Battleships Train For Precision At April Target Practice
The Atlantic Fleet conducted annual target practice off Chesapeake Bay from April 1 to 10 with twenty battleships led by the Connecticut. Reports say targets were destroyed at long range, with spotters and range finders coordinating fire as torpedoes and big guns tested aboard dreadnoughts Florida Utah North Dakota Delaware Michigan and others.
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United States
Congress
Atlantic
Chesapeake Bay
Connecticut
Osterhaus
Florida
Utah
North Dakota
Delaware
Michigan
Texas
Navy Department
San Marcos
Bureau of Information
Incidents Before the Republican Contest at Chicago Coliseum
Chicago summer scenes show photographers swarming Senator Dixon and Col Cecil Lyon as Roosevelt allies mingle with Taft forces. Delegates, committee men and bell boys jockey for positions amid joking bids and partisan banter in the Coliseum annex.
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Chicago
Senator Dixon
Roosevelt
Dick—Taft
National Committee
Coliseum Annex
Mr. Dixon
Mr. Dick
Joe
Charley
Joseph Kealing
Indiana
Lucius C. Littauer
New York
Page
State House
Alabama
Blank
Rules Committee
America
Cécil Lyon
Colonel Lyon
Dark Horse
Murphy backs Sherman for vice presidency in 1932
Former New Jersey governor Franklin Murphy joins the national committee without a running mate this year and voices support for Vice President Sherman to seek renomination. Murphy notes a strong current in favor of Sherman and hints the eastern pick is likely.
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Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
National Committee
Murphy
Sherman
Taft Campaign Song Draws Smiles From Roosevelt Delegates
Roosevelt press bureau brings a campaign tune to Congress hotel parlor where Taft supporters react with smiles. The chant mocks Teddy and Lincoln era politics while delegates like A. M. Stevenson and Hawaii's Prince Cupid mingle with heavyweights. Taft yells vary from mourning to jubilant as campaigns gear up.
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Roosevelt Press Bureau
Washington
Taft
Casey Jones
Teddy
Hawaii
Congress Hotel
Prince Kalanionaole
Prince Cupid
A. Rice
H. L. Holstein
A. Horner
8. Parker
Mark Hanna
Prince
Roosevelt
Congress
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Valvo Fromm
Afgatr
Umderwiod
N.Y
John Burk
Annex
J. M. Dixon
Montana
Michigan Avenue
Dixon
A. B. Butler
Boston
Cecil Lyon
Yoakum County
Wilson
Charles Hilles
Blackstone Hotel
William H. Taft
Hilles
Borah
Senator Borah
Idahos
Jonah K. Kalanianaole
Cupid
Coliseum
the Treasury
Judson Lyon
Georgia
Urey Woodson
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Woodson
Gunfire
Abe Lincoln
Washington Town
A. M. Stevenson
Colorado
Denver
Stevenson
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