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Newspaper
Bowie Booster
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1936
Page
2
Arthur Brisbane reports on upheavals from Egypt to Germany as mobs lynch Lint Shaw in America, Hitler taps Goering as successor, New York hosts Emden cadets, and anti Nazi boycotts grow. California touts three kinds of gold including education as a key wealth.
The DemocraticNational Committee sets the Philadelphia 1936 convention with Alben Barkley as temporary chair and Joseph T. Robinson as permanent chair. John E. Mack to nominate Roosevelt again. Farley confirms two thirds rule remains. Roosevelt is slated to close the convention June 27 with a nomination acceptance speech.
President Roosevelt delivers a campaign style address before the National Democratic club in New York City. He argues for higher wages with rising prices, longer term national income growth, and better housing while downplaying inflation fears and criticizing critics.
The HB administration introduces a bill proposing about 800 million dollars in new yearly taxes. The Ways and Means Committee faces an immediate battleground as Republicans condemn the measure as unsound and regimentation. Conservative Democrats back the GOP line while administration leaders push for passage before May 1.
ILWAM GREEN president of the American Federation of Labor sends a letter to affiliated unions urging adherence to the federation’s traditional nonpartisan political policy. He warns labor should avoid division by not identifying with any political movement that substitutes the AFL’s nonpartisan stance.
George L. Berry called on unions to join Labor's Nonpartisan League aimed at placing American Federation of Labor unions on the record for President Roosevelt. The effort seeks to align unions with Roosevelt's re election bid.
One hundred fifty vessels and 450 aircraft of the U S fleet take part in six weeks of simulated war in the Pacific. The Panama canal region is the first objective with attacking and defending forces in constant activity as naval officers work through a seventeenth strategic scenario.
Prince Von Starhemberg, Austria’s vice chancellor, vows the heimwehr will be dissolved only over his dead body amid clashes with clerical monarchists. He warns of three possible futures for Austria and pledges to keep the Fascist system separate while integrating other private forces into the regular army.
Italian forces in northern Ethiopia push toward Addis Ababa with a sizable motorized column noted for many white troops. General Graziani's southern army advances on Harar as Ethiopians resist at multiple points but are driven back per dispatches.
Army general Leazar Lopez Contreras, rising under late dictator Juan Vincente Gomez, becomes president after a congressional vote of 182 to 1. He is to assume office May 29, after serving as temporary president following Gomez's death.
The Supreme Court upholds Henry A. Wallace's rate cut at St. Joseph Missouri stockyards finding the Secretary of Agriculture's figures justified. Brandeis Stone and Cardozo agree to uphold, Brandeis cautions the court went too far on rate fairness.
Finley Peter Dunne creator of Mr Dooley and Percy Hammond veteran dramatic critic of the New York Herald Tribune died in New York City. Both were prominent American writers famed for satire and theatrical commentary.
Navy officials worry over a secret Panama treaty that reportedly commits to joint conversations instead of defending the Canal Zone. The pact would allow Panama to grant use and control of lands outside U S jurisdiction, a point denied by the United States. Senate hearings led by Chairman Pittman are expected to finish soon, with possible closed sessions to avoid international friction. Senator Johnson aims to publish the text before Senate consideration.
Frederick Steiner, United States senator from Oregon, is named temporary chairman of the Republican national convention in Cleveland next June. The choice aims to give a western and agricultural emphasis at the opening. Bertrand Snell of New York is named permanent chairman, a role he held in 1932.
Communists appear to win about 50 seats in the chamber of deputies as radicals fear a fragile government without Communist support. Leftist gains raise questions about possible coalition and governance in France.
Senate passed a bill by Senator Overton authorizing 272 million dollars for flood control on the lower Mississippi and its tributaries with 15 million more to be allocated by the secretary of war for rescue work or repairs. No record vote was taken and the measure is separate from the omnibus flood control plan then under consideration. Senator Vandenberg warned against hasty action.
Ten days of rescue work at the Moose River Nova Scotia mine ends with two survivors and one fatality among three trapped men. Dr D E Robertson and A Scadding are saved, Herman Magill of Toronto dies. Black Committee criticized by publishers in New York for rights violations. civil damages urged.
By Earl Godwin Ashington praises Harry Hopkins for direct cash relief to jobless Americans, defends relief prog rams from graft charges, and notes political tensions around state control, Louis Howe’s role with Roosevelt, rural electrification progress, and Republican counterpoints including Senator Steiner's stance.
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