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CLEVELAND. June 12
Mr. Knox’s nomination for the VicePresidency at the Republican Convention occurred to-day, promptly after Mr. Vandenberg, who was Governor Landon’s choice for his running-mate, addressed a letter to the Convention, asking that his name be withdrawn. A dozen aspirants for the position were put to nomination by zealous friends, but while the stream of orator/ continued, behind it. tho party leaders went about the business of choosing between Vandenberg and Knox, the former’s relinquishment making possible the selection of the Chicago publisher at the first ballot, without a single dissenting vote. The Convention then adjourned, sine die, after a telegram from Governor Landon was read, stating that “tho road would lead to victory in November.’’
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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 June 1936, Page 7
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