Arizona Republicans name nine delegates to national convention
United Press report from Tucson notes the Arizona Republican convention selected nine uninstructed delegates known to favor Frank Lowden with Hooverism weak. Corbett and Mrs. Marks were elected national committeeman and committeewoman, while ten alternates were named to fill potential slots.
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United Press
Tucson
Ariz
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Repubicans
Es ‘’. Corbett
Barnett E.i Marks
Phoenix
Frances Crabb
Prescott
Lloyd Christy
Arizona
Concho
A. J. Stokeley
F. W. Lattimer
Peoria
John D. Washington
Two Letters From Girl Bring Divorce Action
Mrs. Margaret Lewis files for divorce from Robert Edward Lewis a traveling fruit buyer in San Francisco. She cites finding two letters from a Sanger girl dated August 17 1923 demanding 100 dollars.
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United Press Transcontinental Wire
San Francisco
Sanger
Marget Lewis
Robert Edward Lewis
Lewis
Hoover and Smith Gain Ground in Week
United Press tabulations show Herbert Hoover and Alfred E. Smith gaining convention strength with Hoover victories in Massachusetts and Smith wins in Pennsylvania. The tally lists Hoover 249 delegates, Lowdon 191, Curtiss 45, Borah 11, Coolidge 17, Norris Nebraska, with continuation noted on page eight.
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United Press Transcontinental Wire
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Alfred Ks
Smith
United Press
Hoover
Lowdon
Illinois
Curtiss
Kansas
Borah
Idaho
President Coolidge
Norris
Nebraska
Frost Warnings Raise Crop Damage Fears Across Southeast
United Press dispatch from Atlanta reports frost warnings across southeastern states amid record April lows. Floods, heavy rains, and a tornado-like wind last week caused over 10 million dollars in damage, 12 deaths, and 800 homeless, as Florida towns cleared debris and Alabama faced major flood threats along the Tombigbee river.
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United Press
Atlanta
North Carolina
Gulf of Mexico
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
North
South Carolina
Tombigbee
Bremen May Fly Back To Europe In Near Future
An eastward return flight across the Atlantic in the same Bremen machine is discussed by the Bremen crew after their Dublin to Ireland Labrador crossing. If successful, it would be the first round trip in a heavier than air craft. The group spoke with New York figures at the Ritz.
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United Press
New York
Atlantic
Bremen
Dublin
Greenly Island
Labrador
Bremen crew returns to New York amid tribute crowds
The Bremen crew arrived in New York at 6 60 p m after paying tribute to Floyd Bennett. Crowds of about ten thousand gathered outside the station on Seventh Avenue with police controlling the scene. Baron von Fluenefeld Captain Hermann Koehl and Major James B E Fitzmaurice were greeted by Grover Whelan and escorted to the Ritz Carlton amid a rain soaked welcome. The fliers proceed to city hall on Monday for a formal reception by the mayor and a thousand citizens.
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Ritz Carlton
New York
Hermann Koehl
James Fitzmaurice
Gunther von Huenefeld
James J. Walker
Major Fitzmaurice
United Press
Bremen
Floyd
Bennett
Chet Fond
Seventh Avenue
Herta Junkers
Washington
Pennsylvania ‘Hotel
Lower Broadway
Ritz ‘Carlton
Baron von Fluenefeld
James BE. Fitzmaurice
Grover Whelan
Ritz Carlton Hotel
One Killed Seven Hurt In Tulare Auto Crash
A 17 year old Porterville youth died and seven Porterville High School students were injured when cars collided near Tulare. The dead is Foster Briggs of Porterville. Injured include Blanche and Lee Duncan Florence Howard Mary Clara Ebbert Eugene Burns and Tommy Jones. They were taken to a hospital after the crash on the return from Fresno's Raisin Day festival.
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Tulare
Cal
Porterville
Foster Briggs
Blanche
Lee Duncan
Florence Howard
Mary
Clara Ebbert
Eugene Burns
Tommy Jones
Fresno
Southern Pacific Agent Russel Kyle Dies of Meningitis
Russell P. Kyle, district freight agent for the Southern Pacific, died in Phoenix today of spinal meningitis after falling ill on Wednesday. He served in the railroad's Phoenix area and was reported to be 44 years old. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Russel P. Kyle
Southern Pacific
City Council petitions due May 8th for election
May 8 is the final day for candidates to file nominating papers for the City Council. City Clerk Stanley E Watking reports no filings yet though all present councillors except Fred Douglas have circulated petitions. Expect filings by 5 PM May 8 as more candidates plan to contest the office.
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Stanley E. Wat‘king
Fred Douglas
Southampton runner wins lap in C C Pyle trans continental
Peter Gavuzzi of Southampton England wins the Staunton to East St Louis lap in 5 27 30 extending his lead in the 2127 mile race. John Salo Passaic NJ second and Phillip Granville Hamilton Ontario third with multiple challengers noted. Lucien Frost Hollywood entrant disqualified for accepting a lift en route to Staunton.
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United Press
Stauton
Tll
Peter Gavuzzi
Southampton
England
C. C. Pyle
East St. Louis
Cavuzzi
John
Salo
Passaic
N. J
Phillip Granville
Hamilton
Ont
Guisto
Umek
Why
Mike
Joyce
Cleveland
Ollie Wantinen
New York
Eddie Gardner
Seattle
Andrew
Payne
Claremore
Oklahoma
William Kerr
Minneapolis
John Cronick
Saskatoon
Ray McMurty
New Hall
Calif
Louis Perrella
Albany
N. Y
Staunton, Sr
Lucien Frost
Hollywood
Staunton
John Bassett Moore Quits World Court
John Bassett Moore resigns as American judge on the Hague World Court in Geneva. He says the move frees him to devote life to compiling a 75 volume record of arbitration treaties from ancient times to the present.
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United Press
Geneva
John Bassett Moore
Hague
April snowstorm cripples Pennsylvania travel and lines
The worst April snowstorm in Pennsylvania history isolated towns and halted trains trolley cars and highway travel. Snow depths reached several feet near Johnstown and Altoona with telegraph and telephone lines down across the central state.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Japan
Johnstown
Altoona
Baltimore and Ohio
League of Women Voters Ends Quiet Convention
The National League of Women Voters closed its annual convention in Chicago with a calm session. The board will meet through Wednesday. debates covered prohibition birth control and women’s status in law and government. A resolution was sent to President Coolidge and Secretary Mellon to aid stricter prohibition enforcement. No new prohibition amendment plank is planned for the next two years.
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United Press Transcontinental
Chicago
National League of Women Voters
League
President Coolidge
Abner Doble Freed in Securities Case
Abner Doble, famed for the Doble steam driven motor, won freedom as the state securities charge against him was dismissed on motion. He had been convicted in 1926 for allegedly selling $1.5 million in stock, with the state Supreme Court remanding for trial and excluding key evidence.
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San Francisco
Abner Doble
Doble
State Supreme Court
Trip Over Border For Beer Ends In Tragic Death
Ern est Holtwiler, 36, a chef recently hired at the Esplendor hotel in Nogales Sonora, drove across the border to fetch a glass of beer. He returned to America and apparently killed himself with a heap from the second story of the hotel, brooding over immigration papers after years living in the United States.
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Nogales
Ariz
Mexican
America
Ernest
Gration
United
Woman claims Dempsey divorce set aside in Utah
A woman presenting herself as Maxine Gates Dempsey, first wife of Jack Dempsey, says she has retained counsel to challenge the 1919 divorce granted to the heavyweight champion in Salt Lake City. She argues an interlocutory decree followed service of papers in Nevada on February 1, 1919, and denies reports she died in a Juarez fire.
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United Press Transcontinental Wire
New York
Maxine Gates Dempscy
Jack ‘Dempsey
Salt Lake City
Dempsey
Well’s
Nevada
Juarez
Mex
Nathaniel J. Harben
Farmington
Utah
Col Merry Shifts Arrival to September at Nogales
Col W T Merry of the University of Illinois will assume command of the 25th Infantry in Nogales in September instead of June as first announced. He is visiting Nogales with his family.
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Nogales
Ariz
W. T. Merry
University of Illinois
25Th Infantry
A. J. Dougherty
War Department
Merry
Debates Loom Over Filibuster Tactics in Senate
The Senate faces a fresh clash over filibuster tactics as Johnson and Arizona senators resist debate limits. Hurst and Pittman clash in an early exchange signaling a protracted fight likely to extend into next week.
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Johi Can
California
Hurst
Ariz
A. Filibus
Johnson
Arizona
Smoot
Utah
Senate
Playhurst
Ggohtison
Pittman
Democeret
Nevada
Funeral services for Gertrude Claire actress
Funeral services will be held in Hollywood for Gertrude Claire, 76, formerly of Chicago, a longtime stage and screen figure. She died today after a short illness. Her last screen role was the mother in Clara Bow’s Red Hair.
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United Press Transcontinental Wire
Hollywood
Gertrude Claire
Chicago
Miss Claire
Clara
Bow
Illinois debates Madden successor amid race prospects
Chicago reporters describe a tense scramble after Representative Martin B Madden’s death. Six Black candidates emerge as likely successors in Illinois first district, with Governor Len Small awaiting the primary canvass before appointing to fill the unexpired term. Mayor Thompson’s influence looms large in the decision.
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United Press Transcontinental Wire
Chicago
Martin B. Madden
Washington
Madden
National House
Ilinois
Black Belt
Len Small
Illinois
Stern
Small
William Hale Thompson
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