Senators Idle Drop Back Into Fourth Place
American League standings show New York leading with 45 19 and Detroit 37 27. Philadelphia 39 30 Washington 37 29 Cleveland 36 31 St Louis 33 32 Chicago 23 41 Boston 12 53. Athletics win doubleheader 15 8 and 9 4 over the Red Sox. Tigers defeat the White Sox 9 4. Cardinals beat Cubs 4 1 as Derringer shines in a four game series.
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Expects Game To Be Plentiful Here Next Fall
Virginia game prospects look bright for next fall says C O Handley. Partridges left in coverts after last season and coveys reforming west of the Blue Ridge signal strong hatch. J C Wall collected 842 eggs in one day at the state game farm. Turkeys show no decrease expected. Calls for food crops to prepare for winter reserves.
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Game Propagation
Virginia
the Game Commission
Blue Ridge Mountains
J. C. Wall
State Game Farm
Local hospital to graduate 14 Tuesday
Front Royal lists fourteen graduates for Tuesday at the local hospital ceremony. Names include Edith Deane Golden Castelton Frances Cordelia Kaine Winchester Lelia Lafong Smith Blanton Beryl Shiley White Peal Kathleen Schaubach Ann Elizabeth Wisman Brook Toms.
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Castleton
Frances Cordelia Kaine
Winchester
Lelia Lafong Smith
Blanton
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White
Peal Kathleen Schaubachers
Ann Elizabeth Wisman
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Toms
Roosevelt Rule Change Debated at Democratic Convention
Chicago June 27 Carter Glass doubts Roosevelts retreat from abolishing the two thirds rule. Rules Committee reports a plan to abandon two thirds if no presidential candidate is nominated in six ballots, enabling a majority on the seventh. Roosevelt forces face potential setback if the plan fails, with Byrd gaining support and Virginia prospects rising as convention dynamics unfold.
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Chicago
Carter Glass
Roosevelt
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Rules Committee
United Party
South
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Virginia
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Harry Byrd
Billy” Mitchell
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Admiral Byrd
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Friends of
Abandoning of Fight Declared Wise By Byrd and Allies
Virginia leaders interpret Governor Roosevelt’s remarks as not abandoning the effort to change the two thirds rule for nomination. Delegation factions clash over meaning while the convention opens with demonstrations and a Richmond band drawing crowds.
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Virginia
J. Bruce Kremer
Roosevelt
New York
E. R. Combs
George Sloane
Warrenton
Booker
Aubrey Weaver
William Bullit Fitzhugh
House of Delegates
Richmond Light Infantry
Congress Hotel
Dixie
Pollard
Govenor
Prohibition Official Slain in Bradshaw Drug Store
Eli Watkins a 51 year old veteran of the state prohibition department was shot to death in Robert K. Hawkins drug store in Bradshaw near Welch West Virginia Hawkins surrendered to a deputy sheriff and was arraigned on the case released on a $15000 bond awaiting grand jury action Watkins had been in Bradshaw to check permits for intoxicant preparations and was shot five times Deputy Sheriff W C Jarvis could not locate the gun and officers could not determine a motive noting an argument as the suspected cause.
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Welch
W. Va
Eli Watkins
State Prohibition Department
Bradshaw
Robert K. Hawkins
M. Burgess
Hawkins
Watkins
Prohibition Department
W. C. Jarvis
Roosevelt 10 Accept Verdict On His Retreat
Albany dispatch reports Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered a halt to the fight to abolish the two thirds rule and said he would accept the convention's decision. He directed a cease fighting telegram after telephoning campaign manager James A. Farley and conferring with aides. Reaction split Albany observers into those calling it weakness and those seeing it as a show of confidence to secure sufficient delegates.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
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Farley
Alben W. Barkley
Samuel I. Rosenman
John J. Bennett
New York Stock Exchange Quotations Page
Hibbs and Company provides quotations from the New York Stock Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade. Located at the Hibbs Building in Washington DC, they can be reached by telephone.
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New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Hibbs Building
Washington, D. C
Wall Street closes with mixed dividends and firm dollar
Strength on the New York Stock Exchange stems from several corporations voting their usual dividends. The British pound remains firm at 3.61 dollars. Closing prices show Allied Chem & Dye 45 54, American Can 31 , American Tel & Tel 76 7, Amer Tobacco 48 34, Anaconda Copper 3 5, Bethlehem Steel 7 12, Chrysler 6, Continental Oil 4, General Electric 9, General Motors 8, Kennecott Copper 5 , Laclede 11, Mont Ward 4 36, National Biscuit 25 44, N & W R R 57, Packard 1 34, Standard Brands 97, Standard Oil N J 22, U S Steel 21 56, Woolworth 23 44.
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Roosevelt Doubts Surface As Convention Sees Slow Nominations
Chicago June 27 delegates at the Democratic convention show rising doubt about Roosevelt’s nomination. The anti two thirds rule sentiment prompts Roosevelt to allow six test ballots, while Byrd’s solid Southern and Western strength gains. Virginia and Oklahoma figures visit Byrd HQ as Beery and Guggenheim circle, and Switzer hints Shouse may be named permanent chair.
Prohibition plank and floor fight key at Democratic convention
Democratic platform negotiators backed a repeal of the 18th Amendment with a Volstead act modification while planning an unemployment relief plank. Debate raged over rules for nominating a president as Roosevelt supporters weigh majority rule versus two thirds.
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Virginians To Fight First For Party Platform
Virginia will back minority reports at the Democratic National Convention. John Stewart Bryan and Judge Thomas D. Lyons prepare reports on two points two thirds rule for nomination on the sixth ballot and on advancing candidates before platform adoption. Bryan would sign if Jouett Shouse is named permanent chairman. He backs the nominee but opposes changing the rule at this stage.
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Chicago
Virginia
John Stewart Bryan
Thomas D. Lyons
Tulsa
Jouett Shouse
Senator Walsh
Montana
Permanent Organization Committee
Bryan
Democrats Promise Farm Relief and Trade Reform at Convention
The party speaker attacked the Smoot Hawley tariff and the Farm Board, calling the Farm Board a 500 million dollar failure. He pledged to take the government out of farm speculation and help surplus crops reach world markets at world prices plus domestic advantages. He urged tariff reductions, international trade talks, and abolition of useless offices while prioritizing local relief and cooperation with the administration.
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Maryland
Murray
Oklahoma
Byrd
Virginia
Barkley
Farm Board
U. S
Roosevelt Forces Push Rule Change At Democratic Convention
Chicago June 27 Roosevelt forces push to abandon the two thirds rule after six ballots fail to nominate. The Rules Committee rejects former Senator Atlee Pomerene plan 31 to 20 and adopts Roosevelts 30 to 20. A fierce fight looms as Walsh and Shouse vie for permanent chairman in a likely night session.
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Pomerene
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Jouett Shouse
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