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Show PRESIDENT VISITS LEEMEETI CANNONS BOOM AS PRESIDENTIAL PRESIDEN-TIAL PARTY ARRIVES TO ATTEND AT-TEND OMAHA CONVENTION Chief Executive Rides At Head Of Mammoth Parade Through City Streets; Rain Fails To Hault Crowd Omaha, Neb. Amid the booming of cannon and the cheers of massed thousands, President Calvin Coolidge arrived here to address the annual convention of the American legion. A cold drizzling rain fell from a bleak sky, but failed to dampen the enthusiasm of thousands of legionnaires legion-naires and residents of Omaha who crowded the Union station to greet the Diesidential party. As the train which brought the chief executive, Mrs. Coolidge and their guests 1300 miles from Washington Wash-ington drew into the station, twenty-one twenty-one guns of the Ninth field artillery roared out the national salute. The president and Mrs. Coolidge made their way from the train to waiting automobiles through lines of United States troops, escorted by an official reception committee which included General James A. Drain, commander of the legion; Governor McMullen of Nebraska, Major General Gen-eral John L. Hines, chief of staff, U. S. A., and five past national legion commanders. Through streets gaily decorated and solidly lined -with N,ebraskans sensitive to the compliment paid them by the president, who made the longest trip of his White House tenancy ten-ancy to come here, and jaunty legionnaires legion-naires before whom he is the first president to speak, Mr. Coolidge aid the first lady were then driven to the home of Walter W. Head, president of the Omaha National bank and former president of the American Bankers' association, to await the hour for the presidential address to the veterans. Twelve automobiles were in the procession to the Head home, the Coolidges in the first motor, accompanied accom-panied by General Drain. Behind were other members of the presidential presiden-tial party, high officals of the legion, the reception committee, Admiral Coontz, late commander of the United States fleet; Major General Lejeune of the marines and other high army and navy officials. When President Coolidge arrived at the auditorium he was escorted immediately im-mediately to the platform, where he was greeted with thunderous cheers. Crowds blocked the streets for several sev-eral blocks in all directions and the mammoth building was filled to the rafters as the president entered. The crowd outside heard his address through load speakers installed at almost al-most every corner in the business district. |