Mellon 79 votes loom at Republican convention in Kansas City
In Kansas City today Andrew Mellon secretary of the treasury and Coolidge confidante loomed as the likely hinge of the GOP convention fight over Hoover and the Pennsylvanian delegation. The scene showed strong interest as delegates gather with Hoover favored by some blocs while Mellon remained kept at arm’s length.
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White House
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Indiana
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Charles Hills
New York
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Connecticut
Borah
William E. Borah
Idaho
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Hoover Likely Nominee as Coolidge Sign Looms Over Ballot
Kansas City June 1 President Coolidge’s sign or its absence could decide the Republican nomination. Hoover appears the likely first ballot choice unless Coolidge declares against renomination. Mellon and the Pennsylvania delegation looming as pivotal signals. The suspense builds as delegates weigh a potential Coolidge message versus Mellon’s possible Hoover support.
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Mark Sullivan
Kansas City
Hoover
President Coolidge
Mr. Coolidge
Coolidge
Mellon
Coollidge
New York Herald-Tribune
Farmers Caravan Heads for Republican Convention
Iowa farm writers report Hoover allied crowds as banners fly and auto caravans roll toward Kansas City for the GOP convention. Minnesota delegates arrive. North Dakota Governor Sorlie complains Nebraska’s McMullen “run out” on the march, while McMullen defends his absence as necessary for supplies. Nebraska and North Dakota farmers anticipate thousands in city arrivals with plans to press for McNary Haugen relief.
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Chicago
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Courier delivery by 5 30 each day in city
The Courier will be delivered to homes before 5 30 each day. If the paper is late due to carrier error or other cause, residents should call the office. All orders must reach the office before 6 16 p m.
Men Who Are Making Waterloo By Bruce F Gates
Bruce F Gates leads Gates College as head and has trained about 15 000 students since its 44 year founding. The institution ranks among Iowa’s top commercial schools and Gates is active in Waterloo civic life as a Greater Waterloo association director, civil service commissioner, church trustee, and Upper Iowa University trustee.
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Waterloo
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Iowa
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Greater Waterloo Association
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Flrst! Methodist Church
Upper Lowa University
Bruce F Gates Active in Rotary and Local Education
Bruce F Gates has long served in Waterloo Rotary, including vice president, president, and board member, and was district governor for Iowa's seventh district. He attended the Rotary international convention in Ostend as district delegate. Gates College, organized in 1884, now enrolls about 900 day students and 75 night students in bookkeeping and accounting while offering orchestral, public speaking, and basketball extracurriculars. Gates has held leadership roles in commercial teachers associations and contributed to accreditation standards for midwestern business schools.
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Iowa
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Business College
Midwestern
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National Association of Accredited Commercial Schools
Upper Town University
Fayette
Stark
Bruce
UAGES REFORM IN MEDICAL SYSTEM
Minneapolis June 11 The American Medical Association delegates hear recommendations from the association council of medical education and hospitals led by Dr Arthur Dean Boyan to push immediate action against medical practice by institutions and corporations and to demand elimination of substandard medical schools and the classification of all hospitals in the United States The council warns medicine is a business not a profession and urges terminating schools and hospitals that pay teachers salaries while accepting patients on condition that fees go to the institution
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American Medical Association
Association Council of Medical Education and Hospitals
Arthur Dean Boyan
Chicago
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Slays Wife and Two Daughters Then Kills Himself
In Marquesse Wisconsin a man named August Pahl, 41, killed his wife and two daughters Eleanor 9 and Betty May 5 weeks old with bullet wounds in their burning home. A revolver was found near Pahl’s body, indicating he ended his own life after the killings.
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Betty May
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Legion Presents $100,000 Town Community Building
The American Legion post in Town City Iowa presented a $100,000 community building to Iowa City today. Berry Halden of Albia, vice commander of the Iowa American Legion, presided at the cornerstone laying ceremony on June 11.
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American Legion
Iowa City
Berry Halden
Albia
Towa American Legion
Ten Years Ago in the Service
Harry Foster recalls a decade past at sea aboard a U S transport Wilhelmina sailing New York to Bom eau s and Brest. He mentions submarine scares and sinking mines while making six round trips to move troops after the armistice, following a year as a pharmacist’s mate at Great Lakes before joining the transport service.
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Sam
Wilhelmina
New York
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Brest
Foster
Bordeaux
Great Lakes
Self Sacrifice Is Urged on Graduates
Ames Iowa June 91 UP I Self sacrifice is useless unless backed by culture Rev Carl S Patten Chicago Theological Seminary declared in his baccalaureate sermon yesterday to the graduates of Iowa State College He classified as binglers both the incompetent man who lives for everyone else and the man who is just a monument to culture and who fails to practice self sacrifice
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UPI
Carl 5. Patten
Chicago Theological Seminary
Iowa State College
Fifty-Seventh Commencement at Iowa State College
In Ames on June 11, 465 degrees were awarded at the fifty seventh commencement of Iowa State College. Local undergraduates received 382 degrees and the remainder graduated in professional and honorary categories. President R M Hughes delivered the commencement address.
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Ita
Towa State College
R. M. Hughes
Hoover backer Wilbur calls Hoover GOP nominee frontrunner
Naval Secretary Curtis Wilbur, riding a Chicago Great Western train near Waterloo, predicts Herbert Hoover will likely secure the Republican nomination. He sees farm relief as a key issue, notes Congress has yet to pass a farm relief bill, and hopes for action in the coming session. He reminisces about hometown ties and invites the reporter to visit Washington.
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Courier
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Jamestown
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Dawes Nominated Mentioned for President in Ohio Vignette
A compact era reminiscence from YU Ohio recounts admiration for Dawes as a presidential contender. The speaker recalls earlier ties with Dawes and similar figures in Lincoln Nebraska noting Dawes’s leadership traits akin to Roosevelt.
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Lincoln
Neb. 1
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Roosevelt
Delegates Arrive for Iowa State Labor Convention
About 150 delegates came to the thirty sixth annual Iowa State Federation of Labor convention with another 150 expected, opening sessions set for 30 a m at 312 Fourth Street East. The gathering runs four days with discussions on primary election law changes, shorter work days, and grievances among building trades.
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Fourth Street
Michael Sherman
Des Moines
State Federation
Lewis
J. C. Lewis
Sear
Marshalltown
Town City
Sioux City
Burlingtom
Ocean Flyers 10 Start Tomorrow in Europe Flight
Wilmer Stultz Louis Gordon and Amelia Earhart announce plans for a dawn takeoff in the monoplane Friendship tomorrow to fly to Europe if weather holds. Fog and rain delayed this morning but clearing conditions over the Atlantic were reported as Mabel Still on land. Charles A. Levine, owner of the Columbia, cancelled plans for a takeoff due to unfavorable weather over the Atlantic.
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Louis Gordon
Amelia Earhart
Mabel
Charles A. Levine
Columbia
Mabel Bol
Occas
Mrs Verne Marshall Dies in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Frances Marshall wife of Verne Marshall managing editor of the Evening Gazette and Republic dies in Cedar Rapids after a 10 day illness from pneumonia following a minor operation. Daughter of the late Prof Edward O Fisk of Leander Clark College Toledo Iowa born in Minneapolis resided in town since childhood survived by four daughters and her mother and husband.
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Evening Gazette
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Marshall
Edward O. Fisk
Leander-Clark College
Toledo
Minneapolis
Mellon Arrival Intensifies Draft Movement Tide
Everett Sanders arrived in Kansas City carrying hints from the White House amid silent lines on President Coolidge’s availability. Hoover and Mellon supporters push for early first ballot action while Coolidge factions in New York and Connecticut weigh their lines and seek White House guidance.
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Everett Sanders
Coolidge
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