Herring Attacks Landon on AAA Policy Criticism
Des Moines Governor Clyde Herring challenged Alf Landon's critique of the AAA on a national radio, arguing the New Deal saved Kansas farmers from bankruptcy and boosted incomes. He cited 1932 wheat losses and cited Hyde's 1932 report on declining exports, contrasting promise with performance and noting Oregon and Pennsylvania leaders criticizing Landon’s alliances and labor stance.
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Des Moines
Clyde Herring
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
AAA
Herring
Iowa
Landon
Supreme Court
Arthur M. Hyde
Hoover
Spanish Reds Call Up New Reserves
War dispatch from Madrid reports ongoing front activity in Spain as rebels push toward Madrid and Madrid’s air force counterattacks. The piece notes rear attacks by red militiamen, executions of officers, and religious turmoil amid anti clerical Madrid government.
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Ital
Spain
Saragossa
Madrid
Gibraltar
Valencia
Catalonia
Bilbao
San Sebastian
Mola
Buitrago
Democratic Governors rebut Landon radio attack
New Deal governors criticized Alf Landon in a multi state radio rebuttal pointing to New Deal achievements and asking voters why change. They cited constitutional disputes with Landon backed by Kansas officials and noted his stance on farm aid soil relief and budget balance with a louder warning that his platform would impair needy programs.
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New York
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Henry Horner
Illinois
Middle West
AAA
Supreme Court
Horner
National Supreme Court
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Gov. Landon
Kansas Supreme Court
Theodore Francis Green
Rhode Island
Roosevelt
Green
Bodies recovered after Clay City train wreck five confirmed dead
Five dead confirmed and two more bodies expected in the wreckage of a Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed by a split switch near Clay City Illinois. Injured include fourteen derailed cars and about 15 transients aboard. Identified victims include Wayne Caldwell Harold Fletcher and L V McNeill. The engine and locomotive crew suffered severe burns.
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Clay City
Baltimore and Ohio
Ruby Anderson
Flora
Ill
Wayne Caldwell
Washington
Ind
Harold Fletcher
Newport News
Hubert Malone
Robert May
L. V. McNeill
Alexander City
Ala
Caldwell
Luther McCool
Nebraska Property Tax Levy Is Cut in 1936
Lincoln Nebraska state board of equalization fixed the 1936 state tax levy at 1.76 mills the lowest since 1921. The rate is .39 mill below 1935s 2.15 mills based on assessed tangible property value of 2 060 835 165 the levy will raise about 1 298 beyond the 3 625 771 needed to run state government next year State Tax Commissioner W H Smith attributed the cut to lack of emergency appropriations and a higher tax base.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
State Board of Equalization
W. H. Smith
Salmon pays back-subscription in Alaska trick
An unidentified Ninilchik subscriber to the Seward Gateway paid his back-subscription bill by sending 30 pounds of smoked salmon.
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Seward, Alaska
Seward Gateway
Montana feels quake rattling Butte to Great Falls
A severe earthquake struck the region between Butte Helena and Great Falls Montana at 430 am Wednesday. No serious damage was reported.
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Helena
Mont
INS
Butte
Great Falls
Six governors attack Landon in radio critiques
In radio addresses six Democratic governors denounced Alf Landon’s acceptance speech as vague and indefinite. They named Pennsylvania’s Earle Rhode Island’s Green Illinois’s Horner Oregon’s Martin Nebraska’s Cochran and Iowa’s Herring as critics.
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New York
Alf M. Landon
Earle
Pennsylvania
Green
Rhode Island
Horner
Illinois
Martin
Oregon
Cochran
Nebraska
Herring
Iowa
Topeka
Kan
William J. Donovan
Herbert Hoover
London
Gifford Pinchot
Oklahoma City
Josh Lee
E. W. Marland
Norman Thomas
William Lemke
Union Party
Father Coughlin
Gerald Smith
Doctor Townsend
Roosevelt Approves Many PWA Projects
President Roosevelt approved a $22 742 034 portion of the new public works program. Total project cost is $50 774 196 with communities covering 55 percent and PWA loans totaling $2 142 000 supplementing its 45 percent share. Most work to be relief-labor driven and completed within a year.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Roosevelt
Ickes
PWA
Maine
Congress
Two Sailors Killed in Navy Gun Backfire in San Diego
In San Diego Bay the six-inch gun on the USS Marblehead exploded backfiring during breech work. Two sailors, Leo S. Norande and Percy W. Cofer, were killed instantly. Eight others were wounded and taken to a hospital, including William A. Bradley, Robert W. Opie, Edson L. Flower and John W. Overton among the injured.
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San Diego
Calif
Marblehead
San Diego Bay
Leo S. Norande
Percy W. Cofer
11Th Naval District
William A. Bradley
Robert W. Opie
Edson L. Flower
John W. Overton
Harold V. Smallwood
William R. Thrift
Rolland L. Curnow
James E. Benedict
Zoo Chief Pleads For Pet Lioness Who Attacked Him
New York zoo director Ronald Cheyne-Stout, injured after entering a lioness’s cage, pleads authorities not to condemn the animal as a killer. He says he may have provoked the attack by entering after dark when cats hunt, escaping to a neighboring cage before collapsing from blood loss.
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New York
Ronald Cheyne-Stout
New York Zoo
Cheyne-Stout
Max Baer's Blood Saves Father's Life
Jacob Baer, father of Max Baer, was reported out of danger at his home in San Leandro California after a blood transfusion from his son. The elder Baer had suffered a nasal hemorrhage eleven days earlier and had been sinking despite blood donated by his wife.
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San Leandro
Calif
INS
Jacob Baer
Max Baer
Baer
Landon Praise From Kansas Democrat On Drought Trip
A Kansas farmer William R. Stiner praises governor Alf Landon during a drought visit near Lawrence. Stiner calls Landon a great governor and a strong family man while undecided on presidential vote, and the interview follows a Topeka trip with The Gazette.
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Kansas City
Kansas
the Gazette
Lawrence
William R. Stiner
Alf Landon
Cleveland
Stiner
Landon
Topeka
Gazette
Dan Hunter
Mr. Landon
Mr. Stiner
U S Steel Posts Record Earnings in Five Year Span
United States Steel reported its best six month and second quarter earnings since 1930, marking a peak for the period. The quarter earnings were 12,862,423 dollars or 75 cents per common share, a first profit on common since 1931, while six month earnings reached 16,238,727 dollars or about 4 cents per common share, a five year record.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
America
Chrysler Corporation
General Motors Corporation
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Steel Corporation
Hurricane Sweeps Across Florida But Damage Is Minor
The tropical disturbance moved inland toward the Gulf of Mexico with minimal damage. One death occurred indirectly as lineman Elbert L. Freeman was killed by a high voltage line while preparing for the gale. Winds at the storm center reached over eighty mph, Miami saw 47 mph, and surf rose on cleared beaches. Authorities feared impacts on the Seminole reservation in Collier County and Conch fishermen on the coral islets south of the mainland. Some keys may have limited contact for days.
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Miami
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Elbert L. Freeman
Everglades City
Gulf
Collier County
Isles
Keys
Caustic Soda Found In Beer Fatal To Dunlap Farmer
Sheriff C F Cross said University of Iowa chemists found caustic soda in beer that killed Anson Riesland, 49, a Dunlap farmer. Riesland died Saturday night after drinking from a bottle once thought to contain croton oil. No arrests or suspicions. investigation to resume Wednesday with state agent Lacy.
Charles Denecke Dies at 80 in Cedar Rapids
Charles Denecke died aged 80 after a life centered in Cedar Rapids where he ran a local business. He married Frances Gramling in 1883 at Toledo and remained active in civic affairs, fishering, and Spirit Lake summers. Survived by wife, three daughters, one grandson, and five granddaughters, with funeral at Immaculate Conception Church. Burial Mount Calvary Cemetery.
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Cedar Rapids
Frances Gramling
Toledo
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Denecke
Spirit Lake
Chamber of Commerce
James L. Bever
Theodore Blaul
Alfred Torgeson
Kimball, Neb
James Denecke Bever
Gertrude Torgeson
Kimball
Frances
Kathleen
Elizabeth
Louise Blaul
Immaculate Conception Church
Msgr
John M. Molloy
Mount Calvary Cemetery
New City Hall Emerges From Forty-Year Old Loan
Fitch Beach of Charlotte Michigan loaned $500 forty years ago to help his community. He built a market, then donated a free parking area in 1932 and finally financed a new city hall to replace the old building after seeing a woman struggle on the stairs. The city now has a modern city hall, market place, and parking lot at no cost to itself.
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Charlotte
Mich
Ins
Fitch Beach
Beach
Hawaii to Export World Largest Toads
Honolulu reports that Hawaiian Bufo marinus toads, used to control sugar crop pests, have multiplied enough for export. First buyers are Fiji and the British colony, with demand growing worldwide for these large insect-devouring amphibians.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Fiji Islands
Eleven Thousand Soviet Theaters Ready By 1936
Moscow reports that by year end 1936 the Soviet Union will open 11 000 sound equipped movie theaters, boosting total cinemas and circuses to 44 800. New houses rise in Moscow, Leningrad, Alma Ata and other cities as the largest theater in Leningrad opens with grand marble interiors and 1 500 seats.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Leningrad
Alma-Ata
Kazen
Simferopol
Ulan-Ude
Chelyabinsk
Batum
Karkov
Ashkhabad
Iowa Farm Weather Holds Mixed Corn Prospects In May
Weather notes report corn crop damage from hail tests and widespread fire risk due to dry, grassy areas. Oats show better than expected results while precipitation remains minimal across the state. Several grass fires were sparked by matches and wiring mishaps, with one blaze tied to recent weather and a car fire caused by shorted wiring.
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Reed
1936 Corn Crop Deteriorates Amid Severe Drought
The Weather Bureau reports the 1936 corn crop is burning up from drought with thousands of bushels lost daily. Conditions deteriorate across the interior Midwest while rainfall offers limited relief in the Ohio Valley, Missouri Valley and Great Plains. Texas shows some progress, Oklahoma deteriorates, and Minnesota reports widespread loss.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Missouri Valley
Great Plains
Midwest
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Texas
Oklahoma
Plains States
Minnesota
Car Destroyed in Garage Fire on Fourteenth Street
A 1932 sedan owned by Frank Troyak at 828 Fourteenth Street SE was destroyed by a blaze around 1 p.m. Wednesday. The Troyak garage suffered heavy damage as flames swept through the structure. investigators believe a short circuit caused the fire.
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Troyak
Twenty-sixth Avenue
Allview Drive
Twenty-third Street
Oakland Avenue
Elmhurst Drive
J Street
Wilson Avenue
B Avenue
Second Street
Frank Troyak
Fourteenth Street SE
Renew Search For Missing Motorship Nunoca
Two coast guard cutters Vigilant and Yeaton rushed 900 miles toward Campeche banks after Vera Cruz port officials sighted a disabled vessel possibly the Nunoca. The derelict disappeared 25 days ago with 22 aboard, including nine Americans, amid fears of thirst and starvation.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Coast Guard
Yucatan
Nunoca
Coach Guard
Yeaton
Florida
Campeche
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Georgetown
Gran Cayman
Million Dollar Fire Ravages Long Beach Theater
A fire swept an entire block of concession property in Long Beach New York gutting the Castle theater and threatening the west end. Volunteer firefighters battled four hours under low water pressure and regained control. Two firemen were injured as film rolls exploded and about 100 people evacuated from the three story Central hotel, which was saved with only a wall damaged.
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Long Beach
N. Y
INS
Central Hotel
Custer Was Too Stubborn Says Veteran Pentney
Frank Pentney, a surviving Indian war veteran who fought with Gen. George A. Custer, says Custer disobeyed orders and sought personal glory, leading to the massacre of Custer and 212 men at Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876.
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Northville
Mich
Ins
Frank Pentney
George A. Custer
Custer
Little Big Horn
Mont
Pentney
Miles
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Charles H. Martin
Wall Street
Andrew Mellon
Ogden Mills
Joseph Grundy
Hearst
du Ponts
George H. Earle
William T. Mossman
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Steel Masters
Londons
Roy L. Cochran
Hunt
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Granada
the Cid
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Cid
Red
Red Madrid
Russia
Raiio
Lugo
Ministry of Communications
Willie Willis
Montana
Birdseye
THE
Associated Press
Father
Farm Home 15 Foundation
U. S. Steel
Dunlap
Charles Denecke
Soviet
J.G. Craven Cen
First Avenue
United
Mason City
DES Moines Tek Ee
Long Beach, N.Y
Gen. Custer
Second Avenue SE
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