Convention debates and vice presidential talk at Kansas City
Big convention scenes in Kansas City with Hoover on the main ticket and Dawes and Hanford MacNider as possible running mates. Debates over farm relief and the McNary Haugen policy split the platform amid hotel payments and delays. Also notes on Emmeline Pankhurst death and Amelia Earhart’s flight plans and Iowa pioneers.
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Kansas City
Mpm
Hoover
Dawes
Gen. Dawes
Hell Maria
Senate
Iowa
Hanford
MacNider
Mason City
Hawkeye
Ini
Willimg
Deere to Build Six New Waterloo Factories
The John Deere Tractor company announced contracts for six new buildings in Waterloo, Iowa, including a six story machine shop and a large power plant. Local firms Jens Olesen & Sons will build three structures, with J G Miller & Sons handling a six story machine shop and J H Hunzinger constructing a new power plant and a large storage building. Total plans approach two million dollars with numerous support facilities and upgraded infrastructure to support expanded production.
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Waterloo
John Deere Tractor Company
Deere & Co
Moline
Tractor Company
John G. Miller & Sons Co
Olesen
Jens Olesen & Sons Construction Co
K” Machine Shop
J. H. Hunzinger’ Company
Davenport
Allen H. Head
John Deere Tractor, Company
Miles Street
Black Hawk Creek
President and Mrs Coolidge Begin Wisconsin Vacation
The president and Mrs Coolidge departed Washington for a vacation on the Brule river in Wisconsin after a delay caused by Mrs Coolidge’s illness. She travels west under a nurse’s care today.
Coolidge Heads to Wisconsin for Second Western Vacation
President Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge travel aboard the President’s Special toward Cedar Island Lodge Wisconsin for a second midwest vacation in two years. Mrs Coolidge shows marked improvement and will be attended by Miss Mabel Beet during the trip and at Cedar Island Lodge. The President remains in good humor and limps slightly due to a foot abrasion.
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Cedar Island Lodge
Wisie 14
U.P
Mabel Beet
Mrs. Coolidge
Tientsin Streets Scene of Carnage After Surrender
A Tientsin dispatch reports terrible disorders and bloodshed after the city’s surrender by northerners. Gunmen shot men and women as looting occurred outside foreign concessions though the defense plank held. Bullets also struck foreign compounds amid tense fear of further bombardment.
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London
Wim
Tientsin
Pei-Ho
Tientsi
Attempted Assassination of Prince Kuni Reported
London reports from Tokio describe a June 14 incident during Prince Kuni’s visit to Poghines May 14 a Korean rushed Prince Kant’s car and threw a dagger. The prince was uninjured. Governor General Otsunoshin Yamakami resigned, taking responsibility for the incident.
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London
Tokio
Kuni
Empteas
Poghines
Kant
Otsunoshin ‘“Yamakami
Formosa
Jury Acquits Oil Man Robert W. Stewart in Contempt Trial
Washington June 14 The jury found Robert W. Stewart chairman of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana not guilty on all four counts of contempt of the Senate. He refused to answer questions before the Senate Teapot Dome committee about Continental Trading Co. The trial lasted two weeks with the verdict reached on the third ballot.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Senate
Stewart
Senate Teanet Dome Committee
Continental Trading Company
Senate S
U. S. Atttorney
Leo A. Rover
Justice Siddons
Oid Stewart
Hold up enlivens Convention City in Kansas City
In downtown Kansas City, bandits robbed the Home Trust Co as visitors moved to the convention. Traffic officer 3 Happy Smith was badly wounded while trying to stop the hold up. Lilian Roland, 17, was shot crossing the street. A policeman and a passerby were also injured. Loot estimated at 20 000 to 30 60 dollars.
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Kansas City
Home Trust Company
Happy Smith
Lilian Roland
Bank
Cyclone in New South Wales Causes Casualties and Ship Damage
A powerful cyclone in New South Wales today killed at least six people and damaged suburbs around Sydney. The Watson liner Bonoma arrived battered with a washed away bridge and smashed decks while the steamer Whiteway was reported wrecked at Stockton.
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Sydney
U.R
New South Wales
Bonoma
Whiteway
Stockton
Courier Delivery Promise and Late Paper Remedy
Notice explains home delivery timing and 5 40 deadline. If a carrier error causes late delivery, customers can call for a replacement copy. Office instructions require calls before 6 38 PM for remedy.
Convention Adopts Platform Ignoring Equalization Fee
Kansas City June 4. The Republican national convention adopted a platform pledging support for President Coolidge and endorsing a federal farm board to stabilize surpluses, while dropping the McNary Haugen equalization fee. The farm plank seeks farmer owned stabilization bodies and government aid during transition, with a strong tariff and enforcement of prohibition.
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Kansas City
API
Resolutions Committee
Coolidge
McNary-Haugen
Federal Farm Board
Congress
Republican Party
Earhart Plans Azores Flight With Lighter Fuel Load
Miss Amelia Earhart and crew abandon attempt to fly direct to England with full fuel. They will depart from Trepassey to the Azores with 700 gallons, then proceed to Lisbon and Southampton if weather allows. Stultz tests the tri motor Friendship and plans a start when forecasts improve.
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Trepassey
N. F
Amelia Earhart
Azores
England
Lisbon
Southampton
Miss Earhart
M. F
Emelia Earhart
Wibner Stultz
Lou Gordon
Mabel Bell
Harbor Grace
Stultz
Postpone Sentence for M V Henderson at West Union
Inability of counsel for M V Henderson Jr to attend West Union caused postponement until June 23 for sentencing on fraudulent banking conviction. A Johnston Ice Cream truck was a total loss after a ditch incident near Hawkeye with no injuries. Three miles of No 5 from this city to Elkader were covered with crushed rock.
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Router &Eertal Senviors West Union
M. V. Henderson, Jr
Ht West Union
Johnston Ice Cream Company
Hawkeye
Elkader
Short Interviews With Home Folks
Waterloo police chief Charles Amfonscs notes repeated traffic violations among drivers. He says offenders pay fines, return with similar offenses, and urges more caution to reduce accidents and injuries.
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Charles Amfonscs
Waterloo
LaFollette Leads Farm Assault at Republican Convention
At Kansas City June 14 the Republican convention opened intense farm relief debates tensely. Wisconsin Senator La Follette led a minority push for a farm relief plank opposing the equalization fee while Earl C. Smith urged a broader anti Hoover platform. A ten minute anti-Hoover demonstration followed as delegates voiced support for McNary Haugen farm measures.
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Kansas City
Hoover
McNary-Haugen
Coolidge-Hoover
LaFollette
Young LaPoulette
Wisconsin
Smoot
Utah
Earl C. Smith
Clinais
Platform Committee
Coolidge
la Follette
Bob
Massachusetts
Smith
London
Fort
New Jersey
Frank W. Murphy
Minnesota
Washington
McMullen
Nebraska
Ten Years Ago in the Service Account of Charles Walker
Charles Walker of 412 Conger Street recounts his World War I service in 1918 with the Third Army division that broke the Hindenburg Line and captured St Quentin and Cambrai. He served at Bonnetable France about 100 miles from Paris hauling rations to the front and recalls hearing the first gunfire on July Fourth.
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Charles Walker
Conger Street
Acth
Hindenburg
St. Quentin
Cambrai
Bonnetable
France
Paris
Walker
Hoeboken
N. J
Liverpool
Eny
Nobile Party Near Rescue Says Radio Operator
Gen Umberto Nobile and the Italia crew report they feel safety is in sight as rescue efforts near Kings Bay Spitzbergen. Biagi the radio operator says the group has waited nearly three weeks and believes they are close to Beech Island or Foyne Island.
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Associated Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
Italia
Citta di
Beech Island
Foyne Island
Jail term for mail thefts in Fort Dodge case
Elmer Habbitt aged 34 of 803 Forth Street West Fort Dodge Iowa was convicted in federal court in Waterloo for thefts from United States mails. Judge George Scott sentenced him to eight months in Black Hawk county jail after he pleaded guilty. He worked as a mail truck driver and stole merchandise over eight months. J C Murtagh Waterloo attorney represented him.
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Fort Dodge
Elmer
Habbitt
Waterloo
United States
Black Hawk County
George Scott
Babbitt
J. C. Murtagh
Torney
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