McAdoo Preconvention Rise Faces Delegates Loyalty Test
Washington dispatch outlines Franklin D. Roosevelt era rhetoric? No. McAdoo leads a coming six weeks of Democratic primaries and conventions with roughly 525 potential delegates, Iowa and Nebraska delegations split by local favorites, floor management challenges, and a dry issue strategy to cement loyalty. The piece emphasizes McAdoo's comeback, delegate loyalties, and the risk of defections affecting the nomination path.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
New York
McAdoo
Gov. Smith
Wilson
Iowa
Clyde &. Herring
Towa
Nebraska
William Jennings Bryan
Charlie
Kansas
Jonathan Davis
McAdoy
Bryan
McAdon
Underwood
Peer
Million Checks Run Hits Springfield Bank In Panic
Springfield Missouri May 12 One million dollars rushed to Springfield from all sections of Missouri after reports the Union National Bank was unstable Depositors withdrew thousands while cash ran low The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City sent 250 Theaters and a restaurant sent weekend receipts to aid the bank A citizens committee found no shortages but the run continued until 10 o clock Saturday night Officials pledged to reassure depositors.
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Citizens Guarantee Bank
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Socialist Labor Nominates Oregon Man for President
Delegates at a Broadway hotel convention pick Frank A. Jones of Oregon as the Socialist Labor party candidate for the presidency in November. Verne L. Reynolds of Maryland will be the vice presidential nominee. A ratification meeting is planned at Cooper Union next Saturday night as the convention also frames the party's 1924 national platform.
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Socialist Labor Party
Frank A. Jones
Oregon
Verne L. Reynolds
Maryland
Vics
Cooper Union
Party
Billy Sunday Too Ill to Preach in Memphis Hotel
Memphis Tenn May 12 Billy Sunday evangelist is under physician care at a local hotel after an attack of food poisoning. Doctors hope to restore him to health to resume preaching tomorrow. Sunday could not deliver two sermons yesterday and has been in a nervous state since Mrs Sunday was injured in a car crash two weeks ago.
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Tenn
Billy Sunday
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Meg
Sanitarium Patient Hangs Self on Tree
Davenport Iowa May 12 Missing Irene Wednesday the body of Eleanor Eldridge from Wausau Wisconsin a patient at a chiropractic sanitarium here was found hanging from a tree limb. She had used a clothesline to end her life and had been a patient for two weeks suffering nervous prostration
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Eleanor Eldridge
Wausau
Wis
Spedent Charged With Stealing Wife’s Affection
Davenport May 12 Guy Wilcox traveling salesman filed suit in district court charging Fréd Fisher a student at the Palmer School of Chiropractors with stealing the love and affections of his wife. Wilcox seeks damages of 1500 Fisher allegedly carried on with his wife while Wilcox was away. Washington May 12 The tariff commission was ordered to probe the cotton textile industry for the senate on motion by Senator Walsh Democrat Massachusetts.
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Guy Wilcox
Fréd Fisher
Palmer School of Chiropractors
Wilcox
Fisher
Washington,d. C
Tariff Commission
Senate
Walsh
Massachusetts
Million at Line of March in Chicago Greets Cardinal Mundelein
United Press reports Pope Pius XI message will be read in Chicago as George Cardinal Mundelein arrives from Rome. An immense crowd estimates at more than a million lines the parade route. Mundelein greets the crowd from an open car blessing the throng with the cross while waving.
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Cardinal
United Press
Pius XI
United States
George Cardinal Mundelein
Rome
Cardinal Mundelein
Church of the West
Pulitzer Prize Awarded for Eclipse Reporting
New York May 12 A news story on the sun eclipse written by Magner White of the San Diego Sun won the 1924 Joseph Pulitzer prize for best reporter’s work in the last year. Harry Brundiga of the St Louis Star was a close second for exposing fake doctors.
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New York
Magner White
San Diego
Cal
Sun
Scripps-Howard
Harry Brundiga
St. Louis Star
Strike by Tri-Cities building trades halts work
Davenport Iowa May 123 Tri city brick layers cement finishers iron workers and hoisting engineers struck today after wage talks failed. Construction crawled to a halt, stopping the 87000600 bank building and the 12000000 power plant. Carpenters remain at work under a temporary agreement set to expire July 1.
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Davenport
War Hero Jailed for Attack on Blind Man
Council Bluffs reports Albert N. Depew once idolized war hero and author of Gunner Depew is jailed on charges of attacking George Reed who is nearly blind after a money dispute. Reed suffered a broken jaw and nose and Depew’s bond was set at 500 dollars. A hearing is scheduled for May 20.
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Albert N. Depew
Gunner Depew
George FE
Reed
Depew
Tokio Government Losing in Japanese Election
Early returns from 288 of 464 polling centers show opposition factions leading the Kiyoura government bloc with 181 seats to 107. Results indicate a swelling majority for the anti government groups as voting continues.
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Tokio
Japan
Kiyoura
Iowa Packing Co. Strike Grips Des Moines Text
About 150 Iowa Packing Co. workers in Des Moines walked off the job today demanding a ten percent wage increase and recognition of the closed shop. Company says operations will not be greatly hampered though hog purchases are curtailed.
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Iowa Packing Company
Northeastern Iowa Power buys three regional electric firms
May 12. Announcement in Moines that Northeastern Iowa Power company Clermont has purchased Consumers Power Osage, People’s Power Beasilyn, and Calmar Electric Calmar. The consolidations expand the Northeastern Town company’s service to about 75 towns and grow its electricity footprint.
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Consumers Power Company
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People’s Power Company
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Calmar Electric Company
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Northeastern Iowa Power Company
Clermont
Northeastern Town Company
German records sail plane flight in Koenigsberg
Ferdinand Schulz set a new German sail plane duration record in Koenigsberg on May 12. He flew eight hours and forty two minutes during Rossi ten competition, maintaining an average altitude of 46.4 meters.
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Germany
Ferdinand Schulz
Rossi Ten
Charles City High to Have Class of 71
Charles City Iowa May 12 Seventy one will be graduated from Charles City high school May 29 in a program at Hildreth theatre featuring Dr Preston Bradley pastor of the Peoples church Chicago The class play The Charat School will be at Hildreth theatre Thursday and Friday The major senior banquet is scheduled for May 27 and class day activities will be the following Thursday
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the People's Church
Chicago
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Senate and House Meet as Museums Group Opens
Today in Washington the Senate and House convene while the American Association of Museums starts its annual meeting. A Senate elections committee resumes its hearings on the Mayfield contest as the Wheeler indictment is under review. The World’s committee of the Young Women’s Christian Association is in recess.
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American Association of Museums
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Reossion
Courier Delivery Deadline and Reprint Contact
The Courier will be delivered before 5 30. If the cartier error or other cause causes nonarrival by that time call 35100 to arrange a copy. Phone calls should reach the office before 4 80 ph mm.
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BUASUM BILL VOTE TESTS GOO LIDGE CONTROL IN D C
Washington May 12 The Bursum pension bill and related fiscal measures move toward enactment despite White House opposition. A Senate vote on reconsideration of Bursum looms as Democrats and insurgent progressives push to override presidential veto. House action likely if Senate succeeds, with tax and bonus bills also central to the fight shaping election dynamics.
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Man's Body Picks Up Wife’s Singing Across Radio
A man in New York reports hearing his wife's voice through his body via radio waves through an amplification system after she went missing near WHARF station. The incident involves broadcast signals received through a makeshift antenna and carries a mystery tied to the missing person case and ongoing broadcasts.
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New York
Chad
Morris
A Reds Die Sequel to Monarchist Day
Report from Roelebers notes fighting around Halle as monarchist demonstrators clash with authorities. Gen Ludendorf leads a large, veteran crowd estimated at 25 000, aiming to restore royal order. A police sergeant is killed and multiple civilians wounded amid sniper fire on the city outskirts.
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Crabtree in Critical Condition After Fall
Civil War veteran C. G. Crabtree remains in critical condition at Presbyterian hospital after a fall Friday morning that fractured his hip and shoulder. Reports say he has only semi conscious, with no improvement in 48 hours as G A T and W A C members visit him.
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Mrs Jens Torrensen Dies at Cedar Falls Hospital
Mrs Jens Torrensen died at 8 a m today at Sartor7 hospital where an operation was performed last Wednesday The family home is seven miles southwest of Cedar Falls on Twelfen street
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Paris
Jens Torrensen
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Dawes Reparations Accepted in Germany Speech
In Cologne Chancellor Mary said Germany accepted the Dawes plan with a heavy heart to gain a breathing spell and restore territorial stability. London reports Lodiy Ashburnham, back in Canada, tied to a dying home for 22 years, and Sir Robert Borden named British representative of the Ulster-Free State borders commission with conditional acceptance. Moscow court sentences four members of the intelligentia for plotting against the Soviet, including a female head of a family.
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Amite Hangman Reveals Gruesome Death Trade
International News Service reports a masked hangman in Amite Louisiana who says he has executed sixty nine men and describes the nerve required to press the gallows trap. He claims fair pay and recounts fleeing once during a perilous execution but completing the job.
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Poincare Cabinet Majority Lost in French Elections
Paris May 12 official results show Poincare’s cabinet with a reduced majority in the chamber with 16 seats still uncounted. Merriot may become premier only after coalition talks between right and left, as observers note a possible shift in power could alter President Millerand’s position.
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State Offers 500 Reward for Slayer of Buffalo Teacher
Des Moines May 12. Ken dall's office announces a reward of 460 for the slayer of Ora Pearl Vaner of Buffalo Ja Meacher who was fatally injured at home two weeks ago. Authorities search for the woman's husband since the shooting, with officers adopting the theory that the husband killed her when she refused reconciliation.
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Ora Pearl Vaner
Buffalo
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Vance
Four Children Die with Mother in Fire in North Carolina
Hirymarck, NC May 12. Mrs Leonard Davenport and her four children died in a rural house fire. One child was saved by the father but severely burned. The family resided about 47 miles northeast of Bismarck. dispatches indicate the tragedy occurred at their country home.
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Leonard Davenport
Fair
Bismarck Tribune
Collision with mountain halts Maj. Martins world flight
Maj Frederick L. Martin and Staff Sergeant Alva Harvey, part of the round the world flight, survived a crash in Alaska near Chignik after their plane went into a mountain. They were rescued and will be reassigned while the remaining fliers continue toward Europe and home.
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Associated Press
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International News Wire
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Editor of Popular Mechanics dies in Chicago
Henry Windsor, editor and publisher of Popular Mechanics, a native of Iowa, died in Chicago. He moved to Chicago in 1983 after a career as reporter and city editor at Cin Marshall Times-Herald. Survived by widow and son Henry Windsor Jr. Funeral services are set for tomorrow.
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Force Food Water Thru Two-inch Pipe to Entombed Miners
Guinan Colorado May 12. Miners entombed in the Ginck Iron mine of Empire Zing Company since Saturday were within 89 feet when rescuers began delivering food and water through a two inch pipe. About 40 rescuers worked in shifts until late, making contact with the imprisoned men after a grim delay.
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Colo
Keokuk Man Elected Ruler of Bagmen Guild
Des Moines May 12 George E Radasch of Keokuk was elected Brea Tiler of Zeus Guild of Baymen, an auxiliary to the United Commercial Travelers, at the annual meeting. Other officers named include Wr de Rust prime minister F J Bailey Clinton chief of aides and O H Berges Burlington Bat keeper.
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George E. Radasch
Keokuk
Brea
Zeus Guild of
Baymen
United Commercial Travelers
Wr. de Rust
Clinton
Ruides
O. H. Berges
Burlington
Batékeeper
Wife and 4 Children Die in Maine House Fire
Millinockel, Me May 12 Mrs John Bragan and four of her six children perished in a fire that destroyed their home. The father John Bragan a semi worker and two sons jumped from upper windows. They were taken to a hospital where two of them probably would die.
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John Bragan
Isolay
Smi
Four Die in Railroad Crossing Crash at Sicard La
Four persons were killed and three others seriously injured when a Missouri Pacific passenger train struck an automobile at a grade crossing near Sicard Monroe Louisiana. The accident occurred yesterday as the train traveled at high speed.
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Missouri Pacific
Sicard
Italians Pay Last Honors At Coffin Of Eleanora Duse
The body of the actress Eleanora Duse arrived in Rome and lay in Santa Maria degli Angeli inside Diocletian's Baths. A solemn requiem mass was sung, with wreaths from King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena. The coffin then moved to Asolo for simple burial per her wishes.
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Re Ouse
Santa Maria Angell
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Asolo
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