Hoover Forces Ready To Adopt Platform At Convention
At Kansas City on June 14 the Republican National Convention pressed toward a platform and a presidential nominee as Hoover’s supporters gained momentum. Sen Smoot led the platform committee while Columbia president Butler objected to a prohibition plank and prepared to argue it on the floor.
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Byron Price
Associated Press
Halll
Kansas City
Nightfal
Hoover
Conolidee
Platform Committee
Smoot
Senator Smoot
Utah
Matform Committee
Mike
Senator Moses
Moses
Butler
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
New York
Borah
Herman M. Cohen
Convention Hall
McNary-Haugen
Cooldge-Hoover
Fragmentary Family Memory Quoted in 1930s Narrative
A brief, evocative line recalls a father in law and a jail term, noting one time the subject interfered during a spanking of their first son. The tone suggests a rural memoir or sociocultural反.
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Publishers Syndicate
Hoover Opponents Push Names For Nomination
Kansas City June 14 AP four presidential candidates opposing Herbert Hoover agreed to place their names in nomination despite likely defeat. The contenders Watson Goff Curtis and Tonnden debated withdrawals but decided to proceed with their original nominating speeches.
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Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Watson
Goff
Curtis
Tonnden
MacNider Emerges as Hoover Vice Presidential Contender
Kansas City June 14 Hanford MacNider of Iowa stands among four or five Hoover prospects for the vice presidency with strong Northwest support and a loyal bloc of veterans. Congressman Royal C Johnson issued a statement praising MacNiders service record and likening him to Theodore Roosevelt in experience and leadership.
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George M. Hinshaw
Convention Hall
Kansas City
Hoover
Hanford MacNider
Iowa
Robert J. Shaw
Sigourney
MacNider
Good
James W. Good
Northwest
Royal C. Johnson
South Dakota
Baltimore Hotel
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Navy
Republican Party
Republican platform pledges federal farm board for stabilizing farmers
The Kansas City convention outlines a farm program to create a federal farm board with power to establish farmer owned stabilization corporations, aiming to prevent surpluses through orderly distribution. It pledges support for Coolidge administration policies and strict enforcement of Prohibition, with emphasis on aiding marketing reform and tariff protection for agriculture.
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Kansas City
Resolutions Committee
Coolidge
Federal Farm Board
Congress
Mellon
Treasury
Republican Party
Early Life and Career of a Nominee Candidate in 1870s 1920s
A longitudinal timeline traces the subject from Barnest Branch Iowa born to a blacksmith, through orphaned years in West Branch, to moves across Oregon and California. It covers Stanford education, mining work in California and Australia, marriage to Lou Henry, relief efforts in Belgium, London partnerships, and roles in U S government including food administrator and secretary of commerce, with presidential nomination bids and Mississippi relief leadership noted.
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Iowa
West Branch
Newburgh
Oregon
Portland
Leland Stanford University
Leland Stanford
California
Louis Janin
Australia
Lou Henry
Monterey
Calif
China
Tientsin
London
Palo Alto
Relief Son
Belgium
United States
Allied Powers
Organized American Relief Administration
Harding
Mississippi
Bitter Floor Fight Over Farm Relief Plank At Hoover Meet
Republican delegates at the convention wrangled over the farm relief plank as vice presidential candidates Dawes Deneen and Moses led the field. Hoovers camp stayed neutral while Reed of Pennsylvania backed Moses and New Hampshire backed Deneen, with Curtis Donovan and others also in play.
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Hoover
Commerce
Washington
New York
Dawes
Senator Deneen
Illinois
Mr. Dawes
Deneen
Reed
Pennsylvania
Moses
New Hampshire
Spaulding
Edge
New Jersey
Fuller
Massachusetts
Tilson
Connecticut
Hamilton Fish
Theodore Roosevelt
William J. Donovan
Vatican Denies Pope Pius Ill Health In Vatican Denial
Rome June 14 AP reports the Vatican rejected a claim in Il Brillante that Pope Pius suffered a severe arterial sclerosis attack. AP correspondent found the pontiff in perfect health and his entourage unharmed.
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Rome
Vatican
Il Brillante Today
Pope Pius
Associated Press
Convention Sidelines Describe A Busy Kansas City Day
Reporters note Fess overlooked Roosevelt’s name in the speech while many unused convention seats hint at crowding. The rafters mute the band and naval officers in Wilbur’s box observe as Col Carmi A Thompson and Col Crocker attend, with more colonels present for the Hoover faction.
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W. &. Moffett
Wilbur
Col
Carmi A. Thompson
Ohio
Senator Willis
Thompson
Hoover
Crocker
California
Kansas City
Republican Platform Pledges Aid to Agriculture
The Kansas City AP text outlines Republican agricultural policy praising wartime gains and postwar adjustments. It cites aid from Congress, tariff actions, and the Capper Volstead act, plus federal farm loans and rural delivery expansion to help farmers cope with foreign competition and marketing challenges.
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Kansas City
Republican Party
Republican Administration
Republican Congresses
Department of Agriculture
Department of State
Department of Justice
Treasury Department
Congress
Federal Farm Loan
Post Office Department
Shipping Board
Federal Tariff Commission
Tariff Commission
Iowa Night Weather Outlook for Fair Conditions
Fair conditions continue across the state tonight with little temperature change. A slight warming is noted in the northwest portion, extending into Friday with generally unchanged temperatures.
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Iowa
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LaFollette
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Kamena
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