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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1920
Page
6
The Republican gathering approved a party platform after lengthy committee work. Delegates and leaders reported consensus on key planks, signaling unified directions for the campaign season despite earlier disagreements within panels.
At the Republican gathering, women will share leadership as the platform adopts a rule allowing seven women on the executive committee and adds a woman vice chairman and an assistant secretary. The convention resolves internal splits and notes the anti-prohibition stance of the era alongside a Supreme Court confirmation of prohibition laws amid international concerns.
Sage speaker Mine Schlumberger and nine other women from ten countries urged that granting suffrage before 1914 could have prevented war. The session of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance drew prominent delegates including Indians in native dress, with absence of Belgium and US Navy secretary’s wife.
A reformist note from the Lord Freon Guffrage Union opposing the idea that only men should pay income tax. The debate centers on whether women should share in taxation as part of advancing suffrage and equal rights. The group pressures for tuition and democracy principles to apply to women’s rights. Great Britain sees female employment rising to about 20,000.
Massachusetts Governor Coolidge and Ohio Senator Harding secured the Republican nominations at Chicago after a long balloting process. General Wood and Governor Lowden failed to unify support as delegates swung to Harding, aided by Michigan’s 24 votes and last minute coalition moves.
Warren G Harding named the Republican presidential candidate after a brokered convention. Cal Coolidge of Massachusetts was quickly named running mate, with delegates spontaneously supporting the ticket. The process avoided orchestrated management as Coolidge rose to second on the ticket via natural convention momentum.
Montreal June 14 The Republican ticket is in harmony with the platform drawn by the Chicago convention Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor says They certainly picked a team in harmony with the platform They couldn't have selected a more fitting pair to represent them He adds he would have been more surprised if a representative of the people's interests had been nominated.
In Washington on June 14 prominent Democrats praised Senator Harding s Republican nomination. Secretary of State Colby a former Roosevelt Progressive said the standpat selection sharpens the party divide and would aid the Democrats.
The article argues global population exceeds one billion, yet distribution is uneven. It cites India and China facing famine with slight crop drops, Europe suffers from overcrowding, Africa and South America offer growth with disease control, and the United States could support far more people if rainfall and water supply allowed.
Chicago June 14 Republican leaders map national campaign after 1920 convention. Warren G Harding confers with Harry M Daugherty and Will Hays to complete plans. Headquarters set in former Johnson quarters at the Auditorium hotel with workers adjusting space for the national campaign committee.
The Republican convention shapes a unified ticket with Harding’s nomination after a tense ballot. Key staff named including Victor Hintz as regional director in Cincinnati and Harry L. Pidler heading labor. Hays will oversee headquarters with several department heads to be announced soon. Calls for party unity across conservative and progressive wings intensify as Borah Johnson and McCormick weigh Third Party options and potential independent contenders gather support.
Paris June 14 Eight oil tankers owned by a German subsidiary of Standard Oil have been allotted to the United States for transporting petrol and oil to Europe. The decision ends months of controversy stretching back to January 1919 with France Italy and Great Britain involved. Ownership remains unresolved and will be examined by an arbitration tribunal.
The U S railroad labor board said its wage decision will date back to May 1 and workers will receive the difference between the former wage and the board approved wage for the period May 1 to the award date. The award applies by time served to all in service or who joined later and stayed.
Gen Essed Pasha, former president of Albania, was assassinated in front of the Continental hotel by an Albanian student who was arrested. Italian troops evacuated Montenegrin towns including Antivari Dulcigno and Santi Quaranta naval base due to Yugoslav hostilities.
The American Museum of Natural History adds a three ton vertebrate fossil block from the Agate Neb quarry. A richer quarry section was removed boxed and transported to New York showing up to 16 skulls and many skeleton bones in a 54 x 54 ft space.
The Capitol dome bears the statue of Freedom placed December 2 1863. A 35 gun salute rang from a Geld battery on Capitol Hill and was echoed by Forts Stans ion Davis Mahan Lincol Booker Hill Totten De Russy Reno Cameron Corcoran Albany Scott. The statue is bronze, 19 feet inchs high and weighs 12085 pounds. Fort salutes marked the Civil War defense chain around Washington. Congress has not preserved these forts though a preservation plan has been proposed. Also notes an antique coffee pot on vacuum bottle principle with lid as stopper.
American League had New York 14 over Detroit 4, Washington 3 over Chicago 0, Boston 5 over Philadelphia. National League saw St Louis 5 over New York 1, Cincinnati 1 over Brooklyn 0. No other games scheduled.
Governor James Cox of Ohio, a strong Democratic presidential hopeful, visits Cincinnati and comments on Harding's nomination. He notes Ohio honors and mentions his own editorial roles in Springfield and Dayton. Meanwhile in Chicago a thousand Pullman workers strike for union recognition at government-operated shops.
Fragment discusses deserts spreading globally and notes Greek views on undiluted wine as barbaric. Dialogue snippets show Louise and Julia in a brief exchange about acquaintance with Mrs. Teller, followed by Julia listening.
A vintage tip sheet promotes Red Cross Ball Blue for stain and grime removal on clothes. It also shares a furniture polish recipe mixing oil with salad dressing and vinegar to hide scratches, apply with a rag, rub, then polish for a pleased result.
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