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TOLUME XXXIX
Calvin Coolidge Is Now President Of The United States
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grey blanket of fog which hung
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Mourning Today
Post ma* ter J. L. Hickson o( tEo
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San Francisco, August 3.— (Associated Press)—A nation today |
mourned the passing of its leader. ’ll
The American people from coast to coast and from lakes to gulf j
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ENTIRE NATION MOURNS HARDING’S DEATH
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through the fame of the man she
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and < praised in success.
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VACATION TRIP HAVE THE
DAILY REGISTER SENT TO
YOUR ADDRESS SO YOU CAN
KEEP UP WITH THE HOME
iews While away, there
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Jugular subscriber.
Plymouth, Vermont, Aug. 3.— (Associated Press)—Calvin Cool-
I idge took the oath as president in the living room of his father’s
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decessors.
Whatever else historians may say]
of him. there probably will be lit-
tle dispute that few chief executives
came to office in peace time facing
in his old
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Becomes President at 2:47 A. M.
Plymouth, Vt., Aug. 3.— (Asso-
ciate I Pre'ss.i — Vice President (
THE REV DR WILLIAM S. .
ABERNATHY, pastor of the Calvary memory.
Baptist Church, Washington, D. C., Legion members wii
the church Attended by President colors to be dipped tn
hMH
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idge quietly withdrew the t
ceremony which made him president.
His father read by the light of an
oil lamp on the table the impressive
words of the oath of office.
“I do Solemnly swear that I will
Harding Sensed Danger
Marion, 0., Aug. &-i-(By Cnited
Pre»?.i— President Harting had pre-
monitions of his death, Dr. George
F. Harding, Jr., his brother, said to-
“Warren evidently sensed danger,”
•aid Dr. Harding .
go'erncr Nov. 8. 1910.
Elected to United States Senate
No». 3. 1914. i
! Nominated for the presidency June
12. 1920.
draped Elected
les issued
ot counsellor rather than dictator, he)
• . fpeedilv removed anv doubt that his!
problems more complex in their na- Lft of- tience dpnoted anv Ucfc ofj_
ture or greater m number. . in- oncp he had a course charted, i
ternational affairs were unbalanced Thuj< hp toM wn that soldiers ,
as never before with many princi- kgisiation eithpr s)lould rarry.
pal settlements of the great war still, meang finaBt.ing or-be post- .
to be effected. At home the work( anrf when the , iHlator8^
or reconstruction had only just he ia advic#> fce mpdv vetoed
gun, with business depressed, agrij r ’
culture prostrate and unemployment, ........ ■—- !
Milestones in The
Life of Harding
withstood the shock of her husband's
“the
Her
the
will leave San
in for Washing
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King George Cables Condolence
London, Aug. 3.— U nited Press.)
— King George today cabled a rnes-
< sage; of condolence to Mrs. Harding.
i asaaasinated in April, 1885, juat a mornin® from Assistant pj sfwmrtor
month after his second inauguration. <general McKenzie Moes, ahich read*
ident Harding^ the flags on aH Fbd-
induction era I buildings should be placed at
i half mast until further orders.” The
! flag on the local building ha» been
lowered, and crepe *
south doors of the
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been al
■"ho also was in
nurses present did. all thev
but it avaihal nothing.
The president had fought and "on
one victory against, dis*a-e. but r
appeared in a more iti'i<lion- form
. and he lost the buttle.
Mrs. Harding was -.taiuiing t.li'
«h<xk well early today, but whether j
■ >he could -tand up i._ '
that pours d<»w.i u[«>n
sad journey back to Wa-hingt
made was another question.
»'io know her lw?t say
will.
When 'laan crept <■
tains and lighted up
aGte this morning almost all
arrangt men’s for the trip, ti
deet trails ee^itinentaj journey n: the.
history of the nation, had been
made. The trip will Im- start< <1
about 7 o’clock this evening ami
shouhj end at Washington Tuesday i
morning. From that point the ar -
rangements ha'e not been definitely
made, but it i? expected that tiie
body will lay in state in the rotunda
of the capitol where a sorrowing
people have offctimes before paid their
last respect to their leaders and
> heroes they have loved
The burial will be made at Manon.
Ohio^ the small Ohio city which Pres-
ident Harding made known around
the world liecause there,
and humble surroundings
gled upward until the American peo-
ple awarded him the highest gift
and paid him the greatest honor'
within their power to bestow.
President Harding was a man who
loved the ”homefolk>»” anil if he!
had had time to leave a parting word
last night it undoubtedly would;
have contained instructions that he
he buried in the town that knew
him as “Warren.” and w here he vailed1
most everybody by their first name.
1CALTHORP SEES SAFE1Y
IN PARACHUTES
London, Aug. 3.— (By Associated
I Press.)—Gathering his figures from
; all over the world. 'L R. Caltjejf
declares there * ere !*0 err^hes rf sir-
planes during the six months ipded
June 30. One Lumlred and per-
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l He died April 15, 1865. He~ was 56.
James. A. Garfield was shot aov-
i era! months after his 1------
into office in 1881 a«d lived to
make a fight of many weeks for his
life. Ub died Sept », MM. Ho waa
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under the uriet
hi r as the
on was
Those
that she
the room and tw<>, Kr.ul,^t.„
ton.
He will lie laid to rest
home town. Marion, Ohio— the coun I
11 try village which he raised fr->ni rural i
obscurity into national prominence. .
Before the final obsequies there. I
: w hich w ill mark his funeral, the pres- i
...... • boilv will probably lie in
; state in Washington.
General -John d. Pershing, who ar
rived here Wednesday night; Attor-
luj General Daugherty, who also
lame Thursday; Mrs. E. E. Items- j
berg. Harding's, sister, her husband ! started
an I two daughters will join th<* jdeiit-iwns eoiujerned about his health
mourners of the presidential train. Iail,|
Au army and navy guard was here !
and Iti enlisted men and two offi-
cers, representing the army and a
similar representation of the navy
tvjll accompany the )a>dy. The only
stop? will be those necessary to Chi-
i cage.
the president's coffin will be in
the last car of the crepe-shrouded
■ train which will
o’clock tonight,
sailors, re;
navy, which he commanded,
stand at attention at all times,
night the car will be lighted.
The body of the
, l»er where he died,
from poor
he strug-
] grimage across
Washington.
San Francisco over night had taken > 'J“n ’ nug. o.— ,oy j
on a garb of nwuring. When day- c'Bletl Press.)U-Mrs. Harding, it
light came the gay flags and bunting • annonuced in
which had lined Market street since
the president's arrival, were gone.
The hotel where the body lay—last
night resplendent in red, white and
blue—was draped in black.
The rays of the morning
American Legion
To Participate In )
Mourning Period)
* ■ ’ ! worn io DiuumiHjr
| . Indianapolis, Aug. 3.—(By United; ,-ounty, Ohio, Nov. 2. 1865.
-e-Alvin M. Owsley, national Began career aa i
commander of the American Legion, j^her Nov. 26. IBM.
today ordered posts of the veterans Elected to Ohio state
organization to participate in a pc- first political office, Nov. 6, 1898.
V ww ■»<- «• w .
J I Nov. 3, 1903.
to be
group.”
realized
were:
‘‘Lain not going to break down.”
'Lite statement said:
“Mrs. Harding, who frouuthe be
ginning of the president’s illness had
j expressed complete confidence in his
Father Grief Stricken recotery. did pot break down.
. larion, Ohio, August 3—An aged I the other hand, she continued
“n, his proud heart grief-wrung by | bravbst member of the group.
... which came like an awful dream j "When it Was realized th..
I quarters for
several days as the \\ bile House of-
.... ,i are undergoing extensile' n
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well as national
concern had turned to her and said,)
a not going to break down?
‘‘The suddenness with which the
end came was shown by the fact that I
only Mrs. Harding and the two)
nurses, Misses Ruth Powderly and
Sue Daussed, were , in the room at
the time.
“Airs. Harding, with her charac-i
teristic faithfulness and constant
tenderness, was reading to the presi-
dent at the time.-’
lident N<n . 2. 1920. J
March < 1921.
;A :a(. I
1 Pros. >- Pi-ctd ut
' adds new complexe?
i cal situation wiihin th -
! party and undoubtedly w
T. , , , , I leaching reflection in the
thr<«£11 «. telephone com j convcntioI1 of next vear
municati-jn with Washington that , ]t probjll,)v win
term wlmt many
the vice presnlent obtained the- exact < to mcrch u
form of oath w hich the ^.tution ( into a the
requires the president to take »po» pubUcail pre8ideutia| ..X.ination with
assuming office. Then in the pres- 8tal^ortll M,n8..r,ative 1{rpubli.
enee qf Mrs. Coolidge Congressman | (.an f<woes aIi („( tJ)e c J 8id„
Porter Dale and a httle party of; a„d d|e fon*/repn.^ntod by
friends and acquaintances Mr. Cool- kadenj 8s j.,huH<,n of» c„,.
idge quietly w ithdrew the smipb-, .forni Borah of Id<ho UF
ceremony which made him president.! i_14 c of| o(bcr
Six months ago the renna
of President Hanlitig with’
substantial contest seemed assured.
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Washington, Aug. -V Here were]
the milestones in Warren G. Harding s]
life:
Born in Blooming Grove, Morrow'
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Death Came Without Warning
President Harding’s Headquarters.
Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Aug. 3.
—President Warren G. Harding died
instantly and without warning last
night at 7.30 o’clock. Pacific coast
time. Death came to the chief ex-
ecutive while he was conversing with
members of his family and, according
to an official statement issued by
physicians, was apparently due to
some brain evolvement, probably an
- apoplexy. The end caane so suddenly
' that members of the official party
could not be called. It came after a
day which had been described by
._ sun were
| shielded from the mourning city bv
The trip gruss’the continent "iU
be made on the same train that car ]
ried the chief executive, a well.'
happy anil hopeful man. to the Pacific
coast.
in office.
natural death.
.William Henry Harrison died ex-1
I actly one month after he was in;(
augurated on March 4, 1841. Death
came of natural causes April 4. 1841.
He wag 68.
Zachary Taylor died after he had
served more than a year from his
inauguration in 1848. He died a
I natural death, July 9, 1850. He wa*;
65. ’ • v. *>•
President Abraham JJaeoln waslk**! office received a telegram thi«
to “liis father’s
oath of office,
old. unshaven and wore
when he
, - the historic ceremony. The extraor ] ; - ~-
Coolidge was deeply moved1 ,!i,mr.v ceremony was eua.ted in the; p^Md;;ntfalr t,;rkiH1,
, . p .-i . -1 -I . parlor of the family home by the - - ■ ■
upon hearing of the president s demise. ; light of an oil lamp, and th; oath)
, - ------ 7. ,—. pairs
! The w itnesses were Mrs. Coolidge,'
! Porter D. Dale, of \ ermont; L. L.
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' Association of New 1
Joseph McInerney, chauffeur.
denly Thursday evening at the Palace Hotel j chief executive,
i in San Francisco.
I lli- pr ^idebit's brother cited the
sale o' the Marion Star, purchase of
the <)!d Divkefeon homestead in Mor-
j row jcouiity ind making of a new
j will shortly li?fore the western trip
j ----,»1 as evidence that the presi-
Remaina Leave Frisco Today '" ws which came iikc an aw tut dream | “When it Iwas realized that the
in the ninght. lay on a couch in his i president had actually passed away,
Pahue Hotel. San Francisco. Aug.. East Central street home and mourn- she turned to those m*the room whose
3.—(Lnited Press.) The president is’led the loss of his “boy.”
dead! ” ’ ’ ~
Death persistently fought by medi-1 first man to see his son sworn in
cal science struck suddenly with no j president qf the United States, the
warning at 7..‘M) o’clock last night. i death of Warren G. Harding is
The president was definitely on the j grave personal as
road to recovery from ptomaine i tragedy.
k poison, acute indigestion and a pneu- ! Attendants said the aged physi- I
mouic infection which followed them. ; ciaii was near a break down. In-I
i’ But death found a wav through ■ formed by newspaper men shortly be- |
- the armor—it struck into the brain fore midnight of his president son’s I
I with apoplexy, and without struggle I sudden death. Dr. Harding immedia |
or word and with only a shudder of tely recognized the full purport of j
his weakened frame and raising of 1 the message. He sank to his bed'
one han!, the nation’s head passed I mumbling: “Boys, this is terrible;
beyond. boys, this is terrible! My—my War-
. ren has gune.”
!* A few minutes later after a group
’ of close friends had gathered in the
! Harding home to comfort him in his
grief, Dr. Harding said, “Warren had
the interest of his country at hand.
'There never has been a president since
i Abraham Lincoln who has had the' 1
i interest of the country at hand like i
| Wai ren.”
Accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge.
Congressman Dale, and two federal
] employes impressed for secret sen-
vice service duty, the president left by
’ "■ ,for Rutland at 7.34 a. m.
. fleet , l''«t <‘l fress.i-Mce rrmuvm '.^“‘lon his way to Washington. His
, job at such a time. Preaching upoiii had become upon the treasure. His] t«’li lge became president Uie , father agp 7S> declined to accompany
( every occasion the doctrine of Am- greatest gingfe effort in the field cf I L stat«8 at ' “• , a? i the new Iv -sworn-in president. Neigh
iricanism he set his face resolutely j doniegtic legislation was in. behalf ea8teni 8ta.nd“r.d ’!me .u ,en. “e lO° l»ors from Plymouth and nearbv
against ‘entangling alliances”.[ of tbig nieafiure. | the oath of office in the living room t()w,n!< gathen?d to wi|dl thc pregi.
dent God speed. Au army of news-
paper men and photographers in-
vaded quiet Plymouth. Between tak
ing the oath of office and starting
for Rutland. President a.id Mrs. ( >61-
idge retired for a brief rest.
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(xop... Death of Harding
A messenger who had hastened here ; Adds Complexes To
om Bridgewater, the nearest tele-i rxi’’ i
aph office, brought word of the i z OlltlCSli
adversity
Before -he'
•■ould arise from her chair Mr. Hard-,
ing collapsed in his bed tand shej
. i tislwd to the door < ailing tor ph v-]
sicians to <-oine quickly.
Brigadier General Sawyer. chief .
of the staff of physicians, who ha? i 7naihm \viII Is- place.! alxmrd a spe-
- ttemling the ehie£ exacutne, t.iaJ ,r;|i|1 whj,.h ■ -
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could.
Elected lieutenant governor of Ohio ( |
All Legion post members along the) Defeated Republican candidate for
route of the funeral train from San --------—- **— “ 1A,A 1
Francisco to Washington will as-
semble at the railroad stations to
pay silent tribute to the president’s
and in the territory beyond the seas bowed their heads in grief for!
their president was dead. In the early hours of last evening after a i
day which had brought renewed hopes of recovery, death came
suddenly and struck down Warren G. Harding with a stroke of i
cerebral apoplexy.
The end came without even a second of warning at 7.30 o’clock, i
There was no time to summon additional physicians; no time to.
call the members of his official family and no time for medical'
skill to exercise its knowledge. It was all over in the twinkling of i
eye and it left the nation and the world shocked with grief.
Mrs. Harding, the constant com-
l>a.nion of her di?tinguishi d husband ^-n^rv-u-u--r
was faithful until the end. She was ■ Tonight they will take Warren G.
Hading to him a few minutes Is’fore) Harding’s laxly home—back to the
White House where he lived and
worked us the chief magistrate of
the jM’opte who today, shocked beyond
expression by his death, mourned for
him and’with his wife, after the sim-
ple private funeral services in the '
presidential suite i i the Palace
Hotel, where he took to his bed on
bundav morning. The president's re-
newspa per pub-
seuate, hi* r
j President Harding was the sixth ,
j president of the United States to die sons were v. »!-?*-• aUbSew®.
i in office. He was the third to die a! and 04 were inj i-.sl.
x t j. xl Calthorp save it ia only by th*
introduction of parachutes, and the
capable use of them, that fatabtiea
can be materially reduced.
Oath Is Given To
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M follows. “Out of reaped to Pres
ise was further
exemplified in liisl continual pounding
for economy in public expenditures ]
gre.-»ff pass the merchant marine aid
. :n —.-xij view to curtailing the
1 affaire. He intervened in a dis-
! pute between congress and the treas-
> ury as to the form general tax re- ]
] vision was 1
by him to be not inconsiderate, a.nd|majn with i
so America under his guidance had hnlf a billion in Hie nation’s tax bur-'
r. '
i from
graph office
president's death to Mr. Coolidge. i
To Mrs. Harding the vice president j
and Mrs. Coolidge joined in sending i
the following telegriim:
t^Ve offer you our deepest sym-
pathy. May Xxood bless you and keep
you.”
It was through
Possession presikntial Lome
the White House probably will
■ j lie lHRt-11 OVC1 num
Lngland. a,H*;yir. Harding’s funeral.
k.i 114 rAilv . _
man, I
m-ws which came like
in the ninght. lay on
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The president is’ cd the loss of his “boy.’’
For to Judge P. Harding. 80. the)
i as
Likewise, his counsel settled the
long controversy between the house
and senate on the question of
American valuation in the tariff
proposed in its place a
tariff arrangeent under
the tariff committee was
authority with his approval
increase or lower rates within
| Along with the proffer of counsel! prescribed limitations. Upon signing
in effecting world settlement went the bill, the president declared it
, v. t American rights constituted the greatest tariff re-
he had been free from discomfort - • • .... i
and there was every justification for
i anticipating a complete recovery.
Warren G. Harding brought to the
presidency an infinite patience and.
kindness in dealing with public ques-
tions and meli. which enabled him to
handle the' problems of government
without the stress and worry
had handicapped many of his pre-) titled in simple justice, and tliat she) college
1 The oath was administered by his father,,Joan C. Cool-
! idge, a notary public. Within an hour after word of the deatn of
1 President Harding had been received, a telephone had b?en install-
ed in Coolidge’s home, and in a message from Washington, the
exact form of the oath was learned. In a clear voice Coolidge
' repeated: “I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the
office of president of the United States and I will, to the best of
my ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the
i United States.” He added the words "So help me God.” Witnesses
j were his wife, his secretary and six others.
Plymouth, Vt., Aug. 3.— (By United®'1’JU-IWJ'u'Lr-
Press.I—.Vice ITesident Calvin O<*>l-l faithfully execute the office of pre*
i idge is president of the United j jjent of the Unite! (States air! 1
States. He took the oath of office'wm the !»est of my ability pre
here today. The oath was taken injgcrve, protect and defend the cunsti-
, private, jn the old farm house oi > tntion of the United States.”
his father here. i yfr. Coolidge calmly and cooly re-
Mr. Coolidge was formally noti-! S|K,nded the words and adde-l, “fco
. fied of President Harding's death in|be)p me g<k1.”
a joint telegram fretm Attorney Gen-; ------
cral Daugherty. Secretary Work. Washington. Aug.
Secretary Wallace apd • Secretary |
Hoover. It was only » few minutes j arrjva] bcrc tonight
after receipt of this formal notifica-j) ome temporarily at
tion that the vice president retired I ;ard lM)tel. where he resided -hiriujL
' house and took the ■ mosr of hi# v-(.c pn.8|(tenttal term.
His father. 78 years have offices there and also
no collai; jg expected to u4 his.vice presidcr.-
tepjied befoite^his s°n ^oritial suite in the senate office build
! ing and capitol. These yiay be the
I quarters for
. parlor of the family home by the
), ,. 1. a x-. £ x. 11 IxLiw „ z 1 4 lx z.<x 4 n
was taken on the old family Bible.
l.ane. president nf the Railway ^adjbe taken over until some time after
iricanism he set his .x ...
• entangling aHiances”.) “^“thU measure. ~~ """ | the oath of office in the living room ]
wounds of the world. P | Pute ,bet;ee" andr ‘ I nient had ‘d his grief in the
Helped Solve World Problems. i vision^wjw toetakemandnthe program : I’as’'lllg ot.l,1!i “*c,,ll‘‘t and ^leiul and
That influence was once declared; pe'apnroved wa, carried out in^ the carrying ou e po kj
........„z„ __j!ne apPro'ea was.cainea out in tnei vhidl h(. tor lhe 3ervlcv of the
. j , -i k j —.........1 a redl»ct>on of more than k k ueonle ”
America under his guidance had baif o x;ninn ;« ii,n »<>f>/>»*« f a v hllF- i * . ... . •
i a part, silent though it was in the den
main, in effecting the settlements cfj
many vexing world questions. Its'
chief contribution was the Washing-i
ton arms conference at which the)
principal powers covenanted to limit] juw jjc
the size of their navies and thus lift! flexible
Brigadier General Sawyer, the presi-J from tax weary peoples the burden] wbjcb
dent’s personal physician, as the! of maintaining race for naval su 1 „;ven
“most satisfactory day the president) premaey. ' to u
hail had since his’ illness began.” The' Along with the proffer of counsel! nrPrf.r
physicians in a formal announcement
of the end. said that during the day) aIl insistence that American rights! constituted the g
‘ be recognized. In polished phrase.] form in Amerieaii History,
but with directness of e:\
that was not to be misconstrued,! stock.
the world-was given to understand Gl_ , ,
from the very first of the Harding ember 2, 1865, the son of a country
administration that the - 7 - —
States, freely respecting the rights most
fZ x, XL I
I self only that to which she was en-|
: chores
. - . -----p-i at Iberia
! could accept nothing else. ] school teaching far a vear. but hav-
i While in his dealings with eon-»jn£» bad a smen of printer's ink
gress, Mr. Harding prefered the rolej while sticking type for his 'college
ot counsellor rather than dictator, hei
Speedily removed any doubt that his] (Continued on Page Two)
Government Closed Today.
Washington,] Aug. 3.— (By United
here at 7 ! Press, i-1 The .United States govern-
•oldiers and1 “nut; today cljosed its doors out of
[^presenting the army and | re8P«J* t to the memory of President
;.!. l.e commanded,' will , Harding.
; After a conference between Secre-
jGiry Hughes aid Postmaster General
president lay to- i New-7 the only two members of the
day rolled in white in the bed chain |eabitiet in thu city—Hughc“ J
This afternoon ! orders closing All departments of the
will lx> in black for the long pil- ' go\ernment tor the day.
the continent
Mrs. Harding Bears Up Bravely
San Francisco, Aug. 3.— (By Asso-
- »«•
an official statement,
issued at 8.30 [o'clock last night, had
death and continued
bravest member of the
first] words when she
president had died,
.. xx. V Ule UIU.
rights) constituted
-xpreaskm | ^ir Harding came of hardy pioneer
l jk ^ag born at Blooming
rrove, Morrow eounty, Ohio. Nov-
United doctor, George T. Harding. , Like
. . 1 — ’ country boys he went to
of the other nations, as^ed for her-'country school between morning and
1 en l night chores and later attended
Ohio. He tried
I
How Mr. Harding measured up ic| the bill sent him.'
i the task before him must be left to] His tenacity of pur|xe
the historians, but his friends said] f-------1.:. ------
that coming to the presidency as hei jor economy in public expenditures;
did with an open mind, a desire fori and agajn in his insistence that con- '
counsel and an intimate knowledge] greS(f pass the merchant marine a'd
1 of the process of government acquired! wdb a view] to curtailing the
in his sen ices in the senate, ^‘’i continual drain j^hieh the operation
was the type of man needed for tlu|of the war.built commercial
Preaching upon; bad become upon the treasury,
rwfritio <aF Am-I i ac—a ai. _ I-
face resolutely j doniegtic legislation was in behalf
tbjg measure.
Likewise not ’ infrequently Mr.
t w as called upon to plav the j,
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Leonard, J. T. & Leonard, Joe M. Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 199, Ed. 2 Friday, August 3, 1923, newspaper, August 3, 1923; Gainesville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1311661/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cooke County Library.