Roosevelt foes and TVA clash loom in 1936 campaign
The President threatens to veto the holding company bill if teeth are drawn on Capitol Hill, while aides gauge using the power trust as a campaign issue in 1936. Other items note McSwain battles TVA, Cotton Ed Smith shifts to AAA support, and a round of lighter anecdotes from Washington.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
House
Roosevelt
New York State
John J. McSwain
Moniet
Dem
May
Plumiey
Rep
TVA
Senate
Cotton Ed" Smith
AAA
Senate Agricultural Committee
Smith
Cotton Ed
Farley
Agriculture Department
C. Alfred Lawton
Senate Agriculture Committee
Isobel S. Lawton
Anna B. Pierce
Farley Smith
Department of Agriculture
Ellison Smith, Jr
RFC
Bank Calls Issued For Date Of June 29
Washington AP reports the comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of all national banks at the close of business Saturday June 29. The FDIC issued a similar call for insured state banks not members of the federal reserve system. Des Moines AP states that D W Bates state banking superintendent issued a call on state banks for their condition as of June 29.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Comptroller
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Des Moines
D. W. Bates
Russians And Japanese Show New Hostility
London dispatch reports Soviet citizens in Manchuria were ordered to return to Russia by August 25. Moscow awaits Japan’s reply to a protest note criticizing eight cross border incursions by Japanese Manchukuoan forces. The note warned Russia might reassign diplomats if provocations persist. Diplomatic circles fear a prelude to a real crisis.
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London
INS
Reuter
Dairen
Manchuria
Moscow
Russia
Japan
Konstantin Yurenev
Soviet Union
Russia protests Siberian frontier violations from Tokyo
TOKIO INS reports that Russia plans a quick and scornful rejection of Tokyo over alleged Siberian frontier violations. Officials foresee an expression of dissatisfaction with Soviet methods, backed by military leaders who influence foreign policy decisions in directing this stance.
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TOKIO
INS
Russia
Foreign Office
Omaha Car Strikers Seek Settlement On Seniority
Omaha AP Henry Beal counsel for street car strikers planned a Tuesday conference with arbitration board representatives the attorney general's office and the traction company to break down obstacles in the labor dispute. He said they hope to reach agreement on the seniority question and other major issues.
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Omaha
Henry Beal
Arbitration Board
Attorney General's Office
Traction Company
Beal
Iowa Dairy Judging Trip Reaches England Team Heads Abroad
Three Iowa youths form the sole U S team arriving in Newcastle upon Tyne to compete in the international dairy judging contest at the Royal Agricultural Society show. Competing alongside teams from North Ireland Scotland Wales and England, the group includes Robert D Putnam 15 Grover Miche 16 and Paul Harrison 19 of Maynard with coach B W Lodwick of Fayette and Ernest M Wright Iowa State Dairy association secretary.
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Newcastle-On-Tyne
Eng
Iowa
United States
Young Farmers’ Clubs
Royal Agricultural Society
Robert D Putnam
Oelwein
Grover Miche
Paul Harrison
Maynard
B. W. Lodwick
Fayette County
Ernest M. Wright
Iowa State Dairy Association
Waterloo
North Ireland
Scotland
Wales
England
Morning radio schedule sketches a dense NBC WMAQ lineup
A fragmented morning schedule lists NBC programs across stations WMAQ WHO WOW and WJZ with shows like Song of the City, Honesboy and Sassafras, Merry Macs, Mary Marlin, Virginia Lee, Farm and Home Hour, and various orchestras. The dense grid includes 10:15 through 8:00 PM time blocks, multiple networks CBS and NBC crosslisting, and numerous host names, actors, and orchestras, reflecting a busy radio programming slate with frequent station switches.
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NBC
WMAQ
Simpson Boys
Sprucehead Bay
Nhbc
WJZ Chain
Honesboy
Sassafras
WEAF
Merry Macs
WJZ
Mary Marlin
CBS
WBGM
WCCO
Nath Educ
Assn
Jack Brooks
Orch
WABC
Vic and Sade
Weaf Who
Whoa Pincus
Vaughn de Leath
WIZ Chain
Ma Perkins
WLS
City Voices
Betty and
Bob
Wanian
Edith Warren
WEAP
Loretta Lee
Tcbs
Gielen Burton
WBBM
Wilkinson
West Chain
Minatures
Black Orch
Japan
Amimat News Club
Jack Armstrong
Wwowo
WSM_ KOIL
Lowell Thomas
WLW
Meier
Will
Meadiog
Buck Rogers
Uncle Ezra
Danerrous Paradise
Boake Carter
One Man's Family
Weaf Who Koa Wmaq
Kemp Orch
Babs Ryan
Wis
Johnnie and the Foursome
WHAS
Edwin Hill
WREBM
Ana
Arondeasy
Tokio
Turi and Allen
Kay Noble
WSM
Frank Black
Symphony
Mary Eastman
Barlow Osehs
KMOX
Pohelaporte Oreh
Vincy Wear Chain
Lally Orch
Athetlahts Out Inc
Daw Gaeher
WRBM
Chester Oreh
Tnac
Towag Arch
WBM Wecco
Lawn
Donors may name GOP candidates under Chicago drive
A Chicago based Illinois Republican organization launches a fundraising campaign to influence candidate selection and platform decisions for 1936. The group plans to channel funds through regular Republican channels only if candidates and platforms meet expectations. Similar efforts form in Ohio and Indiana, backed by major Midwest financiers.
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Chicago
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois Republican Citizens Organization
Midwest
GOP
Three Hurt When Car Is Crowded Off Highway 161
Three people were injured when their car rolled over three times after being bumped by a motorist who did not stop about three miles east of Marion on Highway 161. Victims are Charles Ralston 43 Marion Mrs. Leonard Ralston 39 and James Collins 73 of 216 A avenue NE. Collins remained in St Luke's hospital. others treated and released. Sheriff James H. Smith and Deputy Dick Payn investigated.
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Highway 161
Marion
Charles Ralston
Leonard Ralston
James Collins
St. Luke’s Hospital
Ralston
Collins
James H. Smith
Dick Payn
Nab Missourian On Cheating Charges
Jack Lawrence of Kansas City waived to the grand jury on two counts of cheating by false pretenses. Bond set at 500 dollars on each count after police arrested him in a downtown office building. Lawrence allegedly took orders for printed stationery using a Kansas City firm name and post office address, cheating several customers who did not receive the merchandise.
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Jack Lawrence
Kansas City
A S. Reed
Lawrence
Earl Stanley
Coughlin To Amend Suit In Park Fight
Chicago a Superior Judge granted Samuel A Ettelson until next Friday to file an amended petition in his bid for a writ of mandamus to compel leasing Soldier Field to Rev Charles Coughlin. The delay followed a refusal to allow an intervening petition by the Communist Party of America district No 8.
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Chicago
INS
Samuel A. Ettelson
Charles Coughlin
Soldier Field
Detroit
James J. Kelly
Benjamin Meyer
Communist Party of America
Fish Jump Into Boat In Galveston Tale
In Galveston Texas AP report a 150 pound stingray leapt into a fourteen foot boat where Wallace Van Houten and Godfrey Jacquard were aboard. Van Houten backed away while Jacquard struck and killed the ray with an oar and knife after it thrived in the water.
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Galveston
Tex
Wallace van Houten
Godfrey Jacquard
van Houten
Jacquard
Colleen Moore Divorces From Scott in Los Angeles
Colleen Moore, the screen actress, was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce Tuesday from Scott in New York on charges that he was harsh and jealous. The husband made no fight against the move. It was her second divorce.
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Los Angeles
Colleen Moore
Scott
New York
Nebraska begins liquor by the drink in Deshler
Deshler Nebraska opened the first legal liquor by the drink sales Tuesday as part of a statewide change. AP reports the move marked a new era for local commerce with patrons able to purchase alcoholic beverages at licensed establishments in Deshler.
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Deshler, Neb
Nebraska
Deshler
Iowa criminology text by Haynes to revise penal methods
Iowa City reports Prof. Fred E. Haynes of the University of Iowa preparing a revised textbook on criminology and penal methods. The author is noted as a leading authority on prisons, with an earlier volume widely used in colleges, universities, and penal officer training schools.
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Iowa City
Fred E. Haynes
University of Iowa
Haynes
Former Cedar Rapids man among four adrift on Mississippi
Glenn R. Brainerd, 50, once of Cedar Rapids and now from Des Moines and Fort Dodge, was reported among four men drifting in a powerless launch on the flooded Des Moines and Mississippi rivers below Keokuk. Everett Eppers, 24, of Keokuk, is missing after the craft struck a submerged object. two others escaped and gave details. Eppers’ body has not been recovered. Brainerd, a painter, has a Cedar Rapids home and relatives in Fort Dodge. he is a widower with a daughter.
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Glenn R. Brainerd
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Mississippi River
Keokuk
Des Moines River
Eli Rockfellow
Clyde Anderson
Everett Eppers
Keokukk
Brainerd
Harry Wagner
Robert Lancaster
Memphis
Jack Fallon
Eppers
Mississippi
Rockfellow
Anderson
A. T. Brainerd
Harold
Silent Missing Man Traced Through Cities After Christmas
Reporters note that on Tuesday no word had been received since Christmas and authorities believe the man has been moving from city to city, with family seeking any trace of his whereabouts.
Squidgets Refuses Freedom Remains With Friend In Cell
JOLIET ILL UP Squidgets the horned lark stayed with John Post a 63 year old prisoner after a failed pardon bid. Post who nursed the bird for eleven months spent his last $150 on seed. The warden granted a pardon but the bird chose to return to Post in Stateville prison.
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Whipp
John
Squidgetts
The Least of These by Jay Sigmund to be published
Cedar Rapids writer Jay Sigmund will publish a volume of eleven short stories titled The Least of These through Prairie Press of Muscatine. It will be the eighth Sigmund volume, issued in 350 numbered copies signed by the author, with most stories set along the Wapsipinicon River and one in a Dubuque monastery.
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Jay Sigmund
Cedar Rapids
Prairie Press of
Muscatine
Sigmund
Wiley Post Flies to Siberian Hunt Expedition
Oklahoma City AP reports Wiley Post departs for a Siberian hunt after known flight records, continuing his bold exploratory efforts beyond the stratosphere. He aims to extend his aviation feats despite the inherent dangers involved.
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Oklahoma City
Wiley Post
Unclear Siberia Bound Hunter Plans Russian Vacation
A man, after claiming to have hunted tigers, said he is bound for Siberia and later plans to depart for California on the first leg of a Russian vacation, telling friends late Monday before leaving.
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Siberia
California
Boys Of Today Have Less Chance To Be Happy
Booth Tarkington, in Kennebunkport at his Seawood estate, argues boys of today face less chance for adult happiness than those in the horse and buggy era. He says today’s life will be less free and easy, despite a view that today’s boys are no better or worse than 1900 era youths. He recalls his Penrod era amid pre war days.
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Kennebunkport
Booth Tarkington
Penrod
Seawood
Indiana
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