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Harding (Republican) 16,152,200
Cox (Democrat) 9,147,533
Debs (Socialist) 919,799
Watkins (Prohibitionist) 189,408
W. W. Cox (Socialist Labor) 31,175
Christensen (Farmer-Labor) 26,541
On 2 November Westinghouse arranged for the first general radio broadcast concerned with the United
States election returns. This was so successful that on 30 November the same broadcasting company sent out by
"wireless" its first regular evening program.
On the world scene, there were many events of importance in 1920, but most were concerned with the
aftermath of World War I. Events relative to advances in the sciences and arts were reflected by the Nobel Prize
winners of 1920:
Charles Guillaume (Switzerland), Physics
Walther Nernst (Germany), Chemistry
August Krogh (Denmark), Physiology or Medicine (discovery of capillary motor regulating mechanism)
Knut Hamsun (Norway), Literature
L³on Bourgeois (France), Peace
General population growth and shifts were as follows: In 1920 London was clearly the world's largest
city, with almost 7 1/2 million people, while New York, the city in which the IADR was founded, was second,
with over 5 1/2 million. Berlin was third with 3,804,000, Paris had 2,906,000 while Chicago was a close fifth
with 2,701,705, and Tokyo had 2,173,000. Half a century later, however, Tokyo emerged as the world's largest
by far, with over 11 1/2 million persons. Shanghai apparently had over 8 million, while New York City, with an
accurate 1970 census, had 7,798,757 and London now had a slightly smaller population. Taking these cities
together with other urban as well as rural areas, the world population had climbed to 3,659,000,000—almost
two billion greater than that of fifty years before. Thus the people of the world more than doubled in number
during this span of time.
THE FOUNDERS AND THE FOUNDING
As with all things founded, there is almost always a single founder who initiates the event, although he
may have induced others to share his enthusiasm and thus also to participate as founders. William J. Gies can
clearly be cited as the founder of our Association, but he invited twenty-four other men to join him for the
occasion.
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