Political climate shapes Coolidge tenure in new era
Washington dispatch analyzes the developing 1920s Republican landscape. It weighs Hiram Johnson’s influence, Coolidge's control, and Harding’s death, arguing leaders seek balance to avoid tipping the nomination in either direction. The piece notes Johnson’s persistent strength and the provisional preference for Coolidge if events unfold favorably.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Johnson
Hiram Johnson
Aegainst Coolidge
Jompons
Roosevelt
Hughes
California
Yarding
Harding
Coollage
Apublican Party
Romihee
Coptiane Jonette
Delivery by 5 30 For Courier Subscribers
The notice promises home delivery before 5 30 p m. If the paper is late due to carrier error or other cause, readers are instructed to call 5100 and a copy will be sent. The deadline for notification appears to be 6 30 p m.
Will Keep Eye on Reparations Board Activities
Philadelphia report notes James A. Logan succeeds Rowland W. Boyden as the American unofficial delegate to the Allied Reparations Commission in Paris. Logan, previously on the French General Staff in 1914, later served with Belgian relief and near east relief efforts and was chief assistant to Herbert Hoover.
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Philadelphia
James A. Logan
Rowland W. Boyden
Boston
Allied Reparations Commission
Paris
Logan
Herbert Hoover
U S Asks Cuba to Halt Rail Merger
The United States urged Cuba to postpone action on a proposed consolidation of Cuban railroads until full study and consideration. Americans with large holdings in Cuba view the merger as confiscatory and seek U S protection of their rights. Secretary of State Hughes sent a note to Havana through the Cuban legation as Crowder, the American ambassador, conferred at the State Department.
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International News Wire
Washington, D. C
United States
State Department
Cuba
Enoch E. Crowder
Hughes
Havana
Crowder
Wheat prices rise on weather reports at Chicago Board of Trade
Wheat prices advanced to 1.0038 dollars on the Chicago Board of Trade as unfavorable weather reports across the wheat belt dampened prospects. September wheat had traded below one dollar for several weeks.
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Chicago
Apg
Chicago Board of Trade
Coolidge Seeks Plan to Prevent Coal Shortage
President Coolidge works on a policy to keep coal bins filled this winter. The plan centers on no strike and a joint meeting of anthracite operators and miners. He dispatched George Otis Smith to Gloucester to confer with John Hays Hammond and awaits cabinet briefing.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
George Otis, Smith
U.S. Coal Commission
Gloucester
Mass
John Hays Hammond
Hammond
Smith
White House
Washington
Boy Driver Wanted for Manslaughter (international)
Evans A Poore, 22, Chicago driver, faces possible charges of manslaughter after his car killed Madelyn Bavers, 16, and hurt Aileen Butler, 15, both of Fond du Lac Wisconsin, while the vehicle’s ownership traced to Lawrence Obrastka of Chicago. Poore’s mother says she did not know he had a car and he has disappeared. Several other reporting items note two women killed in Denver, a pastor killed in Helena, a minister hurt in Omaha, and youths killed in Delt Monte California in separate incidents.
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Evans A.poore
Chicago
Madelyn Bavers
Aileen Butler
Elty
Banty
Hurt
Lawrence Obrastka
South California Boulevard
Poore
Calumet Avenue
City of Superior States Gasoline Prices Rise and Fall
Chicago reports widespread gasoline price reductions driven by state actions and market pressure. South Dakota governors and other state leaders advocate 16 cents per gallon at state-owned stations, while private refiners face bankruptcy risk. Nebraska and Minnesota governors push for lower prices, with truck deliveries in Minneapolis offering 12 to 19 5 cents per gallon. Oregon authorities consider coordinating with South Dakota to study statutes for state countermeasures.
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Associated Press
Chicago
South Dakota
Middlewest
W. TL McMaster
Dallas
Texas
Houston
Nebraska
C. W. Bryan
Len Smell
Illinois
Standard Oil Company
Kentucky
W. P. Morrow
St. Paul
Minn
Minneapolis
G. Rey Hill
Minneapolis Automobile Club
California
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Rockies
Audbrey G. McGuire
Bartles-McGuire Oil Company
George F. O'Neil
O'Neil Oil & Paint Co
Oklahoma
Simaller
Omaha
Neb
Works- Herald
Oregon
Salem
Ore
Walter Pierce
Girl Dies From Bite of Rattlesnake Near Farmington
Keokuk Iowa August 13 Minnie Alberta Woodward twelve years old living three miles from Farmington Ja died early yesterday from a rattlesnake bite. While playing on a mattress in the yard she stepped off onto a coiled snake and was bitten on the ankle. She cried out and fainted on the porch. A doctor arrived about three hours later and the child died about four o'clock Sunday morning. A neighbor found another snake in the room and killed it. This is the third rattler killed in the neighborhood this summer.
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Keokuk
Minnie
Alberta Woodward
Farmington
Saturday Storm Causes Severe Heat Yet Little Damage
A severe electrical wind and rain storm Saturday night closed one of the hottest days of summer. Precipitation reached 1.47 inches per the government rain gauge at R. B. Slippy's residence. The month totals exceed four inches. Trees fell, chimneys and wires were damaged, and sewers flooded basements. The high reached 97 with high humidity making it feel hotter.
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R. B. Slippy
Mexico Mexico Negotiations Near End Despite Announcement Delays
Negotiations between the United States and Mexico over recognizing the Obregon government near completion with no results revealed until American commissioners John Barton Paine and Charles B. Warren return to Washington from Mexico City. Also reported is the death of Rev. Dr. Phillip Stafford Maxom in Springfield Massachusetts, aged seventy five, after health declines.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Mexico
Obregon
John Barton Paine
Charles B. Warren
Washington
Mexico City
State Department
Maxom
Springfield
Mass
Phillip Stafford Maxom
South Congregational Church
French Francs Hit Lowest Figure of Country History
New York reports on August 14 that the French franc slumped to a record low despite political developments in Europe. French bonds fell as well with 7 percent bonds down, while sterling and other European currencies moved modestly.
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New York
Europe
Reach Runes
Department of Same
Six Trainmen Die in Colorado Passenger Wreck
A headon collision near Fowler Colorado between Colorado and Southern No 609 from Pueblo and Santa Fe thru train from the east killed six trainmen and injured several including a baggage man from Kansas City and a Denver fireman. Relief trains and Fowler doctors were dispatched. locomotives were destroyed.
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Associated Press
Pueblo
Colo
Colorado & Southern
Santa Fe
Fowler
la Julita
Waleenburg
Traiamen
de Pension
Lane “Y. Pearson
Bal Unta
T. Schmaneh
Puebfin
G. H. Gray
Denver
E. B. King
Kansas City
B. T. Brown
Bur-leigh
Hirsch
G. J. Chewin
Miss Fear Brown
Wichita
Kan
la Junta
Miniature Cyclone Slashes Iowa Corn Yields
A miniature cyclone swept across southern Delaware county and northern Linn county near Ryan and Tyan Iowa on a Saturday night downing crops and damaging property. Corn yields fell to about 20 bushels per acre, the Savage Lumber grain elevator at Tyan was struck and destroyed, with losses estimated at 58 000 and 5 000 insurance. In Coggon unroofed houses, broken windows, windmills toppled, and uprooted trees. no injuries reported.
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Cedar Rapids
Delaware County
Linn County
Ryan
A. W. Savage Lumber Company
Tyan
Farmers in Midwest reject third party revolt claim
Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas, Republican wheat belt leader, said western farmers will not back a third party movement. He noted no widespread push seen in Kansas during his travels, despite talk of an agricultural revolt after President Harding's death and Calvin Coolidge's rise. Capper urged patience, hoping the new president proves friendly to farmers.
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Washington, D. C
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Senate “Farm Bloc
Wheat Belt
Middle-L
Harding
Calvin Coopidee
Capper
Minnesota
Liz
Britain Demands War Debt Payment in German Reparations Clash
The Aug 13 192? note from Britain shocks French circles by implying blame on France and Belgium for European chaos and linking reparations to U.S. debts. London readers say it signals a new, serious shift in policy with risks and cautious support.
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Lye Associated Press
Paris
Great Britain
Poincare
Althout
Quai d'Orsay
France
Belgiam
Germany
Tony
Belgium
United States
London
Graveert
Britain
Os Richt
the Times
Qebic
D Telegraph
Gloria Swanson to Be Out Again in 3 Weeks
New York August 13 Gloria Swanson moving picture actress after an operation for intestinal trouble at a private hospital here last Monday. It was said she would be able to leave the hospital in three weeks. The operation was necessary due to a breakdown from overwork. Pittsburgh Brooklyn Batteries Meat Smith and Deber.
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New York
Gloria Swanson
Americans Injured in Peking Typhoon
A tropical Yellow sea typhoon struck Peitaiho near Peking, injuring many Americans and wrecking scores of summer houses along the coast. The resort suffered extensive damage as the storm pounded the area today.
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Peking
Peitaiho
State Tax Levy Raised to 11.50 Mills in Iowa
Aug 12 Nes Moines says the state levy for this year rises to 11.50 mills, up 0.24 of a mill, per a state executive council bulletin. Ordinary government costs total 10.19 mills, with an extra 1.31 mills added for the first grocer bonus tax, bringing the full levy to about 11,165,000 dollars.
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Nes Moines
Gokiier
Granite Memorial Offer for Harding Mausoleum at Marion
Marion Ohio August 13 The Stone Mountain Monumental association offering granite from the mountain near Atlanta for a mausoleum to the late President Harding Mayor George W Neeley received a telegram from Atolling N Randolph president of the association stating the granite would form a feature of the memorial and that Harding showed interest in the enterprise The plan envisions a vast hall quarried from the mountain as his final resting place
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Marion
Stone Mountain Monumental Association
Atlanta
Marding
George W. Neeley
Atolling N. Randolph
Thesocation
Stone Association
Confederacy
Harding
Chinese official sentenced for mass poisoning plot at Hang Chow school
Hang Chow district court sentences Er Heng former student government head and cooks Chien Ah-iul and Pi Ho-Hong to death for plotting poison to cover a $200 shortage. The scheme killed 27 and sickened many students and teachers last February. Testimony said Heng bribed the cooks to steal poison and serve it in rice.
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Shanghai
Tsu- Er Heng
Hang Chow Normal School
Chien Ah-iul
Pi Ho- Hong
Hang Chow
Heng
Browne Opens Drive for Governorship on Beer Wine Platform
Chicago August 13 Leo O Neill Browne state representative began his campaign for governor today on a beer and wine platform. He said disrespect for the law is the greatest tragedy prohibition has brought to America and warned that this disrespect is more dangerous than the bootlegger poison flood.
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Chicago
Leo_ O'Neill Browne
America
Browne
Democratic Club
Wets
Turner
Berlin Cabinet Changes Amid Rioting Across Germany
A turbulent wave of clashes across German cities leaves scores dead or wounded as Communist and worker protests intensify. Stresemann forms coalition government amid economic chaos and food shortages as police guard shops and utilities falter.
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Germany
Gustav Strese Mann
German People’s Party
Cuno
Stresemann
Gustav Stresemann
Robert Schmidt
Hilferding
Radbruch
Colcma Eam
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