Duce Irked At The League Seething Over Ethiopia Seat
Rome dispatch says Mussolini seeks to justify future policy after the League of Nations seated Ethiopia’s diplomats despite Haile Selassie’s faction being barred from Geneva. Premier met with Hans Frank and pressed for a stronger Italian position while Ethiopian envoy Wolde Mariam acknowledged Italian control in the East African kingdom. The League vote stood 39 to 4 in favor of seating the Ethiopian diplomats.
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Il Duce
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Knox Fixes It Up at New Mexico Rally
Col Frank Knox Republican vice presidential nominee was introduced as the next president of the United States. After a misstep by Cyrus McCormick New Mexico Republican national committeeman Knox clarified I am just the first mate and Alf Landon is captain of this ship, I follow his leadership gladly.
Bank Head Elected President in National Banking Vote
Tom K. Smith of St. Louis was chosen as president of the American Bankers Association at a San Francisco meeting held on September 24. Smith succeeds in leading the national banking group and represents major U.S. financial interests.
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Tom K. Smith
St. Louis
American Bankers’ Association
Man loses legs in boxcar accident in Houston
On September 24 in Houston, 37 year old Preeman Smith was struck by a coasting boxcar. His legs were mangled beyond repair and had to be amputated. The report notes local wildlife facts about alligator snapping turtles and their immense strength.
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Preeman Smith
Campaign Views on Roosevelt Program for Farmers
A Republican representative and Democratic leaders present opposing views on farm relief under the Roosevelt program. The Republican criticizes big business influence and calls for reform of the AAA, while praising the administration’s aid to agriculture. The piece contrasts past GOP policies with the Roosevelt era’s farm programs and debt relief, highlighting price stabilization and tenancy reduction.
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Democratic National Committees
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House Committee On Agriculture
Roosevelt
AAA
House Agriculture Committee
Repubcan
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Rockefellers
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Herbert Hoover
Andrew Mellon
Coolidge
Hoover
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Queen Elizabeth
Republican promises for 1936 cited by a critic
The speaker argues the Republican platform offers vague promises echoing past panaceas and criticizes high Republican spokesmen including Governor Landon for opposing the AAA. He claims farming interests back Republicans and warns against exchanging solid performance for empty promises, citing Representative Bertrand H. Snell next.
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Landon
AAA
Young prodigy Thomas Young studied languages at fourteen
A fragment notes Thomas Young, an English scientist, as a rare prodigy who absorbed foreign languages young. At age fourteen he could write in fourteen languages, illustrating extraordinary early talent.
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Thomas Young
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