Morrow Wins New Jersey Senate Nomination in Wet vs Dry Clash
Dwight Morrow's overwhelming victory in New Jersey's Republican primary sets him up as a leading 1932 presidential hopeful. The win split the party over liquor policy, with Morrow advocating repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, while Fort remained dry.
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Edward W. Pickard
E. Jersey
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico
Franklin Fort
Joseph S. Freylinghuysén
Mr. Morrow
John A. Kelley
Morrow
Mr. Hoover
Stokes
New Jersey
Hibben
Princeton
Hoover
White House
Senate
Dwight Morrow
Blaine
Wisconsin
Obrrow
Fort
Anti-Saloon League
Maine
The
League
Democrats
Alexander C. Simpson
Minnesota
Byrd Honored on Return From Antarctic Quest
Admiral Richard E. Byrd arrived in New York aboard the City of New York to a marine pageant and ticker tape welcome. Mayor Walker’s committee and Grover Whalen led the parade as Byrd and his wife met crowds and received honors including an honorary degree from New York University. He then moved on to Washington for further ceremonies.
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Hoover
White House
National Geographic Society
Secretary of the Navy
Arlington National Cemetery
Byrd
Admiral Peary
Admiral Wilkes
Floyd Bennett
Washington Auditorium
Richard IF. Byrd
New York
Eleanor Bolling
Grover Whalen
Broadway
Walker
Admiral Byrd
Brown
New York University
Washington
Ambassadors and aviators mark sharp strides in 1930
Red ERIC M Sackett attacks high utility charges before the world power conference drawing objections from Samuel Insull. Dr Elmer Sperry noted as a gyroscope pioneer. In China the Nationalists and northern rebels clash with heavy casualties. Romania's prime minister claims King Carol’s return was planned by him with coronation slated for October. Brock and Schlee set cross continental non stop record Jacksonville to San Diego in under 14 hours, return push total 31 hours 58 minutes.
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Rederic M. Sackett
Berlin
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Insull
Hina
The
Orient
Tientsin
Lennox Simpson
Putnam Weale
Nanking
Filliam
Brock
Edward I. Schlee
America
Jacksonville
Fla
San Diego
Calif
Tallulah
Western Newspaper Union
Hopkinsons and Hopkinson define early American patriotism
The piece recalls Francis Hopkinson and his son Joseph Hopkinson, key figures in founding American symbols and song. It details Francis’s roles as signer of the Declaration, possible designer of the flag, and author of patriotic writings, plus Joseph’s congressional service and famed tune Hail Columbia. It notes their Philadelphia origins and enduring legacies for Independence Day.
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Philadelphia
Columbia
Joseph Hopkinson
Martha Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson
America
Admiralty
Hopkinson
University of Pennsylvania
College of Philadelphia
England
Lord North
Benjamin West
John Penn
American, Philosophical Society
New Castile
Bordentown
N. J
Continental Congress
New Jersey
Betsy Ross
Navy Board
Marine Committee
Congress
Board of Admiralty
United States of America
Treasury Board
Board of Treasurers
Auditor General
Commissioner of Accounts
Treasury
Benjamin Franklin
Battle of the Keys
David Bushnell
Delaware River
Bushnell
Washington
George Washington
United States
Pennsylvania
Llong
Boston
Jobs Quincy Adams
United States Court For
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Thomas Hopkinson
Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts
Americas Philosophical Society
John Adams
Adams
France
Great Britain
Fox
Harkinson
Gapkinson
New York
Francis Scott Key
New Republic
Western Newspaper Union
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West Point
Hurley
Army of Occupation
Trier
Sir Henry Cole
Ambassador Morrow
Thomas D. Schall
Theodore Christianson
John F. Selb
Winar Hoidale
Wallace H. White, Jr
Ralph M. Brewster
Borah
Tariff Commission
Hiram Bingham
Conn
Sidge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hiram Johnson
Johnson
Moses
Shipstead and Robinson
Indiana
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
Testheneer
Elmo Scott Watson
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