Hoover Nomination Seen After Melton Speech at Pennsylvania
Andrew Melton’s remarks at the Pennsylvania convention boosted Hoover as the likely Republican nominee. He argued Hoover closely aligns with Coolidge and commands a 79 vote Keystone bloc amid a 1000 vote national caucus. Eastern resistance lingers, but Hoover’s path appears solid despite late opposition from bankers and railroads.
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Andrew Mellows
Pennsylvania
Hoover
Mellon
Coolidge
Mellon backs Hoover as Pennsylvania shifts nominating path
Secretary Mellon’s Philadelphia statement positions Hoover near the Republican nomination, with Pennsylvania’s 79 delegates likely voting for him. The move sparks a bandwagon effect and broad, though cautious, support from business leaders, bankers, and some Republicans nationwide while Coolidge’s renomination remains doubtful.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington
D. C
Mellon
Philadelphia
Hoover
Gov. Smith
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Mr. Melion
Men Who Are Making Waterloo Ny Bruce Griggs
Waterloo area canning trade drives annual output of about 8.5 million cans of corn across central western and southwestern states generating roughly 250000 dollars for the region. Saner C Bell directs operations at Waterloo and Bell canning firms with 10 dairy farms supporting a 225 cow herd and a 700000 dollar yearly industry turnover. The piece notes farm labor, dairy milk checks from Chicago and government tuberculosis testing of cattle as part of the enterprise.
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Bruce
Griggs
Corn Belt
Saner C. Bell
Waterloo Canning Company
Bell Canning Company
Waterloo Company
Iocdud
Lidée
Dysart
Myersville
Bell Company
Grundy Center
Reinbeck
Chicago
Bell
Mahaffey
Pennsylvania Mountains
Young Saner
Canning CO
Malbell
Bull Canning CO
Eight Die In Crossing Crash In Espyville Pa
An impromptu race between two automobiles ended when both cars crashed into a Pennsylvania passenger train causing eight deaths. Three of five injured may die. The dead include Clare B. Hayes 31 his wife Marie Hayes 28 and their four sons Evereth 10 Melvin 8 Garry 5 Delbert 3, plus William Thomas 32 a brakeman and his father Ward Thomas 60 both of Albion. Five Chicago residents die when car struck by train returning from roller skating rink James E Richardson 49 his daughter Beatrice 14 Peter McDonald 30 his wife Edna 20 and Helen Eckert 15.
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Espyville
U.R
Pennsylvania
Clare B. Hayes
North
William Thomas
Albion
Ward Thomas
Gary
Ind
INSI
Chicago
James E. Richardson
Beatrice
Peter McDonald
Edna
Helen Eckert
Passenger Planes Flying West From Cleveland
The tri-motor Fokker plane No 1 with two sister ships began a flight from New York toward the Pacific coast to be used for passenger service between San Francisco and Los Angeles. It took off from Cleveland airport for Toledo at 9:11 A.M. today, following arrival late Sunday from Buffalo.
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Cleveland
INS
Triem
New York
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Toledo
Buffalo
Paper Delivery Deadline Notice
The courier should deliver at your home before 6 30 o clock. If you do not receive the paper by then due to courier error or other cause, call S100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 50 p.m.
Ten Years Ago in the Service Armistice Day Paris and Baggage
Galen Hershberger of the One Hundred Eighteenth Engineers recalls Armistice day scenes in Paris while stationed at the baggage bureau. He notes lost baggage, outfits traveling light, and soldiers deserting with unclaimed packs. He also recalls learning to type on a French keyboard and the similarity of letters, though placements differ.
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Paris
Galen Hershberger
Ninth Street
Hershberger
One Hundred
Eighteenth Engineers
Baggage Bureau
Iearning
Methodists Hear China War Plea in Kansas City
Kansas City May 14. A resolution urged President Coolidge to use his power to avert war between China and Japan. Dr B C Lo Shanghai editor of the Chinese Christian Advocate warned the conflict could spark a new world war. The measure was referred to a committee after a privilege plea for immediate action by delegates.
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Kansas City
Aid
NRI
Coolidge
China
Japan
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
B.C. Lo
Shanghai
Chinese Christian Advocate
Nine Drowned When Motorboat Sinks at Moosehead Lake
A Brockton Massachusetts fishing party nine aboard a motorboat bound for Tomhegan camp drowned when the boat sprang a leak on Moosehead Lake. Only Chief Charles Daley of Brockton saved, too shaken to recount details. The nine victims include Dr. A F Peterson Dr David Bridgewood John Sandberg Fred Dahlberg Dr Frank Moberg James Lays Harin Howard Sheriff Batt P Blake and Hoddin.
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Rockwood
Brockton
Mass
Sam Buddin
Greenville
Moosehead Lake
Buddin
Tomhegan Camp
Charles Daley
A. F. Peterson
Daley
David Bridgewood
John Sandberg
Fred Dahlberg
Frank Moberg
James Lays
Har~in
Howard
Sheriff Batt P. Blake
Hoddin
Ding Is President of Conservationists Not Towa Waltons
A miscaptioned claim about J. N. Darling being elected state president of the Izaak Walton League in Ames is clarified by A. C. Wilford who says Ding was elected president of the Iowa Conservation Association, a separate group focused on wild birds flowers and landscapes. The Iowa league convention will be at Fort Dodge in the fall on an undetermined date. Cesare Cabell, the Maran aviator, plans a flight from Rome via New York to this area.
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England
Sincair Lewis
Lonnon
Dorothy Thompson
Lewis
America
Europe
United’ States
Gimer Gantry
Mittistere
Pennsylvania
Hoover
Mellon
Mr. Mellon
Mr. Meldoi
J. N
Dingy ) Darling
Ames
A. C. Wilford
Aragal
Iowa
Izaakwalton League
Fort Dodge
Tome
Rome
INS
Cesare Cabell
New York
Foreign forces guard Tientsin as nationalist advance nears
Amid rising tension in China foreign troops prepare outposts around Tientsin as southern nationalists push north toward Peking. US and allied forces vow to defend 8,600 foreigners and 7,000 northern troops report gains near Tsangchow, while Japan strengthens positions in Shantung and nearby rail hubs warns of wider conflict.
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Tientsin
Pesing
Chang Tsa-hin
Manchuria
Washington
D. C
U.F
United States
Shanghai
Marcel
Peking
Nationalist Council
Coolidge
Tsinan
Japan
Erners
Chang- Tso-Lin
Nanking
Pukow
Mukden
Shauntung Province
Puto
Shantung
Peng Yu-Hsiang
Techow
Tsangchow
Chihu-Shantumg
Tsiwan
China
Aconeloved
Marble champ wins city marble tournament in Lingola Park
Former Goula ugh tells Senate Quiz Committee there is no agreement with any candidate. Marble Champ 14, representing Lafayette school and Pat's Pond playground, won the City Recreation Department Waterloo Evening Courier marble tournament final Saturday in Lingola Park.
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Goulaugh
Senate
Lafayette School
Pat's Pond
City Recreation Department
Waterloo Evening Courier
Lingola Park
Short Interviews With Home Folks
J Herbert Goodrich reflects on regret and the value of recreation in life. He recalls never imagining balancing work with leisure, noting the brain benefits from breaks and asking if there is a ball game this afternoon.
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Ttl
J. Herbert Goodrich
House adopts conference report on farm relief bill
Washington May 14. The house approved the conference report on the Mc Nary Haugen farm relief bill by a standing vote of 94 to 38. Rep Kincheloe Democrat Kentucky made a point of no quorum and Speaker Longworth ordered a formal roll call.
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Washington, D. C
Ats
House
Kinchelee
Kentuky
Longworth
Radio commission to fast-track trans-oceanic licenses
Washington May 14 Indications the federal radio commission will favor short wave priorities for trans-oceanic services emerged at the opening of the high frequency conference. All applicants for public service licenses in the trans oceanic field were asked to appear and present their cases as foreign communication firms pre empt short wave channels prompting an early issuance of licenses to ten American companies. Represented were American Telephone and Telegraph Co Mackay Radio and Telegraph Co Radio Corporation of America Pacific Communications Co Robert Dollar Co S P Radio Co and Joseph Pierson for a publishers committee.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Federal Radio Commission
American Telephone «& ‘Telegraph Co
MacKay Radio & Telegraph Co
Radio “Corporation of America
Pacific Communications Company
Robert Dollar Company
S. P. Radio Company
Joseph Pierson
Town Weather and Highways Report Clarity Varies Across Areas
Waterloo shows partly cloudy conditions with dirt and gravel roads in good shape while Des Moines and Marshalltown report clear weather. Dubuque and Mason City are clear. Council Bluffs cloudy. Keokuk partly cloudy then unclear entries recur with garbled place names. Rood remains unclear.
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Waterloo
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Dubuque
Duumwea
Council Bluffs
Towa City
Keokuk
Grestan
Mason City
Boone
Climon
No Plan to Swing Delegates to Dawes
Former Illinois governor Frank Lowden, testifying before the Senate campaign funds committee, said his receipts reached about 564,700 with expenditures just under 60,000. He denied any agreement to shift Lowden delegates to Dawes or to engage in anti-Dawes propaganda, and stressed agriculture as the GOP’s pivotal issue while noting two longtime friends funded much of his drive.
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Cairo
Cape Town
China
Tokio
van Lear Black
Baltimore
Croydon
England
al Black
Washington, D. C
Piane Frank
Lowden
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Wllnets
Dawes
Hess
Dale
Vermont
Towden
Republican Party
Clarence F. Buck
Omer
N. Custer
Galesburg
Robert D. Clark
Los Angeles
Ilinois
Buck
New York
Custer
Clark
Barkley
Kentucky
Bratton
New Mexico
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Minnesota
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Westi
Christian Advocate
Resolution
U. S
Bmoke Athetin
Spy
Malign
Harvester
Dutch Manter
Asnre George Cigars
Maine Lake
Ding
Conservationists
Towa Waltons
Italy
Yuklo
Tadar
Shantune Peninsula
London
Vtaly
Austen Chamberlain
House of Commons
Courier Photo
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Tepucigalps
Honduras
Guatemala
Disputte
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HM Tan
Chic Vago
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Lowder
Thomas P. Moffatt
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