In the Spotlight of TODAY'S News The Democratic convention meets in Houston
The 1928 Democratic national convention opened at noon in Houston Texas with delegates and onlookers returning for the keynote by Claude Bowers of the New York World. Analysts pose will Smith win on the first ballot as party platforms on farm and prohibition are debated. The article also covers Chicago graft probes, the Italia dirigible rescue, and various public notices and topics.
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Houston
Tex
Claude Bowers
New York World
Smith
Ti Smith
New York
Reed and Smith clash over nominee issue at convention
Houston dispatch analyzes Senator Reed of Missouri and his camp as they argue the Jacksonian issue should drive the convention. Reed fears a Smith nomination will force prohibition to dominate and render unlikely any gains from exposing political scandals.
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Wark Sullivan
Houston
Tex
Jim" Reed
Missouri
Reed
Smith
Thingis
Pennsylvania
Walsh
Montana
Tammany 1
Washington
Tammany
Claude Bowers
Bowers
Hull
Tennessee
Women at Democratic Convention Open with Fashionable Fervor
Houston hall hosts the opening of the Democratic convention with prominent women in the spotlight. Mrs Alfred E Smith and Mrs Woodrow Wilson attend social functions while committees prepare for equal rights planks and women’s participation in platform negotiations. Strong female figures like Mrs Minnie Fisher Cunningham and Mrs Emily Newell Blair are coordinating from party ranks to secure women’s roles and the equal rights plank. The scene promises lively debate on Prohibition, party platform, and the nomination dynamics.
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Houston
Tex
Houston Hall
National Committee
Resolutions ‘Committee
Alfred E. Smith
Woodrow Wilson
Minnie Fisher Cunningham
Texas
United States Senate
Emily Newell Blair
Democratic National Committee
National Democratic Woman's Club
Want
Equal Rights
Mrgo Jimmie
Walker
New York
National Woman's Party
Mary Murray
Industrial Council
Resolutions Committee
League of Woman Voters
Roscoe Anderson
Gertrude Ey
Pennsylvania
Belle Sharwin
Stewart 3 Trial Set for Oct 8
Robert W. Stewart, arraigned in the District of Columbia supreme court on charges of perjury, pleaded not guilty and his trial was set for October 8. His counsel sought an immediate hearing and the judge scheduled the next available date after a summer recess. Stewart was released on a $5,000 bond following indictment yesterday.
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Col. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
America
Washington, D. C
Robert W. Stewart
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Frank J. Hogan
Stewart
Standard Oil Company
Frederick L. Siddons
New York
Wnan
Authorities free Mrs Glab and niece in murder case
Los Angeles officers freed Hazel Glab 28 and Ethyl Kaser 17 of Oklahoma City after the district attorney dropped charges for lack of evidence in the death of John I. Glab a wealthy Chicago druggist. Hazel Glab filed letters of administration for the estate noting 89000 in a Hollywood bank and other properties. In Cedar Rapids Sidney Lowe 16 was shot by Mrs Mollie Jones after being mistaken for a thief in a cherry orchard where he worked.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Hazel Glab
Ethyl O. Kaser
Oklahoma City
Okla
John I. Glab
Chicago
Hollywood Bank
Cedar Rapids
Sidney Lowe
Mollie Jones
Ten Years Ago in the Service
L S Burnam of 507 Second Street East served as color sergeant in the parade of troops reviewed before President Poincare in Brest France in September 1918 He belonged to the Fifth Engineers Seventh Division He was stationed at Corpus Christi Texas in June 1918 sailed from Hoboken mid August 1918 reached Metz for a month before the armistice was signed He returned to the United States February 1919 aboard the ship that carried Woodrow Wilson home on the George Washington After a brief stay at Washington Barracks he was among the first discharged.
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L. S. Burnam
Second Street East
Poincare
France
Brest
Fifth Engineers
Burnham
Corpus Christi
Tex
Hoboken
Metz
United States
Woodrow Wilson
U.S
George Washington
Washington Barracks
Washington
TL C
Courier Delivery Timing and Reprint Request Policy
The Courier will be delivered to homes before 5 30. If the carrier fails to deliver, call 5100 for a copy of the paper. Phone the office before five thirty to arrange a reprint or ensure service.
Two Radio Chains Carry Democratic Convention to Homes
Houston on June 26 reports two radio chains totaling 59 stations prepared to broadcast the Democratic national convention. The National Broadcasting Company chain with 41 stations links WEAF and WJZ among others, while the Columbia Broadcasting System's 18 stations include WOR and KMBC. Graham McNamere will announce for NBC and J Andrew White heads CBS coverage.
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Houston
Tex
WHO
Des Moines
Kome
Council Bluffs
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Graham McNamere
National
J. Andrew White
Columbia
WEAF
WJZ
WNYC
New York
Esn
St. Louis
WOW
Omaha
WDAF
Kansas City
WEBH
KYW
Chicago
WCCO
Minneapolis
WOR
WMAQ
KEMOX
KMBC
KOIL
Clerk Fatally Wounded In Burglary Incident
Chicago clerk Carroll 23 was shot and killed by David Geter 30 who said he mistook him for a burglar after a 2 a m knocking. Geter claimed he fired three times as the man allegedly entered his apartment. The Geters were held for inquest.
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Chicago
Thomas Carroll
Board of Trade
David Geter
Carroll
Geter
Polles
Sye
Young Carroll
Delegation elects Reynolds by 17 81 2 vote
Wilbur Marsh forces take control of the Iowa Town delegation caucus electing Dr J W Reynolds national committeeman over Clyde Herring by 17 to 12 and naming Mrs W J Etter as national committeewoman. Michael Healy named delegation chairman as Reynolds becomes treasurer and Richards Mitchell pushes surplus control plan.
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Houston
Tex
INS
Wilbur Marsh
Reynolds
Frank Howard
Elma
Richard Mitchell
Michael Sherman
State Federation of Labor
George L
Berry
Tennessee
Dr. Reynolds
T. B. Diamond
George Finch
D. B. McGuire
Thomas Walsh
Fred Hageman
Frank Miles
John P. Tinley
Iowa Democrats
Creston
W. Reynolds
Democratic State Central
Wilson
E. T. Meredith
Iowa
Smith
New York
Ocean flight to start in Canada
German aviatrix Thea Rasche plans a trans Atlantic leg from Grandmere Quebec in Mrs Anne Stillmans North Star to Harbor Grace Newfoundland for refueling before continuing to Germany The venture is backed by Mrs Stillman and the two are at Grandmere near the Stillman Lodge in Quebec Also in brief notices florist society election and banker death reported from Iowa and Des Moines respectively Requires careful handling of multiple items within word limits.
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Des Moines
New York
INS
Thea Rasche
Madeline
Grandmere
Canada
Germany
Anne A. Stillman
North Star
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Thermometers Rise As Houston Feels Hot Ahead of Convention
June 26. The Houston thermometer began its climb toward the nineties as forecasters predicted hot sultry weather for thousands of visitors to the Democratic convention. Cloudy skies and local thunder showers were anticipated, though such showers often fail to cool the air.
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Houston
Lex
Democratic National Convention Opens in Houston at Noon
The Democratic National Convention convenes at noon with music from 11 to 12. Clem Shaver chairs the session and Bishop S Hay offers the prayer. Claude G. Bowers of New York is installed as temporary chairman. Committees for resolutions credentials rules and permanent organization are chosen. Recess till 7 p.m. for the keynote speech broadcast by radio.
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Houston
Clem Shaver
Democratic National Committee
Bishon S
Hay
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Claude G. Bowers
New York
Bowers
Power House Man Burned by 2200 Volt Short Circuit
Peter Scheffert an engineer at the Waterloo Cedar Falls Northern railway power house was severely burned about the face and shoulders when a switch he pulled caused a 2200 volt current to pass through his body at noon. He was taken to Allen Memorial hospital where doctors said the burns are painful but not serious.
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Peter Scheffert
Falls Avenue
Waterloo, Cedar Falth & Northern Railway
Scheffert
Allen Memorial Hospital
W C F An Wins Bus Line Permit
Iowa supreme court holds district courts may not review factual questions in bus line permit appeals. The Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern Railway wins a certificate paralleling part of Red Ball’s Waterloo to Mason City route, reversing Cerro Gordo district court.
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Des Moines
State Railroad Commission
Iowa Supreme Court
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway
Red Ball Transportation Company
Mason City
Waterloo
Cerro Gordo
C. H. Kelley
Supreme Court
District Court
Cedar Falls
Injunction Halts Big Auto Merger Proceedings
A temporary injunction for a minority Dodge Brothers stockholder blocks the 250 million merger with Chrysler Corporation by forbidding asset transfers pending a hearing. The suit, filed in Richmond, Va, seeks to halt immediate merger effects while the court reviews the case.
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New York
Dodge Brothers, Inc
Chrysler Corporation
Calvin H. Goddard
Richmond
Dodge
House, Halthusen & McCloskey
Explosion Kills Man and Three Youths in Thompsonville
An explosion at a storage shed of the New England Fireworks company on the town’s northern edge killed a man and three boys. The victims, all Thompsonville residents, were Rosario Farno, 45, William Doreski, 18, Joseph Anzolotti, 14, and John Anzolotti, 1.
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Thompsonville
Conn
New England Fireworks Company
Rosario Farno
William Doreski
Joseph Anzolotti
John, Anzolotti
Smith seen likely to be nominated on first ballot
Houston June 26 AP Gov Alfred E. Smith appears favored for nomination on the first ballot at the Democratic convention. George R. Van Namee, manager of preconvention activities, predicts no serious contest over the platform and notes unprecedented harmony among delegates. He says the party has a great chance to win and will leave Houston with good feeling prevailing.
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Houston
Tex
Alfred E. Smith
George R. van Namee
van Namee
Smith
Guv. Smith
Robinson in Line for Smith Vice Presidency Nomination
Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas led the race for the Democratic vice presidential nomination at the Houston convention. He is urged as a strong candidate to link Gov. Smith with the West as balloting begins on May ballot. Delegates watched as opening sessions showed Smith influence growing while Robinson emerged as the front runner for the vice presidency amid party dynamics and sectional considerations. The convention planned a late start for balloting and a swift platform process with a focus on a prohibition plank.
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Joseph T. ‘Robinson
Arkansas
Houston
Gov. Smith
West
van Naemee
Tex
Sebsiah
al Smith
Herbert Hoover
California
Smith California
Smith
Mtho
New York
Gov
Robinson
Robinson Arkansas
Senate
Evans Woollen
Indiana
Columan
Orders Aun t for Oloon Continued
Madison Wisconsin June 26 Orders have been issued to continue the search for Erdman Olson charged with the murder of his sweetheart Clara Olson in Kickapoo valley two years ago. The review by Assistant Attorney General J E Messer Schmidt followed a request by Erdman’s parents Mr and Mrs Albert Olson to clear their son’s name. Residents say Christ Olson father of Clara has changed his dream account several times since the original tale of her body found in a shallow grave on a hill.
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Madison, Wis
INS
Erdman Olson
Clara Olson
Kickapoo Valley
J. E. Messerschmidt
Zimmerman
Erdman
Albert Olson
Christ Olson
Clara
Bandits Take $7000 in Newspaper Office Holdup
In San Antonio Texas two armed men robbed the San Antonio Light cashiers at opening time. They escaped with seven thousand dollars in cash and offered a two hundred dollar reward. Police have crews and expect arrests. No shots were fired. the men were unmasked.
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San Antonio
Tex
Short Interviews With Home Folks
Foster of Prospect avenue says Al Smith will win the Democratic nomination in Houston on Thursday. He adds opposition over VP choice and a prohibition plank. He nominates Senator Robinson of Arkansas as an outstanding candidate for the vice presidency.
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Higher-Uis
Michael Hughes
Grand Jury
Frank J. Loesch
Chicago Crime Commission
Loesch
Hughes
Italia
Sever
Nobile
Etl
Amundsen
Gallup
Janesville
Andews
Gallup Place
Great
Salt Lake
Yellowstone
The
Grand Canyon
Marsh
Herring
Paramount Inou
Joule
Isaac and Smith
New York Herald-Tribung
Blake Martin
San Peirce
Harvester
Henry George Cigars
al’ Smith
Women’s Party
Claude
G. Bowers
Mrs. Glab
Husband
Dubuque
Mike Healy
Caucus
W. L. Etter
Sigourney
Ocean Flight
Bes Moines
Pi—J. W. Mullane
Valley Junction
Dodge Brothers-Chrysler Combination
Oloon
Wisconsin
Bandits
Wiliam
Foster
Prospect Avenue
Arkansin
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