Landon to Launch Campaign With July 23 Nomination Notice
Gov. Alf M. Landon will be notified at Kansas Statehouse on July 23 that he is the Republican presidential nominee. His acceptance speech is planned for 8 p.m. CST, followed by a first speaking tour beginning in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania. He declines comment on Alfred E. Smith’s anti Roosevelt statement and discusses farm policy with Frank C. Lowden on July 9. Col. Robert McCormick predicts a third party movement will draw more from Democrats.
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Drive In the East
Topeka
Kas
Kansas _ state capitol
Alf M. Landon
East
West Middlesex
Landon
Alfred E. Smith
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
Robert McCormick
Chicago
McCormick
Third Party
William Lemke
Hamilton speaks in New York at Landon dinner
John D. Hamilton opening the Republican campaign in New York state praised five unnamed Democrats who demanded that Roosevelt be sidetracked at Philadelphia. He said they chose country over party, and he denounced the Roosevelt administration while backing the Republican platform.
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Hamilton
N. Y
New York
John D. Hamilton
New York State
Alfred E. Smith
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Alf M. Landon
Smith
Law
Topeka
West Virginia Demos Back Majority Rule at Convention
Philadelphia June 22 West Virginia's Democratic delegation voted to abandon the two thirds rule for nominating presidential and vice presidential candidates. Senator M M Neely of Fairmont urged the change, saying the system has produced exhausting balloting and even brute force. Delegates Herman Bennett Walter R Haggerty and Arthur B Koontz supported the move and Neely was directed to back abrogation. The caucus also announced Dr Gary Hoyt Lewisburg as committeeman and Mrs Douglas W Brown Huntington as national committeewoman.
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Philadelphia
West Virginia
M. M. Neely
Fairmont
Neely
New York City
Herman Bennett
Charleston
Hindenburg Back In U S On Third Transatlantic Run
The German airship Hindenburg, fresh from a North Atlantic crossing, moored at Lakehurst New Jersey after 61 hours 25 minutes. Dr Hugo Eckener and Zeppelin representatives praised the voyage as a success with capacity loads booked for future flights. Refueling began for the return trip about two hours after docking.
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Lakehurst
N. J
North Atlantic
U. S. Naval Air Station
Hugo Eckener
Zeppelin Company
E.s.t
United States withholds recognition of Italian Ethiopia claim
Washington reports indicate the United States will not recognize Rome's annexation of Ethiopia. Secretary Hull announced approval of Italian ambassador Fulvio Suvich, stressing reception does not imply recognition. An understanding with Italy confirms the stance.
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Ethiopia
Hull
Washington
United States
Rome
Empire of Haile Selassie
Fulvio Suvich
Tery
Foreign Affairs
Augusto Rosso
10 Percent Increase Expected in Auto Licenses for 1936 37
Charleston W V A report from George Parrish director of the license division of the state road commission says a minimum 10 percent rise in automobile licenses is anticipated for the 1936 37 fiscal year. July 1 issuance is already about 10 percent ahead of last year with 8 000 to 10 000 plates daily and the capitol bureau opens earlier to handle demand.
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Charleston
W. Va
George Parrish
State Road Commission
Parrish
Capitol
Hannah Pierce
Department
Seizure of $1.25 Million in Gold Coins
Federal agents seized $1,250,000 in gold double eagles at the Standard Safe Deposit Company in New York. The coins were owned by the Obersee Finanz Corporation Aktion Gesellschaft, a Swiss firm with German ownership, and had been tied to litigation over Roosevelt era gold surrender orders.
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New York
Standard Safe Deposit Company
Broad Street
Germany
Roosevelt
Washington
Francis H. Horan
U. S. Attorney’s Office
Obersee Finanz Corporation
Aktion Gesellschaft
Ladenburg Thalmann and Company
Montreux Conference Sparks Talks On Straits Policy
International meeting opens in Montreux to debate Turkey’s fortification of the Dardanelles and who may move warships through the straits. Russia, Britain, France, Greece and Yugoslavia weigh mutual defense pledges and Italy's role amid sanctions.
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Hitler
Mussolini
Montreaux
Russia
Switzerland
Europe
Turkey
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Britain
France
Greece
Yugoslavia
Italy
Mrs Roosevelt honors Dr Hamilton at White Sulphur
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt presented Chi Omega national achievement award to Dr Alice Hamilton in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia on June 22. She planned to drive to Reedsville to attend graduation at the federal resettlement school near the subsistence homestead community.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chi Omega Sorority
Alice Hamilton
Roosevelt
Reedsville
Federal
Talmadge Loses Post on National Committee
Georgia delegation at the Democratic convention removes Governor Eugene Talmadge from the national committee. Clark Howell Sr., publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, is elected to the post by acclamation.
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Philadelphia
Eugene Talmadge
Democratic National Committee
Georgia
Clark Howell
Atlanta Constitution
Veterans to Exempt From West Virginia Income Tax on VA Payments
Charleston message from June 22 states the West Virginia tax department will exempt veterans from state income tax on federal adjusted compensation payments. Department official H. Isaiah Smith confirms the law exempts money received from the federal government.
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Charleston
W. Va
Tax Department
H. Isaiah Smith
Department
Reed awarded damages in Virginian Railway injury suit
A jury in the United States district court awarded W. C. Reed of Princeton twenty two thousand five hundred dollars for injuries from a February 25 1935 collision between Pagetyn and Elmore. Reed a former Virginian brakeman suffered a broken neck and alleged a dispatcher failure caused the accident. Doctors testified to his condition and the impact on his earning capacity.
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United States District Court
W. C. Reed
Princeton
Virginian Railway Company
Reed
Virginian
Pagetyn
Elmore
Red Flags Over Marseille Ships As Sailors Strike
Paris June 22 red flags flew over Marseille harbor as French sailors began a walkout. Rightists clashed with police and leftists in ongoing demonstrations at St Lazare station, with leaders from the Croix de Feu fighting police streets away.
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Paris
Marseille
St. Lazare
People's Front
Croix de Feu
Roosevelt signs flood and deficiency bills into law
President Roosevelt signed the $2.375 billion deficiency relief bill and the $320 million emergency flood control measure. Attendees included Harry Hopkins Rexford Tugwell and Major General Edwin Markham. The relief package funds Works Progress Administration activities and extends unemployment relief for about 2.3 million people. The flood plan covers reservoirs to protect Pittsburgh Washington Lincoln Memorial and Missouri Ohio Mississippi basin projects.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Harry L. Hopkins
Rexford G. Tugwell
Edwin M. Markham
Army Engineers
Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
Pittsburgh
Lincoln Memorial
Navy Building
Naval Air Station
Potomac River
Missouri-Ohio-Mississippi
Relief checks mailed to counties for aid until setup starts
Relief administration announced checks totaling enough for 23 000 recipients for the rest of the month have been sent to all counties. A bare treasury was reported June 14 and Governor Kump got 105 000 from the legislature to cover aid until July 1. The new department of public assistance will absorb the relief administration, with officials saying the takeover should happen soon.
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Charleston
W. Va
Relief Administration
Kump
Department of Public Assistance
French Order More Troops to German Area
Paris reports the government ordered heavy troop reinforcements to the German frontier. About 30,000 more soldiers will move to the north and east borders after Edouard Daladier approved the plan to reinforce the 110,000 troops there, including a new North African division and added regiments.
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Paris
Ministry of War
Edouard Daladier
National Defense
Utilities Win Appeal Over Holding Act Ruling
Seven utility companies won on appeal, avoiding a long wait for trial on the Wheeler Rayburn Holding Act. The D C Circuit reversed a January stay by Justice Bailey, enabling suits to proceed while a government test case moves toward the Supreme Court. The government has 20 days to seek further review.
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Washington
New Deal
Wheeler-Rayburn
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Electric Bond and
Jennings Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Cummings
New York
Department of Justice
United Tes Supreme Court
Stracnay General Cummings
Showalter Tours Southern West Virginia For Supreme Court Bid
Judge Emmett M. Showalter of Fairmont campaigns for the Republican nomination to the state supreme court. He toured Bluefield and Welch visiting Williamson Princeton Mercer County bar members and met with party leaders including U S Senate hopeful Hugh Ike Shott.
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Emmett M. Showalter
Fairmont
West Virginia
State Supreme Court
Bluefield
Showalter
Ben Showalter
Welch
Williamson
Princeton
Will
Mercer County
Hugh Ike Shott
United States Senate
Montcalm Woman Stabbed by Son Near Montcalm
Mrs. J. B. Clower, 35, of Montcalm, is hospitalized at Bleufield sanitarium after a knife wound inflicted by her 17-year-old son Saturday night. Left lung collapsed, heart exposed, but doctors report the wound has closed and she is expected to recover.
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J. B. Clower
Montcalm
Bleufield Sanitarium
McComas Youth Injured in Washington Street Crash
James Murphy a McComas youth escaped serious injury when a Ford coupe he drove overturned several times on Washington Street. Police investigated the accident and Murphy was hospitalized at Bluefield sanitarium for lacerations.
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James Murphy
McComas
Washington Street
Murphy
Bluefield Sanitarium
RAF pilot crashes on Normandie deck and says sorry
A dazed RAF lieutenant crawled from a wreck on the Normandie deck telling Captain Rene Pugnet he was terribly sorry. The bomber landed like a stone after striking a derrick and the funnel caused loss of lift. The incident halted unloading as the Normandie sailed for Le Havre with the damaged plane aboard.
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Gosport. Eng
Royal Air Force
Normandie
Rene Pugnet
Pugnet
Lieut
G. K. Horsey
New York
Lieut. Horsey
le Havre
Democratic Convention Opens in Philadelphia Amid Platform Talks
Philadelphia reports that the Democratic convention opens with plans for a new deal platform draft. Senator Glass refuses a resolutions role while Senator Wagner’s draft awaits Roosevelt input. Debates on farm relief, monetary policy, and other platform planks continue as Farley predicts no minority report.
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Farley
Platform
Philadelphia
Glass
Virginia
Roosevelt
Wagner
New York
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Board explains new assessments in public utilities
Charleston readers learn the Board of Public Works cites fluctuations in intangible property on hand as the reason for large changes in public utility assessments this year. Real property figures mostly unchanged from 1935 except for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad which fell from 87.5 million to 85 million.
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Charleston
W. Va
Board of Public Works
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
West Virginia
New Deal Critic Ely Ready to Stump for Landon
Westfield Mass June 22 Former Governor Joseph B Ely an outspoken anti new deal critic said he would stump for Governor Alf M Landon if called upon To do anything he can to help him Ely offered to give a couple of speeches Ely joined four other new deal critics in urging Democratic national convention delegates to repudiate Roosevelt and nominate a genuine Democrat
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NEW Deal
Ely
Alf Landon
Westfield
Mass
Joseph B. Ely
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Alfred E. Smith
New York
James A Reed
Missouri
Bainbridge Colby
Daniel F. Cohalan
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
National Committee
Farley
Smith
Lehman
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Democratic Party poised to abolish two thirds nominating rule
Philadelphia June 22 Farley predicted the Democratic two thirds nominating rule would be abolished at the convention with little opposition. He said northern and western states favor scrapping it and southern resistance is mostly vocal. He noted majority support may allow an unanimous vote to replace the rule as the party nominates its leaders. Senator Clark supported discarding the rule and mocked current objections.
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Philadelphia
James A. Farley
Farley
15 Year Old Arrested for Pocketbook Theft in Welch
Marcell Gary, a 15 year old, was arrested in Welch on charges of stealing Justice W. H. Herndon’s pocketbook from Dr. J. E. Davis’s office. Police found fifty dollars and two checks totaling two hundred dollars on him. he reportedly destroyed the checks after arrest.
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Welch
W. Va
Marcell Gary
W. H. Herndon
J. E. Davis
Kimball Teacher Wins Two Month Hungary Trip
Welch West Virginia June 22 Stephen Dobos a Kimball school teacher won a trip to Budapest as the Verhovay association contest prize for recruiting new members He will sail July 11 and be the guest of the Hungarian government for two months.
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Welch
W. Va
Stephen Dobos
Kimball School
Budapest
Verhovay Association
Dobos
James Buchanan Named City Traffic Officer
James Buchanan of Bluefield has been appointed a member of the city police department and will assume the duties of traffic officer, dedicating most of his time to traffic duties.
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James Buchanan
Bluefield
Buchanan
Delegates Hear Rumblings as Democratic Convention Opens
Democratic delegates in Philadelphia converge on the opening of their national convention amid chatter over Al Smith and the Roosevelt platform. Carter Glass declines on the resolutions committee as Georgia picks Clark Howell as national committeeman. James Farley defends the convention floor for Smith, while Lehman critiques Smith’s post Roosevelt stance.
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al Smith
Roosevelt
Smith
Carter Glass
Virginia
Resolutions Committee
Georgia
Talmadge
Clark Howell Sr
Atlanta
Holds Parley
Governor studies social aid bill in West Virginia
Charleston dispatch reports Governor Kump reviews the social security measure to create a public assistance department across 55 counties with July 1 effectiveness. The pension provisions depend on final authorizations, while other bills signed extend land tax-collection deadlines and curb sales of forfeited lands.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
Public Assistance Department
A. W. Garnett
Department of Public Assistance
Relief Administration
Public Department
Aurexners — Ol Oe State Planning Board
Engae
Senate
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