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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1936
Page
1
The Landons of Kansas rally behind Alf Landon as the GOP banner bearer for the White House campaign. Mrs. Landon aids her husband and is seen as a natural choice for the national first lady role.
Gov. Alf M. Landon drives the party toward his presidential bid with a bold platform move including hours and wages for women and children and a possible return to the gold standard. He clashes with Sen. Borah over policy as a parade of party leaders backs him at the convention.
Washington reports show more than $1.3 million spent by major political groups in the three months before the national convention. Financial filings from the Democratic and Republican national committees, the Reverend Coughlin’s National Union, Social Justice, and the American Liberty League detail receipts totaling $1,206,712 for the period ending May 31.
Governor Landon pressed for a fixed gold standard in his platform planks. William Allen White delivered London views, with telephony and teletype signals urging gold terminology. The platform committee delayed the report amid gold disputes and eastern farm and western silver interests.
Henry K. Beach co-owner of a Cambridge based flying service at Butler Airport died when a pistol discharged while he twirled it before friends from Ohio. State police said the bullet struck his chest and he died instantly in Butler Pennsylvania.
New York reports former President Hoover praised the Republican national convention platform as admirably covering the principles and methods he has long advocated.
Betty OConnell age 19 of Bliss College class and Russell Knight age 21 were killed in a Columbus automobile collision Thursday night. William Bowser age 22, riding with them, sustained a leg fracture.
Public hearings were scheduled today and Saturday before the house finance committee to discuss the relief bill aimed at meeting county needs for the remainder of the year.
Columbus report shows 178299 Ohio workers on WPA in April with 75015 in highway road and street projects. The data highlights the heavy share allocated to transportation work within the program.
President Roosevelt urged curbing monopoly to prevent a nation of boarding houses, pledging support for small business and labor. He spoke at the Cotton Bowl Stadium during the Texas Centennial Exposition, while the GOP endorsed Alf Landon and criticized monopoly.
Washington United Press report: Gov Alf Landon’s gold standard platform sparks Borah skepticism. Borah, back in Washington from tense convention clashes, declines to state how late London changes affect his campaign support.
Gov Alf Landon, Kansas Republican nominee for president, announces an aggressive nationwide campaign likely from September to election day. He says he will balance the federal budget and leaves plans to the national committee. Peggy Ann Landon will drive prior to a Colorado vacation with their younger children.
Moscow reports Russians, aged eighteen to twelve? or older, receive a new constitution marking a step in the world’s first Communist republic. It enshrines universal suffrage secret ballot freedom of press speech secrecy of mails and voting rights for all regardless of past activity.
Marietta residents celebrate as Alfred M Landons nomination for president becomes town talk pointing to his first sixteen years spent there. The story notes local pride and the impact of the nomination on community sentiment.
The article outlines the 1936 Republican platform attacking New Deal excesses and urging free enterprise, federalism, balanced budgets, and aid to states. It reports Frank Knox’s unanimous nomination as running mate to Gov. Alf M. Landon after Arthur Vandenberg withdrew, amid a chaotic convention floor and rapid candidate withdrawals.
Fifty thousand Republicans roared as Alf Landon captured the presidential nomination at Cleveland’s convention hall. Delegates waved banners, streamers and corncobs while the platform urged a sound currency and debt collection from foreign nations. John Hamilton presented Landon’s telegram acceptance amid flashing lights and tumultuous scenes.
The article notes the candidate described boyhood hardships and a decision to serve on the Senate floor, with Vandenberg stating he could be more useful there during the next term. It outlines the culminating moment in offering a running mate and the shift in political strategy.
A kansan candidate signals a shift in Republicanism as fresh young leadership arises at the national convention. The piece highlights a young Kansas editor who left his job to campaign for the GOP nominee, signaling new blood and businesslike governance in the party.
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