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G O P Big Show At Chicago Was A Masterpiece
Chicago coverage details the 1928 Republican National Convention nominating Hoover for president and Curtis for vice president. The piece highlights the scale of the event, roll calls, pro and anti prohibition clashes, key speeches by Butler and Ogden Mills, and the crowd dynamics at the Chicago Stadium.
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Chicago
Wright A. Patterson
Herbert Hoover
Charles Curtis
Borah
Cub
National Committee
California
James Scott
Oregon
Doctor France
Hoover
Coolidge
France
Blaine
Wisconsin
Senator Wadsworth
Massachusetts
Calvin Coolidge
Dawes
Curtis
Cago Stadium
Jess
Hoan
Lester Jesse Dickinson
Iowa
Senator Dickinson
Lke
Jones
Smith
Organization Committee
Representative Snell
New York
Maryland
Bingham
Connecticut
Prohibition
Maine
Kansas
James R. Garfield
Ohio
Garfield
Dr. Butler
Nicholas Murray Butler
Ogden Mills
Resolutions Committee