Lowden Refuses Vice Presidential Nomination Again
Governor Frank C. Lowden declined the Republican vice president nomination after a Mondell telegram urged acceptance. He told the Associated Press his decision was final, saying the honor was not for him. He remained at his Oregon Illinois farm as delegates pressed for a ballot.
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Oregon
Ills
Frank C. Lowden
Chalian Mondeill
Mundell
Lowden
Associated Press
Associated Press Had Reached the Chairman. Mr. Lowden
Mr. Lowden
Cleveland
Frank O. Lowden
Mondell
Oglesby
Warren
Michigan
Convention
Cincinnatus
Rome
Ohio
Rock River
Mississippi
Linois
Illinois
Wden
President Coolidge Extends Felicitations to Dawes
President Coolidge sent a message of felicitation to Charles Dawes after his selection as running mate on the Republican ticket. He expressed pleasure at future public service and offered best wishes to Dawes and his wife, Mrs. Dawes, with Mrs. Coolidge joining in the greeting.
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Washington
Mrs John D Sherman Elected President of Womens Clubs
Mrs John D Sherman of Waters Park Colorado was elected president of the General Federation of Womens Clubs. She stressed conservation of natural resources and forests, backed a Washington art gallery with a $2.5 million federal share, and supported state club networks for sex education and limits on immoral publications. The vote totaled 1814 for Sherman and 72 for Mrs Wallace T Perham of Montana.
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Los Angeles
Cal
General Federation of Womens Clubs
John D. Sherman
Wates Park
Colorado
Washington
Congress
Sherman
Wallace T. Perham
Montana
Police Find Two Dead After Domestic Quarrel in Suburban Home
Pittsburg reports police found John Toth aged sixty and Julia Draskocy aged forty seven dead by bullet wounds in a Ran kin suburb home. Officer Michael Jordan entered after hearing shots and said the couple had quarreled over the boarding house sale and were fined previously for a police court case last week.
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Pittsburg
Rankin
Michael Jordan
John Toth
Julia Draskocy
Retail Merchants Meet in Bluefield Sets Store Hours Change
The Retail Merchants Association of Bluefield held a large annual luncheon at the West Virginian hotel. W. A. Clark Jr. of Richmond spoke as secretary of both the Richmond Retailers Association and Virginia State Association. Three resolutions were adopted: oppose trade discounts, close stores at 5 pm in June July and August with a 30 minute lunch, and welcome the Bluefield name change inviting local merchants to join.
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Retail Merchants Association of
Bluefield
West Virginian
W. A. Clark, Jr
Richmond
Richmond Retailer's Association
Virginia State Association of Retailers
Clark
United States
W. C. Warlick
J. A. Bays
Warlick
Corn
Twin City
Nat P. Frame
University of West Virginia
Morgantown
Brayton
Princeton Association
Mississippi Turret Explosion Kills Officers and Sailors
A premature explosion in the Mississippi’s No 2 turret during target drill near San Pedro kills three officers and forty-one sailors and injures many more as the ship speeds toward harbor with a hospital ship en route.
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San Pedro
Cal
Mississippi
Clement Fleet
USS
New Mexico
Relief
Point Firmin
Mississipp
San Francisco
Dawes Named a Versatile Public Figure in Late 19th and Early 20th Century
Biographical sketch of General Charles Gates Dawes highlighting his roles as banker founder, World War I service officer, lawyer and author, and active Republican leader since 1896. Notes his musical publication Melody in A Major, testimony before the House committee in 1921, birthplace Marietta Ohio, and education at Marietta College and Cincinnati Law School. Describes career in gas utilities and banking, culminating in leadership of Central Trust Company of Illinois and related positions.
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America
Charles Gates Dawes
Chicago
House of Representatives
General Dawes
Marietta
Ohio
Rufus R. Dawes
Iron Brigade
Wisconsin
Marietta College
Cincinnati Law School
Toledo and Ohio Central
Lincoln
Nebraska
Dawes, Coffroth
la Crosse
United States
Central Trust Campe of
Illinois
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Hoover Congratulates Dawes on Vice Presidential Nomination
Secretary Hoover telegrams General Dawes to congratulate his nomination for vice president. He says he is more than happy at the selection and the assurance of public service and that the country is to be congratulated.
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Washington
Hoover
Dawes
Not Guilty on Riot for Lilly Klansmen in Ebensburg
Ebensburg Pennsylvania June 12 A jury found thirty one alleged Ku Klux Klan members and Lilly residents not guilty of riot but guilty of affray and unlawful assembly in the April 6 clash between visiting Klansmen and Lilly townspeople. Defense moves for new trial. District Attorney Weimer will move for trial tomorrow on murder indictments against those acquitted and thirteen others acquitted on riot charges earlier.
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Ebensburg
Lilly
D. P. Weimer
Mail Train Held Up by Automobile Bandits
A Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul mail train en route to St Paul was robbed at Roundout Illinois by bandits in four automobiles. Forty pouches of registered mail including bonds and currency were stolen from the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank consignments to banks in the northwest. Local banks estimate losses near a million dollars. A special train carrying express and government agents pursued the bandits after guards fired as the raiders entered the car. No confirmation on injuries or deaths was available.
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Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
St. Paul
Roundout, Sr
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
Northwest
Milwaukee
Wis
Dawes Nominated for Vice Presidency by Republicans
Marietta Ohio June 12 General Charles E Dawes accepted the Republican vice presidential nomination declaring I accept the nomination by the Republican party for the vice presidency He returned to Marietta for a college reunion and visited his sister Mrs A Beach. The Cleveland convention saw Dawes chosen after Lowden declined with Coolidge winning the presidency nominating process capped by a dramatic vote sequence and party pride.
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Marietta
Ohio
Charles E. Dawes
Republican Party
Associated Press
Marietty College
A. Beach
Convention
Cleveland
Charles G. Dawes
Illinois
Hell and
Maria General
Frank ©. Lowden
William M. Butler
Coolidge
Senator Reed
Pennsylvania
Hoover
Reed
Dawes
Lowden
Ilnots
Butler
Theodore BK. Burton
Ualo
Frank O. Lowden
Calvin Coolidge
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Robert M. Lafoffette
South Dakota
Hiram
Johnson
Mr. Coolidge
Marion Leroy Burton
University of Michigan
Kurton
Northampton
Massachusetts
Vermont
California
Kansas
Oregon
New Jersey
North Carolina
New York
Oratory
Lowdon
Burton
Louisiana
Mississippi
Kenyon
Pacca Ninn
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Monde’s
President Coolidge
Mag. J. C. Sherman
General Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Graham
Virginia Association
Frank
Republican
Hugh Majority
Lafollette and
Gen. Dawes
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