Roosevelt Nominated for Vice President on 44th Ballot
At the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco on July 6 Franklin D Roosevelt assistant secretary of the navy was nominated as running mate for vice president alongside James M Cox. The 44th ballot ended the deadlock a motion to nominate Cox by acclamation passed after a four minute adjournment roar.
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Cox
Roosevelt
Auditorium
San Francisco
Cal
Franklin Roosevelt
James M. Cox
Governor Stewart
Montana
Tynon
Tennessee
Edward L. Doheny
California
Brainbridge Colby
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Navy
Ico
July
James Mc Cox
Ohio
United States
William G Ms Adoo
Sam B Amidon
McAdoo
Democratic National Committee
Chatman Robinson
Amidon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Georgia
Palmer
Pennsylvania
Cox Nomination Believed Secured Amid Convention Rush
The article describes James Middleton Cox nearly secured as the nominee amid a frenzied convention scene. Amidon and McAdoo supporters surge toward the platform while Robinson recognizes the imminent nomination. Delegates celebrate briefly before dispersing, leaving torn papers, banners, flags, and scattered chairs in the hall.
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Imo
Cox
McAdoo
Amidon
Kansas
Robinson
Coxway
Miter
Echoes of Ernie James case return to court in Bisbee
A quiet title suit between John Hughes and Mrs Ernie James over Bisbee property entered Tombstone today before Judge Lockwood. The case recalls the Ernie Hughes James trial when Hughes testified for Mrs James in a shooting case against his daughter Mary Hughes. The trial ended in a murder attempt conviction for Mary and a divorce for Hughes’s wife. The courtroom scene included Mrs James’s hysteria and Hughes’s silent stance as proceedings continued.
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Ernie
Cochise
Tombstone
John Hughes
Ernie Hughes
Beard
Lockwood
Hughes
Mrs. James
Bisbee
James
Mary Hughes
Jamen
State Penitentiary
San Koreau
Ernle Jamies
Couse
Ernie James
John Hugh
Bisben
Tao
Inia
Novelp
Dik Lawn Us
Nogales Catholics protest July 4 festival exclusion
Nogales Catholics issue a public statement condemning what they call deliberate religious discrimination in a three day Fourth of July border celebration. They cite Catholic dominance and demand equal participation, noting Catholics pay taxes and contribute to national service while facing social ostracism and political setbacks driven by sectarian bias.
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Nogales
Bis
Notice for Public Publication in U S Land Office
Notice published from Phoenix Arizona dated July 3 1920 informs Mary Guess of Box 144 Bisbee Arizona holder of Home stead Entry No 028470 for Wty Sec 15 T236 ROK & Meridian seeks to prove up three year proof to establish claim before James Allison US Commissioner in Bisbee Arizona on August 11 19 Chilmant witnesses listed George W Keahey Robert J Johnson Peter Crane William J Davis all of Arizona locations Box 437 CHAS EO MARSHALL Reghter Fire qb 11 1920 Hitt
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U. S. Land Office
Phoenix
Arizona
Mary Guess
Bisbee
Wty
G&s
ROK
Meridian
James Allison
Chilmant
George W. Keahey
Box
Bis. Bee
Robert J. Johnson
Lewis Springs
Peter Crane
William J. Davis
Tombstone
Chas
EO Marshall
Acrona
Cora J. Stanley
Cora B. Fry
Ft. Huachuca
Sey
William A.fowler
U. 5
Oliver Pry
Thomas Fry
M. James Kernan
Willam Roan
Garden Canon
EB Marshall
Register
Stetson Considers Energy Project in Casa Grande
Henry Stetson of the Stetson Hat company arrived in Casa Grande at the invitation of Judge Peter D. Overfield. Overfield and Barnhill of the chamber of commerce explored funding and support to establish electrical energy in the valley, seeking Stetson's financing.
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Casa Grande
Ariz
Henry Stetson
Stetson Hat Company
Peter D. Overfield
Messrs. Overfield
Barnhill
Chamber of Commerce
Stetson
Auto Bandit Sentenced To 12 Years In Mexican Court
Tucson dispatch reports Matias Perez, charged with stealing Jack Chase's speed ster, received a twelve year sentence from a Mexican court. He was sent to Yucatan Island to serve the term. Perez also accused in thefts of Mosecoir and BE. L. O'Malley autos and a Jordan car from Ray, which was burned on the Nogales road months ago.
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Tucson
Matias Perez
Jack Chase
Perez
Yucatan Island
Miles
Noga
Mosecoir
BE. L. O'Malley
Ray
Nogales
Harold Nafziger Victim Of Accidental Shooting
Harold Nafziger, age unknown, was accidentally shot while hunting nine miles southwest of the Nafziger Ranches in Kenilworth district. He died the same evening at the county hospital after the gun discharged when it bumped the car fender. He leaves his father John Nafziger of the Nafziger Ranch company.
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Floren E
Harold Nafelxer
Alve Thompson
Nafelger Ranches
Kendiworth
Gromathan
John Nafziger
Nafziger
Kenilworth
Man Faints In Court After $12 Damages Ordered
In Tucson on July 8 Solomon Eneim was ordered by Judge Oscar Peate to pay $12 in damages. Court officials were unsure if the faint was caused by the judgment or the heat.
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Tucson
Solomon Eneim
Oscar Peate
State of Arizona Land Office Notice of Land Selections
Notice from the United States Land Office in Phoenix Arizona announcing land selections under the 1909 act with protests or contests allowed during a publication window in July 1920. Names Chasee Marshall and Scott White appear as officials or receivers with dates of first publication in July.
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State of
Arizona
Baty
Phoenix
Chasee Marshall
Reales
Scott White
St Atus
Ottie
Arizona land notices and legal actions in Bisbee
Notices from the Department of the Interior and state land offices detail homestead proofs and indemnity applications in Arizona. Includes Cora J. Stanley's notice of intention to prove up her homestead at Tombstone and public Land Office postings at Phoenix. plus a Bisbee court judgment on property equity involving John Hughes and Mrs. James, and a title case for 50 percent frontage on 15 acres near Bisbee.
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Hughes
James
C. R. Hanna
Tom Mix Visits Kingman On Way To Prescott
Kingman, Ariz July. Tom Mix, the motion picture star, stopped here overnight while en route to Prescott. He called on Mr. Dudley, known through William Fox, a personal friend. Mix is described as a real red-blooded man who rode the plains before entering pictures and once fooled around Seligman.
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Kingman
Ariz
Tom Mix
Prescott
Mr. Dudley
William Fox
Mix
Plains
Seligman
Physicians nabbed on narcotic law charge
NOGALES Ariz July 5 Dr H R Hitchins a dentist from Miami was placed in the county jail here Saturday on charges of violation of the Harrison narcotic act and the federal prohibition laws. Dr Hitchins after putting 20 miles between himself and the border was stopped by authorities and is alleged to have had a quantity of opium and some tequila. He was released on bond of $500 and will be granted a preliminary hearing before the United States commissioner.
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Nogales
Ariz
H.R. Hitchins
Miami
Hitchins
Himelf
Willd
United States
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Ernie James Case
Lackwool
Auto Bandit
Harold Nafeiger
United States Land Office
Phoenin
Aiizona
Department of the Interior
United States Land Office AT
Marshall
Lott White
Irene — State Highway Department
Mulbrook
Samuel L. Patton
Ag Juriate
Southwest
Supreme Court Justles
Patter
Superior Court
Plina County
Judge Pattee
Yavapai County
Eugene §, Ives
Tunon
Potter
United State
Wiliam F. Cooper
Pima County
Pattee
Patten
RS. James
Ae Ell
Spat
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