Republican campaign manager breaks Texas precedent in presidential push
John D. M. Hamilton, Landon campaign chief, flew into Texas to speak at the Texas Centennial Exposition. He charged the Roosevelt administration with hidden platforms and warned voters of hidden aims while urging support for the Republican ticket. He departed for Missouri after the Texas stop.
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Dallas
John D. M. Hamilton
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Hamilton
United States
Mexico
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Philadelphia
Republican National Committee
Sedalia
Marshall, Mo
Selecting the Best Man for a $111 Million Turnover
A business leadership selection faces two strong candidates. The speaker argues for practical experience over theoretical study, noting Mr Little's opponent is well educated but lacks hands on management. The decision hinges on choosing the candidate with proven real world performance for a high turnover role.
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Mr. Little
Around Town Residents Return From Travels and Visits
Mrs J T Russell and daughter Louise return from California after weeks in Long Beach Los Angeles and Catalina Island. Mr Russell, owner of Russell Jewelry, resumes after a Louisiana and Kansas tour. The Ballews of Kansas City visit Wells family in Amarillo. Mrs T W Jennings of San Jose NM visits daughters. Mr and Mrs E L Hunter back from Greeley CO. he joins Phi Delta Kappa. Mrs Hunter teaches at Buchanan Street School. Benjamin Lipsky and Winnie Mitchell travel. Mitchell to Abilene. Pearl Miller Olive Cooper and Gertrude Elliker back from six weeks in LA San Diego Long Beach. Bill Lampe and family vacation on City Lake shore. camp built by Bill. Pat Henry Jr YMCA secretary for Panhandle district in Wichita Falls then Amarillo Sept 1. Buford Avery vacationing in Dallas. traveling companion Mrs.
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J. T. Russell
Louise
California
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Catalina Island
Mr. Russell
Russell Jewelry Company
Louisiana
Kansas
E. L. Hunter
Greeley
Colo
Hunter
Buchanan Street
Phi Delta Kappa
Pearl Miller
Olive Cooper
Gertrude Elliker
San Diego
Pat Henry
Amarillo
Henry
YMCA
Panhandle
Wichita Falls
Pension Plank Splits New Mexico Republicans at Convention
At a heated Albuquerque convention, New Mexico Republicans ratified a platform endorsing old age pension concepts akin to the Townsend plan. The plank sparked open discord, while other sections praised reforms for veterans, welfare, and grazing act administration. Governor Landon and Colonel Knox were praised as nominees.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Reed Holloman
Guv
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Frank Knox
Supreme Court
Woman Steps Into Chief Deputy U S Marshal Post
Kathryn Younger Huff, 26, becomes the first woman to hold the chief deputy position for the southern district of Texas succeeding J E Myers who was fatally shot in a pistol accident. The Houston dispatch notes she is believed the nation's youngest in the role.
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Houston
United States
District of Texas
Kathryn Younger Huff
Huff
J. E. Myers
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported for August 17
Treasury data show receipts of 16.71 million dollars and expenditures of 50.54 million for August 17, leaving a balance of 2.041 billion. For the fiscal year since July 1 receipts total 521.42 million and expenditures 770.90 million, with emergency spending at 211.81 million and a gross debt of 33.410 billion. Gold assets stand at 10.674 billion.
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Washington
The
Treasury
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo at Rex
The Rex shows the new comedy drama The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo starring Ronald Colman and Joan Bennett as a Russian prince who nearly breaks the Monte Carlo bank and then loses gains to a beautiful accomplice. Katydids provide ambient insects between scenes.
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Paramount
Herbert Marshall
Ruth Chatterton
Simone Simon
DR. Forbes
Gloria Stuart
Robert Kent
Texas
Ann Harding
Margaret Lindsay
REX
Monte Carlo
Ronald Colman
Joan Bennett
Rialto
Richard Dix
THE
NAT
Herbie Holmes
CROWN
Dude Vance
Orchestra
Cal Farley reports from Berlin 1936 Olympics front dispatch
Cal Farley writes from Berlin August 7 1936 describing Olympic scenes including Jesse Owens autographs and American athletes. He notes stadium crowds 110 000 strong and the Star Spangled Banner, and admires Olympic village access, Unter der Linden decorations, and historic ties to Bismarck and Napoleon.
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Herr Hitler
Jesse Owens
Napoleon
Moscow
Billy Thom
Frederick the Great
Don Lash
Glenn Hardin
Keith Brown
Berlin
Unter der Linden
Bismarck
Sudan
Brandenburger Gate
Paris
Jury Resumes Probe Into Major Oil Firms in Midwest
A federal grand jury in Madison resumes its investigation into gasoline marketing practices by major oil companies. The panel, convened May 4 at the urging of Attorney General Homer S. Cummings, has indicted 84 defendants on Sherman Antitrust charges and previously charged 23 firms, 58 individuals and three trade journals. Evidence centers on buying pools in Texas Oklahoma and the Midwest that allegedly set artificial prices harming independent jobbers.
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Madison
Wis
Homers. Cummings
Texas
Oklahoma
Beware of Biliousness in Hot Weather
Ad copy notes bilious symptoms from heat and promotes Calotabs as the remedy. Claims torpid liver signs include souring food, gas, belching, heartburn, restlessness, headache, nausea, dizziness, coated tongue, bilious complexion, and sluggish bowels. Trial ten cents, family pack twenty five cents at drug stores.
Effort to Get Robber's Gun Fatal to Man
In Stockton California Edwin Poston 24 a service station attendant was shot and killed early today as he tried to wrest a pistol from a bandit. The murder was witnessed by his fiancee Claudia Morris 21 and her mother Mrs H E Morris who sat with Poston in his car in the driveway. The killer fled past an unarmed officer and escaped the Stock ton police as more than 100 officers hunted the usually quiet residential area.
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Stockton
Calif
Edwin Poston
Claudia Morris
H. E. Morris
Poston
Storm Strikes Mexican Coast Near Tampico
The tropical disturbance, active three days in the western Gulf, hit the Mexican coast a short distance north of Tampico at 7 A M and was rapidly diminishing, according to a U S weather bureau advisory issued at 8 45 A M.
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Houston
U.P
Gulf of Mexico
Mexican
Tampico
U. S
Weather bulletin notes 22 mph wind and 29.62 in barometer
The weather bureau reports Tame Pico with a 22 mile per hour wind and a 29.62 inch barometer reading. No further advisories will be issued about the disturbance. Fruit buds can freeze solid and still yield perfect fruit.
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Weather Bureau
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San Jos, N. M
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City Lake
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Buford Avery
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Memphis
Cal Farley
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Santa Fe
Fred Harvey
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Sally
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