Cox Roosevelt chosen by Democratic national convention
The Democratic national convention selected James M. Cox of Ohio for president and Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York for vice president on the forty fourth ballot after an extended deadlock. The platform fight centered on liquor, League of Nations, and pacifism issues while leaders pressed for a candidate acceptable to all factions.
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San Francisco
James M. Cox
Ohio
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Cox
Stephen A. Poughis
Ratio Seymour
Woodrow Wilson
Witner
Simmons
Harrison
Wl. Walts
Marshall
Wood
Clark
Underwood
Hearst
Bryan
Colby
Daniels
Teaders
Palmer
Rew
Celeste
McAdoo
Ballon
MccAdoo
Vhdo
F. D. Roosevelt
Committee On Resolutions
League of Nations
Dryan
Bourke Cockran
Cockran
Bord
Carter Ghassteel
Tish
Order of Business
Robert L. Owen
Oklahoma
James W. Gerard
Democratic Platform Strikes For War Policy And Reforms
The platform favors ratification of the peace treaty with reservations on specific U S obligations, praises wartime administration, and calls for tax surveys. It condemns profiteering, supports higher postal salaries, opposes compulsory arbitration, backs Mexican policy, foreign trade, and railroad and monetary policies, and urges help for disabled soldiers.
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United States
Teague Associates
Federal Reserve System
Trio of Women Candidates for Presidential Vote in 1920
Mrs. Wilson Stewart of Morehead Kentucky received the honorary presidential vote at the national party convention, one of three women to be honored. Miss Missouri Clay of Lexington Kentucky and Miss Annette Adams of San Francisco Washington were the others. Stewart joked about making education secretary as a first appointment and the need to educate 50 000tH people. she represents the Kentucky school organization in this convention context.
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Wison Stewart
Morehead
Tun
J.T. Griffin
Owenshoro, Kyo
Vonidnee
Missoura Clay
Lexington
Annette Adams
San Francisco
Washington
United States
Warten
Stewart
Shea
Entomology Station Closures and Local Economic Notes
Muscatine insects station ordered closed and moved to similar sites. Collings Shipping Association shipped 77,800.58 dollars worth of cattle and hogs in April and May. Delegation from Clarke county met Des Moines officials to assess marketing, shifting emphasis to Des Moines market over Chicago. Pocahontas bonds pass for new high school. Ringstead Elevator boosts par value and declares sizable dividends. Dubuque population around 39,414 with 1.7 percent ten-year gain. Butler county sees few divorces. Lost Nation child dies from a radish in nose. Iowa dental school admissions cut. state court case on German instruction contested. Clinton schools save half a million pennies. Beaman State Park project advances. Bellevue farm crowing prodigy fowl noted. Wool growers receive Federal Reserve loan support.
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United States
Muscatine
Uncle Sam
Collings Shipping Association
Clarke County
Des Moines
Chicago
Pocafontas
Ringstead Farmers Elevator Company
Dubuque
Washington
Butler County
Tony Wane
Lost Nation
University of Iowa
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
August Bartles
Waverly
Thirty-eighth General Assembly
Clinton
Bellevue
Federal’ Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Sloway
Budget Reform Shifts Power to Single Appropriations Panel
The coming session will enact a new budget plan after vetoed bills. A 35 member Appropriations Committee will absorb duties from seven panels, ending fiscal control over most supply measures. Rivers Harbors and Public Buildings committees retain some funding roles.
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Ashington
House
Appropriations Committee
Post Ofice
Committee On
Be Careful When You Smoke in the Woods
Summer billboard campaign urged by tobacco companies to prevent forest fires. Agencies note matches and cigars cause fires. smokers should break matches, extinguish all smoking implements, and avoid disposal along roadsides. National forests and parks face wide tourist visitation.
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Agricultural Department
National Park to Park Highway Feasibility Tour
A planned 8500 mile park to park route would link Rocky Mountain Yellowstone Glacier Mount Rainier Crater Lake Lassen Yosemite General Grant and Sequoia Grand Canyon Zion and Mesa Verde. A road network would connect to the Lincoln Highway with a Denver start and a mid year Denver report.
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Denver
The Lowly Corncob Yields Furfural and More
An agricultural department note explains corncobs are rich in furfural and other by products. It notes furfural has sold up to $20 a pound and that a ton of corn cobs yields about thirty pounds of furfural, with production costs under 20 cents per pound.
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Agricultural Department
Youe
Insecticide Fural Sees Wide Historical Use and Byproducts
Fural, noted as an excellent insecticide, has seen substantial use and costs about $20 per pound. A bushel of cobs yields roughly equal to shell corn, with near complete processing. Mills equip plants to make varied byproducts including a high quality adhesive and cellulose for dynamite and other uses.
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Connecticut
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Nebraska
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Pennsylvania
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A, E. Smith
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Edward J. Edwards
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North Carolina
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PSHE
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