Convention Hall frets as Kenyon vice president bid blooms
In Cleveland on June 12, word from William Butler and the White House sparked talk of Judge William S. Kenyon Iowa as Coolidge running mate. Western support and eastern opposition collide as delegates debate a Kenyon ticket while Curtis remains a factor. Presidents aides and senators scramble to shore up positions amid shifting plans and a long distance call from the White House.
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White House
Coolidge
Iowa
Judge
Curtis
Kenyon
Associated Press
Cleveland
William S. Kenyon
William M. Butler
Coolridge
Kenyor
Butler
Kenyon Boom
Borah
Idaho
Washington
Towa
Senators Lodge
Massachusetts
Reed
Pennsylvania
Wadsworth
New York
Mellon
Convention Hall
Idge
International News Wire
Copbridge
Burton
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Inj
Laniers
Cafeia Coolidge
Everett Sanders
Indiana
Bhis William Butter
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Frank W. Stearns
Boston
Senator Reed
Judge Kenyan
Stearns
Martin Invincibla
Sen Felice
Courier delivery note with corrected home arrival time
The Courier promises daily delivery before 30 o clock. If the paper is late due to courier error or other cause, call the office before 8 30 p m and a copy will be sent.
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Nime
One Day of Grace on Second Tax Installment
Washington June 12 announcement by the internal revenue bureau grants taxpayers a grace day since June 15 is Sunday. Payments made or mailed before midnight June 16 will be accepted for the second installment of income taxes.
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Washington, D. C
Internal Revenue Bureau
Police Seek Chapman Escaped Convict for Gem Holdup
Federal authorities and New York police search for Gerald Chapman, an escaped convict, in connection with a mail truck robbery in downtown New York that yielded 100000 in gems. The pursuit mirrors the 1921 mail heist by Chapman, who previously stole 32,008,000 in securities before escaping from Atlanta.
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Chapman
New York
Gerald Chapman
Hig Bang
Atlanta
Denies Accusation in Divorce Petition of Smothering Infant
Tacoma lawyers for Kenneth Ross MacLean filed a general denial to the sensational divorce complaint by Mrs. MacLean. The suit, filed in June, accuses MacLean of smothering their year-old daughter in a Brunswick hotel in late February. MacLean says the infant died accidentally while in the mother's custody after he left the hotel for the night and asks the case be dismissed.
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Tacoma Wash
Kenneth Ross MacLean
MacLean
Brunswick
Galesburg Tornado Wrecks Area, Damage Estimated at 1 Million
Galesburg Illinois on June 12 reports say a tornado and hailstorm caused about 1,000,000 in damage. Country reports indicate considerable livestock losses as the storm swept through the area.
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Galesburg
Jett Smith Forced to Land in Hue by Engine Trouble
Lieut Lowell Smith commander of the around the world flight was forced to land at Hue French Indo China after engine trouble. Lieuts Leigh Wade and Eric Nelson continued toward Tulane with Smith and his mechanic safe. A destroyer rushes to Hue from Saigon with a replacement motor for the plane. The party had reached Haipong from Hongkong and aimed for Saigon.
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United Press
San Francisco
Cal
Lowell Smith
Hue
Indo-China
Smith
Haipong
Tarawa
Leigh Wahde
Eric Nelwon
Tulane
Simith
Hia iMechanic
Anfe
Saigon
United States
Hongkong
Kenyon says he is not candidate for VP nomination
Federal Judge Wooster Kenyon sitting in the circuit court of appeals at St Paul declared he has never been a candidate for the Republican Vice Presidential nomination. He said his judicial position made it impossible to discuss his possible action if nominated and expressed confidence he would not be nominated.
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Associated Press
St. Paul, Minn
Kenyon
Circuit Court of Appeals
Cleveland
Coolidge
European cabinet crisis shakes Athens after resignations
Following the exit of two cabinet members a government crisis grows as former War Minister Condytis leads a bid to oust Premier Papanostassigo over alleged communist tilt. In Rome officials report Italy rejects Tangier Morocco terms as excluding Italy and the US from treaty rights. Nearby Naples reports heightened Mount Vesuvius activity prompting bans on night visits.
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Athens
Condytis
Papanostassigo
Barcelona
Khine Victor Emmanuél III
Elain
Humbert
Italy
Spain
Madrid
Rome
Aficn
United States
al- Biera
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
General Federation of Women's Clubs elects president
Mrs. John D. Sherman of Estes Tark Colorado was chosen president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. In Marietta Ohio Brig Gen Charles Dawes declined to comment on a possible vice presidential role. In Norfolk Virginia the state Democratic convention backed Senator Carter Glass for the presidential nomination while his name remains before the body.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John D. Sherman
Estes Tark
Colo
General Federation of Women
Clvbs
Marietta
Chas
Dawes
Norfolk
Carter Glass
Veteran Editor Named Commander of Iowa G A R
William H Needham of Sigourney, veteran editor and head of a newspaper family, was elected commander of the Iowa Department of the G A R at the fiftieth encampment in Marshalltown. Mason City was chosen for the 1925 encampment. officers include D B Cowles Ottumwa senior vice commander Orlando S Hartman Marshalltown junior vice commander Rev R I Wilson Wapello chaplain and Dr George W Bothwell medical director.
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Marshalltown
William H. Needham
R. Co. Lowe
Sigourney
Iowa T Department
Mason City
D. B. Cowles
Ottumbwa
Orlando S. Hartman
Yow
Daughters of Veterans
Er'cera
Gene Afe- Masters
Cedar Rapids
Millie Rime
Ottumwa
Emily Paschal
Keakuk
Wife of Ex Kaiser in Spotlight of News
Berlin dispatch notes Princess Ner mine wife of the former Kaiser visiting Germany and expected to witness an interesting event soon as reported by the Daily Express.
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London
Berlin
Daily Express Today
Nermine
Kaiser
Germany
Wisconsin Delegate Cooper Sparks Quiet Wisconsin Platform Clash
In Cleveland on June 12, Congressman Henry Allen Cooper of Wisconsin presented Wisconsin’s minority report on platform principles at the Republican convention. Despite boos and shouts of socialism from delegates, Cooper remained calm as Campbell guided him to the amplifiers. The administration platform was adopted amid demonstrations, and Wisconsin delegates sat silent as the scene played out.
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Paul H. Mallon
United Press
Cleveland
Coolidge
Resolutions Committee
Wisconsin
Henry Aljlen Cooper
Hissea
Cooper
Sclon
Campbell
Kansas
Coopers
Cansidice
Warren
Rhen
Slory
Gov. Cox
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Maryland
Mondell
Big Convention Today Program at 10 A.M.
The program lists prayer by Bishop Schiremus of the Cleveland Roman Catholic diocese. Dr Marton Leroy Turton, president of the University of Michigan, places President Coolidge in nomination. Speeches seconding the nomination and balloting follow for president and vice president. Committees to notify nominees are announced. A resolution authorizing the national committees to fill any vacancy is adopted along with miscellaneous resolutions before adjournment.
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Schiremus
Cleveland
Marton Leroy Turton
University of Michigan
President Coolidge
Coolidge
View
Progressive Party Candidate Heads West Campaign
Riehart Ra. Pointer of Dearborn Michigan, the People’s Progressive Party nominee for U S president, heads to the West and Northwest to start active campaigning. He notes 4,000 pledges from Henry Ford supporters and predicts 75 percent will back him, claiming the party mainly unites farmers and industrial workers. Pointer, nominated in Omaha last January, criticizes both major parties’ credibility with farmers.
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Chicago
Riehart Ra
Pointer
Dearborn
Mich
Nominnee
People’s Progressive’ ‘Party
United States
Kenry
Ford
Dorsed Coolidge
Democratic Navy
Republic Party
People’s Progressive Party
Omaha
Plank Coolidge Writ Large in 1924 Platform Fight
In a heated convention skirmish Indiana Senator James A. Watson pressed to insert his substitute for a plank. He argued the president wrote the original text while Calvin Coolidge’s hand was deemed decisive as the committee rejected the change and Watson vowed to take the fight to the floor.
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International News
Wipro
Cleveland
Coolidge
James A. Watson
Indiana
Watson
Jim
Tripoli Man Dies in High Speed Collision North of Plainfield
Tripoli—Herman Hunemuller, 39, of Tripoli, was killed when his coupe failed to negotiate a sharp turn north of Plainfield and plunged over an embankment. His companion August Schweer survived with minor injuries. The wreckage stretched 20 feet, and no help could be secured from a nearby farmhouse. Hunemuller was a mechanic at Ambrose Ridge and left behind a widow and son. The bodies were brought to Nashua.
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Tripoli
Herman Iunemuller
Plainfield
August Schweer
Schweer
Perth
Hunematler
Hunemaller
Wealthy Chicagoan Falls to Death from Sixth Story Window
Carl Schutter, 49, head of the Peter Schutter Wagon Co, leaped from the sixth floor of the Chicago Athletic Association to the pavement on Michigan Avenue last night. Emma Austin, a nurse, believes he fell. Schutter, recently returned from a Milwaukee sanitarium, was a nephew of Adolphus Busch. He left three brothers and a sister in Cleveland.
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Chicago
Carl Schuttler
Peter Schutter
Schuttler
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
Myron A. Wieck
Cleveland
Belgium Frees 50 German Prisoners in Ruby Action
The Belgian government orders release of 50 German political prisoners condemned for offenses in the Ruby. The move aims to ease German acceptance of the reparations settlement. Local officials expect the gesture will support broader postwar talks.
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Brussels
Belgia
Iddort
Coolidge Wins Big at Cleveland GOP Nomination
At Convention Hall Cleveland June 12 Cadyin Coolidge swept the Republican presidential nomination as the roll call neared completion with 1 066 votes. La Follette received 34 Johnson 10 and the rest were unclaimed. The crowd surged with cheers as Dr Marion Burton praised Coolidge and the convention praised the nominee amid a dramatic split in support from La Follette followers.
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Coolidge
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Associated Press
Cleveland
Cadyin Coolidge
North Dakota
Robert M. LaFollette
Hirat Johnson
Gna Folletta
Johnson
la Follette
Michigan
Ars
Missionary Josaph Cunningham Death Not Confirmed
A Changsha report claimed missionary Josaph Cunningham of the China Man and Missionary Alliance was killed by a stray bullet in Kwangsi. The Christian and Missionary Alliance in New York said June 10 there is no definite confirmation and other missionaries at Weilin remain safe amid fighting between Kwangsi and Kwanglung forces.
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Peking
Changaba
Josaph Cunningham
China- Man and
Iwallin
Kwangsi
Kwang-si
Kwanglung
Cunningham
Kwellin
Christian and Missionary Alliance
New York
State Examines 68 Witnesses in Riot Trial
In Lifily trial of 44 men some linked to Ku Klux Klan, prosecutors have presented 68 witnesses to prove they started a street riot. The defense has called about 100 witnesses, and testimony may run late today with the trial likely to continue into next week.
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Ku Kin Rian
Lifily
Ihe Tate
Ehensburg
Society Women of London Drop Fags and Now Sniff Snuff
London report notes fashion's shift as Mayfair boudoirs and clubs show women embracing snuff over cigarettes. Tobacconists report cigaret sales decline while snuff consumption rises. society splits on the change, with the younger set embracing the trend.
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Society Women of
London
Mayfair
POUCHIATRISTS TO EXAMINE SLAYERS OF FRANKS YOUTH
Chicago June 12 The trial of Nathan E Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb for the slaying of Robert Franks is set for August 4 with insanity as the expected defense. Alienists and psychiatrists will examine the youths in their cells without guards or prosecutors. The sheriff has granted permission and prosecutors will limit questions to mental status.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Nathan E. Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
James Whittier
Wall of Chicago
Altha
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Henry Allen Cooper
J. Ogden
Mills
Herman Hunemuller
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Hiram Johnson
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