Kansas City Wins Republican Convention
The 1925 Republican National Convention will meet in Kansas City starting June 12 after a 20 ballot vote among 7 cities. Kansas City gained the lead on the ninth ballot as San Francisco faded, with Hughes not a candidate. The convention will be at the Civic Auditorium, reappointing state vote totals and electing a temporary chair.
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National Committee
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Detroit
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Charles Evans Hughes
William H. Crocker
California
Auditorium
William Jennings Bryan
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Alabama
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New York
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Virginia
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Pershing Urges Aid for Farmers
General John J. Pershing told the American Farm Bureau that healthy farming is vital to national defense and should be elevated to prevent doom for small farmers. He warned prices must rise to cover costs, urged a national farm policy to curb competition, and called for conservation, flood control, waterways, shipping, and world markets to strengthen agriculture and the broader economy.
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Chicago
John J. Pershing
American Farm Bureau Federation
Pershing
General Pershing
State to Buy Road Markers for Highways
The State Purchasing Agent and State Engineer Cochran consider bids on forty five thousand road markers costing about $26,000. Adams Stamp & Stationery Co and Gopher Stamp & Die Co lead on most items with bids below others. Contracts likely split between them for items including U S shield signs and large stop signs, with railroad signs funded by a new state law.
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Cochran
Adams Stamp & Stationary Co
St. Louis
Gopher Stamp & Die Co
St Paul
U.S
Adams
Gopher
U. S
Missouri River
Platte and
Ihe
Salt Creek
Rescue Flight Fails to Reach Firefighters in Canyon
An LA aviation mission failed to locate fifteen men without food in a mountain canyon near Palm Springs where a forest fire burned. Dense smoke hindered sighting. A new air attempt is planned for tomorrow while two pack trains advance toward the Tanquitz valley, needing over two days to cover the 6000 foot climb.
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Los Angeles
Palm Springs
Tanquitz Valley
Incognito Trip Ends for Governor Fuller Abroad
Gov. Alvan T. Fuller returned to Boston from a three week secret tour in London and Paris. He traveled with his mother Mrs. Flora A. Fuller and Dr. Charles P. Sylvester as he sought quiet away from Sacco Vanzetti agitation and public duties.
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Boston
Alvan T. Fuller
London
Paris
Peter Bond
Flora A. Fuller
Charles P. Sylvester
Dennison supplies promoted by Bates Book and Gift Shop
Bates Book and Gift Shop carries the entire Dennison line and related materials for entertaining and craft use.
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Dennison
Bates Book and Gift Shop
Train Teachers in High School Wahoo Neb
Rural education in Nebraska hinges on the high school normal training program says G W Rosenlof director of secondary education He doubts elimination and urges two to four weeks of supervised rural practice for senior normal training students to better prepare them for teaching The state seeks a scheme for observation and graded participation with two days of rural school observation and 24 twenty minute practice periods under supervision
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Wahoo
Neb
Nebraska
G. W. Rosenlof
Nebraska Prep Leaders Face Four Problems at N H S A Meeting
Lincoln Dec 10 The Nebraska High School Athletic association faces four main problems at the annual meeting after a Friday night canvass of delegates. The issues include whether to adopt or reject the new con.
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Lincoln
Nebraska High School Athletic Association
Voters face bold constitutional and sports measures
The article notes refer endum questions on a new constitution and a 20 year athlete limit, plus a debate over the 1928 state basketball tournament. Officials avoid predicting outcomes, saying past meetings show anything can happen.
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