Lodge Named Permanent Chairman At GOP Convention
Temporary chairman Henry Cabot Lodge presided as the Republican national convention began its second session in Chicago. The rules and credentials reports were adopted, and changes were approved including expanding the Republican committee to 15 members to include women and shortening speaking times.
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Hugh Baillie
United Press
Coliseum
Chicago
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Timothy Stone
Stone
Republican Party
Howland
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Resolutions Committee
Republican convention battles loom as candidates plan raids
At Chicago June 9 the second day of the Republican national convention hints at renewed clashes among Lowden Johnson and Wood. Dope sheets map each candidate’s potential delegates as behind-the-scenes deal making weighs on balloting. London strategists foresee a second or third ballot and over 600 votes, while Johnson backers hope for a national surge and Wood backers insist they can retain their delegates.
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Chicago
Lowden
Johnson
Wood
London
Wood Backers Launch Drive for Presidential Nominee
Chicago reports a strong push by Major General Leonard Wood supporters to secure the Republican nomination. Frank H Hitchcock guides a masking strategy as Lodge is named permanent chair and Watson leads the resolutions committee amid talk of a convention deal.
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Leonard Wood
Republican Party
Wood
Frank H. Hitchcock
James E. Watson
Indiana
Resolutions Committee
Senator Lodge
Hitchcock
Lodge
Beveridge
Medill McCormick
Illinois
Committee On Permanent Organization
William Barnes
New York
South
Watson
Ogden Mills
Lodge Elected Permanent Chairman at Republican Convention
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts was elected permanent chairman by acclamation as the Republican convention adopted the committee reports on permanent organization rules and credentials. Chauncey Depew and Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter addressed the floor before adjournment at 12 17 PM.
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New Jersey
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Tennessee
Memphis
Tenn
Morrow
Kentucky
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United Press
Coliseum
Chicago
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New York
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Depew
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Wilson
League of Nations
Philippine Islands
Louisiana
Heaven On Earth
Republican Party
Wisconsin Governor urges opposition plank to League of Nations
Governor Phillip of Wisconsin urged the Republican convention to adopt a plank opposing the league of nations. He said voters, especially Republicans, are against the league in any form and want the party to express that sentiment.
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League OF Nations
Chicago
Phillip
Wisconsin
Republican Convention
League
Secotion Party
Thirteen Die In Express Train Collision Near Schenectady
A rear end crash at Harin's Crossing near Schenectady N Y killed thirteen people and injured thirty two when the New York Central express struck a standing accommodation train. Engineer Martin Doyle was among the dead and the crash left bodies scattered and a baby decapitated.
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N. Y
United Press
N. Y. Central Railroad
Harin’s Crossing
Here
Martin Doyle
Sixpress
Emma Crouse
Utica
Lowden Boom Reported as Balloting Nears at Convention
Chicago dispatch reports Lowden supporters claim gains in the east over the last day. They expect over 200 votes on the first ballot and around 550 by the fourth or fifth, aiming to secure the nomination.
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Chicago
Lowden
East
Hurricanes sweep west in Northwestern Minnesota
A hurricane swept western Minnesota last night killing two and injuring many, with Foxholm e wiped out. The storm crossed from North Dakota, wrecked homes, paralyzed communications, and raised the expected death toll to six or more. Mrs. C W Wilkie of Grey Eagle died when her Birch Lake cottage collapsed. a Grey Eagle boy also died. Two injured from the Fergus Falls train wreck were near death.
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Minn
Minnesota
Foxholme
North Dakota
C. W. Wilkie
Grey Eagle
Birch Lake
Will Wilkie
National Editorial Association
Fergus Falls
Italian Cabinet Resigns in Rome Dispatch
Genoa reports the Italian cabinet has resigned according to a Rome dispatch received today. The move follows political turmoil and changes in government leadership.
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Genoa
Rome
Atlanta Wins 1921 World Advertising Clubs Convention
Indianapolis June 9 Atlanta appears to have captured the 1921 convention of the Association of Advertising Clubs of the World. A general session was to ratify presidents of local clubs who awarded the prize to Atlanta's delegation.
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Atlanta
Indianapolis
Ind
Association of Advertising Clubs of the World
Japanese Civilians Massacre Reported in Disputed Cable
Unconfirmed dispatch claims 120 Japanese civilians were killed as Nikalaesk in Siberia burns. The report notes a German invention involving silk sausage casings coated with a chemical to make them elastic.
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Tokio
Nikalaesk
Siberia
County Spreader 5 Purchased for Athens County
A stone spreader ordered by the county commissioners for Athens County is due for delivery within two weeks. The machine will spread slag or top dressing material over foundation with precision, improving surface smoothness compared with prior hand spreading. It can be attached to a truck for operation.
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Athens County
Election Board Clerk Leaves for Cincinnati
Fred R. Bougher, clerk of the county election board, leaves for Cincinnati on a two day trip. During his absence candidates before the August primaries file petitions with W. A. Carpenter at Carpenter hardware store. Friday midnight, June 11, is the filing deadline.
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Fred R. Bougher
County Election Board
Cincinnati
W. A. Carpenter
Carpenter Hardware
Man Who Went shines in Athens high school production
Athens high school presented The Man Who Went last evening with strong audience praise and a smooth, precise performance. Miss Anna Pickering directed the four act play with Supt. Morgan assisting. Cast members included John Kircher, Floyd Brown, Marian Bush, Ralph Davidson, Dor othy Kircher, Gordon Bush, and others. The 1920 production is noted as one of the era’s best for the school.
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Athens High School
Anna Pickering
Supt. Morgan
John Kircher
Floyd Brown
Marian Bush
Vercoe Murphy
Dorothy Sluts
Ralph Davidson
Messiah Kechickian
Dorothy Kircher
Gordon Bush
Burdette Foraker
Guy Saylor
Harley Littler
Altho
Pythians in Big Meeting in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio on June 9 Installing officers of Ohio Pythians were preparing to install Grand Lodge officers today. Fred Brummel of Cleveland was installed as Grand Chancellor. Dayton is likely to be chosen as the 1921 convention city. At a dinner, Past Grand Chancellors elected John C Burns Mansfield as president A A Wormwood Fremont as vice president William Beatty Toledo as secretary Spence Wallace Cleveland as treasurer.
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Ohio Pythians
Grand Lodge
Fred Brummel
Cleveland
BE. W. Tidd
Stockdale
Dayton
Grand Chancellors Association
John C. Burns
Mansfield
A. A. Wormwood
Fremont
William Beatty
Toledo
Spence Wallace
Convention Opens Second Session as Nominations Loom
Chicago June 9 reports say the Republican national convention will delay final platform decisions, with four major committees reporting and nominations possibly after they do. Delegates debate labor and League of Nations while factions for Hoover Johnson and Wood marshal support.
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Resolutions Committee
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National Committee
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Manent
League of Nations
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Johnson
Den
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I. den
Hoover
Rupe
Labor Demands Feature at Republican Convention
Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, urges preservation of workers right to strike before the Republican convention regulations committee. He warns against measures to bind workers to jobs and declares labor will fight to keep liberty from political or legislative control.
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Labor
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Regulations Committee
Suis
Gompers
United States
American Federation
Congress
New York Sets Up Second Choice Vote Scenario
The New York delegation will caucus this afternoon to choose a fallback candidate if Nicholas Murray Butler cannot be nominated. Eighty eight votes are in play. The result will signal which candidate sentiment among eastern state representatives may swing.
Chamber of Commerce elects officers and reviews year
At a noonday meeting the Chamber of Commerce elected officers for the coming year and heard Secretary Bryson’s annual report. The group, now a regional clearing house, highlighted public welfare efforts, health funding, teacher salaries, coal industry aid, housing, and road projects held back by material shortages.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bryson
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