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February 26, 1927

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FARM LEADERS WILL FIGHT; Will Make Coolidge Veto an Issue in Electing Party Delegates. OPPOSE ANY CONSERVATIVE Threaten an Alliance With Low Tariff Advocates to Demand Farm Plank in Platform. CHANCE FOR DAWES IS SEEN Longworth Also Discussed as a Compromise Nominee in Contest Between West and East. FIGHT ON THE VETO BY FARM LEADERS

By Special to The New York Times

Discussion of possible candidates in contest of East and West because of Coolidge's veto of McNary-Haugen farm bill

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COOLIDGE APPROVES NICARAGUAN MOVE BY GREAT BRITAIN; He Sees No Objection to Dispatch of Cruiser as a Refuge for British Nationals. DIAZ TELLS TREATY TERMS Offers an Alliance, With Wide Control by Us of Military and Financial Affairs. ASKS LOAN OF $20,000,000 He Says Only Our Intervention Can Save Country From Spasmodic Revolutions. COOLIDGE APPROVES NICARAGUAN MOVE

By Special to The New York Times

Pres Coolidge sees no objection to dispatch of British cruiser as refuge for her nationals; British action denounced by Dr T S Vaca, Liberal agent in Wash

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Notable Births

Tom Kennedy (television host)

1927Tom Kennedy, American game show host and actor (died 2020)[†]

James Edward Narz, known professionally as Tom Kennedy, was an American television host best known for his work in game shows. Game shows Kennedy hosted included Password Plus, Split Second, Name That Tune, and You Don't Say!