President Coolidge Accepts Nomination at Memorial Hall
President Coolidge formally accepts the Republican nomination in Memorial Continental Hall. The address draws sustained applause as he outlines economic achievement, tax cuts, honest government, and strong defense amid a rapt audience with Secretary Hughes leading cheers. The note of common sense dominates as the greatest national asset.
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Coolidge
Memorial Continental Hall
White House
Hughes
Cal
Citas Facta
Charles G. Dawes
Post-Scripts: Disjointed notes on politics and society
A burst of断 fragmented, opinionated clippings spanning 1920s topics. References include Klank candidate loss in Arkansas by 5000 votes, socialist claims against capitalism, Faiphants of boxing, Red Cross aid to famine victims, sugar prices, bank robbery near Joliet, La Follette and presidential commentary, Leopold-Loeb case notes, and various foreign policy and cultural jottings.
Herriot Speeds Ruhr Evacuation Talks In London
London Aug 14 The German and French talks over Ruhr evacuation face deadlock yet show signs of flexibility as Herriot and Marx press for a one year delay or faster troop withdrawal. Stresemann communicates with Berlin as Kellogg denies involvement in an apparent ultimatum while the three leaders confer informally at Downing Street.
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London
A. P
Marx
Berlin
Ruhr
Ebert
Stresemann
Luther
M. Herriot
Mannheim
Dortmund
Rhineland
Cologne
Macdonald
Downing Street
Frank B. Kellogg
Crerman
Herriot
Theunia
Bonn calls league a den of iniquity in Germans eyes
Williamstown Mass Aug 14 Moritz Bonn German banker and financial expert declares the League of Nations a den of iniquity Germans oppose entering the league arguing Upper Silesia partition proves its injustice Versailles peace deemed unjust Armistice sacred to Germans disarmament pledged under arms compelled Entrance into the league deemed unacceptable. continued on fourth page
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League
Williamstown
Mass
League of Nations
Institute of Politics Today
Moritz J. Bonn
Upper Silesia
Germany
Versailles
Mary Pickford and Fairbanks in Barcelona Welcome Warps
Spanish exile reports that the King and Queen of Spain, just back from Rome, were met with a chilly reception in Barcelona while Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks drew massive civil demonstrations. Police protected the stars as the sovereigns left Barcelona.
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Paris
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Barcelona
Spain
Rome
Fairbanks
Mauretania Sets New Cherbourg to New York Speed Record
New York August 14 Mauretania arrives at quarantine after shattering records for the Cherbourg New York crossing. She completed the voyage in 5 days 3 hours 20 minutes with a best daily run of 642 miles and an average speed of 26.60 knots. The previous August 1922 record was 5 days 9 hours 20 minutes. The Leviathan had the westward best at 5 days 7 hours 20 minutes.
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New York
Cherbourg
Majestic
Leviathan
Runaway Engine Kills 9 in Oporto Express
Nine people were killed and many injured when the Madrid express engine uncoupled and crashed into the Oporto express outside Lisbon Portugal. The wreck occurred on August 14 as the engine detached and collided with the train.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Madrid
Head of Leopold Loeb Case Weakens Defense on Mental State
In Chicago Aug 14 judge Caverly heard Dr Archibald Church say there was no evidence in the Leopold Loeb compact of defective mentality. Darrow pressed the witness arguing brain and emotion, with Church noting intellect and emotion reside in the brain.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Nathan F. Leopoli, Jr
Richard Loeb
John R. Caverly
Archibald Church
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Doctor
Dr. Church
Prendergast
Carter Harrison
Acceptance Address Strikes Balance of Peace and Prosperity
The speech lauds wartime gains in foreign policy and finance, praises skillful administration under Hamiltonian traditions, and defends restricted immigration and tariffs. It pledges enforcement against corruption, endorses enterprise over nationalized control, tax reform, and education over child labor, while affirming peacetime goals and nonparticipation in the Permanent Court.
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Hamilton
America
Permanent Court of International Justice
Girl Cut By Glass In Radio Quarrel
An 88 year old woman, Dorothy Murphy, was seriously cut by falling glass after a radio antenna dispute between neighbors near 2430 Second Street Northeast. Arthur Cole had cut a wire on 2425 Second Street Northeast, causing the pole to fall onto the Murphy home. The incident occurred while a bath was in progress. Dr. S. L. Battles treated the girl and said her condition was not serious. Also mentioned are plans for American round the world fliers from Iceland with U S Navy support if weather permits.
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Dorothy Murphy
Second Street
Lewis Hedges
Murphy
Arthur B. Cole
Hedges
Cole
Murphys
Dorothy
5S. L. Battles
Montgomery
Reykjavik
Ireland
Rya
Iceland
Greenland
United States
Richmond
Thomasr P. Magruder
Reid and Billingsley
Test Mobilizations Reported in Ulster
Belfast reports today that a test mobilization of the special constabulary in Strabane district County Tyrone and elsewhere was in progress. Col Spender, secretary to the Ulster cabinet, said that if such a test occurred it was per orders of a local officer. He stated it was not Ulster Cabinet policy to create border unrest.
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Special Constabulary
Strabane
County Fyrone
Col. Spender
Ulster Cabinet
Ulster Kabinet
Leviathan Steamship Propllers Damaged by Sea Water
Boston August 14 An inspection of the steamship Leviathan in drydock shows two propellers damaged with a blade missing each Naval men say chemical action of ocean water on manganese propellers caused the blade breaks The Leviathan will sail from New York Saturday evening
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Boston
Leviathan
New York
Bank Robbery by Six Masked Men Near Joliet
Six masked bandits held up the First National Bank of Lockport near Joliet on Aug 14 and forced officers to the vault. They compelled cashier Daly to fill a sack with currency and silver. The robbers escaped with about $24,000 in currency.
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First National Bank
Lockport
Kness
Apl Daly
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