Reverence To Harding Train Speeding East
Ten thousand Washington children will strew flowers along Pennsylvania Avenue for the Harding funeral cortege. Marion Ohio reports Dr George T. Harding Jr saying neither his father nor he will meet the train. Marion tradition holds. The funeral train moved through Spark's Nevada Reno and Stockton with crowds showing quiet respect and Mrs. Harding bearing the strain.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Harding
Capitol
White House
Marion
Ohio
George T. Harding, Jr
Reno
Nev
Lfe
Southern Pacific
Sera Fham
Roberts
Legion Auxiliary Extends Sympathy to Mrs Harding
Francis Scott Key Post American Legion Auxiliary sent condolence plans to Mrs Warren G Harding widow of the former president. The group joined thousands across the United States in expressing sympathy to the former first lady.
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Esiges
Warren G. Harding
Francis Scott Key Post American Legion Auxiliary
United States
Tns
Frederick Hosts Large Auto License Examinations
The office of Motor Commissioner E. Austin Baughman notes a surge in applicants in Frederick with 100 seeking driving licenses this week. Of 67 demonstrations, 17 were refused, 29 failed to qualify, 60 received operators licenses, 10 chauffeurs licenses, and one motorcycle license. Exams move to the Armory, with ongoing schedules through December and State Police visits in Frederick on specified dates.
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E. Austin Baughman
Baltimore
Frederick
Court House
Court Square
Rockville
Montgomery County
State Auxiliary convention schedule and events
The State Auxiliary plans a three day convention August 23 to 25 with a Thursday 7 30 p m meeting in the Blue and Grey room at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. The Auxiliary will host a Legion dance at Brad dock Heights on Friday night and August 24. Harry Saunders chairs the entertainment committee and will oversee arrangements. A luncheon is tentatively planned for Friday if plans mature and a prominent speaker may be secured. Tickets are being sold for The Man Without a Country benefiting the American Legion at the City Opera House on Monday and Tuesday.
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Francis Scott Key
Legion
Braddock Heights
Mrea
Harry Saunders
City Opera House
Mrs. Harding to Make Sawyer Farm Home Near Marion
Mrs. Warren G. Harding is expected to receive a life pension of 5000 dollars yearly. She will reside at Dr. C. E. Sawyer’s farm near Marion, reportedly to be her future home, while plans for mourning and funeral arrangements proceed. President Coolidge extended a White House stay offer, hoping Mrs. Harding will use the residence as her home.
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Mrs. Harding
Sawyer Farm
Marion
White House
Washington
Warren G. Harding
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
House
Senate
Congress
Harding
Associated Press
Ohio
C. E. Sawyer
Marion Tribune
Marion Star
Marion County
Millard Hunt
Howe Donathan
Mr. Harding
Carl Sawyer
George T. Harding
Sasser
Coolidge
Lame Duck Turns Political Target After Goose Is Cooked
The expression notes that when an office-holder loses support they become a lame duck. It contrasts the fate of a political heir apparent with a wayward family member who rarely qualifies as a Dieats.
UW economist offered Oklahoma University presidency
Prof. William H. Kiekhofer head of the University of Wisconsin economics department has been offered the presidency of Oklahoma University. He is 40 years old and a Northwestern College graduate from Naperville Illinois.
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William H. Kiekhofer
University of Wisconsin
Department of Economics
Oklahoma University
Kiekhofer
Northwestern College
Naperville
Frederick County Children Under Care Report July 1923
Miss Louise Nelson, Frederick county probation officer and secretary of the Childrens Aid Society, reports 53 children under supervision in July. Thirty-seven were carried over from the previous month, with 16 others aided, and 95 children in foster-care interest. Five homes were added, seven children placed in foster homes, and the society cared for 364 children in Frederick county during July. Medical exams totaled 16 with four dentistry treatments and one tonsil adenoid operation performed.
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Louise Nelson
Frederick County
Iegal
Childrens Aid Sastety
Miss Nelson
Frederick
Children’s Aid Society
Children’s Aid
Nelson
Maryland Department American Legion Convention Committees Named
Plans for the Maryland Department American Legion convention in Middletown on August 23 to 25 advance with appointed committees for transportation reception housing entertainment and registration. Governor Ritchie may attend and speak at the Key grave ceremony with events at the Memorial Home. Everhart Post members join Francis Scott Key Post on committees and Middletown residents are listed among the panelists.
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Maryland Department American Legion
Everhart Post
Middletown
Francis Scott Key
F. Ross Myers
Elden A. Kefauver
Clifford H. Doll
Geo .B. Delaplaine
Philip R. Winebrenner
F Lester Smith
Alex Spears
Franklin Shipley
Chas. N. Staley
Wm. M. Storm
C. Ross Wenrick
Chas, Keller
Yorace H. Albaugh
Paul B. Hammond
George M. Chapline
Boy Scout Troops in Rhineland Dissolved
Duesseldorf August 4 General Negoutte Jr commanding the occupying forces ordered all boy scout organizations in the Rhineland dissolved claiming they threaten troop security. The report notes more than 250 people over 75 years still at work in Hertfordshire.
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BOY Scout
Rhineland
Duesseldorf
NeGoutte, Jr
Hertfordshire
Proclamation and Mourning Mark Early Coolidge Presidency
President Coolidge begins his first full day as Chief Executive by reviewing mail and discussing funeral details for President Harding. He signs and delivers a proclamation calling for a national day of mourning on August 10 and burial in Marion, Ohio. He confirms cabinet continuity and plans for limited White House entertaining through December.
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Harding
Marion
Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Edward T. Clark
Senate
Ohio
J. Butler Wright
State Department
Hughes
Mr. Harding
Sewapaper
White House
Stock Market Break Reflects Harding Death
Prices fell one to three points as investor fear followed the death of President Harding. Bankers expected little long term disruption, but selling by frightened investors widened the drop. Substantial buy orders near closing helped limit losses. About 480000 shares changed hands.
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New York
Harding
Morse and sons acquitted in war contracts conspiracy case
Charles W Morse of New York shipbuilding fame, his three sons, and four others were found not guilty by a New York jury on charges of conspiring to defraud the United States in wartime ship construction and operation contracts. The case, the first large war fraud trial to go to a jury, involved two indictments detailing thirty overt acts across Morse customers and the Emergency Fleet Corporation. The government claimed a scheme to defraud the government and hinder Shipping Board programs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Charles W. Morse
New York
United States
Morse Cas
Morse
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Shipping Board
Senators to Report in Washington for Funeral
Des Moines Iowa August 4 Senator A B Cummins presiding officer of the Senate has instructed all United States Senators to report in Washington Monday to prepare for participation in President Harding s funeral and he will depart for the national capital tonight K of GC to Hold Reunion at Pen Mar The seventh annual reunion of the Knights of Columbus of Maryland and the District of Columbia will be held at Pen Mar Thursday August 23
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Washington
General Committee of Army and Naval Chaplains
Federal Council of Churches
Harding
Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
A. B. Cummins
Senate
United States
National Capital
Cummins Succeeds Coolidge as Senate Pro Tempore President
A. B. Cummins of Inova rises to president pro tempore of the U. S. Senate, replacing Calvin Coolidge in the senior leadership post. The move marks Cummins as the new head of the upper chamber’s presiding officer slate.
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A. B Cummins
Inova
U. S. Senate
Calvin Coolidge
Special memorial services for President Harding held locally
Frederick churches join nationwide tribute to the late President on Sunday. Special prayers for Mrs. Harding and President Coolidge will be offered at United Brethren services. Harp will speak in the Sunday school room at 10:30 AM. Rev John William Fisher will preach and pray for Mrs. Harding in the morning service.
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Harding
Frederick
Coolidge
United Brethren Church
Reno
Harp
John William Fisher
Mr Fisher
Mra. Harding
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California
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Misa Nelson
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Hatfield
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Free Morse and Sons
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