Martin Denounces Roosevelt Drift Toward One Man Rule
Rep. Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts, chairing the GOP convention, accuses Roosevelt of steering the nation toward dictatorship and calls for a crusade to restore Americanism. He pledges a purge of internal enemies, a strong national defense, and revised New Deal policies while warning of war risk and fiscal strain.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
America
Republic
Republican Party
Martin
Washington
U. S. Treasury
GOP
Weather Synopsis for Nebraska and Iowa Tonight and Wednesday
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight across Iowa and Nebraska with slight warmth. East and south Nebraska may stay fair but become unsettled in the northwest with warmer readings, while the north and extreme regions turn unsettled.
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Nebraska
Landon Platform Rejected By GOP Committee Today
The full Republican resolutions committee demanded a stronger non intervention plank and ordered a new draft of a foreign affairs proposal. It also sent back the social security subcommittee report for redraft, with Lodge Thomas and Brooks added to the London subcommittee to support the anti war bloc.
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Philadelphia
Social Security
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Landon
Illinois
Democratic Party
Alfred M. Landon
Resolutions Committee
Lodge
Thomas
Utah
C. Wayland Brooks
London
Republican Convention
Republican Party
United States
Forgotten well traps local girl in near 20 foot fall
Janice Conklin seventeen year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Clifford Conklin of this city fell about twenty feet into an abandoned well after the ground collapsed under her while she and two companions Miss Worley and Jackie Freeman were near 707 Birch street The well four to five feet wide and twenty feet deep was long forgotten with rotted planks and ashes The fall was cushioned by dirt and ashes and Conklin escaped with bruises aided by a ladder and local residents The incident occurred about 730 pm and no serious injuries were sustained Other notes mention Mrs Frank Cardio and two children from Chicago visiting for the summer at 1411 Chestnut street
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Janice Conklin
Clifford Conklin
Miss Conklin
Rosemary Worley
C. A. Worley
Jackie Freeman
Mr. Pierce
Debate Delayed As Platform Draft Lags On Schedule
Members say they may delay nominating and balloting on presidential candidates after abandoning hope of completing platform drafting on schedule. A report is hoped for tomorrow.
Hoover boomlet spreads as Hoover leads Hoover
The Hoover boomlet grows amid a Republican convention in Philadelphia with Hoover still leading in chatter. Taft Dewey Willkie Vandenberg remain top candidates as California backers push Hoover and Willkie faces resistance from midwest and east lawmakers. A Nebraska note records Mrs. Demmel visiting her husband, meat department manager, Atlantic Super Market.
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Philadelphia
I. N
Herbert Hoover
Stassen
Minnesota
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ohio
Taft
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
Michigan
Vandenberg
California
Hoover
Massachusetts
Nebraska
C. R. Demmel
Fremont, Neb
Griswold Pastor Named Keynoter for Cass GOP
The Rev. Charles E. Cooper of Griswold was named keynoter and temporary chairman of the Cass county Republican convention to be held Saturday at Atlantic City hall. The meeting will consider candidates for county attorney and sheriff, with no candidate achieving the 35 percent needed in the primary. A lengthy list of delegates from Atlantic wards and numerous townships and precincts attends, led by delegates such as Alonzo Potter and Loren King from Atlantic wards. The convention date, time, and agenda are specified, with multiple candidates listed for county attorney and sheriff in the prior order of their primary runs.
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Charles E. Cooper
Griswold
Roscoe 8. Jones
Atlantic
Don Lavery
Charles Rudolph
Tom C. Smith
Harold P. Ziegler
Harry Jordan
M. B. Parkinson
R. N. Watson
Jake White
Clyde Drager
Alonzo Potter
Loren King
Pat Flescher
Lloyd Neff
Bert Carey
Max A. Bullock
Albert Christensen
Dean Vogel
John W. Budd
Emil Nygaard
Ralph Cockshoot
W. A. Hammer
C. W. Lavery
Tom Smith
Kelse Saemisch
Irwin Pellett
Cloyd
Jones
Julian Leone
James Voss
J. M. Opper
H. L. Jones
A. K. Coomes
John Henderson
Charles Blakesley
Wilbur Deering
Ben Nichols
Ray Bell
Roscoe S. Jones
Harry Gunderman
Verne Marshall Nominates MacNider for President on GOP ticket
Cedar Rapids Gazette editor Verne Marshall announces Hanford MacNider of Mason City as a Republican presidential nominee. The Iowa publisher cites MacNider's war record and southern backing while Marshall seeks unanimous consent to place the nomination.
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Col. Hanford MacNider
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Call- Bulletin
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N. S
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Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Iowa
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Tennessee
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Oklahoma
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Des Moines
Sioux City
Mme
Schumann-Heink
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France
Dead Man's Hill
Verdun
Red Cross
Harrison E. Spangler
MaceNider
Stassen Draws Parallels to Prewar Leaders in Conference Speech
At the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia delegates heard Gov. Harold Stassen argue the New Deal has failed and call for swift government change. He compared current U S defense to prewar England and France, blamed Roosevelt for defense gaps, and urged expanded air power, mobile units, and hemispheric bases.
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Philadelphia
N. S
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
England
France
Stagsen
Congress
Britain to Block Naval Internment Effort Across Europe
An International News Service report describes Europe’s silence as Hitler and Mussolini prepare to seize newly won territories and launch a quick strike against Britain. Churchill denounces France’s fleet surrender, promises to fight on, while German and Italian forces gain coastal presence and Allied troops in Donon.
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Europe
Great Britain
London
Wineston Churchill
House of Commons
France
Germany
Italy
Lord Caldecote
House of Lords
Churchill
Henri Philippe Petain
Atlantic
Donan
Vosges Mountains
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Air Ministry
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Tripoli
Cagliari
Palermo
Baseball Scores and Standings Early Games
In the American League Boston beat Detroit 11 to 7 in the first game with Wilson Desautels Rowe Rowe Trout Sears and Tebbetts. New York and Cleveland were tied 0 0 in the first inning with Pearson Rosar Mil nar and Hemsley. The National League featured Pittsburgh 38 Philadelphia 2 in the sixth inning with Butcher Lanning Lopez Higbe and Atwood. Cincinnati at Boston and St. Louis at New York postponed due to rain.
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Detroit
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Desautels
Rowe
Trout
Sears
Tebbetts
New York
Cleveland
Pearson
Rosar
Milnar
Hemsley
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Butcher
Lanning
Lopez
Higbe
Atwood
Cincinnati
St. Louis
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T. W. Jones
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