Iowans Offer Farm Tenancy Plank to Roosevelt
A six member Iowa congressional delegation urged the Democratic platform to include a farm tenancy plan. They propose loans to help tenants buy farms and accompanied a letter from President Roosevelt affirming earnestly considering the idea. Some lawmakers praised while others dismissed the plank as ineffectual molasses to draw flies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Iowa
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Platform
Philadelphia
Eicher
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wearin
Biermann
Utterback
Gillette
Jacobsen
Democratic Party
Farm Credit Administration
House
Lemke
N. D
Tarver
Georgia Convention
Congress
Congress sends exchange control bill to White House
Congress completed action on the commodity exchange control bill by approving the Senate version without dissent. The measure tightens federal regulation under the Agriculture Department over grains, cotton, butter, eggs, and potatoes, bans fictitious trades, licenses exchanges, requires broker registration, and authorizes the Grain Futures Commission to set trading limits and segregate customer margins.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
New Deal
Department of Agriculture
Grain Futures Commission
Children receive first holy communion at Monona church
At Mass led by Rev. Luke Donlon ten children participated in their first holy communion. Named attendees include Marcia Krippene Betty Luster Ruth Madison Kathryn Grady Emmett Geraghty Donald Geraghty Frobert Black Charles Schmeltzer Eugene Schmeltzer and Robert Levenhagen.
Anti-Glare Glass Demonstrated To Auto Engineers
Edwin H. Land of Boston unveiled a polarizing glass at a Society of Automotive Engineers meeting in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. The new glass reduces glare from headlights and preserves visibility, allowing license plates and pedestrians to be read with nearly daylight clarity.
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W. Va
Boston
Society of Automotive Engineers
Edwin H. Land
Land
Cantonese Troops March Toward Fukien and Kiangse
Shanghai dispatch says Canton government forces amounting to about 250000 moved in three directions toward Fukien and Kiangse provinces on Wednesday. The purpose remains unclear amid competing claims of civil war and Japanese plans.
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Shanghai
Canton
Fukien
Kiangse
Nanking
China
Tientsin- Peiping
Kwangsi
Kwangtung
Modern scarecrow rises at Rockefeller Center farm display
Rockefeller Center on the tenth story opened a new urban scare sparrow attraction. The tuxedoed scare sparrow with a white handkerchief aims to deter sparrows from balcony corn and oats patches, though horticulturist A. M. Van den Hoek said it is too early to tell if it frightens any birds.
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New York
Rockefeller Center
A. M. van den Hoek
Gazette Honored by Inland Daily Press
The Gazette received an Inland Daily Press tribute praising its fearless reporting on graft. J L Miller presented the award to The Gazette at the meeting, after which Boyd spoke on the paper’s duty to report facts for some 40 000 families who rely on its coverage.
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Gazette
Inland Daily Press
Mr. Boyd
The
Inland Association
Boyd
J. L. Miller
Gazette Company
Coalition Move Otirs Republicans
The arrangements committee chaired by Fletcher has authority to invite speakers, not the convention itself. Hoover invited as part of Landon faction strategy to unify party factions, with Hamilton urging the invitation and observers noting Hoover’s perceived opposition to Landon.
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Fletcher
Hoover
Landon
Hamilton
Mussolini Welcomes Badoglio on Return to Rome
Marshal Pietro Badoglio arrived from East Africa and was greeted at the Rome station by Premier Benito Mussolini. Thousands of spectators cheered as Badoglio, in colonial marshal attire, embraced Mussolini and received a bouquet from the premier before departing with his wife.
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Pietro Badoglio
Ethiopia
East Africa
Benito Mussolini
Badoglio
Mussolini
Signora Badoglio
House Sends Relief Bill To Conference
The House sent the 1936 relief bill to conference with the Senate on Wednesday with Republican backing. An agreement allows separate House votes on two Senate amendments the Florida ship canal and the PWA revolving fund. Speaker Burns named conferees including Buchanan Taylor Woodrum Boylan Cannon Bacon Thurston Taber.
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Washington
House
Senate
Joseph W. Burns
James D. Buchanan
House Appropriations Committee
Edward Taylor
William B. Oliver
Ala
Clifford Woodrum
John Boylan
N. Y
Clarence Cannon
Robert Bacon
Lloyd Thurston
Town
John Taber
Buchanan
Presbyterians Adopt Social Welfare Plan
The 148th assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U S A adopted a broad social welfare program after lengthy debate. The plan condemns liquor advertising, urges local option and tougher liquor laws, opposes compulsory military training, and calls for anti child labor measures and repeal of gambling laws. It also advocates freedom of speech and press while urging Christians to rise above partisanship in upcoming political debates. The committee condemned secret legal actions, flogging, lynching and murder.
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Syracuse
N. Y
148Th Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
May Extend Lower Interest On Land Bank Loans A Year
Washington AP reports a bill to extend the 3 3 1 3 percent federal land bank loan rate for at least one more year. The Senate and House differ on extension length with the House proposing two years and the Senate one year. Representative Guy Gillette favors the shorter period to guarantee continuation of the low rate.
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Washington
Senate
House
Guy Gillette
Cherokee
Iowa
Agriculture Committee
Gillette
Austria Bans Political Meetings During Tourist Season
Vienna reports the government will suspend political meetings from June 20 to September 30 to protect tourism and economic growth. The decree aims to keep politics separate from the European crisis impact this summer.
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Vienna
Execution described in cult victim killing testimony
Witness Dean recounts firing eight shots at Poole at close range after Davis and Lee urged retaliation when the rope did not arrive. He states Poole made no sound and that darkness hid the scene as he and Davis ordered the others back to two nearby cars in Detroit.
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McCrea
Dean
Poole
Davis
A. Lee
A. Davis
Lee
Detroit
Urban Lipps
Democratic Attorney General Contest May Go To The Convention
In Des Moines AP reports Mitchell trails with 34.2 percent as eastern Iowa returns boost Cooney's late Wednesday vote. Unofficial results from 2,346 of 2,442 precincts show a possible convention for the attorney general race. Republican contests also remain close with Harold Davidson and others vying for nominations.
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Des Moines
John Mitchell
Iowa
Cooney
Mitchell
Harold E. Davidson
Clarinda
Henry Wood
Moville
L. W. Evans
Vincent Harrington
W. C. Edson
Births in Lisbon and at Mercy Hospital
Born to Mr and Mrs Albert Reynolds of Lisbon a daughter Sandra Lee on June 2 at Mercy hospital. Born to Mr and Mrs Timothy Shea 423 Eighth avenue SW a son on June 3 at Mercy hospital.
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Albert Reynolds
Lisbon
Sandra Lee
Mercy Hospital
Timothy Shea
Eighth Avenue SW
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