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February 19, 1928

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HOOVER FACES FIELD ORGANIZED IN OHIO WITH NEW ENTRANTS; Lowden, Watson of Indiana and Curtis Are Added as Second Choices to Willis. EXPECT CONVENTION TIE-UP Willis Also Looks to Getting Dawes and Lowden Strength in the Rural Districts. CAPITAL TOLD HOOVER GAINS New York, New Jersey and California Visitors Report--Burton Explains His Support. The Second Choices. Scheme of the Alliance. HOOVER FACES FIELD ORGANIZED IN OHIO Willis to Fight the League. SAYS IT IS HOOVER OR BOSSES. Burton Explains His Support-- Hoover Gains Elsewhere Told. Sees No "Indecency." When Burton Beat Bosses. Calder Tells of Gains Here.

By Special to The New York Times

Election issue

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HULL ASKS COOLIDGE TO GET FULL FACTS IN THE OIL INQUIRY; Democratic Leader Denies His Party Got Any of the Continental Bonds. WICKERSHAM FILES BRIEF Senate Counsel Lays Stewart Silence to a Desire to Protect Sinclair. BLACKMER'S SON SUMMONED Two New York Bankers and One Sinclair Official Also to Be Questioned This Week. Denies Democrats Got Bonds HULL ASKS COOLIDGE FOR FULL OIL FACTS Stewart's Attitude Attacked. Says Court Backs Congress View. Scoffs at Privacy Contention. Sees Public Demand for Facts. Text of Hull's Statement. Calls on Coolidge to Act. Will Question Blackmer's Son.

By Special to The New York Times

Feature article on Stewart, por

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Notable Deaths

George Howard Earle Jr.

1928George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (born 1856)[†]

George Howard Earle Jr. was an American lawyer and businessman from Philadelphia who worked as a receiver and rescued multiple businesses from financial hardship. He was a political reformer and a member of the Committee of One Hundred in Philadelphia which worked to end bossism politics in the city.