Republicans Adopt New Prohibition Revision Stand
The 1932 Republican platform battle climaxed with a prohibition plank opposing outright repeal of the 18th Amendment while urging party unity in Congress. Debates showed more than a third of delegates backing repeal, Idaho opposing both administration and repeal planks. President Hoover’s team framed the platform amid a loud convention response.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Chicago
Hoover
Idaho
Senator Borah
Congress
Senate Finance Panel Opposes $2.4 Billion Soldiers Bonus
The Senate Finance Committee voted 14 to 2 against the $2.4 billion soldiers cash bonus bill. Leaders plan to report it to the full Senate and push for a quick vote, while veterans observe from the galleries in Washington.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Prescott Delegations Oppose Highway Funds Shift
A Prescott meeting, with delegates from Holbrook, Winslow, Flagstaff, Williams, Ash Fork and Kingman, urged no new roads until the existing system is upgraded to high standards. A seven member committee will lead a Navajo, Coconino, Mohave and Yavapai county delegation to present to the commission on June 20, opposing funds for Highway 69 and urging focus on U S Highway 60 projects now.
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Mohave
Yavapai
Winslow
Prescott
Mass
Holbrook
Flagstaff
Williams
Ash Fork
Kingman
Globe East
Garner Remains at Home with Bronchitis
Speaker Garner stays home with bronchitis that forced him to bed last week. His office expects him to resume duties on Saturday.
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Garner
Washington
Wolf Of Wall Street Arrests Cast Light On Past Skirmishes
David Lamar, once dubbed the Wolf of Wall Street, appeared in a police lineup after being arrested in the attorney general's office on grand larceny charges. He spent the night in a cell as friends sought bail arrangements.
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David Lamar
Wall Street
Attorney General
Lamar
Hoover Approves Prohibition Plank at Chicago Convention
President Hoover, pleased with the prohibition plank at the Chicago convention, retired early and listened with Mrs. Hoover to the radio last night. He entered his office this morning in a satisfied mood after the successful vote on the plank.
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Washington
Hoover
Chicago
Executive Mansion
Weather in Arizona Fair Tonight and Friday
Arizona forecasts show fair conditions tonight and Friday with warmer readings in the northeast portion tonight. The rest of the text appears garbled and cannot be interpreted into a specific place or time beyond these two sentences.
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Arizona
Tax Suit Briefs Filed At Phoenix
Briefs filed in Phoenix with the state supreme court in the appeal of the Arizona Tax Commission against Magma Copper Company of Superior. The dispute involves a levy of 14 576 266 dollars and an assessed value of 38 712 000 dollars after equalization. The appellants claim error in the lower court ruling.
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Ariz
State Supreme Court
Arizona Tax Commission
Magma Copper Company of Superior
Magma Properties
State Board of Equalization
European Princess And Prince To Wed In Coburg
Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden bethrothed to Princess Sybille of Saxe Coburg Gotha in a simple ceremony at Callenburg Palace. Former King Ferdinand of Bulgaria presided as relatives attended.
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House of Coburg
Convention Adopts Plank On Silver
In Chicago on June 16 delegates from Utah Idaho Nevada Arizona California and Montana cheered the first silver plank in a Republican platform. The 35 word plank supports U S participation in an international monetary conference to discuss silver exchange prices and cooperative action on commodities.
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Arizona
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Montana
United States
Aimee Hutton Seriously Ill in Los Angeles
Two doctors clash on Aimee Semple McPherson Huttons illness in a Los Angeles sanitarium after her Central America visit. One cites typhoid fever in a health department report, the other calls it neurasthenia. Tests planned to resolve the disagreement.
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Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton
California
Los Angeles
Central America
C. McKenzie Jones
Edward ‘Huntington Williams
Health Department
Torn Up License To Wed Is Valueless
In Minneapolis a man presented a shredded marriage license after his fiancée tore it up following a quarrel. He sought his money back, but the court clerk ruled the license worthless and the wedding canceled.
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Minneapolis
G. H. Hemperley
Night Mail Plane Reaches Ft Worth on New Night Route
Eastbound American Airways night flight from Los Angeles to Fort Worth and Dallas landed at 6:23 a m carrying a record 625 pounds of mail. Pilot Joe Glass and co pilot Russell Arden piloted the ship on the inaugural night schedule.
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Texas
American Airways
Los Angeles
Dallas
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Wet Leader Terms Prohibition Plank a Miserable Manifestation
Robert K. Cassatt, chairman of the executive committee of the Pennsylvania Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, declared in a formal statement that the prohibition plank in the Republican national platform is a miserable, weak, hypocritical product of a confessed effort to be wet to the wets and dry to the drys.
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Philadelphia
Robert K. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Irate Father Dies In Fight With Law
Redwood City California June 16 193? Eric Stanquist 38 a contracting plasterer was dead and Officer Harold Fitzgerald critically wounded in a gun battle with Stanquist last night after neighbors reported him beating his six year old son Eric Jr Stanquist shot at officers who refused to leave and as he fell Fitzgerald fatally shot him
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Harold Fitzgerald
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Fitzgerald
James Snider
Eric, Jr
Means Denied Bail By Justice Proctor In DC
Justice James M. Proctor of the District of Columbia Supreme Court refused bail for Gaston B. Means while appealing his conviction for stealing 104000 from Mrs Eva Walsh McLean in an alleged Lindbergh baby ransom case. He ruled Means may still have 100000 and could flee if released.
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James M. Proctor
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Gaston B. Means
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Justice Proctor
Means
Justice Department
Prohibition Plank Opens Chicago Convention Wide Comment
The Chicago convention opens with a broad demand for prohibition policy and wide support. Leaders signal unity in addressing national and global issues, urging strong federal action and public backing.
Prohibition Plank Draws Ridicule From Opponents
Washington reports show Democratic and independent Republicans ridiculing the prohibition plank adopted by the Republican national convention last night. Senator Norris asked for the chair to explain its meaning as Senate convened, while Vice President Curtis offered only a smile.
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Senate Finance Committee backs Shipstead rivers and harbors bill
The Senate Finance Committee voted 11 to 5 in favor of the Shipstead bill to finance river and harbor projects through bonds. Chairman Johnson of California declined to release the individual votes.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Johnson
R. Cal
Congress
Fox Charged With Wrecking Fox Film Co
William Fox faced charges before the Senate Banking Committee accusing him of wrecking the Fox Film and Fox Theater Corporations via stock manipulation and tax evasion totaling 33 million dollars. Fox was excused from today’s appearance due to illness and is set to testify tomorrow.
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William Fox
Senate Banking Committee
Fox Film
Fox Theater
William A. Gray
New York
Fox
Fox Film Corp
Assassin Demands Charge Be Quashed in Doumer Case
Paris June 16 Paul Gor gulov the assassin of former President Paul Doumer demanded the indictment against him be quashed He said his wife is expecting a child in October and he criticized alienists and other physicians who examined him challenging their certificates Trial set for July 11.
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Paris
Paul Gorgulov
Paul Doumer
Gorgulov
Sinclair Offers To Buy Richfield Oil For 18 Million
Harry F. Sinclair announced an offer of 18 million dollars in six per cent non voting preferred stock of Consolidated Oil Co. to present to bondholders and creditors of Richfield Oil Co. The bid covers all Richfield properties as a unit.
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Tulsa
Okla
Harry F. Sinclair
Consolidated — Oil Co
Richfield Oil Co
Richfield
Cardinal Lauri Leads Pontifical Mission to Dublin Congress
Cardinal Lorenzo Lauri, papal delegate to the Dublin Eucharistic Congress, left Rome for Ireland this morning. He will preside over major ceremonies, assisted by four American and other Cardinals, plus archbishops, bishops, and priests.
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Lorenzo Lauri
Pius XI
Dublin
Ireland
Notable Copper Support at Republican Platform
Frank Hitchcock of Tucson praised the natural resources conservation plank as the convention's most significant action. Hitchcock, Arizona delegation chair and national committeeman, said the policy will have a far reaching impact on copper, a key Arizona resource, with a Hoover nomination demonstration noted in the report.
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Frank H. Hitchcock
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Resolutions Committee
Hitchcock
Arizona
Hoover
Women’s Clubs To Choose Officers At Seattle Convention
In Seattle the general federation of women’s clubs representing about two million members held its three year leadership vote at the convention. Voting used city machines in the civic auditorium as polls opened at 8 a.m. and closed at 4 p.m. PST amid reports and addresses.
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General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Civic Auditorium
German Military Decree Eases Uniform Rules
Berlin reports a new decree relaxing rules on wearing uniforms by Nazi storm troops and similar groups. The order allows groups like the Reichsbanner and the steel helmets to wear uniforms at any time while banning uniforms for the Communist red front. The interior minister gains power to require information and amend regulations.
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Bruening
Ado Hitler
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Doctor Flies To Steamer At Sea
A doctor in a coast guard seaplane answered a radio call from the steamer San Antonio 30 miles offshore. Dr F R Hughes of Cape May treated engineer David Tobin who fell ill aboard the Houston bound vessel. Tobin was taken to a Philadelphia hospital where officials say he has a good chance of recovery.
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David Tobin
San Antonio
Houston
Tex
F. R. Hughes
Cape May
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Hoover Curt is 1932 running mate chosen at GOP convention
At the Republican national convention Herbert Hoover was renominated by a near unanimous first ballot receiving 1,126 12 votes out of 1,154. Charles Curtis won the vice presidential nomination on a single ballot after a Pennsylvania delegation shifted its votes. Curtis led with 683 3 4 votes, MacNider 178 3 4, and Harbord 161 3 4 amid a scattered field. The convention opened at 11 43 am with Chairman Snell presiding.
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Herbert Hoover
Charles Curtis
Pennsylvania
John J. Blaine
Wisconsin
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
Joseph I
France
Maryland
James W. Wadsworth
New York
Charles G. Dawes
Curtis
MacNider
Harbord
Snell
National League and American League baseball scores report
National League games show Chicago trailing New York 1 7 in the ninth while Cincinnati defeats Brooklyn 6 1 with Mungo and others starring. American League results list Boston at Cleveland postponed by rain and Washington beating Detroit 4 0 with Whitehill and Sewell key. New York defeats Chicago 4 1 and Philadelphia tops St Louis 4 1 by end of the third.
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Boston
Cleveland
Transcontinental speed flyer lands in Wichita en route to Albuquerque
Captain James B. Dickson landed in Wichita at 11:32 a.m. Central Time during an east-west transcontinental speed flight and took off about 40 minutes later for Albuquerque, N M, for his next refueling stop.
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Wichita
Kan
James B. Dickson
Albuquerque
N. M
Phoenix Superintendent to Return Funds to General Fund
C. O. Case, superintendent of public instruction, prepared to return 31122.71 dollars to the general fund. He explained the amount had been accumulated over the past year.
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Phoenix
C. O. Case
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Prescott Postmaster Helen McNutt Confirmed
Miss Helen Mc Nutt was confirmed by the Senate today as postmaster of Prescott. She is expected to post bond on July 1 and will serve a four year term.
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Prescott
Helen McNutt
Washington
Senate
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