Rain Falls as Farmers Pray in Dry Areas
In North Dakota farmers in dry districts welcomed showers after Sunday prayers in churches statewide. Rain greyed fields in the northwest with up to about an inch, offering hope though crops remain damaged. Williston saw intermittent rain yesterday, first since May 16, as Governor Walter Welford had proclaimed a prayer day. Montana also benefited from soaking rains boosting crop prospects.
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North Dakota
Williston
Walter Welford
Montana
Red Cross Aid Needed by Oklahoma Farmers
Relief officials turned to the National Red Cross to assist more than 150 farmers left destitute by windstorms that leveled homes in Lawton Oklahoma. Most spent two nights in cellars that saved them from the storms. Roy Stafford, county relief director, said most had food but nothing more.
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Okla
National Red Cross
Roy Stafford
Red Cross
Ashland hotel manager drowns after escorting wife to train
Andy A. Wade a 30 year old hotel manager in Ashland Ky drowned himself in the Ohio River today after helping his wife to a train bound for Owensboro where he had previously lived.
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Andy A. Wade
Ohio River
Owensboro
Activities In Congress
Senate considers routine business and recesses for a week. House appoints conferees for tax bill and recesses until next Monday.
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Senate
HOUSE
Crazed gangsters hunted by posse in Minnesota jailbreak
In St Peter Minnesota a massive manhunt pursued 13 escaped inmates from the state asylum crime wards including Karpis Barker gang member Lawrence De Vol after a night break. Guards were assaulted and several escapees recaptured as others vanished into the river and swamps.
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Farmer Laborites Will Form Party Akron Meeting
Richard E. Reisginer of Cleveland announced a Columbus conference to perfect plans for a state wide Farmer Labor party after 292 delegates at Akron organized a Farmer Labor party for the 14th Ohio Congressional District. Delegates urged a law to prohibit company unions, a six hour five day week with no wage cuts, and permanent repeal of all sales taxes.
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Richard E. Reisginer
Cleveland
Cleveland Automobile Workers Council
Columbus
Farmer-Labor
Reisinger
Ohio
One Held In Fire Which Killed Seven In San Francisco
Police held Raymond Searles after questioning over an arson link to a hotel fire that killed seven and injured about 30. Special Patrolman Ed Flynn disputed the suspect’s claim of reporting the alarm, while investigators review the blaze in the four story frame building and identify three victims.
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San Francisco
Raymond Searles
Ed Flynn
Flynn
Chicken helper hurts herself after aiding bird in fall
In College Place Washington Jane and Mrs M E Ells made splints and bandaged a young chicken with a broken leg. While carrying the bird to the basement they fell and broke her own leg.
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College Place
Wash
Jane
M. E. Ells
South China vows to defend against Japanese invasion
General Li Chung Jen, commander in chief of Kwangsi provincial army, pledges South China will fight Japanese forces in North China regardless of Central Government aid. Fifteen Central Government warships reach Amoy, Fukien. Emissaries from Canton and Nanking seek a united defense coalition.
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Associated Press
Li Chung-Jen
Kwangsi
South China
China
Nanking
Amoy
Fukien
Canton
National Committeeman Fight Heats Up in Cleveland
In Cleveland on June 8 a split emerged between Walter F. Brown and Ed D. Schorr as Borah delegates shift toward Brown to bolster a stop Landon effort. Knox supporters back Frank F. Taggert while Brown’s allies seek Hoover’s influence to block Landon, Brown denying knowledge of the movement.
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Hoover
Landon
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Ohio National Committee
Borah
Walter F. Brown
Frank Knox
Knox
Frank F. Taggert
Massillon
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Kanas
Hobos Headed to Nominate Rail Ride Plank
Jeff Davis the hob o king travels from Cincinnati to Cleveland to push a Republican convention plank allowing hobos to ride box cars for one cent a mile. He argues trains need benches and a tin tub shower, claiming hobos work and presentability aids employment. Six hobos will attend the Republican convention as observers. six more to the Democratic gathering in Philadelphia.
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Jeff Davis
Cleveland
Davis
International Convention of the Order
Louisville
Philadelphia
Sidelights On Convention Sidelights On Convention
Cleveland reporters sketch convention scenes with unsung soda fountain inventors creating a new drink the GOP sun dae. The piece notes Alice Roosevelt Longworth's traveling copy of the constitution and quotes Kansas representative U S Guyer and South Carolina's Joe Tolbert amid delegate fatigue and spending. Mencken defended delegate woes and the empty hall during keynote remarks.
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Man to be grilled in shooting of youth
Chillicothe June 8 Prosecutor Lester S Reid said he would question William Poe 54 regarding the shooting of Dewey Sherrick Zimmerman 11 of Blacksmith Hill The boy lay in serious condition in a Chillicothe hospital He was shot in the hip Sunday noon while crossing a field with his step brother Clyde Sherrick 15 and Poe
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Lester S. Reid
William Poe
Dewey Sherrick Zimmerman
Blacksmith Hill
Clyde Sherrick
Poe
Would-Be Rescuer Is Saved From Coal Mine
Ivan Alexander was rescued alive from the Dugger Martin coal mine after being overcome by gas while trying to reach two other men believed killed in an explosion. Charles Webb and John Williams remained in the mine.
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Paxton
Ivan Alexander
Dugger-Martin
Charles Webb
John Williams
Landon Forces Claim Gains in Two Directions
Landon campaign leaders working at top speed among arrivals for the Republican convention claim new gains in multiple directions as support grows. The report notes energized organizers and increasing momentum as events unfold in Cleveland.
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Landon
Cleveland
Texas Republicans Name Landon Choice On First Ballot
Cleveland dispatch reports on June 8 that Texas Republicans decided to cast all 25 votes for Governor Alf M Landon of Kansas as their presidential nominee on the first ballot and on any subsequent ballots if needed.
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Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Nee
Encouragement From Two Directions Of Opposition At Convention
Senator Borah arriving from Washington sidelined as a potential stop London leader but says nothing final about the ticket or platform. Colonel Knox’s camp signals a second choice path if Alf Landon falters on early ballots. Delegates and visitors swell hotel crowds as London campaigner John D M Hamilton reports steady delegate strength and ongoing campaign energy.
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Idaho
Washington
London
Frank Knox
Illinois
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
John D. M. Hamilton
Idahoan Rejects Bids For Deal In Cleveland
Senator William E Borah told Idaho delegates he would not join any movement to stop Landon or other strong candidates nor participate in any convention deals. He said the delegation should decide their course and warned the Republican party is fighting for its life if a courageous nominee is not chosen.
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Landon
William E. Borah
Idaho
Borah
Washington
Republican Party
Man Is Held For Slaying Of Wife In Portsmouth
Sheriff Arthur Oakes said charges would be filed against Elza Gillian, 27, after he admitted shooting his wife Gladys Gillian, 21, and wounding Dennis Mowery, 27, a roomer. Gillian reportedly shot through a window after finding them together at his home following a picnic, then pursued her and fired three more shots, causing her death.
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Portsmouth
Arthur Oakes
Gladys Gillian
Gillian
Elza
Oakes
Dennis Mowery
Mowery
Five Die In Ohio Weekend Traffic And Drownings
Five people died in Ohio traffic crashes and three others drowned during the weekend. Hattie Hafner, 57, died when her car was hit from behind while turning into a filling station in Hamilton. Andrew Slokar, 43, and Ralph Shannon, 73, were killed in separate hit-and-run incidents in Cleveland. Henry Matson, 27, of Brooklyn, died after his car struck a pole. Paul Fear, 18, of Vandalia, perished in a two-car collision on the Dixie highway near Brookville. George Alexander, 13, drowned at Locust Lake east of Cincinnati. In Portsmouth, Vola Allen Lett, 15, and her brother Frank Allen, 22, drowned after she fell from a rope swing on Brush Creek and he jumped in to help.
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Hattie Hafner
Hamilton
Paul Fear
Vandalia
Troy
Brookville
George Alexander
Locust Lake
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Vola Allen Lett
Brush Creek
Frank Allen
Tax Measure Heads to Conferees at Congress Session
Washington June 8 The revenue fight moved to conference as Congress readies for a short recess during the Republican national convention. The House plans to push for retained high graduated taxes on undistributed corporate profits against the Senate plan proposing a 7 percent tax, while the Senate seeks broader rates up to 42.5 percent.
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Senate
Knox: Preservation of Democratic Form Cited as Key Issue
Springfield dispatch reports Colonel Frank Knox, Chicago publisher and Republican presidential nominee hopeful, stating in an interview that the most important issue in this year’s campaign is the preservation of the American form of democratic government. He spoke on June 8.
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Frank Knox
Chicago
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