam Receives New York Plaudits
Amelia Earhart Putnam returns to New York City amid a crowd of about 5 000 in Battery Park after row Riverside ferry transfer. She and husband Georgie Putnam head to City Hall for a celebratory parade and she downplays aviation praise while recalling Elinor Smith and meeting European royals and Mussolini with guarded remarks.
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Amelia Earhart Putnam
Atlantic
Battery Park
Riverside
Georgie Palmer Putman
Ile Defrance
Putnam
Ireland
City Hall
Miss Earhart
The
Elinor Smith
Elinor
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Prince of Wales
Borah declares GOP convention favored repeal of 18th amendment
Senator Borah of Idaho told the senate that the Republican prohibition plank was adopted for political expediency and that the Chicago convention largely favored repeal of the eighteenth amendment. He argued the plank was inadequate and ignored campaign realities, asserting a majority at the convention favored naked repeal.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Chicago
Slaying in Bainbridge Leaves Dr Herron Dead
Sam Hall is held for the fatal shooting of Dr. Roy Herron a veteran surgeon in Bainbridge Georgia. Hall claims self defense saying Herron advanced with a pistol during a scuffle. Herron, a Clemson Auburn alumnus, died. his body sent to Starr South Carolina for burial.
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Roy Howard Herron
Bainbridge
Necro
Roy Howard Herrod
Hall
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Starr
S. C
Herron
Clemson College
Auburn
J. L. Herron
W. P. Pettigrew
Eva Herron
Marion Herron
Seneca
Reese Herron
Anderson
Claude Herron
Columbia
James Herron
Starr, S.C
Albany
Cambridge
R. H. Herron
Dougherty County
O. I. Tarver
Tarver
Cairo
Decatur
Doctor Herron
Judge Albert Little Named to Succeed Judge Bloodworth
Gov Russell named Judge Albert J. Little of Valdosta to fill the unexpired term of the late Judge O H Bloodworth on the Georgia Court of Appeals. Little, a 53 year old Valdosta lawyer and former city court judge, will serve until after the November election if he accepts. Other candidates in the race are John Guerry, Lucien P. Goodrich, and J D Bradwell.
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Atlanta
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Albert J. Little
Valdosta
Georgia Court of Appeals
O.H. B. Bloodworth
Little
Seminole Mill in Horse Creek Valley Reopens After Labor Trouble
Clearwater South Carolina June 20 The Seminole Mill one of three in Horse Creek Valley closed since April 1 due to labor trouble reopened on a day shift with about 250 employees returning to their jobs.
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Clearwater
S. C
Horse Creek Valley
Bank Evasion of Stamp Tax Through Counter Checks
Washington reports a treasury view that a minor portion of new stamp taxes will be avoided as banks issue counter checks or 'pecerpes' not taxable if in the form of a bearer receipt. The legal division holds such paper as non taxable when issued as bearer receipts.
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Washington
Kokouro
The
Treasury
Death of Oscar Credelle Turner Noted in Chicago
News reached Atlanta of the death in Chicago of Oscar Credelle Turner son of the late Du J D Turner a widely known cotton mill executive. The notice records his passing and his lineage with the Turner family in the industry.
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Atlanta
Chicago
Oscar Credelle Turner
Veterans League eyes election day action after bonus bill defeat
Washington June 20 An army of veterans disperses from the capital to organize for election day activity. The legion plans a platform against Hoover and the Republicans and signals a potential third party. The movement pivots on a repealist appeal to the eighteenth amendment. About 20 000 veterans reportedly remain in the fold.
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Washington
Veterans Army
Democratic Party
Legislative Committee of the Army
Hoover
Republican Party
American Legion
le Peal
Johnson bill approved by committee for surplus clothing aid
Washington June 20 The Johnson bill to provide free surplus clothing and wearables to unemployed persons was approved by the house labor committee. It directs the chief coordinator to identify surplus stocks from government departments and distribute them through the Red Cross, American Legion, VFW, and DAV for the winter of 1932-33.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Suverminent
Winco
Red Cross
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Vannie Higgins Shot by Brooklyn Gang
In New York a man named Vannie Higgins was shot four times by mobsters and died hours later. Police seek three men for questioning including Salvy Spitale, with others named Tough Willie McCabe and William Bailey connected to the case.
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New York
Cy Vatinte Higgeins
Vannie Tueelas
Gand
Woo
Salvy Spitale
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Higgins
Willie’ McCabe
William Bailey
Fox Is Refused Subpoena Release by the Committee
Washington June 20 The Senate Banking Committee unanimously refused to release William Fox from a subpoena in its stock market investigation. Fox sought to return to New York to treat illness, but the panel did not act on the request. Norbeck said a sick man cannot be forced to testify, yet hinted a motor trip to New York could imply sufficient health. Fox remains in hotel and has sent physicians statements claiming his appearance would endanger his life due to diabetes. The committee planned to resume hearings Thursday with unnamed witnesses.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
William Fox
Norbeck
Fox
New York
Death of Charles Getzein Ends Pretzel Battery Era
Chicago reports the death of Charles Getzein at 61 from a heart attack in his home. He was the pitching half of Detroit’s famed Pretzel Battery with Charlie Ganzel in the eighties, forming one of the era’s strongest baseball duos.
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Charles Getzein
Detroit ‘Figers
Lie
Charlie Ganzel
Getaein
Dalton Boy Eligible for the Schepp Award
Dalton Georgia June 29 Py John Crowder, 16, informed he is eligible for the Leopold Schopp award of $200 for being good. Crowder enrolled with the foundation at age 13 as a candidate for the award, which is offered to boys meeting conduct standards over three years.
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Dalton
John Crowder
Leopold Schopp
Joon Crowder
Diriner
Two Young Farmers Dead in Lightning On Fishing Trip
Nabunta Georgia June 20 two young farmers Knight Wainwright and Clarence Batten living seven miles from town disappeared from home during a rain storm. Searchers found them later seated beside a tree in the Satilla river swamp dead from a bolt that struck the tree as they sheltered from the rain. Funeral plans are under way and they will be buried tomorrow. An earlier lightning strike had lightly injured a youth named Batter.
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Adar
Doat
Knight Wainwright
Clarence Batten
Satilla
Batter
Senate Hears Relief Bill Amendments Amid Public Pleas
The Senate considered amendments to the $2,000,000,000 unemployment relief bill as witnesses from Protestants, Catholics, and Jews urged action. Veterans groups and labor organizations argued for jobs programs, while calls for public works bonds and self liquidating projects shaped the debate.
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Senate
Manufacturers Committee
Congress
Labollette Public
Congens
Kk. Mich
Fletcher A
Flas
Mark ‘Lb. Meee
American Legion
National Employment Commins- Sun
McKee
Veterans’ Organization
American Federation of Labor and Allied Groups
McKew
Caldwell Nolle Prossed In Two Bank Case Records
Nashville June 20 Attorneys general motion nolle prossed two charges against Rogers Caldwell former financier in the insolvent bank case. Atkinson said lack of competent credible testimony prompted the action. earlier he complained of insufficient cooperation from bank superintendent OD Robertson.
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Nashville
Tenn
Rogers Caldwell
Richard M. Atkinson
Atkinson
Court of Hick
OD. D. Robertson
Danks
Weather Forecast Across States With Varied Cloudiness
South Carolina shows partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with possible showers in the northwest area. Florida expects partly cloudy conditions tonight and Tuesday with possible showers in the extreme south. Georgia reports partly cloudy weather tonight and Tuesday in the north. Alabama remains generally fair tonight and Tuesday with partly cloudy and unsettled, warm conditions. Extreme Northwest Florida notes fair tonight and partly cloudy Tuesday with moderate variable winds.
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Georgia
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