Coolidge Dawes Standard Bearers Backed By Convention
The 1924 Republican National Convention in Cleveland ratified Calvin Coolidge for president and Charles G. Dawes for vice president after a tense second ballot with Lowden declining. Delegates debated La Follette wing planks while new leadership emerged from cabinet ranks, signaling a shift of party power to the White House prior to November’s election.
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Wright Aa
Patterson Cleveland
Ohio
Alaska
Porto Rico
Canal Zone
Philippines
Cleveland
Calvin Coolidge
United States
St. Louian
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Staong
Coolidge
Barty
Calvin Goolidge
Dhoice
Lowden
Igaderé
Arizona
Noi
Silas Wright
New York
la Follette
Wisconsin
Resolutions Committee
Henry Allen Cooper
LaValiette
Petidenl
Committee On
I Publican
Lodge, Smoot, Watson
Corette
Will Hays
Harry M. Daugherty
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
T. Coleman du. Hilles
Chienge
Mellon
Weeks
Work
General Stone
New
Stone
Algtt
Lenat
Althor
Father Hien
Eppech
Raub Epeedh
L. Barton
University of Michigan
Joming
Disaster on Mississippi Kills 48 as Turret Explodes
Aboard the battleship Mississippi a catastrophic explosion in No 2 turret kills 48 and injures many as the ship returns to port. Investigators examine a stray misfired charge while Navy officials call it the worst peacetime disaster in memory.
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San Pedro
Mississippi
Thomas Yellers
Long Beach
Cal
Marcus Brownh, Jr
Ensien
William G. McCrei
New Mexico
Christenson
Lawrence Henry Willis
Nernon Brimfield
Andrew Rubin Kinney
Albert Darasio
Zesman
Brigham Foster Smith
Leslie Malone
Doyly Shaw
Edward Homer Huffman
John Albert McCormick
Stanley Joseph Skinas
Albert Leonard Lawson
Fred Graham Byer
William Howard Ward
James Kemis Wood
Freman
George Allen Byers
James Durvard Holliday
Philip Cunningham
Wallace Waitlard Keyes
Frederick William
A. Walkup
Frank B. King
John D. Sharkey
Clarence T. Bourgeois
Floyd B. Kimball
Cladde N
Andrew J. Sloan
Jroman
Cluss
Rodney J. Anderson
Lloyd A.raymond
Paul Green
Cederle Kerr
Bradford W. Smith
Ted Carlyle Reagan
Norman Lee Garden
Forbes Carlton Hopkins
Homer B Sylvester Bridges
Chile
Admiral Pratt
S. A. Robinson
U.S
Missouri
Kearsarge
Horsty
Col
Writer Clark Macfarlane’s suicide at Justice Hall
Peter Clark Macfarlane, noted author and playwright, died by self-inflicted gunshot at the coroner’s office near the Hall of Justice. Authorities report long-standing health issues as the cause of death by his own action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Prancisco
Peter “Clark Macfarlone
Coroners Office
Hall of Justice
Gaston Doumergue Elected President of France
Gaston Doumergue was elected President of France by the National Assembly in Versailles. Doumergue received 315 votes while Paul Painlevé, president of the Chamber of Deputies, received 805. Nineteen votes went to various other candidates and eight ballots were blank.
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Gaston Doumergue
France
Versailles
Gaston Doumepste
Senate
Frince
Nsional
ML Dourmergue
Paul Palnlaye
Chamber of Deputies
Means Aske Remoival of Goriment Aid Washingtor
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Means asking removal of government aid in Washington Ganton. Mentions acting Attorney General Seymour to move Hiram Todd as special negotiator to the attorney general and a note about prohibition wages against Means of New York. The passage is garbled with misspellings and unclear facts.
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Means
Goriment
Ganton
B. Méang
Séymour
Hiram
Todd
Neglet Ant
New York
Japan Ends Exclusion For Thousands Migrants
Tokyo plans to lift the ban on migrants arriving from the United States and other nations as the government prepares to implement new controls. Officials say the measure will affect more than half of the 708 passengers aboard the Taiyo and related ships. Japan aims to reopen borders ahead of the July 4 deadline, with authorities detailing phased entry rules and screening protocols.
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Ban Francisco
Cule
Taiyo
Japan
Wheat Crop Prospects Improve in June Report
Washington forecast a better wheat year than previously expected as the Department of Agriculture released its June 1 crop conditions, indicating healthier crop prospects and improving yields for the season.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Ihe
Train Robbers Loot Million and a Half
Chicago reports state four autoloads of bandits halted the mail train No. 57 one mile south of Roundout, Illinois. About 20 highwaymen surrounded the coaches, forced mail clerks to open sacks, and looted registered mail. Estimates place the haul between 10,000 and 1,500,000 dollars in cash, with 42 to 45 pouches taken. Currency for the Northwest region was among the recovered mail.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Roundout
Trig
Pale
Federal Reserve Bank
Bana Bi
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Sent- We
Spokane
Northwest
War Department to Fund Soldiers Bonus Despite Congress Failure
The War department will use several million unappropriated dollars under its control to advance the soldiers' bonus as originally scheduled. Acting Secretary Dwight Davis announced the plan after talks with Budget Director Lord and Comptroller McCarl, with similar steps being explored by the Navy department and veterans' bureau.
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War Department
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
War ‘Department
Dwight Davis
Lord
Qdénersa McCarl
Navy Department
Veterans’ Bureau
President Coolidge Orders All Departments to Use Legal Means
The president directs government heads to employ every legal method to meet the emergency finance needs without a special session. He asserts such action can be completed and instructs agencies to act swiftly to shore up government finances.
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Waehligtoh —Thera
Coolidge
Neves
Government- Department
Will Not Negotiate With Jap Government
Washington reports the State Department will enter negotiations with the Japanese government. The talks would aim to nullify any provision of the Japanese exclusion section of migration law. The move signals a shift in policy toward easing restrictions and reestablishing formal dialogue.
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Washington
State Department
Anto No
Winged British Golfer Faces American Glen In Match
In the final stage of the 1,000-gilling tournament, a large crowd followed the British golfer Wing and American Glen Scofling. Jim Barnes, the famed American, challenged in a tense match, with final score 2 to 4.
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Wing
Glen ‘Eagies
Scofling
Gilling
Jim Barnes
George Duncan
Oxygen as a Cancer Cure Highlighted in Atlantic City Report
A doctor from Denver described oxygen as a potential cancer remedy at a convention, claiming it penetrates affected parts and acts rapidly. The report mentions Rémédy and other figures, but the text is fragmented and unclear.
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Atlantic
Tirguiass
Bedortha
Denver
Gala
Negotiations Over Credit and German Syndicate Details
A garbled report notes a $26 credit and a gold discount involving Ujalmar Schacht. It references an original syndicate of 34 banks in the United States, trade advances to Germany, and indented delays. The text mentions fronti forms, due advances, and indorsements by a German party, with unclear dates and entities.
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Ujalmar Schacht
United States
Indlentia
Fronti Fonn
Germany
Syndicati
New York
Congress Urged for Swift Action on Government Funding
A fragmentary note cites a letter to Weeks where the President insists on rapid, permissible steps to push forward necessary appropriations. The text emphasizes speed and the need for government funds to proceed without delay.
Internal Revenue Digest Reveals Solicitor's Regulation Study
A fragmented note describes the solicitor's formal ruling on the division of duties within the Treasury Department while studying the question and drafting the regulation on the special reduction for 1028. The text references son D Hartenti and mentions piles to part of the law within the internal revenue context.
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Internal Revenue Digest
Son.d. Hartenti
Solieitor
Treasury Départment
Republicans Name Denver Native as Vice Chair
The report notes Colin Cleveland, Ohio and Staiph Williams of Denver, Colorado elected to national party leadership posts at a Republican meeting. The brief highlights the selection of chairs and vice chairs and notes regional representation.
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Colin Cleveland
Ohio
Denver,Colo
Staiph” Williams
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