Democratic Rules Panel Backs End of Two Thirds Nomination Rule
The Democratic rules committee voted 36 to 13 to abandon the 104 year old two thirds requirement for presidential and vice presidential nominations. Ohio and West Virginia backed abrogation as southern delegates opposed a majority vote system fearing east dominance. The move, urged by Roosevelt and Farley, awaits convention approval.
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Philadelphia
Ohio
West Virginia
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Dixie
Rules Committee
National Committee
Andrew Jackson
John Calhoun
Speakers Talk to Walls at Democratic Reunion
Rain spoiled Mardi Gras in Philadelphia as delegates gathered at Convention Hall for a reunion. Joe Robinson of Arkansas spoke through a loudspeaker, warning that Governor Landon would bolt the Republican platform, but his remarks drew little attention. Governor Earle led the Keystone delegation in a mild parade as photographers captured moments with Roosevelt family members and party notables.
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Convention Hall
Robinson
Arkansas
New Mexico
Maine
California
Puerto Rico
Joe
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Chicago
United States
Earle
Pennsylvania
Keystone
James
Elliott Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Elliott
Texas
Tyson Mayner
Alabama
Mayner
Big Jim Farley
Damon Runyon
Athens
Ohio
Felice
Rardin
Joseph T. Robinson
Democratic Senate
Ohio Delegation Holds Second Caucus for Woman on Rules Panel
Philadelphia report states the Ohio delegation planned a second caucus at the Democratic National Convention to choose a woman for the regulations committee. The move reflects party efforts to diversify the panel and ensure broader representation within convention rules deliberations.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Ohio
Roosevelt Drafts Campaign Address for Re-Election
President Roosevelt works on the acceptance speech for his re election bid as the Democratic national convention in Philadelphia nears. Close advisers say the speech will use historical parallels to argue for a continued New Deal for four more years.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Hospital Inmate Shot After Escape near Cincinnati
Paul Bice, 33, escaped Columbus State Hospital inmate, was shot and seriously wounded by two deputized citizens at Loveland after stabbing Marshal John Parker in the chest. Parker, who arrested Bice as he got off a freight train, sustained noncritical injuries.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Paul Bice
Columbus State Hospital
Loveland
Bice
Columbus Hospital
Leslie Rousk
Stanley Sparks
Marshal John Parker
Parker
Rice
Presbyterians Favor District Realignment in Ohio
The Presbyterian Synod of Ohio votes to realign its presbyteries into six districts. Effective April 1 1937 the Cleveland Presbytery will link with Wooster Dayton with Toledo Lima Columbus with Marion Mahoning with Steubenville Zanesville with Athens and St Clairsville and Cincinnati with Portsmouth.
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Wooster
U.P
Presbyterian Synod of Ohio
Cleveland Presbytery
Dayton
Toledo
Lima
Columbus
Marion
Mahoning
Steubenville
Zanesville
Athens
St. Clairsville
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
FTC orders 15 steel firms to end tin plate monopoly
The Federal Trade Commission issued a cease and desist order charging 15 large steel companies with maintaining a monopoly in the tin plate industry. The action targets anti competitive practices and seeks to restore competition in the market.
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WASHINGTON+U.P
Federal Trade Commission
Japanese Girl Tied to Naval Espionage Ring Link
Federal agents sought a young Japanese woman connected to an espionage indictment covering Henry Thomas Thompson and Toshio Miyazaki. The unnamed companion reportedly knew ring operations and aided the scheme before Thompson’s March 18 1935 arrest for impersonating a Navy yeoman.
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LOS Angeles
U.P
Henry Thomas Thompson
Navy
Toshio Miyazaki
Thompson
Miyazaki
California University
Pasteur Treatment Ordered for Six Rabies Victims
Royal Oak Michigan six persons were ordered to undergo Pasteur treatment after being attacked by a rabid cow on the Jones farm in Southfield Township. The incident prompted health officials to initiate precautionary procedures and prevent possible rabies spread among others on the farm.
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Royal Oak
Mich
U.P
Southfield Township
Grasshoppers Obscure Sun Over Eastern Nebraska
Monstrous clouds of grasshoppers swept through Eastern Nebraska threatening hundreds of square miles of crops. The swarm, believed 100 miles long and wide, darkened the sky in places over farm lands. Entomologists predicted 300 mile migrations while farmers pressed for federal funds to buy poison bran to combat the infestation.
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Omaha
Neb
U.P
Nebraska
Durbin Says Ohio Aims to Repeal Two-Third Rule
W. W. Durbin of Kenton Ohio registrar of the U S Treasury and Ohio member of the Democratic National Convention rules committee said Ohio will fight to repeal the century old two thirds rule for selecting presidential candidates.
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Philadelphia
U.P
W. W. Durbin
Kenton
U. S. Treasury
Ohio
Southerner Walks Out Over Negro Prayers at Convention
Philadelphia report says Senator Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina briefly walked out of the Democratic national convention after a Negro began praying. He pledged to return but warned he would walk again if a Negro secures a prominent role in party procedure. Representative Arthur W. Mitchell of Illinois, the House’s only Black member, may second Roosevelt’s nomination, prompting Smith to threaten another walk.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Ellison D. Smith
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Smith
Lemke Predicts Union Party Victory in Ohio
U S congressman William Lemke of the Union Party toured Cleveland supporters and forecast winning Ohio and several other states in November. He called Ohio a cinch and outlined plans for party ballot access with a triangle emblem symbolizing agriculture labor and industry.
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Cleveland
U.S
William Lemke
Union Party
Ohio
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Georgia
North Carolina
Lemke
Doctor Sentenced for Corrupting Witnesses
LIMAH UP Dr Zeanith Stamets 63 of Fort Wayne Indiana is jailed in Toledo workhouse for 90 days and fined 100 dollars for corrupting witnesses in a bid to shape testimony in a suit over a 384000 dollar will of his cousin Loren Stamets former Lima businessman. Chauffeur William Smith got 10 days in jail and 100 dollar fine for contempt.
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LIMAH
Zeanith Stamets
Fort Wayne
Ind
Toledo
Loren Stamets
Lima
William Smith
Stamets
Deaf Mutes Divorce Heard On Paper in Cleveland
Mary Novak, 18, was granted a divorce from Anthony, 21, after a court hearing conducted entirely on paper. Judge W. G. Kerr oversaw the proceeding in which both spouses, who are deaf mutes, answered the questions in writing.
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Cleveland
Mary Novak
Anthony
W. G. Kerr
Third Party To Aid GOP, Hamilton Says
Washington based dispatch reports National Committee Chairman John Hamilton announcing plans for a vigorous national campaign. He said a Union Party candidate will draw votes from Democrats, predicts strong showing in the Middle West and on the East Coast, with Democrats limited to two Southern states. Frank Knox notification ceremonies set for Chicago on July 30.
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Washington
National Committee
John Hamilton
William Lemke
Union Party
Lemke
Hamilton
Union
Alfred M. Landon
Middle West
Mississippi
South Carolina
Alfred E. Smith
Frank Knox
Chicago
Ohio department commander elected by Spanish War Veterans
John A. Harley Lima was elected Ohio department commander of the United Spanish War Veterans at the closing session of their convention here yesterday.
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Columbus
U.P
John A. Harley Lima
Ohio Department
United Spanish War Veterans
Massacre recollection of Custer's last stand comes from Meigsman
Emerson G. Harper, 82, of Pomeroy, recalls June 25, 1876 at the Little Big Horn. He describes the battlefield scene, the mass burial of Seventh Cavalry soldiers, lack of identification, and the grim aftermath of the massacre.
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George A. Custer
Little Big Horn
Montana
Emerson G. Harper
Thomas Fork
Pomeroy
Harper
Seventh
U. S. Cavalry
U. S. Army
A Custer
Li Big Horn
Job Insurance Truce Is Near
Columbus U R. Termination of five months of State senate committee battling over unemployment insurance was in prospect today. The senate's research committee voted to dispose of the question finally at a meeting called for Tuesday. It instructed its technical adviser Professor Edison L. Bowers of Ohio State University to draft for consideration next week a bill modeled after the Boyd Bill with amendments from committee discussions. Whether employees as well as employers should contribute to the state wide unemployment insurance pool and in what amounts are among questions to be settled at the final committee sessions. The original Boyd Bill provides for contributions from employers only.
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Columbus
U.R
Senate
Edison L. Bowers
Ohio State University
Boyd
House
Landon En Route to Vacation in Colorado
Gov. Alm M. Landon rode the Landon train to Estes Park Colorado after an enthusiastic Kansan reception at small stops. The trip marks a long-awaited vacation as the train headed toward Denver.
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Landon
Colorado
Denver
U.P
Alm M. Landon
Estes Park
Colo
Portsmouth Strikers Wreck Railroad Track
Strikers at the Wheeling Steel plant entered the grounds and destroyed 60 feet of track on a rail road siding after a deadly clash Tuesday in which one man was killed and four wounded.
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Portsmouth
U.P
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Bank Robbery at Worthington Nabs $3000 Noon Heist
Two men held up the People's Savings Bank at Worthington a Columbus suburb at noon today escaping with about $3000. Police sweep immediate investigation and blockade of the area underway as authorities pursue suspects.
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Columbus
1U P
People's Savings Bank
Worthington
Roosevelt signs bill to bar import of strikebreakers
President Roosevelt signed a law to prevent the importation of strike breakers across state lines. The action aims to curb interstate labor disruption and uphold domestic labor peace during tense industrial times.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Debate Over Rule Change At Democratic National Convention
Senator Joseph T. Robinson led the Democratic National Convention toward settling two issues the 1936 platform and abolition of the two thirds rule for nominees. The rules committee backed majority rule and platform writers signaled a tougher monopoly plank while wage and hour reforms drew debate. drought farmers pressed for crop insurance as winds and heat damaged bread-basket states.
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Adelphia
Joseph T. Robinson
Robinson
Acc
Credentials Committee
Rules Committee
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Lehman
National
Young Democrats
South Dakota
North Dakota
Montana
Questioning Woman in Death of Ohio Man
ZANESVILLE Ohio police and sheriffs deputies are questioning a woman in the mysterious death of George A. Conn 68 whose body was found in the Licking River near Newark. A Columbus chemist was to report contents of Conn stomach before the investigation continued.
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O.P
Newark
George A. Conn
Licking River
L. B. Hague
Licking County
Columbus
Conn
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